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Stevie Wonder Launches His Own Record Label, Releases Two New Songs: Stream
Even as he enters his seventh decade on this planet, Stevie Wonder continues to reinvent himself. The legendary singer-pianist has launched his own record label, So What’s the Fuss Music, which he’s christening today with the release of two new songs. After spending his entire career with Motown Records, Wonder launched So What’s the Fuss Music in partnership with Republic Records. The label takes its name from Wonder’s 2005 collaboration with Prince. For the label’s inaugural release, Wonder has dropped a two-song single. The first, “Can’t Put It in the Hands of Fate”, features contributions Rapsody, Cordae, Chika, and Busta Rhymes. The second, “Where Is Our Love Song”, is a collaboration with Gary Clark Jr. Both songs were made with the hope of providing “instruction and inspiration...
Apple Announces iPhone 12 Line, Including Mini and Pro Models
During a pre-recorded launch event on Tuesday, Apple announced the latest additions to their smartphone line, the iPhone 12. In addition to the standard and Pro models, a new Mini version of the popular device was introduced. Some of the biggest upgrades over the previous models come in the iPhone 12’s screen. Apple has transitioned from LCD to OLED (organic light-emitting diode), which ups the brightness and HDR capabilities. They’ve also coated the screen in a “ceramic shield” for the first time, a feature that increases durability (“four times better drop performance”) and water resistance. As per usual with these upgrades, the iPhone 12 is smaller and lighter than previous models without decreasing screen size. The standard version has a 6.1-inch screen, while the Mini model covers 5.4...
John 5 Honors Eddie Van Halen with Unearthed “You Really Got Me” Cover Featuring Corey Taylor and Michael Anthony: Watch
Rob Zombie guitarist John 5 has paid tribute to the late Eddie Van Halen by unveiling a concert clip featuring himself, Slipknot singer Corey Taylor, and longtime Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony performing The Kinks’ “You Really Got Me”. The song was famously covered by Van Halen on their debut album. The video dates back to John 5’s Los Angeles show at The Whiskey A Go Go in 2019, when Taylor and Anthony joined the guitarist for the classic cover. As John 5 explained in an Instagram post, The Whiskey was an oft-played venue for Eddie Van Halen in Los Angeles. Along with the clip, John 5 wrote the following: “It’s difficult to put into words the impact that Eddie Van Halen had on my life. There’s no one that influenced me more than Eddie, he was an inventor an amazing songwriter and the ...
Exclusive Merch Bundles on Sale at the Consequence Store for Prime Day
The best deals this Prime Day won’t just be found on Amazon. Over at the Consequence Store, we’re offering some exclusive merch bundles at deep discounts — like, free level deep. For a limited time, we’re packaging three T-shirts with a free mask of your choice. When you purchase either of the limited edition Losers’ Club: A Stephen King Podcast branded tees or the Consequence name logo shirt, we’ll throw in our best-selling Caretaker mask, our brand new Bellhop 237 mask, or all three of our novelty Halloween-themed masks for free. It’s a scary good deal you’d wish could last forever and ever and ever, but supplies are limited! We’re also offering two new face mask packages at a deep discount. We’ve paired our eye-catching Bolt mask with our top-selling Chevron mask in the Black-and-White ...
The Bird and the Bee Cover ‘Little Drummer Boy’ With Dave Grohl
The Bird and The Bee are gearing up for the holiday season. The group will release Put Up The Lights, a collection of the duo’s favorite holiday songs featured alongside new original compositions. From that, the group released their new song, “You and I At Christmas Time,” as well as a version of the classic “Little Drummer Boy (feat. Dave Grohl).” The album, due out Oct. 23rd via No Expectation/Release Me Records, also includes covers of “Deck the Halls” and “Christmas Time is Here.” You can listen to Grohl’s playing on “The Little Drummer Boy” here and “You and I At Christmas Time” here. The initial idea for Put Up The Lights dates back to 2007 but it wasn’t until they released Interpreting the Masters Volume 2: A Tribute to Van Halen in 2019 that they committed to making the a...
Stevie Wonder Releases Two New Songs
Stevie Wonder has released a pair of new songs, his first solo offerings in years. “Can’t Put It in The Hands of Fate” features Rapsody, Cordae, Chika, and Busta Rhymes, while the second tune, “Where Is Our Love Song,” includes the guitar playing of none other than Gary Clark Jr. As the titles of the songs infer, they’re respectively about activism, rising to the moment and joining together to face the world’s current issues and how love can help folks overcome the problems of today. The songs were written and produced by Wonder, and released on Wonder’s own So What The Fuss Music label. “In these times, we are hearing the most poignant wake-up calls and cries for this nation and the world to, please, heed our need for love, peace and unity,” Wonder said in a statement The proceeds fr...
