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Dr. Dre & Diddy Link Up In The Studio, See Photos Of Epic Session
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Giovanni Bandero / press handout The East vs. West beef is long over and now that it’s been all love between the two coasts. Dr. Dre and Sean “Diddy” Combs have at last linked up in the studio together and we have the pics to prove it.Recently the two Hip-Hop icons linked up for a studio session as Dr. Dre works with Snoop Dogg on their new album. Reportedly, Dre helped walk Diddy through his vocals for the upcoming project. Taking to Instagram to reveal that he was indeed working with The Chronic icon, P. Diddy expressed his love and gratitude for having the opportunity to work with Dr. Dre and wrote as much in the caption. “Yesterday, one of my biggest dreams finally came true. I remember the first time I heard @DrDre’s production. It gave me clea...
Megan Thee Stallion Threatens Social Media Deletion Because, The Barbz
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Matthew Baker / Getty Is there a fanbase more devoted, divisive and toxic than that of Nicki Minaj? Case in point. Megan Thee Stallion has threatened to take a break from social media, and The Barbz are at least partly to blame. Apparently, Megan Thee Stallion was in a whole other convo (a back and forth with her ex-homie Kelsey Nicole) on Tuesday (August 30), when an alleged Minaj stan account entered the chat, and proceeded to get extra disrespectful. After Meg dismissed the Twitter tiff by saying “Don’t feed the roaches,” in a now-deleted tweet, said Barbz-friendly account responded with a vile, “Your mom is being ate by them.” Related Stories Twitter and the Hotties quickly gathered the tweeter but the damage had been done (both of Meg’s parents are d...
Joe Budden Slams Adam22 For Resurfacing Kevin Samuels Content
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Joe Budden is now a member of the media by way of his popular eponymously named podcast, and now he’s using his position as a leader to challenge others in the space. During a recent episode, the retired rapper challenged Adam22 and his decision to unearth Kevin Samuels footage after the passing of the relationship guru. Adam22 joined the crew of The Joe Budden Podcast and the topic of Kevin Samuels was raised by Budden, who felt that his guest uploading an interview he conducted with Samuels as a means to drive traffic to his channels was, in Budden’s words, “nasty.” Without flinching, Adam22 took Budden’s criticism head on, making mention that Budden himself is in the same space where bad news is still news. It then led to Adam22 an...
Björk Unveils Cover Art and Release Date for ‘Fossora’
Earlier this month, Björk announced her forthcoming album Fossora, which has now received a release date and vivid cover art. The Icelandic singer-songwriter took to Instagram to reveal the eye-catching cover art that was directed by Björk and James Merry and shot by Vidar Logi. Alongside the reveal, the artist details further insight into how her forthcoming project came about. “Each album always starts with a feeling that I try to shape into sound,” said Björk in the post. “This time around the feeling was landing on the earth and digging my feet into the ground.” The artist also alludes to the global experience of the pandemic as another focal point of the album’s conception. “It was also woven into how I experienced the “now”/this time around 7 billion of us did it together/nesting in ...
Björk Unveils Cover Art and Release Date for ‘Fossora’
Earlier this month, Björk announced her forthcoming album Fossora, which has now received a release date and vivid cover art. The Icelandic singer-songwriter took to Instagram to reveal the eye-catching cover art that was directed by Björk and James Merry and shot by Vidar Logi. Alongside the reveal, the artist details further insight into how her forthcoming project came about. “Each album always starts with a feeling that I try to shape into sound,” said Björk in the post. “This time around the feeling was landing on the earth and digging my feet into the ground.” The artist also alludes to the global experience of the pandemic as another focal point of the album’s conception. “It was also woven into how I experienced the “now”/this time around 7 billion of us did it together/nesting in ...
Latto Shares “It’s Givin” Video Featuring Cameos From Flo Milli, Chloë Bailey and More
Latto has dropped off the official music video for “It’s Givin,” from her most recent album, 777. The visual, directed by Chandler Lass, includes a slew of notable cameos from Flo Milli, Chloë and Halle Bailey, Angie Martinez, Ella Mai, Jordyn Woods, Tiffany “New York” Pollard, Reginae Carter, Tabitha Brown and more. Collectively, members of Latto’s featured posse perform technical choreography, engage in a series of intimate photoshoots and bring chaos to an otherwise bland office throughout the nearly-three-minute video. “It’s Givin” is among the standouts on Latto’s sophomore full-length release, 777, which debuted in March. The breakout record includes a number of high-profile features from the likes of Lil Wayne, Childish Gambino, 21 Savage, Lil Durk, Nardo Wi...
