Fresh out of Pittsburgh , PA we get a new joint from up and comer D Wave – no that’s not D Wade – but he’s got a melodic new single called “The Night You Left,” that the fans keep …
Duke Bootee, a name who OG Hip-Hop heads will recognize as one of the writer’s and rappers on Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five’s classic “The Message,” has passed away. He was 69.
Rolling Stone reports that Duke Bootee, born Edward Fletcher, died on Wednesday, January 13 at his home in Savannah, GA. According to his wife, Rosita, the cause of death was end-stage congestive heart failure.
Duke Bootee was a notable session player for Sugar Hill Records, the iconic Hip-Hop record label founded by the late Sylvia Robinson the recording home of acts like The Treacherous Three, the Sugar Hill Gang and Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five. While Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five gets credit for “The Message,” it featured rapping from member Melle Melle and Bootie, who handles the familiar, “Don’t push me ’cause I’m close to the edge, I’m trying not to lose my head.It’s like a jungle sometimes, It makes me wonder how I keep from going under.”
Says Rolling Stone:
Fletcher originally wrote the song in 1980, detailing the struggles of inner-city life amid a New York transit strike that year. Although “The Message” is credited to Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, the song — then titled “The Jungle” — was the brainchild of Fletcher, who submitted a demo of the track while a session musician for the Sugar Hill Gang. Grandmaster Flash and Co. were initially reluctant to record the song due to its lack of club appeal, but Sugar Hill Records label head Sylvia Robinson persuaded Furious Five member Melle Mel to write verses for the track. Soon after becoming a hit in 1982, the song would singlehandedly give mainstream hip-hop music a social and political consciousness.
George Clooney takes his biggest directorial swing yet with “The Midnight Sky,” and comes away with a decidedly mixed result. A beyond-bleak post-apocalyptic thriller, the sci-fi film reaches a reasonably satisfying finish, but follows an uneven orbit in getting there.
Season 4 of the Netflix show takes viewers into a new decade, with a musical soundtrack to match, including artists like Stevie Nicks, Elton John and David Bowie. NYT > Rock Music Join Group Chat!
“The Flight Attendant” feels like the TV equivalent of summer beach reading, in mostly good ways. Kaley Cuoco stars as the globetrotting party gal of the title, who has the unfortunate experience of waking up next to a dead guy. What happens thereafter plays like a Hitchock-ian thriller, punctuated by the comedy of a protagonist who greets each new development by nearly hyperventilating.
Americans may have earned independence from the Brits in 1776, but some things we can’t let go of. “The Crown” appeals to our fascination with the British royal family.
Saint Jhn, the MTV Push artist for November, tells the story of his globetrotting upbringing and breaks down the personalo narrative behind his song ‘Sucks to Be You.’ News
Ask, and you shall receive. After putting it out in the universe that he wanted to appear on The Joe Rogan Experience, alleged Presidential candidate Kanye West is getting his wish.
In case you’re unaware, The Joe Rogan Experience is an immensely popular podcast which books a wide array of guests for the comedian/host/UFC to commentator to chat it up with. Also, it’s where Elon Musk was seen smoking weed in the studio.
On Saturday (Oct. 17), Yeezy took to Twitter to reveal he’ll be sitting down with Rogan next week on Friday. “Joe Rogan said it’s cool for me to design the set for our podcast this Friday,” tweeted West along with a photo of what looks like him and Rogan on a Facetime call.
Joe Rogan said it’s cool for me to design the set for our podcast this Friday pic.twitter.com/9FOPjU36K3
In case you missed it, on Oct. 12, Kanye West tweeted a video of Rogan speaking about the multi-hyphenate artist. It was enough to get him Yeezy to add, “Would love to go on Joe Rogan’s podcast LIVE this week I have my team trying to get your number Joe I’m in Calabassas Let’s do this my friend.”
Would love to go on Joe Rogan’s podcast LIVE this week I have my team trying to get your number Joe I’m in Calabassas Let’s do this my friend pic.twitter.com/OCyqWlHaNH
“The West Wing” enlisted a lot of big names to augment its reunion special on behalf of When We All Vote, but nothing really matched the kick of seeing the old band back together again, as Bradley Whitford put it during the introduction.
If “The War With Grandpa” sounds like the argument that you’re dreading over Thanksgiving dinner, happily, it’s not. Instead, this slightly naughty family comedy gets a mild lift from its casting, starting with Robert De Niro as the aforementioned grandpa, who has the audacity to move into his 12-year-old grandson’s room.
Reassembling the cast and director of the Tony Award-winning 2018 revival, “The Boys in the Band” becomes a Netflix movie that can’t entirely shake its slightly claustrophobic stage roots, but which provides a stellar showcase for its actors, especially Jim Parsons as the central provocateur.
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has a favorite in the Presidential race. The famed actor and WWE legend has endorsed Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for President and Vice President of the United States.
