The visuals for “Chasing Time” the newest single off Azealia Banks’ Broke With Expensive Taste, gives viewers an innovative yet nostalgic glance at time. Banks, along with her cartel of male dancers move in a trash bag inspired one-piece, similar to Missy Elliot’s fit in “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” video, minus the inflation. Banks also paid respect to the Queen of Rap, Lil’ Kim, as she spit rhymes midway through the song and transformed into a piece that her left breast bare, covered with a star. The video, which stayed in black and white, gave fans a futuristic vibe and to keep it simple, the girl looked hot. The song doesn’t give you complete life, but there is no denying the talents of Banks. Whether she is singing, rapping or dancing, her look and sound is definitely alluring, sensual and far from dull.

Banks hooked up with MTV, SoundCloud and BitTorrent earlier this month and made the single available to download for free. Fans and producers have been submitting their remixes to “Chasing Time” for a chance to win $10,000. The contest will end December 15, 2014 and Banks will hand pick her favorite remix. Check out the video and let us know what you think!

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The track is featured on Azealia‘s upcoming debut album Broke With Expensive Taste, which is [allegedly] scheduled for February 2014. Watch the video below.

Side note: it’s interesting how sparse this song is. The folks at G.O.O.D. Music aren’t the only ones who are into minimalism.

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To say that Azealia Banks has attitude is a drastic short-selling of the star-power, girl power, hip power, and bar power of Harlem’s harshest harpy. Charging the stage like a neon orange bullet, Yung Rapunxel flew straight to the front of her party, rocking the insanely tight outfit seen above, as well as a pair of sunglasses that made it look as if she had two tiny suns for eyes. Perhaps it was because she was fifteen minutes tardy–leading one nearby audience member to just shrug, amused, and mutter “Of course she’s late,”–or perhaps it was that outfit, or the wind-making volume of the bass, or the look on her face that said she was the hottest girl in the room, but the entire crowd was more than ready to dance with ferocity and glee when Azealia finally appeared.

As she noted, the hometown heroine was performing in her native city for the first time in two years (though she did rock the 5th Ave M.A.C. store on Fashion Night), and the crowd was happy, and, more importantly, proud to see her. Beginning with “Out of Space” and proceeding to bounce between cuts from her mixtape (Fantasea) and  her EP (1991), Azealia’s set was a viciously fun party.

Azealia’s was the only rap act (or act of any genre, as far as we know) at Governor’s Ball to utilize backup dancers. One woman with close-cut hair and one man with a striking, strong physique strutted, gyrated, and pouted in co-ordinance with each of Azealia’s cuts. Their greatest addition was the male dancer’s shining moment, as he vogued every which way with precision and intent during the gay-ball-celebrating “Fierce“. The crowd loved it; he loved it.

There was no question where everyone’s utmost attention was during the rest of the set, though. It was not on their weed–though many were lighting up–it was not on the dancers, it was not on the cheesy seapunk video that was barely visible in the daylight. Azealia had everyone in the palm of her hand, and it wasn’t just thanks to her outfit, her beat selection, or the look on her face. She was fantastic at hyping up the crowd, asking “Who’s fucking toniiiiight?” suggestively bouncing back and forth on her hips . She looked audience members in the eyes, stuck out her tongue, and darted around the stage with speed and agility.

Perhaps most important to note is that Azealia‘s rapping was very, very polished. Throughout the show, Azealia’s dizzying double-time flow (does she ever really slow down?) was 100% on point: she never tripped or missed a word, not even once. Azealia Banks is like that in almost every way–from the production value, to the outfit, to her swarm-of-bees approach to fitting syllables to a beat, Azealia doesn’t miss a thing. There’s a reason why we can’t keep our eyes off of her.

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Azealia Banks shows off her dark and twisted side in the visuals for her single “Yung Rapunxel.” The Harlem MC takes us into her sinister world in the James Sutton directed video. The track is the first single off her upcoming debut album, Broke With Expensive Taste, which is due out later this year. Check out the energetic video below.

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Azealia Banks finally gives us a glimpse of her upcoming debut album with her first single “Yung Rapunxel,” produced by Lil Internet. You can purchase it on iTunes next week, and her debut album, Broke With Expensive Taste, will be out later this year.

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Azealia Banks is starting the new year off right with a new track called “BBD”. The single is off her upcoming debut album Broke with Expensive Taste. The Apple Juice Kid and Sup Doodle produced track is packed with tons of energy that you would expect from a Azealia Banks track. It also is a little dark, and melodic which is balanced by the snares and drums. Azealia took to Twitter and let it be known that this wasn’t the first single off the album, so be on the lookout for what she has in store. Peep the track below. Are you feeling it?

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