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Act V That July, Don Toliver received an invite to Hawaii for the final ASTROWORLD studio sessions. “I recorded about 10 records,” he remembers. “Travis liked ‘Can’t Say,’ so he jumped on that. And now a couple of those records are going on Heaven or Hell.” Sure enough, in Look Mom I Can Fly, Scott […]
At 8:20 p.m. on Friday night, Chase B jumped around behind his turntables, spinning songs from fellow Cactus Jack artists like Travis Scott and Don Toliver. Moments later, he got so hyped up that he broke a glass on his equipment. An onlooker blurted out, “It’s lit!” But Chase B wasn’t inside a club, where […]
Time was when the Weeknd and his XO team were literally going hungry trying to make it in the music industry. Well, things done changed. What began as an unofficial imprint through which Abel Tesfaye released his original trilogy of mixtapes in 2011 (House of Balloons, Thursday, and Echoes of Silence) has transmogrified into a widely […]
It’s finally time to see what that the Weeknd’s mysterious, crimson suit-wearing, bloodied character has been up to. After months of late-night TV appearances, single releases, and other promo, his fourth studio album, After Hours, has arrived. The 14-song project finds Abel Tesfaye alone, with no guest features. Limiting outside distractions, he invites us deeper into […]
With the coronavirus having everyone dive into TV shows they may have missed or slept-on over the years, it can be easy to forget that we’re at least getting the springtime new television slate hitting us over the head daily. Not saying you can’t get your catch-up binge on, but remember: there’s plenty fire dropping […]
As the weeks go by, the coronavirus continues to shut down facets of life as we know it. Sports is basically gone, going to see live rap shows is impossible, and even if you could go to the movies, everything you actually want to see has been pushed back. With social distancing firmly in place, […]
While it was originally announced that the Season 2 premiere of VICE TV’s Dark Side of the Ring—which is a two-hour episode on the Chris Benoit murder-suicide tragedy that rocked the world of professional wrestling—would air at 10PM on Tuesday, March 24, VICE actually dropped the first part of this episode earlier today on YouTube (you […]
We’re hoping the NBA returns by the summer and a proper champion can be crowned, but while we wait things out we’re looking to NBATV On Demand to provide us with a basketball fix of the classic variety. Fans can access some of the greatest NBA Finals games over the past 10 years to pass the […]
Saweetie slid through adidas’ Custom Made shop in Brooklyn to show why girls from the Bay Area are hella fly. While talking with host Joe La Puma, the Oakland rapper reflects on how difficult it was to find a pair of Superstars growing up, and remembers the “it” kids on the block having an all-white […]
On November 27, 2019, an era that now feels like a lifetime ago, the Weeknd dropped a new single called “Heartless,” ushering in the rollout for his fourth studio album, After Hours. Over the next four months, there have been a handful of singles, music videos, late night TV performances, and a short film. In the middle […]