Johnson, whose Daddy (OG wrestler Rocky “Soulman” Johnson who passed earlier this year) we must point out was a Black man, has never endorsed a presidential candidate before. As a registered independent with “centrist ideologies” as he puts it himself, Johnson went a step further and actually had a conversation with Biden and Harris.
Citing his father’s teaching that respect is earned, the Rock’s first question to Biden and Harris was how they intended to earn the respect of the American people.
“By doing what we say we’re going to do,” responded Biden. “By keeping our word. By leveling with the American people. By taking responsibility. When we fail acknowledge it. We’re not going to be perfect, but take responsibility. Say this is what I’m going to do, this is what I believe, and tell the truth.”
Added Harris, “It’s about trust, right. And as we know, the nature of trust is that […] it’s a reciprocal relationship. You give and you receive trust. And one of the foundations of trust is truth. You must speak truth but here’s the reality—truth can sometimes be really difficult to hear.”
Johnson closed by stressing that truth is what leads to progress. He then said, “The most powerful way for us to make progress, to me, is through humanity, is through decency.”
We can dig it. Watch the interview below.
As a political independent & centrist, I’ve voted for both parties in the past. In this critical presidential election, I’m endorsing @JoeBiden & @KamalaHarris.
“The West Wing” cast will reunite before the election for an HBO Max special, benefiting the voter-participation group When We All Vote. Watching the series again 20 years after its first of four consecutive best-drama Emmys, it’s remarkable how well Aaron Sorkin’s creation holds up, and how much of the Bartlet presidency still echoes through our current politics.
Now, this is a story all about how Will Smith’s life got flipped-turned upside down 30 years ago today … and now “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” is going the fashion route to celebrate that momentous occasion. All the chillin’ out, maxin’ and…
“The Boys” quickly became Amazon’s signature series, and the second season of this beyond-dark show outdoes the first — offering a searing take on modern-day America that might be TV’s most subversive program, camouflaged in superhero garb.
Francesca Farago has moved on from her “Too Hot to Handle” fling with Harry Jowsey and linked up with another hot TV bachelor … Jef Holm. Sources close to the situation tell TMZ … the ‘THTH’ star is now dating Jef, who was a star on Emily…
Add “The West Wing” to the list of TV reunions in the age of coronavirus, but this time, they’re coming together for a specific cause: To benefit Michelle Obama’s voter-participation organization When We All Vote by staging an episode for the streaming service HBO Max.
Aside from putting hands on overzealous people and female fans trying to take his picture, DaBaby’s had a stellar year early in his rap career and if y’all thought he’d be falling back anytime soon, you’d be wrong.
Lending an assist to Moneybagg Yo for the visuals to “Protect Da Brand,” DaBaby and Yo find themselves making money moves in the shadows before SWAT closes in on Gotti leading to a Baby bailing him out on a chopper. When did DaBaby got his helicopter license? Landed hella smoothly on that rooftop.
Joey Bada$ $ meanwhile partakes in a traditional voodoo ceremony in search of his rebirth and shares the ritual in his cultural clip to “The Light.” Well, that’s one way to become a new man.
Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from August Alsina, Dame D.O.L.l.A. ft. Dreebo, and more.
Shinola is making lemonade out of lemons.
The Detroit-based brand with the Made in the U.S. ethos has rejiggered the messaging around its latest timepiece, pivoting from its planned launch for the now-canceled Olympic Games to instead support health-care workers fighting the coronavirus.
Shinola had originally planned to introduce “The Champ,” a Detrola watch, at the Olympic’s Opening Ceremony in Tokyo next month. Now The Champ will be launched to honor “the real champs,” the company said — the health-care workers in its hometown of Detroit.
The watch is available for pre-purchase beginning today and is expected to be delivered in late July, pending the reopening of the Shinola factory. It retails for $ 395 and is limited to 500 units.
The Champ retails for $ 395.
The Champ features a multicolored matte dial in a striped pattern of red, gold, bright blue, bright green and black along with the Shinola Detroit and Detrola collection logos. The cream colored 43-mm. case in TR90 resin is anchored by a stainless-steel core and Argonite 705 movement that was hand-assembled in Detroit, and the dial features a double-domed K1 crystal. The unisex watch also has a black silicone strap.
To coincide with the launch, Shinola has pledged to donate $ 197,500 to
Jerry Sloan, who died Friday at 78, sits fourth all time in NBA coaching wins. Some of the other Hall of Famers on the list recall a ruthless competitor with “instant credibility.” www.espn.com – TOP
Watching Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani riff off each other is intermittently fun, but that’s all there is to recommend “The Lovebirds,” a dark, somewhat chaotic romantic comedy. The movie’s flight path was redirected to Netflix, which, given its limited appeal, is likely the most hospitable roost for a concept that would have faced box-office headwinds.
