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31.01.2022 - 04:13 / nme.com
Benny The Butcher and J. Cole have teamed up for a new single, titled ‘Johnny P’s Caddy’.Released on Friday (January 28), the cut was produced by Alchemist and references the old school Cadillac that Benny’s father owned when he was a kid.
His dad would play music for him and fellow Griselda member Westside Gunn while driving them around, which Benny credits with developing a passion for music.‘Johnny P’s Caddy’ arrived alongside an accompanying music video, featuring clips of the rappers spitting bars in various settings. Watch it below.“Any rapper will tell you when you’re working with someone like Cole, it’s like a match of wits; you gotta go crazy, because you know he is,” Benny said in a press statement.
“Iron sharpens iron. You want it to be an environment where someone has the presence to push you.
It’s dope!”The track is the lead single off Benny’s forthcoming album ‘Tana Talk 4’, which is set to arrive later this year. It’ll mark the sequel to 2018’s ‘Tana Talk 3’.
Last November, Benny linked up with Morray for the single ‘Never Fail’. It came months after his signing to Def Jam, thanks largely to Snoop Dogg, who took over as the label’s executive creative consultant in June 2021.
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Cassyette has shared her riotous new single, ‘Mayhem’ today (February 17) – listen to it below.The punk influenced track is said to “detail a love that has run its cause and the mayhem that ensues as a result.”Speaking about the new track, Cassyette said: “Over the last year I’ve learnt that nothing good lasts forever and sometimes you have to let things go. I loved him, and he loved me, but after going through so much, it changed things between us and we had too many problems beyond repair.“I had that feeling in the pit of my stomach that our time was up, and we both wanted to let go. We had reached the bottom line and my whole world turned upside down.I don’t think you ever fully get over heartbreak.
Vince Staples has shared his new single ‘MAGIC’, which was co-produced by Mustard – you can hear the track below.The song is the first preview of the Long Beach rapper’s forthcoming new album ‘Ramona Park Broke My Heart’, which is set for release in April (date to be determined) via Blacksmith Recordings and Motown Records UK.The first single from the upcoming LP sees Staples team up with the LA producer and DJ Mustard for the collaborative ‘MAGIC’.The track, which you can hear below, was co-produced by Lewis Hughes, Mustard, Nick “Unknown Nick” Audino and My Best Friend Jacob, while Kenny Beats also contributed to the song as a recording engineer.Speaking about ‘Ramona Park Broke My Heart’ in a press release, Staples said of the title: “It’s symbolic of home. And everyone has a home.
Well, this is sure to cause more baby momma drama! Nick Cannon is very publicly pining for a second chance with his ex-wife Mariah Carey!
Kurt Vile has shared psychedelic visuals for his new single ‘Like Exploding Stones’, as well as announcing details of his next studio album ‘(watch my moves)’. Check it out below, along with our interview with Vile.Released on April 14, ‘watch my moves’ will be Vile’s first album since signing to the legendary jazz label Verve Records in 2021. The record was made over a long stretch of time between his newly-constructed home studio OKV Central in his native Philadelphia, and sessions in Los Angeles with long time collaborator Rob Schnapf.“My albums always progress from one to the next just by me getting older physically and spiritually,” Vile told NME of the 15 track LP.
Nick Cannon has a new single about being single, and this time, he’s speaking to his ex-wife, Mariah Carey. Although the musician and talk show host didn’t directly shout-out Mariah, the lyrics made it pretty clear about whom he was thinking, as he even sampled her 1990 song “Alone in Love” for the track. “I say I’m cool when I know I miss it / I’d trade it all for the case / If I could have you back / If I could go back to where we started at,” the lyrics say.
