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Lauryn Hill Opens Up About Why She Didn’t Release A Follow-up After ‘Miseducation’
Source: Christie Goodwin / Getty Lauryn Hill debuted her album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill over 20 years ago and never followed up with another studio release. Finally, in a recent interview with Rolling Stone, the singer reflects on her decision why and offers insight into what she wanted out of the album. Hypebeast highlights the takeaways from the discussion. For starters, Hill places blame on Ruffhouse and Columbia Records, her label at the time, for suffocating her creative process with efforts on a follow-up. “The wild thing is no one from my label has ever called me and asked how can we help you make another album…With The Miseducation, there was no precedent. I was, for the most part, free to explore, experiment and express. After The Miseducation, there were scores...
Lil Durk ft. King Von “Still Trappin,” Future & Lil Uzi Vert “Drankin N Smokin” & More | Daily Visuals 1.7.21
Source: Atlantic / Atlantic It’s been a few weeks since the tragic murder of King Von but at least his fellow Chiraq homies like Lil Durk are doing what they can to keep his legacy and memory alive. For his latest visuals to “Still Trappin,” Lil Durk takes to the studio with his people where they turn up and make it rain on a few lucky strippers who’ll have all those “rain drops” all to themselves. Future and Lil Uzi Vert on the other hand keep the twerking a bit more fancy as they throw a private soiree at a mansion where the women are thick, half-naked and prove to be somewhat athletic in their clip to “Drankin N Smokin.” Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Nav featuring Gunna, Slowthai featuring A$AP Rocky, and more. LIL DURK FT. KING VON – “STILL TRAPPIN” [embedded ...
Coronavirus: Nigeria now at tipping point – PTF
The Federal Government, yesterday, took stock of its response to the COVID-19 pandemic vis-a-vis the attitude of Nigerians to embracing safety precautions, and concluded that the country was now at a tipping point. This came as government announced its decision to establish oxygen plants in all states of the federation as part of measures to resolve the “oxygen crisis” that had engulfed some of the isolation and treatment centres in the country. Meanwhile, Edo State has recorded 28 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the state to 270, as the state government cautions residents to abide by the precautionary health and safety guidelines. Vanguard, meanwhile, gathered that former vice-chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe and th...
Dodge Sold Four New Vipers in 2020—Even Though Production Stopped Three Years Ago
The Dodge Viper, the wild, on-again/off-again 10-cylinder sports car that menaced roads since the early 1990s under different brand names went out of production in 2017. That didn’t mark the end of the line for the Viper, it seems. While Dodge stopped making the things long ago, a few have apparently been lurking on dealer lots these past few years, coiled and waiting to strike the right buyer. Really? Really. Dodge parent company Fiat Chrysler released its full 2020 sales figures today, and right there in the charts with sales totals for the Ram truck, Jeep, Chrysler, and Fiat brands in addition to Dodge was a familiar if unexpected reptilian name: Viper. It turns out, Dodge sold four Vipers in 2020, a year over year decrease of 20 percent. We’ve reached out to FCA for cl...
Marshmello Announces New Album is Finished
Marshmello has teased Joytime IV into oblivion. After confirming that a new album would be arriving in 2020—a drop that of course ended up not happening—Mello has once again teased the record, which at this point is becoming more of a fairytale than an actual release. Mello took to Twitter today, January 7th, to share another succinct yet punctual tweet to ignite the butterflies in the collective stomach of his avid fanbase. “hey my album is done,” he wrote. Back in September 2019, the masked dance and hip-hop music producer teased the fourth installment of his Joytime album series before doing so again in April 2020 by sharing the news that the record was “80% done.” Right before 2020 came to a close, Mello again teased the album ...
BTS’ X Ambassadors Cover Isn’t the First Time the Group Put Their Own Spin on Others’ Songs
BTS blew fans away with their cover of X Ambassadors‘ “Jungle” in a new Coca-Cola commercial on Monday (Jan. 4) in Indonesia. Even the rock band themselves were thrilled at the “Dynamite” superstars’ take on their 2015 VHS track. “@bts_bighit COVERED OUR SONG JUNGLE!!!!!! WOWOWOWOWOW the extent of our standom knows no bounds…thank you legends,” the group wrote alongside their retweet of the ad. 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, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back their fair share of Internet revenue.
