The SZA verse we hear on “Slime You Out,” her first-ever collaboration with Drake from his eighth studio album For All the Dogs, isn’t the one she expected to land on the song. In a recent interview with the WSJ Magazine, the singer revealed that she had actually recorded two …
Read More »It's Time For Rap Fans to Stop Fixating on Chart Performance
Drake recently topped the Billboard Hot 100 for the 13th time with his latest solo album For All The Dogs. The polarizing record accrued 402,000 sales units in the United States during its first week, including 514 million streams. For All The Dogs is Drake’s fourth album in two years …
Read More »Nicki Minaj Hops on Drake's 'All the Parties' Beat on New Freestyle
It’s not quite Pink Friday yet, but Nicki Minaj dropped new music today, taking a stab at Drake’s “All the Parties” beat on her new freestyle “For All the Barbz.” While Drake and Chief Keef are credited on the track, their contributions are just recycled from the For All the …
Read More »Nicki Minaj, 21 Savage, Blink-182 and All the Songs You Need to Know
Welcome to our weeklyrundownof thebest new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more.This week, Nicki Minaj freestyles over Drake and Chief Keef’s “All the Parties” on a suprise drop, 21 Savage gets even for the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 soundtrack, and Blink-182 …
Read More »Bad Bunny Lawsuit: Judge Concerned Reggaeton Copyright Claim Might 'Stifle' Entire Genre
A federal judge voiced concern Friday that a sprawling copyright infringement lawsuit against reggaeton superstar Bad Bunny — and more than a hundred other artists including Karol G, Pitbull, Anitta, Drake, and Daddy Yankee — could put a chokehold on the “creativity” of an entire genre of music. Still, U.S. …
Read More »Drake Is Under Critical Fire — And Still on Top
What kind of music should the world expect from a 36-year-old Drake? “I want to hear adult Drake rapping for adult people,” rapper-turned-podcaster Joe Budden said after hearing his new album, For All the Dogs. In lieu of any newfound maturity, the album is instead full of very Drake moments, …
Read More »Drake Passes the Torch to His Son Adonis With 'My Man Freestyle'
Drake‘s son Adonis is sending warning shots to all the other kids on the playground with “My Man Freestyle.” On the extended edition of his outro for “Daylight” from the rapper’s latest album For All the Dogs, the six-year-old builds on his original refrain: “Don’t talk to my man like …
Read More »Why Is Teezo Touchdown Everywhere?
When Teezo Touchdown popped up on two songs on Drake‘s For All the Dogs —“Amen” and the wild falsetto outro of “7969 Santa” —they were just the latest in a series of high-profile, attention-grabbing guest spots for the Texas-born singer/rapper. That’s him crooning in a cartoonish British accent on “Modern …
Read More »21 Savage Chooses Toronto for Triumphant First International Performance With Drake
“To who it may concern, Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, known officially as 21 Savage, is now cleared to travel up north and perform for his beloved fans,” a man, declaring he was there on behalf of “his majesty, Charles III,” announced on stage during Drake‘s show in Toronto Saturday night. “He …
Read More »Teezo Touchdown is the Future of Rap-Rock
For Teezo Touchdown, his sound started with his look. When the Beaumont, Texas singer/rapper went into the studio in 2019 to record what became the Panic at the Disco-sampling track “100 Drums,” he surprised himself by leaning hard towards rock influences —an approach that would become the template for his …
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