Coachella 2024 headliner Tyler, the Creator teamed up with his former Odd Future group mate Earl Sweatshirt at Coachella on Saturday, April 20, to deliver a couple of songs.
The pair performed “AssMilk,” their collaboration from Tyler, the Creator’s 2009 mixtape, Bastard, and “Rusty” from 2013’s Wolf. Following their “Rusty” performance, they hugged each other and Earl Sweatshirt said, “Look at the biggest show on Earth” complimenting his friend and the grand landscape-themed stage setup. Tyler, the Creator called Earl Sweatshirt his brother and said, “I love this guy so fucking much.
The pair performed “AssMilk,” their collaboration from Tyler, the Creator’s 2009 mixtape, Bastard, and “Rusty” from 2013’s Wolf. Following their “Rusty” performance, they hugged each other and Earl Sweatshirt said, “Look at the biggest show on Earth” complimenting his friend and the grand landscape-themed stage setup. Tyler, the Creator called Earl Sweatshirt his brother and said, “I love this guy so fucking much.
- 4/21/2024
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
Tyler, The Creator headlined the second day of Coachella on Saturday night — a momentous occasion for one of rap’s biggest stars, coming 13 years after his Coachella debut as a member of Odd Future in 2011.
Tyler pulled out all the stops for his show, bringing out a star-studded guest list that included Childish Gambino, A$AP Rocky, Kali Uchis and soul singer Charlie Wilson, the famed lead vocalist of The Gap Band.
“These are Epstein hours!” exclaimed the 33-year-old rapper at the start of his set, which he began at 11:40 p.
Tyler pulled out all the stops for his show, bringing out a star-studded guest list that included Childish Gambino, A$AP Rocky, Kali Uchis and soul singer Charlie Wilson, the famed lead vocalist of The Gap Band.
“These are Epstein hours!” exclaimed the 33-year-old rapper at the start of his set, which he began at 11:40 p.
- 4/14/2024
- by Ethan Millman and Suzy Exposito
- Rollingstone.com
I speak to Brooklyn’s Mike while he’s lounging in the Netherlands before another show on his ongoing Somebody Fine Me Trouble Tour, on which he’ll traverse Europe and then the United States through May. He tells me that he’s enjoying his time overseas so far.
“We hit a lot of places I never performed at,” he says. “It’s always cool going to different places and [seeing] what the younger crowd looks like in certain countries.” But he tells me it hasn’t been completely smooth sailing.
“We hit a lot of places I never performed at,” he says. “It’s always cool going to different places and [seeing] what the younger crowd looks like in certain countries.” But he tells me it hasn’t been completely smooth sailing.
- 3/13/2024
- by Andre Gee
- Rollingstone.com
Thing Festival has revealed its 2024 lineup, led by St. Vincent, Toro y Moi, Black Pumas, and Spoon. Making its debut at Remlinger Farms in Carnation, Washington, the all-ages festival will go down from August 9th through 11th.
Other notable acts include Killer Mike, Earl Sweatshirt, Ethel Cain, and Stephen Sanchez. CoSign alums Arlo Parks and McKinley Dixon will also play the festival alongside Shakey Graves, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Militarie Gun, Ratboys, and more. See the full lineup below.
A ticket pre-sale (sign up for a code here) begins on Tuesday, March 12th, with the general on-sale slated for Friday, March 15th via Ticketmaster. Single-day and three-day passes will be available for both the General Admission and VIP tiers.
“Music discovery continues to be at the core of Thing,” Adam Zacks, curator of Thing and Seattle Theatre Group’s chief programming officer, said in a statement. “We’ll always aim to...
Other notable acts include Killer Mike, Earl Sweatshirt, Ethel Cain, and Stephen Sanchez. CoSign alums Arlo Parks and McKinley Dixon will also play the festival alongside Shakey Graves, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Militarie Gun, Ratboys, and more. See the full lineup below.
A ticket pre-sale (sign up for a code here) begins on Tuesday, March 12th, with the general on-sale slated for Friday, March 15th via Ticketmaster. Single-day and three-day passes will be available for both the General Admission and VIP tiers.
“Music discovery continues to be at the core of Thing,” Adam Zacks, curator of Thing and Seattle Theatre Group’s chief programming officer, said in a statement. “We’ll always aim to...
- 3/11/2024
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
A small room at the top of Hollywood’s historic Paramount Recording Studios is serving as a salon for Victoria Monét as she and a stylist put the finishing touches on her hair. She’s preparing to sit down with Kelly Rowland, and she’s pretty nervous. Meeting a role model can do that to a person.