Morgan Wallen’s ‘Dangerous: The Double Album’ Is Here: Stream It Now
Morgan Wallen is starting off 2021 with a bang. The country star released his highly anticipated sophomore project, Dangerous: The Double Album, on Friday (Jan. 8). “The ‘double album’ idea started off as just a joke between me and my manager because we had accumulated so many songs over the past couple of years,” Wallen said in a statement announcing the record in November. “Then quarantine hit, and we realized it might actually be possible to have enough time to make it happen. I also ended up writing quite a few more songs during the quarantine with some of my good buddies.” “I also wanted the songs to speak to multiple phases of life and have multiple different sounds based on my influences and based on what I enjoy,” he a...
Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Good Kid, M.A.A.D City’ Returns to Top 10 on Album Sales Chart After Eight Years
Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart ranks the top-selling albums of the week based only on traditional album sales. The Album Sales chart’s history dates back to May 25, 1991, the first week Billboard began tabulating charts with electronically monitored piece count information from SoundScan, now Nielsen Music/MRC Data. Pure album sales were the measurement solely utilized by the Billboard 200 albums chart through the list dated Dec. 6, 2014, after which that chart switched to a methodology that blends album sales with track equivalent album units and streaming equivalent album units. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram. Good Kid has sold particularly well in recent weeks on vinyl at independent record stores, as well as Target and Walmar...
Miley Cyrus Pays Tribute to Her Pooch With ‘Mary Jane 5EVR’: Listen
“A lot has changed over time. Mostly me,” she writes about the song’s origins. “Music is my medicine. This song revolves around loss & heartache. Which I am currently experiencing after Mary Jane’s passing. MJ was a true queen. She wore her grace, dignity & kindness like a crown. She will never be forgotten and will forever be missed. To know her is to love her. It has been my honor being her mom and best friend.” The “Midnight Sky” singer announced Mary Jane’s death, aged 10, on social media earlier in the week. “Our connection was purely DIVINE. An incomparable love,” she wrote at the time. Cyrus gets close to her pets, and isn’t afraid to tell the world. Her collaborative 2015 album with The Flaming Lips, Miley Cy...
Duran Duran Share Cover of David Bowie’s ‘Five Years’
Duran Duran are starting the year off with a commemoration for David Bowie, who would have turned 74 today. They’re paying tribute to the late icon with a cover of “Five Years,” a deep-cut from the classic The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, ahead of their performance on A Bowie Celebration: Just For One Day tomorrow at 6 pm EST. A portion of the ticket proceeds go to one of Bowie’s favorite organizations, Save the Children. “My life as a teenager was all about David Bowie,” frontman Simon Le Bon said in a statement. “He is the reason why I started writing songs. Part of me still can’t believe in his death five years ago, but maybe that’s because there’s a part of me where he’s still alive and always will be. When we got the Ziggy Stardust LP and put the needle i...
DaBaby Arrested in Beverly Hills on Gun Charges
DaBaby was arrested on Thursday afternoon in Beverly Hills. The rapper, born Jonathan Kirk, was released on $35,000 bond, a spokesperson for the Beverly Hills Police Department tells SPIN. According to the Beverly Hills Police, officers responded to the 300 block of Rodeo Dr. after store security called 911 on a group of male subjects walking southbound on Rodeo Drive. CBS LA notes that it was the Gucci store. At 4:45 pm, the group was detained and Kirk was arrested. He was charged with carrying a concealed weapon and carrying a loaded firearm in a vehicle. He is set to appear on March 25, 2021, at the Airport Courthouse. A rep for DaBaby didn’t immediately respond to SPIN’s request for comment. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So w...
Under Armour Giving Away 62 Pairs of Curry Flow 8 In Celebration of Chef Curry’s 62-Point Game
Source: Ezra Shaw / Getty Steph Curry endured much criticism to start off the season as he’d struggled to get his Golden State Warriors in the Win column without his PNC, Klay Thompson. But after burning the Portland Trailblazers for 62 points, it looks like Chef Curry is back in the kitchen and Under Armour is preppin’ an exclusive dish in celebration of his return. Sneaker News is reporting that Under Armour is blessing 62 students at the Oakland Unified School District with free pairs of the upcoming “Flow Like Water” colorway of their Curry Flow 8. This upcoming January 22nd release features a full Warriors royal blue upper with a clean white contrast on the sole and mudguard, while subtle hits of bright Golden State yellow can be found throughout. Curry Brand was officially unveiled i...
