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HHW Gaming: These Cheat Codes Will Aid You In Your Quest To Cop A PS5 or Xbox Series X
Source: ED JONES / Getty Trying to buy an Xbox Series X or PS5 is proving to be more difficult than the hardest level in any video game you have ever played in your life. But there are some cheat codes out there that could help you land that elusive next-gen console. When retailers drop those links, you not only have to worry about beating actual people to a console but also the army of bots that are scooping them up at alarming rates. Retailers are trying their bests to accommodate gamers who want either a PS5 or Xbox Series X by using measures like CAPTCHA challenges or randomly dropping the purchase links to keep the scalpers and their bots guessing. Best Buy is also now emailing verification codes you need to input before purchasing either console to ensure the potential sale is not go...
Cloth Talk: Hit-Boy Says Jay-Z Changed His Life With Some Professional Advice
Source: Amy Sussman / Getty One of 2020’s hardest working producers is giving it up to one of his OG’s. Hit-Boy, the man behind Nas’ latest effort, detailed how Jay-Z changed his point of view on the business. When you consider that Hit-Boy helped craft some of the beloved albums, it is hard to point to a producer who put more numbers on the board in 2020. As reported by AllHipHop.com the Fontana, Calif. native owes some of his current wins to Jigga Man. In the exclusive interview, he recalls when the big homie noticed the beatsmith was having difficulties while navigating within the music industry. Hit said the “Empire State Of Mind” rapper pulled him aside and let him know to take the all ups and downs in stride. “[Don’t] blame anybody for anything that happens or how things transpired w...
Mike Tyson Feels Partly Responsible For Tupac Shakur’s Death
Source: Eyepix/WENN / WENN When Mike Tyson speaks people listen. In a recent Q&A, the boxing great reveals that he feels to blame for one of the culture’s biggest losses with the passing of 2Pac. As spotted on Page Six, the former world champion did an interview with Zab Judah. While the Brooklyn native spoke on some of his most iconic moments, he also spoke about his good friend and supporter, Tupac “2Pac” Shakur. On September 13, 1996, the rapper was attending the Bruce Seldon vs. Mike Tyson match in Las Vegas. Shortly after Mike’s victory, the “Hit Em Up” rapper was infamously gunned down on the strip following an altercation with Crip gang member Orlando “Baby Lane” Anderson at the MGM Grand casino. The Hotboxing host said he asked Shakur to record a brand new song to be ...
Channel Tres Is Reaping The Rewards Of His Work — But He’s Not Satisfied Yet
By Jack Irvin On the evening ahead of the release of his third EP, I Can’t Go Outside, you’d think Compton hip-house musician and producer Channel Tres would be getting ready to celebrate. Instead, he’s on his sixth hour in the studio, already working on his next project, for which he says this one is “just the precursor.” It’s that mighty work ethic and a dedication to honing his craft that have taken Tres all over the world — on tour with Robyn and Childish Gambino — as an independent artist with just a couple of EPs under his belt. In fact, prior to the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, he’d never really taken a break. “This is kind of the first time I’ve been able to sit down for this long and not be on a plane or going somewhere else,” the 29-year-old tells MTV News over a phone call...
EDM.com’s Best of 2020: Industry Leaders
This year, the team at EDM.com is proud to publish four installments of “Best of 2020” coverage: Industry Leaders, Performances, Music Producers, and Songs. Oftentimes, end-of-year coverage offered by the music industry’s vast pool of publications is limited to its artists and performers. In order to honor the extraordinary work of the music community’s unsung people and brands, we’ve recognized ten industry leaders whose contributions helped shape the future of dance music in 2020. EVENT ORGANIZER/PROMOTER Winner: Brownies & Lemonade 2020 saw Brownies & Lemonade transform the ethos of their venerated club nights into a full-blown digital event brand that never failed to deliver dance music fans jaw-dropping lineups and memorable st...
DIAMOND HEAD’s BRIAN TATLER Teaches You How To Play ‘Am I Evil?’ (Video)
A nine-minute video in which DIAMOND HEAD guitarist Brian Tatler teaches you how to play the band’s classic song “Am I Evil?” can be seen below. “Am I Evil?” is taken from DIAMOND HEAD‘s 1980 album “Lightning To The Nations”. Tatler reminisces: “‘Am I Evil?’ is one of the songs that METALLICA covered. I got a call from Lars Ulrich on September 20th, 1986 to say that METALLICA were playing that evening as part of the ‘Master Of Puppets’ tour at the Birmingham Odeon which was the best venue in the Midlands to see bands. Lars invited me along, so I caught the number nine bus, picked up my backstage pass, and was shown into METALLICA‘s dressing room. I was then introduced to James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett and Cli...
