G-Eazy and YG trade lines over a doo-wop-sampling beat in “Endless Summer Freestyle.” G-Eazy’s verse is packed full of references to high-end brand names and international vacation destinations: “Tell me who is if I’m not the coldest/ I’m steppin’ on their necks in my Prada loafers… I’m out in Dubai …
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UPDATE: Cardi B has been charged with two misdemeanor counts of reckless endangerment and one misdemeanor count of assault, CNN reports, citing the NYPD. Her courtdate in the case is set for October 29th. Cardi B surrendered to New York City police Monday morning in connection to a fight that …
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Perched smack in the middle of Lil Wayne‘s Tha Carter V album is “What About Me,” an accusatory, open-wound R&B record where the rapper croons heartbroken Auto-Tuned lines. “I stayed up all night for you/ Girl, what about me?” Wayne sings. “I shut down my life for you/ Now you …
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Jon Batiste, the bandleader for The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, took centerstage on the program Wednesday night, when he performed a couple of songs from his upcoming Hollywood Africans LP, out Friday. For the soulful ballad “Don’t Stop,” the first song he performed, he played a moody line on …
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“Given how much those guys have supplemented my life with joy and awe, that we could give anything back to them is a humbling thing,” Hunter Ginn, co-host of the Radical Research podcast, said on a June episode. To those unfamiliar with the show, it might come as a surprise …
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The Rolling Stones unearthed several live performances for their upcoming release, Voodoo Lounge Uncut, which arrives November 16th via Eagle Vision. The new project comprises a concert film and live album, and is centered around a reissue of a 1995 TV special that captured the Stones’ November 25th, 1994 gig …
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Elton John is no Rich Homie Quan, 6lack is the anti-Gunna and On The Rvn is a pit stop that could been an entire road trip. Young Thug’s latest EP, which dropped late Sunday night, is a pop-leaning journey where the Atlanta rapper cedes the spotlight to a Rolodex of …
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Metric showcase the bleak side of late-night clubbing when you can feel more alone even when surrounded by many people in their video for “Now or Never Now.” The track appears on new album, Art of Doubt, which was released today. Directed by Jack Nicholson’s daughter, Lorraine, the clip features …
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J.I.D’s “151 Rum” is an unrelenting song. Over the Christo and Nice Rec production, the Atlanta rapper launches into a double-time flow that would make André 3000 circa-2000’s “B.O.B.” proud. In the hands of most rappers, adding the subtitle “A Film By” to a song would be obnoxious at best, …
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Christina Aguilera told Jimmy Kimmel she would have been able to “squash” a perceived rivalry with Britney Spears in the late 1990s if social media had existed at the time. Aguilera said she was initially skeptical of social media and “vain” selfie culture until she realized that these platforms gave …
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