Ibeyi have shared a new single – listen to ‘Sister 2 Sister’ below.It comes as the Afro-French Cuban musical duo – comprising twin sisters Lisa-Kaindé Diaz and Naomi Diaz – also unveiled details of a new album ‘Spell 31’, which arrives on May 6 via XL. You can pre-order the album here.The album has been made with longtime producer Richard Russell and features guests including Jorja Smith, Pa Salieu and Berwyn.Listen to ‘Sister 2 Sister’ and see the full album track listing below.Tracklist1. ‘Sangoma’2. ‘O Inle’3. ‘Made Of Gold’ (Feat. Pa Salieu)4. ‘Sister 2 Sister’5. ‘Creature (Perfect)’6. ‘Tears Are Our Medicine’7. ‘Foreign Country’8. ‘Lavender & Red Roses’ (Feat. Jorja Smith)9. ‘Rise Above’ (Feat. Berwyn)10. ‘Los Muertos’ Back in November, Ibeyi released ‘Made Of Gold’ featuring Pa Salieu.Speaking about that track the pair said: “The first song we produced in the studio was ‘Made of Gold’.
Rex Orange County has shared the music video for his new single ‘Amazing’, the second offering from his upcoming album ‘Who Cares?‘. Watch below.The upbeat and sunny-sounding ‘Amazing’ is described as an ode to falling in love, with visuals featuring finger puppets directed by Chris Ullens.
Epik High have unveiled a nostalgic music video for their new single ‘Gray So Gray’ featuring soloist Younha.Today (February 14), the trio – which comprises Tablo, Mithra Jin and DJ Tukutz – returned with their long-awaited record ‘Epik High Is Here 下, Part 2’, the follow-up to last year’s ‘Epik High Is Here 上, Part One’. The album dropped alongside a music video for lead single ‘Gray So Gray’, which features singer Younha, who had previously worked with the trio on their 2014 song ‘Umbrella’.Filmed in the style of a home video, the new visual follows a young woman as she experiences moments of happiness in her life.
Snoop Dogg has celebrated becoming the owner of Death Row Records by releasing new album ‘BODR’ AKA ‘Back On Death Row’ – check it out below.The 18-track record sees Snoop team up with the likes of DaBaby, Wiz Khalifa, The Game and Nas.Elsewhere on the record, the song ‘Crib Ya Enthusiasm’ samples Luciano Michelini’s ‘Frolic’ which is the theme tune to Curb Your Enthusiasm. Snoop Dogg has also released a video for the track, which sees him cruising around LA.
Alexander 23 has shared a brand new single, ‘Hate Me If It Helps’, co-written by Olivia Rodrigo.The sprawling indie-pop cut marks the return of the Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and producer (real name Alexander Glantz) following the release of his 2021 EP, ‘Oh No, Not Again!’.Happy to be labelled a “bad guy” post-breakup in order for an ex to get closure, the song’s chorus hears Alexander sing: “You can hate me if it helps/ Make me out to be the villain/ Say you’re better by yourself/ So it feels like your decision/ You can tell ’em I’m the bad guy if it helps you sleep okay/ Because all you want is closure, but there’s nothing left to say/ So you can hate me if it helps/ You can hate me if it helps.”Co-written with Rodrigo – who Alexander worked with on her chart-topping hit ‘Good 4 U’ – it arrives with a beautifully shot, self-directed video. You can watch it below.This year looks set to be a big one for Alexander, whose yet-to-be-titled debut album is scheduled to arrive sometime in 2022, produced by Dan Nigro.He’s also about to head out on tour with John Mayer as support on the singer-songwriter’s ‘Sob Rock’ tour, which kicks off on February 17 in Albany, New York, and ends in Chicago, Illinois, on April 29. Yebba will also offer support.Meanwhile, John Mayer‘s first solo gig in two years was briefly interrupted this week when he was alerted to an audience member in need of medical attention.On Wednesday night (February 9), the ‘New Light’ hitmaker took to the stage at the Hollywood Palladium as part of SiriusXM and Pandora’s ‘Small Stages’ series.
