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Kendrick Lamar Features on New Busta Rhymes Album
Busta Rhymes has convened a long list of special guests for his new album, Extinction Level Event 2: The Wrath of God. However, there’s one name that rules them all: King Kendrick Lamar. The Compton rapper features on a track called “Look Over Your Shoulder” and, believe it or not, it’s his very first release of 2020. “Look Over Your Shoulder” technically dates back a few years. The collaboration was initially leaked around 2018, and then recirculated online again in 2019. Even so, those earlier versions had Michael Jackson attached, while the 2020 iteration does not — meaning the song has evolved in some way since it first hit the web. Additionally, at this point — more than three years removed from DAMN. — we’ll take pretty much anything Kendrick gives us. Kung Fu Kenny was mos...
Stevie Nicks Played With Double Pneumonia at 2019 Rock Hall of Fame Ceremony
We already knew Stevie Nicks was an absolute legend, but here’s yet another reminder. In a new interview with Variety, the 72-year-old icon revealed that she was battling a nasty case of double pneumonia when she performed last year at the 2019 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. “The night of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, I knew before I went on stage that something was wrong with me, so I had to really pull it together,” Nicks told Variety. This was no ordinary case of the sniffles, either. The day after she took the stage before a national audience, the Fleetwood Mac member was rushed to a hospital in Philadelphia where she spent a week in the ICU being treated for the aforementioned pneumonia, as well as human metapneumovirus and asthma. “Talk about your oxygen levels...
Donald Trump Gains Lil Pump’s Endorsement, But Loses 50 Cent’s
We’re just over a week away from the election; if you truly don’t know who you’re voting for yet, there’s probably not a lot that can be said to convince you one way or another. But if for some reason what millionaire rappers think might sway you, consider this: Lil Pump has now endorsed Donald Trump, just as former champion 50 Cent has jumped off the bandwagon. Lil Pump made his political allegiance known in a pair of Instagram posts. One featured the rapper’s face photoshopped into a picture of someone shaking Trump’s hand. “THE DAY I MET TRUMP,” read the caption, along with the gobbledygook hashtag #trump202022020. In a since-deleted follow-up video, the Harvard Dropout rapper made clear his stance was based on the same misleading tax numbers 50 Cent used in his own endorsement of the c...
31 Halloween TV Specials to Stream and Scream Over
Every October, television wears a costume. As the sun shifts and the leaves litter our neighborhood streets, living rooms across the world similarly take on a new glow. First, the ghoulish commercials arrive, then the networks roll out their creepy programming, and soon enough all you can see is orange, purple, and green across every station. Looking around, it doesn’t take a die-hard horror fan to relish this part of the year. After all, with Halloween comes an easy excuse to indulge in the sweet part of life. This could be a bite-sized Reese’s Pumpkin, a breezy walk through an autumn day, or simply seeing your favorite characters dropped into a completely perfunctory, spooky situation. By now, the Halloween Episode is a TV tradition. Hell, even the most serious shows find a way to carve ...
“Streaming Websites are Shameless”: Flux Pavilion Calls for Increased Artist Support
Due to the increased need for social distancing and reduced number of paid live performance opportunities, many artists big and small are struggling to stay afloat during the global health crisis. Not one to mince his words, fabled bass music producer Flux Pavilion recently took to Twitter to share how although millions of fans listen to his music, he receives little money from the streaming services that host it, such as Spotify. In a series of tweets, the dubstep icon called those streaming companies “shameless” and detailed his concerns about how difficult it is for artists to make money during the COVID-19-induced live music shutdown. “It just dawned on me that I spend every day writing music and millions of you listen to it, but next to none of th...
Watch Sébastien Léger Perform Once-in-a-Lifetime Set at the Great Pyramids of Giza
Dance music has returned to the Great Pyramids of Giza. Back in 2015, legendary Egyptian trance duo Aly & Fila performed at the pyramids and made dance music history. Now, French electronic music producer Sébastien Léger can etch his name into the history books after his once-in-a-lifetime set at the pyramids, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Léger performed a dazzling no-audience set for Cercle, a distinguished dance music event brand known for planning and streaming concerts in breathtaking locations around the world. Cercle Music Flanked by the towering pyramids, Léger unveiled his new live set-up in epic fashion. Rocking a killer modular synth, he dropped a slew of his own originals, including “Oasis” and “Secret.”...
