Music
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Drake Drops Dark Lane Demo Tapes and the Internet Weeps With Joy
If you went to bed last night thinking, “Boyyyyyy, would I love a new Drake mixtape!” then today’s your lucky day, because the 6 God has emerged from his “50,000-square-foot ultra-luxe pleasure dome” with a new project in tow. On Friday, at exactly midnight, October’s Very Own dropped Dark Lane Demo Tapes his latest TikTok-approved,…
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Snoop Perrito? Your Favorite Rapper Blends G-Funk With Mexican Folk Music and It Slaps
Being from Los Angeles, my ears have grown accustomed to hearing the airy sounds of Mariachi, Banda and Mexican folk music. It is as much a part of the L.A. soundtrack as Dr. Dre and Snoop. It is as much a part of our city’s culture as the elote man and buying fruit sprinkled with…
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Charles Barkley Shares Hilarious Story About Michael Jackson and Reveals His Favorite Rap Group of All Time
I pride myself on being pretty observant, and a great way to learn about somebody is either by their shoes or their taste in music. As a media figure, NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley spends most of his time sitting behind a desk, so I have no idea what kind of sneakers or shoes…
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Megan Thee Stallion Tears Up Talking About Beyoncé…and Honestly, Same
Twitter was in shambles on Wednesday after the rumored remix of Megan Thee Stallion’s “Savage” featuring the one and only Beyoncé officially dropped. During Bey’s two fire verses (because she raps better than a lot of your faves), she makes references to TikTok, OnlyFans, her mother Tina Knowles-Lawson, and of course, Houston, where she and…
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Houston Hotties Megan Thee Stallion and Beyoncé Finally Join Forces for 'Savage Remix'
It’s happening! The two Houston Hotties have finally joined forces to form a vivacious Voltron of hot girl summery fierceness! Megan Thee Stallion and Beyoncé have finally collaborated on a song! As the two ladies are from Houston, Texas and appear to be fans of one another, it only made sense that they worked together.…
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Shoop, Shoop! Babyface Will Host a Virtual Listening Party With the Waiting to Exhale Soundtrack for Mother's Day
“Love Will Be Waiting at Home”…thanks to Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds. No, I’m not just talking about the fact that he wrote this lovely song. Babyface will actually be bringing us love in our homes in the form of one of his most beloved works: the Waiting to Exhale soundtrack. The Forest Whitaker-helmed 1995 iconic film…
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T-Pain Teases Idea of Joint Tour With Lil Jon Based on Verzuz Battle Setlist
If you missed T-Pain and Lil Jon’s epic Verzuz battle on Instagram Live a few weeks ago, we feel really sorry for you. The hip-hop hitmakers went back and forth with hit songs, features and production assists from T-Pain’s “Bartender” and “Up Down,” to Lil Jon’s “Snap Yo Fingers” and his spirited spot on Usher’s…
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Three 6 Mafia, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Will Tear the Virtual Club Up With Instagram Battle
Thanks to super producers Timbaland and Swizz Beatz, Instagram battles—in which your favorite artists, songwriters and producers put their catalog to the test against an equally accomplished rival—have provided the perfect escape from all the chaos of COVID-19. In recent weeks, we’ve seen gospel giants Hezekiah Walker and John P. Kee leap into the fray…
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9 Thoughts about Mobb Deep and Their Classic Album, The Infamous, That Just Turned 25 Years Old
Mobb Deep’s sophomore album, The Infamous, recently turned 25 years old, having been released on April 25, 1995. Produced largely by Havoc and featuring notable additional production from Q-Tip from A Tribe Called Quest—an integral part of their story—and featuring stellar, vivid lyricism from Prodigy and Havoc, this album is an indisputable hip hop classic.…
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Replay, Revisit, Reject: Travis Scott, Alicia Keys, Wiz Khalifa and More of the Past Week's New Music
We get it: With everything going on in the world, it can be difficult to carve out time to discover new music. Industry-pushed tunes that may not even bang with like that could also get in the way of you finding something that tingles your consumer taste buds. Though new tunes are released throughout the…