Foals have shared a new single today (February 10) – listen to ‘2am’ below.The song is the latest from their upcoming new album ‘Life Is Yours’ and is the follow-up to last year’s single, ‘Wake Me Up’.‘Wake Me Up’ landed at Number 12 in NME‘s 50 best songs of 2021 list and was described as “the spiritual sequel to dancier moments like ‘My Number’ and ‘In Degrees’, but in truth it’s the fully realised disco infiltrator they’ve always threatened to write.”Speaking about their latest track, frontman Yannis Philippakis said, “Musically ‘2am’ is one of the poppiest songs we’ve ever written.“It’s about repetitive cycles of destructive behaviour, which I think lots of people can relate to, and certainly it’s an expression of something that I struggle with. There’s something cathartic about expressing that feeling to this upbeat music that’s got a sense of release and the hope of resolution.”You can listen to it here:A statement about Foals’ upcoming album, which is yet to receive a release date, said “the group started writing the album in their south London rehearsal space in the oppressive lockdown winter of 2020.”It added: “They very naturally gravitated towards writing songs with a zeal for escapism: propulsive energy, sun-kissed melodies and transportive lyrical themes, both in terms of time and space.
Kendrick Lamar will be releasing a new single this week.According to Darden, the current co-host Apple Music’s Rap Life Review, Lamar’s camp confirmed that the rapper will be dropping a new song ahead of his performance at the upcoming Super Bowl Halftime Show.On yesterday’s episode of Rap Life Review (February 9), the topic of Kendrick releasing new was music was being discussed before Darden said: “What I’m reading here provided by our producer Sasha… the way this reads, it sounds like it’s confirmed that we will get a single from Kendrick Lamar before his performance.”He went on to read out exactly what was written, quoting, “with the release of his single to be debuted ahead of the performance.”A post shared by HipHop-N-More (@hiphopnmore)Earlier this month, an inside source told Billboard that a new single from Lamar may arrive in February.Last year, fans thought new music was imminent following a change of his Spotify profile picture. Speculation was then further fuelled when Kendrick registered a host of new songs with ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers).
Snoop Dogg has announced that he is now officially the owner of Death Row Records, the iconic record label where he started his career 30 years ago.Death Row Records was founded in 1991 by Suge Knight, Dr. Dre and Michael “Harry O” Harris. Snoop was one of the three key artists responsible for the success of the legendary west coast rap label alongside Dre and 2Pac.He released his first two albums – ‘Doggystyle’ (1993) and ‘Tha Doggfather’ (1996) – via the label before leaving for Master P‘s No Limit Records in 1998.Death Row has had a number of owners over the past two decades including toy company Hasbro, which forked out a whopping $3.8billion to buy Canadian studio Entertainment One Ltd. (eOne) in December 2019.
The Beths have returned with a powerful new single titled ‘A Real Thing’, marking their first new material in almost two years.It’s a darker track than fans of the band have to come to expect, standing out amid their catalogue with its bleak lyrics and bold, authoritative riffs more akin to metal than The Beths’ typically buoyant, jangly pseudo-surf-pop. On its explosive chorus, frontwoman Liz Stokes sings: “Getting rhyme over reason / It’s a sinister silly season / But maybe we can end up meaning / A real thing.”The track arrives alongside a video helmed by the band’s longtime collaborators Annabel Kean and Callum Devlin (aka Sports Team), with whom The Beths recently worked on their concert film ‘Auckland, New Zealand, 2020’.
mxmtoon has released ‘mona lisa’, a new single from her sophomore album that will be released later this year. The artist known as Maia has also announced North American tour dates – find those below.The single was released on streaming platforms on February 8 alongside art depicting the singer as the iconic Leonardo da Vinci painting.The ukulele-driven song invites the listener to daydream, mxmtoon checking off references to several famous artists, including William Shakespeare and Frida Kahlo, as she sings: “I wanna be a Mona Lisa / The kinda girl that you can dream of”.Listen to mxmtoon’s ‘mona lisa’ below.The single is taken from mxmtoon’s upcoming sophomore album, which has yet to be given a release date.In a statement, she said, “As someone who usually writes songs about other people, one of my ongoing questions is ‘will anyone ever write songs about me?’”“‘mona lisa’ is about wanting to be the subject of the art for once instead of being the creator.
Alt-J have shared a dreamy new single today (February 7) – listen to ‘The Actor’.It’s the final song to be released from the band’s forthcoming album ‘The Dream’, which arrives this Friday (February 11) via Infectious Music/BMG. It’s available to pre-order now.Describing the inspiration behind ‘The Actor’, the group said: “Hollywood, 1982.