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Lil Nas X’s ‘Montero’ Climbs to Australian Chart Summit
There’s a new leader on the ARIA Albums Chart as London Grammar’s Californian Soil (Dew Process/Universal) debuts in the top spot. It’s their first No. 1 in three tries. California Soil is the followup to Truth Is A Beautiful Thing, which hit No. 3 in June 2017, while their debut If You Wait reached No. 2 in September 2013. The British trio will tour these parts in February 2022. The Offspring narrowly miss out on a third crown with Let The Bad Times Roll (Concord/Universal), the U.S. punk veterans’ first LP in nine years. Bad Times rolls in at No. 2 for their eighth Top Ten in Australia. The Offspring previously ruled the ARIA Albums Chart with Smash (February 1995) and Americana (January 1999). Finally, international artists Alex Henry Foster and AJ Tracey make their ARIA Chart debu...
Benny The Butcher & Harry Fraud “When Tony Met Sosa,” Drag-On “Cold Day” & More | Daily Visuals 4.21.21
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty If Benny The Butcher grinded on the block in the same way he’s been on his rap grizzly, then the man must’ve really been running the avenue cause his work ethic is Tupac Shakur-ish! Dropping off new videos on a damn near daily basis, Benny keeps on churning out new work as today he comes through with some new visuals to “When Tony Met Sosa.” Rapping on a bathtub with an exotic young women soaking in it’s bubbles, the visual continues to paint the picture of a man enjoying the fruits of his labor and styling in high-end attire. Keeping the vibe in NY, Drag-On keeps on ridin’ with his ruffians and in his clip for “Cold Day” reminds everyone that he’s still out here whippin it on two-wheelers like it’s the early 00’s. Check out the rest ...
HHW Premiere: IceBeatChillz Ft. Terri – ” Bad And Naughty”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: IceBeatChillz / IBC The year so far has been good to Nigerian music artist and producer IceBeatChillz, including a buzzing single featuring Dancehall Reggae king Beenie Man with the track “Area.” Today (April 22), Hip-Hop Wired is proud to premiere Ice’s latest video “Bad and Naughty” featuring Terri. The video, directed by Jay Affluent with post-production by Sebastian Sdaigui, features Ice in various warm-weather locales exhibiting his effortless cool, fly fashion sense, and eye for fine detail when it comes to the models that appear alongside him in the clip. Given that Nigeria has been a hotbed of talent for years, Ice’s perspective as an artist connects well with the legacy laid before him by other genre-bending artists from the African nation. Self-...
Disney & Sony Cut A Deal For Rights To Stream ‘Spider-Man’ Films
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Sony Pictures / Sony Pictures Prepare to see Spider-Man on damn near every channel and streaming platform out there come this summer. According to Deadline, Disney and Sony have reached a deal that will allow Disney+ to feature the Sony property on their streaming service alongside every other Marvel related show and movie. Up until now Disney+ was unable to include Spider-Man in their Marvel category on Disney+ as the franchise is owned by Sony. But now Sony has reached an agreement for the post-pay-1 release window which will allow Disney+ along with Hulu, Freeform, ABC and FX to air some web-slinging flicks. Theatrical releases from 2022 to 2026 will move to Disney after their runs on Netflix, which earlier this month announced a deal with Sony for a p...
The Mars Volta Unearth Lost Album Landscape Tantrums: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-23T04:00:11+00:00“>April 23, 2021 | 12:00am ET The Mars Volta have unearthed Landscape Tantrums, which contains unreleased material from the sessions for their 2003 debut album, De-Loused in the Comatorium. Stream it below via Apple Music or Spotify. The eight-track collection is part of La Realidad De Los Sueños, an 18-LP vinyl box set containing the Texas prog-rock band’s remastered discography that sold out immediately after its announcement in early March. De-Loused in the Comatorium was produced by the renowned Rick Rubin with guitarist Omar Rodríguez-López, who formed The Mars Volta with singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala after they both quit At the Drive-In in 2001. The...
Dave Grohl and His Daughter Violet Share Cover of X’s “Nausea”: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-23T04:00:53+00:00“>April 23, 2021 | 12:00am ET Violet Grohl has teamed up with her father Dave Grohl for a cover of X’s “Nausea”. The track, which was recorded for Dave’s upcoming documentary What Drives Us, will arrive on digital music services on Friday. In an Instagram post, Papa Grohl shared the lengthy background behind the song. As it turns out, X drummer D. J. Bonebrake (a.k.a. Johann Christian Breinbrech) is a long-lost cousin of the family. He wrote, “I wanted to record a song that would not only pay tribute to the people and music that influenced me to become a musician, but also pay tribute to my long family history. So, what better song than an X song? And what better...
