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Big Worm aka Faizon Love Says Jay-Z Faked His Drug Dealer History, Calls Him A Puppet
Source: Craig Sjodin / Getty It seems Faizon Love’s newest target is none other than Jay-Z. Big Worm is now questioning Hov’s illicit 560 State Street days. The actor recently sat down with Rap’s most dangerous interviewer DJ Vlad. While the two discussed a variety of topics throughout the lengthy sit-down, one portion of Q&A has the people talking. During the conversation he criticized how the Brooklyn MC’s music persona negatively influenced his young listeners. He even directly blamed him for all of the recent violence that has taken the lives of several rappers in the recent months. “I criticize him for it because it’s kinda his fault,” he said. “Jay-Z creates this drug dealing drug lord, I’m a drug dealer, I’m a drug lord. These kids are like, ‘We got to do it, too.’ Not knowing t...
The White Stripes Drop Live Videos of ‘Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground’ and ‘My Doorbell’
To celebrate the release of The White Stripes Greatest Hits, the band shared live performance videos of “Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground” and “My Doorbell,” taken from a 2005 VH1 Sessions taping. Meg and Jack White played Sessions in support of Get Behind Me Satan. The 26-song The White Stripes Greatest Hits is the group’s first-ever official anthology, and features studio versions of the two live tunes released today, plus hits including “Seven Nation Army,” “Fell In Love With A Girl” and “Apple Blossom.” A video for “Let’s Shake Hands,” the first song the duo wrote, came out last week, and in mid-November, an animated video for “Apple Blossom” was shared by the band. SPIN recently spoke with White Stripes archivist and Third Man Records co-founder Ben Blackwell about the ...
True Blood to Come Back Out of the Coffin with New HBO Reboot
HBO is ready for another bite of True Blood. As Variety and The Hollywood Reporter note, a reboot of the sexy vampire drama is in the early stages of development. True Blood premiered in 2008 and ran for seven seasons. Adapted by Alan Ball, and based on the novels of The Southern Vampire Mysteries by Charlaine Harris, it was set two years after the invention of Tru Blood, a synthetic substitute that allowed vampires to integrate into human society. The series centered on Sookie Stackhouse (Ana Paquin), a telepathic human waitress who fell in love with vampire Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer). Within the world of the show, many other creatures went bump in the night, including witches, werewolves, and bible-thumping evangelicals. To help along the reboot,...
Sarah Megan Thomas Delivers Commentary Track for David Fincher’s The Social Network
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google | Stitcher | Overcast | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Their obsession. Their words. Someone else’s movie. Hosted by Paul Davidson, The Side Track interviews filmmakers, producers, writers, actors, and film fanatics, then hands them the mic to present their own personal feature-length audio commentaries of the movies that moved them and made them who they are today. This week, writer, producer, and actress Sarah Megan Thomas (Equity, A Call To Spy) joins the show to discuss her Philly origins, her aspirations to become the female M. Night, how a cold call to Sundance put her in a solid position for a sweet distribution deal, and the years of research that went into her...
Patti Smith Announces Birthday Livestream Performance
For years, Patti Smith has celebrated her birthday by playing an intimate gig with friends in New York. Thankfully, the punk rock pioneer is carrying on the tradition this year — albeit in the form of a livestream. On December 30th, Smith will perform with her band for the first time in 2020. Their show will be streamed by Veeps, which Smith recently used to broadcast a solo set of hers on Black Friday. “I just thought it would be nice to uphold that tradition in a certain way because it’s always a joyful moment,” Smith said in an interview with Rolling Stone. “I love birthdays because we’re born and life is the greatest thing we have, I just thought it would be a nice thing to share with everybody.” Smith sees the one-off show as something of a makeup for the world tour she...
Ariana Grande Announces New Sweetener Concert Film for Netflix
Following a few sneaky teasers earlier this week, Ariana Grande has officially announced her new Netflix concert film capturing her “Sweetener Tour”. Titled excuse me, i love you, it will be available to stream in just a few weeks on December 21st — exactly one year after the tour closed out. “I know this project only captures some of one tour (out of all the other hundreds of shows and moments we have shared over the past six or seven years… jesus lol) but I just wanted to thank u all for showing me more in this lifetime already than I ever dreamed of,” the 27-year-old pop star wrote on social media today. Grande’s “Sweetener Tour” originally kicked off March 2019 and ran for about nine months. The concerts saw the Grammy winner perform hit songs off both Sweetener and thank u, ...
