Tyler, The Creator has a new album on the way. His upcoming project, titled IGOR, will be released on May 17. It’s the rapper-producer’s sixth full-length (including his 2009 mixtape BASTARD), and the follow-up to 2017’s Flower Boy— likely his best-received album to date, and one that marked a new …
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Welcome to ‘Will I Get Fired For This?,’ Rolling Stone’s occasionally recurring column in which Staff Writer Charles Holmes — whose duties include but are not limited to watching and writing about music videos — watches a new music video that he fears will get him fired. You can read …
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Gucci Mane and Kevin Gates performed their boastful single “I’m Not Goin’” on Tuesday’s Jimmy Kimmel Live. The rappers exchanged verses on an unadorned stage, pacing back and forth as they fired off lines about wealth, status and fighting off their naysayers. “They told me, ‘Stop buying all these fancy …
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On Tuesday evening, Kanye West denied the claim that he had designed a logo and merchandise for a political branding exercise called “Blexit,” which urges black voters to leave the Democratic Party. The concept, originated by alt-right provocateur Candace Owens, advertised that West designed the group’s merchandise, which he denies. …
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Rap collaborations start, flourish and dramatically burn out once every few months. Young Thug and Rich Homie Quan’s transcendent mixtape Rich Gang: Tha Tour Pt. 1 is less than four years old, but it’s a landmark release, churning out stylistic offspring since it first dropped. The latest branches on the …
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Lil Yachty,Cardi B and Migos’ Offsetjoin forces for Lil Yachty’s new takedown song, “Who Want the Smoke?” On the new trap-tipped track, Lil Yachty raps about “Hotboxin’ in the whip” on the hook. Cardi B declares herself “the king of New York” during her fiery verse. “I run it, I …
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Perhaps it’s a sign of how much hip-hop has evolved that artists from the Bronx, home to decades of rhyme pioneers ranging from Grandmaster Caz to KRS-One and Fat Joe, are no longer expected to mean-mug and spit traditional bars. Take A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, who easily fits …
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Meek Mill debuted a powerful new song titled “Stay Woke” Sunday night at the BET Awards, the rapper’s first music since he was released from prison in April. Following the performance, Meek Mill shared the studio version of the Miguel-featuring track. The track opens with the rapper interpolating the socially-conscious …
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When Beyoncé and Jay-Z‘s album Everything Is Love appeared suddenly on Tidal on Saturday night, a surprising name stood out on the credits list: veteran duo Cool & Dre co-produced three of the nine songs on the album, along with a bonus track. Cool & Dre were ubiquitous on much …
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Vince Staples is a goosebumps-vivid storyteller, a scathing social critic, and a world-class smart-ass with a comeback in the chamber for anyone who dares to underestimate him. If you really want to get him going, though, try calling him an artist. “It’s not art if you’re not in control of …
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