Bartees Strange’s music has always mixed and matched genres, blending elements of indie rock and hip-hop among other sounds. Today he gives us one of his more straightforward genre melds: an acoustic rendition of a rap song. As an Amazon exclusive, Bartees has covered last year’s Freddie Gibbs/ScHoolboy Q collab “Gang Signs.” He manages to […]
Stream JID’s Excellent New Album The Forever Story
The world was a very different place in November 2018. That’s when the furiously talented young Atlanta rapper JID released DiCaprio 2, his last full-length project. Four years is an eternity in rap music, but JID has never disappeared. Instead, he’s been releasing stunning one-off tracks and annihilating his guest features for a long time, […]
Miya Folick – “Bad Thing”
Miya Folick has spent this year slowly trickling out songs from her new EP 2007. They’ve been good songs, too, a trend that continues with today’s new offering. The synth-led “Bad Thing” is a bit like Angel Olsen if she’d burrowed deeper into effervescent pop sounds rather than the rootsy, organic path she’s been treading. […]
Berner “Elon”
Blaze up. Berner keeps his momentum going with his latest drop, “Elon”. After serving “Cold Champagne For Lunch“, the Bay Area rapper pulls up with his witty bars over a hazy production by Traxxxfdr.
Lil Tecca “Treesha”
These hoes ain’t loyal. Coming off the heels of his “Faster” single, Lil Tecca shifts his momentum to his follow-up, “Treesha”. Produced by Menoh Beats, Lil Tecca salutes his loyal circle and laments on the unfaithful women and their savage ways.
Video: Lil Tjay “Beat Da Odds”
Guess who is back. After two months of recovery, Lil Tjay makes his triumphant return with his new single and video, “Beat Da Odds”. Co-produced by KXVI, Desirez Beats, and KBeaZy, the Bronx rapper counts his blessings and breaks silence on his near death experience. The accompanying video features a compilation of live footage, headlines, […]
Video: Headie One “Illegal”
Don’t come outside. London’s Headie One is outside in the accompanying video to his latest single, “Illegal”. Co-directed by himself and DON Prod., the Tottenham rapper unleashes his gritty raps with his masked crew from a photoshoot and the projects to a rooftop and a helicopter.
Noah Cyrus – “Every Beginning Ends” (Feat. Ben Gibbard)
Here’s a collab that feels like a flex on the part of both parties. On the latest single from her debut full-length The Hardest Part, Noah Cyrus joins forces with Death Cab For Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard. Recorded in Seattle at Gibbard’s studio, “Every Beginning Ends” is a soft acoustic ballad tinged with pedal steel, […]
Stream DJ Khaled’s New Album God Did Feat. Drake, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Eminem, & More
It’s DJ Khaled album time again, and he’s rounded up another startling array of superstar rappers for the occasion. God Did, out today, begins by stacking up some of the most popular MCs in recent memory. First there’s a song with Drake (not the Bee Gees-interpolating “Staying Alive” with Lil Baby, which is also here). […]
Elton John & Britney Spears – “Hold Me Closer”
Elton John and Britney Spears have released a new song, “Hold Me Closer.” The duet is Spears’ first single in six years and her first music since being released from a conservatorship this past November. News of the song started circulating last month after reports emerged that John and Spears had met at a Beverly […]