“The Empire Strikes Back” hit theaters forty years ago, on May 21, 1980. And no Jedi mind tricks are needed to make the case that without the groundwork laid by one of the best sequels ever, “Star Wars” wouldn’t be the force that it is now.
Alexis Lafreniere and Quinton Byfield appear likely to go 1-2 in the 2020 NHL draft. So where do they stack up against recent top-two picks? www.espn.com – NHL
Now that Future’s latest offering High Off Life has hit the streets and set to debut at the top of the charts, you knew he was going to be releasing some new visuals to accompany the release of his latest album.
For his visuals to the album cute “Hard To Choose One,” Future shows his appreciation for the fast life as he flaunts some nice whips and nicer women while his clip to “Tycoon” finds Hendrix searching for peace in the desert.
The Jamo Gang meanwhile bring back some of that old school street flavor as Rass Kass, El Gant and J57 link up with the legendary DJ Premier to kicks that ol’ real shit while politicking on the block for their clip to “The 1st Time.”
Check out the rest of today’s drops and some joints you might’ve missed over the weekend including work from ADG and Benny The Butcher, SAINt JHN, and more.
A number of today’s biggest celebrities and influential figures are coming together for a global livestream event.
“The Call to Unite” 24-hour livestream is bringing together roughly 200 actors, musicians and public figures for an event meant to provide support to those impacted by the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
The event, which begins streaming on Friday, May 1, at 8 p.m. and concludes Saturday, May 2, at 8 p.m. EST, will offer performances, lessons and conversations meant to help those feeling isolated during the pandemic. The lengthy list of famous participants include Oprah Winfrey, Julia Roberts, Naomi Campbell, Jennifer Garner, President George W. Bush, Eva Longoria, Mandy Moore, Marie Kondo, QuestLove and Rob Lowe, among others.
The livestream is soliciting donations to provide relief to those impacted by COVID-19. Viewers will be able to submit donations directly through the livestream to GiveDirectly, which is helping lower-income people impacted by the pandemic, and Points of Light, which assists organizations and nonprofits on maximizing their relief efforts.
The livestream will be available on “The Call to Unite’s” Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Twitch and LinkedIn pages, as well as on SiriusXM Stars channel 109. Portions of the livestream will also be available on Spotify.
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Bob Dylan’s penmanship and lyrical genius are worth millions of dollars … handwritten lyrics to some of his biggest hits are hitting the open market, and the asking prices are enormous!!! Bob’s handwritten original lyrics to three of his classics…
Roger McNamee, an early investor in Facebook and mentor to Mark Zuckerberg, and author of “Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe,” speaks with WIRED Editor-in-Chief Nicholas Thompson at SXSW about the future of the social media giant. WIRED Videos
“Modern Family” says goodbye Wednesday night, with the Emmy-winning sitcom’s series finale offering a potential welcome distraction from unsettling current events.
Taylor Swift released a behind-the-scenes video from the set of “The Man.” In it, she opened up about the five-hour makeup process and what it was like learning how to walk from a professional movement coach. News
Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Adam Driver are dialing things way back — to the 1300s, that is — for their next film. The trio are on the set of Ridley Scott’s next period drama, “The Last Duel,” in Sarlat, France. The film — set in Medieval times…
Ben Affleck knows full well that people will draw parallels between his life and his role as an alcoholic construction worker turned high school basketball coach in his new film, “The Way Back.”
It’s been a hot minute since we’ve heard new material from both SZA and Justin Timberlake, but lo and behold, the two R&B artists done went and dropped the collaboration they teased months ago.
Straight off the Trolls World Tour soundtrack, the first lady of TDE and former N’Sync frontman links up for the upbeat visuals to “The Other Side” which features an all silver theme reminiscent of Busta Rhymes and Janet Jackson’s “What’s It Gonna Be?!” We hope SZA doesn’t expose a nipple around him on national TV cause he gonna dip on her quickfast.
Back on the hardcore tip, Grafh links up with Conway The Machine to drop that ghetto gospel in a house of worship for their visuals to “Pray.” Proper play to drop this on Ash Wednesday.
Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Imasu!, Band$ , and more.
“The Batman” isn’t all work and no play — as you can see he takes a load off whenever possible, and lets Hollywood magic do the rest. Case in point … cool-guy stuntman A. Matt Reeves’ upcoming superhero epic about the early years of The Dark…
Remember them days when that Southern crunk sound was dominating the airwaves and constantly playing on your favorite music video shows? Great times. But though it’s been a full clip since ATL had the game on Hulk smash with their groove, don’t think that crunk is buried at the Westview.
Duke Deuce calls on Lil Jon, Juicy J and Project Pat to help get that whole thang back in his remix visual to “Crunk Ain’t Dead” where the foursome get hella turnt up from the Arcade Restaurant to an underground fight club. Getting crunk looks hella exhausting these days.
