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Juice WRLD’s ‘Fighting Demons’ Receives Vinyl Release, Updated Digital Deluxe Edition
Juice WRLD‘s latest posthumous album, Fighting Demons, has received a vinyl release and an updated digital deluxe edition. The vinyl release features all original tracks from the digital album is available online and in-store, along with an exclusive red vinyl color released at Target. Meanwhile, the updated digital deluxe edition now includes the previously-released singles “Sometimes,” “Legends” and “Rich and Blind.” Fighting Demons dropped in December 2021 and was produced by Lil Bibby, the rapper who worked closely with the late artist and founder of Grade A Productions, and Juice’s manager Peter Jideonwo. The record debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, giving him his fifth chart entry. Stream Juice WRLD’s Fighting Demons on Spotify and Apple Music, and purchase the vinyl releases on...
Def Jam Recordings Celebrates Women’s History Month With ‘THE WOMEN OF DEF JAM’ Compilation
Def Jam Recordings is paying its respects to the women on its roster with THE WOMEN OF DEF JAM, a 24-track compilation releasing in time with Women’s History Month. Offered as collector’s edition Triple-LP box set, the compilation features cuts from the women who have dominated hip-hop and R&B from the ’90s to the present, including Nikki D, Foxy Brown, Boss and Ashanti, to Amerie, Teyana Taylor, Alessia Cara, Rapsody and Jhené Aiko. A press release adds that for the first time since 2007, Def Jam has an all-female marketing staff and has never had as many women on its A&R team as it does today. Additionally, over half of the label’s staff are women, including seven women of color in senior executive positions, and two of three executive leaders and eight of ten department heads ar...
Denzel Curry Releasing New Album Melt My Eyez See Your Future Next Week
At last, Denzel Curry has revealed the artwork, tracklist, and release date of his new album Melt My Eyez See Your Future. In addition to the Slowthai-featuring song “Zatoichi,” the album includes contributions from Thundercat, T-Pain, Robert Glasper, Jpegmafia, J.I.D, Kenny Beats, Rico Nasty, and more. Find the tracklist and artwork below. Read Pitchfork’s 2018 interviews “How Denzel Curry Helped Pioneer SoundCloud Rap” and “Get to Know Slowthai, the Most Exciting—and Excitable—New UK Rapper Out Right Now.” Melt My Eyez See Your Future: 01 Melt Session #1 [ft. Robert Glasper] (prod. Robert Glasper)02 Walkin (prod. Kal Banx)03 Worst Comes to Worst (prod. Dot Da Genius and Naz)04 John Wayne [ft. Buzzy Lee] (prod. Jpegmafia)05 The Last (prod. FnZ and HWLS)06 Mental [ft. Saul Williams an...
Fiona Apple, Backing Court Transparency Bills, Asks You to Call Maryland Lawmakers: Watch
Fiona Apple has been a vocal advocate of virtual court observations in Prince George’s County, Maryland in recent months. Now, she’s shared a new video encouraging her fans to join her in calling state lawmakers to support legislation that would continue to allow virtual court access. Watch her step-by-step explanation—complete with a prompt—below. Since winning two Fetch the Bolt Cutters–related trophies at last year’s Grammys, Apple has covered Sharon Van Etten’s “Love More” for the 10th anniversary of the singer-songwriter’ album Epic. Last summer, her song “Shameika” appeared in Nia DaCosta’s Candyman reboot, with proceeds going to the Harlem Children’s Zone. She’d previously said she’d donate proceeds from “Shameika” and “Heavy Balloon” to nonprofit causes in 2020, echoing a similar c...
Rosalía Shares New Video for “Candy”: Watch
Rosalía has shared a new video for her Motomami track “Candy.” Showing a rowdy night of karaoke, the new video arrives on the same day as the album’s release. Check it out below. Rosalía announced her follow-up to 2018’s El Mal Querer in November, with the Weeknd collaboration “La Fama” arriving shortly thereafter. She’s released other videos for the singles “Hentai,” “Chicken Teryaki,” and “Saoko.” More recently, Rosalía made her debut on Saturday Night Live to perform “Chicken Teryaki” and “La Fama” without the Weeknd. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
Travis Barker, Sheila E., D-Nice, and Robert Glasper to Perform at 2022 Oscars
Travis Barker, Sheila E., and Robert Glasper will appear alongside music director Adam Blackstone as part of an all-star band at the 94th Academy Awards this year. D-Nice and the vocal group the Samples are also set to appear on the program. The show airs on Sunday, March 27 at 8 p.m. Eastern. This year’s Best Picture nominees include Licorice Pizza, Dune, The Power of the Dog, and West Side Story. Beyoncé is nominated for her first Oscar this year, with her King Richard song “Be Alive” competing for Best Original Song against Billie Eilish, Van Morrison, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and more. Questlove’s Summer of Soul is up for Best Original Documentary, and Jonny Greenwood is up for Best Original Score for his work on The Power of the Dog. Follow all of Pitchfork’s coverage of the 2022 Osc...