When Destiny’s Child released The Writing’s on the Wall in 1997, Monét was about 10 years old, and Rowland about 18. Like many Black girls at the turn of the century (and today), Victoria loved Destiny’s Child.
When Destiny’s Child released The Writing’s on the Wall in 1997, Monét was about 10 years old, and Rowland about 18. Like many Black girls at the turn of the century (and today), Victoria loved Destiny’s Child.
- 10/24/2023
- by Mankaprr Conteh
- Rollingstone.com
There’s a popular adage floating around the social media site formerly known as Twitter: “I miss the old Doja.”
With the release of her album Scarlet this fall, pop star Doja Cat debuted a new look. She dropped her colorful lacefronts for a shaved head. She eschewed skin-baring costumes for brutalist demon-inspired imagery. Oh, and she told her fans — repeatedly, aggressively — to fuck off.
The Planet Her singer built her career on being a pop star who enjoyed the finest things the internet had to offer, just like regular people.
With the release of her album Scarlet this fall, pop star Doja Cat debuted a new look. She dropped her colorful lacefronts for a shaved head. She eschewed skin-baring costumes for brutalist demon-inspired imagery. Oh, and she told her fans — repeatedly, aggressively — to fuck off.
The Planet Her singer built her career on being a pop star who enjoyed the finest things the internet had to offer, just like regular people.
- 10/10/2023
- by CT Jones
- Rollingstone.com
Doja Cat’s latest troll has once again pushed fans to the limit as the singer posted and then deleted a photo of herself wearing a shirt featuring a notorious alt-right comic.
On Friday, Doja Cat uploaded the selfie donning a shirt with the image of Sam Hyde, an internet-infamous edgelord with ties to both the alt-right and neo-Nazi movements.
Hyde was previously a co-writer on Adult Swim’s Million Dollar Extreme Presents: World Peace before the series was canceled after one season for featuring racist and sexist messaging, Buzzfeed reports.
On Friday, Doja Cat uploaded the selfie donning a shirt with the image of Sam Hyde, an internet-infamous edgelord with ties to both the alt-right and neo-Nazi movements.
Hyde was previously a co-writer on Adult Swim’s Million Dollar Extreme Presents: World Peace before the series was canceled after one season for featuring racist and sexist messaging, Buzzfeed reports.
- 10/7/2023
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Earl Sweatshirt and The Alchemist have brought their long-awaited joint album, Voir Dire, to major streaming services after initially only making it available on the Nft platform Gala Music. Stream it via Apple Music or Spotify below.
In the days leading up to its original release, The Alchemist drummed up anticipation for the project on his Instagram account. After sharing a brief audio clip, he teased the tracklist and announced a joint show at the Jazz Cafe in London taking place on August 25th.
Besides the album’s sole single, “Sentry” featuring Mike, the only place to hear the full project at first was Gala, a streaming platform that utilizes blockchain technology and offers NFTs connected to releases. Earl and The Alchemist later released the video for another track, “The Caliphate” featuring Vince Staples, before bringing the full album to streaming on October 6th.
Fans have been anticipating a joint...
In the days leading up to its original release, The Alchemist drummed up anticipation for the project on his Instagram account. After sharing a brief audio clip, he teased the tracklist and announced a joint show at the Jazz Cafe in London taking place on August 25th.
Besides the album’s sole single, “Sentry” featuring Mike, the only place to hear the full project at first was Gala, a streaming platform that utilizes blockchain technology and offers NFTs connected to releases. Earl and The Alchemist later released the video for another track, “The Caliphate” featuring Vince Staples, before bringing the full album to streaming on October 6th.
Fans have been anticipating a joint...
- 10/6/2023
- by Bryan Kress
- Consequence - Music
Devotees of Earl Sweatshirt and The Alchemist have been scouring YouTube to find their “mystery album” for years to no avail. Luckily for the scavengers, the beloved artists released their collaboration album Voir Dire last month, and they dropped the Dsp version today, with three new tracks in tow — including two with close collaborator Vince Staples.
In 2019, The Alchemist tweeted that he and Earl dropped an album under a fake name and put it on YouTube. In 2021, he doubled down, noting “We hid a whole album on YouTube under a fake name and YouTube page.
In 2019, The Alchemist tweeted that he and Earl dropped an album under a fake name and put it on YouTube. In 2021, he doubled down, noting “We hid a whole album on YouTube under a fake name and YouTube page.
- 10/6/2023
- by Andre Gee
- Rollingstone.com
Earl Sweatshirt and The Alchemist have announced a US tour in support of their new collaborative album, Voir Dire.
