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Complex Names Maurice Peebles New Editor-In-Chief
Complex Networks has named a new editor-in-chief to oversee its news and video operations: Maurice Peebles, who will take over the job beginning Oct. 5. Peebles, who most recently was digital editor-in-chief at SportsNet New York for two years, replaces Damien Scott, who left Complex in April, according to the company. Peebles is returning to the company where he started as a digital intern in 2006, and eventually became the deputy editor of its sports vertical for two years. He also spent time working at Bleacher Report, Barstool Sports and The Ladders. “We are excited for Maurice to rejoin Complex at such a pivotal and culture-shifting time not only for our company but also for media in general,” Complex general manager Donnie Kwak, to whom Peebles will report, said in a stat...
How Maria Schneider Is Using Her Jazz Orchestra to Take On Big Tech
The composer and bandleader — a Grammy favorite and a fierce advocate for artists’ rights — takes on the ‘Data Lords’ with her newest album. When Maria Schneider sits down to write music, it is seldom with a specific idea in her head. Lately, though, the celebrated orchestral jazz composer and bandleader — a five-time Grammy winner and a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master — has had a lot on her mind. “Early on, I became very aware that big data companies were using musicians as carrots so that they could gather data from users,” says Schneider, 59. “And this has been a huge frustration for me. It has really destroyed the music industry for those that make the music, and now I feel that for our society at large it’s a catastrophic loss.” That frustration fueled the idea...
Life After Death: What Are the Posthumous Grammy Odds For Rap’s Lost Stars?
Hip-hop lost three of its brightest voices in the past year — but thanks to recent posthumous albums, their presence could still be felt on Grammy night. One of the most moving moments of February’s Grammy ceremony came during the pretelecast, when best rap performance was awarded to “Racks in the Middle,” led by the late Nipsey Hussle, who had been killed in a March 2019 shooting. The award was accepted by his family, including his grandmother Margaret Boutte. Wearing sunglasses, she thanked those in attendance for “showing all the love that I have felt for [Nipsey] all of his life.” Powerful moments like that could well take center stage on the main telecast at the next ceremony. Over the past few years, a number of hip-hop’s leading artists have died — many of whom still had recorded mu...
Yungblud Reveals Release Date for Sophomore Album ‘Weird!’: ‘Embrace the Strange’
The set from the rising U.K. star is slated to arrive Nov. 13 via Interscope Records. Yungblud announced his forthcoming sophomore album, Weird!, on Thursday morning (Sept. 17) via social media. “WEIRD! the album will be released on friday 13th of november,” the rising star wrote on Instagram. “I cannot wait for you to fall into this world with me. together let’s re define what it means to be ‘different’. embrace the strange. never settle for being anything less than 100% who you are, even if that’s 15 different people all at the same time.” The slideshow posted by the U.K. singer-songwriter reveals the album cover art, which features Yungblud inhabiting seven distinct, gender-bending characters leaning against a bright blue wall of corrugated metal, as ...
Netflix’s Song Exploder Will Feature R.E.M., Alicia Keys and More
Since 2014, Hrishikesh Hirway has been sitting down with musicians to talk about how they imagined and created their biggest hits on the Song Exploder podcast. Now, Hirway and Oscar-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville have turned the podcast into a docuseries that will premiere on Netflix next month. In the trailer released today (Sept. 17), Alicia Keys will break down “3 Hour Drive;” Lin-Manuel Miranda will talk about the birth of “Wait for It,” from the award-winning Broadway hit Hamilton; Ty Dolla $ign will discuss the inspiration behind “LA” and Michael Stipe will talk about the R.E.M. hit “Losing My Religion.” “‘Losing My Religion’ was kind of a mistake,” Stipe said in the trailer. “The fact that it became what it became is still puzzling to all of us.” The R.E.M. singer a...
Prince’s Estate Shares Previously Unreleased Song ‘I Need a Man’
We’re less than 10 days away from the release of the massive Sign O’ the Times box set that features over 60 previously unheard songs from Prince’s vault. Whether or not he wanted them released is one thing, but over the past month or so, a bunch of them from this collection have surfaced. The latest from that batch is “I Need a Man.” At just over five-and-a-half minutes, the funked-up, jazzy tune sounds like it could have and should have been at home on Sign O’ the Times. The song was recorded at the Washington Avenue Warehouse on Jan. 22, 1987, months before his Paisley Park Studios would be completed. Fun fact: the song was one of four that Prince offered to Bonnie Raitt. The tune was originally written for Vanity 6 predecessors The Hookers in August 1981, which...
