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Maino “K.O.B,” Sett & Gucci Mane “Break Out Dat Cake” & More | Daily Visuals 10.19.22
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Lately Maino’s been rolling something hard with his Harlem brethren, Jim Jones, but today the Brooklyn rapper returns on the dolo tip and shows us that he’s ready to give John Legend a run for his money on the piano. In his latest visuals to “K.O.B,” Maino shows that he knows how to work those piano keys (sort of) while using a collage of old school pictures to paint the pic of a young hustler who went through the struggle to become the success he is today. John Legend would probably still wash Maino on the piano. Just sayin.’ From the East to the South, Sett and Gucci Mane seem to know how to have a good time and in their clip to “Break Out Dat Cake” the two hit up a strip club to make it rain and the booty waves come crashing down o...
Marlon Wayans To Host New Original VR Series For Meta
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NBC / Getty The art of facing your fears is getting a unique virtual twist as Marlon Wayans is teaming up with Meta to premiere a new series. In a press release issued on Wednesday (Oct. 19), the company announced that the veteran actor, comedian, and writer will be the host of a new series, Oh Hell No…With Marlon Wayans. The show will air exclusively on Wayans’ Facebook and Instagram pages beginning on Wednesday, Oct. 26. The show will feature Wayans challenging a few of his celebrity friends to confront their fears in virtual reality, using the Meta Quest 2 headset to totally enhance the experience. Viewers can also take part in the immersive challenges using their own Meta Quest 2 headsets. The guests who are set to appear in the six-episode series inc...
Arctic Monkeys Motor on With ‘The Car’: Stream It Now
Arctic Monkeys have new wheels. With The Car (via Domino Recordings), the British indie-rockers’ seventh studio album, which left the garage at the stroke of midnight, the band will hope to keep a hot streak intact. Every studio album from Arctic Monkeys has gone to No. 1 in the U.K., from their record-setting debut Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not (2006), to Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007), Humbug (2009), Suck It and See (2011), AM (2013) and Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino (2018), a best-seller on vinyl. Also, frontman Alex Turner has led the national tally with his side project The Last Shadow Puppets. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Only Taylor Swift’s Midnights could spoil the chart party. Produced by James Ford, The ...
Sainté Takes Listeners on a ‘Vacation’ With his Latest E.P.
Almost 12 months on from his last project, Leicester-born rapper Sainté is now back with new music. Back in 2021, the U.K. rhymer dropped his 7-track-long E.P. Out the Blue and it tapped into a jumpy vibe full of lots of bass, melody, and contrast between fast flows and laid-back beats. After OTB, Sainté took a trip across the pond and connected with Maryland rapper Joony for “East” which came with production help from Parker Jazz and Brad Baker. Now, Sainté has just presented his latest project Vacation and it features a selection of lo-fi production, hard-hitting bass, and the occasional double-time flow. Unveiling the new project at a listening party in collaboration with Hypebeast U.K. last night, stand-out records come in the form of the E.P.-opening...
Taylor Swift Reflects on Midnights: ‘A Wild Ride of an Album’
After months of teases and ballgames, the journey to Taylor Swift’s Midnights has reached its conclusion. Now, another trip begins, as Swifties everywhere drop everything, absorb the new record and share their thoughts online. TayTay herself has entered the discussion. In the small hours, as the album trended on social media, the pop superstar reflected on her latest LP, her 10th studio effort, and first since her Billboard 200 chart-leader Evermore from 2020. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Midnights is a wild ride of an album and I couldn’t be happier that my co pilot on this adventure was Jack Antonoff,” she writes, thanking her buddy, years-long collaborator and producer. “He’s my friend for life (presumptuous I know but I stand by...
Taylor Swift’s ‘Chaotic Surprise’ Is ‘Midnights (3am Edition),’ Featuring 7 Extra Tracks
Taylor Swift promised a “special very chaotic surprise” in the wee hours and she didn’t disappoint, by dropping a trove of extra Midnights tracks, seven in total. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news As the clock struck 3am ET, or midnight on the west coast, Swift dropped what she’s calling her “3am tracks.” “Surprise!,” she writes on social media. “I think of Midnights as a complete concept album, with those 13 songs forming a full picture of the intensities of that mystifying, mad hour. However! There were other songs we wrote on our journey to find that magic 13.” The fuller, 20-track version of Midnights is titled Midnights (3am Edition), and includes the previously-unannounced numbers “The Great War,” “Bigger Than The Whole Sky,” “Paris...
