One of the great feelgood stories in rap this year has been the rise of Memphis party-starter GloRilla, whose viral smash “FNF (Let’s Go)” came out of nowhere and crashed the charts just as summer was starting up. Since then, GloRilla has signed with Yo Gotti’s CMG label, and she’s put out some great collabs, […]
Oddisee – “Ghetto To Meadow” (Feat. Freeway) & “Hard To Tell”
Back in 2020, Oddisee, the great DC-raised and Brooklyn-based rapper and producer, released his surprise EP Odd Cure, which he recorded while self-isolating in the early pandemic days. That was a great record. Oddisee hasn’t released a full studio album since 2017’s The Iceberg, but that’s about to change. For a while now, Oddisee has […]
Pile – “Loops”
The great rock band Pile have announced a new album, All Fiction, which will be out on February 17. It’s their proper follow-up to 2019’s Green And Gray, and comes after last year’s pandemic project Songs Known Together, Alone, which found leader Rick Maguire revisiting some of his older songs. Today, they’re sharing the album’s […]
Hatchie – “Nosedive”
Earlier this year, Australian dream-pop artist Hatchie released a new album, Giving The World Away. Today, she’s back with a new single, “Nosedive,” which she says she wrote “with Joe [Agius] and Jorge [Elbrecht] last year after we hit up an amazing goth megaclub in Denver on a weeknight.” “We were inspired to recreate the […]
Floating Points – “Someone Close”
In 2021, Sam Shepherd, the UK producer known as Floating Points, teamed up with astral jazz legend Pharoah Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra to release the stunning collaborative LP Promises. It was one of the year’s best albums, and it made for a powerful final statement from Sanders, who passed away in September. Since […]
38 Spesh, Harry Fraud Ft. Benny The Butcher, Ransom “Band Of Brothers”
You’re a wizard Harry. 38 Spesh and Harry Fraud round up Benny The Butcher and Ransom for “Band Of Brothers”. Produced by Fraud, Spesh opens the set with his witty bars. “That was me facilitating robberies, I’m like a hardware store / I take a key and start making copies,” raps 38. Butcher follows suite […]
Video: Kodak Black “At The Cross”
Shit got me crazy. Kodak Black takes it to Haiti for his new video, “At The Cross”. Courtesy of 20K, the Pompano Beach-Haitian rapper takes a moment to reflect on life and his influence during rituals full of candles, burning crosses, luxury vehicles, and his leading lady. “Too much shooters to be still jumping out […]
SZA Shares NSFW “PSA” Video, “S.O.S.” Clues
Today is SZA’s birthday (happy birthday, SZA!), and to celebrate, she’s teasing a brand-new song/video, “PSA.” Now, to backtrack, last year SZA’s “Good Days” video teased “Shirt” (which finally came out last month), and the “Shirt” video featured the phrase “S.O.S.” written on her wrist. If you’re still following: This new “PSA” video ends with […]
Smino “Lee & Lovie/Blu Billy” On The Tonight Show
Give it up for Smino. Hot off the release of his Luv 4 Rent album, Smino provided he musical entertainment on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Monday night (Nov. 7). Donning a fresh cream-colored leather bomber, baggy grey cargo pants, and white-beaded braids, the St. Louis artist belted a medley consisting of the […]
Video: Rah Swish “Playin With Ya Life”
Rah Swish shows no remorse in his new music video, “Playin With Ya Life”. Directed by Nimi Hendrix, the menacing clip centers the Brooklyn rapper delivering his cutthroat bars with his gang of shooters. “You get nervous when it’s tension / Put a big gun when we bending,” he raps. “Flipping shit like olympics / […]