Hello, bitches: CL is back. Maybe. Hopefully. The 29-year-old Baddest Female™ and forever 2NE1 leader sent Blackjacks and GZBz alike spiraling this week with the announcement of, well…something…fun. “GZBz! I got something fun for you guyz starting tomorrow ?,” CL… Read More
Brooklyn-based soul sensation Bette Smith delivers her latest album, The Good, The Bad and The Bette on 25 September via Ruf Records. The album was produced by Matt Patton of Drive-by Truckers and features guest appearances from Luther Dickinson and… Read More
Record Store Day usually happens in April, right after Tax Day, but with the pandemic, it got postponed to June which then got postponed again. What they came up with was splitting Record Store Day, and its usual cache of… Read More
Eastwood, the lighter indie rock/emo project led by Cole Crutchfield of modern-day hardcore/metalcore greats Knocked Loose, are releasing their debut full-length album It Never Gets Easy on September 18 via Pure Noise (pre-order). We recently posted a few of its… Read More
With food brands like Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben's under fire for the racist stereotypes in their packaging and names, rapper, label owner and entrepreneur Master P has launched his own brand, Uncle P's, which is making "Louisiana Seasoned" food… Read More
Farm Aid held a virtual concert, At Home with Farm Aid, back in April, and now the festival has announced another virtual edition, this one to celebrate its 35th anniversary. It streams on Saturday, September 26 at 8 PM ET… Read More
Public Enemy recently announced What You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down, their first album in three years and first for Def Jam in over 25 years, and now the tracklist has been revealed and it's loaded with huge… Read More
“We created an African tribe look from the future. A psychedelic African tribe from the 21st century,” says Edgardo Garces (aka Guajiro), in regard to Ghetto Kumbé’s aesthetic. This is evident from the Afrofuturistic album art on the group’s debut… Read More
Toronto composer Sina Bathaie utilizes both organic and digital elements to forge a new form of contemporary Persian music, as heard on his latest single “Bloom”. The title hints at the song’s intentions of something original emerging from the merger… Read More
Old school hip-hop fans can be forgiven if they are walking around with a powerful sense of déjà vu these days. More than 30 years after their release, NWA’s “Fuck tha Police” and Public Enemy’s “Fight the Power” have been… Read More