Beginning November 6th in Seattle, the trek will take the rapper and producer down the West Coast to Portland and San Francisco before they head to Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, DC, and more. The tour wraps up on November 27th in Detroit. As for support, Black Noi$e will open all of the dates, while Mike will also perform in Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco.
Pre-sale tickets for the “Voir Dire Tour” are available now through Ticketmaster. Once the shows sell out, you can also find deals over at StubHub, where orders are 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s FanProtect program. StubHub is a secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.
Despite guesting on each other’s releases for years, Voir Dire marks the...
Beginning November 6th in Seattle, the trek will take the rapper and producer down the West Coast to Portland and San Francisco before they head to Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, DC, and more. The tour wraps up on November 27th in Detroit. As for support, Black Noi$e will open all of the dates, while Mike will also perform in Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco.
Pre-sale tickets for the “Voir Dire Tour” are available now through Ticketmaster. Once the shows sell out, you can also find deals over at StubHub, where orders are 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s FanProtect program. StubHub is a secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.
Despite guesting on each other’s releases for years, Voir Dire marks the...
- 9/14/2023
- by Carys Anderson
- Consequence - Music
Earl Sweatshirt is marking the 10th anniversary of his solo debut album Doris with a series of shows and last night a special guest arrived to help him celebrate. Tyler, the Creator surprised the audience when he joined Earl on stage at Saturday’s concert at Novo in Los Angeles to perform their collaboration “Whoa.” Watch fan-shot footage of their performance:
The Odd Future alumni could potentially team up again this fall when Earl Sweatshirt performs at Tyler, the Creator’s Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival, which takes place Nov. 11 and...
The Odd Future alumni could potentially team up again this fall when Earl Sweatshirt performs at Tyler, the Creator’s Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival, which takes place Nov. 11 and...
- 8/20/2023
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
Chef Alisa Reynolds was on the brink of losing her prized My 2 Cents restaurant when she was struck with an idea that would take her career worldwide.
On her eight-episode unscripted Hulu series “Searching for Soul Food,” which dropped on June 2, the Los Angeles-based Reynolds travels the world, shining a light on marginalized cultures as she dines on native cuisines. Hailing from Onyx Collective, the series pushes Reynolds — whose food has been enjoyed by renowned figures such as Barack Obama, Lena Waithe, A$AP Rocky, among others — into the TV space as one of the few Black women to host their own show in the travel and food genres.
Her international journey takes Reynolds through Mississippi, Oklahoma, Appalachia, South Africa, Italy, Jamaica, Peru and Los Angeles, as she connects people from all walks of life and varied backgrounds through one commonality: good meals.
As viewers gather from its first episode,...
On her eight-episode unscripted Hulu series “Searching for Soul Food,” which dropped on June 2, the Los Angeles-based Reynolds travels the world, shining a light on marginalized cultures as she dines on native cuisines. Hailing from Onyx Collective, the series pushes Reynolds — whose food has been enjoyed by renowned figures such as Barack Obama, Lena Waithe, A$AP Rocky, among others — into the TV space as one of the few Black women to host their own show in the travel and food genres.
Her international journey takes Reynolds through Mississippi, Oklahoma, Appalachia, South Africa, Italy, Jamaica, Peru and Los Angeles, as she connects people from all walks of life and varied backgrounds through one commonality: good meals.
As viewers gather from its first episode,...
- 7/7/2023
- by BreAnna Bell
- Variety Film + TV
The Alchemist has returned with Flying High, an eight-song EP featuring Earl Sweatshirt, billy woods, Boldy James, and more. Listen to the EP and check out the music video for the opening track “Rip Tracy” below.
With soulful samples galore, Flying High shows off The Alchemist’s ability to craft velvety, lyric-centric hip-hop. “Rip Tracy,” which features Earl and woods, places the rappers’ calculated flows in the spotlight, while tracks like “Bless” boast melodic, jazzy arrangements. T.F, Mike, Sideshow, Larry June, and Jay Worthy all appear on the EP as well.
Like previous Alchemist releases — such as Lunch Meat, Bread, and This Thing of Ours 2 — Flying High begins with four tracks featuring lyrics, followed by instrumental versions of the same four tracks. Splitting it up this way, it makes it all the more easy to appreciate the balance between lyricism and sheer musical prowess that The Alchemist has perfected.
With soulful samples galore, Flying High shows off The Alchemist’s ability to craft velvety, lyric-centric hip-hop. “Rip Tracy,” which features Earl and woods, places the rappers’ calculated flows in the spotlight, while tracks like “Bless” boast melodic, jazzy arrangements. T.F, Mike, Sideshow, Larry June, and Jay Worthy all appear on the EP as well.