Back on the OG R&B tip, Mya is still out here looking like a prime contender for The Bachelorette and in her clip to “The Truth” shows two different sides to her beauty.
Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Tink, Sosamann, and more.
DUKE DEUCE FT. LIL JON, JUICY J & PROJECT PAT – “CRUNK AIN’T DEAD REMIX”
It’s early days for Disney+, but the opening original-programming salvo for the new streaming service looks a whole lot like “The Mandalorian” — the first live-action “Star Wars” series — and the seven dwarfs.
During the holidays, we put a lot of focus on time. After all, it’s the most wonderful time of the year. But how frequently do we stop to think about time itself—the importance of seconds, minutes, hours—and how we spend them? We take time off from work to spend time with loved ones and we spend too much time searching and shopping for the perfect holiday gift. BOSS offers an incredible collection of watches that will help you save valuable time this holiday season and help cross off every guy on your list (but it’s up to you to decide who is naughty or nice).
BOSS’ new timepieces, known simply as The Collection, offer an opportunity to give truly meaningful gifts this holiday. These watches perfectly combine style and performance, allowing the modern man to shift easily from day to night, from boardroom to ballroom, from office to oceanside.
The Collection includes three statement-making timepieces inspired by open skies, urban streets, and broad horizons. Each piece is an invitation to the guy in your life to write his own story which starts with a thoughtful gift from you.
Designed around the needs of the modern wayfarer, this versatile timepiece will prove a constant and sturdy companion for the adventurer in your life—no matter where their wanderlust takes them. The ultimate marriage of function and style, the Nomad features dual-time and date functions, a rotating reflector ring with 24 global city codes, a world timer and GMT functionality—not to mention a unique, engraved globe illustration on the case back.
Inspired by the wild blue yonder, the Aero brings a sense of endless possibility into any traveler’s wardrobe. Crafted with pilots in mind, the Aero’s fearless design features an engraved airplane design on the case back, a stainless steel case and a black sunray dial.
A timepiece that calls to mind the ocean’s endless sense of adventure, the Vela proves the perfect marriage of technology and possibility. Here is a true seafarer’s watch, with an engraved case back featuring a unique wave design. And the unidirectional dive bezel ensures the wearer is fully in control of the time he spends underwater.
Olivia Colman might only play royalty in TV and film, but she’s now receiving a royal title in real life.
The Oscar-winning actress — who is playing the role of Queen Elizabeth II in the upcoming third season of Netflix’s “The Crown” — was honored with the title of Commander of the Order of the British Empire by the British royal family.
Colman received the honor at an investiture service on Thursday by Princess Anne, the queen’s only daughter, meaning she can now add CBE to her name. The actress accepted the honor wearing a custom Emilia Wickstead plaid dress with a black fastener.
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According to the royal family’s official web site, the honor was first established in 1917 by King George V for contributions to the war effort, but now is given to “people from all
Ronnie Anne and her family have an altar for Día de Los Muertos, they live above their corner store and skateboard together. They’re just another Mexican-American family in the big city.
The “Casino” director waited over a decade for the right project to unite De Niro, Pesci, Keitel and Pacino, a Netflix gangster movie that closes BFI London Film Festival 2019. Rough cut (no reporter narration).
“It felt a little bit like what I imagine sending your kid off to college feels like,” says Kristen Bell about wrapping up “The Good Place,” currently in its fourth and final season on NBC. “It’s a good and bad feeling.”
Justin and Hailey Bieber are feeling extra sappy as they get ready to walk down the aisle … because, before their big day, they made their wedding guests watch “The Notebook.” Sources at the Biebers’ blowout South Carolina wedding bash tell TMZ…
Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino won’t be running off to honeymoon with his new bride anytime soon — he knows there’s a ton of money to be made — and he’s gotta strike while the iron is hot. Sources close to Mike tell us the “Jersey Shore” star’s…
Sacha Baron Cohen provides another reminder that being a clown requires serious acting chops, which the famous prankster puts to use in “The Spy,” a taut Netflix limited series based on a pretty remarkable true story. Set in the early 1960s, it’s the Israeli version of James Bond, with a gritty edge and constant sense of jeopardy.
For flashback Friday Hip-Hop gets a reminder of how some rap OG’s of the game get down in these streets should the situation call for it.
Connecting from Yonkers to Brooklyn, Styles P links up with Lil Fame to set up the jux for a clown getting money on the block and take him to their torture chamber for their visuals to “The Professionals.” It’s Holiday season all year ’round in the hood, b!
Keeping the scene in New York, Dave East puts down the hoodie and throws on a blazer to take part in an underground card game to set up a jux of his own in his clip to the Gunna assisted “Everyday.”
Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Duckwrth, Brockhampton, and more.
Obi-Wan Kenobi will bring the Force to Disney+, which — along with the first trailer for “The Mandalorian” — capped the studio’s presentation for its new streaming service at the D23 Expo.
