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The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar are reportedly being sued by a Brooklyn-based rock band claiming the artists lifted their vocal performance. According to TMZ, the band claims The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar illegally sampled their song “Sunrise” for the Black Panther song “Pray for Me.” The lawsuit claims “Pray for Me” has a “distinctive choral performance” […]
This week’s trio of big releases, which was comprised of Halsey‘s third studio offering (Manic), a posthumous record from Mac Miller (Circles), and a surprise album from Eminem (Music To Be Murdered By), could combine to do “three-quarters of a million units in total activity,” according to Hits Daily Double. Not bad. HDD adds that […]
Joe Perez has seemingly confirmed a longstanding rumor about Yeezus. As pointed out by Genius, the former Donda art director recently shared visual concepts for Kanye West‘s 2013 project. One of the posts included an early cover design that featured a clear CD case—like the final Yeezus art—but with the title Thank God for Drugs sprawled across the front. Perez, who […]
Tyler, the Creator has gone through a career metamorphosis since the world was first introduced to him. Yet, Tyler would have never been able to become the love-torn Igor without his brash beginnings. As a result, Tyler has decided to pay homage to his debut album, Bastard, on its tenth anniversary. On Wednesday, Tyler took […]
Rihanna fans have been wondering when she’ll finally release her long-awaited ninth studio album. In a new Instagram post on Sunday, RiRi hinted at the elusive project. “Update: me listening to R9 by myself and refusing to release it,” she wrote, alongside a clip of a small white dog furiously bobbing its head to House […]
Tory Lanez’s Chixtape 5 broke the top five of the Billboard 200, but it wasn’t enough to overtake Celine Dion’s number one album Courage. His album debuted with 83,000 equivalent album units, according to Billboard. It also is the most-streamed album of the week, bringing in 73,000 streaming equivalent album units, so about 94 million […]
With the rise of streaming, it has become hard to determine what makes a project an album. This gray area rears its head during the award season when countless releases are jockeying for recognition. On Wednesday, the Recording Academy announced the 2020 Grammy nominees. Album of the Year has historically been one of the Grammys’ most coveted trophies. […]
If y’all keep acting like this, Rihanna is never going to drop the album. On Wednesday morning, Rihanna took to Instagram where she apologized to her friends, family, and co-workers for being distant. In the caption, the singer-turned-fashion mogul explains that this year has been overwhelming and she’s working “on the ish called Balance.” Yet, […]
Fans spent the early hours of Friday morning wondering what Kanye West was doing at the Oculus Plaza in Lower Manhattan—he still had an album to release. Jesus Is King eventually came later that day, and the Oculus showing was a performance for the Friday edition of Jimmy Kimmel Live. West performed Jesus Is King‘s “Closed On Sunday” with a […]
Kanye West has compared himself to several iconic people, including Steve Jobs and Walt Disney. Jesus Is King director Nick Knight offered another comparison in a recent interview published on his fashion website, SHOWstudio. “Working with Kanye is very similar in many ways to how I worked with Alexander McQueen, understanding his world and his desires,” Knight explained. “Both men […]