Like previous Alchemist releases — such as Lunch Meat, Bread, and This Thing of Ours 2 — Flying High begins with four tracks featuring lyrics, followed by instrumental versions of the same four tracks. Splitting it up this way, it makes it all the more easy to appreciate the balance between lyricism and sheer musical prowess that The Alchemist has perfected.
- 6/30/2023
- by Jo Vito
- Consequence - Music
Earl Sweatshirt is back with his first new music of 2023, a Jersey club-influenced tribute to 2000s reality TV titled “Making the Band (Danity Kane).”
Surf Gang founder Evilgiane, who recently produced Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar’s fun collaboration “The Hillbillies,” handled the beat for the track, which is named after Danity Kane, the R&b group formed on Diddy’s MTV series Making the Band.
After making references to stacking money and “feeling like Diddy standing in a bank,” Earl also name-drops Bruce Banner (aka The Hulk) while rapping over the skittering instrumental. In the accompany music video, directed by Hidji world and Yga, Earl has a chill night out. Watch it below.
“Making the Band (Danity Kane)” is Earl’s first solo release since his January 2022 album, Sick!, which featured the singles “Tabula Rasa,” “Titanic.” and “2010.” Following the LP’s release, he stopped by The Tonight Show Starring...
Surf Gang founder Evilgiane, who recently produced Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar’s fun collaboration “The Hillbillies,” handled the beat for the track, which is named after Danity Kane, the R&b group formed on Diddy’s MTV series Making the Band.
After making references to stacking money and “feeling like Diddy standing in a bank,” Earl also name-drops Bruce Banner (aka The Hulk) while rapping over the skittering instrumental. In the accompany music video, directed by Hidji world and Yga, Earl has a chill night out. Watch it below.
“Making the Band (Danity Kane)” is Earl’s first solo release since his January 2022 album, Sick!, which featured the singles “Tabula Rasa,” “Titanic.” and “2010.” Following the LP’s release, he stopped by The Tonight Show Starring...
- 6/15/2023
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
Seated among plaques of Madonna, Janet Jackson, and Lil Wayne at Noble Studios in Harlem, the Charlotte-raised rapper Mavi tells me about how a chance encounter with Zora Neale Hurston’s You Don’t Know Us Negroes helped change the direction of his life. Earlier this year, he read her essay about High John de Conquerer, often depicted in folklore as a prince turned enslaved person with a glass-half-full sense of humor on his plantation. “He was the personification of laughter on the plantation and amusement at the expense of the slave master,...
- 10/21/2022
- by Andre Gee
- Rollingstone.com
Burna Boy, the Roots, Isaiah Rashad, Freddie Gibs, Tierra Whack, and more have been tapped for the 2022 Afropunk Festival, returning to the live music sector for the first time since 2019.
Having taken place virtually for the past two years, Afropunk will return to Brooklyn, New York’s Commodore Barry Park, on Sept. 10 and 11.
The Roots will headline Afropunk on the first night in celebration of their 30-year anniversary as a band. Burna Boy will take the stage for night two, marking his first U.S. festival headlining slot. The performance...
Having taken place virtually for the past two years, Afropunk will return to Brooklyn, New York’s Commodore Barry Park, on Sept. 10 and 11.
The Roots will headline Afropunk on the first night in celebration of their 30-year anniversary as a band. Burna Boy will take the stage for night two, marking his first U.S. festival headlining slot. The performance...
- 6/14/2022
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
Odd Future member Hodgy has released a new single, “We Never Knew,” co-produced by the rapper’s frequent collaborator and fellow Odd Future member Left Brain, a.k.a. Vyron Turner.
“We Never Knew” will appear on Hodgy’s upcoming project, Entitled, out May 20 via SoundCloud’s artist services division, Poortrait Records/Repost. The rapper has previously unveiled several songs from the EP, including “Into Someone” and “Everyday,” which was produced by Gorillaz’s Jeff Wootton.
The five-song EP is Hodgy’s first release since his 2016 debut solo LP, Fireplace.
“We Never Knew” will appear on Hodgy’s upcoming project, Entitled, out May 20 via SoundCloud’s artist services division, Poortrait Records/Repost. The rapper has previously unveiled several songs from the EP, including “Into Someone” and “Everyday,” which was produced by Gorillaz’s Jeff Wootton.
The five-song EP is Hodgy’s first release since his 2016 debut solo LP, Fireplace.
