Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, Future and James Blake - King's Dead [Music Video]

The whole TDE crew has been putting in overtime with the release of the Black Panther soundtrack, which just debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart. They've released three singles ("All The Stars," "Pray for Me," "King's Dead") and and two videos — "All The Stars" and the above "King's Dead." One of the motifs in the "King's Dead" video is being higher than the rest: more powerful, more successful, more dangerous; bolder. The video opens with the crew sitting atop palm trees in LA, at least 30 feet above the everyone else, which might be the most Compton thing I've ever seen. They also have several scenes where Jay Rock, K Dot and Future are perched on three consecutive buildings. Pretty dope shit.

And as you may or may not have heard yet, the Black Panther film is breaking all sorts of box office records. As of Monday afternoon, it's projected to earn as much as $245 million in it's opening four days. If those numbers stick, it would represent the second highest four-day opening of all time, behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($288MM) and just ahead of Star Wars: The Last Jedi ($241MM). As someone who saw the film and absolutely loved it, I hope it breaks every record possible. More black stories on screen, told by more black filmmakers, would be incredible.

The Eels - Fresh Blood [Music Video]

By now, everyone's either talked about it to death, or actually seen it. By it, I'm talking about HBO's The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst. If you don't know, Robert Durst's first wife disappeared in the 80s, one of his closest friends was executed in 2000, and a few months later he literally, not figuratively, killed his neighbor, chopped up the body, put it in bags, and threw it in the river. He was acquitted of murder charges for his neighbor in 2003 and last week was arrested for the 2000 murder of his friend. Which is a long way of saying "Fresh Blood", by The Eels, is the opening theme song for the docu-series. It's crazy dope, dark and makes your hair stand up. Check out their Facebook and website.

The Chemical Brothers - This is Not a Game ft. Miguel

Following Major Lazer's "All My Love" featuring Ariana Grande, another standout cut from The Hunger Games: Mockingjay soundtrack is The Chemical Brothers & Miguel's "This is Not a Game". The track makes you feel like you're in the heart of a steel mill and Miguel's voice is there to make everything feel okay. The juxtaposition works wonderfully.

Song of the Day: Major Lazer ft. Ariana Grande - All My Love

So Lorde curated the new Hunger Games: Mockingjay soundtrack, and first of all, it's fucking fire. Secondly, one of the standout tracks is Major Lazer's "All My Love" featuring Ariana Grande. It's Major Lazer's trademark culturally-infused style with Ariana's falsetto overtop. Straight crack.