Teyana Taylor “1800-One-Night,” Janelle Monae “Turntables” & More | Daily Visuals 9.16.20
Source: Def Jam / Def Jam Teyana Taylor’s never been a shy one when it comes to flaunting her toned physical degree but in her latest visuals the songstress shows minimal skin and still turns in a sensual and seductive performance. For her latest video to “1800-One-Night,” Spike Tee gets her Girl 6 on and becomes a phone sex operator because how else is she supposed to make paper during a rampant pandemic? She can’t exactly do shows right now. We wonder if Iman Shumpert is her number one customer? Janelle Monae meanwhile gets into the protest mindset and for her clip to “Turntables” takes on white supremacy in AmeriKKKa and calls for the people to take to the streets and make their voices heard while raising their fists. Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Peso Peso, Ki...
Foot Locker Partners With Rock The Vote, Customers Will Be Able To Register To Vote In Stores
Source: Foot Locker / Foot Locker Today (Sept. 17), Foot Locker, Inc. announced that it is partnering with Rock The Vote. If you can work a sneaker app, you can certainly figure out if you’re registered to vote, right? Source: Foot Locker / Foot Locker The team-up means more than 2,000 Foot Locker, Champs Sports and Footaction brick and mortar stores will be transformed into voting registration hubs. A sneaker destination is definitely one place to catch Gen Z consumers, and others as well. Starting next week and on time for “National Voter Registration Day” (September 22), if you step foot into a U.S. retail location in the Foot Locker family you will have access to a digital hub that lets you access to information like checking your voter registration status or ever registering to vote i...
Cardi B Deads Rumors Her Divorce Is Result Of Offset Impregnating Another Woman
Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz Cardi B shocked (but didn’t necessarily surprise) the Hip-Hop world when she filed for divorce of her husband of three years, Offset. With all kinds of rumors flying around from Cardi having caught Offset cheating on her (again) to the Migos rapper having put a bun in another woman’s oven, Cardi has decided to break her silence and address the reason behind the couple’s split with her confidant, vlogger Lovely TI. Speaking for Cardi (kinda), LT deaded rumors that Offset had added a new baby mama to his stable and explained that Cardi and Offset simply grew apart like anyone else who might’ve rushed into a marriage. Revealing that Cardi told her she was upset about the baby rumors and actually called Offset to confront him about it (he denies it), TI ...
Elton John to Release Massive Career-Spanning Jewel Box
Sir Elton John is getting a massive, career-spanning box set appropriately titled Jewel Box. The set, which encapsulates his entire career from 1965-2019, features 148 personally-curated songs by John. The collection includes the previously unreleased 1969 tune “Sing Me No Sad Songs,” along with other rarities from 1965-1971 and lesser-known B-sides. The set will be released in numerous formats, including an eight-CD box with accompanying hardcover book of photos and commentary by John; a four-LP set; a three-LP set and a two-LP version. The collection, which lands Nov. 13th through UMe, will also come out as a digital download and via streaming services. “To delve back through every period of my career in such detail for Jewel Box has been an absolute pleasure,” J...
Health Enlist Soccer Mommy, The Soft Moon, 100 Gecs and More for Disco4:: Part I
After releasing numerous collaborations over the years, Health has curated those tracks into a new album, Disco4:: Part I. Not only does it offer previously recorded collaborations with Soccer Mommy, Perturbator and JPEGMAFIA, it introduces three new tracks with 100 gecs, The Soft Moon and Brothel. “In the past, each HEALTH LP has been accompanied by a corresponding remix record,” the band said in a statement. “This time, despite being called DISCO 4, in the interest of continuity, we offer you a collection of original collaborations with artists we admire. Also, FUCK 2020.” Along with the album announcement, the Los Angeles band also shared the new track “Cyberpunk 2.0 2.0.” Going along with the above sentiments, the Zev Deans-directed visual initially feels like some far-off futuristic t...
How Teen Mom 2‘s Chelsea Is Winning Her Years-Long Battle With Anxiety
Chelsea has described her anxiety, which she has suffered from for years, as “debilitating” on Teen Mom 2. And during this week’s episode, the mother of three expressed that her struggle has lessened — thanks in part to several life changes. “When I used to go to meet with Laurie, I would always be so nervous and quiet,” Cheslea told Cole about her business collaboration with Lauriebelles (a local clothing store with online merchandise). “Because I think my anxiety was so bad that I wasn’t ever leaving the house. And then I started doing this, and it got me out and doing things for a reason. I think I needed that.” Another update, which had not yet been disclosed unlike the aforementioned professional venture: Chelsea began treatment. &...
