Hip-Hop
Benny the Butcher Flexes His Street Cred on the Star-Studded Burden of Proof: Review
The Lowdown: Despite how prolific Griselda have been in 2020, it has been a full year since we have gotten a solo Benny the Butcher project. In that time, Griselda have signed a Roc Nation management deal, dropped a group album, performed on Fallon, and tested the limits of how many solid albums a collective can drop in a short period of time. People have been waiting on Benny ever since 2019’s The Plugs I Met, an EP that brought him to a higher level of fame for its coke tales, OJ comparisons, and 38 Spesh’s lamb and stick. Benny is a man of history. The East Buffalo-bred MC has studied the game to a tee and has all of the co-signs that other rappers spend a whole career wishing they could boast. Growing up on the infamous Montana Avenue, he has spent a lifetime waiting for this moment to...
Run the Jewels Debut RTJ4 Live with Zack de la Rocha, Josh Homme, and Others: Review
GOTV Meets WFH: We’re eight months into a global pandemic and 17 days away from the strangest presidential election in modern memory, so it’s no huge shock that this year’s get-out-the-vote efforts look drastically different than past cycles. Mostly, that’s meant a shift away from performing at rallies and towards ensuring that all votes get counted safely and fairly. Those efforts have taken various shapes that conform to our current isolation, from the swing state organizing of Justin Vernon’s for Wisconsin initiative to charity Bandcamp compilations like Talk-Action=Zero Vol. 2 and Good Music to Prevent the Collapse of American Democracy to weary remote testimonials shared in a recent Pitchfork feature. Enter Run the Jewels. The Atlanta hip-hop duo of Killer Mike and El-P already owned ...
Beastie Boys License a Song for an Ad for First Time and It’s for Joe Biden: Watch
Believe it or not, but the Beastie Boys has never licensed a song for any advertisement — that is, until now. As Variety points out, the legendary New York outfit gave the green light to Joe Biden to use “Sabotage” in his latest campaign spot. The spot in question revolves around how COVID-19 has affected the live music industry, zeroing in on the collateral damage to Ann Arbor’s historic venue The Bling Pig. Founded in 1971, the club has played host to everyone from Joan Baez to Nirvana. “For 50 years, the Blind Pig has been open and crowded, but right now, it’s an empty room,” Joe Malcoun, co-owner of the Blind Pig, explains in the commercial. This is the reality of Trump’s Covid response.” Malcoun adds, “This is Donald Trump’s economy: There is no plan and you don’t know how to go ...
Adele to Host ‘Saturday Night Live’ for First Time: I’m ‘Absolutely Terrified!’
The celebrated singer added that her turn as host comes nearly 12 years to the day of her first SNL appearance, which helped launch her career in the United States. “It feels full circle and I just couldn’t possibly say no!” she shared. “I am besides myself that H.E.R will be the musical guest!! I love her SO much I can’t wait to melt into a flaming hot mess when she performs, then confuse myself while I laugh my arse off in between it all.” H.E.R., who released her latest song “Do to Me” in July, also shared the news of her upcoming appearance in an Instagram Story by resharing SNL’s post. Adele last appeared on Saturday Night Live in 2015. See her full message below: You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reim...
Fans Choose Lana Del Rey’s ‘Let Me Love You Like a Woman’ As This Week’s Favorite New Music
Chemtrails Over the Country Club was originally scheduled for release on Sept. 5, but Del Rey told fans recently that because of the lengthy vinyl-making process, the set will likely arrive in early January. It follows 2019’s Norman F—ing Rockwell, her sixth studio album, which peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200. Del Rey recently released her Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass poem collection via Simon & Schuster. Placing second on the poll was Bieber and Blanco’s “Lonely,” which accounted for 21 percent of the vote. The poignant new collaboration somberly revisits the darker twists and turns along Bieber’s path to childhood stardom. Super-producer Blanco previously worked with Bieber on the 2015 hit “Love Yourself,” from the singer&#...
Megan Thee Stallion Continues Teasing Fans About New Music: ‘My Album About to Go Crazy’
Earlier this year, the “Savage” rapper teased her upcoming album during an at-home appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, noting that she used her time during quarantine in Los Angeles to record new material. “I’ve been recording. That’s the best thing about quarantine,” Meg told Fallon. “I would have been working on it anyway, but what else am I going to be doing right now. I’ve just been writing and we set up a little studio in here. So, we’re going to have new music for when we can go back outside.” The hip-hop star’s forthcoming musical project will follow her debut album, Suga, which arrived in March. The release came after Meg was granted a temporary restraining order against 1501 Certified Entertainment, claiming her label was instructing her distrib...
