According to Complex: For most, this year in music can be summed up in four words — Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar. But if you zoom out and take a broader view, things get more complicated. American female pop stars dominated the year, with artists like Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan, and Charli XCX leaving the biggest cultural impact. Rap, on the other hand, was more scattershot—take away the beef and we had a year with few transcendent, unifying moments, songs, or albums. That’s not to say there weren’t good albums; they were just more niche and on the fringes. Which meant…
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Drake has seemingly fired back at Kendrick Lamar at long last, speaking up not in a new diss track, but in the midst of a Kick stream with xQc. Whether you’re a hardcore hip-hop head or a complete outsider, everyone was locked in earlier this year as the biggest rap beef of our generation played out in real-time. What started with a throwaway ‘Big Three’ line from J. Cole morphed into a personal war between Drake and Kendrick Lamar. The back-and-forth left streamers and internet personalities stunned, with many reacting to the new music live for all to see. While…
Yesterday, Kendrick Lamar released surprised album “GNX” and it stormed the charts right away. The album is currently #1 in the 93 countries, including United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and New Zealand. Kendrick Lamar’s “squabble up” has recently reached #1 on US Apple Music, replacing his own “wacced out murals” atop the chart. He has now earned FIVE #1 singles on US Apple Music this year, the most of ANY artist: ⦿ Like That (with Future & Metro Boomin) ⦿ Euphoria ⦿ Not Like Us ⦿ wacced out murals ⦿ squabble up Kendrick Lamar is also #1 on the…
Kendrick Lamar stamped his 2024 rap MVP campaign with a brand new album when GNX hit streaming services without any sort of warning on Friday (Nov. 22) around noon ET. Initially, a GNX teaser arrived on YouTube in the form of a one-minute snippet, and fans hoped it meant the start of a rollout. But that wasn’t it, as Kenny went back to back and didn’t waste any time in following up with the 12-track GNX album via pgLang. SZA joins her former Top Daw Entertainment for a soothing collaboration on “Luther,” while Dot bounces off a sample of Debbie…
Grammy award-winning rapper Kendrick Lamar seemingly addressed the Super Bowl controversy in his surprise 12-track album “GNX,” which has left hip-hop fans in a frenzy. In the intro song “wacced out murals,” the Compton, California MC touched on Lil Wayne and the overall reaction to his announcement that he will headline the 2025 Apple Music halftime show in February. The NFL’s decision sparked a heated debate online amongst fans and music pundits on whether he should have been chosen over the “A Milli” rapper, who was born and raised in New Orleans, where Super Bowl 59 is slated to take…
Kendrick Lamar is the latest superstar artist to drop a new album with little to no warning with GNX, which arrived worldwide at noon ET today (Nov. 22). The 12-track pgLang/Interscope album boasts songwriting and production contributions from Jack Antonoff, Sounwave, SZA, Kamasi Washington, Tyler Mehlenbacher, Craig Balmoris, Mustard, Sean Momberger, Sam Dew, Terrace Martin, AzChike, Juju, Hitta J3, Peysoh, Young Threat, Kenny & Billy and Tim Maxey. GNX is the follow-up to 2022’s Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers and also comes in the aftermath of Lamar’s Drake diss track “Not Like Us,” which topped charts around the world. It’s nominated for five honors…
Metro Boomin has shed light on the conflict between himself and Drake in a new interview with GQ Magazine. Metro and Future appear on the cover of the magazine’s ‘Men of the Year’ issue, and the quotes from the unreleased piece were shared by Elliott Wilson on social media Wednesday. “Me and [Drake], we had a personal issue, and for the record, not over no girl or nothing silly like that,” Metro told GQ senior editor Frazier Tharpe, courtesy of Wilson. “It was a personal issue that really hurt me and disappointed me.” “But if you take all the rap…
Yesterday, Playboi Carti confirmed that Kanye West will be producing his elusive album I AM MUSIC. HotNewHipHop reported that the artist shared the news at a recent Las Vegas appearance, first giving West a shoutout in front of the crowd. “He over here making beats and sh*t,” he said. “That album gonna be crazy, I can’t wait to show y’all n****s.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by YeVault (@yevault) This isn’t the first time Carti has teased Ye’s involvement in his upcoming album, however. Earlier this September, he took to Instagram and wrote,”@Ye KANT WAIT…
Mustard continued his 2024 victory lap by trolling Drake during his 2024 Camp Flog Gnaw set on Sunday (Nov. 17) in Los Angeles. The West Coast superproducer played the first few seconds of “Crew Love” off Drake’s Take Care before making a smooth transition into Future, Metro Boomin and Kendrick Lamar’s “Like That” to zing the 6 God. “Sike,” he said while firing up the Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit, which drew a roar from the Dodger Stadium crowd. Later, he also preformed “Not Like Us.” “This is hate on another level,” one fan wrote to X. Another chimed…
While fans continue to await the release of his highly anticipated The Fall Off album, J. Cole and his management are reportedly gearing up for the release of a new audio series titled Inevitable. Early today, Cole took to X to post a long thread that explains what he plans on showcasing with Inevitable. “It’s hard to write a caption to describe what this is. I really don’t even know what to call it. We settled on calling it an “audio series” but to me, it plays like a movie in the form of a conversation. First, me and Ib…