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Conway The Machine Unleashes Early AOTY Contender With ‘God Don’t Make Mistakes’ [Review]
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Conway The Machine became an integral part of the revival of the grimy and hardnosed sound of the 1990s, offering grim depictions of street life alongside his brother Westside Gunn and cousin Benny The Butcher. Now calling his own shots, La Maquina released his long-awaited major-label solo debut album God Don’t Make Mistakes and it is without question an early contender for album of the year. Fans of Conway were anticipating the release of the album since the 2019 Griselda group album, WWCD, the collective’s major-label debut on Shady Records. Prolific as the crew continues to be, Conway and his team took time to ensure that his Shady Records debut was free of flaws and communicated his vision while meeting the rapper’s high standard...
Take All Our Money: A Notorious B.I.G. NFT Collection Is On The Way
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: L. Busacca / Getty Twenty-five years ago today (March 9) the Hip-Hop world suffered a devastating loss when the legendary The Notorious B.I.G was gunned down in Los Angeles. And while the King of NY was only two albums into his career his legacy and enormous shadow continues to be felt in pop culture today. A few weeks after his shocking death, Biggie’s classic sophomore album Life After Death hit shelves and immediately cemented his legacy as a G.O.A.T in the game and to commemorate the album’s release a Notorious B.I.G. NFT collection will soon be available for Biggie fanatics to partake in. Green Web3 company OneOf will be partnering with late-great artist’s estate to compile a NFT collection to be minted on Tezos with a portion of the proceeds go...
Jae Skeese ft. Flee Lord & Conway The Machine “Against Tha Grain,” White $osa & NLE Choppa “Off The Rip” & More | Daily Visuals 3.9.22
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty With his album, God Don’t Make Mistakes, officially in the books and doing its thing, Conway The Machine is now on his business grizzly and turning his focus to his own new artist, Jae Skeese. Looking to get his Drumwork Music Group imprint on and popping, Conway The Machine and Flee Lord join Jae Skeese in his visuals to “Against Tha Grain” where the three men go for a ride through the ave before politicking in a plant laced apartment. Surprisingly none of the many plants in the room was cannabis. Elsewhere White $osa and NLE Choppa link up to help mend racial division in 2022 and in their clip to “Off The Rip” the two show off some ice grills while having some thick young women twerk to the beat. Paul Wall still making grills or nah...
Kanye West Reacts to ‘DONDA 2’ Not Being Eligible to Chart on Billboard
Earlier this week, Kanye West‘s DONDA 2 album has been ruled ineligible for Billboard charts. Due to the fact that his album is exclusively available on the Stem Player, the album has violated Billboard’s merchandise bundle policy. The policy deems albums sold with merchandise to be ineligible for its charts. Ye originally premiered DONDA 2 at a na event in Miami on February 22. The next day, he dropped four of the songs on his Stem Player website, with 12 other songs made available the next day. Last year’s DONDA album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, competing with Drake’s Certified Lover Boy. At the time of its release, the album was the biggest release of 2021. It tied with Eminem’s record for most No. 1 debuts in a row on the album charts. After hearing that DONDA 2 was no longe...
Google Files Patent for Wearable Devices to Control Music by Drawing on Your Skin
You know that song by Divinyls, “I Touch Myself”? Well, it would be perfect for Google’s recent patent filing, which may allow users to choose music by drawing on their skin. Google has reportedly filed a patent for skin drawing technology for its wearable devices, specifically the Pixel Watch and Pixel Buds. The patent, which was spotted by LetsGoDigital, shows how users can control their music by swiping or tapping on their skin near the device. By simply tapping near the gadget, a mechanical wave is generated and read by the device’s built-in accelerometers and sensors. They interpret the incoming wave as a gesture for various commands, like skipping to the next song or fast-forwarding. Each wearable device will use machine learning technology to understand...
Bashment YC On Seoul’s EDM Scene, K-pop Influences, and New Music
From Seoul to Los Angeles, rising DJ and producer Bashment YC is weaving the threads of a promising career in dance music. The South Korean young gun recently released “Real Good,” a collaboration with Illusïn and popular French producer Valy Mo released last month. The funky house tune was produced remotely, with Bashment working in South Korea and Mo chipping away in France. All said and done, they hit the nail on the head by dropping a thumping club track. To celebrate the release, we caught up with Bashment YC to chat about new music on the horizon, his influences, and EDM culture in his hometown Seoul. EDM.com: What’s the story behind this track? How did it come about? Bashment YC: The track was released on Will Sparks’ label Teamwrk Records...