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Run the Jewels’ RTJ4 Adult Swim Concert to Feature Zack De La Rocha, Josh Homme, and Mavis Staples [Updated]
Run the Jewels are set to perform their latest masterpiece, RTJ4, live for the first time during a special one-off concert televised on Adult Swim. The bad news is that due to a COVID-19 scare with a crew member, RTJ have pushed back the performance by one week — to Saturday, October 17th. The good news is that once Killer Mike and El-P finally do take the stage, they’ll be joined by some high-profile guest collaborators: Rage Against the Machine’s Zack de la Rocha, Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme, soul legend Mavis Staples, and comedian Eric Andre are all set to guest on the broadcast. De La Rocha has three collaborative tracks with Run the Jewels: “Close Your Eyes (and Count to Fuck)”, “Kill Your Masters”, and “Ju$t”. The latter track appears on RTJ4 alongside the Homme and Staples ...
Three 6 Mafia Announces Socially Distanced Arena Concert Amid Pandemic
Tickets for the concert are currently available through Ticketmaster in “pods of 4 people or less” to ensure social distancing, Three 6 Mafia wrote on IG, adding that the show was approved by Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear. Rapper Project Pat is scheduled to open the concert. Since the COVID-19 pandemic struck earlier this year, thousands of tours and festivals around the world have been postponed or canceled in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus. For the upcoming Three 6 Mafia show, Rupp Arena’s 21,017 capacity will be limited to 15 percent, which amounts to 3,152 concert-goers and event staff, ABC’s WTVQ reports. In addition to required face coverings, the fans in attendance will be subject to temperature checks upon entry. “We have been in contact with t...
Kanye West Teases Appearance on Joe Rogan’s Podcast
Kanye West wanted to be a guest on The Joe Rogan Experience, and it looks like it might be happening. West expressed his interested in joining Rogan for an episode of his popular podcast earlier in the week. “Would love to go on Joe Rogan’s podcast LIVE this week I have my team trying to get your number Joe I’m in Calabassas Let’s do this my friend,” he tweeted on Oct. 12, hoping to get Rogan’s attention. 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 people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back their fair share of Internet revenue.
Quavo Shows Off His Go-To McDonald’s Meal
“What U Want ???” he added. It’s unclear whether Quavo was hinting at wanting a partnership with the fast food company or just showing off his favorite lunch. Travis Scott had a limited edition partnership with McDonald’s — with a meal consisting of a Quarter Pounder with cheese, bacon and extra lettuce, a medium order of fries with BBQ sauce and a Sprite — that helped boost sales over the summer, and there’s currently a J Balvin pick (a Big Mac, a medium order of fries with ketchup and an Oreo McFlurry) available through Nov. 1. See Quavo’s McDonald’s snapshots on Twitter. 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 t...
Statik Selektah Teams with Nas, Joey Bada$$, and Gary Clark Jr. on New Song “Keep It Moving”: Stream
Statik Selektah (photo courtesy of artist); Gary Clark Jr., Joey Bada$$, and Nas (photos by Ben Kaye) Statik Selektah has shared a star-studded new single called “Keep It Moving” featuring Nas, Joey Bada$$, and Gary Clark Jr. With jazzy guitar licks from Clark Jr. and throwback bars from both New York MCs, “Keep It Moving” sounds like it’s rolling through an early-’90s NYC. With their respective verses, the rappers speak on what it means for the Black community to rise up against the systems of oppression around them, from wherever they may come. “Lot of us turn out to predicate felons, not I/ My brethren’s addicted to sellin’, slipped and turned to somebody’s seller,” raps Nas. “I wish that somebody would tell us then/ Tell us chances are slim when you dancin’ with sin/ It all start from ...
How to Watch Run the Jewels’ ‘Holy Calamavote,’ With Pharrell, 2 Chainz & More
Killer Mike took home the first-ever Billboard Change Maker Award on Wednesday evening (Oct. 14) during the 2020 Billboard Music Awards for continuously speaking truth to power as a musician and an activist. “Adult Swim is honored to be a part of this cultural moment and to partner with Run The Jewels and Ben & Jerry’s to present the first performance of the acclaimed RTJ4 album,” Michael Ouweleen, president of Adult Swim, added. “We hope this special event encourages our fans to make a plan and exercise their Constitutional right to vote.” “Holy Calamavote” will stream at midnight ET on Saturday, Oct. 17, on Adult Swim’s website and HBO Max. Following the broadcast, the performance will become available on Adult ...
