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Prodigy of Mobb Deep’s Solo Catalog Returns to Streaming Services, New Music On the Way
The solo catalog of late Mobb Deep rapper Prodigy has returned to streaming services today (May 20) after three years of unavailability, a rep for his estate confirmed to Billboard. That collection of albums and EPs includes his classic solo debut H.N.I.C. and its two sequels, as well as 2012’s The Bumpy Johnson Album, 2017’s Hegelian Dialectic (The Book of Revelation) and his 2013 collaboration with The Alchemist, Albert Einstein, and 2014 collab release with Boogz Boogetz, Young Rollin Stoned. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news For the past three years, only his influential 2007 Alchemist collab Return of the Mac and the following year’s Product of the 80s with Big Twins and Un Pacino, as well as the Mobb Deep discography, were available to stre...
Billboard Promotes Mike Van to President & Dana Droppo to Chief Brand Officer
Mike Van has been named the new president of Billboard and Dana Droppo has been promoted to chief brand officer, Billboard parent company Penske Media Corporation announced Friday (May 20). Van — previously Billboard‘s executive vice president and head of global partnerships — will be responsible for all revenue operations and financial performance of the Billboard brand as president. He started at Billboard in 2018 and previously held leadership positions in advertising and sales at Pandora, Electronic Arts and Complex. During his time as executive vp and head of global partnerships, Billboard set all-time sales records. Droppo — who was previously Billboard‘s senior vice president of marketing, as well as vice president, brand experiences, and vice president and creative director for bra...
Haim Postpone Cincinnati Show After COVID Outbreak in Camp
Haim is the latest act to get bitten by the COVID-19 bug on the road. After a triumphant gig at New York’s Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night (May 17), Alana, Danielle and Este Haim were slated to hit the Andrew J Brady Music Center in Cincinnati on Thursday night (May 19), but according to a statement from the venue the gig was iced due to coronavirus cases in their camp. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “We regret to inform you that due to a recent COVID19 outbreak on the One More HAIM Tour, the HAIM concert scheduled for May 19, 2022 at The Andrew J Brady Music Center has been rescheduled to May 29, 2022,” read a statement from the venue. “All previously purchased tickets will be honored for the rescheduled date. Everyone is ...
First Stream: New Music From Harry Styles, Quavo & Takeoff, Rina Sawayama and More
Billboard’s First Stream serves as a handy guide to this Friday’s most essential releases — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond. This week, Harry’s House is finally open, Quavo and Takeoff stop by the “Hotel Lobby,” and Zach Bryan continues a steady rise. Check out all of this week’s First Stream picks below: Harry Styles, Harry’s House [embedded content] Harry’s House is Styles’ loosest, least fussy solo album to date, the sound of an artist in a rarefied pop-star zone comfortable in his environment and not having to worry about any unkempt corners of himself. Harry’s House boasts synths and rhythms designed to soundtrack lazy summer nights, conversational lyrics that revel in personal detail, ballads...
HHW Gaming Review: ‘Evil Dead: The Game’ Is A Groovy Love Letter To Fans of Movie Franchise
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Saber Interactive & Boss Team Games / Evil Dead: The Game Evil Dead is a 40-year-old movie franchise that still resonates with pop culture, especially horror fanatics. It also spawned multiple video game incarnations, all not memorable, until now with the arrival of Evil Dead: The Game. Evil Dead: The Game takes a formula used by other titles such as Friday The 13: The Game and Dead By Daylight and is enjoyable for longtime players and welcomes newbies by keeping the gameplay quite simple. A Good Ole Fashion Good vs. Evil Battle Source: Saber Interactive & Boss Team Games / Evil Dead: The Game Related Stories Saber Interactive and Boss Teams Games’ video game spin on the Evil Dead movie franchise is an asymmetrical multiplayer survival horror...
Martin “Pharma Bro” Shkreli Released From Prison to Halfway House
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images / Getty Get ready to once again get reacquainted with the man formerly known as “Pharma Bro” aka a professional douche, allegedly, Martin Shkreli has been released from prison after serving four years of a seven-year prison sentence in Pennsylvania. According to Raw Story, the man who famously purchased the one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album for $2 million has been released to a halfway house in New York State and is set to become a fee man as soon as September 14, 2022. Naturally his attorney is more than happy that his client will finally be a free man again though he lowkey deserves to remain in prison for his grimy and greedy ways. Shkreli’s attorney, Benjamin Brafman, confirmed the release, saying he ...
