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Microsoft Has Completely Discontinued the Xbox One
It now turns out that Microsoft has completely discontinued production for its Xbox One console. Following the introduction of both the Xbox Series X and Series S, the gaming giant announced back in July of 2020 that both the Xbox One X and Xbox One S Digital Edition had been discontinued. According to new information, it turns out that the final console option for the generation — the regular Xbox One S — had also ceased production by the end of that year, giving the company full capacity to create next-gen consoles. Unsurprisingly, the strategy has worked out for Microsoft. Since the introduction of the Series X and S, the two options combined have sold more units than any other previous Xbox console, and while the company’s head Phil Spencer didn’t reveal any specific sales figures to&n...
Eddie Vedder Confirms Stevie Wonder, Elton John, Ringo Starr Guest Spots On Solo LP, Unveils New Single
Eddie Vedder has confirmed an eye-popping roster of special guests for his forthcoming solo album, Earthling, including Elton John on the track “Picture” and Stevie Wonder, Ringo Starr and Vedder’s own father, the late Edward Severson Jr., on as-yet-unspecified songs. As tipped here Tuesday, Vedder has also released the third single from the project, “Brother the Cloud,” which he co-wrote with album producer Andrew Watt as well as multi-instrumentalist Josh Klinghoffer and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith. [embedded content][embedded content] A multi-faceted rock track with a powerful finish, “Brother the Cloud” is already generating discussion as to the identity of its subject. Speculation centers around the song being about Vedder’s brother Chris, who died in an accident in 2016,...
Earl Sweatshirt Delivers First Studio Album in Four Years, ‘SICK!’
Earl Sweatshirt is back with his first studio album in four years, SICK! Clocking in at under 30 minutes, the 10-track record feature guest appearances from Zelooperz on “Vision” and Armand Hammer on “Tabula Rasa,” while The Alchemist, Black Noi$e, Ancestor, Theravada, Rob Chamber, Samiyam and Alexander Spit handled production. SICK! marks his first full-length release since 2018’s Some Rap Songs and follow his 2019 EP FEET OF CLAY. In a lengthy statement, Sweatshirt revealed that he recorded SICK! when the world was first dealing with COVID-19 and the lockdowns: “Sick is my humble offering of 10 songs recorded in the wake of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic and its subsequent lockdowns. Before the virus I had been working on an album I named after a book I used to read with my mother (T...
Cordae Flies High in New Album ‘From A Birds Eye View’
Cordae has dropped off his highly-anticipated sophomore record, From A Birds Eye View. Clocking in at 40 minutes, the 12-track record features guest appearances from Gunna, Lil Wayne, H.E.R., Lil Durk, Freddie Gibbs, Nas, Stevie Wonder, Eminem and Roddy Ricch. Terrace Martin, Raphael Saadiq and Taraji P. Henson also contributed to the album while the likes of Hit-Boy, Dem Jointz, Boi-1da, MixedByAl and Daoud of Pivot Gang produced the tracks. In a statement prior to the album’s release, the young rapper shared a guide on how to listen to From A Bird’s Eye View: “So the album drops tonight! Each individual song has a significant place in my heart as they were all inspired by real life events, emotions and experiences. With that being said I ask ya’ll to please listen to songs 1-12...
Kendrick Lamar and Dave Free Team With ‘South Park’ Creators for Comedy Film
Kendrick Lamar and Dave Free‘s pgLang, South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker and Paramount Pictures are teaming up for a feature film. The forthcoming title is a live action comedy that “will depict the past and present coming to a head when a young black man who is interning as a slave reenactor at a living history museum discovers that his white girlfriend’s ancestors once owned his.” K-Dot, Free, Stone and Parker of Park County will produce the film while Vernon Chatman will pen the script, and production is set to begin in Spring 2022. Paramount Pictures will handle theatrical distribution, home entertainment and television licensing rights, while its streaming platform Paramount+ will acquire the streaming rights. “On behalf of Paramount Pictures and the wider Viaco...