- 4/21/2022
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
“I’m still takin’ my shit/Parking my whip/Now I’m adjusting my fit,” raps Richmond, Virginia’s Fly Anakin on “No Dough,” a breakneck 90-second tour through everything that makes him a deeply exciting Mc. Pitted with an adventurous, funk-pumped Madlib beat, Anakin raps in a high-pitched cadence, sort of like Az if he’d won a science contest in fifth grade. Madlib described Anakin as “one of the illest MCs,” and on “No Dough,” you hear what he means. Anakin’s commanding without ever raising his voice.
- 3/30/2022
- by Jayson Buford
- Rollingstone.com
The Roots, Mitski, and the National will headline the 2022 Pitchfork Music Festival, set to take place at Union Park in Chicago, July 15 through 17.
The National will top the bill on the festival’s first day, along with Spiritualized and Parquet Courts. Other acts set to perform include Tierra Whack, Dawn Richard, Indigo De Souza, Spirit of the Beehive, Camp Cope, and CupcakKe. Mitski will headline day two with additional top-billed sets from Japanese Breakfast and Lucy Dacus, as well as performances from Low, Magdalena Bay, Dry Cleaning, Iceage, Arooj Aftab,...
The National will top the bill on the festival’s first day, along with Spiritualized and Parquet Courts. Other acts set to perform include Tierra Whack, Dawn Richard, Indigo De Souza, Spirit of the Beehive, Camp Cope, and CupcakKe. Mitski will headline day two with additional top-billed sets from Japanese Breakfast and Lucy Dacus, as well as performances from Low, Magdalena Bay, Dry Cleaning, Iceage, Arooj Aftab,...
- 3/8/2022
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
The Smoker’s Club Fest has announced its 2022 lineup, with strong headliners in Kid Cudi, A$AP Rocky and Playboi Carti. The festival will take place on April 30, at the Glen Helen Amphitheater in San Bernadino, California. Other great performers who will be at the festival include Danny Brown, Yung Lean, Rico Nasty, Earl Sweatshirt and Joey Badass. A few performers will be […]
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- 1/26/2022
- by Jacob Linden
- Uinterview
Earl Sweatshirt will release a new album, Sick, on Jan. 14, 2022 via Tan Cressida/Warner Records. The rapper has previewed the release with “Tabula Rasa,” a single featuring rap duo Armand Hammer.
The single is accompanied by a music video directed by Joseph, which was filmed during the recording process in one shot.
“Sick is my humble offering of 10 songs recorded in the wake of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic and its subsequent lockdowns,” Earl Sweatshirt said in a statement. “Before the virus I had been working on an album I named...
The single is accompanied by a music video directed by Joseph, which was filmed during the recording process in one shot.
“Sick is my humble offering of 10 songs recorded in the wake of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic and its subsequent lockdowns,” Earl Sweatshirt said in a statement. “Before the virus I had been working on an album I named...
- 12/10/2021
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Earl Sweatshirt has debuted a new single, “2010,” the rapper’s first solo release since 2019. The track, produced by Black Noi$e, is accompanied by an intimate music video directed by Ryosuke Tanzawa.
The single sees the rapper hitting lyrics about his humble beginnings and reflecting on his trajectory of success to date. “Threw me loose changе/Look at what I made of it,” Sweatshirt boasts on the song.
Fans had been speculating about the song’s release after Sweatshirt revealed coordinates that lead fans to cryptic billboards with an augmented reality filter.
The single sees the rapper hitting lyrics about his humble beginnings and reflecting on his trajectory of success to date. “Threw me loose changе/Look at what I made of it,” Sweatshirt boasts on the song.
Fans had been speculating about the song’s release after Sweatshirt revealed coordinates that lead fans to cryptic billboards with an augmented reality filter.
- 11/19/2021
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Kendrick Lamar, Travis Scott, and Tyler, the Creator are set to headline the 2021 Day N Vegas festival, which will take place November 12th through 14th at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds.
Lamar’s set was billed in a press release as his only live performance of 2021. The billing on the festival poster also suggests Lamar’s performance will be a retrospective of sorts, rather than a chance to debut or tease any long-awaited new music (“From Section.80 to Damn,” the poster reads, referencing Lamar’s first and latest album).
Along with the headliners,...
Lamar’s set was billed in a press release as his only live performance of 2021. The billing on the festival poster also suggests Lamar’s performance will be a retrospective of sorts, rather than a chance to debut or tease any long-awaited new music (“From Section.80 to Damn,” the poster reads, referencing Lamar’s first and latest album).
Along with the headliners,...
