Busta Rhymes announces surprise release of new album ‘Blockbusta’

André 3000 will release a new solo album this Friday. The album is titled New Blue Sun and features eight tracks of him playing the flute. NPR, who spoke to the OutKast member ahead of the release, reveal that the album clocks in at 87 minutes and features a track titled "I swear, I Really Wanted To Make A 'Rap' Album But This Is Literally The Way The Wind Blew Me This Time." In recent years André 3000 has been spotted playing the flute in public settings, something that has confused onlookers and making him regularly go viral.

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Ethan Shanfeld The Smile has announced a new album “Wall of Eyes,” set for release on Jan. 26, 2024, via XL Recordings.

Laura Jane Grace has unveiled details of a new album, ‘Hole In My Head’, and has shared the album’s title track with a video directed by actor Danny Trejo’s son, Gilbert. Watch it below.The track is the second from Grace’s upcoming new album, following on from ‘Dysphoria Hoodie’, which was released last month.

Gordon Ramsay has announced the birth of his sixth child, a baby boy, with wife Tana.The 57 year old TV chef took to Instagram to show Tana, 49, holding their new bundle of joy as he announced his new-born's sweet name. Sharing three snaps, Gordon wrote in the caption: "What an amazing birthday present please welcome Jesse James Ramsay, 7lbs 10oz whopper!! "One more bundle of love to the Ramsay brigade!! 3 boys, 3 girls…. Done." The new addition to the family was born on 8 November, sharing his birthday with his famous dad.

Foghat isn’t tired of their mega-hit single “Slow Ride.”The ubiquitous classic rock staple, that showed up in the 1993 film “Dazed and Confused,” countless commercials and the video game Guitar Hero, still gets the band excited when they play live.“I enjoy it,” original Foghat member, drummer and Long Island resident Roger Earl told the New York Post. “It’s a nine-minute song these days.”After he shared his appreciation for the track, Earl turned the tables and lobbed a question our way.“Do you know what ‘Slow Ride’ is about?” the 77-year-old rock vet asked.Before given a chance to answer, he laughed.“‘Slow Ride’ is about sex!” Earl roared.

Ty Segall has announced his new solo album ‘Three Bells’ and shared the latest single, ‘My Room’.The US garage rock musician’s new album is due out January 26 – available to pre-order/pre-save here – and will include five collaborations with his wife, Denée Segall, along with appearances from members of his Freedom Band.Alongside the album announcement, the artist has dropped the single ‘My Room’, which opens with a plucky bassline before unfurling into a medley of acoustic instrumentals and screeching electric guitars.It’s the third preview of ‘Three Bells’ following the ‘Void’ and September single ‘Eggman’.Listen to ‘My Room’ below.“I’m excited for this record to exist,” Segall wrote in a social media post on Monday (November 6). “It was made with my friend Cooper Crain at Harmonizer Studios.

Sheryl Crow has shared details of her new studio album, ’Evolution’, alongside her bouncy new single ‘Alarm Clock’. Listen to the track below.READ MORE: ‘Sheryl’ review: along the winding road with a country-rockin’ queen‘Evolution’ will be the singer-songwriter’s 11th studio album and is set for release on March 29, 2024 via The Valory Music Group.Speaking about the surprise return, Crow said in a social media statement: “This music and these lyrics came from sitting in the quiet and writing from a deep soul place.

Dua Lipa has officially announced details of her new single ‘Houdini’.The singer has been teasing new music ever since she wiped her Instagram and changed her profile picture last month. After Lipa teased the title of her track yesterday (October 31), she took to Instagram today to confirm the new song will be called ‘Houdini’.

Green Day have caught fans off guard by announcing a surprise show in Paris, set to take place later this week. Find out how to get tickets below.The pop-punk trio – comprised of Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool – announced the news on their social media pages this morning (October 30), confirming that they will be headed across the pond for a one-off show later this week.Set to take place on Saturday (October 4), the gig will be held at the Bataclan Theatre and is seemingly set to see the band perform a variety of fan favourites, as well as some of their recently shared new material.“SURPRISE! We decided to hop on a plane and play a show in Paris.

