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Bobby Shmurda “From The Slums,” Twista & Flo “For The Customer” & More | Daily Visuals 9.1.22
HipHopWired Featured Video Well, Bobby Shmurda’s back at it making booty-bouncing music for the strip clubs and while many of his fans aren’t exactly thrilled with the sound he’s been churning out lately, he’s still balling and enjoying life like there’s no tomorrow so we can’t be mad at that. In his latest clip to “From The Slums,” the Brooklyn rapper enlists the assets of a few extra-thick young women to make it bounce to the beat as he gets turnt up from the streets all the way up to the boardroom where the direction of his career will be decided. This must be how he got out his deal with Epic Records. Back in Chicago, Twista looks to diversify his bonds and in his clip to the Flo assisted “For The Customer,” the two open up a automobile repair shop that boasts some strip poles and a fe...
Jay-Z Responds To LeBron James Tweet About “GOD DID” Verse
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Allen Berezovsky / Getty The love affair with Jay-Z’s latest verse on DJ Khaled’s “GOD DID” continues to go strong as LeBron James becomes the latest big name to give Hova his flowers and even earned a response from the God MC himself in the process. It began when LeBron James tweeted an MSNBC segment which praised Jay-Z for referencing the failed drug war that caused much racial profiling across America with a caption that read “Listen! Then listen again to make sure you got the point. HOV DID!!!! And so did the reporter!” Seeing the tweet from the NBA legend, Jay-Z made a rare appearance on the social media site to respond to James by simply saying “My only goal is to make the real “ones” feel seen , forgive me that’s my passion talking ….. haa .” We lo...
DaBaby Finds NOLA Show Canceled, Low Ticket Sales To Blame?
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Getty DaBaby ran into a bit of a hiccup with regard to a scheduled concert that was to take place in New Orleans, Louisiana. The show was reportedly canceled due to very low ticket sales, but there is a bit of dispute over the cause. According to reports, the “Red Light Green Light” rapper was slated to do a concert at the Smoothie King Center on Friday (September 2nd). He was to be the headliner of a bill that featured Euell “7th Ward Shorty” Sylvester. Sylvester and his business partner, Greg Pulver, were promoting the show through their 70/30 and Clear Bizness Entertainment companies. The show was removed from the schedule at the last minute, with Pulver claiming that it was merely “postponed” in an interview with NOLA.com, citing “a ...
Best New Tracks: Kendrick Lamar x Taylour Paige, Nicki Minaj, Freddie Gibbs x Moneybagg Yo and More
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 list is led by Kendrick Lamar with Taylour Paige, Nicki Minaj and Freddie Gibbs with Moneybagg Yo, who released the music videos for “We Cry Together” and “Super Freaky Girl,” along with the collaborative single “Too Much.” Also joining this selection are offerings from Son Little, Kali Uchis, Merlyn Wood, Kenny Beats, Arctic Monkeys, Ari Lennox and Mount Kimbie with slowthai, Danny Brown and Liv.e. Kendrick Lamar x Taylour Paige – “We Cry Together” [embedded content] Kendrick Lamar globally premieres his short film for “We Cry Together,” the Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers track featuring Taylour Paige. Directed by Jake Schreier, Dav...
Mount Kimbie Share New Songs Featuring Slowthai, Danny Brown, More: Listen
Mount Kimbie, the electronic duo of Dominic Maker and Kai Campos, are back with new music. They’ve announced two double A-side singles titled MK 3.5. It includes the songs “In Your Yyes” featuring Slowthai and Danny Brown, “A Deities Encore” with Liv.e, “Q,” and “Quartz.” Listen to them below. MK 3.5 is Mount Kimbie’s first new music since last year’s one-off release “Black Stone/Blue Liquid” and their 2018 DJ set DJ-Kicks. The duo’s last album, Love What Survives, came out in 2017. Since releasing that LP, Mount Kimbie have collaborated with Slowthai and James Blake on “Feel Away,” Actress’ song “AZD Surf,” and a King Krule track called “Turtle Neck Man.” Revisit Pitchfork’s 2013 interview with Mount Kimbie about their favorite films, video games, and the best purchase they made that year...
Nicki Minaj Shares Video for “Super Freaky Girl”: Watch
Nicki Minaj has shared a video for her raunchy song “Super Freaky Girl.” The song interpolates Rick James’ 1981 hit “Super Freak.” In the track‘s visual, Minaj cosplays at James and appears as a Nicki Barbie complete with a pink home and robot kitty. Watch the clip, directed by Joseph Kahn, below. “Super Freaky Girl” debuted at no. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it the first hip-hop song by a female artist (without accompaniment) to do so since Ms. Lauryn Hill’s “Doo Wop (That Thing)” in 1998. Last Sunday, at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards in Newark, New Jersey, Nicki Minaj co-hosted and received the the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. She performed a career-spanning set that included hits like “Super Bass,” “Super Freaky Girl,” “Monster,” “Beez in the Trap,” “Anaconda,” “...
