No lie. You ain’t gotta lie to kick it with Queen Naija and her new duet with Lil Durk. Over a piano-laced sound bed, the Detroit songstress details a relationship with no-strings attached, while Durkio sings no more broken promises and drama. The release now comes with the video helmed by Teyana “Spike Tee” Taylor […]
New Find: Harper Finn’s “Dance Away These Days”
New Find: John-Robert’s ‘Adeline’ Harper Finn has already made waves with viral hits “Conversations (With The Moon)” and “Norway,” but the New Zealand newcomer takes the next step with “Dance Away These Days” — an ’80s-influenced synth-pop escape from the horrors of 2020. “Does it feel the same when you play the game alone, scared […]
GALXARA Teams Up With Party Pupils For “Miss The Days”
Saweetie & GALXARA’s ‘Sway With Me’ GALXARA’s breakout year continues with “I Miss The Days,” a nostalgic banger featuring future-funk duo Party Pupils. “Driving where the wind blows, steaming up the windows in your car,” the “Loving Nobody” singer begins the song over dreamy synths. “Nothing left for wishing, tangled up and twisted in your […]
New Video: Papoose “Boxcutter” | Rap Radar
Watch out now. Papoose’s cutting up on the latest offering off his his upcoming Endangered Species album. In the Street Heat directed clip, Papoose cruises New York in his white Bentley and keenly raps while perched on a grand piano alongside a pianist and a guitarist. Meanwhile, the hood comes out to show their support […]
New Video: Stalley “General City” | Rap Radar
Stalley’s built for the city for his Speak No Blue album’s new video. In the heart of New York’s Chinatown district, Stalley raps beside his Range Rover, inside a rustic building and on the rooftop overlooking The Big Apple.
New Video: YFN Lucci “Man Down” | Rap Radar
Man down! Get down or lay down to YFN Lucci’s video for his new single. Accompanied by his leading lady, YFN Lucci brings the smoke to a battlefield and catches bodies in a tunnel of a sewage. Elsewhere, the Atlanta rapper floats on a raft full of money and bares the heavy down pour in […]
Mariah Carey's Engineer on Secret Alt-Rock Album: 'It Was All Very Spontaneous'
By this point, we all know about Mariah Carey’s secret 1995 alt-rock album, which she finally revealed in her memoir The Meaning of Mariah Carey. But now the engineer of Chick’s Someone’s Ugly Daughter —the name and album title Mimi recorded as — has something to say. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Carey’s longtime engineer Dana Jon […]
Miley Cyrus to Perform New 'MTV Unplugged' Set in Her Backyard
The queen of covers is back for more. After her take on Blondie’s “Heart of Glass” sent Twitter into a storm — with many begging for more renditions of classic tracks — Miley Cyrus has decided to deliver yet again. On Monday, MTV revealed that Cyrus will star in a new Unplugged set from her backyard in […]
Bruce Springsteen Documentary Coming to Apple TV+
If you thought getting a new album from Bruce Springsteen was a treat, we’ve got some more good news for you. Bruce Springsteen’s Letter to You, a documentary that follows the legendary singer-songwriter and the E Street Band as they prepare their new album of the same name, will be released on the same day as […]
Jay Electronica Finally Releases His Long-Shelved Album 'Act II: The Patents Of Nobility': Stream
For many, many years, it looked like Jay Electronica would never release an album. This year, we’ve got two. Allah works in mysterious ways. In 2010, following the success of his 2007 mixtape Act I: Eternal Sunshine: The Pledge and his monstrous 2009 single “Exhibit C,” the hyped-up rap mystic Jay Elec signed with Jay-Z’s […]