While his Twitter now remains as a blackout, Childish Gambino tweeted and since deleted a link to a countdown set for 2:00 a.m. on January 9th (Central time), a link which his brother also tweeted. The countdown link is all-black, sleek and simply shows the counter in the bottom right of the page with no information as what its for. Is it the teaser for his new television show Atlanta? Is it new music? Is it a huge announcement? Only time will tell, but definitely stay tuned.
Earlier today the lineup was revealed for New York’s 2015 Governors Ball Music Festival. The fest will be located in Randall’s Island Park in New York City and will take place June 5-7. This year’s lineup continues to impress as the festival will feature performances from Drake, The Black Keys, Lana Del Rey (our 2014 Woman of the Year), Deadmau5, Florence and the Machine, St. Vincent, Tame Impala, Flying Lotus, Little Dragon, Logic and many more. Check out the lineup below and find more information on this years Governors Ballhere.
Spoiler alert, at least as shown in the trailer, Donald Glover (Childish Gambino) gets killed by Olivia Wilde in the upcoming horror film “The Lazarus Effect”. The silver lining though is she comes back from the dead to do it, so technically a black guy doesn’t die first in this horror film… technically. Check out the trailer below. “The Lazarus Effect” comes out February 27th and is from the producer of “The Purge” and “Paranormal Activity”.
In her new interview with Billboard Lana Del Rey revealed a few details about the follow up to her critically acclaimed album Ultraviolence. According to our 2014 Woman of the Year, her next album will be titled Honeymoon and Lana has recorded 9-tracks for the upcoming project, 4 of which the production is “perfect”. Lana told Billboard that the album only needs a “few more songs to tie everything together.”
Check out rapper/singer Kyle (‘Keep It Real’) and his new track with Kehlani, titled ‘Just A Picture’. Speaking to THE FADER, Kyle explained that the song “was inspired by the fear that there will be a ‘selfie class’ in middle school 20 years from now. Our kids grow up thinking that liking someone means double tapping their picture.” Stream the full track below and peep the cover art below.
The day the Coachella lineup drops always makes winter feel even more ‘wintery’, for lack of better words, as the first confirmation of acts gets fans initially hyped for the spring. This year Coachella will be held, again on two weekends, from Friday April 10-13 to April 17-20. And who made this years lineup? Someone for everyone, as this year Coachella will host Drake, Jack White, ACDC, the Weeknd, Interpol, Lil B, Tyler the creator, Vic Mensa, Florence and the Machine, and many many more. Check out the full lineup below!
Check out Future’s newest video off his Monster mixtape, for his Metro Boomin and DJ Plugg produced track ‘Mad Luv’. Future had another amazing year in 2014, especially with the critical successful and one of our favorite 2014 tracks ‘Move That Dope‘ ft. Pharrell and Pusha-T. Watch Future hang out in the streets of Decatur, GA in ‘Mad Luv’ below!
If you have ever seen an Odd Future cypher, you would know how funny the California collective can be, spitting some of the most hilarious and ratchet raps which mock 99% of the rap game. Earlier today Earl Sweatshirt took to his Twitter to release a song with these similar hilarious and monotone bars, titled ‘silenceDArapgame’, which features Odd Future friend, Nakel. Stream the track below.
To kick off the new year, fans heard the first collaboration between Kanye West and Paul McCartney, the beautiful ballad ‘Only One‘ dedicated to Kanye’s late mother, Dr. Donda West. However, according to rapper Ty Dolla $ign there is more Kanye and Paul to come. During his interview will Billboard, Ty revealed that another song has been recorded between Kanye and the legendary Beatle, which also features Ty himself and Rihanna. No exact word on a release date, but stay tuned for more details!
Stream the new project from SAVEMONEY‘s Leather Corduroys (the side-project of Joey Purp and Kami de Chukwu), titled Season. The 14-track Season contains features from Chance the Rapper and Knox Fortune, and has production from Odd Future’s The Internet (among others).
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