Rosalía’s ‘Lux’ Features Daft Punk’s Guy-Manuel
Rosalía’s Lux, one of the most hyped albums of the year, is out today (November 7). She calls on a roster of guests to help her out with the project, and it turns out that among them is Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, most notably half of Daft Punk. He doesn’t have a feature, but he has […]
Redveil Announces His New Album ‘Sankofa’ With ‘Lone Star’
Maryland rapper Redveil has quietly built an impressive grassroot following over the past couple of years, which saw him play Camp Flog Gnaw in 2023, tour alongside such standouts as Denzel Curry and Freddie Gibbs, and garner widespread critical acclaim, with his last album, 2022’s Learn 2 Swim regarded one of the year’s best. Today, […]
Addison Rae’s Ride From Social Media Star To Icon
When Addison Rae released her debut album, Addison, critics and fans were stunned. She’d done the unthinkable: shifted from a social media celebrity miming the lyrics to hit songs to creating her own and becoming a bona fide star. Magazines that champion the edgy and avant-garde, like PAPER, shouted that Rae wasn’t a fad or […]
De La Soul ‘The Package’ Announces ‘Cabin In The Sky’ Album
For the past several months, Mass Appeal Records has been rolling out its Legend Has It… campaign, consisting of new albums from some of the pillars of New York hip-hop, including Slick Rick, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon The Chef, Mobb Deep, and Big L. With those albums out, only two more remain: Nas’ long-awaited joint album […]
Why Ravyn Lenae’s “Love Me Not” Deserves a 2026 Grammy Nod
Dropped in the middle of our modern, noisy musical landscape, Ravyn Lenae’s “Love Me Not” achieved the impossible — breaking through by sounding like nothing else on the charts. The swoony, melodic R&B hit about yearning over a confusing lover is a mix of crisp vocals and fuzzy backing tracks, timeless orchestration, and a sing-along […]
The ‘One Shot With Ed Sheeran’ Trailer Is Here
If you were in New York at some point in the recent past, there’s a chance you saw Ed Sheeran with a camera crew in tow. It turns out that was for One Shot With Ed Sheeran, a new Netflix special in which he travels across NYC and performs his biggest songs, all in a […]
Thundercat Covers Diana Ross ‘Upside Down’ For ‘Candy Crush’
As Thundercat wraps up his 2025 tour dates this week, the Los Angeles-bred bassist drops off something pretty nifty: a cover of the 1980 Diana Ross hit “Upside Down.” The occasion is the latest “music season” of Candy Crush Saga, which… I guess this is a thing we’re doing now. Non-sports video games having “seasons” […]
Ken Carson Shares His DIY ‘Catastrophe’ Video
A week after releasing “Yes,” his first single since April’s More Chaos, Ken Carson returns with the video for “Catastrophe.” The sparse video feels like a DIY effort, with Ken rapping directly to what looks a lot like a phone camera in a bedroom being used as a storage closet. Lyrically, the song is a […]
Gunna Expands Wunna Run Club & ‘Wun World’ Tour W/ New Dates
I don’t think anyone had Gunna being that friend that turns 30 and gets really into marathons on their BINGO card for 2025, but hey, rappers make everything at least 10 percent cooler. So, if Gunna inspires more people to get fit while chasing clout, I’m all for it. His New York event in September […]
Ice Spice Flaunts Her ‘Pretty Privilege’ In Her New Video
Ice Spice’s comeback continues with “Pretty Privilege,” the follow-up single to “Baddie Baddie,” which dropped a couple of weeks ago. Like nearly all of her output to date, “Pretty Privilege” is produced by RiotUSA, and features Ice boasting about the usuals: Her looks, her money, her (ahem) assets, and how badly all the men around […]