The wait is over. Buddy’s waiting for love in his new single featuring Blxst. Produced by Gio and Hollywood Cole, the Compton artist reflects a love interest who is taking things to slow. The accompanying video begins with emerging from a pool with his party guests sleeping off their hangover. The clip flashes to the […]
Complex Brackets: Benny the Butcher Crowns The Best Lyricist In Rap
Lock in. Complex Brackets kicks off their new season with brand new format for their weekly hip hop debate. For the season premiere, guest Benny The Butcher and host Brian “B.Dot” Miller whip out the iPads and select their current active lyricists including Griselda, J.Cole, Nas, Drake, Lil Wayne, and more, before crowning their champ.
Video: Blu, Sirplus Ft. Johaz, ADaD “Funkaroma”
It’s funk time. Blu and Sirplus revisit their For Sale EP with their new video featuring Johaz of Dag Savage and ADad. Over producer Sirplus’ knocking beat, Blu, Johaz and Demetrius Rhymes trade keen bars from the alleyways, the streets, and L.A.’s Orpheum Theater.
Kanye West Jeen-Yuhs Documentary
Two words. After 21 years in the making, Kanye West’s long-awaited documentary Jeen-Yuhs has finally arrived on Netflix. The docu-series features rare and never-before seen footage of Kanye West, including home videos and commentary from friends and family. The film is helmed by filmmakers Clarence “Coodie” Simmons and Chike Ozah of Creative Control, who directed […]
Quinton Brock – “There For You”
Buffalo-via-NYC artist Quinton Brock caught our attention over the past couple of years with singles like “To The Moon” and “Touch” and an engaging festival set at Atlanta’s Shaky Knees, fusing rock and R&B into his own hybrid genre. Today, he’s back with another taste of his upcoming debut album My Shadow, “There For You,” […]
Sinead O’Brien – “Holy Country”
When we last heard from the Irish art-rock poet Sinead O’Brien, it was with two excellent 2021 singles: “Kid Stuff” and “Girlkind.” Turns out the latter was setting the stage for O’Brien’s long-awaited debut album. It’s called Time Bend And Break The Bower, and it’s out in June. Time Bend finds O’Brien continuing her collaboration […]
Blanck Mass – “Montana (Main Theme)”
Blanck Mass — the project of Benjamin John Power, formerly(?) one-half of Fuck Buttons — composed the score for Ted K, director Tony Stone’s new movie starring Sharlto Copley as the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski. The film is coming out this week after premiering at the Berlin International Film Festival last year, and now, after winning […]
Guerilla Toss – “Famously Alive”
Guerilla Toss previewed their upcoming Sub Pop debut Famously Alive last month with lead single “Cannibal Capital,” which we named one of the five best songs of the week when it came out. Today, they’re following that up with another new single, the record’s maximalist, explosively anthemic title track. Frontwoman Kassie Carlson says that the […]
Flock Of Dimes – “Pure Love” & “Time”
Flock Of Dimes, the solo project of Wye Oak’s Jenn Wasner, is releasing two new songs as the latest installment of the singles series from Sylvan Esso’s Psychic Hotline label. “Pure Love” and “Time” were both co-produced by Wasner and Sylvan Esso’s Nick Sanborn and recorded at Betty’s in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. “After spending […]
P.E. – “Tears In The Rain” (Feat. A. Savage)
The Brooklyn band P.E. are releasing their sophomore album, The Leather Lemon, next month. They announced it a couple weeks back with “Blue Nude (Reclined),” and today they’re back with another song, “Tears In The Rain,” which was co-written and features vocals from Parquet Courts’ A. Savage. “The relationship with Parquet Courts and P.E. goes […]