Latto ft. 21 Savage “Wheelie,” Yung Bleu ft. Ne-Yo “Walk Through The Fire” & More | Daily Visuals 3.17.22
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Paras Griffin / Getty Seems like just yesterday 21 Savage was on the verge of getting deported thanks to a Trump administration that was obsessed with deporting people of color, but luckily the ATLien from across the pond remains in the U.S. and continues to do his thing. Lending his talents to Latto for her visuals to “Wheelie,” 21 and the artist formerly known as Mulatto kick it on the streets where cyclists pop wheelies and a marching band accompanies them through the block. Everyone needs their own theme music when they strolling around, right? On the R&B tip, Ne-Yo comes out of retirement to link up with Yung Bleu for his clip to “Walk Through The Fire” where Ne-Yo plays a detective trying to figure out why Yung’s crib went up in flames. Ne-Yo re...
Pretty Cheeky: Twitter Ladies Get To Clapping Cheeks With New #TooLoudChallenge Craze
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: izusek / Getty If you’re a person over a certain age, a lot of the trends and challenges that kick off on social media won’t make sense to many of you. The latest challenge that’ll definitely baffle the old heads is the #tooloudchallenge, which features ladies making it clap and we shouldn’t have to explain further than that. Built atop a line from Flint, Mich. rapper Louie Ray’s 2021 track “Cash App,” the #tooloudchallenge takes a portion of the song where it sounds like a pole athlete inside a gentleman’s club is making it clap for the people. If we had to guess, TikTok is most likely the birthplace of this challenge, which has continued to bubble over the past couple of days. Along with cheeks, some ladies are making other things clap to the beat...
Need a Horror Movie to Stream? Here’s How You Can Watch ‘Monster’ for Free
All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. Regina Hall’s horror film Monster debuted Friday (March 18) on Prime Video. The Mariamo Diallo-directed flick centers around racism in academia, with Hall starring as the first Black woman to lead a residence hall at Northwestern University. “In its entirety, it was a little more haunting than I had assumed it would feel,” Hall told Newsweek of the film. “It felt different to experience how uncomfortable the movie is.” Monster, which stars Hall, Zoe Renee and Talia Ryder, has already cracked the top five on Prime Video’s U.S. streaming charts and is No. 10 w...
Britney Spears ‘Circus’ Funko Pop! & More Vinyl Figurines to Collect for Women’s History Month
All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. Looking to expand your Funko Pop! collection? These charming little Pop! vinyls have become one of the hottest items for collectors, and Women’s History Month is a great time to purchase figurines of some of your favorite female music artists. Britney Spears has a few different Funko Pops! made in her honor, the latest of which won’t be out until July, but you can pre-order it now to ensure that it arrives by the release date. Explore See latest videos, charts and news Funko Pop! Rocks: Britney Spears Circus with Chase The Britney Spears Circus Funko P...
The Ledger: Should Music Streamers Follow Netflix’s Lead on Account Sharing?
The Ledger is a weekly newsletter about the economics of the music business sent to Billboard Pro subscribers. An abbreviated version of the newsletter is published online. The music business should watch what Netflix is doing in select Latin American countries to bring in more revenue as painlessly as possible. In the next few weeks, Netflix will begin testing new two features in Chile, Costa Rica and Peru: “Add an extra member,” which allows subscribers to standard and premium plans to add up to two people they don’t live with for a few dollars a month; And “transfer profile to a new account” for people to take their profile information — namely their viewing history and recommendations — to a new account rather than create a new account from scratch. “We recognize that people have many ...
Britney Spears’ Instagram Is Back
Two days after Britney Spears‘ Instagram account mysteriously disappeared, the pop star returned to the photo-sharing app with three new posts. Spears’ account was disabled without warning on Wednesday, and Billboard confirmed at the time that Instagram was not behind the account’s deactivation. The trio of posts on Friday (March 18) include peeks at Spears’ Clueless look, with the “…Baby One More Time” singer wearing a velour miniskirt paired with a white crop top with puffy sheer sleeves, clearly inspired by the preppy style of Alicia Silverstone’s Cher Horowitz. A third video is a repost from TikTok user lirios9595 of a baby moving around its mom’s pregnant belly, with the caption “Mommy … get me out of here.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news Spears’ Instagram account has been...
