The veteran studio-pop wizard Todd Rundgren has a lot of wacky ideas. Historically speaking, he has usually been able to pull those ideas off. I don’t know about this one, though. Rundgren is getting ready to release a new album called Space Force. One track features Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo, and it’s a damn ska […]
Stream Dinner Party's New Album 'Dinner Party: Dessert' Feat. Snoop Dogg, Rapsody, Herbie Hancock, & More
Over the summer, the a quartet of titans at the intersection of jazz, hip-hop, and soul formed a low-stakes supergroup called Dinner Party. Terrace Martin, Kamasi Washington, Robert Glasper, and 9th Wonder comprised this dream team, and their debut album essentially featured Phoelix, a singer known for his collaborations with Noname, as an unofficial fifth […]
Jack White Will Be This Week's 'SNL' Music Guest
Jack White will be this week’s new musical guest on Saturday Night Live. SNL exec Lorne Michaels shared the news with NBC anchor Willie Geist during an interview for the NBC weekend program, Sunday Today with Willie Geis. In making the announcement, Michaels pointed out that a last-minute change isn’t the easiest shift to make. […]
CupcakKe – “Elephant”
It’s been more than a year now since the great Chicago rapper CupcakKe tearfully announced that she was leaving the music business, and now it looks like we can conclusively say that that’s not going to happen. Good! CupcakKe hasn’t made a ton of music since that announcement, but she has released the singles “Lawd […]
New Video: Eric Bellinger “Weak All Week” | Rap Radar
Weak of the week. Eric Bellinger’s weak seven days a week in the latest video off his Eric B For President: Term 3 dropping on October 30. Waiting all week to get home, a yearning Eric pulls up to the crib for an evening with wifey and document their steamy scene on the camcorder. And […]
New Video: Tech N9ne Ft. Krizz Kaliko “I Don’t Give A Pho” | Rap Radar
Pho-nominal. Using a play of words on the Vietnamese delicacy soup, comes Tech N9ne and his More Fear EP’s new video. Pulling up in a Lambo to an Asian eatery, Tech and Krizz Kaliko dine at a table full of green tea and hot heaping bowls of uh, ramen. Pho-king close enough.
New Music: A$AP Twelvyy “Powderpuff Girls”
Sweet. A$AP Twelvyy’ simply can’t get enough of the girls on his brand new release. Over an animated production, the A$AP Mob member from the Boogie Down raps lustful thoughts and vents on his crazy nights from city to city.
New Music: King Von Ft. Fivio Foreign “I Am What I Am”
Boom boom. It simply is what it is on King Von’s new single featuring Fivio Foreign. Over Chopsquad DJ menacing beat, King Von keeps it strictly street, while Fivio Foreign brings his high energy with his savagery verse. King Von’s Welcome 2 O’Block now drops October 30.
New Music: Omarion “Involved”
Bae bae, baby. Omarion’s no longer “Involved” on the the first single off his upcoming The Kinection dropping October 30. For his new ditty, O’s rolling solo and reflects on past love, but rejoices with his new status.
Daya Relaunches With Catchy Banger “First Time”
Daya’s Catchy ‘Insomnia’ Daya sure knows her way around a banger. “Hide Away” is still absurdly catchy five years later, while “Insomnia” ranked as one of the most underrated songs of 2019. She now returns to New Music Friday with another stone-cold bop called “First Time.” Produced by Jack & Coke, her new single is […]