Happy Valentine’s Day. HighBridge The Label and Dreamchasers connect on A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie’s new single, “No 808’s” featuring Vory. In recognition of Valentine’s Day, A Boogie and Vory open up on a former relationship and a breakup. “Remember running up in Raleigh stealing from stores together,” A Boogie recalls over a JoeFromYO banger. […]
Yung Bleu “Games Women Play”
You think you a player? Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Yung Bleu touches on the “Games Women Play” for the first offering off his upcoming album, Love Scars II. On the heartbroken ballad, the Mobile, Alabama native examines a toxic relationship and the women who turn the tables on their man. “Just like you […]
Video: G Perico, DJ Drama “Action”
Lights, camera, action! G Perico’s so photogenic in his new “Action” music video. It is the first single off the L.A. rapper’s upcoming Gangsta Grillz mixtape, Hot Shot. In the black-and-white clip, the G Perico knocks out a press run by bringing his cocky bars from the set of his photoshoot featuring DJ Drama. “Take […]
Video: Price Ft. Ray Vaughn “Ted Talk”
Pull up. With his album No Sleep In The City arriving on Friday (Feb. 17), Inland Empire’s Price Talk links with Long Beach’s and TDE’s Ray Vaughn for his new video, “Ted Talk”. Directed by Price, the West Coast rappers flex their lyrical muscle while making their rounds around the way. “You better talk money […]
Gonerfest Announces 2023 Lineup With Osees, Gories, Mummies, & More
The 20th edition of Gonerfest, the ultra-scuzzy garage-rock festival put on by Goner Records, will also celebrate 20 years of the label, one of the world’s foremost purveyors of such tunes. It’s going down Sept. 28 through Oct. 1 at Railgarten in Memphis, with headliners Osees (Thursday), the Gories (Friday), and the Mummies (Saturday). Also […]
Avey Tare – “Invisible Darlings”
Animal Collective’s Avey Tare will release his new solo album 7s at the end of this week. Today he’s sharing one last single to go along with dual lead tracks “The Musical” and “Hey Bog.” Built around a delicately glimmering piano riff, “Invisible Darlings” is sort of a sophisti-pop spin on the woozy sound Avey […]
Watch Snail Mail & Soccer Mommy Cover Avril Lavigne At Valentine Fest
Last year, Snail Mail’s Lindsey Jordan announced something special for her Baltimore hometown. At the event dubbed Valentine Fest in honor of Snail Mail’s 2021 sophomore album Valentine, Jordan and her band would headline five nights of shows at the Ottobar, one of the best indie venues in the world. (I met my wife there […]
Video: Ray Vaughn Ft. Ab-Soul “Sandcastles”
Turnt up off a lick. Ray Vaughn and Ab-Soul connect on their new collaboration, “Sandcastles”. Over a hard knocking beat, the two TDE artists showcase their lyrical prowess with their energetic deliveries in the Jacob Rink-directed video. “The golden child, either way, I’m still the man of the house,” raps Ray from a beach surrounded […]
The Number Ones: Fergie’s “London Bridge”
In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. What hath “Hollaback Girl” wrought? In the first half of the ’00s, when rap and R&B utterly dominated the pop charts, it […]
Rihanna Super Bowl LVII Performance
Oh baby! Photo: Doug Mills After nearly five years since her last performance, Rihanna returned to the stage for Apple Music’s Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show on Sunday (Feb. 12) at State Farm Arena in Glendale, Arizona. Dressed in an oversized red jumpsuit, the pop icon opened her 13-minute performance perched on a floating stage […]