- 6/14/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
At his leisure, the musician Mavi plays with space and time. The 21-year-old rapper from Charlotte, North Carolina sees storytelling as a way to speak his truth while he’s alive. His latest EP End of the Earth was released to critical praise and marked a significant step towards what could be a major sophomore album from the rising star. The EP’s cover art takes after Shel Silverstein’s Where The Sidewalk Ends, and the metaphor tracks. End of the Earth features Mavi’s sharpest lyrical skill melded seamlessly with shapeshifting lo-fi sonics.
- 6/11/2021
- by Clarissa Brooks
- Rollingstone.com
Lorde, Megan Thee Stallion, Beck, Dua Lipa, Pavement, Massive Attack, and Gorillaz are among the artists set to play Primavera Sound when it returns in 2022.
The festival, which takes place in Barcelona, Spain, will be held over two weekends next year — June 2nd and June 4th, and June 9th through 11th — with slightly different lineups each time. The two weekends will take place at the Parc del Fòrum, while in the intervening week, June 5th through 8th, there will be an array of shows at venues around Barcelona. Primavera Sound...
The festival, which takes place in Barcelona, Spain, will be held over two weekends next year — June 2nd and June 4th, and June 9th through 11th — with slightly different lineups each time. The two weekends will take place at the Parc del Fòrum, while in the intervening week, June 5th through 8th, there will be an array of shows at venues around Barcelona. Primavera Sound...
- 5/25/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
The 20-year-old poet and singer Arlo Parks started releasing music as a teenager, courting blog interviews in between her final exams. Parks, who was raised in London by Nigerian and Chadian-French parents (her full name is Anaïs Oluwatoyin Estelle Marinho), went on to release a pair of acclaimed EPs, Super Sad Generation and Sophie, in 2019; just before the pandemic hit, she was set to go on her first tour. Instead, she’s been stuck at home, waiting out this nightmare like the rest of us. “It’s given me some...
- 4/16/2021
- by Jeff Ihaza
- Rollingstone.com
Ten years ago, the members of Odd Future wore balaclavas with sharpied inverted crosses on them for an appearance on network television. Tyler, the Creator was 19 years old, Hodgy Beats about 16 months older, and Earl Sweatshirt was still sequestered in Samoa. They took the soundstage of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon on February 16th, 2011 — backed by three members of the Roots and a girl dressed in full Ring make-up — and begrudgingly censored the many indecencies that appear in their early deep-cut “Sandwitches.” (“Not Dom, but if I was a Dahm...
- 2/16/2021
- by Luke Winkie
- Rollingstone.com
Earl Sweatshirt dropped the expanded edition of his 2019 EP Feet of Clay Friday, and with it new song “Ghost” featuring Navy Blue.
Built around a soul sample, the Black Noi$e-produced track finds the enigmatic Sweatshirt bookending the two-minute song with a potent chorus while his guest Navy Blue delivers the central verse; Black Noi$e is also the first signee to Sweatshirt’s imprint Tan Cressida.
The expanded version of Sweatshirt’s Feet of Clay — out physically Friday on CD and limited edition vinyl following its predecessor’s digital-only...
Built around a soul sample, the Black Noi$e-produced track finds the enigmatic Sweatshirt bookending the two-minute song with a potent chorus while his guest Navy Blue delivers the central verse; Black Noi$e is also the first signee to Sweatshirt’s imprint Tan Cressida.
The expanded version of Sweatshirt’s Feet of Clay — out physically Friday on CD and limited edition vinyl following its predecessor’s digital-only...
- 7/24/2020
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Earl Sweatshirt shared a new song this week, “Whole World,” featuring production from the Alchemist and a verse from Los Angeles Mc Maxo. The cut will appear on the upcoming vinyl deluxe edition of Earl’s 2019 Ep Feet of Clay.
“Whole World” boasts a brooding and hypnotic Alchemist beat that provides the perfect canvas for Earl and Maxo to get existential with their bars and wordplay. “Angels sitting on my dome, had to recognize,” Maxo spits, “All the feelings I disguise, it’s there when I bleed/Eyes to my feet,...
“Whole World” boasts a brooding and hypnotic Alchemist beat that provides the perfect canvas for Earl and Maxo to get existential with their bars and wordplay. “Angels sitting on my dome, had to recognize,” Maxo spits, “All the feelings I disguise, it’s there when I bleed/Eyes to my feet,...
- 4/24/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
So, How Was Your Decade is a series in which the decade’s most innovative musicians answer our questionnaire about the people, places and things that shaped their decade. We’ll be rolling these pieces out throughout December.
