The search for the ever-elusive "bop" is tough. Playlists and streaming-service suggestions can only do so much. They often leave a lingering question: Are these songs really good, or are they just new? Enter Bop Shop, a hand-picked selection of songs from the MTV News team. This weekly collection doesn't discriminate by genre and could contribute anything — it's a snapshot of w..

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Who has had a higher end April than Kevin Abstract? The frontman of Internet rap boy band Brockhampton released a three-track project named ARIZONA baby and then expanded upon it right after while he dropped the Ghettobaby EP. It's all been in preparation for the new album that he dropped today, ARIZONA BABY. The title's in all caps. It's a statement. ARIZONA BABY is a full-le..

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Rico Nasty's official, mainstream introduction was last year's Nasty. It was a luxury fifth mixtape that might as well have been an official studio LP because it effectively summarized her growth over the years of working the underground circuit and introduced her to the larger world (she signed to Atlantic Records around the time that it came out). June feels like a lifetime ago as s..

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We're in the final stages of the rollout for Schoolboy Q's new album Crash Talk, and its time to break out the big pre-release guns. Today, the rapper has unveiled "Crash" and it's a thematic collision of sorts; the intersection between having cash and having problems. It adds some new color to Crash Talk that previous singles haven't explored, giving the world a understanding of w..

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Earlier this month, Lil Uzi Vert hits fans with an one-two release punch in "Sanguine Paradise" and "That's A Rack." It was a toss-up as to which one would receive a music video, although it became clear last night (April 23) whenever he released the imaginative video for "That's A Rack" that proves, without a doubt, that Uzi is back fully. Just look at the visual's simultaneously sex..

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Metro Boomin and Gunna are unlike anyone in this world. It's all in their dress and demeanor. They're from the Andromeda galaxy, originating on a planet where giant fur coats are typical in warm months and being submerged under water for an album cover is typical firm. Their new video for "Space Cadet" lets you know just how they ended up on Earth, but it doesn't reveal what their mis..

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Fresh off of releasing a new mixtape, FLY TIMES VOL.1: THE GOOD FLY YOUNG, Wiz Khalifa is rearing to get out and around, to reclaim his land in hip-hop’s vast estate. He’s reported the “The Decent Exposure Tour” that kicks off in July in Atlanta. He's bringing French Montana, Playboi Carti, and more with him on his trek. It looks to be a gigantic campaign. The “Decent Expo..

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It was a warm Easter morning under the soft blue skies at Coachella on Sunday (April 21) once Kanye West brought his Sunday Service to the yearly festival. The rapper's soulful and holy-themed event featured a plethora of artists – musicians, vocalists, and dancers, singing in wonderful shouts to festival goers from atop a hill. West chose this time to unveil a new song, "Water." ..

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By Emily Reily Though it’s more commonly referred to as an insult to offend and degrade, in Missy Elliott’s capable hands, “bitch” means something far more positive: a freedom of expression and also a symbol of empowerment. Elliott, who’s wielded the term like a jackhammer in her raps and while in her career, pries the contentious word open with a crowbar on the debut singl..

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The search for the ever-elusive "bop" is complicated. Playlists and streaming-service suggestions can only do so much. They often leave a lingering question: Are these songs really good, or are they just new? Enter Bop Shop, a hand-picked selection of songs from the MTV News team. This weekly collection doesn't discriminate by genre and could contribute anything — it's a snapsho..

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Jaden Smith is Jaden right now, according to the artist name on streaming services for ERYS COMING. Oh yes, that is correct – we did not remember to say the surprise. Jaden Smi-erm, Jaden has released a surprise three-song project, ERYS IS COMING as a preview of his forthcoming album, ERYS. Collectively, these tracks paint a picture of what the new album will sound like – an..

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Earth Day is on April 22. Rapper Lil Dicky has released a gigantic, behemoth of a music video for "Earth," a bitingly funny pop single that prepares the world for the forthcoming holiday and flowers the seeds of climate change. It features dozens of the most notable artists in pop culture playing  CGI-generated animals of the earth. While it's adorable and beautifully rendered, there..

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