The real-life priest who starred in “The Exorcist” is now accused of repeatedly sexually abusing one of his students at a Jesuit High School in upstate NY. Father William J. O’Malley played Father Dyer in the 1973 classic horror flick, but before…
California Native Bobby Trendy (real name Raymond Muro) gained fame in the early 2000s when he was added to the crazy cast of characters as the lip-glossed interior decorator and ornate sidekick of Anna Nicole Smith on the E! reality show, “The…
“I was astounded by the recognition of the barracks,” said George Takei, recalling his time on the set of “The Terror: Infamy,” the second instalment of AMC’s now-ongoing horror anthology series. The new season is set against an historical backdrop that Takei, at 82, remembers all too vividly from his own personal history: the internment camps in which Japanese-Americans — including the actor and his family — were held during World War II for fear they might act as foreign agents.
Chance the Rapper’s “The Big Day” opened at No. 2 and Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” notched an 18th week at No. 1 on the singles chart. Rock Music Join Group Chat!
The rate of fights has decreased for the past decade. Former NHL enforcers weigh in on the trend and whether fighting will one day cease entirely. www.espn.com – NHL
Canadian actress Elisha Cuthbert shot to stardom in the early ’00s when she took on the role of the neighborhood adult film star, Danielle, who battles living her double life in the cult classic rom-com, “The Girl Next Door.” Elisha Cuthbert shared…
On a companion to the remade film’s official soundtrack, the pop superstar seeks full-fledged fusions with African musicians. Rock Music Join Group Chat!
As “The Lion King” counts up receipts from a big opening weekend while still licking its wounds from negative reviews, you can almost hear the familiar murmurs — that critics are “out of step” with the audiences they profess to serve.
Actress Sonja Sohn aka Detective Kima Greggs from HBO’s The Wire and more recently Showtime’s The Chi was arrested for cocaine possession, amongst other drugs. She got pinched on Sunday morning (July 21) at around 2am in North Carolina.
According to TMZ, Sohn was arrested for cocaine possession, possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. The booger sugar charge is a felony while the rest are misdemeanors.
Details are scarce beyond her arrest at 2 am, and she bailed out 6 minutes later. She posted her $ 1500 bail and is due back in court for her arraignment on Tuesday (July 23).
Life comes at you fast. Sohn left The Chi after its first season.
The new “The Lion King” hews closely to the original, standing apart with its visual realism, using computer animation to approximate the look of a nature documentary. Yet amid a golden age of that genre, as the Disney blockbuster heads toward a big opening weekend, it also reminds us how talking and otherwise anthropomorphic animals tend to be more commercially popular than the real things.
“The Farewell” will inevitably inspire references to “Crazy Rich Asians,” featuring a predominantly Asian cast, a wedding, lots of big mouth-watering meals and Awkwafina. The similarities, however, pretty much end there, in a small, melancholy movie that explores cultural differences and dealing with death in an utterly charming, understated manner.
Anticipating a bountiful box-office feast, “The Lion King” deviates sparingly from the beloved 1994 original, for better and worse. The result is a polished and satisfying film, yet one that conspicuously feels even more like a consumer product than most Disney revivals of its animated classics.
“The Lion King” won’t hit theaters for more than a week, but Beyoncé and Disney celebrated the world premiere screening on Tuesday night by releasing a new song from the film that’s sure to lift your spirits.
Anwan Glover, better known to many as Slim Charles from The Wire, has been arrested on firearms charges. The actor and go-go band member (BackYard Band) is claiming bullsh*t, though.
According to TMZ, Glover got popped riding dirty in Washington, DC and has been sitting in jail for over a week.
The veteran TV and movie actor was arrested in Washington D.C. on June 26 and booked for unlawful possession of a firearm — a misdemeanor — after cops say they searched his car during a traffic stop and discovered an unregistered handgun in Glover’s Jeep.
According to docs, obtained by TMZ, police were notified to be on the lookout for a white Jeep with a driver who was allegedly brandishing a gun out the window. Cops say they pulled over Glover because his ride matched the description and was making multiple lane changes without signaling.
Officers say they asked Glover if he had any weapons, and he said no. He also said no when they asked if they could search the vehicle but cops did it anyway, claiming probable cause.
The officers say they found a loaded Smith & Wesson MP Shield 9mm tucked between the Jeep’s roll bar and roof cover, and then immediately placed Anwan under arrest.
His lawyers filed a motion to have him released on bail ASAP so he could continue working and supporting his family. They say he denied any knowledge of the gun in the vehicle, and also argued cops had no business targeting him in the first place.
Glover’s lawyers are claiming the vehicles didn’t match up. But nevertheless, a hearing is scheduled for Monday.
Today (July 2), Nas revealed his long-awaited and much delayed The Lost Tapes 2 album will be releasing on July 19. The new project will be arriving via Mass Appeal/Def Jam Recording.