Listen to Kali Uchis’ New Song “No Hay Ley”
Kali Uchis has shared her first piece of solo music since releasing Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios) ∞ two years ago. Her new song is called “No Hay Ley.” Check it out below. “I wrote this song about putting love above all else,” Uchis said of her new single in a press release. “‘En el amor no hay ley’ means ‘there are no laws to love.’ Be with who makes you happy, and don’t listen to what anyone else has to say about it because it wasn’t their business in the first place!” Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios) ∞ arrived in the fall of 2020, marking Uchis’ first-ever Spanish language LP. The album was nominated for Best Música Urbana Album at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards (she lost out to ad Bunny’s El Último Tour del Mundo). Uchis’ studio debut Isolation came out in 2018. More recent...
Freddie Gibbs Announces New Album $oul $old $eperately, Shares Video for New Song: Watch
Freddie Gibbs has announced a new album. It’s called $oul $old $eperately, and it marks the rapper’s major label debut. The new LP is out September 30 via Warner. Today, Gibbs has released lead single “Too Much” featuring Memphis MC Moneybagg Yo, which arrives with a flashy music video. Watch Gibbs and Moneybagg Yo clean up at the casino in the clip below, and scroll down for the LP artwork. Leading up to the album’s release, Gibbs placed mysterious casino-themed billboards across the country with a toll-free number that gives information and clues about the upcoming project. $oul $old $eperately follows Alfredo, Gibbs’ 2020 collaboration with the Alchemist. The LP received a Grammy nomination for Best Rap Album, though it lost out to King’s Disease by Nas. Last year, Gibbs starred in Dieg...
Which ‘America’s Got Talent’ Finalist Do You Hope Will Win? Vote!
Eight talented contestants have officially been selected to participate in America’s Got Talent‘s season 17 grand final. Among the eight are four impressive musicians, including saxophonist Avery Dixon, singing trio Chapel Hart, singer and musician Drake Milligan and singer Sara James. The winner will snag $1 million and a chance to headline America’s Got Talent Las Vegas LIVE at the Luxor Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. NBC’s long-running talent TV show airs next Tuesday and Wednesday nights at 8 p.m. ET. Until then, we at Billboard want to know who your top pick for AGT‘s season 17’s winner is. Let us know by voting below. Take Our Poll [flexi-common-toolbar] [flexi-form class=”flexi_form_style” title=”Submit to Flexi” name=”my_form” ajax=”tr...
Romeo Santos Unveils New ‘Formula Vol. 3′ Album: All the Collaborations Ranked (Critics’ Picks)
Romeo Santos has released his highly anticipated studio album Formula, Vol. 3 (Sony Music Latin), coinciding with his eldest son’s birthday on Sept. 1. Home to 21 tracks — including the only previously released single “Sus Huellas,” which debuted at No. 1 on the Latin Airplay chart — the new set flaunts the ever-experimental Santos tapping into hip-hop, trap, tango, merengue and regional Mexican without losing touch of his bachata essence. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news His collaborators include renowned pop star Justin Timberlake, Mexican artist Christian Nodal and Spanish songstress Rosalía, to name a few. He also teams up with a wave of Dominican talent, from the big dogs Toño Rosario and Luis Miguel del Amargue to newcomers like Ch...
Australia’s Music Industry Issues Apology as Review Into Abuse, Discrimination is Published
BRISBANE, Australia — A united Australian music industry has apologized to the many women and men who’ve been subjected to abuse in the workplace, details of which are exposed in a damning new report. Following a months-long consultation process, Raising Their Voices, a review into sexual harm, harassment, and systemic discrimination across the contemporary music industry, was made publicly available Thursday (Sept. 1) for the first time. It makes for uncomfortable reading. Based on the contributions of 1,600 victims, witnesses and advocates, the document paints a picture of widespread sexual harassment, sexual harm and bullying, with the vast majority of those incidents going unreported. Among the key report figures, 55% of respondents experienced some form of workplace sexual harassment ...
Yungblud Unveils Self-Titled Third Album: Stream It Now
Yungblud is back with his self-titled third studio album, Yungblud, which arrived on Friday (Sept. 2) via LOCOMOTION/Geffen Records. The rocker announced the album on Instagram back in May, writing, “Everything up to this moment has been a complete explosion of uncensored expression, where I just told the truth and sang about what I felt in that exact moment. the difference here is that i have thought and felt this record so deeply. i went to a part of myself that I didn’t know was there. i studied it, i bathed in the emotion, tried to solve the equation and come up with an answer (at least for now) from love to pain, adoration to abandonment, laughter to betrayal.” The bottom line, he said, is that his message will remain the same as it has always been: to be his authentic self and e...
