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Calvin Harris Reveals Star-Studded Tracklist for “Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2”
Over five years after its predecessor, the release of Calvin Harris‘ Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2 album is just about a week away. The last few months have been tantamount to torture for fans of the chart-topping “Summer” producer, who had been cryptically teasing the follow-up to 2017’s influential Vol. 1, saying back in March that it’s the “maddest album” he’s ever produced. And if its tracklist is any indication, he wasn’t kidding around. If the crossover potential of Funk Wave Bounces Vol. 1 was hot, that of its successor is downright volcanic. The tracklist, which Harris revealed today, is brimming with monster collaborations. Highlights include “New To You” (with Normani, Tinashe and Migos’ Offset) and R...
Calvin Harris Reveals Monster List of Collaborators for “Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2”
Is it really summer without new music from Calvin Harris? The last few weeks have been tantamount to torture for fans of the chart-topping “Summer” producer, who has been cryptically teasing the follow-up to his influential Funk Wav Bounces album, which came out almost five years ago. Feel old yet? Harris has now announced that the hotly anticipated record, which he has called the “maddest album” he’s ever produced, is slated to drop in early August. He also finally revealed the staggering list of collaborators who contributed to Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2. If the crossover potential of Vol. 1 was hot, that of its successor is downright volcanic. The album’s monster list of collaborators is akin to a Grammy Award repository, boasting voc...
Shermanology Take On LION BABE and Busta Rhymes’ “Harder” With Electrifying House Remix
Directly following their 2021 album Rainbow Child, celebrated R&B duo LION BABE returned earlier this year with “Harder,” continuing to cement themselves as tastemakers within a wide range of genres. Featuring a guest performance from iconic rapper Busta Rhymes, as well as co-production from acclaimed DJ and producer Mike Nasty, “Harder” is driven by infectious vocals, irresistible grooves and funky chords—the perfect backbone for Shermanology’s remix treatment. The Dutch duo have been active since 2009, building a strong reputation for producing club anthems, like their collab with FISHER, “It’s A Killa.” Shermanology’s genre-bending style nicely complements “Harder,” turning it into an immersive house gem while maintaining the original’s sultry aesthetic. While Rhymes’ and LION...
Swizz Beatz Says Busta Rhymes Should Battle Eminem In ‘Verzuz’ In Response To Dr. Dre
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz83 It looks like the Verzuz schedule might get really interesting in 2022. Swizz Beatz suggests that Busta Rhymes should be Eminen’s opponent after Dr. Dre posed the question on social media. As spotted on Complex the super producer weighed in on what seems to be the Hip-Hop question of the week. On Monday, January 24 Dr. Dre posted a video of Slim Shady spitting a lightning speeds and asked “Marshall Mathers vs Who???!!”. The Ruff Ryder front man dropped his thoughts in the comment section with “BUSTA!!!!!!!!!!! Let’s go”. While the good doctor did not specify the platform for the hypothetical one on one it is clear that Swizz is thinking a Verzuz match up. Related Stories This is not the first time, and most like...
The 40 Greatest Music Video Artists
Music videos are the perfect bastard child of art and commerce, even more than pop music itself. A promotional visual accompaniment to a popular song doesn’t need a coherent narrative (although on rare occasions, they do). It just needs to suit the song, sell the record, and possibly make the artist look cool. But since the launch of MTV 40 years ago this week, a select few recording artists have helped raise music videos to an art form — sometimes by accident, and sometimes by carefully curating the work of brilliant directors like Mark Romanek, Hype Williams, and Spike Jonze. Here are 40 artists from the last four decades that helped video kill the radio star. 40. Lil Kim [embedded content] Although earlier female MCs like Salt-N-Pepa and Queen Latifah used music videos to help launch th...
Busta Rhymes Teases Neptunes Collaboration
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez/BET / Getty Looks like Busta Rhymes has got something brewing in his dungeon and he has no problem roaring about it. On Sunday (June 6), the Hip-Hop legend took to his Instagram page to tease a collaboration with not only Pharrell, but his original partner in crime, Chad Hugo, who jointly are known as The Neptunes. You probably knew that if you’re here. Sharing a picture with all three of them posing up a storm, Busta captioned the pic with a message of excitement. “Guess who’s back at it? 👀👀👀The Dragon 🐉 & The Neptune’s@pharrell @chadhugo Oh Shit!! 😳😳😳😳” Given the trio’s history of making hits (“Pass The Courvoisier II” & “Light Your Ass On Fire”) and Busta’s recent...
