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Mk.gee is readying to close out his breakout year, marked by milestones including his acclaimed debut album Two Star & The Dream Police and a sold-out world tour in support of the album. The enigmatic New Jersey-based musician continued his major 2024 with his Saturday Night Live debut, taking to the New York City stage as this past weekend’s musical guest, joining host Bill Burr to perform two of his standout songs.He first took the SNL stage to deliver a performance of standout Two Star & The Dream Police cut “Alesis.”For his second song, Mk.gee performed his most recent post-Two Star single, “ROCKMAN.” Fellow musicians Zack Sekoff and Andrew Aged joined him on stage to accompany with backing instrumentals. Stream both performances in the YouTube videos below.Mk.gee’s Saturday Ni...

In September, BADBADNOTGOOD took over New York’s Blue Note jazz club for an eight-night residency. During one set, the band premiered the single "Poeira Cosmica,” which they’ve now officially released onto streaming platforms.Mystical and flowing, "Poeira Cosmica" sees Al Sow, Chester Hansen and Leland Whitty join forces with the Brazilian artist Tim Bernardes, as well as composer Arthur Verocai.Together, the band and Bernardes debuted "Poeira Cosmica" and also performed a live cover of Milton Nascimento’s “Tudo O Que Vocé Podia Ser.”Stream BADBADNOTGOOD’s new single "Poeira Cosmica" featuring Tim Bernardes.Click here to view full gallery at Hypebeast

Lil Uzi Vert is opening this week's Billboard 200 at No. 3 with Eternal Atake 2.Their followup record debuts with a total of 59,000 equivalent album units in its first week, including 56,000 in streaming equivalent album units (76.43 million on-demand streams of the songs), 3,000 in album sales and the remaining in track equivalent album units. Eternal Atake 2 marks Uzi's fifth top-10 effort, with all of them reaching the top 3.Also appearing in this week's top 10 are The Cure with Songs of a Lost World, which opens at No. 4 with 57,000 equivalent album units.Elsewhere on the chart are Tyler, the Creator who logs his second straight week at No. 1 with CHROMAKOPIA, followed by Sabrina Carpenter at No. 2 and Gracie Abrams at No. 5. Making up the bottom half of this week's top 10 are Chappell...

Jorja Smith has returned with two new singles, “Loving You” and “Don’t Let Me Go.” Both tracks see the singer flex her soulful vocals paired with poignant and touching lyrics.Smith had originally written “Loving You” a decade ago with Maverick Sabre and producer Ed Thomas. After rediscovering the track, she began reworking it in tune with her contemporary sound.“Don’t Let Me Go” was also written around ten years ago. Sabre provided vocals for the song with New Machine producing.In tandem with dropping the two singles, Smith revealed the dates for her upcoming US tour. Supporting her 2023 LP falling or flying, the singer will be kicking off the US leg of the run in February.Stream Jorja Smith’s “Loving You” and “Don’t Let Me Go” everywhere now.Click here to view full gallery at Hypebeast