If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. BTS are back and — literally — bigger than ever, with a massive three-CD collection available online now. Titled Proof, the collection is an anthology featuring some of …
Read More »Saucy Santana Throws it Back on 'Booty'
There’s Experience Unlimited’s “Da Butt.” There’s Sir Mix-a-Lot’s “Baby Got Back.” There’s Destiny’s Child’s “Bootylicious.” And now, finally, there’s Saucy Santana’s “Booty” — an explosive romp about the glory of a good rump, his first single as an RCA signee. Santana, a viral rap sensation that came up independently, previously …
Read More »BTS Share Stylish New Video Alongside Anthology LP 'Proof'
BTS have Proof they’re both prolific and generous when it comes to sharing new material with ARMY. At midnight ET on Thursday, the group — RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jungkook — not only dropped their massive three-disc anthology set, Proof, they also shared the album’s lead single, …
Read More »Pharrell Recruits 21 Savage, Tyler the Creator for New Song 'Cash In Cash Out'
Fresh off announcing the updated lineup for his Washington, D.C.-bound Something in the Water Festival, Pharrell Williams has recruited 21 Savage and Tyler, the Creator for the new single “Cash In, Cash Out.” Williams provides the beat on the track, stepping back to allow the two rappers to showcase their …
Read More »Kid Cudi Teases 'Entergalactic' With Vibe-y Single 'Do What I Want'
Kid Cudi has dropped a new single, “Do What I Want,” viaRepublic Records. The mid-tempo number previews the rapper and producer’s upcoming eighth album and accompanying Netflix project, Entergalactic. Entergalactic is “the story of two young artists navigating the twists and turns of finding love in New York City,” andreunites …
Read More »A Requiem for the 'American Idol' Dream: 20 Years of Power Ballads and Pitchy Despair
Where have you gone, American Idol? A nation turns its lonely eyes to … wait, seriously? You’re still on? Believe it or not, it’s true. Idol has survived long enough to see its 20th birthday. When it debuted on June 11, 2002, the TV singing contest was the blockbuster that …
Read More »Fitz and the Tantrums Return With New Summer Jam 'Sway'
It’s the season for “summer lovers” in the video for Fitz and the Tantrums’ new single “Sway,” the band’s first new music in nearly three years. “Since the beginning, we’ve always set out to get people up on their feet, smiling and dancing when they hear our music,” frontman Michael …
Read More »Hear Lizzo Sample Beastie Boys on New Single 'Grrrls'
Lizzo samples the Beastie Boys on the rapper’s new single “Grrrls,” the latest track off her upcoming new album Special. The two-minute “Grrrls” finds Lizzo hopping on the beat and emulating the flow of the Beasties’ “Girls,” with the rapper turning the controversial License to Ill track into her own …
Read More »Suge Knight Testifies About Dr. Dre 'Murder Burger' Incident: 'I Hadn't Done Anything Wrong'
Appearing remotely from a cinderblock room painted neon white, jailed Death Row Records founder Suge Knight testified for the first time Wednesday about the day in early 2015 when he tried — but failed — to get a meeting with Dr. Dre at an office for the movie Straight Outta …
Read More »Songwriters Get Their Due with New Award at the Grammys
For the first time in its six-decade history, the Grammys are adding an award to specifically honor the most prolific songwriters in the music industry. Part of a set of wider updates and rule changes the Recording Academy announced Thursday morning, the new award — Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical …
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