Hip-Hop
Rap Song of the Week: Kanye West Goes “Off the Grid” with Fivio Foreign and Playboi Carti
Rap Song of the Week breaks down the rap and hip-hop song releases you need to hear each week. Check out the full playlist here. For our latest installment, Kanye West teams up with Fivio Foreign and Playboi Carti for “Off the Grid.” Following three public listening events and several missed release dates, Kanye West’s much-fabled Donda finally dropped on Sunday morning. With 27 tracks to choose from, picking a standout song was no easy task, but “Off the Grid” fits the bill because it sees the G.O.O.D. Music founder at his best. Sprinkling his own touch on Brooklyn drill, Kanye brings out a lyrical side of Fivio Foreign rarely seen before, while also sounding right at home over the wobbling bass and gothic synths. The track was reportedly first made as a solo track for Playboi Carti, who ...
Blu Announces New Album The Color Blu(e), Shares “People Call Me Blu(e)”: Stream
Blu has announced the new — or should that be n(e)w? — album The Color Blu(e). The record is due out September 24th, and every song will come with the word ‘blu(e),’ including lead single “People Call Me Blu(e).” “This album is the ultimate cartoon series about myself,” Blu explained in a statement. “The Color Blu(e) is the cool breeze. Another day in the life of being Blu.” Produced by Exile, “Call Me Blu(e)” is a bracing reintroduction to Blu’s sample-forward, golden age throwback sound. Lyrically, the onetime J Dilla collaborator mocks people who try too hard while also sending up his own complacency. “Blue is the color of the sky today,” he spits, “And mostly everyday when you live in LA/ The problem is the smog can make the city turn grey/ And we all know that ain’t go...
Pell Drops New Mixtape Floating While Dreaming II: Stream
Pell has released his new mixtape, Floating While Dreaming II. Stream it below via Apple Music and Spotify. The 11-track collection serves as a sequel to the first volume of the same name released back in 2014. It features a host of guest features by everyone from Tonina Saputo (opener “Waves”) and Sylvie Grace (“RingRingRing”) to Austin Marc (“You’re Not Who You Were”) and Young Lyxx and Big Gigantic (“Easy”). “Ever since I dropped the first one, I wanted to make a second one,” the rising New Orleans-based rapper recently revealed in an interview with Melodic Magazine. “I kind of got in my head about the name holding too much weight, and now I think I’m finally at a place where all of my music is channeling the energy of the first music, and it’s okay to admit how important that album is....
Drake Breaks Apple Music’s 2021 Records for Most-Streamed Album, Artist in a Day
Certified Lover Boy features a long list of top-tier collaborations, including appearances from Jay-Z, Lil Baby, 21 Savage, Lil Durk, Rick Ross, Ty Dolla $ign, Lil Wayne and Tems, among others. In the description for the project on Apple Music, Drake describes Certified Lover Boy as “a combination of toxic masculinity and acceptance of truth which is inevitably heartbreaking.” Apple Music has had two consecutive record-breaking weeks, with Kanye West’s latest album Donda breaking a long list of records on the platform, some of which may fall before the first week of Certified Lover Boy comes to a close. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful peopl...
Song of the Week: Drake, Future and Young Thug’s “Way 2 Sexy” Is Here to Soundtrack Labor Day Weekend
Song of the Week breaks down and talks about the song we just can’t get out of our head each week. Find these songs and more on our Spotify Top Songs playlist. For our favorite new songs from emerging artists, check out our Spotify New Sounds playlist. This week, Drake’s Certified Lover Boy brings a wildcard banger. In a welcome reunion with Future and Young Thug, Drake gets weird with “Way 2 Sexy,” a playful romp sampling Right Said Fred’s 1991 classic, “I’m Too Sexy.” Egged on by Hendrix and Thugger, our Certified Lover Boy makes a slight departure from his sad boi vibes for a collaboration sure to ring out at Labor Day weekend cookouts. Future sets the tone with the chorus, which will probably go viral on TikTok. Stating the obvious, Hendrix tells listeners that not only is too sexy for...
Duckwrth Drops New EP SG8*: Stream
Duckwrth has dropped his new SG8* EP. Stream it below on Apple Music or Spotify. As the title implies, SG8* boasts eight tracks, and is a continuation of some of the ideas first explored in his 2020 label debut, SuperGood. While that previous effort was a joyous reaction away from 2010’s trap rap, this new EP finds the positive vibes bumping up against a pandemic. “Now that things are opening up and we’re living in this post pandemic state of mind…no one is touching on the new anxieties,” Duckwrth said in a statement. “The truth of the matter is we shake the dice every time we’re around people. And now I’m contemplating whether I’ve always struggled with anxiety or if the atmosphere change has bred a new thing in me. Deep down I still just want to have a good time witho...
