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serpentwithfeet Releases Sophomore Album DEACON: Stream
Our March Artist of the Month, serpentwithfeet has today unleashed his stellar sophomore album, DEACON. Stream the 11-track effort below via Apple Music and Spotify, and read our review here. Serving as the direct follow-up to 2020’s Apparition EP, DEACON marks serpentwithfeet’s first full-length since 2018’s soil. The R&B artist has taken a more pop-forward approach for this release, as demonstrated on early singles like “Fellowship”, “Same Size Shoe”, and “Heart Storm”. Regardless of the shift in sonics, however, serpent is still writing about many of the same vulnerable themes, particularly Black gay love. As he told Consequence of Sound in our recent AOTM interview, “I see myself writing about gay love and Black gay love specifically for a long time. That’s what I’ve been writing a...
Desiigner “Amen,” Young M.A “Ooouuuvie” & More | Daily Visuals 3.24.21
HipHopWired Featured Video After years of being unhappy on Kanye West’s G.O.O.D Music record label, Desiigner was finally granted his freedom and though he’s been quiet since getting his walking papers today the Brooklyn rapper looks to reclaim the buzz he enjoyed during his “Panda” days. Today the BK representative comes through with some new work in the visuals to “Amen” where he politics in a crazy fancy mansion and styles in some minks that would impress one fur aficionado known as Safaree. D even had his Timbs matching his fur so you know he New York boujee. Keeping the vibe in Brooklyn, Young M.A hop’s on CJ’s “Whoopty” instrumental and gave it some of her own and styles hard for her clip to “Ooouuuvie.” Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Trae Tha Truth featuring...
Bhad Bhabie Talks “Cash Me Outside” Fame: “I Hate It So Much”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Paul Archuleta / Getty Danielle Bregoli‘s appearance on the Dr. Phil Show may have been her claim to fame, but it seems the freshly turned young adult is looking to shed her childish image. On Monday (Mar 23), in honor of her upcoming 18th birthday, Bhad Bhabie posted an intimate interview to her YouTube channel recalling her now-infamous “Cash me Outside” TV moment, revealing that she is not a fan of her initial appearance. “My problem with the meme was always that people only got to see half the story,” Bhad Bhabie said. “For years I didn’t even want to talk about it. People would say it and I would just be like, okay yeah, whatever.” She added that the meme’s popularity arose while she was at Turn-About Ranch, the rehabilitation facility she was sent t...
Pathetic Radio Host Fired After Comparing Black Women’s Skin Tone To Burnt Toast
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: YouTube / Youtube In today’s episode of racists doing racist things, a disgraced radio host in Buffalo, New York, lost his job after comparing Black women’s skin complexions to burnt toast, reminiscent of the outdated, discriminatory practice of the paper bag test. Raw Story reports that during the Morning Bull Show on Buffalo’s 97 Rock, Rob Lederman and his co-hosts discussed the varying complexions of Halle Berry, Serena Williams, and Gayle King, then rated them according to the type of toast he prefers. “I have them to the attractiveness of women that I find to be attractive,” Lederman said, so I will never go to a Serena Williams level … but I’m very comfortable with a Halle Berry level. I need a little bit of mulatto still coming through,...
Georgia State Rep. Park Cannon Forcibly Arrested For Protesting Restrictive Voting Law
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Paras Griffin / Getty Georgia state troopers forcibly arrested a Black state legislator as she peacefully protested the signing of a restrictive voting bill that was signed into law on Thursday (March 26). Rep. Park Cannon was arrested by police after knocking on the door of Gov. Brian Kemp during a live stream announcement of the new voting law. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution published a report of Cannon’s arrest along with accounts from fellow protesters that gathered at the state Capitol building. Cannon, a Democrat from Atlanta, was seen via video clips posted across social media getting dragged and pushed into a police vehicle. Cannon was charged with obstruction of law enforcement and disrupting General Assembly sessions per a statement issued by ...
Blaqbonez – Lemon Pepper (Freestyle Cover)
Check out this brand-new freestyle cover by Blaqbonez – Lemon Pepper. Nigerian singer and rapper, Blaqbonez drops his own cover for the single “Lemon Pepper” done by American rapper Drake. According to Him, the freestyle is the realest shit he’s ever done. He shared a short video of him performing the song on his twitter handle while he threw swift rap punchy lines. The rapper has also tagged Drake on his post hoping he would pique the interest of the American super star. Blaqbonez is signed unto 100 Crowns which is label imprint of Chocolate City and his rap antecedents have been speaking for him ever since he became active in the music industry. He recently did a song with Afropop Queen, Tiwa Savage on “BBC Remix” and now he gains the spotlight with this one. Listen and enjoy Blaqbonez –...
