With all the social restrictions and now, a month-long lockdown in England to prevent COVID-19 cases from rising further, Damon Albarn has opened up about how the ongoing pandemic has not only hurt the live music industry but also the overall well-being of people. “It’s a medical emergency but an existential one as well,” Albarn […]
J. Dilla's 'Welcome 2 Detroit' Box Set to Drop in 2021
Next year marks the 20th anniversary of J. Dilla’s Welcome 2 Detroit. And to celebrate the occasion, BBE Music will be releasing a remastered deluxe 7″ vinyl box set in next February. “Peter (Adarkwah, founder of BBE) let me do whatever I wanted to do,” the late Dilla said in a previous statement about his […]
Hear Neil Young's Latest Previously Unreleased Song
Neil Young continues to drop the sonic gems. This time, he offered up a previously unreleased version of “Powderfinger” off his 1979 album Rust Never Sleeps. While it was released in the late 70s, this version was actually recorded on June 12, 1975, in Point Dume, Calif. It was produced by Young and David Briggs and […]
New Music: Rob Markman “The Dakota”
New York has 20 million stories, and Rob Markman shares his most fascinated one on his new single. Produced by DviousMindz, Rob pens his take on the tragic death of the legendary John Lennon told by his grandmother Pura. Legend was fatally shot by a fan at his building The Dakota in NYC on December […]
New Music: Burna Boy “20 10 20”
#EndSARS Burna Boy pays homage to victims of the recent Lekki massacre in Nigeria. On the emotional record, the Nigerian artist fights for justice against police brutality and salutes the true heroes who aided the unfortunate incident. Proceeds of the song will help benefit the families of the victims and those in suffering. On the […]
New Video: Busta Rhymes Ft. Rick Ross “Master Fard Muhammad” | Rap Radar
By any means. Busta Rhymes welcome Black royalty in his E.L.E. 2 album’s powerful music video co-starring Rick Ross. Directed by Dre Films and Busta Rhymes, the lavishing clip finds Busta and Rozay at lush mansion with members of the Nation of Islam. In the clip, a young boy, battered and studying the righteous movement […]
New Video: Brother Ali “Greatest That Never Lived” | Rap Radar
One. To commemorate one year since Brother Ali and Evidence’s Secrets & Escapes, the two release the dark visual behind one of its standout tracks. Over Evidence’s haunting beat, the grainy and black-and-white visual trails Ali in the streets while symbolic images and trippy effects help bring his thoughts to life.
New Video: Tobe Nwigwe, PJ Morton “You Should Be Ashamed” | Rap Radar
Ashamed. Tobe Nwigwe and PJ Morton spread the urgent awareness of racism in their new video. The track is off EMPIRE’s Voices For Change, Vol. 1. On the Wurlitzer piano, PJ Morton belts the blunt truths on the inherent racism while Tobe reiterates the message while comforting his children and getting his hair braided.
New Video: Boosie Badazz “Candyman” | Rap Radar
Do you believe in me? Boosie Badazz brings the urban legend to the hood in the horror video to his new single. Inspired by the 1992 slasher classic, Candyman, Boosie portrays the vengeful ghost played by Tony Todd by horrifyingly appearing throughout in his victim’s household. The track is off Boosie Badazz’ upcoming project, Goat […]
Album Review: Sam Smith’s ‘Love Goes’
Sam Smith’s ‘The Thrill Of It All:’ Review After the superstar-making success of In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith understandably dished up more of the same on 2017’s The Thrill Of It All. And by the same, I mean forlorn ballads and soulful mid-tempo anthems. But then something wonderful happened. The Brit underwent a profound […]