Metallica Announce Acoustic ‘Helping Hands’ Streaming Benefit Show
Metallica’s second “All Within My Hands Helping Hands” acoustic concert and auction will be the band’s first-ever worldwide pay-per-view event. This special gig benefitting the band’s All Within My Hands foundation will stream live from Metallica HQ on Nov. 14 at 2 pm PST. The event is named after the band’s 2003 song, “All Within My Hands” off St. Anger. The first show in 2018 raised $1.3 million. This year’s virtual event will be live-streamed from Metallica’s San Francisco HQ. Ticketholders can replay the show for 48 hours from when they first start the stream. Tickets, VIP packages, bundles and more are on sale here. All of the proceeds from this year’s Helping Hands event — tickets, fees and auction items — will go directly to help those in need, with Metallica and...
Snoop Dogg Celebrates New Los Angeles Lakers Title With New Tattoo
Source: Scott Legato / Getty If nothing else Snoop Doggy Dogg is a man of his word so when he promised Jemele Hill that he’d get himself a new Lakers tattoo if they won the championship this year, and low and behold, he done went and done did it. To celebrate LeBron and Anthony Davis bringing the City of Angels their 17th NBA title in franchise history, the Doggfather immediately visited famed tattoo artist, Mister Cartoon and got himself a huge Larry O’Brien trophy inked on his arm with the initials “KB” drawn up right under it. Sitting in a chair while the Chicano artist goes to work on his arm, Snoop looks into his camera phone and proudly states “Anything for the Lakers” and immediately taking a shot at Kawhi Leonard’s team stating, “F*ck the Clippers.” That was lowkey uncalled for but...
Killer Mike To Earn Change Maker Recognition At Billboard Music Awards
Source: Prince Williams / Getty Killer Mike is known for not only his savvy rapping abilities but also for his political activism and hard-hitting analysis. The Run The Jewels star will receive the first ever Change Maker Award during the Billboard Music Awards. As reported by Billboard, the Change Maker Award “recognizes an artist or group that speaks truth to power through their music and celebrity.” Born Michael Render, Killer Mike’s profile as a supporter of civil rights, social justice, and pushing positive change in the inner cities and other communities has become as much his calling as making music. As one half of Run The Jewels with fellow revived Hip-Hop mainstay in El-P (Jaime Meline), KM’s alignment with Bernie Sanders and his tireless media run speaking on behalf of dise...
Images of Apple’s iPhone 12 Lineup Leak Ahead of Big Reveal Event
Source: Apple / Evan Blass (Voice) Apple is usually good at keeping its newest iPhone models close to its chest, but leaks ahead of their big event have reportedly revealed its newest smartphone. Tim Cook and his folks at Apple in just a few hours are set to unveil the iPhone 12 lineup of smartphones. Unfortunately, a leak from phone leaker Evan Blass of Voice has literally stolen some of the tech company’s thunder and gave us the first glimpse at all four phones. Blass has shared what looks to be official renders of Apple’s worst-kept secret, the iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max, and iPhone 12 Mini, which he claims pretty much confirms all the rumors swirling around the devices. Apple can breathe a sigh of relief because the images don’t really give away many details about the ...
Black Ops: Kanye West Releases First Presidential Campaign Ad
Source: Drew Angerer / Getty Kanye West‘s 2020 Presidential bid isn’t just a farce on its face, but under the surface it’s also a Republican ploy to help siphon away Black votes from Joe Biden to help the Racist-In-Chief hold onto power in the White House. Even though the conscious backpack rapper turned MAGA acolyte is only on the ballot in a handful of states (hence, making it impossible for him to become America’s 46th President), Yeezy is still going full steam ahead with his campaign and just dropped his first presidential campaign ad aimed at faith-based Americans. In his minute long campaign ad, Kanye West comes off as one of the most sane and visionary candidates we’ve seen in years telling Americans that “We as a people are called to a greater purpose than ourselves. We are not on...
Jay-Z and Smashing Pumpkins Get the Mash-Up Treatment With Marcy Projects And The Infinite Sadness
Jay-Z’s The Black Album has not only earned its own accolades, but it helped birth one of Danger Mouse’s lauded mashups — The Grey Album — bringing together Hova’s 2003 LP with the Beatles’ iconic 1968 The White Album. But now there’s another mashup that also brings some punch. On Marcy Projects And The Infinite Sadness, Spose brings The Black Album together with Smashing Pumpkins hit 1995 album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. Unlike Danger Mouse’s project, Spose makes conscious choices on the mixes like “Public Service Announcement” with “Cherub Rock.” I’m not sure how long this will exist before it gets taken down but I re-produced the entire “Black Album” by my favorite rapper Jay-Z using only music by my favorite band The Smashing Pumpkins, enjoy!!!...