DJ ASHBA Says He Got ‘No Pushback’ From His Fans Over EDM Direction Of His New Project
Former GUNS N’ ROSES and current SIXX:A.M. guitarist DJ Ashba recently released a couple of singles from his ASHBA project, which mixes his rock guitar with electronic music in what he previously described as the “perfect blend of rock and EDM.” Asked by “The Mark And HooGie Show” if he has gotten any pushback from his rock fans over the musical direction of his new venture, Ashba said (see video below): “Honestly, I’m at a point in my career where I could give two fucks. I could care less. If people don’t like it, kiss my ass. Go listen to SIXX:A.M. If what I’m doing right now isn’t rock enough, I’ve got a rock band. They can go listen to that then. “My fanbase, thank God, has been, throughout my whole career, just ve...
WOLF HOFFMANN Says ‘Lockdown Videos’ And Livestreamed Shows Are Not ‘The Right Thing’ For ACCEPT
In a new interview with The Metal Mixtape, ACCEPT guitarist Wolf Hoffmann spoke about how he and his bandmates are staying busy during the coronavirus pandemic. He said (see video below): “We can’t really do much. We have to wait until things get better. “I know a lot of people are doing these lockdown videos or streaming shows and things like that, but I don’t think that’s really the right thing for ACCEPT. So we’ll wait until we can actually meet in person on stage again in front of a proper audience. “I don’t know what [other] people are doing, to be honest,” he continued. “I guess everybody has to find their own way until this mess is over. It’s just tragic, in the entertainment industry in general. And, really, it’...
DAVE GROHL: Why FOO FIGHTERS Decided To Release ‘Medicine At Midnight’ Album During Pandemic
FOO FIGHTERS will release their tenth album, “Medicine At Midnight”, on February 5, 2021 via Roswell Records/RCA Records. Frontman Dave Grohl told New York’s Q104.3 radio station about the band’s decision to put out new music during the coronavirus pandemic (hear audio below): “We started writing this record almost two years ago — a year and a half ago. We were writing it while we were still on tour. We moved into this funky old house in my neighborhood; built a studio in the upstairs bedroom; recorded the drums in the living room; the guitars were in the bedroom. I did the vocals in the bathroom next to the toilet. We started [recording] this, I think, in maybe September last year, and we were finished by January, February. We were totally done — mixed, maste...
Dave Grohl and Greg Kurstin Cover Elastica for Sixth Night of Hanukkah
Another night of Hanukkah, another cover of a Jewish artist from Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters producer Greg Kurstin. On the sixth night of the festival of lights, the duo covered Elastica’s “Connection” as the latest installment of their Hanukkah Sessions. “From Brit Milot to Britpop…here’s one of the coolest tracks from the 90’s….sung by the very cool…and Jewish…Justine Frischmann…ELASTICA!” the description of the song said. Watch it below. [embedded content] The cover follows renditions of Bob Dylan’s “Rainy Day Women #12 & 35,” Peaches’ “Fuck the Pain Away,” Mountain’s “Mississippi Queen,” Drake’s “Hotline Bling,” and the Beastie Boys’ “Sabotage.” Last Wednesday, Grohl and Kurstin announced they’d be launching Hanukkah Sessions instea...
‘Kelly Clarkson Show’ Renewed Through 2023
Clarkson’s show debuted in fall 2019 and became the most watched new daytime talk show in seven years. The current season — which returned to studio production after filming remotely in the spring and summer — is putting up solid ratings as well, averaging 1.31 million daily viewers and ranking in the top five syndicated talkers. “The Kelly Clarkson Show is one of the most optimistic success stories in first-run syndication,” said Valari Staab, president NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations. “Kelly is a beloved performer and host with deep roots at NBC, and we are delighted to have her continue to be a very important and treasured part of our stations’ programming.” The show won three Daytime Emmys in 2020, including one for Clarkson as bes...
The 25 Best Rock Songs of 2020: Staff Picks
Few of the shoegaze revivalists of recent years carry the instrumental brawn of Philly-based Reprise Records quartet Nothing, whose crushing gauzefests owe as much to cloud-pop industrialists HEALTH and alt-metal deep divers the Deftones as to Slowdive and My Bloody Valentine. “Say Less” is maybe their most propulsive single to date, particularly as they take the track’s advice on the late song’s instrumental break, for what might qualify as the first true beat drop in dream-pop history. — A.U. 22. Porridge Radio, “7 Seconds” This banger sounds like CRISPR technology was used to splice together DNA from Gang of Four and The Go-Gos to create a song as dark as it is danceable. Frontwoman Dana Margolin has said “7 Seconds” is about “the end of so...
