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Lil Wayne Drops DJ Khaled-Hosted ‘No Ceilings 3′ Mixtape, Featuring Drake, Young Thug & More: Listen
“The mixtape game seemed to be a dying art and since I’m one of the pioneers of the craft, and it played such a big part in my career, I felt it was only right to resurrect it,” Wayne recently told Complex. “Also, it’s a lot of songs out here I wanted to kill my way!” DJ Khaled, who serves as “host” of the new mixtape, teased the project project on Instagram, noting that he worked with Wayne on the rapper’s 2005 mixtape, The Suffix. Weezy’s last mixtape arrived with 2017’s Dedication 6, his long-running mixtape series with DJ Drama. Earlier this year, the rapper earned his fifth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 with his latest studio album, Funeral. The set followed his chart-topping Tha Carter V, which was released in 2018....
Van Morrison and Eric Clapton Tease New Anti-Lockdown Song ‘Stand and Deliver’
“I’m not telling people what to do or think, the government is doing a great job of that already,” the 75-year-old singer said in a statement announcing the protest anthems. “It’s about freedom of choice, I believe people should have the right to think for themselves.” Morrison has been campaigning for a re-opening of performance venues at full capacity, with the statement noting that he “feels strongly” that the ongoing lockdown presents an existential threat to the future of live music venues. The U.K. has allowed some socially distanced gigs since Aug. 1, but, as in the U.S., there have been few other shows since the pandemic caused a worldwide lockdown in March. Proceeds from “Stand and Deliver” will benefit Morrison’s Lockdown Financial Hardsh...
Selena Gomez Fans Slam ‘Saved by the Bell’ Reboot for Joking About Singer’s Kidney Transplant
“I know for a fact that Selena Gomez’s kidney donor was Justin Bieber’s mom. God, I wish that I had my phone so that I could prove it,” one character says. The other student replies, “Prove what? That you’re an idiot? It was Demi Lovato‘s kidney. They’re best friends, like you and I were.” In a later scene, the words “Does Selena Gomez even have a kidney?” are written near some lockers on the walls of the high school. Selenators definitely didn’t find the scenes funny. Many took to social media to call for the removal of Saved by the Bell from Peacock, and started the trend “RESPECT SELENA GOMEZ” on Twitter. “using what selena gomez went through for entertainment is blatantly insensitive and wrong,” one fan tweeted. “what she went ...
Even Scott Stapp’s Own Kids Make Fun of His ‘Over the Top’ Singing
Creed is the band everyone likes to make fun of, and it’s mostly because of Scott Stapp’s at times comically over-the-top singing style. Thankfully, the vocalist has a good sense of humor about it. In a new interview with The Ringer’s “10 Questions With Kyle Brandt,” Stapp admitted that the criticism actually made him a better singer. “It’s … funny to hear how other people hear you,” he said. “‘Cause I never heard myself with this over-the-top stuff, but I guess that’s the caricature voice of me and it’s funny, man. I’m all about picking on myself. It’s all good man.” “It’s actually helped me as a singer because I’ve heard that and I’ve intentionally enunciated differently on different words and syllables,” Stapp added. “So thank you world, for pointing out a consistent patt...
Kurt Vile Covers John Prine’s “Speed of the Sound of Loneliness” on Seth Meyers: Watch
Kurt Vile stopped by Late Night with Seth Meyers on Thanksgiving evening to perform his cover of “Speed of the Sound of Loneliness” by John Prine. Watch the full performance below. Instead of doing the traditional introduction to segue into Vile’s performance, Meyers actually told a brief, personal story before passing the microphone over to the musician. “My family loved John Prine and we booked this act because we thought it would be a perfect song to listen to together on that couch,” he said. “Now we can’t be together, and it was unplanned, but this is a perfect song for anyone who’s not with their loved ones this year.” Vile’s rendition of the song is a faithful, yet emotional, spin on Prine’s original version. Basked in the soft glow of an overhead light, Vile takes his time fingerpi...
Ann Wilson Reveals a Heart Biopic Is in the Works
A Heart biopic is in the works. Vocalist Ann Wilson confirmed the news during a recent interview on SiriusXM’s Volume West show, revealing that. Sleater-Kinney/Portlandia star Carrie Brownstein is set to write and direct. “I saw the first draft of the script,” Ann told host. Lyndsey Parker. “It’s really cool. She’s working with the movie company Amazon and with the producer, Linda Obst, who did Sleepless in Seattle.” The film will document Ann and her sister Nancy Wilson’s childhood and rise to fame up to the ’90s. No casting decisions have been made, and Ann doesn’t have any names to throw in the hat. “I just don’t have any idea. I’m too close to it,” she confessed. “I’m just as excited about finding out as you are.” However, there is one name floating around that...
