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King Krule has officially announced his upcoming live album You Heat Me Up, You Cool Me Down, also dropping its lead single, ”Stoned Again (Live).” The new project was recorded during the handful of European shows he performed just weeks before the world went into lockdown, and features a total of 17 tracks from Man Alive!, The OOZ and 6 Feet Beneath the Stars — the latter of which was named one of HYPEBEAST’s best albums to listen to while at home. ”Once spilt into the cheap 4 tracks and pirate software, now collosos energy redeemed into small diaphragms. Sat on toilets imagining the moment other animals would sing the very vibrations back to them. Climbing a ladder of fulfilment, that fullfills neither need or want, but in ascent maybe the organised grouping of heartbeats pound...

Following its limited Aphex Twin Hat drop, Unified Goods is now readying its latest “AFX50” curated release. Part of the vintage specialist’s ongoing Richard D. James’ 50th birthday celebrations, the release is comprised of 40 hand-picked Aphex curiosities from the career of the enigmatic British musician, composer and DJ. Spanning nearly 30 years, the range of ephemera stand as unique accompaniments to Richard D. James’ idiosyncratic work in electronic styles that have made him one of the most influential or most important contemporary artist of our time. Included in the selection are early show tickets dating back to 1993, Selected Ambient Works Volume II on double cassette, highly sought after umbrella and beach towel set from 2018 and rare OG vinyls. Check out the items above and look ...

Afrofusion superstar Burna Boy and legendary hitmaker Don Jazzy have teamed up to deliver the brand new song, “Question.” The pair’s collab is sung in a medley of English, Pidgin English and Yoruba, and arrives with an accompanying music directed by TG Omori. Its visual is shot in Lagos, Nigeria and sees Burna Boy and a group of children interacting in Pidgin English. “Question but dem no get answer/Anything wey you wish, that be your portion/Na by the grace of God and insha Allah we dey move am,” he sings. “Question” marks the GRAMMY winner’s first release of the year following “Kilometre” in April. Burna Boy’s last full-length dates back August 2020’s TWICE AS TALL, which gave him his first GRAMMY win and second overall nomination for Best World Music Album. Watch Burna Boy and Don ...

In a rare interview with Rolling Stone, Noname spoke on her interactions with J. Cole during their publicized “feud” in 2020. The 29-year-old artist shared that while she never namedropped anyone in her tweet that read, “Poor Black folks all over the country are putting their bodies on the line in protest for our collective safety and y’all favorite top selling rappers not even willing to put a tweet up. N****s whole discographies be about Black plight and they no where to be found,” it didn’t come as a shock to her that Cole took offense to it. “I knew people were going to take it how they were going to take it. I knew that people were likely to think I was either talking about Kendrick [Lamar] or [J.] Cole,” Noname explained. She and Cole then dropped what many considered “diss tracks” a...

During a promotional appearance on SiriusXM’s The Mike Muse Show for his new book The Perfect Day to Boss Up: A Hustler’s Guide to Building Your Empire, Rick Ross shared his thoughts on the recently reignited beef between Kanye West and Drake. When asked about the highly public feud, the Maybach Music Group founder said, “I love it,” before sharing a text he received from Drake. “Everything is unfolding. I’m about to be as free as a bird.” To which he replied with a “hahahaha” text back, saying, “I understand the genius to both of these artists, and I understand this is nothing personal to them.” “This is two levels of creativity inspiring each other. Because they both are right now thinking of the artwork, thinking of the credits. Where do we place what color is this, and to me, it only m...