Marco ‘Mag’ Borrero Debuts at No. 1 on Hot 100 Producers Chart, Thanks to Bad Bunny Hits
Here’s a look at all seven of Mag’s production credits on the Hot 100. Rank, Artist Billing, Title (producers in addition to Mag)No. 60, “Te Mudaste” (Mr. Naisgai, Caleb Calloway)No. 64, “Yo Visto Asi”No. 72, “Haciendo Que Me Amas”No. 74, “Te Deseo Lo Mejor”No. 78, “Booker T”No. 87, “Maldita Pobreza”No. 94, “La Droga” (M. De La Cruz) Bad Bunny himself lands 11 songs on the Hot 100, the most among all artists this week. Thanks to his co-writing credits on each track, he ranks at No. 2 on Hot 100 Songwriters. Mag also tops the Latin Producers chart for the first time, thanks to nine entries (all by Bad Bunny) on the Hot Latin Songs chart. Bad Bunny concurrently leads Latin Songwriters for a record...
Shakira Crowned Google’s Most-Searched Artist of 2020: See Full List
Google has unveiled its Year in Search List, revealing all of the trends of 2020 including music, movies, sports teams, and more. In the U.S, Shakira tops the most-searched artist and band list, followed by August Alsina, Adele, Doja Cat, Grimes, Van Halen, Lizzo, Tamar Braxton, Quando Rondo, and Tory Lanez. Shak is also the No. 7 most-searched person of the year, just above Tom Brady, Kanye West, and Vanessa Bryant. But the Latina superstar, who’s currently making the rounds with the Black Eyed Peas-assisted “Girl Like Me” single, is not the only Colombiana on the list. 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 r...
Label Look: Hopeless Records On 20 Years of Giving Back
The venture grew out of Posen’s desire to, in his words, “do more than make bands rich and famous” — an undertaking that feels prescient in light of today’s developments, when seemingly every major music company (particularly in the wake of this summer’s Black Lives Matter protests) now makes a point of touting its social action initiatives. But Hopeless stands as one of the earliest labels, major or independent, to make giving back not just a side project but a core part of its mission. Running a record label was never a part of the plan for Posen, who as a film student at California State University, Northridge had his mind set on becoming a director. But that dream circuitously led him to establish Hopeless after the punk band Guttermouth — who had hired him to direct a musi...
Five Burning Questions: Bad Bunny Makes History With His No. 1 Album Debut
1. Bad Bunny’s El Último Tour del Mundo has become the first all-Spanish album to reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200. On a scale of 1-10, how significant is that specific accomplishment? Andrew Unterberger: Let’s say a 7.5. The accomplishment itself is of course major, but it’s hard to rate it as an eight or higher because it’s not even a real new peak for Bad Bunny, let alone all of Latin pop — his YHLQMDLG album actually put up much better first-week numbers (179,000 equivalent album units to 116,000 for El Último), but just had the misfortune of debuting the same week that Lil Baby’s My Turn juggernaut bowed at No. 1. It’s one for the record books, no doubt, but it just shows how major Latin pop in general, and Bad Bunny in particular, ha...
AC/DC Travel Down the Dark Path in ‘Demon Fire’ Video
AC/DC knows a thing or two about the dark side. The band that brought you “Highway to Hell” took a trip down that fiery road in their new video for “Demon Fire.” The clip debuted on the video game Fortnite in its Nexus War Event. As you can see below, a muscle car journeys down a dark highway to…hell and ends up having to fend off bikers and cops in the process. [embedded content] Power Up was released on Nov. 13 and went No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in its first week — becoming the second rock album this year to top the charts following Machine Gun Kelly’s Tickets to My Downfall in September. It was the Australian rockers’ third No. 1 album. Previously, AC/DC shared a video for “Shot in the Dark.” We spoke with the band’s Brian Johnson and Angus Young ahea...
Slushii Teases New Remix of BTS’ Hit Single “Dynamite”
Last year fans of both Slushii and BTS were in full anticipation mode after the former teased he was working on a new remix for the beloved pop group. Sadly, his “Make It Right” remix never came to fruition, but that’s not stopping him from making it right with BTS’ fans. The producer took to social media yesterday to share a sneak peek into an unreleased remix of the group’s hit single “Dynamite.” From the short clip below, you can tell Slushii’s remix is going to be big. Slushii previously served up a remix of “Waste It On Me,” BTS’ collaborative hit with Steve Aoki. The group also dropped an EDM remix of their own for the single “Dynamite” alongside an acoustic version t...
