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GEORGE LYNCH Is ‘Very Confident’ That He Would Have Been A ‘Good Fit’ As WARREN DEMARTINI’s Replacement In RATT
In a brand new interview with Waste Some Time With Jason Green, legendary guitarist George Lynch (DOKKEN, LYNCH MOB, KXM) confirmed that he received an offer to play with RATT in 2018 following Warren DeMartini‘s most recent departure from the group. “We were talking about it,” he said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). “But they wanted a hired-gun guy that was working for a not-great salary. And I’m not that guy. I’ve never been a hired-gun guy. If you want me, I’ll be part of the band and I will write songs and I will be an integral part — one of the big cogs in the wheel — but if you want a hired gun, I’m sure you can get somebody to do that. But that’s not me. And that’s where it fell apart. The guy they got” apparent...
A Day in the Life of…KiNG MALA
KiNG MALA rules. That’s all there is to it. Los Angeles alt-soul artist KiNG MALA (a.k.a. Areli Castro) has a voice as strong as her moniker, with a narrative that includes lust and sexuality, but manages to keep her vulnerability intact. Everything about her manner and her message make her a badass independent sovereign we’d trust to lead a war for humanity. “’mercy’ was a chance for me to explore a darker side of myself,” she tells us, of her new single, released in July. “I kept asking myself the question: ‘Am I the bad things I’ve done? How can I separate my actions from who I am as a person?’ And that inspired this delve into my ‘shadow self’ to explore it from the outside. In the music video, there is this sweet, innocent version of myself seated across the table from a more co...
Nas’ ‘King’s Disease II’ Projected To Open in Top Five of Billboard 200
Nas‘ King’s Disease II sequel is projected to open in the top five of next week’s Billboard 200. According to HITS Daily Double, the 15-track project will debut at No. 5 with a total of 51,500 equivalent album units, including 16,000 in album sales. If forecasts are correct, the album will be the only newcomer on next week’s chart and will be the week’s highest-earning debut. Meanwhile, Billie Eilish‘s Happier Than Ever is expected to log a second week at No. 1, with the rest of the top 10 possibly comprised of Olivia Rodrigo, The Kid LAROI, Doja Cat, Morgan Wallen, Lil Durk and Lil Baby, Polo G, George Harrison and Isaiah Rashad. King’s Disease II us executive produced by Hit-Boy and Nas himself, and features appearances from Eminem on EPMD “EPMD 2,” A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie and YG on ...
Isaiah Rashad and Lil Uzi Vert Share Kaleidoscopic Visual for “From the Garden”
Isaiah Rashad and Lil Uzi Vert have given fans a monochromatically enhanced visual for their latest collab, “From the Garden.” The track is part of Rashad’s highly successful album, The House Is Burning and sees the duo make their way through town in the middle of the night. Recently, Rashad’s The House Is Burning debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200 chart. The album featured a slew of high-profile collaborators including SZA, 6LACK, Smino and Kenny Beats. Many believe that The House Is Burning is a comeback for the rapper being that it is his first album since his 2016 project, The Sun’s Tirade. In a recent interview, Rashad discussed why it has taken him so long to release new music, “I was really disgruntled. Instead of just explaining myself, I just assumed that n***as knew. Or I woul...
The ILLENIUM Trilogy Experience with Tixr
After the smashing success of last year’s KISS 2020 Goodbye concert, which culminated in the year’s most successful global live stream rock concert, Tixr and client City Drive Studios were itching to work together again. Looking to make a big follow-up impression, both teams approached this project with the shared goal of delivering a once in a lifetime experience to a global audience. The musician, producer, and DJ known professionally as ILLENIUM was searching for a similar opportunity, hoping to showcase over four hours of work encompassing his past three albums: Ashes, Awake, and Ascend. The resulting Trilogy Livestream was produced by an award-winning team at City Drive Studios from the Las Vegas Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium, making it the first concert to ever be hosted at the venue. C...
Fat Joe and DJ Drama Announce New Gangsta Grillz Project ‘What Would Big Do 2021’
Fat Joe and DJ Drama are set to release the brand new Gangsta Grillz project, What Would Big Do 2021, on August 13. The pair both announced the exciting news on Instagram and confirmed that Cool & Dre joined the project as executive producers.“Yesterday’s title is not today’s title!!!” Fat Joe wrote for his caption, poking fun at DJ Drama’s initial post with a different title. “WHAT WOULD BIG DO 2021?! Friday the 13th #GangstaGrillz @djdrama @coolanddre.” Meanwhile, DJ Drama wrote, “GOOOSEBUMPS!!! Crack & Dram!! “Summa Mon” 8/13 #GangstaGrillz.” Fat Joe’s latest collaborative record was 2019’s Family Ties with Dre, while DJ Drama recently hosted Tyler, the Creator‘s newest studio effort CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST. Fat Joe and DJ Drama’s What Would Big Do 2021 drops August 13. &nb...