Watch the Director’s Cut of Phife Dawg’s ‘Nutshell PART 2′
Back in February, Phife Dawg’s estate released a new version of “Nutshell PART 2,” a song that was originally released in 2016 that featured none other than Busta Rhymes and Redman. The track hails from Forever, the upcoming posthumous album from Phife. A video came along with that release, and now there’s an even longer director’s cut of the clip available. In it, a meeting that starts off at a label with an HR rep who can’t get the rappers’ names [and features some special guests, like Peter Rosenberg] right before moving to a diner and, well, you can see it all below. [embedded content] “It was the last day I got to hang with Phife,” Peter Rosenberg says of the video. “So grateful that he thought of me and would include me in anything, but even more grateful I got to kick it w...
The Meaning Of The 5%: A Look At The Nation Of Gods And Earths
Source: Harlem + Bespoke / H+B In Hip-Hop music and culture, the terms “Peace, God,” “Word Is Bond,” and “Cipher,” among others, all pepper the language of the participants and proponents within the culture. While the phrases and terms have flair, the sayings originated just as Hip-Hop was forming as a known entity. The Nation of Gods and Earths (NGE), also referred to as the Five Percent Nation of Islam, is the source of those and other popular phrases. The Nation of Gods and Earths developed a connection with Hip-Hop culture that stretches far beyond the sharing of lingo. Labeled as the “Rastafarianism of Hip-Hop” because of the similarity to many Reggae artists embracing Rasta faith, several Hip-Hop artists have claimed ties to NGE culture. Perhaps the most notable NGE Hip-Hop artist is...
Phife Dawg Drops New Posthumous Single “Nutshell Pt. 2”
Source: Al Pereira / Getty It’s going on five years since the culture lost the legendary MC Phife Dawg from the iconic Hip-Hop group A Tribe Called Quest (still one of the hardest group names in music, ever). And though the 5-Foot Assassin isn’t here in the physicla, his legacy is still revered, respected and remembered in the fondest of ways. Though many thought we heard the last of his work in the 2016 Tribe Called Quest album We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service, in 2021 we’re getting some more lyrical bombardment from the Malik The Five-Foot Freak via a new solo album, Forever. Though details about Phife’s upcoming LP are being held close to the chest, for now, fans are now getting blessed with the first single off the upcoming project which features two of his triple-OG rap p...
Busta Rhymes Memorializes MF DOOM In Heartfelt Letter
Source: PYMCA / Getty Busta Rhymes is mourning over the loss of his longtime friend, and collaborator MF DOOM after the recent news of his death created a shockwave of grief throughout the culture. After a few days of silence, Vibe spotted Busta’s heartfelt letter penned on Instagram memorializing DOOM’s life and contribution to Hip-Hop. “It has taken me days to come to terms with this enough to type about it and I still can’t believe it or come to terms with it,” Busta wrote on Sunday (Jan. 3). “I’m completely f*cked up by the loss of this GOD MC & incredible human being!!! Over 30 years of friendship and brotherhood almighty!! I wanted to believe this was another elaborate scheme by the great Whodunit MF Doom himself but this time I have [received] the confirmations that ...
The 35 Best Videos of the Last 35 Years
SPIN launched in the peak MTV era, when an innovative — or even just salacious — music video could make or break an artist. Thirty five years later, YouTube is an obligatory part of any promotional push, but no one’s counting on a mind-blowing clip to sell a record. (The views do often matter — just not always the creativity.) A sizable chunk of the best videos came out during the ‘90s alternative bloom, when directors like Spike Jonze, Michel Gondry and Hype Williams experimented with the style and substance of this malleable medium. But the format hasn’t died with MTV: artists like Childish Gambino, Kendrick Lamar and Miley Cyrus all made this list for a reason — and it wasn’t to meet a decade quota. Here are the top 35 from the last 35. Ready or not, here we go again. – Ryan Reed 3...