The Weeknd Enlists Ariana Grande for “Save Your Tears” Remix: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-23T04:02:20+00:00“>April 23, 2021 | 12:02am ET The Weeknd has teamed up with Ariana Grande for a remix of his After Hours song “Save Your Tears”. Watch the accompanying animated music video below. The track is the latest in a string of remixes that the Canadian Grammy boycotter has released since After Hours arrived last March. It follows he and Rosalía’s “Blinding Lights” remix from back in December, which was preceded by a Kenny G-featuring rendition of “In Your Eyes”, and a handful of remixes by Chromatics, Oneohtrix Point Never, and Lil Uzi Vert earlier in the year. It’s the first material The Weeknd has released since he reissued his debut mixtape Ho...
Lil Yachty Drops New Mixtape Michigan Boy Boat: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-23T04:14:21+00:00“>April 23, 2021 | 12:14am ET Lil Yachty just dropped his new mixtape, Michigan Boy Boat. Stream it view Apple Music or Spotify below. As the name implies, the project finds the Atlanta rapper teaming up with Michigan’s deep roster of hip-hop talent. Yachty has been collaborating with the bubbling Detroit hip-hop scene for several years, most recently joining forces with Sada Baby on “Not Regular” in October before showing off his lyrical side on “Royal Rumble”, a stacked cypher with young talents like Krispylife Kid, RMC Mike, Babyface Ray, Rio Da Yung OG, and Icewear Vezzo. In the mixtape’s trailer, Yachty shared the purpose of his project. “I found a love for ...
Apple’s Tiny Solution to Never Losing Your Car Keys Again: AirTags
We’ve all been there. The moment when you realize your car keys aren’t in the first, second, third, or fourth place you normally leave them. Now you’re late for work, or for a doctor’s appointment, or whatever equally dire situation that presents itself. But luckily, Apple has launched what might be the best addition to its product line in a very long time: AirTags. Each AirTag is a quarter sized, battery-powered Bluetooth puck that passively keeps track of, well, anything you latch it to. The AirTag itself uses Apple’s U1 chip with ultra wideband technology to improve the unit’s location accuracy. Bluetooth LE (“low energy”) means the CR2032 battery (those flat ones found in watches and most key fobs) should last about a year before it ...
2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E Narrowly Misses Top Safety Pick+ Rating
The 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E is a new electric vehicle, an expansion of the Mustang nameplate into a brand, and a very important vehicle for the Blue Oval—the latter being an understatement. Don’t forget that we also feel that it earns its pony badge, offering style, performance, and reasonable utility with enough deference to its two-door sibling. Not to say the Mach-E isn’t controversial to some enthusiasts, but that would be the case no matter how good it is. Now we can add the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s (IIHS) crash-test ratings to the discussion. Let’s cut right to the chase. The Mach-E scores well in all the crash tests IIHS conducts. (And as of this writing, NHTSA hasn’t conducted its testing.) It earned the top rating of “Good”...
Digital Underground’s Shock G Dies at 57
Digital Underground was formed in Oakland, Calif., in 1987 by Shock G, Chopmaster J and Kenny-K, and the collective included a revolving door of more than three dozen members over its almost three decades of activity — including some of the earliest recordings from a young Tupac Shakur. The group had four top 40-charting hits on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, including the top 10 smash “The Humpty Dance,” which also spent five weeks at No. 1 on the Hot Rap Songs chart in 1990 and peaked at No. 11 on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100. The song also garnered a Grammy nomination for best rap performance by a duo or group. “The Humpty Dance” was one of two top 20-charting hits on the Dance Club Songs chart, alongside 1991’s “Same Song.” The l...
Shock G Dies at 57: Celebs Remember Rapper as a ‘Total Original’
The hip-hop community is in mourning following the death of Shock G, at the age of 57. The rapper (real name Gregory Jacobs) formed Digital Underground with Chopmaster J and Kenny-K in Oakland, Calif., back in 1987, and charged into the charts on several occasions in the late ’80s and early ’90s. The group enjoyed four top 40-charting hits on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, including “The Humpty Dance,” which also spent five weeks at No. 1 on the Hot Rap Songs chart in 1990 and peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sha...
