Hip-Hop
Madonna Teases Upcoming Hypnotic ‘Frozen’ Remix With 070 Shake
Madonna is going back to the future, again, for her upcoming remix. After dropping a slowed-down, gauzy remix of her Ray of Light single by masked DJ Sickick in December — and then another hypnotic take on the 1998 fan-favorite earlier this month with Sick and Nigerian singer Fireboy DML — Madge is going back to the well one more time time this week with a third version of the lead single from the song she originally co-produced with Patrick Leonard and William Orbit. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news This time, she teased in a tweet, she’ll be joined by New Jersey rapper/singer 070 Shake. “New song And video drops in 2 days with @070Shake,” Madonna wrote along with snow flake, blue heart and nazar emoji. A 17-second teaser features a moody snaps...
Fans Choose Machine Gun Kelly’s ‘Mainstream Sellout’ as This Week’s Favorite New Music
Machine Gun Kelly‘s new album, Mainstream Sellout, has topped this week’s new music poll. Music fans voted in a poll published Friday (March 25) on Billboard, choosing the 31-year-old musician’s latest release as their favorite new music release of the past week. Mainstream Sellout brought in 64% of the vote, beating out new music by J Balvin and Ed Sheeran (“Sigue”/”Forever My Love”), Summer Walker featuring SZA and Cardi B (“No Love” Extended Version), Maren Morris (Humble Quest), Daddy Yankee (Legendaddy), and others. Explore See latest videos, charts and news MKG’s new project follows 2020’s Tickets to My Downfall, which earned the artist his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200. The Blonde Don is heralded as “pop-punk’s crown prince” on the cover of Billboard‘s recent issue, op...
Song of the Week: Summer Walker, SZA and Cardi B Sizzle on Extended Version of “No Love”
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, Summer Walker, SZA, and Cardi B heat things up with an extended version of “No Love.” We still have a ways to go before Season 2 of Hot Vaxxed Summer is officially here, but it’s never too early to start planning. Summer Walker, SZA, and Cardi B are thankfully here to provide some inspo and light the path in the meantime with their simmering new extended version of Walker’s “No Love.” The original version of the song, which also features SZA, has already proven itself to be a hit, racking up more than 70 millio...
Rap Song of the Week: Tyler, the Creator and A$AP Rocky Reunite on “Lost and Found Freestyle 2019”
Rap Song of the Week breaks down the new hip-hop tracks you need to hear every Friday. Check out the full playlist here. This week, Nigo reunites Tyler, the Creator and A$AP Rocky on “Lost & Found Freestyle 2019.” Back in July 2018, longtime friends Tyler, the Creator and A$AP Rocky teased an impending project called WANG$AP in the video for their freestyle “Potato Salad.” Since the duo had name-dropped the collaboration twice before, fans were understandably excited to hear a full album from the sartorial rappers. However, Tyler immediately splashed cold water on the idea, tweeting he was going to “kill Rocky” for getting people’s hopes up. According to the LA native, all he wanted to do was rap over Monica’s 2003 classic, “Knock Knock.” Since then, Tyler and Rocky have linked up...
Denzel Curry Uncorks New Album Melt My Eyez See Your Future: Stream
Denzel Curry has unveiled his highly-anticipated new album Melt My Eyez See Your Future. Stream it below via Apple Music and Spotify. Melt My Eyez See Your Future is the follow-up to 2019’s Zuu, though Curry has been plenty busy since then, dropping the Kenny Beats collaboration UNLOCKED in 2020, followed by the remix UNLOCKED 1.5 in 2021. In a statement, Curry said that the new album “came from a combination of what’s going on right now in the world and Akira Kurosawa films with Toshiro Mifune.” Melt My Eyez See Your Future includes the singles “Troubles” featuring T-Pain, “Zatoichi” featuring slowthai, and “Walkin”. Curry also collaborates with Robert Glasper, Rico Nasty, JID, 6LACK, and more. Advertisement Related Video This spring and ...
Joyner Lucas Wants Off Lollapalooza For Billing Him Below “Goofy Ass” Machine Gun Kelly
Joyner Lucas was announced to play Lollapalooza this July, but he’s not too happy about it. In a lengthy Twitter meltdown, the rapper told the festival to remove him from the bill for disrespecting his name with a mid-level placement on the lineup flier — especially in comparison to “goofy ass” headliner Machine Gun Kelly. Lucas began his rant with concern over being placed in small font in the middle of the festival flier, rather than printed in bold at the top with the headliners, where he clearly thinks he belongs. “I’m the biggest independent artist period with the exception of my n—- tech. And I got the numbers & the fans & the [money] to back that statement up,” Lucas tweeted. The rapper also claimed that he didn’t agree to perform at Lollapalooza, citing an unsatisfactory of...