HEART Biopic Is In The Works
Seattle rock greats HEART will get the biopic treatment. The news of a HEART movie was broken by frontwoman Ann Wilson during a November 25 chat with Lyndsey Parker on the SiriusXM show “Volume West”. The HEART biopic will be written and directed by Carrie Brownstein, of SLEATER-KINNEY and “Portlandia” fame, and will be produced for Amazon by Lynda Obst, who has produced more than 20 movies and TV shows, including “Interstellar”, “Contact”, “Sleepless In Seattle”, “The Fisher King”, “Flashdance”; Amazon‘s “Good Girls Revolt”, TVLand‘s “Hot In Cleveland”, SyFy‘s “Helix” and NBC‘s miniseries “The ’60s”. “I can’t tell you...
SEPULTURA’s DERRICK GREEN Says His Comments About Reunion With MAX CAVALERA Were ‘Completely’ Misinterpreted
SEPULTURA frontman Derrick Green says that the comments he made earlier this year about a possible reunion with founding guitarist/vocalist Max Cavalera were “completely” misinterpreted. SEPULTURA‘s classic lineup fell apart in 1996 with the exit of Max after the rest of the band split with his wife, Gloria, as their manager. His brother, drummer Igor Cavalera, stuck around with the group for another 10 years before leaving SEPULTURA and re-teaming with Max in CAVALERA CONSPIRACY. Although SEPULTURA has maintained a diehard fanbase in all parts of the world throughout the band’s three-and-a-half-decade-plus history, Max-era albums “Roots” and “Chaos A.D.” were by far SEPULTURA‘s most commercially successful, having both been certified g...
NIGHTWISH’s FLOOR JANSEN Covers HEART’s ‘Alone’ (Video)
NIGHTWISH‘s Floor Jansen has released her cover version of the HEART classic “Alone”. A video of her rendition, featuring music by Joost Van Den Broek, can be seen below. In a statement accompanying the YouTube release of her “Alone” video, the Dutch-born vocalist wrote: “Picking Alone from @thebandheart (HEART) as my second cover on YouTube felt like the right decision. I have performed this song with NIGHTWISH, AFTER FOREVER and even at the Christmas Metal Symphony! So when I saw many of you requesting this song, I got to work! Hope you enjoy it!” Earlier in the month, Jansen released her cover version of the song “Let It Go” from the Disney movie “Frozen”. She revealed that she got the inspiration to record the track thro...
MAX CAVALERA: TRUMP’s Presidency Exposed ‘All The Ugliness’ Of America’s Underbelly
Former SEPULTURA and current SOULFLY frontman Max Cavalera spoke to the “Scars And Guitars” about his tendency to occasionally address societal and political issues in his music. “I still enjoy political messages, and some of them are quite strong,” he said (hear audio below). “If you look at an album like [SEPULTURA‘s] ‘Chaos A.D.’, even though it was done [nearly 30 years] ago, it seems like a lot of those songs fit the world right now perfectly — like a glove — even more than when it was written. Or [Max‘s 1990s side project] NAILBOMB. NAILBOMB [is] the perfect example. We were doing a tour [where we performed the songs from] NAILBOMB two years ago, and it was fantastic, and kind of creepy, how those songs that were 20 years old, the...
Stone Gossard Calls Eddie Vedder His ‘Muse’: ‘I Write Every Song For Eddie, Ultimately’
Stone Gossard and Eddie Vedder have been making music together for 30 years, and while some relationships may get stale after the three-decade mark, the Pearl Jam guitarist feels a different sentiment: his singer is his “muse.” During a recent interview with Kerrang!, Gossard opened up about that relationship. “I write every song for Eddie, ultimately,” he confessed. “He’s my muse. I would love to write 50 songs a year with him, but it’s just not on the cards; it just doesn’t work like that for him. When he’s in a writing process, it’s different than it is for me. I can write all the time. The way Ed really operates, the way that he loves to get music, is for something that’s immediate for you coming in at a time when he’s ready to connect with it. He likes to be in the process w...
First Stream: New Music From Miley Cyrus, Bad Bunny, Jennifer Lopez & More
Hours after Miley Cyrus released her new album Plastic Hearts, “Hannah Montana” was trending on Twitter, with fans nodding to the similarities between the superstar’s new opus and her early pop-rock sound as a Disney star. It’s a reductive comparison, for a few reasons — no Hannah Montana album ever featured Billy Idol, for one, or included a chorus that starts with an urgent “What the f–k do I know!” — but most importantly, Cyrus’ glam-rock pivot draws upon her decade of delivering whip-smart lyrics and enormous hooks to arrive fully formed and often spectacular. As electric guitar solos careen into each other and drums crash in with arena-ready heft, Cyrus relies upon her sharpened pop instincts to tackle the sonic exploration; witness “Angels Like You,” a lighters-up, ...