Father John Misty Shares New Song “Goodbye Mr. Blue”: Listen
Father John Misty has shared another new single from his forthcoming album Chloë and the Next 20th Century. “Goodbye Mr. Blue” arrives ahead of Father John Misty’s appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert tonight, where he will perform the new track with a full band. Listen to it below. The new song follows “Funny Girl” and “Q4” from the album, which arrives on April 8 via Sub Pop. The album was produced with Jonathan Wilson, and the deluxe edition includes a 7″ featuring album tracks covered by Lana Del Rey and David Lynch (billed under the name Jack Cruz). Revisit Pitchfork’s 2017 feature “Here Is the Scandalous Father John Misty Interview You’ve Been Waiting For.” Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
Destroyer Shares Video for New Song “June”: Watch
Destroyer has released another new song from the forthcoming album Labyrinthitis. The track is called “June” and it comes with a music video directed by David Galloway and Destroyer’s Dan Bejar. In the clip, we watch as a burrito is made by hand, taken for delivery by a person in a futuristic suit, and dropped off at Bejar’s house where he promptly begins to sing to it. Check it out below. Labyrinthitis is out March 25 via Merge. “June’ is the third song Destroyer has shared from the upcoming LP, following “Tintoretto, It’s for You” and “Eat the Wine, Drink the Bread.” Bejar’s previous album under his Destroyer moniker was 2020’s Have We Met. Next month, Destroyer will hit the road for a North American tour. It kicks off on April 22 in Vancouver, British Columbia and, a month later, will c...
Mitski Gets First No. 1 on a Billboard Songs Chart With “The Only Heartbreaker”
Mitski has earned another Billboard chart milestone. After Laurel Hell became the top-selling album in America earlier this year, she’s now achieved her first No. 1 position for a song on a Billboard chart. “The Only Heartbreaker” is No. 1 this week on the Adult Alternative Airplay chart, Billboard reports. Mitski is headlining this year’s Pitchfork Music Festival, which takes place from July 15-17 at Chicago’s Union Park. Tickets go on sale this Friday. Read Pitchfork’s 2018 interview “Don’t Cry for Mitski.” Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
RIAA Reports Highest-Ever $15 Billion in Recorded Music Revenue
The Recording Industry Association of America released its 2021 year-end revenue statistics, reporting that overall revenue for recorded music had reached a record $15 billion, bolstered by the continued growth of streaming and vinyl sales. This year’s streaming revenues—paid subscriptions, ad-supported streaming services, digital and customized radio, Facebook and digital fitness app licensing, and for the first time, TikTok—grew 24% in 2021 to a total of $12.4 billion, accounting for 83% of total revenues, similar to 2020. Check out the full report below. Vinyl continues to make gains for the 15th consecutive year; even as overall physical sales stagnated in 2020, with many retail outlets closed to the public during nationwide lockdowns, revenue rose almost 30% that year, and 61%—to $1.0...
Spotify Suspends Premium Accounts in Russia
Spotify has suspended its premium accounts in Russia after the country’s invasion of Ukraine, a company executive said on Wednesday (March 9). Paul Vogel, the streaming platform’s CFO, said the shutdown would result in a loss of about 1.5 million paying customers in the first quarter of 2022, Variety reported. That is not expected to be material for the company: Russia represents less than 1% of Spotify’s total revenue of 9.67 billion euros ($10.93 billion) in 2021, up 22.7% from 2020. In the wake of Russia’s attack on Ukraine, Spotify said last Wednesday that it was closing its office in Russia and removing content from state-sponsored broadcasters RT and Sputnik. The platform has been unable to add new premium accounts or to run advertising in Russia since credit card companies Visa, Mas...
Ukraine’s ‘Cellar Violinist’ Plays on Amid Heaving Bombing
A gentle tune from a violin played by a musician who has been dubbed Ukraine’s “cellar violinist” is a lullaby for a child sheltered in the dark basement of an apartment building in the besieged Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. Vera Lytovchenko has become an internet icon of resilience as images of the concert violinist playing in the basement bomb shelter have inspired an international audience via social media. When heavy Russian bombing of Ukraine’s northeastern city of Kharkiv started two weeks ago, Lytovchenko, her professor father and neighbors sought safety in their building’s basement. “Bombs can fall everywhere in our city, so we decided to go down in the cellar,” the 39-year-old violinist told The Associated Press via Skype Wednesday during a brief respite from the bombing during a tem...