Taylor Swift is stepping out in style to celebrate the drop of her album 1989 (Taylor’s Version).

Zara Larsson has announced her fourth studio album, ‘Venus’, and confirmed a UK and Ireland tour for next year. Find all the details below.The Swedish pop singer is due to release the follow-up to 2021’s ‘Poster Girl’ on February 9, 2024 via Sommer House/Black Butter/Sony.

The ever-prolific YoungBoy Never Broke Again has announced Decided 2, his fourth album of 2023 after I Rest My Case, Don't Try This At Home, and Richest Op. Out on November 10, the project has been revealed with three new songs: “Deep Down,” “My Body,” and “Now Who” "Deep Down" is your archetypal YoungBoy song with a NOLA-indebted beat and YoungBoy paying tribute to "the waters where I was raised." It also comes with a music video, presumably shot in Utah, where YoungBoy remains on house arrest.

Thania Garcia Brent Faiyaz surprised fans with the news of a new record early Thursday morning. Dubbed “Larger Than Life,” the 14-song collection serves as the follow-up to 2022’s “Wasteland,” which peaked at No. 2 on the U.S.

Chelsea Wolfe, the Sacramento-based singer-songwriter who offers a personal vision of goth-inspired music, has shared the details of an upcoming album. She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She is out on February 9, and it will be her first for her new label home Loma Vista.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Busta Rhymes has announced an all-star roster of executive producers including including Pharrell Williams, Timbaland, Swizz Beatz and Busta himself for his upcoming album “Blockbusta,” releasing on November 24.

Keith Richards has said that The Rolling Stones were prompted to make their new album, ‘Hackney Diamonds’, partly because of drummer Charlie Watts‘ death.Watts passed away from throat cancer in August 2021, at the age of 80. However, he still plays on two songs from the record, ‘Mess It Up’ and ‘Live By The Sword’.Richards has pinpointed that in a new interview as one of the things that compelled him and Mick Jagger to get back into the studio.

Neil Young has announced details of a new album called ‘Before And After’.Set for release later this year, the forthcoming LP will see the rock and roll icon re-visit his back catalogue and re-record various tracks in a new light.“Picking from a vast array of his originals, Young chooses favourites from his playbook like a trip into his music history,” reads a press release. It also states that the majority of tracks on the new album are solo acoustic re-recordings.Set to arrive on December 8 via Reprise, the album will see Young structure the tracklist so that the songs blend together and create one continuous flow from beginning to end.“The feeling is captured, not in pieces, but as a whole piece — designed to be listened to that way,” said Young of the new album.

Nadine Shah has announced a new album, ‘Filthy Underneath’, and shared its lead single ‘Topless Mother’.The follow-up to 2020’s ‘Kitchen Sink’ is set to be released on February 23, 2024, and marks the first release on the brand new EMI North label, which is based in Leeds and is the first major British label operating a physical space outside of London.Shah had been teasing the album last week, and, per a press release, it “chronicles a period of unprecedented turbulence” in Shah’s life “with renewed emphasis on placing melody and movement front and centre”. She has collaborated once again with longtime co-writer and producer Ben Hillier.The announcement coincides with the release of the album’s lead single ‘Topless Mother’.

Paris Hilton is set to release a new album next year, executive produced by Sia.The singer and TV personality confirmed that she is currently working on the new LP, and is set to drop a new song ‘Lighter’ – which she has made with Steve Aoki – later this week. The album will mark the follow-up to her debut album ‘Paris’, which was shared back in 2006.Appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon earlier this week, Hilton said, “Yeah, I’m recording the new album right now.”Speaking about working with Aoki, she added, “He’s so dope.