Kanye West Gets Absolutely Roasted by… Peppa Pig?
As all parents know, Peppa Pig is an insufferable little swine, devoid of any redeeming qualities except that her nearly constant whining and snorting can buy mom and dad about five minutes of precious silence. But the same personality that makes her such a bully to poor George Pig can also be extended to people who actually deserve it. And when it came time to roast Kanye West, that little porker went HAM. The savage tweet from the Peppa Pig account has now been deleted, the better to keep up the pretense that this porcine oppressor should be allowed anywhere near your children. But screenshots have preserved it for posterity, and it concerns the Pitchfork reviews of two divisive albums: Peppa Pig’s Peppa’s Adventures and Ye’s Donda. You see, Pitchfork gave Peppa’...
Drake Drops New Album Certified Lover Boy: Stream
After months of hype, Drake has finally unveiled his new album, Certified Lover Boy, via OVO/Republic Records. Certified Lover Boy is the superstar’s first full-length studio set since his 2018 double album Scorpion. It was preceded by his March EP, Scary Hours 2, and last year’s Dark Lane Demo Tapes mixtape. He dropped the Lil Durk-assisted “Laugh Now Cry Later” as an album teaser more than a year ago. While CLB was originally meant to follow closely behind the lead single, it was delayed twice: First, it was pushed to this past January, and then again due to Drake’s recovery from surgery on his ACL. Advertisement Related Video The project features collaborations with JAY-Z, Travis Scott, Lil Wayne, Kid Cudi, Future, Young Thug, Lil Baby, 21 Savage, Rick Ross, and more. Drake te...
Drake Drops ‘Certified Lover Boy’: Stream It Now
The Certified Lover Boy has arrived. Drake finally dropped his sixth studio album on Friday (Sept. 3) via OVO Sound/Republic Records. After keeping fans waiting nearly a year on the highly anticipated project, Drake delivered an impressive album rollout in the week leading to CLB‘s release. He kicked it off by revealing the album artwork, which features a colorful collage of pregnant mom emojis, and sharing the official release date after cryptically teasing it during ESPN’s SportsCenter. The 6 God later unveiled the A-list featured artists via billboards in their respective hometowns, including 21 Savage, Giveon, Lil Durk, Ty Dolla $ign, Tems, Yebba, Masgeo and many more. Drizzy also used billboards to tease his Instagram-caption-ready l...
Little Simz Drops New Album Sometimes I Might Be Introvert: Stream
Little Simz has just released Sometimes I Might Be Introvert, her highly anticipated new album and fourth studio LP overall. Stream it below via Apple Music and Spotify. Sometimes I Might Be Introvert spans 19 tracks in total, including early singles “Rollin Stone,” the magnificent rallying cry “Woman,” and album opener “Introvert,” which earned Little Simz the coveted title of Song of the Week earlier this spring. The tracklist also boasts “I Love You, I Hate You” as well as “Point and Kill.” This follows Little Simz’s 2019 album GREY Area that more than deserved its spot on our favorite albums of the year list. Since then she tided over fans with the 2020 Drop 6 EP, and as good as that was, the British-Nigerian rapper sounds even better here on Sometimes I Might Be Introvert.&n...
Masked Wolf’s ‘Astronaut In The Ocean’ Honored For Streaming Milestone
“Astronaut In The Ocean” impacted charts around the globe, hitting No. 6 on the Hot 100, No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Rap Songs and earning Chartbreaker status. The two creators were presented with trophies earlier in the week at the APRA AMCOS offices. “I went out to celebrate 20 million streams because to me that was a goal and achievement,” explains Masked Wolf in a statement. “It’s crazy what can happen when you never give up and truly believe in yourself. One billion streams later I’m still the same person but am so grateful for this moment.” Tyron Hapi produced and co-wrote the song. Its milestone, he explains, is “an incredible achievement and stepping stone for me. I appreciate everyone who listens and supports. Without my team this also wouldn’t hav...
Kanye West Shares Fiery Music Video For ‘Come to Life’: Watch
The whole show “felt like a ceremony of epic proportions that came off as either a dramatic funeral, a symbolistic rebirth, and possibly one of the most unorthodox renewals of vows that over 30,000 people witnessed at the stadium,” is how Billboard’s Mark Braboy saw it all unfold. The release of Donda has been almost as dramatic as the music video. Just hours after its late arrival Sunday morning (Aug. 29) on streaming services, the 44-year-old rapper claimed on social media that the LP was released without his approval by Universal Music Group, the parent company of Def Jam Recordings. Donda, Kanye’s 10th studio album, raked in over 60 million streams in the U.S. during its first 24 hours on Apple Music, a new 2021 record for the streaming platform. Apple Musi...
