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The LCD Soundsystem Holiday Special Aims for Nostalgia to Mixed Effect: Recap
Even after COVID forced LCD Soundsystem to cancel the remaining three shows of their 20-night Brooklyn Steel residency, the band hasn’t given up on trying to keep things jolly. On December 22nd, James Murphy and co. brought the holiday cheer to Amazon Prime Video with their part comedy, part concert film Christmas special, appropriately titled The LCD Soundsystem Holiday Special. Directed by Eric Wareheim (of Tim & Eric fame), the hour-long special aims to capture nostalgia twofold. It opens with a parody of a ’90s sitcom titled “All My Friends,” in which Wareheim stands in as Murphy in a fictionalized version of LCD Soundsystem. With Macaulay Culkin portraying drummer Pat Mahoney, the band fumbles through assembling the perfect setlist for the night’s gig. Spanning their 2005 de...
Gucci Mane Young Dolph Tribute Track “Long Live Dolph” Receives Visual
Gucci Mane has dropped a visual for “Long Live Dolph,” just a few days after its audio release. The song, which is the closing track to Mane’s compilation mixtape So Icy Christmas, pays tribute to his late friend Young Dolph who was fatally shot outside of a local bakery in his hometown of Memphis last month. The music video, which is helmed by Omar the Director is a nostalgic look at Gucci and Dolph’s friendship. The video showcases never-before-seen photos of the two rappers as well as footage from the Memphis artist’s memorial service. The sentimental to the track highlight the legacy Young Dolph has left behind. Gucci mourns the loss of his dear friend, “R.I.P. to Dolph, long, long live the legend/From Memphis to the 6, they felt you in the bricks/The day you died, it broke my heart, a...
Chris Martin Announces Coldplay Will Stop Making Music After 2025
Chris Martin has confirmed that Coldplay will likely put out their final album in 2025. Formed in London back in 1996, Coldplay has taken the world by storm with big hits including “Yellow,” “Fix You,” and “Paradise.” Since then, the band has put out nine albums with their most recent being Music of the Spheres in October. Their collaboration with Korean supergroup BTS “My Universe,” earned the group their second Billboard No. 1 hit. iNews reported that Martin announced in a conversation with BBC Radio 2 presenter Jo Whiley the band’s future plans, “Well I know I can tell you: Our last proper record will come out in 2025 and after that I think we will only tour.” He continued, “Maybe we’ll do some collaborative things but the Coldplay catalog as it were, finishes then.” The entirety of the...
Pusha T Reportedly Almost Bailed On Kanye’s ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’ Sessions
New details regarding Pusha T‘s involvement in Kanye West‘s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy album have surfaced. According to Steven Victor, during the Hawaii recording sessions for the album, Pusha T grew to be incredibly frustrated with Kanye West’s creative process. In a recent interview with Idea Generation Victor revealed that Push spent two weeks on the island with Ye but nearly bailed on the sessions. When Ye’s process proved to be a waste of Push’s time, Push left Hawaii with the intention of completely dropping out of the album. Victor explained the situation, “There’d be periods where we would be in Hawaii for like two or three weeks and no work would be getting done. So for someone like Pusha, it’s like, ‘What is this? This doesn’t make sense.’” He added, “We were supposed to ...
JAY-Z Has Forgiven Lil Mama for Crashing His and Alicia Keys’ 2009 VMAs Performance
JAY-Z shared in a recent Twitter Spaces conversation that he’s “forgiven” Lil Mama after she crashed his and Alicia Keys‘ performance of “Empire State of Mind” at the 2009 VMAs. Hov referred to Lil Mama as “our sister,” continuing, “Man, we love her. I wouldn’t recommend people just jumping on other artists’ stages but you know, we don’t wish her no harm. That’s corny.” He added, “She’s a New Yorker, you know what I’m saying? She got excited. Things happen. And of course, of course we love her. Yes, she’s forgiven. It’s all love and she was coming from a place of love it’s just… she may have been a little too excited.” Lil Mama also chimed in after hearing the conversation, writing a lengthy Instagram post about love for her “big brother, big sister and [her] city.” She continued: “It brin...
Latto Gives Back to Young Moms in Need During ‘Latto 4 The Ladies & Babies’ Christmas Event
Latto is spreading holiday cheer to moms in need. Last Friday, in partnership with her nonprofit organization Win Some Give Some and Georgia’s Rainbow House, the Billboard chart-topper hosted her first Latto 4 The Ladies & Babies Christmas party. The charitable event took place at the Virginia Gray Burton Recreation Center in Riverdale, Ga. During the celebration — which benefited teenagers, young moms and their children — families were gifted meals, Black Santa merchandise, toys, Visa gift cards, filled stockings, free skating passes to their local rink and more goodies. The 23-year-old rising star was thrilled to give back in Georgia, where she was raised. Ohio-born Latto first rose to fame as the inaugural winner of Jermaine Dupri’s The Rap Game in 2016. “It was immediate growth,” s...
