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Look Inside North Coast Music Festival 2022, a Cosmic Festival Experience In Chicago
In Chicago, Labor Day Weekend is synonymous with North Coast. One of the staples of the city’s electronic music festival scene, it has built a reputation not only for its outstanding lineups, but for crafting a holistic experience meant to take festival-goers—affectionately nicknamed “Coasties”—on a technicolor journey. As you pass through the gates and take everything in—the sights, sounds, smells and palpable atmosphere—for the first time, it’s immediately apparent that the world you’re now in is completely different from the one surrounding the festival’s grounds. Occupying what is normally a 28,000-seat soccer stadium and surrounding grounds in the middle of suburban Chicagoland, you wouldn’t be mistaken by believing you’d been transported to an entirely different wor...
John Summit’s Off The Grid Records Unveils Inaugural Compilation, “Excursions, Vol. 1”
Weeks after dropping his fan-favorite single “What a Life” on his own imprint, Off The Grid Records, John Summit has released the label’s first-ever compilation, Excursions: Vol. 1. After launching the label earlier this year, the surging DJ and producer has released three records on it, including his “In Chicago,” a stunning tribute to his home city. Now, Summit has dropped the label’s inaugural compilation, showcasing its “house without limits” approach. Comprising six tracks from the likes of Max Styler, Matt Sassari, Lucati, Ranger Trucco and more, the compilation features IDs which had been teased and played throughout Summit’s DJ sets. Styler’s “Resist” opens the compilation by way of a sweltering tech house club anthem, while Vitor Vinter and Sudden Heat’s “Voy...
VIDEO: Falz – Gentleman
Check out this new music visual from Falz titled – Gentleman. Bahd Guy Records CEO, Falz, drops the fourth video from his recently released Bahd album called Gentleman. It is a solo record and the seventh track off the body of work, produced by Yung Willis. Being the ideal gentleman to that special lady is the theme of this song and it has been portrayed excellently well by Falz in the video. This video was shot & directed by Dammy Twitch. Watch and share Falz – Gentleman below. [embedded content]
Russ Reflects on Facing Hardships and Pursuing Music on New Single “That Was Me”
Russ has chronicled the adversity he has faced on the way to becoming a successful music artist on a new single. The rapper and singer began teaching himself how to produce at fourteen years old, eventually recording his first song at eighteen. In the ensuing decade, Russ dropped several mixtapes before going platinum in 2017 with his twelfth studio album, There’s Really a Wolf. Out via DIEMON Records, the new song is called “That Was Me” and sees Russ look back to the financial struggles his family faced during his childhood and the responsibilities he bore from a young age. On the track, Russ discusses his father losing his job and the bank attempting to repossess the family home. You know that was me, stayin’ up, puttin’ work in / Makin’ sure my family was good, we were hurtin,’” he rap...
Russ Reflects on Facing Hardships and Pursuing Music on New Single “That Was Me”
Russ has chronicled the adversity he has faced on the way to becoming a successful music artist on a new single. The rapper and singer began teaching himself how to produce at fourteen years old, eventually recording his first song at eighteen. In the ensuing decade, Russ dropped several mixtapes before going platinum in 2017 with his twelfth studio album, There’s Really a Wolf. Out via DIEMON Records, the new song is called “That Was Me” and sees Russ look back to the financial struggles his family faced during his childhood and the responsibilities he bore from a young age. On the track, Russ discusses his father losing his job and the bank attempting to repossess the family home. You know that was me, stayin’ up, puttin’ work in / Makin’ sure my family was good, we were hurtin,’” he rap...
Skepta’s Big Smoke Corporation Announces Partnership With Puma
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @skeptagram / @skeptagram Skepta is taking his talents to the sportwear industry with what seems to be more control. His Big Smoke Corporation has inked a new deal with Puma. Source: @skeptagram / @skeptagram As per Complex the London talent is about his business; figuratively and literally. On Wednesday, September 7 he announced that his Big Smoke Corporation is now in contract with Puma. “Cheers to creative control 🥂 we are excited to announce our @puma x @bigsmokecorp partnership. Looking forward to bringing our world to #Futro 🧩” he wrote on an Instagram caption that was accompanied by photos of he and some Puma executives. While details are scarce many speculate the German based brand is giving the ...