The Lost Tapes 2 will feature unreleased material recorded during the creation of his last four projects; Hip-Hop is Dead (2006), Untitled (2008), Life Is Good (2012), and last year’s Kanye West-produced Nasir.
In keeping with the Hip-Hop times, merch tied to the project is available at shop.nasirjones.com. A video trailer for the projects features a Statik Selektah-produced cut called “Lost Freestyle.”
The Queensbridge rapper also shared the tracklist for the new project, as well the production line up which features the like of RZA, Pharrell Williams, No ID, Pete Rock and more.
Check out the tracklisting below.
The Lost Tapes 2 tracklist:
1. No Bad Energy [PROD. BY SWIZZ BEATZ]
2. Vernon Family [PROD. BY PHARRELL WILLIAMS]
3. Jarreau of Rap (Skatt Attack)feat. Al Jarreau, Keyon Harrold [PROD. BY EDDIE COLE]
4. Lost Freestyle [PROD. BY STATIK SELEKTAH]
5. Tanasia [PROD. BY RZA]
6. Royaltyfeat. RaVaughn [PROD. BY HIT-BOY]
7. Who Are Youfeat. David Ranier [PROD. BY ERIC HUDSON]
8. Adult Filmfeat. Swizz Beatz [PROD. BY SWIZZ BEATZ]
9. War Against Love [PROD. BY DJ DAHI & DJ KHALIL]
10. The Art of Itfeat. J. Myers [PROD. BY PETE ROCK]
11. Highly Favored [PROD. BY RZA]
12. Queens Wolf [PROD. BY DJ TOOMP]
13. It Never Ends [PROD. BY THE ALCHEMIST]
14. You Mean The World to Me [PROD. BY KANYE WEST]
15. Queens Bridge Politics [PROD. BY PETE ROCK]
16. Beautiful Lifefeat. RaVaughn [PROD. BY NO I.D.]
One of the most beloved adult animated series is slated for a big comeback. Huey and Riley will be back in 2020.
Gizmodo is reporting that Sony Pictures has contracted several new shows. According to Variety the media conglomerate has secured a re-imagined version of The Boondocks.
While it is largely assumed that the show still deliver its’ signature biting social commentary this edition will further explore the boy’s ongoing struggle with Uncle Ruckus. The old man is reportedly an “evil local government tyrant who rules fictional Woodcrest County, Maryland with an iron fist.”
Earlier this year John Witherspoon, who plays Granddad, also confirmed the relaunch in a interview with The Grapevine. “I’m on the cartoon. What is it? The Boondocks? I didn’t change my voice for The Boondocks. And they coming back,” he revealed. “[The] Boondocks is coming back… It’s one of the best cartoons I’ve ever been on.”
With its chilling portrait of a patriarchal dictatorship where women are routinely raped, mutilated and forcibly separated from their children, “The Handmaid’s Tale” has proved a tough watch. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
“The Handmaid’s Tale” isn’t the best TV show ever, although it’s plenty good. But it’s hard to think of a series that has been better calibrated to tap into the zeitgeist and unease of its cultural and political moment.
Former Packers president Bob Harlan loved Starr for a reason only those who knew the legendary QB behind the scenes could fully articulate. www.espn.com – NFL
Timeless is the word that comes to mind when watching modern-day actors read words Norman Lear and his staff of television writers penned 45 years ago.
Oscar-winner Anne Hathaway and Australian comedy queen Rebel Wilson hit the sparkly gold carpet for the premiere of their con artist movie ‘The Hustle’. Rough cut – no reporter narration.
Roger McNamee, an early investor in Facebook and mentor to Mark Zuckerberg, and author of “Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe,” speaks with WIRED Editor-in-Chief Nicholas Thompson at SXSW about the future of the social media giant. WIRED Videos
The 18th annual Tribeca Film Festival in New York kicks off with the premiere of “The Apollo,” a documentary about the famed theater in Harlem. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Damian Lillard’s 37-foot shot at the buzzer gave the Trail Blazers a 118-115 win over the Thunder and advanced them into the second round. www.espn.com – TOP
1:12 PM PT — Michael tells TMZ after filing, he and his wife took their daughter to lunch to show her they are still very much a family. He says, “We continue to work together to put our kids first.” Michael Fishman, famous for playing Roseanne Barr’s…
House of Davenport’s Ra’Jah O’Hara reflects on her ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 appearance, her lip-sync highlights, and why she’s inspired by ‘Guardians of the Galaxy”s Groot. News
Grant Gustin — the guy who plays “The Flash” on the hit CW series — wasn’t so quick on his feet when he needed to find a way to relax while on a flight to Canada … ’cause his plan went up in smoke. We’re told Grant was aboard Compass Airlines Flight…
Matthew McConaughey, Zac Efron, Snoop Dogg and Jimmy Buffett walked the carpet at the premiere of stoner comedy, ‘The Beach Bum’. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Based on the tell-all book about “Mötley Crüe,” this film adaptation sands down the source material into a junior varsity “Bohemian Rhapsody.” Rock Music Join Group Chat!
