Later this month, the late Mac Miller’s estate is expected to release his much anticipated posthumous album, titled Balloonerism. While it leaked online a while ago, this is its first official release, backed by the hitmaker’s family. The project is slated for release on January 17, and earlier this week, fans an official tracklist was finally unveiled. It boasts 14 tracks, and features guest appearances from both SZA and his own alter ego Delusional Thomas. Today, the estate delivered the project’s lead single “5 Dollar Pony Rides.” The mellow track is a callback to the sounds Mac was experimenting with…
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Drake has dropped off his first new offering of 2025. Revealed in the middle of a 20-minute Conductor Williams latest “Signature Blends” YouTube video, The Boy has offered up what Genius calls “Fighting Irish,” a three-minute freestyle. While it’s unclear when the new track was actually written, what we do know is that within minutes, Williams’ Instagram post directing fans to the video was taken down. “The world fell in love with the gimmicks, even my brothers got tickets / Seemed like they loved every minute, just know this sh*t is personal to us, and it wasn’t just business,” he…
Joeu Bada$$ dropped new freestyle “The Ruler’s Back.” [Verse 1] Moved out the city, copped the house in the sticks Couple acres, couple whips, whole lotta blicks I got options baby, take your pick Might fuck around and coordinate the fit, take a— (Haha) This my life in film, baby, I just write the script Mister really put that on, they be counterfeit I’m takin’ calculated risk, too legit to quit Can get you niggas acclimated quick, it’s rules to this shit, hold up— I got murals in my city, fuck a nomination This for every time they left me…
Tyler, the Creator has a new video: “That Guy” finds the Californian hip-hop artists rapping over the beat for Kendrick Lamar’s GNX cut “Hey Now.” The video, directed by Tyler, features three Odd Future alumni, Jasper Dolphin, Travis “Taco” Bennett, and Lionel “L-Boy” Boyce. Tyler doesn’t often rap over new and popular beats, but his “That Guy” freestyle recalls 2016’s “What the F–k Right Now,” where he rapped over Kanye West’s The Life of Pablo cut “Freestyle 4.” Fittingly, Tyler referenced his surprise performance at Lamar’s “The Pop Out — Ken and Friends” on Juneteenth: “Put that lil’ Maybach truck…
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…
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…