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Isaiah Rashad Taps Doechii and Kal Banx for New Single “Wat U Sed”: Stream
Isaiah Rashad has dropped his latest single “Wat U Sed” featuring guest turns by both Doechii and Kal Banx. Stream it below. Set over a steady undercurrent of sustained synth, Rashad kicks things off with a laidback stanza recounting a “nightmare” he had involving way too many females who weren’t his current flame. While Rashad and Banx rap their respective verses and refrains, the track takes a melodic turn when Doechii takes the reins. “Lookin’ back when it spazz with your curls and your ass out/ Bad like a girl from the ave, goin’ anti/ Keep it bad, pop a tag, go and let it air out/ Drop it fast, let it spazz, go and let your hair down,” she croons on the second verse. Advertisement Related Video “Wat U Sed” is set to be included on Rashad’s forthcoming sophomore album The House is Burn...
Taylor Swift Releases ‘The Lakes (Original Version)’ on ‘Folklore’ One-Year Anniversary: Listen Now
In this week’s Billboard digital cover story, Jack Antonoff, who co-wrote and co-produced “The Lakes” with Swift, first revealed that “The Lakes” originally existed in a “big orchestral version,” before Swift decided to strip the song down. In the days following the publishing of the interview, Swift fans on social media asked to hear the original version of the track. “On one of my favorite songs on [Swift’s] Folklore, ‘The Lakes,’ there was this big orchestral version, and Taylor was like, ‘Eh, make it small,’” Antonoff says in the digital cover story. “I had gotten lost in the string arrangements and all this stuff, and I took everything out. I was just like, ‘Oh, my God!’ We were not together because that record was made [remotely], but I remember being in the studio alone like, ‘Holy ...
A$AP Rocky & Bobby Shmurda Bring New York Swagger to Miami’s 2021 Rolling Loud Festival
“I’ve been out here all week,” he exclaimed before his preview. “We been shooting videos for y’all all week. Y’all wanna hear some new sh–?” Though he was caught in the studio with Meek Mill and DaBaby over the last few months, the pair of hard-hitting tracks he performed found Bobby riding solo without any features. Before he exited, he did dish out two more fan favorites: “Bobby B–ch” and “Computers” sans Rowdy Rebel. Following Shmurda’s performance, fans received a high-octane showing from Lil Baby, who graced the Ciroc Stage before the night’s closer A$AP Rocky. Fresh from his Paris Fashion Week trip, Baby didn’t miss a step. From DJ Khaled’s “Every Chance I Get” to h...
LYNYRD SKYNYRD Guitarist GARY ROSSINGTON Recovering From Emergency Heart Surgery
LYNYRD SKYNYRD guitarist Gary Rossington is recovering from emergency heart surgery. According to a post on the band’s Facebook page, he “is home resting and recovering with his family at home. He wants everyone to know he is doing good and expects a full recovery. “After this past year, the country being shut down and everything we have all been thru, The Rossingtons encouraged the band to go perform in his absence. Music is a powerful healer! We all felt playing the shows and bringing the music to y’all was a better option than cancelling the performances. “We wish Gary a speedy recovery and we will see the Skynyrd Nation very soon! Please do us a favor and say some prayers for the Rossington family and if you would like to leave him a (positive) message ple...
Does YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Belong In ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME?
Two months after it was announced that Randy Rhoads will receive the Musical Excellence Award at this year’s Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony, legendary Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen was asked by Jeff Gaudiosi of MisplacedStraws.com if he has given any thought to where his place is in an institution like that. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “To be honest with you, I have a lot of awards and so on. And they’re really nice and I really appreciate them, but it doesn’t really validate me for me. It doesn’t validate me one way or another. “I am extremely self-critical, extremely picky about what I do,” he continued. “So if I’m in that particular one — I’m in a lot of other ones. I mean, I can’...
ZZ TOP Performs Without Bassist DUSTY HILL In Illinois (Video)
ZZ TOP played without bassist Dusty Hill last night (Friday, July 23) at the Village Commons in New Lenox, Illinois after he was forced to return to Texas to address a hip issue. Filling in for him at the gig was longtime guitar tech Elwood Francis. A few hours prior to the gig, ZZ TOP frontman Billy F Gibbons said in a statement: “And with Elwood to our right, rest assured ZZ TOP will deliver their good-time signature show. Billy‘s big guitar, crushing drums from Mr. Beard, and Elwood securing the bottom end continues the delivery with those famous three chords we all dig.” On Wednesday (July 21), ZZ TOP canceled its concert in Evansville, Indiana because of a “health issue within the band,” according to local news outlet Evansville Courier & Press. ZZ TO...