Few artists can truly stake a claim to the James Brown Honorary “Hardest Working Person in Show Business” Title, but Questlove is certainly a contender. At the top of his docket, of course, remains the Roots, with whom he released four studio albums in the 2010s, plus three collaborative LPs with John Legend,...
Few artists can truly stake a claim to the James Brown Honorary “Hardest Working Person in Show Business” Title, but Questlove is certainly a contender. At the top of his docket, of course, remains the Roots, with whom he released four studio albums in the 2010s, plus three collaborative LPs with John Legend,...
- 12/6/2019
- by Rolling Stone
- Rollingstone.com
Solange appeared on The Tonight Show to perform a nine-minute medley of songs from her recent album When I Get Home. The evocative performance — which featured a band, two singers and several back-up dancers — included renditions of “Taking on the Light,” “Things I Imagined,” “Down With the Clique,” “Binz” and “Almeda.”
In the clip, Solange flips through the tracks, each getting its own visual aesthetic and lighting scheme. It has a theatrical Motown vibe, especially with the inclusion of the horn section. Toward the end, Solange and her crew amp...
In the clip, Solange flips through the tracks, each getting its own visual aesthetic and lighting scheme. It has a theatrical Motown vibe, especially with the inclusion of the horn section. Toward the end, Solange and her crew amp...
- 12/3/2019
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
The first thing you see in Earl Sweatshirt’s “East” music video is Earl standing on a city beach, enjoying the sunset and holding a joint and a Corona. A giant superimposed moon darts haphazardly across his body. Earl’s friends grin and point at the camera and throw up middle fingers behind him. Randomly sized thumbnail videos culled from random points of the shoot pop up at random intervals and at random points on the screen.
The song’s beat, a jolly, drum-less interplay of breezy flute whirls and jolly jack-in-the-box accordion,...
The song’s beat, a jolly, drum-less interplay of breezy flute whirls and jolly jack-in-the-box accordion,...
- 11/4/2019
- by Danny Schwartz
- Rollingstone.com
Earl Sweatshirt gives his Hawaiian vacation a delightfully surreal edge in the new video for “East,” a track off his latest Ep, Feet of Clay.
“East” clocks in at just under two minutes and finds Earl unraveling stream-of-consciousness bars — “I lost my phone and consequently/All the feelings I caught for my Gf” — over a bizarro anti-beat that’s basically just one weird loop of an accordion and strings.
The Realest Photographer Ever-directed video complements the song perfectly, as Earl casually drinks a beer, alternates between a cigarette and a...
“East” clocks in at just under two minutes and finds Earl unraveling stream-of-consciousness bars — “I lost my phone and consequently/All the feelings I caught for my Gf” — over a bizarro anti-beat that’s basically just one weird loop of an accordion and strings.
The Realest Photographer Ever-directed video complements the song perfectly, as Earl casually drinks a beer, alternates between a cigarette and a...
- 11/1/2019
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Earl Sweatshirt will release a new seven-track Ep, Feet of Clay, Friday, November 1st, at midnight via Warner Records and the rapper’s own Tan Cressida.
Earl produced much of the Ep himself, and it also features guest appearances from Haitian-American rapper Mach-Hommy and rising Mc Mavi. Past Earl collaborator the Alchemist provided additional production, along with Ovrkast. Following the release of Feet of Clay, Earl will also share a video for one of the tracks, “East.”
In a statement, Earl said of the Ep, “Foc is a collection of...
Earl produced much of the Ep himself, and it also features guest appearances from Haitian-American rapper Mach-Hommy and rising Mc Mavi. Past Earl collaborator the Alchemist provided additional production, along with Ovrkast. Following the release of Feet of Clay, Earl will also share a video for one of the tracks, “East.”
In a statement, Earl said of the Ep, “Foc is a collection of...
- 10/31/2019
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Tyler, the Creator wanders around a luxurious mansion as his alter-ego Igor in the new video for “A Boy Is a Gun.”
The visual follows Tyler — decked out in a blonde wig, sunglasses and several colorful outfits — as he gazes from the home’s balcony, runs through a maze-like garden and reclines in a bathtub. At the climax, he appears to be in some kind of emotional turmoil, screaming and falling to the ground as a man swims alone in a pool and eventually rides away in a car.
“A...
The visual follows Tyler — decked out in a blonde wig, sunglasses and several colorful outfits — as he gazes from the home’s balcony, runs through a maze-like garden and reclines in a bathtub. At the climax, he appears to be in some kind of emotional turmoil, screaming and falling to the ground as a man swims alone in a pool and eventually rides away in a car.
“A...
