Welcome to ourweekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more.This week, Yola goes in on an ex-to-be over some synth-heavy R&B, Gwen Stefani swerves into country, Future delivers a boomin’-on-Pluto highlight from his latest mixtape, and Bad Bunny offers …
Read More »Future Gets Back to His Roots and Five Other Takeaways From 'Mixtape Pluto'
Future released his much-anticipated mixtape, aptly titled Mixtape Pluto. The project marks a return to form for the Atlanta rapper, fresh off of a year with back-to-back hit records with Metro Boomin, We Don’t Trust You, and We Still Don’t Trust You. Both records found Future asserting his role as …
Read More »Hip-Hop Is Topping the Charts Again — If You're Over 30
With just under four months left in 2024, there have already been more hip-hop songs to top Billboard‘s Hot 100 Songs (and as many rap albums on the 200 albums chart) than in all of 2023, the sign of a resurgent year for the most popular genre in the country. …
Read More »Future Announces 'Mixtape Pluto' Release Date, Shares 'Too Fast' Trailer
Future is starting the fall with a new project. On Wednesday, the rap star announced that he’ll release his Mixtape Pluto on Sept. 20, following his collaborative pair of albums with Metro Boomin earlier this year. “F*** the publicity I got this out the mud,” wrote Future on Instagram, posting …
Read More »Drake Originally Wanted Future on 'Hotline Bling'
Fans (and haters, we guess) of Drake got 100 gigabytes — yes, 100 GB — of Drake-related data to sift through on Tuesday. The rapper randomly dropped the footage on a website titled “100gigs.org,” which included a video of him revealing that he wanted Future on his biggest hit, “Hotline …
Read More »Killers Serve Fan Favorites, Skrillex Is Honored, Future x Metro Boomin Draw Big Crowds on Lolla Day Three
Headliners the Killers served up fan favorites, Skrillex got a stage named after him, and Future x Metro Boomin drew so many fans that the audience was asked to take five steps back, twice, during their set on Lollapalooza 2024’s penultimate day on Saturday in Chicago’s Grant Park. Killer Mike, …
Read More »Metro Boomin Launches Grant Program For Single Mothers
Metro Boomin launched a grant program for single mother non-profit organizations this week, the superstar producer announced, kicking off in conjunction with the start of his We Trust You North America Tour with Future in Kansas City on Tuesday. The new program, called the Leslie Joanne Single Moms Are Superheroesgrant …
Read More »What Will My Future Be? That Depends on Me
Each one of us has all the answers; we just have to listen to that inner voice I call “knowing.” If that does not work for you, there are other ways you can have the future you want by designing it now and, most importantly, being that future now. I …
Read More »Tee Grizzley, Future Drop Ferocious New Single 'Swear to God'
Tee Grizzley and Future have teamed up to drop new track “Swear To God” on Friday. The hard-hitting single opens with the lyrics: “Fuck your album, shit ain’t slapping like my mixtape.” When the rapper tweeted a coded announcement of the track on Thursday, he did so by tweeting the …
Read More »Why Is Everyone Beefing With Drake?
On the night of April 13, after the apparent leak of his diss track “Push Ups (Drop & Give Me Fifty),” Drake posted a screenshot from the movie Kill Bill on his Instagram Story. It was the film’s iconic fight scene, during which Uma Thurman’s character takes on a room …
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