New York rapper Princess Nokia self-released a pair of albums, Everything Sucks and Everything Is Beautiful, at the start of the 2020. Since then, she’s signed with Arista Records and put out two more singles, “It’s Not My Fault” last March and the Yung Baby Tate-featuring “Boys Are From Mars” in September. Today, she’s back with another new track, “No Effort,” a bragging hard-hitter that comes with a video directed by Travis Libin featuring the StuntGuyz BMX crew. Check it out below.
Mosswood Meltdown is returning to Oakland next July, and today, they’ve teased the lineup for their 2025 iteration. It’ll include Devo, Osees, and Oakland’s own Kreayshawn — of viral “Gucci Gucci” fame — doing her first proper show in over a decade. Again hosted by John Waters, Mosswood Meltdown 2025 will mark the first time […]
Fresh off of touring with Wallows in North America and Olivia Rodrigo in Australia, New Zealand alt-pop player BENEE has a brand-new single for us. Titled “Animal,” this new one follows September’s “Sad Boiii.” Both will show up on her forthcoming album, which drops next year. Upbeat and anthemic, “Animal” has a clear hip-hop influence, […]
In the history of annoying journalism clichés, no one’s ever embodied a “rapper’s rapper” as much as Freddie Gibbs. When he’s not sharing vivid D-Boy recollections or laughing at fallen enemies, he’ll make time to own it. Otherwise, critics like me will prescribe it for him, noting a gravelly baritone that emits intensity and the […]