Latto Shares “It’s Givin” Video Featuring Cameos From Flo Milli, Chloë Bailey and More
Latto has dropped off the official music video for “It’s Givin,” from her most recent album, 777. The visual, directed by Chandler Lass, includes a slew of notable cameos from Flo Milli, Chloë and Halle Bailey, Angie Martinez, Ella Mai, Jordyn Woods, Tiffany “New York” Pollard, Reginae Carter, Tabitha Brown and more. Collectively, members of Latto’s featured posse perform technical choreography, engage in a series of intimate photoshoots and bring chaos to an otherwise bland office throughout the nearly-three-minute video. “It’s Givin” is among the standouts on Latto’s sophomore full-length release, 777, which debuted in March. The breakout record includes a number of high-profile features from the likes of Lil Wayne, Childish Gambino, 21 Savage, Lil Durk, Nardo Wi...
DJ Khaled Taps SZA and Future for “Beautiful” Music Video
DJ Khaled has delivered the official music video for “Beautiful,” featuring SZA and Future, off his freshly released record, GOD DID. Directed by Colin Tilley, the visual opens with a love-on-the-brain Khaled dropping compliments to a romantic interest. “When I look in your eyes, oh yeah, I see what God did… Oh, he believed in you, baby. Baby, you so beautiful,” he tells her. Later, Future and SZA take in some rays from a mirrored platform, and the We The Best producer joins the duo by the ocean for a slew of nighttime shots. “Beautiful” is the latest GOD DID track to receive a music video, following “Staying Alive,” featuring Drake and Lil Baby, “Keep Going,” with 21 Savage, Lil Durk and Roddy Ricch, and “Big Time,” featuring Future and Lil Baby, among others. The record, which ...
DJ Khaled Taps SZA and Future for “Beautiful” Music Video
DJ Khaled has delivered the official music video for “Beautiful,” featuring SZA and Future, off his freshly released record, GOD DID. Directed by Colin Tilley, the visual opens with a love-on-the-brain Khaled dropping compliments to a romantic interest. “When I look in your eyes, oh yeah, I see what God did… Oh, he believed in you, baby. Baby, you so beautiful,” he tells her. Later, Future and SZA take in some rays from a mirrored platform, and the We The Best producer joins the duo by the ocean for a slew of nighttime shots. “Beautiful” is the latest GOD DID track to receive a music video, following “Staying Alive,” featuring Drake and Lil Baby, “Keep Going,” with 21 Savage, Lil Durk and Roddy Ricch, and “Big Time,” featuring Future and Lil Baby, among others. The record, which ...
Michael Stipe Single Announced as First Commercially Available Bioplastic Record
R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe is gearing up to release his long-teased solo song “Future If Future.” The track will be issued on a split 12″ single with singer-songwriter Beatie Wolfe, but the disc will not be pressed on traditional polyvinyl chloride. Instead, the record will be the world’s first commercially available 12″ made from sustainable bioplastic. The split is being released on Bandcamp via the Brian Eno co-founded environmental charity EarthPercent and Evolution Music. It will be available for pre-order on Friday (September 2), in a limited run of 500 copies. Find images of the bioplastic 12″ below. Stipe teased the Eno-produced “Future If Future” back in 2018 in support of the March for Our Lives rally in Washington, D.C. The flip side of the new 12″ will inclu...
The National Remix Neu!’s “Im Glück”
The National have shared a remix of Neu!’s song “Im Glück.” The legendary Krautrock duo of Michael Rother and the late Klaus Dinger originally released the track on their 1972 self-titled LP. “Im Glück (The National Remix)” will appear on a tribute album featured in the forthcoming Neu! 50! box set—out September 23 via Grönland. Listen to the National’s version of the song below. Neu! 50! will include the band’s first three studio LPs—Neu!, Neu! 2!, and Neu! 75—as well as Neu! ’86 in the CD box. The tribute album will feature reworks from Mogwai, Idles, Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor, Yann Tiersen, Guerilla Toss, and more. Back in June, Stephen Morris and Gabe Gurnsey shared a remix of the duo’s song “Hallogallo.” That same month, Neu! also reissued their debut album on cassette and picture disc...
Gorillaz Announce Album, Share New Song Featuring Tame Impala
Gorillaz have announced their new album: Cracker Island is out February 24, 2023, via Parlophone. The record includes the new song “New Gold,” featuring Tame Impala and Bootie Brown. Check it out below. Thundercat features on the Cracker Island title track. Additional guests on the album include Bad Bunny, Stevie Nicks, Beck, and Adeleye Omotayo. The album was recorded in London and Los Angeles earlier this year, and it’s produced by Greg Kurstin, Remi Kabaka Jr., and Gorillaz. Cracker Island follows the 2021 Meanwhile EP, the 2020 collection Song Machine: Season One – Strange Timez, and the June 2018 album The Now Now. The group’s Song Machine was filled with guests, including Robert Smith, Elton John, Schoolboy Q, Peter Hook, Slowthai, and more. Damon Albarn and Gorillaz are in the...
