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"Sicko Mode" is simply one of the greatest songs of 2018. It could be the song of 2018 for how it captures the power of two rappers with strong gravitational pulls joining with each other to occupy as much space in pop culture as they possibly can. We're talking about one dude whose entire promo campaign was based around massive golden statues of his own head, as well as Drake. It doe..
Read MoreLil Wayne was one of the stars of the BET Hip Hop Awards earlier this week. Accepting the I Am Hip Hop trophy while in the ceremony, Weezy took time out to thank the off-duty policeman who saved his life right after a suicide attempt at age 12. The result was a resounding round of applause as well as a standing O from the crowd (including folks like Busta Rhymes). With all that in mi..
Read MorePost Malone and Swae Lee have swung through with another must-hear group effort. Immediately after teaming up for "Spoil My Night" from Post's latest album, the rockstar and the Rae Sremmurd MC are back with "Sunflower," a new song from the soundtrack for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. For their latest joint musical venture, Post and Swae commit completely to crooning, trading me..
Read MoreCardi B came to wage war. At the 2018 BET Hip Hop Awards on Tuesday night (October 16), the Bronx rapper tore through an inspirational efficiency of Invasion of Privacy opener "Get Up 10." Surrounded by backup dancers clad in camo, Cardi rapped, "Real bitch, only thing fake is the boobs / Get cash, go hard, you're mothafuckin' right," in an early highlight of the efficiency. As she h..
Read MoreTom Hardy is Venom; we know this much to be true. Nevertheless Eminem made his own impressive play for superhero (antihero?) Greatness on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Monday night (October 15) by performing his song “Venom” at the best of the Empire State Building. You’re probably thinking, “Oh cool, the best of the ESB. I did that If I was 14.” And sure, same. However this dude goes..
Read MoreDrake's reputation for genre-hopping continued on Thursday (October 11) with the debut of his long-awaited feature on Bad Bunny's "Mia." The up-tempo collab finds Drizzy hopping on the reggaeton bandwagon and — it must be mentioned — putting the "papi" in "champagnepapi." Drake's rapped in Spanish before — on Romeo Santos's 2014 track "Odio" — yet that was a while ago, so you..
Read MoreYou've probably never thought about what Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One would've looked like if it had starred Quavo alternatively opposed to Tye Sheridan. Nevertheless on the off chance that you have, you're going to be really into Q's new video. The "B U B B L E G U M" visual, which Quavo co-directed with Daps, opens with the Migos rapper putting on a VR headset in the midst o..
Read Morein the event you loved watching Post Malone and Aerosmith smash a guitar onstage at the VMAs, you'll certainly aspire to watch the rapper's new video for "Better Right now Released on Friday (October 5), the Adam Degross-directed vid chronicles Post's touring adventures by way of the a black and white compilation of his finest live moments. As soon as he's not performing in front of..
Read MoreJust in time for the release of Marvel's blockbuster Venom, Eminem has released the official video for his track of the same name. Unsurprisingly, it's a dark and murky affair that has plenty of body-hopping symbiote action however, sadly, no Tom Hardy. The "Venom" visual is a continuation of Em's video for "Fall," which ends with him smashing a CD copy of his (oft-panned) 2017 album..
Read MoreIt's been two years since Anderson .Paak dropped his musical burst of sunshine Malibu, and it also appears his full-length followup, Oxnard (named right after another California city), is on the horizon. .Paak's been hinting at a team-up with fellow L.A. Excellent Kendrick Lamar, and on Thursday (October 4), that collab emerged with "Tints," an easy, breezy jam about cruising around S..
Read MoreAmong the several wild headlines that Kanye West managed to generate over the weekend — ones about MAGA hats and boxy costumes, as an example — there were none about the release of his ninth studio album, Yandhi. That's because, as you probably found, the project never materialized, despite Ye announcing last week that it would drop the night of his appearance on Saturday Night Li..
Read MoreLil Wayne is back and more sincere than ever on his long-awaited new album, Tha Carter V, which dropped on Friday (September 28), the day soon following the rapper's 36th birthday. Immediately after listening to 22 tracks spanning over 80 minutes, fans arrive at the album's outro, "Let It All Work Out," which finds Wayne beginning up about the time he sustained a self-inflicted gunsh..
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