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First Spin: The Week’s Best New Dance Tracks From LP Giobbi, Black Coffee & Diplo, Illenium & More
Black Coffee & Diplo feat. Elderbrook, “Never Gonna Forget” Frankly, there aren’t enough dance tracks that evoke the steamy feeling of the 1989 Chris Isaak classic “Wicked Game.” South African star Black Coffee and a pair of heavyweight pals are here to amend that with “Never Gonna Forget You,” a spacious house track built on a moody guitar lick Isaak would likely approve of, which sits beneath pretty, delicate layers of percussion and synth. Featuring Grammy-nominated vocalist/producer Elderbrook and Diplo — showing up here in his underground-oriented Higher Ground persona — “Never Gonna Forget” is the final single to drop because the Feb. 5 release of Black Coffee’s forthcoming LP, Subconsciously. LP Giobbi feat....
Dr. Dre Released From Hospital Following Brain Aneurysm
According to Ice-T on Twitter, Dr. Dre has officially returned home following his stint in the ICU due to a brain aneurysm. “Update: Just FaceTimed with @drdre He just made it home. Safe and looking good” the rapper and SVU icon tweeted on Friday afternoon. As first reported by TMZ, Dre was first moved out of the ICU on Wednesday, but remained in a private room at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles until he was discharged on Friday. The release comes a full 11 days after the rap legend was first rushed to the hospital with the serious condition, with doctors reportedly being “cautiously optimistic” for a full recovery from the beginning. Perhaps the good news to come out of all of this is that not only did the artist, producer, and Beats founder survive, but we can all be...
Chris Evans’ Captain America Rumored To Be Coming Back To The MCU
Source: Marvel / Disney Last we saw of Captain America in the MCU (SPOILER) he was trying out some of that life Tony told him to get when he used the time stone to travel back in time to the 40’s and live happily ever after with the love of his life, Peggy Carter. While fans were glad he didn’t lose his life in Avengers: Endgame, it was lowkey sad as it did seem like that was the last time we’d see Steve Rogers wield a shield and save the day. Apparently, it wasn’t. Yesterday Comicbook.com gave Marvel fanboys and fangirls a glimmer of hope when they reported that Chris Evans was set to return as Captain America in future MCU projects which had yet to be revealed. The actor is in talks with Marvel Studios to finish a deal which would see him suit up once again. It is unknown whether or not ...
‘Saved By The Bell’ Star Dustin Diamond aka Screech In Hospital Battling Stage 4 Cancer
Source: Noel Vasquez / Getty It’s not alright when it comes to the health of Saved By The Bell star Dustin Diamond. Deadline reports Diamond was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer after checking himself into a Florida hospital this weekend, experiencing pain throughout his body due to shingles and “general unease.” Diamond, who is best known for his role as Screech, the lovable geek of Bayside High in the 90s NBC sitcom Saved By The Bell, is now undergoing chemotherapy in hopes to defeat cancer. A rep for the actor said it “has spread (metastasized) and is in different parts of his body,” Yahoo reports and that the actor noticed “a huge lump on his throat.” Diamond’s acting career has been a forgettable one following Saved By The Bell’s end in 2000. He would go on to act in a bunch of low...
N.O.R.E. Stars In Second Episode of ‘Monogram”s ‘High Tales’
Source: Monogram / MONOGRAM Last week we reported that Jay-Z’s Monogram website would be premiering a new web series dubbed High Tales which featured some of your favorite weed head celebs recalling some of their more mind-blowing experiences. Source: Monogram / MONOGRAM A week after Jadakiss kicked off the series with the inaugural episode, Lefrak City’s OG, N.O.R.E. a.k.a. Noreaga a.k.a. Melvin Flint will be sitting down and reminiscing about his own Mary Jane induced experience. Knowing Nore’s history in the rap game you know he’s seen and lived through some sh*t! Still the man has no problem admitting that weed is a part of his everyday life as he explains why it’s been that way for most of his adult life. “It’s a medicinal plant that can spark ideas and conversation that drive pr...
Kendrick Lamar, MF DOOM, & More Featured On Biden/Harris Inaugural Playlist Curated Issa Rae’s Raedio & D-Nice
Source: Drew Angerer / Getty In just a few days, Donald Trump will be out of the White House. The country will begin healing as President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris takeover, to celebrate there is a playlist full of jams to mark the occasion. When Joe Biden and Kamala Harris each put their hands on a bible and swear to honor and defend the U.S. constitution as the 46th president and vice president of the United States, things will look very different. There won’t be hundreds of thousands of people flooding the National Mall to witness the moment because COVID-19 is still crushing the country. Also, there was that bootleg coup incited by the current lame-duck President Donald Trump last week that now has the entire country on edge and hundreds of national guard t...
