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Freddie Gibbs Debuts Animated Visual for Heavy New Single “Dark Hearted”
Freddie Gibbs stars as an animated version of himself in the official “Dark Hearted” music video. Directed by Aaron Hymes and Rouxx, the visual follows the cartoon Gibbs, joined by a bionic rabbit, on a nighttime chase through the city As Gibbs races down the highway followed by his adversaries, his rabbit sidekick drops a grenade, blowing up the car behind him. Once in the clear, Gibbs pulls over to smoke a cigarette before continuing on with his mysterious mission. “I know I took a risk with this s**t when I put my hands on it,” he raps in the second verse. “All my enemies watchin’, they plot and plan on me.” The visual was creative directed by Ben “Lambo” Lambert, with executive production from Lambo and the rapper himself. “Dark Hearted” arrived on Gibbs’ fifth studio album, $oul $old ...
Jamila Woods Shares New Song “Boundaries”: Listen
Jamila Woods is back with the new song “Boundaries.” The Blvk-produced song is Woods’ first solo single since 2020’s “Sula (Paperback).” Listen to it below. “‘Boundaries’ is a song about the negotiation between private and shared space in a new relationship, the risk involved in letting someone get close enough to see your rough edges,” Woods said in a statement. “I think a lot about the Prentice Hemphill quote, ‘Boundaries are the distance at which I can love you and me simultaneously.’ The song is about learning the difference between erecting boundaries out of fear versus out of love.” Woods’ last album was 2019’s Legacy! Legacy! Read the feature “Jamila Woods Breaks Down Every Song on Her New Album, Legacy! Legacy!” Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates...
Bob Dylan’s New Audiobook Is Voiced by Jeff Bridges, Helen Mirren, Steve Buscemi, and More
In just a few weeks, Bob Dylan will release his new book The Philosophy of Modern Song. The book contains over 60 essays that Dylan wrote about songs by artists including Stephen Foster, Elvis Costello, Hank Williams, and Nina Simone. It arrives on November 1 in hardcover and audiobook formats. The audiobook, as Variety notes, will feature a notable roster of guests reading Dylan’s chapters. Among the contributors are Jeff Bridges, Helen Mirren, Sissy Spacek, Oscar Isaac, and Steve Buscemi. Find the full list of readers, including which essays they’ll be reading, over at Variety. Read Pitchfork’s review of Bob Dylan’s latest album, 2020’s Rough and Rowdy Ways. All products featured on Pitchfork are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail li...
Meet Me in the Bathroom Documentary Gets New Trailer: Watch
Meet Me in the Bathroom, the 2022 documentary film based on Lizzy Goodman’s 2017 book of the same name, is coming to U.S. theaters next month. The film, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January, will be shown in New York and Los Angeles on November 4, before hitting screens nationwide for one night only on November 8. It’ll then stream on Showtime, starting on November 25. Watch an official trailer for the film below; scroll down for the poster. Directed by Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace, the film traces the history of the New York music scene of the early 2000s, following bands like the Strokes, the Rapture, Interpol, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, LCD Soundsystem, and more as they broke through to national and international audiences. Read “The Dream of the 2000s Is Alive in the Meet...
Dead & Company Detail Final Tour With 2023 Concert Dates
Dead & Company have revealed the details of the concerts that will comprise their final tour. The U.S. shows take place in May, June, and July 2023. Take a look at the band’s schedule below. Dead & Company played their first shows in 2015. The lineup for the final tour includes Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, John Mayer, and Bob Weir (with Oteil Burbridge and Jeff Chimenti). Read the 2017 feature “The Grateful Dead: A Guide to Their Essential Live Songs.” All products featured on Pitchfork are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Dead & Company: The Final Tour Dead & Company: 05-19 Inglewood, CA – Kia Forum05-20 Inglewood, CA – Kia Forum05-23 Phoenix, AZ – Ak-Chi...
Sullivan King and Ray Volpe Drop Metalcore Rallying Cry, “The Dead March”
Coming off of his headlining Lost Lands B2B with Excision, Sullivan King has joined forces with the creator of one of this festival season’s biggest tracks. Two weeks after King and Ray Volpe took the stage at the prehistoric-themed bass music celebration, they’ve returned to keep the party going with a new metalcore record. Released on Monstercat, “The Dead March” fuses both of their distinct sounds to deliver a bone-crunching banger. Heavy-hitting metal drums and sirens introduce “The Dead March” before the arrangement cuts away to focus on King’s isolated guitar riffs. He then lets out a scream and turns the ignition. With a rallying cry, King and Volpe inject the track with screeching synths and roaring bass that build to a thund...
