The champs are here. It is lonely at the top for NLE Choppa on his new single, “Champions”, the follow-up to last month’s “23“. On the triumphant anthem produced by d.a. got that dope, the Memphis rapper salutes his hometown heroes and his perseverance with a rebellious flow. “We finna break the rules, and we […]
Shy Glizzy Ft. NBA YoungBoy “Fools Fall N Love”
Real gangster shit. Shy Glizzy and NBA YoungBoy reunite on their new collaboration, “Fools Fall N Love”. Produced by Buddah Bless, the two share their take on foolish love with their introspective raps. “Baby said she wanna fuck a drug lord,” raps Glizzy. “Ain’t nothin’ like these rappers, you’s a thug, boy / And you […]
Mixtape: Ace Hood ‘Body Bag Vol. 6’
No beat is safe. Ace Hood gets in his bag and releases the sixth installment of his Body Bag mixtape series. For Body Bag Vol. 6, the Florida rapper releases eight freestyles including “OMG (Freestyle)“, which finds Ace sharing his take on Lil Durk’s 2022 “What Happened To Virgil?”. Elsewhere, the “Hustle Hard” hitmaker tries […]
Foreign Musicians Would Pay 250% More For Touring Visas Under US Homeland Security’s Proposed Rule Change
Touring in a foreign country ain’t cheap, and it might soon become even more expensive for artists to bring their music to the United States. The Department of Homeland Security has proposed significant price increases for the O-type and P-type visas granted to performers. Under the proposed change, the cost of an O-type visa petition […]
Black Belt Eagle Scout – “Spaces”
Next week, Black Belt Eagle Scout returns with a new album called The Land, The Water, The Sky. We’ve heard three songs from it already — “My Blood Runs Through This Land,” “Don’t Give Up,” and “Nobody” — and today Katherine Paul is back with one more, “Spaces.” “I wrote ‘Spaces’ for an audience as […]
Video: Symba Ft. Roddy Ricch “Never Change”
The real. Symba revisits his Results Take Time album with its latest video “Never Change” featuring Roddy Ricch. Opened with DJ Drama reading a book for the kids, Symba and Roddy preach staying true to themselves despite all the accolades and fame. “I remember being at mom’s house / Tryna turn nothing to something to […]
Jeff Rosenstock & Skatune Network Turn Vampire Weekend’s “A-Punk” Into A Ska Song
Vampire Weekend have always been at least a little bit of a secret ska-punk band. There’s definitely some hup-hup-hup pickitup-pickitup energy to tracks like “Cousins” and “This Life,” and I heard that thread the moment that I first heard “A-Punk,” my favorite song on Vampire Weekend’s self-titled 2008 debut. (Evidently, that’s a lot of people’s […]
Stream Year Of The Knife’s Ferocious New Surprise Dust To Dust EP
In 2020, the Delaware metallic hardcore band Year Of The Knife followed a few devastating EPs with their full-length debut Internal Incarceration. Converge’s Kurt Ballou produced the record, and it ruled. Since then, Year Of The Knife have gone through some changes. Madison Watkins, once the band’s bassist, has taken over as lead singer, replacing […]
Jam City – “Redd St. Turbulence” (Feat. Show Me The Body’s Julian Cashwan Pratt)
Here’s a combination that nobody expected. Jack Latham, the British producer known as Jam City, has been a dance music futurist for many years. He’s part of the Night Slugs crew, and in addition to his own music, he’s become a prolific collaborator. Jam City has produced for artists as varied as Kelela, Injury Reserve, […]
Shania Twain Once Turned Down Prince’s Offer To Make “The Next Rumours” With Her
Tomorrow, pop-country overlord Shania Twain will release her new album Queen Of Me. (Allow me to recommend her single “Giddy Up!,” a very silly song that is also a banger.) To promote the album, Twain recently sat down for an hour-long interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe. During that conversation, she said that she’s once […]