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Composers of the Year Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross: “It’s Been an Intimidating Journey”
“You’re naming us Best Composers of All Time, right,” Trent Reznor asks over the phone. His partner-in-crime Atticus Ross laughs on another line. He’s joking, of course, but he’s also not exactly out of his element. While all-time might be a stretch — at least, for now — the two are certainly in contention for the last decade. After all, it’s been a wild 10 years for Reznor and Ross, one that began with a deafening bang. That big bang arrived at the 83rd Academy Awards in 2011, when Reznor and Ross triumphed over the likes of Hans Zimmer and Alexandre Desplat to win Best Original Score for David Fincher’s The Social Network. Their debut score wound up being an opening salvo as Hollywood came calling — and fast. Since then, they’ve amassed an eclectic resume that most composers spend decade...
Eminem Drops Music To Be Murdered By – Side B (Deluxe Edition): Stream
At the top of 2020, Eminem dropped his eleventh studio album, Music To Be Murdered By. Now, as the year comes to a close, he’s unveiled an expanded deluxe edition of the album. Take a listen below via Apple Music or Spotify. Officially titled Music To Be Murdered By – Side B (Deluxe Edition), the release boasts an additional 16 tracks, including new collaborations with Dr. Dre, Ty Dolla $ign, DJ Premier, and Skylar Grey. They’re followed on the tracklist by the album’s original 20 songs. Over the summer, Eminem joined Big Sean on a new song called “The Adventures of Moon Man and Slim Shady”, and was forced to defend himself against a home invader. More recently, he made a surprise cameo on Saturday Night Live. Music To Be Murdered By – Side B (Deluxe Edition) Artwork: <img data-att...
slowthai Pops Off on New Song “Thoughts”: Stream
UK rapper slowthai gives us a piece of his mind on the new song “Thoughts”. While the artist born Tyron Frampton recently announced his sophomore album TYRON, “Thoughts” did not appear on the tracklist. This apparent loosie finds the volatile MC spitting a stream of consciousness flow. “There’s a fine line between love and hate,” is how he begins, and this tension infuses all that follows. Early on, he raps, “Couple times I’ve contemplated killin’ my folks,” then later he says, “Knock on wood that my family’s good.” He contemplates a life that’s perceived as, “Too black for the whites, too white for the blacks,” and his childhood traumas are balanced against a recently fat wallet (“Check my account, won’t believe I was poor once”). slowthai’s “Thoughts” is revealing and deeply persona...
Paul McCartney’s Trilogy-Completing Album ‘McCartney III’ Is Here: Stream It Now
It’s stripped back and was self-produced in isolation at Rockdown in Sussex earlier this year, and continues the tradition of McCartney, released 50 years ago, and McCartney II, which emerged from the ashes of Wings in 1980. “Each day I’d start recording with the instrument I wrote the song on and then gradually layer it all up, it was a lot of fun,” McCartney recounts. “It was about making music for yourself rather than making music that has to do a job. So, I just did stuff I fancied doing. I had no idea this would end up as an album.” The release of McCartney III was delayed by a week due to “unforeseeable production delays”. But it’s now available in full, and in multiple formats. Stream it below. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined wh...
Lucian Grainge’s Year-End Memo: An ‘Incredibly Difficult’ 2020, Label Successes & His COVID-19 Scare
Taking his time to get to the usual accolades (of which there were plenty for the world’s leading music company), instead he focused on the power of music in trying times, noting, “I want this year-end note to remind each of you of the instrumental part you played in bringing to the world something powerful, inspiring, uplifting, and yes, universal: music. A force for good unlike any other in the world.” Grainge then highlighted other kinds of achievements that his company can tout, taking action during the year’s multitude of crises: “organizing, volunteering, educating, donating,” as he listed off, detailing how Universal responded to the pandemic, the nation’s racial reckoning and the election. Universal donated to a swath of organizations and d...
Paul McCartney Talks New Album, Spotify and Kanye West
Good things, they say. So, when McCartney and his team announced some months ago that the LP would was delayed by a week due to “unforeseeable production delays,” well, no biggie. McCartney zoomed in to The Tonight Show on Thursday night (Dec. 17) for a chat with Jimmy Fallon about life during lockdown, making music and much more. The new album was self-produced in isolation, a process that was as organic as the neighboring farms in east Sussex. “I just was in lockdown, I had some time on my hands and so I started finishing up bits of songs and stuff, thinking this is just for my own fun,” he recounted. “Suddenly I had about 11 of them. It was ‘oh, this should probably be an album.’” Despite having no formal training, McCartney played every instrument on the LP, which he demoed...
