Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week,Drake teams up with Canadian rap newcomer Smiley, Kim Gordon has a potent pro-freedom message for Donald Trump, and Colombian hitmaker Feid surprise releases his seventh studio …
Read More »La-Di-Da-Di! Eighties Hip-Hop Great Slick Rick Is Back With 'Victory'
“I am British, I am Jamaican, I am American. I am what I am,” says Slick Rick on “I Did That,” a track from Victory, his first album in twenty-six years. Born in Mitcham, London yet long considered a pioneer of ostentatious New York style and panache due to seminal …
Read More »'Traitors' Season Four Brings Donna Kelce, Lisa Rinna, Tara Lipinski to the Castle
Just a few months after wrapping its third season, Peacock’s smash hit The Traitors has announced another all-star cast for its fourth. Next season’s line-up is another diverse array of reality stars, actors, athletes and notable figures. Sticking out from the twenty-three names is Donna Kelce, mother of football stars …
Read More »Kim Gordon Has Words for Donald Trump on Re-Recorded 'Bye Bye 25!'
Kim Gordon has re-recorded her single, “Bye Bye” — off her 2024 solo album, The Collective — especially for Donald Trump. On “Bye Bye 25!” she replaces her original lyrics with a list of all of the president’s favorite words: “intersex,” “Gulf of Mexico,” “climate change,” and “women,” among them. …
Read More »Suki Waterhouse Celebrates 'Memoir of Sparklemuffin' by Dropping 12 More Tracks From It
Welcome to the (extended) world of the Sparklemuffin. On Friday, Suki Waterhouse revisited her album Memoir of a Sparklemuffin and released a deluxe edition of the record featuring 12 additional tracks, including single “The Bellboy (One Last Crush)” and several live recordings. Along with the 18 singles on the original …
Read More »Kanye West Showed Up at Sean Combs' Trial
Follow all of our Sean Combs trial coverage Kanye West showed up to Sean Combs’ sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial in New York this morning and walked through security with Combs’ youngest son, Christian “King” Combs. Wearing an all-white denim ensemble and dark sunglasses, West traveled light as he …
Read More »Drake Declares 'F-ck Hollywood and the Hamptons' on Smiley's '2 Mazza'
Drake appears on OVO Sound signee Smiley’s new song “2 Mazza.” The two Canadian artists’ track comes in the middle of Drake’s foe Kendrick Lamar taking over Toronto’s Rogers Centre this week on his Grand National Tour with SZA. “2 Mazza” is heavy on the Toronto slang and locale shoutouts, …
Read More »House Great Vince Lawrence Recalls the Racism Fueling Disco Demolition Night in New Doc Clip
Chicago house pioneer Vince Lawrence recalls witnessing Disco Demolition Night as a teenager, and later recognizing the racist undertones of the infamous incident, in a new clip from the fascinating documentary, Move Ya Body: The Birth of House, premiering on Rolling Stone. Directed by Elegance Bratton, Move Ya Body digs …
Read More »Trump Calls on Iran to Agree to Nuclear Deal 'Before There Is Nothing Left'
President Donald Trump on Friday morning implored Iran to “make a deal, before there is nothing left, and save what was once known as the Iranian Empire,” hours after Israeli strikes killed several top Iranian military officials and targeted the country’s nuclear infrastructure. The strikes, which began Thursday night, came …
Read More »Elvis Presley's 'Sunset Boulevard' Box Set to Anthologize Seventies L.A. Recordings
A new box set will examine Elvis Presley‘s third act, collecting rare highlights from his L.A. recording sessions between 1970 and 1975. Sunset Boulevard, out Aug. 1, includes 89 rarities, more than half of which have never come out officially in the U.S., across five discs. A preview of what …
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