Kanye Tells DJ Premier He’s Ready to Drop a New Track
A clip of Kanye West talking to DJ Premier about releasing a new track this week with recently surfaced. The short video shows Ye speaking with DJ Premier over FaceTime, noting how the celebrated producer and DJ is his “inspiration.” Later the conversation moves towards The Game and Pusha-T, who were recently spotted in the studio with Ye. “We’re starting a whole…we about to just control the sound of music, it’s up to us now, period.” said Kanye West. Adding, “We got a song we’re releasing Friday that we wanted you to do a scratch on, if possible.” The information comes as muted studio footage highlighting Ye’s creative process with collaborators also started making its way on social media. Aside from The Game and Pusha-T, A$AP Rocky and Antonio Brown also show up in the clips, although it...
Kanye West Named as Suspect in Los Angeles Criminal Battery Investigation
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Trap Music Pioneer UZ Is Remastering His Iconic Tracks and Selling Them As NFTs
It’s 2012. SoundCloud is the biggest thing in music since the iPod. UZ, Baauer, Flosstradamus and HU₵₵I are dropping the craziest songs you’ve ever heard. You show your friends and become an aux legend. Life is good. Before SoundCloud’s broken business model drove artists away like bad breath, it was the epicenter of electronic music discovery. And the advent of trap music on the platform led to the genre’s explosion—with UZ’s fabled “Trap Shit” series serving as ground zero. Considered a pioneering trap artist, UZ was emblematic of the golden era of SoundCloud, when bedroom producers could scrap together 808s and a simple chord progression and blow up overnight. Just ask RL Grime, who abandoned his mainstream dance music alias, Clockwork, after th...
Watch Swedish House Mafia Accompany The Weeknd to a Vogue Ball In New Music Video
While a high school gym may not seem like the most natural setting for a club, leave it to The Weeknd to pull it off. Complete with voguish, levitating dancers and a Michael Jackson-esque dance break, a new music video released by the chart-topping crooner is soundtracked by a remixed version of “Sacrifice,” which appears on his new Dawn FM album. Remixers Axwell, Sebastian Ingrosso and Steve Angello of Swedish House Mafia dramatically circle in the background as their mystifying rework swirls over the scene. Meanwhile, a moody visual filter pulls out rich color tones and adds to the video’s vintage feel. “Sacrifice” samples Alicia Myers’ 1981 single “I Want to Thank You.” It’s part of The Weeknd’s new ...
Britney Spears Is ‘Disgusted’ With Jamie Lynn Spears After ‘GMA’ Interview: ‘She Never Had to Work for Anything’
After remaining relatively quiet in the 24 hours following sister Jamie Lynn Spears‘ television interview with Good Morning America, Britney Spears spoke out on Twitter on Thursday (Jan. 13) — and she did not hold back. After revealing that she was “really sick” with a 104 degree fever on Wednesday night, Britney wrote in a series of screenshots from her notes app that she “looked at my phone and I see that my sister did her interview to promote her book […] lol and it was actually kind of nice having a fever so high cause I had to surrender to not caring.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news She went on to bring up the point in the interview in which ABC News‘ Juju Chang quoted a section from Jamie Lynn’s upcoming memoir, Things I Should Have...
Lionel Richie to Receive 2022 Gershwin Prize
Lionel Richie will receive the 2022 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, the Library of Congress announced Thursday (Jan. 13). The pop and R&B superstar will be feted at an all-star tribute in Washington, D.C., on March 9. PBS stations will broadcast the concert on May 17. Explore See latest videos, charts and news Richie is the 12th recipient of the award; the third who rose to fame at Berry Gordy’s Motown Records. The first two were Stevie Wonder (2009) and Smokey Robinson (2016). These are also the only Black composers to receive the honor. “This is truly an honor of a lifetime, and I am so grateful to be receiving the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song,” Richie said in a statement. “I am proud to be joining all the other previous artists, who I also admire and am a fan of their music.” Ri...
Kanye West & Julia Fox Cuddle Up on a Couch While Partying With Madonna
Kanye West (who now goes by Ye) and Julia Fox are still going strong. The rapper and model packed on some PDA during a night out at Delilah in West Hollywood, Calif., on Wednesday (Jan. 12) where they spent time with a diverse group of A-listers including Madonna, Floyd Mayweather, Antonio Brown and Evan Ross. Ross shared a series of black-and-white moments from the night on Instagram, including a video in which the entire group is jamming out to Drake’s “Come Thru,” as Julia is seen sitting on Ye’s lap sat with her arm around him. Explore Explore Kanye West See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news See the post here. Another video captured by the paparazzi finds the couple leaving the restaurant, sharing a quick hug and kiss goodbye before Ye gets in his car. [...