Nitti Gritti Releases Soaring New Single With RUNN, “Where I Belong”
Fans first caught wind of a stunning unreleased Nitti Gritti track when he played it during his set at the Beyond Wonderland at the Gorge Virtual Rave-A-Thon in June. Today, the wait for the mystery banger is over after Nitti Gritti kicked off 2021 with his first release of the year, “Where I Belong” with RUNN. “Where I Belong” is a heartwarming journey of soaring vocals, punchy basses, and soulful melodies. The introduction starts with breathtaking vocals from RUNN, who takes the track to euphoric heights. The melodic chorus floats high in the clouds as Nitti Gritti’s instrumental guides listeners with nostalgic sound design. Soaring synth elements collide with hard-hitting drums in a fierce display of Nitti Gritti’s unique and flawl...
Nicky Romero Joins Forces With Rising Protocol Artist Timmo Hendriks for “Into the Light”
Since the inception of Dutch DJ Nicky Romero’s Protocol Recordings in 2012, the imprint has blossomed into a multi-faceted brand with its radio show receiving over 40 million listeners every week. For his newest track “Into The Light,” Romero collaborated with Protocol’s very own Timmo Hendriks. The track uplifts and inspires with beautiful piano chords and the crisp vocals of David Shane, who croons about a “paradise you’ll find” if you “step into the light.” After a gradual and heavenly build up, the drop thrusts into a victorious progressive house drop with an upbeat chord melody and potent kicks. The tune truly feels like paradise. Romero has been pumping out impactful, high-quality music for over a decade. His most notable pieces are “I Could Be The One” with Avicii, ...
Armin van Buuren’s Full Tomorrowland NYE Set Hits Streaming Platforms
If you tuned into Tomorrowland‘s star-studded New Year’s Eve virtual festival, odds are you saw Armin van Buuren rip it on the Melodia stage. For those who weren’t able to catch the massive streaming event, the trance legend has now shared his full set on streaming platforms. van Buuren’s performance was nothing short of breathtaking. He cycled through a whirlwind of his own trance hits, such as “Euthymia,” the festival favorite “Blah Blah Blah,” and Ilan Bluestone and Maor Levi‘s remix of “In And Out Of Love.” He also dropped the curtain on a huge unreleased ID, which many fans believe is a collaboration with MORTEN. “To end 2020 on a high note despite all the lockdown struggles, I set out to celeb...
Nitepunk’s Wild Breakbeat Track “Flow” Gets a Habstrakt House Twist
Nitepunk released “Flow” as his first single on the HARD RECS label just last month, making a splash on the fan-favorite electronic music imprint. The original track showcased a set of inventive breakbeat production skills, proving that Nitepunk has a lot to offer the dance music scene. Last year, Nitepunk remixed Habstrakt‘s “The One” and he was not the only artist to do so, joining the likes of fellow bass heavyweights NGHTMRE, Basstrick, Asdek, Effin, and Unlovable. This year, the roles have been reversed. Habstrakt, the renowned French bass house producer, has decided to give “Flow” his own unique spin. Habstrakt—the french house mainstay artist—has been on a roll as of late, releasing tracks on Never Say Di...
SPIN Daybreaker: 21 Artists Breaking Into 2021
Last year had 2,020 problems, but music thankfully wasn’t one of them. The time has come to venture into a new year of discovering the unknown. The time to discover more artists you love, songs that move you from the inside out, and most importantly, yourself. We’re ecstatic to be kicking off a new year of SPIN Daybreaker in 2021 with 21 new artists who blasted into the new year, ready to make their mark. This week’s edition with a medley of genre-defying rising artists that quickly have set the tone for what’s to come. Standouts this week include: dynamic vocalist Lilly Carron who carries her own in the vibe-packed, “Superhuman.”, indie heartthrob Ryan Woods who lays his heart out in “how i’m feeling.” and Sacramento-based band Madi Sipes & The Painted Blue who whisk you away in...
Rage Against the Machine Unveil Killing in Thy Name Documentary About ‘the Fiction Known as Whiteness’
If you were waiting for Rage Against the Machine to collectively chime in with their take on the modern revival of old-fashioned racism (which has always been there, but is far more prevalent in society now than it was five years ago), your day has come. Arguably the most politically charged band of all time has just released a short documentary called Killing in Thy Name in order to serve as “a fire escape from the fiction known as whiteness and a spring for discovery.” Of course, the film utilizes plenty of the band’s “Killing in the Name” as a soundtrack and reference, while the material itself goes into an explanation about how people who now consider themselves “white” have actually come from a wide variety of backgrounds and committed no shortage of atrocities over the cent...
