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Top Dawg Entertainment is pulling out all the stops for its 20th anniversary, with this year already seeing albums from ScHoolboy Q, Zacari and Devin Malik. Doechii hasn't been quiet this year either, dropping off a bevy of singles and "Swamp Session" freestyles in recent months. Today, the Swamp Princess announced she's got a longer-form project in store for us and it's dropping sooner rather than later.Dubbed Alligator Bites Never Heal, Doechii announced the mixtape on her birthday, and the project is set to surface on the last Friday of August. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Swamp Princess (@doechii)While a tracklist has yet to be confirmed, both Top Dawg and Doechii shared the EP's cover art, which features the Swamp Princess seated stoically with a white alliga...

On the heels of Sugar Honey Iced Tea's release last Friday, Latto is already plotting her next move. She's bringing the Atlanta energy to a slew of major cities alongside Mariah the Scientist and KARRAHBOOO for the 22-city North American Sugar Honey Iced Tea Tour in support of the album.The tour kicks off on October 25 in Tampa, Florida, and then sees stops in Washington DC, Brooklyn, Boston, Toronto, Detroit, Chicago, San Diego, Vancouver and Las Vegas before wrapping up on December 7 in Denver.Commenters were quick to note that there's no Atlanta stop on the lineup – "No Atlanta is crazy. Ms Georgia peach," one user wrote.Underneath the North American dates, the tour announcement reads "Europe – Winter 2025, Africa – TBD, Australia – TBD."Find the full list of confirmed dates listed belo...

Fred again.. put his spin on Joy Orbison's "flight fm" with the help of Playboi Carti, Future and Lil Yachty.Entitled "flex fm (freddit)," the cut is a fusion of Orbison's hit and Yachty's own "Flex Up," and was first previewed by the pair earlier this February at a pair of shows. Orbison shared a clip of the two on Instagram and publicly stamped his seal of approval, writing, "i was thinking about dj narrows & mampi swift records when i made flight. also, thinking bout listening to flight and flex fm from my bedroom, back when you had to have that annoying plastic cord thing half way up the wall to listen to any radio station, let alone a pirate."He continued, "i love that this track has reached so many people outside of any cultural or sonic ideas i had about it, that’s one of the mo...

As VULTURES 2 begins to sink into the mainstream soundscape, racking in reviews and ratings from publications and listeners alike, Ye and Ty Dolla $ign continue to roll out visuals and supplementary tracks for the album. After releasing the "FRIED" music video last week, the duo has now dropped off the official visual for the album's opening cut "SLIDE."Directed by Ye and Aus Taylor, the "SLIDE" video, per Taylor, is "a portrait of the blade" – a one-take, side-angled, black-and-white visual that pans down a dark street. It was shot entirely with 4-Perf 35 mm film."We gon' paint the city red, it's tie-dye, ask Ty (Get up) / Addicted to the nightlife, jumpin' off a jet, skydive / Your life a movie, mine a sci-fi (Get up) / Told her friends she a ten, I lied / Really, she in the high fives (...