“The Act” offers the second dramatization of the ill-fated relationship between Dee Dee and Gypsy Rose Blanchard in two months, and it’s easily the better of the two. Yet while this Hulu limited series captures the unsettling con game played by the mother, be forewarned that replicating these events can be as off-putting as the actual characters.
[[tmz:video id=”1_o7rsx7de”]] Jason R. Moore’s super chill for a guy whose show just got axed — in fact, he’s way less upset about the situation than one of its biggest fans … Eminem. “The Punisher” star — who played Curtis Hoyle on the Netflix…
A fun gift to give at bachelor and bachelorette parties, “The (Other) Honeymoon Album” by Kasia Karpinska-Sikorska offers fun and humorous activities and suggestions for couples to try in the bedroom on their honeymoon and thereafter. XBIZ.com – Pleasure & Retail
Well that took long enough. Four years after announcing that they were working on a joint project, Wiz Khalifa and Curren$ y finally dropped their long awaited mixtape 2009 and a few new clips to accompany the release.
Dropping off visuals for “Forever Ball” and “The Life,” Spitta and Wiz do what they love and steam on a few L’s while dropping enough bars to satisfy their fans hunger for more.
Mya meanwhile heads to the Middle East to take in some sun on the sands with her boo in her new clip to “With You.”
Check out the rest of today’s drops and some joints you might’ve missed over the weekend including work from XXXTentacion, DJ Kay Slay featuring Melly Mel, Raekwon, CeeLo Green and Grandmaster Caz, and more.
WIZ KHALIFA & CURREN$ Y – “FOREVER BALL”
WIZ KHALIFA & CURREN$ Y – “THE LIFE”
MYA – “WITH YOU”
XXXTENTACION – “SAUCE!”
DJ KAY SLAY FT. MELLE MEL, RAEKWON, CEELO GREEN & GRANDMASTER CAZ – “HIP HOP FRONTLINE”
While the Super Bowl turned out to be a total dud and the halftime show was probably the most forgettable in history (didn’t even get that rumored SNKRS shock drop at the end of it), the commercials weren’t half-bad. Jordan Peele certainly used his spot to build anticipation for the reboot of the cult classic series, The Twilight Zone.
Serving as both a producer and host for The Twilight Zone, the brains behind the cult classic Get Out and Us certainly seems like the man to bring back the classic sci-fi television series. They even cleverly tied the commercial into the Super Bowl with a football stadium setting.
Check out the teaser to The Twilight Zone below and let us know if you’ll be checking for it on CBS All Access on April 1.
With Drake having fallen back for the past few months and seems to be taking a breather from his feud with Pusha Tea, it’s the perfect time for someone to step up and rep the country to the north. Tory Lanez has been doing just that.
Today the artist out of Ontario drops his visual to “The Run Off” makes it rain in the middle of nowhere where he’s only source of light is a car that’s on fire. Strippers must be watching this with a screw face like a MF.
Shy Glizzy meanwhile seems to be a fan of the 2nd amendment as he hits up a shooting range where the bullets stack up for his clip to “30s 50s 100s.”
Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Lil Mosey featuring BlocBoy JB, Brianna Perry, and more.
What would it be like to have your little brother turn into Justin Bieber? That’s the basic premise for “The Other Two,” a very funny series from former “Saturday Night Live” writers that provides a pretty good window on the indignities, in today’s day and age, of living adjacent to fame.
While Papoose and Remy Ma have been the embodiment of Black love for quite some time for some reason we haven’t gotten many collaborations between the two rappers. But today that changes thanks to the birth of their newborn baby.
The happily married rapping couple finally release a duet clip for “The Golden Child” which features footage of their baby shower where we peep fellow Love & Hip Hop alumni Joe Budden, Cyn Santana, and Safaree Samuels helped them celebrate the expansion of their family.
City Girls meanwhile head down to South Beach where they link up with Cardi B and throw a booty shaking contest so intense it could’ve caused a tsunami had they all done it in the water for the visual to “Twerk.”
Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Bow Wow, Don Q, and more.
