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JPEGMAFIA's I LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR YOU – the rapper's fifth studio album that he dropped back in August – marked a high-point for Peggy, putting his captivating capability of blending the IRL and URL on display, shining light on his ability to mix nostalgic, soulful samples with his slick internet-era production. Peggy isn't out of the woods with I LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR YOU quite yet, having revealed his plans to expand the album yet again on what he's calling the "Director's Cut" version of the LP.The re-branded "deluxe" iteration is set to span 12 new tracks, some of which, per a press release, are songs from the album sessions threaded into the original tracklist, while others are brand new tracks compiled into a fresh second disc. The original album features samples and contributions fr...

Yung Lean has officially lifted the veil on his next move; he took to Instagram to share that his next project is due out later this year. Entitled Jonatan – named after the musician's birth name Jonatan Aron Leandoer Håstad – the project is officially due out everywhere later this year.The rapper kept it short in his Instagram post, which arrived as the first post on his feed a little before noon EST on Tuesday, January 21. Lean shared the below cover art – directed by Drain Gang's Ecco2k – which features a portrait of him in the middle."Jonatan the album. This spring. Art dir: @aloegarten," he wrote in the below caption. He also announced a new show going down in Stockholm on March 1, at Avicii Arena. View this post on Instagram A post shared by @yunglean2001Jonatan will mark L...

French singer, producer and DJ Oklou has enlisted Bladee to contribute to her newest single "take me by the hand." The latest cut lifted from the electropop songstress' imminent album, Choke Enough, "take me by the hand" is a dreamy, three-minute cut carried by atmospheric synths and the duo's hazy vocals.The track marks the second link-up between Bladee and Oklou, albeit the first was an unofficial one; Oklou offered up a remix of Bladee's "Rainbow.""take me by the hand" arrives alongside its official music video, starring both Oklou and Bladee. One user described the track as "nostalgic but futuristic at the same time" in the comments.Oklou has packaged the new single in a five-pack including recent singles "choke enough," "harvest sky," "obvious" and "family and friends." The song – whi...