Honey Dijon, DJ Nobu, Kerri Chandler to Perform “Discover Tokyo” Virtual Music Experience
Famed Japanese beer company Asahi Super Dry has partnered with Resident Advisor and Club Qu to create “Discover Tokyo,” the world’s first virtual music experience with spatial audio. For those unfamiliar with the technology, spatial audio uses dynamic head tracking to create a theater-like sound that surrounds listeners for an immersive experience. The “Discover Tokyo” event is free to attend and will kick off on March 26th at 12AM PT and will run on a loop for 24 hours. Viewers will be tuning in from around the world to immersive themselves in a 45-minute journey through Tokyo that will be soundtracked by DJ Nobu, Honey Dijon, and Kerri Chandler. The experience will be broken up into three different sections, each repr...
SLANDER Drops New Melodic Bass Single “When I’m With You” on Their Heaven Sent Imprint
In October 2020, prominent bass music duo SLANDER launched their own Heaven Sent imprint in addition to their co-owned Gud Vibrations label with NIGHTMRE. As an outlet for their more melodic side, the idea behind the new banner was to release “emotional music sent from above.” SLANDER continues to execute on that theme with their newest single “When I’m With You.” Joining forces with Milwaukee producer Synymata and singer-songwriter neverwaves, the feel-good tune is dynamic, impassioned, and endlessly playable. The track opens with placid acoustic guitar riffs and the emotional vocals of neverwaves before cranking up the energy with captivating synths. The bass-heavy drop combines hard-hitting drums with euphoric sound design for an emotionally rich, yet head-banging beat. “...
Pillows Opens Up About Industry Hurdles, Female Empowerment and New Music
Just six years ago, electronic musician Pillows was bouncing from couch to couch with nothing but a dream. Today, she’s penning official covers of globally celebrated tracks like Travis Scott‘s “Goosebumps” and TLC‘s “No Scrubs.” It’s a glow-up story in the truest sense, with a pathway that was anything but roses. Born in Hungary, Pillows cut her teeth as a singer and songwriter on electronic instrumentals. But after immigrating the the States in 2014, she decided to take her career into her own hands, exhausted by the complex relationships between topliners and producers. What followed was an intense curriculum of professional training, including a sound engineering and vocal production degree from UCLA and virtual and in-per...
GT_Ofice Drops Club-Ready Single “Body Talks” With ZHIKO
GT_Ofice has arrived with his third single of the year, the club-ready house jam “Body Talks” with Dublin singer-songwriter ZHIKO. The track, arrived today as the artist’s debut on Dutch label Soave Records, which is known for championing rising melodic house artists. “Body Talks” fits perfectly into the roster of Soave with its high-energy beat and pop-leaning vocals. The track features a dance-inducing piano melody, bright synths, and a strong bassline. The production pulls influence from 90s-style club tracks, but its creators don’t lean too hard in that direction, keeping it current and ready for the 2021 dance-floors as they slowly begin to open back up. GT_Ofice has been hard at work this year, releasing back-to-back singles t...
SPIN’s Music Pardons!
On the august occasion of our 36th Anniversary, we are issuing our first ever music pardons. No longer does Billy Ray Cyrus have to live in shame! The Baha Men can finally sleep easy at night, the awful yoke of their aural crime lifted! Eddie Murphy can live out the rest of his days appreciated as the great actor and comedian he is, the millstone of “Party All the Time” removed. Breathe, Eddie! <!– // Brid Player Singles. var _bp = _bp||[]; _bp.push({ “div”: “Brid_10143537”, “obj”: {“id”:”25115″,”width”:”480″,”height”:”270″,”playlist”:”10315″,”inviewBottomOffset”:”105px”} }); –> Below are the nine pardons we are issuin...
Wolfgang Van Halen Shares ‘Don’t Back Down’ and ‘Think It Over’ Singles
Many were brought to tears thanks to “Distance,” the Wolfgang Van Halen song and video that paid poignant tribute to his late father Eddie Van Halen, but two new songs from Wolf’s upcoming Mammoth WVH — “Don’t Back Down” and “Think It Over” — showcase a different side of the musician who we named one of the best new artists of 2020. “Think It Over” is “a song that Wolfgang wanted to share to showcase the diversity of the album,” according to a release. Van Halen wrote all of the songs and performed all of the instrumentation and vocals for the debut album, and that’s reflected in the clever video for “Don’t Back Down,” a scorching rocker. Check out the clip for that song below. [embedded content] Listen to “Think It Over” below. The self-titled, long-awaited debut lands June 11 via E...