Turk Tries To Clarify His “Prison Sex” Comments On Drink Champs, Twitter Still Confused
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Raymond Boyd / Getty Right now, Noreaga has the right formula to get his guests, mainly rappers, to spill tea and run their mouths, sometimes to their detriment. Hot Boy and Cash Money Records artist Turk is an excellent example. Turk had had the internet collectively raising its eyebrows following an interesting explanation of “gay games” men play when he sat down with the op DJ Vlad. Now, the rapper has become the subject of conversation again after Drink Champs host Noreaga allowed him to clear up his comments about having a lot of sex while he was in prison. Unfortunately for Turk, his attempt at clarifying what he meant led to even more confusion. Twitter users are now debating if Turk said, “I f*cked, man,” “I f*cked her, man,” or “I f*cked a ...
Check Out The Trailer For Prime Video’s UK Hip-Hop Drama ‘JUNGLE’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Delroy Matty / Prime Video Hip-Hoppers on the States side know that the UK has their own rap scene that’s been flourishing for quite some time and we’re about to get an idea of how Hip-Hoppers live the life across the pond. Source: Delroy Matty / Prime Video Prime Video is gearing up to drop a new series in JUNGLE, which centers around the world of the UK rap and drill music scene. The show gives viewers a better understanding of how things are in the Hip-Hop world of the Brits. Related Stories In the cinematic and vibrant trailer to the upcoming series, we follow a few artists as they work their way through the streets of the UK with the same struggles and obstacles heads face on the daily over here in America. Created and executive produced by Chas Appe...
Mystikal Faces Prison In Life After First-Degree Rape Indictment
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Stephen J. Cohen / Getty Mystikal, having endured similar charges and serving time in the past, faces up to life in prison after a first-degree rape indictment was handed down. The charge is tied to an alleged July 30 incident at the Louisiana rapper’s home and other charges were levied as well. Mystikal, whose real name is Michael Lawrence Tyler, was indicted by an Ascension Parish grand jury this past Tuesday and the 51-year-old veteran rapper remains in the Ascension Parish Prison according to a report from the New Orleans Advocate. Mystikal’s previous attorney shot down the allegations but he has since retained new counsel in Joel Pearce, who represented the rapper in 2017 in another rape case that Mystikal served 18 months in prison over. Related Sto...
Queen Elizabeth II Once Ditched a Private Paul McCartney Concert to Watch Twin Peaks
Diane, this is one story we certainly didn’t see coming. According to a recently resurfaced interview with Twin Peaks composer Angelo Badalamenti, Queen Elizabeth II once opted out of a private Paul McCartney set to go watch David Lynch’s cult TV show — on her birthday, of all days. Badalamenti, who co-wrote almost all of Twin Peaks’ unforgettable music, recalled the story as it was told to him by McCartney in a 2011 interview with NME. The Queen’s urgency implies that this incident went down at her birthday party in either 1990 or 1991, when Twin Peaks was airing new episodes on ABC. “Back when Twin Peaks was kicking off around the world, I flew by Concorde to London, to work with Paul McCartney at Abbey Road,” Badalamenti explained. “He said, ‘Let me tell you a story’...
Three Sex Pistols React Three Different Ways to Queen Elizabeth II’s Death
Sex Pistols’ 1977 scorcher “God Save the Queen” is one of the harshest things ever written about Queen Elizabeth II, claiming “she ain’t no human being” and calling her a “moron” from a “fascist regime.” She died on September 8th, and now three surviving Sex Pistols — John “Johnny Rotten” Lydon, Steve Jones, and Glen Matlock — have each responded to her passing in different ways. Lydon is the man who sang those insults, but he’s grown much more conservative over the years, and his feelings on Her Royal Highness have clearly softened. “Rest in Peace Queen Elizabeth II,” he wrote on Twitter. “Send her victorious.” His post included the same portrait of Elizabeth the band used in the cover art for “God Save the Queen,” but without the text graffiti. Meanwhile, bass guitarist Matlock...
Song of the Week: Phoenix and Ezra Koenig Hearken Back to the Golden Age of Indie-Pop with “Tonight”
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, Phoenix and Ezra Koenig unleash a delightful collab. Phoenix hearken back to the golden age of indie pop — an era they helped define in 2009 with their groundbreaking fourth album, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix — on their new song, “Tonight,” the second single from their upcoming album Alpha Zulu (out November 4th). “Tonight” not only features fellow indie icon Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend, but some signature Phoenix moves; the rousing hi-hat and tom drum line from “Lasso” returns, the escalating synths of “1901” ...