The 1975 Dominate Australia’s Chart With ‘Being Funny In A Foreign Language’
The 1975 score a third leader in Australia as Being Funny In A Foreign Language (via Dirty Hit/RKT) blasts to the top. Being Funny debuts at No. 1 on the ARIA Chart, following the British band’s best-sellers Notes On A Conditional Form (from 2020) and I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It (2016). Produced by Jack Antonoff, Being Funny should hang around the national chart for a little while yet. Matt Healy and Co. will head Down Under for their At Their Very Best tour next April, with shows booked for Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news With their latest chart crown, The 1975 hold off The Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Return of the Dream Canteen (Warner), the U.S. rock lege...
Best New Tracks: Post Malone, Arctic Monkeys, Baby Rose
As the week in music comes to a close, HYPEBEAST has rounded up the best projects for the latest installment of Best New Tracks. This week’s lineup is led by Post Malone with Mark Morrison and Sickick, Arctic Monkeys and Baby Rose, who released the viral track “Cooped Up / Return Of The Mack,” the album The Car and the two singles “Fight Club” with Georgia Anne Muldrow and “Go,” respectively. Also joining this selection are offerings from MOUNT WESTMORE with P-Lo, Boldy James, Armani Caesar, Nick Hakim, Pivot Gang, Jeezy and JID. Post Malone x Mark Morrison x Sickick – “Cooped Up / Return Of The Mack” [embedded content] Sickick’s fusion of Post Malone and Mark Morrison’s “Cooped Up” and “Return Of The Mack” is officially available on digital streaming platforms. The mashup proved to b...
Post Malone Injured Once Again During Tour Stop in Atlanta
Shortly after suffering a fall that resulted in bruised ribs, Post Malone sustained yet another injury during his latest Twelve Carat Toothache Tour stop. Stopping in St. Louis, the artist performed for a packed crowd but fell into a trap door while walking around on stage. Taking quite a fall, Posty went down on his knees before stagehands came by to offer him aid. Post Malone then slowly made his way to the mic to address fans, revealing that he had rolled his ankle because of the pyrotechnics hole on the stage. “Tell you what. There are little holes in the middle of the stage where fire comes out, which is pretty fucking badass. I just twisted up my ankle a little bit over on that hole there. So if my dance moves aren’t 100 percent, you gotta forgive me, tonight ladies and gentlemen. I’...
Smino Announces ‘Luv 4 Rent’ Release Date and Tracklist
Smino has officially announced the release date of his upcoming album Luv 4 Rent, as well as released its latest single “Matinee” produced by Karl Banx. Set to drop on October 28, the rapper’s third studio effort will include a total of 15 tracks and feature J. Cole, Doechii, Fatman Scoop, Cruza, Lucky Daye, Phoelix, Cory Henry, Ravyn Lenae, Lil Uzi Vert and reggie. Luv 4 Rent marks Smino’s first full-length studio album since 2018’s NØIR, and will be supported by a joint tour with JID called the “Luv Is 4Ever Tour” in January. Check out the full tracklist below and stream Smino’s “Matinee” on Spotify and Apple Music. Luv 4 Rent drops October 28. Luv 4 Rent Tracklist:01. 4rm Da Source02. No L’s03. 90 Proof (feat. J. Cole)04. Pro Freak (feat. Doechii and Fatman Scoop)05. Ole Ass Kendrick06....
Blueface & Og Bobby Billions “Better Days 2,” Anderson .Paak ft. H.E.R. “Where I Go” & More | Daily Visuals 10.20.22
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Ollie Millington / Getty For a while now Blueface has been the topic of discussion on social media, but not because of his music, but because of his wild and apparently toxic relationship with Chrisean Rock. But today, the West Coast rapper gets back on his music grizzly and links up with OG Bobby Billions for the visuals to “Better Days 2” in which the two kick it behind bars before walking into a court room and telling their stories. Blueface definitely got a few stories to tell, that’s for sure. On the R&B tip we’ve learned that Anderson .Paak and H.E.R. definitely make some beautiful music together as NxWorries, and in their clip to “Where I Go” the two show us the highs and lows of an intimate relationship. Check out the rest of today’s drops inc...
Harlem Festival Of Culture Enters Partnership With AMC Networks
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Rudi Von Briel / Getty The Harlem Festival of Culture has entered a new partnership with AMC Networks as they prepare for the launching of their festival next year. AMC Networks announced their commitment with the HFC, which formed in April of this year as a contemporary edition of the Harlem Cultural Festival of 1969, which was chronicled in the Academy Award-winning documentary produced by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson of The Roots, Summer of Soul(…Or When the Revolution Could Not be Televised). The aim of the new group is to revitalize and celebrate Harlem much as the original festival did. The multi-year deal will see AMC Networks help the HFC put on the inaugural multi-day festival in the summer of 2023, and that will be a tribute to the original festiv...
