R&B has a long tradition of its artists making bold, sometimes bawdy requests in their music — often as a desperate bid to save a failing relationship. Remember how in “Let’s Get Married,” 112 shrugs “we ain’t…
Freddie Gibbs and The Alchemist have delivered another satisfying entrée with the new album, Alfredo 2. And there’s no shortage of lyrical highlights from Gangsta Gibbs and co. Lyrics on Freddie Gibbs’ Alfredo 2 The follow-up to 2024’s You Only…
Anthony Edwards is currently one of the NBA’s most exciting talents, an unapologetic shooting guard who’s just as entertaining in off-court interviews as he is dynamic on the court. As if that wasn’t enough proof he’s one…
Earlier this month, Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker began to tease new music via the project’s website and social media, including a caption reading “been busy” and a wild hidden message on the web, “iwaitedtiltheendofsummerandiranoutoftime.” Today, Tame Impala…
For the past few months, Tyla has really made herself hypervisible in the music world algorithms. Back in May, she released “Bliss,” her first new single of 2025, following up with an appearance on Lisa’s “When I’m…
Afrobeats star Asake has had a relatively quiet 2025 so far. Aside from the release of “Why Love” back in February, he hasn’t put out much else since the calendar flipped, perhaps still recovering from his Lungu…
Freddie Gibbs reignites his beef with Gunna on the new track “Lavish Habits.” Freddie Gibbs Disses Gunna On Friday (July 25), Freddie Gibbs returned with the new album, Alfredo 2, with the Alchemist. On the track “Lavish Habits,” the Gary Gangsta…
Freddie Gibbs and Alchemist are finally out with their album Alfredo 2, probably Freddie’s most anticipated project since the first Alfredo album. Now, while the album is sonically exquisite thanks to Alchemist’s musical acumen, it is not the sole reason the…
The last new music Friday of July is stacked. This week, one of hip-hop’s biggest acts drops his second album in less than a year, a recently pardoned rapper delivers his first album since his release from prison,…
GloRilla is blasting the police for arresting her for weed instead of focusing their efforts on finding the suspects who broke into her home. GloRilla Reacts to Being Arrested On Thursday (July 24), Big Glo broke her…
In the video for “To Be Free,” the euphoric new single from Sam Smith, the singer leads what can only be described as an exuberant revolution. While Sam sings on stage in an empty theater, the lobby…
Alt band Wednesday has been gearing up for the release of their new album, Bleeds, in September, releasing its first single, “Wound Up Here (By Holdin On),” with the announcement in June. Today, they followed up with…
The man who filed a paternity lawsuit against Jay-Z, claiming to be the rapper’s son, has dropped the case against the Roc Nation head. Rymir Satterthwaite Withdraws Paternity Lawsuit Against Jay-Z On July 18, Rymir Satterthwaite, 31,…
Hit-Boy has often spoken about his situation of having signed somewhat of a strong-armed deal in terms of music publishing. For those unacquainted with the matter, we are referring to a deal that nearly spanned two decades…
After 2025 XXL Freshman Class members BabyChiefDoIt, Ian, 1900Rugrat, Lazer Dim 700, Loe Shimmy and Nino Paid showed their mettle in the first Freshman cypher, it’s time for Ray Vaughn, Samara Cyn, Eem Triplin, Gelo and YTB Fatt to step up over a beat produced by Cardo Got…