AARON LEWIS’s Record-Company President Defends Decision To Release ‘Am I The Only One’, Says Song Is ‘Inspiring Conversation’
Scott Borchetta, Big Machine Label Group‘s founder and president-CEO, has defended the company’s decision to release STAIND frontman Aaron Lewis‘s latest solo single, “Am I The Only One”, which takes aim at liberals and touches on American flags burning and statues that have been removed in the country. Borchetta‘s comments came in reponse to industry blogger Bob Lefsetz, who slammed Lewis’s song as “heinous.” Lefsetz went on to call Lewis a “middle-class, right-wing wanker” whose divisive track “should have been played at CPAC, in between speeches by nitwits like saying to refuse the ‘Fauci ouchie.'” Lefsetz reprinted Borchetta‘s letter in which the label head wrote in part: “Firstly, I believe...
Listen to Elephante’s Pensive New Single “Holy Ghosts”
In 2019, it seemed like the trajectory of dance-pop mainstay Elephante was headed for the clouds. In addition to a 10-show headlining run, an anticipated project called Diamond Days was slated for release that fall, which would be the first to feature his own vocals. But as the year went on, Diamond Days never materialized. And following the onset of the pandemic just months later, nothing else did, either. Instead, 2020 saw Elephante take more than a year off from solo releases. That all changed this May with his triumphant return, “High Water.” Featuring a scintillating electric guitar melody and vocals from Elephante himself, it came paired with an original music video. Now he’s on a roll—and he’s outdone himself, picking up right w...
Kill the Void Drop Menacing Debut EP, “Cult of Tau”
French electronic music duo Kill the Void have unveiled their debut EP, an ominous three-track techno record called Cult of Tau. The EP is a song-cycle of menacing, industrial techno and experimental dance music. Cult of Tau, which arrives on the heels of the duo’s signing to the UK record label Dance Trax, also includes a forward-thinking remix of its titular track by Assembler Code set for release on July 30th. Created using instruments from fabled audio brands such as Roland, Sequential, Eric Synths, and Moog, the EP kicks off with “Cult of Tau,” a frenetic and glitchy peak-time bomb with a cinematic edge. They follow with “Cosmopendium,” a sinister techno banger with booming kickdrums and an acid-inspired bassline, before tying a b...
Dwayne Johnson “Laughed Hard” at Vin Diesel’s “Tough Love” Comments
Earlier last month, Fast & Furious star Vin Diesel spoke to Men’s Health about his feud with co-star Dwayne Johnson, suggesting that he was responsible for the latter’s exceptional performance in the films due to his “tough love,” and now Johnson has finally responded to those comments. In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter to promote his upcoming film Jungle Cruise with Emily Blunt, Johnson was asked about Diesel taking credit for his performance. “I laughed and I laughed hard,” he responded. “I think everyone had a laugh at that. And I’ll leave it at that. And that I’ve wished them well. I wish them well on Fast 9. And I wish them the best of luck on Fast 10 and Fast 11 and the rest of the Fast & Furious movies ...
Michael B. Jordan Reportedly Developing ‘Superman’ Series for HBO Max
Michael B. Jordan and his Outlier Society company might be working on a Superman project for HBO Max. According to reports, Outlier Society hired a writer to pen the script of what sources state could be a limited series. The Superman project supposedly focuses on Val-Zod, the second Kryptonian “who took on the mantle of Superman after the Kal-El of his reality was killed in an invasion of Earth-2 by Darkseid and his army of Parademons.” Jordan will be producing and possibly star in the series, however his commitment as the lead actor is still under wraps. Jordan previously shot down rumors about his involvement in Ta-Nehisi Coates and Warner Bros.’ Superman project, which will be a reimagining of Clark Kent. “It’s smart of DC to grab Ta-Nehisi to go ahead and adapt that project,” he said....
Kevin Smith on Netflix’s Masters of the Universe: Revelation
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS On a special episode of Kyle Meredith With…, Kevin Smith sits down with our host to talk about Netflix’s Masters of the Universe: Revelation. The Dogma and Clerks (and soon Clerks III) filmmaker dishes on what it was like to create the continuation of He-Man and the Eternia crew, meeting fan expectations, and working with people’s nostalgia. Smith draws on his own experiences from seeing Raiders of the Lost Ark with his dad to his own Marvel superfandom. Advertisement Related Video With the animated series’ voice cast packed with big name stars, Smith also discusses what it was like to have the likes of Henry Rollins and Lena Head...