Eminem Surprise Releases ‘Music To Be Murdered By – Side B’: Stream It Now
Arriving at the stroke of midnight, the deluxe edition is a sprawling effort, spanning 36 songs and nearly 2 hours in running time. Marshall Mathers taps Dr. Dre, Ty Dolla $ign, Skylar Grey, and DJ Premier and many others for guest spots. Music To Be Murdered By gave Em his historic 10th No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Will Side B make it 11? Stream it below. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back their fair share of Internet revenue.
April Ryan Named White House Correspondent, DC Bureau Chief For TheGrio
Source: Shannon Finney / Getty A familiar face will be present at White House pressers when President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris take their oaths next month. April Ryan will now serve as the White House Correspondent for TheGrio and will head the Washington D.C. bureau for the outlets upcoming TheGrio.TV venture. As reported by TheGrio, Ryan has served as a White House Correspondent for nearly 25 years for the American Urban Radio Network. The Baltimore, Md. native now occupies the role for TheGrio along with being named the bureau chief for the 24-hour broadcast television network founded by media magnate, Byron Allen. With Biden’s inauguration, he will become the fifth president that Ryan has covered since starting her career in the late 1990s. Along with her ...
Big Sean ft. Ty Dolla $ign & Jhené Aiko “Body Language,” KRS-One “Black Black Black” & More | Daily Visuals 12.17.20
Source: 2020HHA / Getty It’s been 16 years since Tupac wooed Janet Jackson off her feet in John Singleton’s hood love story, Poetic Justice, and while some have forgotten the film as part of Tupac’s legacy, Big Sean seems to have been a fan. Teaming up with Ty Dolla $ign and Jhené Aiko for his visuals to “Body Language,” Big Sean takes on the role of Pac while Jhené fills the shoes of Ms. Jackson as they recreate some classic scenes while adding some steamy moments of their own. Lowkey thought Ty Dolla $ign would’ve played the role Joe Torry did in the film. Back in the Boogie Down The Blastmaster, KRS-One gives viewers some lessons on how OG’s do this Hip-Hop thing with his new clip to “Black Black Black” where he drops some gems about racial history in Amerikkka. Check out the rest of to...
Undercover Cheer: Peruvian Cops Dress As Santa & Elf To Take Down Drug Ring
Source: Fotoholica Press / Getty If you’re in South America moving dirty take this as your formal warning. The law is feeling very festive about giving out long sentences for the holiday. As spotted on TMZ the police in Peru are dedicated to their career and they are even staying in theme. Earlier this week a pair of badges dressed up as Santa Claus and an elf while on the prowl for bad guys. According to the report the team busted in a trap house in the city of Lima that suspected of moving pounds of weed. In the footage this festive duo is seen taking a hammer to the door and promptly got to work. Their hunches seemed to be on point as they found several tons of weed there. Additionally they recovered some guns and paraphernalia on the scene. This is not the first time the Lima Poli...
Ma Rainey’s Taylour Paige Acts For ‘The Little Black Girl In Me’
By Ural Garrett Inglewood, California, native Taylour Paige spent years honing her skills as a professional dancer, studying under storied actress and choreographer Debbie Allen in Los Angeles before working a few months as a Laker Girl in 2010. It was a seamless transition when Paige’s television debut came in 2013 on VH1/BET cheerleading sports drama Hit the Floor, cinching the role of the lead character Ahsha Hayes, who delivered high-energy dance performances as the fictional Devil Girls’s newest recruit. But since then, she’s taken on roles that have stretched her acting chops in new directions, including the title role in director Stella Meghie’s Jean of the Joneses and a supporting spot in 2018 drama White Boy Rick as real-life crime figure Cathy Volsan-Curry. However, 2020 has beco...
These Teen Mom Moments Were The Year’s Most Dramatic
Amber, Briana, Catelynn, Chelsea, Cheyenne, Jade, Kailyn, Leah, Maci, and Mackenzie are teen moms — and they have all tackled the many challenges that come with being young parents head-on. And their 2020 stories have featured new pressures of motherhood and evolving personal relationships. From sicknesses to sorrow, we are looking back at the most dramatic moments featuring the 10 courageous women. Take a look at the roundup below, share which memory stands out to you and be sure to keep watching Teen Mom 2 every Tuesday at 8/7c. Amber’s MTV family has her back Amber had her first court appearance related to her arrest and multiple felony charges — and Maci, Catelynn and Cheyenne all traveled to Indiana to rally around the mother of two and attend the preliminary hearing...