Metro Boomin Hosts Fifth Annual Christmas Charity Drive Benefiting Single Moms
Metro Boomin is back with his fifth annual Christmas event. The charitable festivities took place on Dec. 16, in partnership with his label Boominati Worldwide and the McCaskill Treatment Family Home. The proud St. Louis native returned to his hometown to provide helpful resources and a special dinner for single mothers and their families at .ZACK Urban Ballroom. During the dinner, more than 200 families were gifted $200 gift certificates. Attendees also received Boominati gift bags complete with donated items from sponsors including McDonald’s, Republic Records, SalxCo, Essentia, Blk Water, Taco Bell, Baby Bjorn, Master Dynamic, Barebell Protein and Budgeting Buddies. Explore See latest videos, charts and news Since the first event in 2017, Metro Boomin has continuously given back to sing...
The Best Music Projects of 2021
Getting through the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic is a cause for celebration itself. As music experienced a brief resurgence with festivals and smaller tours, artists like Isaiah Rashad, J. Cole, Lorde, Tyler, the Creator and Vince Staples also made their triumphant return with their well-received albums The House Is Burning, The Off-Season, Solar Power, CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST, and Vince Staples. It would be a tragedy if we failed to highlight the hot debate of Kanye West‘s DONDA versus Drake‘s Certified Lover Boy, which were released within five days of each other and became the world’s talking point for months afterward. 2021 also greeted us with diverse releases from both growing and all-time favorites, including pgLang star Baby Keem with The Melodic Blue, Little...
JAY-Z Claims No One Can Take Him a ‘VERZUZ’ Battle
JAY-Z is very confident in his discography, so much so that he claimed during a Twitter Spaces event with Alicia Keys on Tuesday that no one can compete with him in a musical showdown. our entire convo with alicia keys & jay z in case you missed it (or just want to hear those voices again).❤️ @aliciakeys @sc @robmarkman @kozza @twittermusic #KEYS #KEYsAlbum https://t.co/06llTJXBjw — Genius (@Genius) December 22, 2021 During the discussion, hosted by Genius, the 52-year-old icon was asked if he would ever participate in a VERZUZ livestream — a series produced by Timbaland and Swizz Beatz that brings two legendary artists together to perform their respective hits. “No disrespect. Everyone is amazing and [has] done what they’ve done,” he said. “There’s not a chance in hell t...
Congress Launches Investigation into Astroworld Tragedy
Congress is launching a bipartisan investigation into the tragic circumstances that led to the deaths of ten people at this year’s Astroworld Festival. According to The Washington Post, the probe will examine Live Nation’s role in the Houston-based event, including the company’s pre-show planning and logistics, and how it responded once it became apparent that a large crowd surge had killed or injured scores of concert-goers. On Wednesday, the House Oversight and Reform Committee sent a letter to Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino seeking documents detailing Astroworld’s security and crowd control planning, and requested that Live Nation brief members of the committee by January 12th. “Recent reports raise serious concerns about whether your company took adequate steps to ensure the...
Chris Martin: Coldplay Will Stop Making Music After 2025
Chris Martin has announced that Coldplay will stop making music after 2025, prompting thousands of Facebook and Twitter users to post in unison, “They weren’t making music before.” Via i News, Martin made the announcement in a conversation with BBC Radio 2 presenter Jo Whiley. The interview will air Thursday, but Whiley teased a clip when she appeared on Wednesday’s The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show. “He’s always very funny and I’m never quite sure if he’s joking or being deadly serious,” Whiley said. “Towards the end of the time we spent together he shared something pretty honest and pretty intimate which was a huge revelation.” In the clip, Martin said, “Well I know I can tell you: Our last proper record will come out in 2025 and after that I think we will only tour.” He ad...
Matthew West Tops Billboard’s Year-End Christian Songwriters Chart: ‘I Fell in Love With Songwriting as Much as I Did Artistry’
Since first entering Billboard’s Christian Airplay chart with his 2004 chart-topper “More,” Matthew West has earned 11 No. 1 singles as an artist on that chart. But over the past 17 years, he’s also written songs recorded by artists including Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith, Scotty McCreery, Rascal Flatts, Maddie & Tae, Casting Crowns, Mandisa, Billy Ray Cyrus and more. Explore See latest videos, charts and news This year, West earned several hits as both an artist and a writer, co-writing hits for Casting Crowns (“Scars in Heaven”), Anne Wilson (“My Jesus”) and Tasha Layton (“Look What You’ve Done”), while notching a five-week No. 1 Christian Airplay hit with his own single “Truth Be Told” and following it with another No. 1, “What If.” West’s string of songwriting credits landed him at N...