Gorillaz and Beck Share Performance Inside Animal Crossing
In honor of their recently released album, Gorillaz shared a new performance from inside Animal Crossing. For the virtual band’s latest outing, they recruited Beck and entered the world of the relaxing video game sensation that helped us through the early days of the pandemic. The two acts took the stage as the musical guest for Gary Whitta‘s talk show, Animal Talking, held entirely inside the game. For their adorable presentation, they chose their collaborative single “The Valley Of The Pagans.” In addition to the music, earlier in the show, Gorillaz creators Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett took part in an interview with Whitta and spoke about what it’s like being a part of a virtual band. The interview starts at 48:35 and the performance follows at the 1...
David Guetta and MORTEN Announce Special B2B “Future Rave” DJ Set
Fresh off the release of their “Future Rave” remix of David Guetta and Sia‘s “Let’s Love,” Guetta and MORTEN are teaming up for their debut B2B set under the umbrella of their patented sound. MORTEN took to Twitter to announce the forthcoming DJ set, which is going down this Friday, October 30th in celebration of 1001Tracklists‘ “Top 101 Producers” reveal. In the tweet, the Danish super-producer told fans to expect “a lot of new IDs” before playing out a track that serves as a preview of what to expect during the performance, a high-energy electro house sound. To pump yourself up for Guetta and MORTEN’s first-ever “future rave” B2B set, check out their interview with EDM.com from earlier this summer in whic...
First Look: The Jersey Shore Cast ‘Rented The Whole Hotel’ For This Family Vacation
The Jersey Shore gang “rented the whole hotel!” for their upcoming family vacation. And in the first look at Season 4, premiering on November 19, sh*t’s going to “get a little crazy” with some familiar faces. And Vinny isn’t too happy about one person joining the gang. “You told him to come?” he asks about the one and only Uncle Nino. Wonder if Uncle Nino packed his Speedo… Meanwhile, which Double Shot at Love lady makes a quick cameo? And what does Angelina have to say about her relationship with the girls? Watch the clip above, and do not miss the premiere of Jersey Shore: Family Vacation on Thursday, November 19 at 8/7c! You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It...
Twice’s Eyes Wide Open Is A Journey Through Time And Space
By Lai Frances During 2017’s Twicetober, the annual month-long tribute when fans celebrate Twice’s debut, the idols released their first studio album, Twicetagram, and celebrated their second anniversary. A plethora of accomplishments later — including seven Korean chart-topping EPs, handfuls of hits in Japan, a world tour with arenas and domes sold out across Asia and North America, all while breaking their own records in the Korean and Japanese markets and dominating the Hallyu wave — Asia’s best-selling girl group welcomes their fifth Twicetober with new clarity and a sparkling second album, Eyes Wide Open, out today (October 26). It all began in October 2015 when Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Momo, Sana, Jihyo, Mina, Dahyun, Chaeyoung, and Tzuyu were officially introduced as Twice on the reality ...
Westside Gunn Remarks On The Lack Of Shady Records Promotion
Source: Jeremy Moeller / Getty If there is anything that has remained true in the Hip-Hop industry, it’s that signing to a rapper’s label can either be a gift or a curse. While we’re no closer to knowing if the Griselda Records partnership with Shady Records has been fruitful for the Buffalo, N.Y. outfit, it appears that there could be some rumblings of an issue afoot if Westside Gunn‘s response to a social media post is any indication. With Who Made The Sunshine, Gunn’s formal debut with the Interscope-backed label helmed by Eminem, it has been hailed by several critics as one of his better works in a year where he’s arguably released two other projects in the album Pray For Paris and the mixtape Flygod is an Awesome God II to measurable acclaim. However, the eagle eyes over at Hot New Ne...
Peacock In Negotiations To Pick Up ‘New York Undercover’ Reboot
Source: Ron Galella, Ltd. / Getty It’s been almost two years since word got out that 90’s cult classic Hip-Hop cop show New York Undercover would be making a comeback, and now it seems like the OG FOX show has found itself a new network to call home. According to Deadline, Malik Yoba and company will be taking their talents from FOX to NBC’s new streaming platform Peacock as NBC is in negotiations to land the rebooted series. Penned by The Chi showrunner, Ayanna Floyd Davis, the reboot would pick up 20 years after the original series ended with today’s current cop climate incorporated into the show. A pilot episode for the potential reboot was actually made for ABC back in 2018 with writer Ben Watkins at the helm and had Malik Yoba reprise his role as J.C. Williams and Luna Lauren Vel...
