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2 CHAINZ AND LIL WAYNE DROP “MFN RIGHT (REMIX)” VIDEO

2 Chainz and Lil Wayne, collectively known as ColleGrove, released the music video for their song “MFN Right (Remix)” via Def Jam Records. The pair head down to Miami’s King Of Diamonds strip club for the visual. Cuts from the ColleGrove album have been earning a steady stream […]

5 Reasons to Keep Your Eyes on WatchTheDuck This Summer

Summertime calls for friends, fitness, and festivals. Good thing Eddie Smith III and Jesse Rankins, collectively known as WatchTheDuck, have all three in common. It’s going to be a busy season for the artist-production team; get prepped with our five favorite reasons you should be all about WTD this […]

STATIK SELEKTAH AND 2 CHAINZ PREMIERE ‘SMOKE BREAK’ VIDEO

Just two weeks after Statik Selektah dropped his latest single, “Smoke Break,” with fellow Reservoir roster artist 2 Chainz, the pair debuted the music video for the laid-back flow. Shot mostly in the studio, the video provides a behind-the-scenes look at the two as they work on the […]

COLLEGROVE & WATCHTHEDUCK TO PERFORM AT MADE IN AMERICA FESTIVAL

The 2016 lineup has been announced for Budweiser’s annual Made In America festival in Philadelphia. This year’s musical acts include a smattering of Reservoir talent and related acts, with 2 Chainz and Lil Wayne’s collaborative project, ColleGrove, and Alabama artist-production team WatchTheDuck set to take the stage. Also […]

Reservoir Dads That Rock

As Father’s Day approaches this Sunday, we take a moment to recognize and celebrate some of the wonderful dads on our roster. These talented dudes do more than write tunes—they also rock parenthood. Check them out below: Statik Selektah Statik Selektah became a dad to baby girl Harley […]

#WednesdayWisdom: Faith Newman

We’re continuing our Wednesday Wisdom series with Reservoir SVP of Creative and Business Development Faith Newman. Faith has been at Reservoir since 2011 and is responsible for signing 2 Chainz, Phantogram, WatchTheDuck, Joey Bada$$, Statik Selektah, and SOS to the roster in addition to helping the company acquire the Philly Groove Records and Allan Felder catalogs. Click through for […]

NITIN SAWHNEY COMPOSES MUSIC FOR CHOREOGRAPHED PERFORMANCE AT SADLER’S WELLS

Image courtesy of https://www.sadlerswells.com Reservoir writer, producer, and recording artist Nitin Sawhney has composed original music for a choreographed performance at the UK’s premier dance house, London’s Sadler’s Wells, where Sawhney has been an associate artist since 2010. The program, entitled “No Body”, is a series of multimedia […]

BRUCE ROBERTS & LANDR PARTNER TO BRIDGE MUSIC AND TECH

Reservoir songwriter Bruce Roberts is helping to lead the charge on the launch of new music app LANDR, taking on an early adviser role in the music mastering software companyand helping to establish key music industry relationships with the buzzing tech companyearly in the game. LANDR is a […]

DJ KHALED PREMIERES NEW DRAKE COLLAB + APPLE MUSIC AD FEATURING “BLOW THE WHISTLE” SAMPLE

Rapper, producer, and reigning king of Snapchat DJ Khaled premiered his latest banger, a collaboration with Drake called “For Free”, on Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 Radio Show on Friday.The cut, featuring a sample of the Reservoir Too $hort title “Blow The Whistle,” serves asthe first single off of […]

STATIK SELEKTAH DROPS “SMOKE BREAK” FEATURING 2 CHAINZ; ALLUDES TO NEW ALBUM

Reservoir writer/producer Statik Selektah dropped “Smoke Break” this morning, a new collaboration with fellow Reservoir roster artist, rapper 2 Chainz. The cut features Chainz rapping about his lifestyle luxuries over Statik’s signature boom bap beats. The release has fans wondering if Statik could be foreshadowing an 8th album […]