Gorillaz in 10 Songs
This article originally ran in 2017 and has been updated. Ever felt overwhelmed by an artist’s extensive back catalog? Been meaning to check out a band, but you just don’t know where to begin? In 10 Songs is here to help, offering a crash course and entry point into the daunting discographies of iconic artists of all genres. This is your first step toward fandom. Take it. Isn’t it frustrating not being able to box something in? Not being able to name it because the goddamn thing is so busy evolving that it slips through your fingers? Sure, they might be a bunch of cartoon characters, but there’s always been something a little darker than meets the eye going on with Gorillaz. They’re pockmarked and weathered, garish, rough around the edges, the residents of Banksy’s Dismaland as counterpoin...
Denzel Curry and T-Pain Bemoan Their “Troubles” on New Single: Stream
We’re one step closer to hearing one of our most anticipated albums of 2022: Denzel Curry has shared the T-Pain-featuring single “Troubles” today, another sample of his upcoming album Melt My Eyez See Your Future before it drops this Friday, March 25th. Produced by Curry’s frequent collaborator Kenny Beats, “Troubles” sees him and fellow Floridian T-Pain detail their rise to fame, and the unexpected grievances that come along with being in the public eye. “Maneuver through the game I put my n***** in a huddle/ Now we all just running routes and fitting pieces to the puzzle,” Curry spits in his trademark rasp. Then, T-Pain’s instantly-recognizable vocals arrive in the chorus to deliver the track’s most pertinent line: “Got some problems that the music can’t fix.” Advertisement Related ...
Westside Gunn, Conway the Machine, and Benny the Butcher Announce 2022 Griselda Tour
It’s a phrase so nice, their songs say it thrice: “Griselda, Griselda, Griselda.” Now, the three biggest stars of Griselda Records — founder Westside Gunn, his brother Conway the Machine, and their cousin Benny the Butcher — are hitting the road for a 2022 US tour. This marks the first Griselda jaunt since the pre-pandemic days of 2020, and since then, all three members have released a lot of music. Just in the past six months, Benny has dropped the excellent Tana Talk 4, Conway unveiled his Shady debut God Don’t Make Mistakes, and Westside Gunn finished up Hitler Wears Hermes 8, the eighth installment in his ongoing mixtape series. The trio will kick things off at Coachella in April, before officially embarking on their 10-date headlining trek in Chicago on ...
Lil Durk Scores Second No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With ‘7220’
Lil Durk scores his second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart (dated March 26) as 7220 debuts in the top slot. The rapper previously topped the list with The Voice of the Heroes, a collaborative set with Lil Baby, for one week in 2021. 7220 launches with 120,500 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending March 17, according to Luminate, formerly MRC Data – Lil Durk’s best week for a non-collaborative project. 7220 was released on March 11 via Alamo Records. See latest videos, charts and news After eight weeks in a row at No. 1 – and nine weeks in total on top – the Encanto soundtrack is pushed down to No. 3 with 64,000 units (down 12%). Also in the top 10, Ghost debuts at a career-high No. 2 with Impera – which launches with the largest sales week of any album in 2022 – whil...
Kanye West Barred From Performing at the Grammys
Kanye West will not be performing at the upcoming 2022 Grammy Awards. The development was shared by the rapper’s “Eazy” collaborator The Game in a lengthy Instagram post on Saturday. “The Grammys have at the last minute decided to pull [Kanye West] from performing on the show as if we didn’t know it was coming.” The Game attributed the Grammys’ decision to a myriad of factors, including West’s recent beef with the ceremony’s host, Trevor Noah, which led to his temporary suspension from Instagram. Related Video A representative for West confirmed as much in an email to Rolling Stone, as they linked back to article by The Blast which cited the Donda rapper’s “concerning online behavior” as the primary factor for the Grammys’ decision. Advertisement In his Instagram post, The Game also sugges...
Kanye ‘Ye’ West’s Grammys Performance Pulled Over ‘Concerning Online Behavior’
Kanye “Ye” West’s rep says that an unannounced performance at the 2022 Grammy Awards has been pulled due to “concerning online behavior.” A representative for the rapper confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter details in a report, published on Friday by The Blast, which alleges West received a call Friday evening notifying him that he was scrapped from this year’s Grammys performer line-up. While West is up for five nominations this year, he was not among the first round of artists announced to perform by the Recording Academy ahead of the April 3 ceremony. A rep for West, whose legal name is Ye, declined to confirm whether he was still attending or invited to the show taking place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. THR has reached out to t...