PAPOOSE FT. REMY MA & ANGELICA VILA – “THE GOLDEN CHILD”
CITY GIRLS FT. CARDI B – “TWERK”
BOW WOW – “NEVER MET HER”
DON Q – “EVERLASTING”
LIL PEEP – “16 LINES”
ALEXANDER MACK – “BRAND NEW”
THIRSTIN HOWL THE 3RD – “GENERAL LO – LEGEND OF THE LO PALM”
THE LYRICISTS – “AWW SHHH”
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REKS, MASTA ACE, RAKKA IRISCIENCE & MR. WIGGLES – “TO THE FULLEST”
[[tmz:video id=”1_wbtgxdbb”]] 9:12 AM PT — The Sitch is on his way to lockup, and just posted a video to all his fans. He promises to be a better version of himself once he gets out and also makes a few plugs for his social media account. Sorrentino…
After his experience with the Oscars, Kevin Hart could probably use a picker-upper right about now. He likely has a marginal one with “The Upside,” a crowd-pleasing remake of a popular 2011 French film, “Les Intouchables,” that skates by, barely, on the chemistry between Hart and Bryan Cranston.
[[tmz:video id=”0_lkid8j0p”]] With rumors swirling that AC Milan has interest in bringing 37-year-old Zlatan Ibrahimovic back to Italy … we had to ask the L.A. Galaxy star straight-up — true or false? Good news — we got an…
Source: Ice Cube arrives at Los Angeles International Airport Uploaded By Godspeed Featuring: Ice Cube Where: Los Angeles, California, United States When: 03 Jun 2016 Credit: WENN.com
Aside from the artists on TDE like Jay Rock, YG’s been one of LA’s most visible artists in 2018 and looking to close out the year on a high note the young blood from the streets of Compton links up with an ATLien to show how sweet the afterlife is for a real one.
Teaming up with Quavo for the visuals to “Slay,” YG finds himself at the pearly gates where the angels are all half-naked young women who seem to have a soft spot for G’s and B’s. Why YG wearing gloves in heaven though? Can’t leave finger prints on clouds or feathered angel wings, B.
Back on earth Hip-Hop triple-OG Ice Cube takes everyone on a neon trip and uses mirror effects and optical illusions to dazzle the eye while entertaining the ear in his clip to “The New Funkadelic.”
Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Robin Thicke, Slim Thug featuring Cityy, and more.
An exhibition featuring costumes designed by Academy Award and BAFTA winner Sandy Powell for the movie ‘The Favourite’ opens to the public at Kensington Palace. Rough cut (no reporter narration)
Source: INGLEWOOD, CA – AUGUST 27: Kodak Black arrives at the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on August 27, 2017 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Gregg DeGuire/Getty Images)
Seems like the grown up thing to do for OG rappers is to own up to their past mistakes and after watching Jay-Z step up to the plate with “4:44,” T.I. seems to be ready to admit to his own f*ck ups.
In the Victoria Monét assisted visuals to “The Amazing Mr. F**k Up,” Tip finds himself explaining to his homies how his own selfishness led to his woman walking out the door and into the arms of another man.
Speaking of repenting, Kodak Black seems to be trying to make amends for his past as he finds himself in a church dipped in all white like a televangelist in his clip to “Testimony.”
Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Diamond Blue featuring Young Thug, Usher and Zaytoven, and more.
T.I. FT. VICTORIA MONET – “THE AMAZING MR. F**K UP”
KODAK BLACK – “TESTIMONY”
DIAMOND BLUE FT. YOUNG THUG – “WTS”
USHER & ZAYTOVEN – “PEACE SIGN”
BIRDMAN & JACQUEES FT. NENO CALVIN – “GWSC”
JOHN HART FT. JUELZ SANTANA & TOO $ HORT – “WHISTLE”
JOHN GABBANA – “OUTDATED”
SNAP DOGG FT. SOB X RBE DA BOII – “KEEP THAT SAME ENERGY”
Actor-director Clint Eastwood says he’s still learning as he premieres drug trafficking drama ‘The Mule’ in Los Angeles. Rough cut. (No reporter narration)
Robbie Williams joins Gary, Howard and Mark for a song at a West End gala performance of the musical featuring their top hits. Rough cut (no reporter narration).
“The Voice” artists SandyRedd and Tyke James sit with Access and share their reaction to being eliminated from Season 15 of the singing competition. How are they processing the news, and what’s next for them? Plus, what did coach Adam Levine think about Tyke leaving the show, and what was it like for SandyRedd to connect with Jennifer Hudson on their tragic personal losses?
“How the Grinch Stole Christmas” remains arguably the best of TV’s animated Christmas specials. Yet the Chuck Jones/Dr. Seuss holiday classic is a model of storytelling economy, whereas the new version, “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch,” captures sparks of that magic while straining to treble its size — like the Grinch’s small heart, only here for theatrical purposes.
“The Front Runner” captures what turned out to be pivotal moment in politics and media, zeroing in on the moment when the look-the-other-way mentality about candidates’ personal indiscretions forever changed. At its core, too, is how that shift torpedoed the 1988 presidential run by Gary Hart, played with convincing indignation by Hugh Jackman.
Keira Knightley, who is currently playing the Sugar Plum Fairy in Disney’s ‘The Nutcracker and the Four Realms’ talks ballet and looking like a cake. Rough Cut – no reporter narration.
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