Cash Cobain and Laila’s! long-awaited single, “Problem,” is here. The nearly-eight-minute track dropped a week before the surging New York rapper/producer’s Play Cash Cobain album is set to drop on August 23. Humorously billed on X as a “we are the world” track, the slick flip of Laila!’s “Not My …
Read More »
Atlanta singer and rapper 6lack is so good at making a specific type of R&B — think Maxwell’s neo-soul by way of Massive Attack’s trip-hop — that it’s tempting to want him to keep doing it forever. His first two LPs, 2016’s Free 6lack and 2018’s East Atlanta Love Letter, …
Read More »
When we meet, Atlanta-based rapper J.I.D is only a few weeks away from releasing his long-anticipated third studio album,The Forever Story. He tells me at least three times over the course of our conversation about his frustrations around releasing the project. “A lot of noise got in this time,” he …
Read More »
UPDATE (11/2): The label LVRN, known for signing 6lack and Summer Walker, among others, prevailed Tuesday in a lawsuit with two consultants who previously worked with the company. LVRN initially sued Amir Kashani and Dan Feldstein, alleging they “skimmed” money from a branding deal and diverted business to their own …
Read More »
Rita Ora displays different versions of herself in her new video for “Only Want You.” The clip is for the recently remixed version of the song, which features 6lack. The original tune appears on her sophomore LP, 2018’s Phoenix. The Hannah Lux Davis-directed visual opens on Ora expressing frustration to …
Read More »