The first “Parental Advisory” album Metro Boomin ever owned was Nelly’s Country Grammar, which helped define hip-hop’s St. Louis sound in 2000. His mom bought it for him. That record infused in Metro a great love of and pride in his hometown of St. Louis. Of course, he already loved …
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Rolling Loud next year will not feature previously announced headliner Lil Uzi Vert — the rapper, who uses they/them pronouns, said on Tuesday that they don’t even “understand why [their] name is on” the poster — so the festival’s organizers have added Metro Boomin and Future instead. The two hip-hop …
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Leading up to the Grammy nominations on Nov. 10, Rolling Stone is breaking down 16 different categories. For each, we’re predicting the nominees, as well as who will (and who should) win on Grammy night. There’s been intense speculation about just what’s behind the dearth of hip-hop at the top …
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Lil Uzi Vert and their new album Pink Tape could finally bring hip-hop its first Billboard Number One album of 2023 next week — a rare delay for the genre, which has gone more than half the year without topping the chart. The streak has been one of the bigger …
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From Slick Rick and 2Pac to Shyne and Bobby Shmurda, prison time impacts musical careers, mostly for the worst. Young Stoner Life (YSL) top dog Young Thug has been incarcerated for more than a year on charges of conspiracy to violate the RICO Act. Yet, in spite of that tragedy …
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Young Thug, who is currently awaiting trial, will drop his album Business Is Business on Thursday. The project — whose cover art features the rapper inside a courtroom alongside some of his co-defendants — was announced on his social media, tagging producer Metro Boomin, who executive produced the LP. “BUSINESS …
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SZA and Lizzo have been named headliners for the 2023 iteration of Made in America, Jay-Z’s annual two-day festival hosted at Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia. With the two superstars at its helm, the event scheduled for Sept. 2 and 3 struck gold with this year’s lineup. At a time …
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No one would make a better choice to helm the soundtrack to Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse than Metro Boomin, the trap whiz with albums like Not All Heroes Wear Capes and Heroes & Villains in his discography. Part of a recent renaissance for blockbuster soundtracks (Kendrick Lamar and Beyoncé respectively …
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Metro Boomin‘s producer tag puts his signature stamp on “Heart on My Sleeve,” the viral song featuring what sounds like vocals from Drake and The Weeknd. But he didn’t have anything to do with creating it — and neither did they. The record, which features line after line of lyrics …
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Metro Boomin brought the star-studded energy of his Heroes & Villains album to Coachella. The legendary producer filled his set with massive names, including John Legend, Don Toliver, 21 Savage, Future, Diddy, and the Weeknd with Mike Dean on keys when he took the stage on Friday. Metro, who’s known …
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