The Fugees, Outsidaz, Rah Digga and John Forte Reunited In Las Vegas
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @realrahdigga / Instagram Hip-Hop fans recently witnessed history after a clip of The Fugees, Rah Digga, the Outsidaz, and John Forte reunited for the first time in two decades. On Saturday (May 15), the iconic clique reconnected for the Lovers & Friends music festival in Las Vegas, where Lauryn Hill was headlining; but it was backstage that went viral. In the clip uploaded by Digga, Wyclef, Lauryn Hill, Pras, Rah Digga, Young Zee, Pace Won, and Forté were filmed rehearsing “Cowboys” shortly before they took the stage to perform it for the enormous crowd awaiting the special performance. Despite being the first time the crew had performed together in 25 years, the reunion reportedly came together in less than a week as the Flipmode Queen told HipHopDx...
Kim Gordon Teams With Bikini Kill’s Erica Dawn Lyle for ‘Debt Collector’
A new track featuring Kim Gordon is the latest to emerge from the benefit compilation Land Trust: Benefit for NEFOC, which, as previously reported, will be released June 3 on Bandcamp. Gordon appears on the song “Debt Collector” by compilation organizers Erica Dawn Lyle (Bikini Kill) and Vice Cooler (The Raincoats), as well as in its accompanying video. [embedded content][embedded content] Land Trust: Benefit for NEFOC will benefit the Indigenous-led grassroots organization Northeast Farmers of Color Land Trust, which reconnects POC farmers to land control and returns farmland to Indigenous nations. “Debt Collector” comes on the heels of the first released track from the compilation, “Mirrorball” by Bikini Kill frontwoman Kathleen Hanna. It’s her first new song in four years. “This is the ...
Joe Pug Revisits Debut EP With Killers, My Morning Jacket Members
Singer/songwriter Joe Pug has re-recorded his beloved, largely solo acoustic 2008 debut Nation of Heat with a full band, featuring contributions from The Killers’ Brandon Flowers, My Morning Jacket guitarist Carl Broemel, Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit keyboardist Derry deBorja and singer/songwriter Courtney Hartman. Nation of Heat | Revisited is due July 22 on Nation of Heat Records. Steve Earle penned the liner notes for the new edition of the album, the original version of which was self-released by Pug and turned him into a DIY favorite in the modern singer/songwriter scene. “It’s how I would’ve wanted the record to sound in the first place if I’d had the money and the ability to do it this way,” says Pug of Nation of Heat, which has racked up more than 20 million streams on Spotify. “B...
The Front Line of War
Bullet-proof vests, helmets, tourniquets, burn kits, trauma kits, gas masks, knee pads, pain medication… I’m one of three people checking thirty suitcases full of tactical gear and medical aid onto a LOT flight from LAX to Warsaw, Poland. There the suitcases will be picked up by men who are unknown to me, men with vans who will drive the aid into Ukraine. One of the vehicles making this trip from Lviv to Warsaw and back was shot at yesterday by Russian troops and one of the drivers was killed. “Someone died trying to get these suitcases,” says Peter Horvath, my friend from the recovery community who’s enlisted me in this operation. Peter is Hungarian, with Ukrainian blood and is a good man. “Hungarians aren’t very smart, but we’re strong,” he says, loading several heavy duffle bags on...
242-Track Birdsong Project To Feature Top Names In Music, Film
An astounding collection of top names in music, film, literature and beyond have contributed to For the Birds: The Birdsong Project, a 242-track album assembled by famed music supervisor Randall Poster. The project will be released digitally in five different volumes every month from now until September, with the first arriving today (May 20). A limited-edition 20-LP vinyl boxed set will also be available later this year. All proceeds will benefit the Audubon Society’s work to preserve bird habitats. Poster was moved to begin work on For the Birds during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, when the quiet New York streets began to amplify the sounds of nature. Reaching out to his wide array of friends and collaborators, he discovered many of them were experiencing the same realizatio...
Charlie Sloth’s Fire in the Booth Wants Global Domination
Sirens, shattering glass, and fire extinguishers are the paradigm of Charlie Sloth’s freestyle rap platform Fire in the Booth. While it remains a way to expose up-and-coming artists to mainstream media, FITB is now more of a competitive, no-nonsense, lyrical boot camp that stretches the talents of Britain’s finest wordsmiths, and everyone worth their weight in words wants a go at it. With the world’s biggest hypeman at its helm, gassing up acts as they approach the mic, FITB has become an institution on the airwaves. The likes of Drake, Ghetts, Wretch 32 and Avelino, Kano, Dave, Bugzy Malone and Stormzy have flexed their unscripted lyrical prowess on the show. Yet despite it paving the way for many artists and their subsequent stardom, it all came to an end in 2019, one year after Ch...