Kanye West’s Latest ‘Donda’ Event Is Most-Watched Apple Music Livestream Ever
West held a first Donda listening event on July 23 and since then has been living at Mercedes-Benz Stadium while putting the finishing touches on Donda, his 10th studio album. Between the two listening parties, West made considerable tweaks to the album, adding and removing features and entire songs, so it remains to be seen what the definitive version of Donda will sound like once the album is released. After numerous delays, Donda is expected to be released in the coming weeks. The second event on Aug. 5 also pulled in $7 million in revenue from in-person merchandise sales, sources say. That number matches the revenue for the first drop from Yeezy x Gap, West’s new collaboration with the Gap, which former Gap CEO Mickey Drexler told Yahoo Finance generated $7 million overnight when ...
Inside Kanye West’s ‘Donda’ Event, 4 Out of 40,000 Fans Got COVID-19 Vaccine
Before the event, the stadium remained active in its attempts to get fans vaccinated. On Aug. 4, the venue announced a two-hour pop-up for Atlanta Falcons fans looking to attend that weekend’s team open practice. The Mercedes-Benz Stadium rep informs Billboard that “about 30” vaccines were distributed for the Falcons Open Practice and that they “will continue to have vaccines available for Falcons games this NFL season.” From January to June, the sports and entertainment stadium has served as a community vaccination site for Atlanta residents. On Saturday, a mobile vaccination clinic operated for four hours ahead of Garth Brooks’ concert at Kansas City’s Arrowhead Stadium, and only 35 of the more than 70,000 concertgoers took advantage of...
Of 7 Female Collabs Ever Nominated for VMA Video of the Year, Which is Your Favorite? Vote!
The 2021 MTV Video Music Awards announced nominations on Wednesday (Aug. 11), and for the first time in the show’s history, two female collaborations are vying for the coveted video of the year accolade. “WAP” by Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion and “Kiss Me More” by Doja Cat featuring SZA are both up for the honors this year, competing against “Popstar” by DJ Khaled featuring Drake (starring Justin Bieber), “Bad Habits” by Ed Sheeran, “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” by Lil Nas X and “Save Your Tears” by The Weeknd. Besides “WAP,” other all-female collabs that were nominated for video of the year and also hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 includ...
The Weeknd’s Next Album Is Taking Inspiration From These 2 Britney Spears Songs
The Weeknd is taking our breath away with his latest single, and he’s taking inspiration from another superstar on his next project: Britney Spears. During the Wednesday (Aug. 11) episode of his Apple Music 1 radio show Memento Mori, The Weeknd played “Everytime” and “Toxic” from Spears’ 2003 album In the Zone. According to a description of the new episode, The Weeknd played “a mix of music that showcases tracks inspiring the new Dawn era.” In addition to Spears, the singer also played two songs by Nas (“Star Wars” and “Thief’s Theme”), as well as tracks by Swedish House Mafia, Kid Cudi, Kanye West and Tyler, the Creator. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we r...
All Things Must Pass – Super Deluxe Edition: George Harrison’s Epic is Celebrated 50 Years On
I admit it, I bought three box sets of Beatles bootleg material when I was in Singapore two decades ago. What I liked most in that treasure trove were the Liverpudlian’s takes on the songs that would eventually emerge in George Harrison’s first true solo album. When it appeared as a triple-disc set, All Things Must Pass was heralded as proof that The Quiet Beatle had much more going on than his few songs that John and Paul found room for on the band’s albums. Unpacking the original vinyl release was like exploring a classical box set (Harrison’s Concert for Bangladesh replicated the experience a mere year later). Subsequent reissues of All Things Must Pass have maintained that sense of magnitude, and this 50th anniversary edition is no exception. The color treatment of the packaging ...
THE BLOSSOM Revs Up Their “SPORTS CAR” In All-New Visual For Their Latest Song
THE BLOSSOM, also known as Lily Lizotte, has arrived with an all-new video titled “SPORTS CAR” that finds the budding star kicking into sixth gear. Fresh off the release of their latest single, “SPIKE COLLAR,” and recent EP, 97 BLOSSOM, which featured help from her good friends and Brockhampton’s own Kevin Abstract, Romil Hemnani, Matt Champion and more, THE BLOSSOM bares their soul on the new single, which premiered on Triple J’s Good Nights — the #1 new music radio show in Australia. Splitting time between New York City, Los Angeles and Sydney throughout their life, THE BLOSSOM is well traveled and it shows. On “SPORTS CAR,” THE BLOSSOM drifts through racetrack visuals, burnouts, motorcycle crashes and backyard mischief as they work their way through the rubble singing, “I do it all, jus...
