A&R Room

At the top of the week, as we do every week on Sway in the Morning, we play new music in our A&R Room and have our citizens vote on which record should be played on Shade 45. This edition was a little different though — aside from having Rich Nice and DJ Wonder in [...]

In honor of today, The A&R Room and present Baker’s Delight vol.2 “Hempxotic,” a compilation of various Hemp songs some have been featured on Shade 45′s Sway in the Morning. Spear headed by A&R Executive Rich Nice, esteemed music writer Shaheem Reid, producer DJ Wonder & Music Director, Reef the Streets. Download HERE and stream [...]

As we do on the A&R Room every Monday, Rich Nice, Shaheem Reid, DJ Wonder and Reef the Streets bring a record to Sway in the Morning and ask the citizens what they think about each record. The song with the most votes, gets to be played on the Shade 45 Sirius XM channel. This [...]

Every week on the A&R Room, Shaheem Reid, Reef the Street, Rich Nice and DJ Wonder put us on to new music. Sway plays it and the Citizens vote on whether we should play it on Shade 45 or dump it. This time around Shaheem Reid played us Live Sosa out of Arkansas, the record [...]

RICH NICE: Traveling studio to studio in search of the next thing… I was hanging out at Stadium Red studios last week, (shout to Just Blaze who’s gonna come sit in with us on the A&R room soon) and I was checking out a new group called Square Off. The Harlem crew has a new [...]

On today’s A&R Room, Rich Nice, Reef the Streets and DJ Wonder came to #SwayInTheMorning loaded with new music — plus, DJ Premiere was in the building to give his two cents. Rich Nice played a new record by female Chicago rapper, Shawnna featuring T-Pain, titled Pimp N the Cadillac. DJ Wonder brought a new [...]

In case you missed the A&R Room with Rich Nice, DJ Wonder and Shaheem Reid on #SwayInTheMorning, here’s what went down. Rich Nice brought in This One For You by Squad Musik (Snagglepuss + Shady Ray) featuring Rekomstop Skeemz (of DJ White Owl fame). If you’re wondering where the Da Pharmacy-produced song lives, it’s off [...]

Fif drops his Gangsta Grillz The Lost Tape mixtape hosted by DJ Drama later today… but here at #SwayInTheMorning‘s A&R Room, we have our hands on an exclusive track right now: 50 Cent ft. Eminem – “Murder One” Listen and share below. What do you think? Let us know! [...]

Two world premieres in one morning, Don Trip ft. Scarface and THIS: a YMCMB collabo track with YMA (Young Money Allstars). It’s so new that it doesn’t have a title! Listen below. What do you think? [...]

Early this morning Shaheem Reid and Rich Nice brought us a nice exclusive in the A&R Room on #SwayInTheMorning: Don Trip ft. Scarface – Letter to my Son REMIX Following the dope exclusive, Scarface called Sway to talk about how the record came to be. Even the Citizens loved it! Listen below. What do YOU [...]