Nicki Minaj Drops Second Remix of Skeng’s “Likkle Miss” Featuring The Fine Nine
Nicki Minaj has delivered a second remix of Skeng’s “Likkle Miss.” The rapper initially offered her take on the single in late August, including the remixed version on her Queen Radio: Volume 1 compilation album. Jamaican dancehall artist Skeng just dropped the original song in July, and Minaj wasted no time in jumping on the beat. This time, Minaj’s latest remix of “Likkle Miss” is noticeably lengthier at approximately six minutes and features a group called The Fine Nine. Alongside Minaj, the girl group is made up of Spice, Destra Garcia, Patrice Roberts, Lady Leshurr, Pamputtae, Dovey Magnum, Lisa Mercedez and London Hill. The rapper has been teasing the collaboration over the past few days, sharing behind-the-scenes footage from the remix’s music video on social media. This appear...
Lauryn Hill’s Daughter Selah Marley Responds To Backlash After Rocking Ye’s ‘White Lives Matter’ Shirt
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Taylor Hill / Getty Bob Marley is rolling in his grave. That’s what some people are saying after his granddaughter, Selah Marley, daughter of Lauryn Hill, doubled down on rocking Kanye West’s atrocious white lives matter shirt. The 23-year-old faced a wave of backlash from activists, celebrities, and more when footage of her walking in Ye’s YZY SZN 9 presentation wearing the now infamous White Lives Matter shirt. Responding to the well-deserved backlash the white lives matter shirts received, Selah Marley basically told everyone up in arms about it to kick rocks while twisting herself in a pretzel, trying to justify the existence of the “fashion pieces.” Spotted on Complex, Marley addressed the situation in a lengthy post via her Instagram Stories. “The p...
6 Things We Learned From Diddy on The Breakfast Club
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Power 105 / Revolt Puff Daddy’s been in the Hip-Hop/R&B game for decades and while he’s not churning out bangers on the constant like he did back in the 90’s, he’s still a force to be reckoned with in the industry regardless to whom or what. Stopping by The Breakfast Club to chop it up with Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God and Angela Yee, Puff Daddy a.k.a P. Diddy a.k.a Diddy a.k.a Love speaks on different aspects of his career and his personal life much to the surprise of many. From speaking on Kanye’s “White Lives Matter” shirt to revealing his thoughts on marriage, Diddy keeps things a 100 forreal and isn’t concerned with how people feel about it as he doesn’t need to be. The man is made and doesn’t need anyone’s approval anymore. Here are the 6 thi...
Kanye West Fires Back at Khloé Kardashian Birthday Party Claims
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: JULIEN DE ROSA / Getty Amid the ongoing controversy of sporting a “White Lives Matter” t-shirt at his YZY SZN 9 fashion show—rapper/designer, Kanye West pushed back against his former sister-in-law who criticized his recent social media posts. Khloé Kardashian, 38, commented on an Instagram post of West saying that he was trying to tear her sister “Kimberly down” and using her family to “deflect” from the criticism of the controversial t-shirts. “Enough already,” Khloé wrote, per Page Six. “We all know the truth and in my opinion, everyone’s tired of it.” She added, “YOU wanted separate birthdays. I have seen all of the texts to prove it. And when you changed your mind and wanted to attend, you came.” “You are lying and are liars yall basically...
Diddy Says MA$E Owes Him $3M, MA$E Responds & Says Mogul Is In His Feelings
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Anthony Harvey – PA Images / Getty Diddy is making his promotional rounds and is not ducking any questions. He says MA$E owes him $3 million but the rapper says otherwise. As per Complex the Bad Boy Entertainment CEO recently paid a visit to The Breakfast Club and participated in a lengthy interview with the crew. While he discussed several hot topics, it was his response to allegations that he takes advantage of his artists that got the culture talking. “[It] has really tried to stain my legacy,” he explained. “I don’t like to get in just talking people’s business and things like that… [but] I can’t have y’all following me, because I am here to be a leader and to give some direction, if you think that I’m a scumbag that will ever steal anything...
Adam Lambert Returns to WMG With EastWest Records Deal
Singer-songwriter and Queen collaborator Adam Lambert has returned to the Warner Music fold, signing a global deal with EastWest Records ahead of new music. The American Idol runner-up’s first release under the deal, a cover of Noël Coward’s “Mad About The Boy” for a documentary about the witty playwright, arrives Friday (Oct. 7). According to the label, fans of Lambert can expect more music soon and a new album next year. Lambert’s first pairing with WMG — for flagship Warner Records — resulted in 2015’s The Original High, which peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 chart. That album, his third studio effort, followed a successful run at Sony Music’s RCA, where he scored a No. 1 album for 2012’s Trespassing and top-3 finish for his debut, 2009’s For Your Entertainment. The singer and LGBTQ...