- 9/16/2019
- by Ryan Reed
- Rollingstone.com
Tyler, the Creator has enlisted Solange, Yg and Brockhampton to perform at his eighth annual Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival, taking place November 9th and 10th at Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium.
Other performers include H.E.R., Thundercat, Willow Smith, 21 Savage, Blood Orange, DaBaby, Juice Wrld, Earl Sweatshirt, Clairo, The Internet, Fka Twigs, GoldLink, Yasiin Bey (the rapper known as Mos Def) and Omar Apollo. The poster also teases a performance from a special unannounced headliner. The full lineup can be viewed on the Camp Flog Gnaw website.
Passes for the Carnival will go on sale Friday,...
Other performers include H.E.R., Thundercat, Willow Smith, 21 Savage, Blood Orange, DaBaby, Juice Wrld, Earl Sweatshirt, Clairo, The Internet, Fka Twigs, GoldLink, Yasiin Bey (the rapper known as Mos Def) and Omar Apollo. The poster also teases a performance from a special unannounced headliner. The full lineup can be viewed on the Camp Flog Gnaw website.
Passes for the Carnival will go on sale Friday,...
- 8/12/2019
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
There is no meeting of the minds more necessary to the good of the collective culture than Tyler, The Creator and Funkmaster Flex. The two men, both prominent figures in hip-hop for very different reasons, are diametrically opposed on almost every conceivable level, but work in the service of the same goal.
For the last decade, Tyler has embodied rap’s anarchic vanguard. Blogs, proponents of political correctness, donuts, cats, cooper black font: no one was safe. In contrast, Flex, in his role as an extraordinarily vocal gatekeeper, has calcified...
For the last decade, Tyler has embodied rap’s anarchic vanguard. Blogs, proponents of political correctness, donuts, cats, cooper black font: no one was safe. In contrast, Flex, in his role as an extraordinarily vocal gatekeeper, has calcified...
- 7/26/2019
- by Charles Holmes
- Rollingstone.com
Production duo Christian Rich assemble a super team with Jaden Smith, Vic Mensa and Belly for their new song “Shibuya (Ghost II).”
The track follows Smith and Christian Rich’s 2018 collaboration, “Ghost,” and the new version boasts the same menacing mix of trap drums and eerie synths. As the duo explained in a statement, they sent the “Ghost” beat to Smith, Vic Mensa and Belly, expecting each Mc to return one verse, but Smith liked the song so much, he sent back three, allowing Christian Rich to spin it into its own song.
The track follows Smith and Christian Rich’s 2018 collaboration, “Ghost,” and the new version boasts the same menacing mix of trap drums and eerie synths. As the duo explained in a statement, they sent the “Ghost” beat to Smith, Vic Mensa and Belly, expecting each Mc to return one verse, but Smith liked the song so much, he sent back three, allowing Christian Rich to spin it into its own song.
- 6/7/2019
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
If you work in radio right now and you want to hear the new Taylor Swift single before it comes out at midnight, you are required to navigate a series of stringent security measures. A label representative comes to your station at a pre-appointed time. Before hearing the single, you must sign a nondisclosure agreement. Then you are allowed to listen through noise-cancelling headphones as a snippet of the song is played from a device that is treated with the same care as the nuclear football, according to programmers who...
- 4/25/2019
- by Elias Leight
- Rollingstone.com
Growing old is not for the young. By nature, no one happily anticipates the lethargic decay that life inflicts on the human body until it eventually cannot continue to function properly. But, at some point, this affliction devours everyone, and there’s nothing anyone can do to stop it. Hip-hop artist Thebe Kgositsile (professionally known as Earl Sweatshirt) once stated, “Time waits for no man and death waits for cold hands.” Although no intrinsic ties connect Tom Quinn’s thought-provoking drama “Colewell” with Kgositsile’s esoteric raps, the quote remains applicable all the same.
Continue reading ‘Colewell’: Is Quietly Devastating & Karen Allen Is Tremendous [Sfiff Review] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Colewell’: Is Quietly Devastating & Karen Allen Is Tremendous [Sfiff Review] at The Playlist.
- 4/14/2019
- by Jonathan Christian
- The Playlist
Less than a week before Solange was set to appear onstage at Coachella, the singer has canceled her upcoming sets due to unspecified “major production delays.”
“Due to major production delays, Solange will unfortunately no longer be performing at this year’s festival,” organizers wrote Sunday night on Twitter. “She sends her sincerest apologies, and looks forward to performing at Coachella in the future.” Solange’s cancellation will apply to both weekends of the festival, Rolling Stone has learned.
A rep for Goldenvoice, the production company behind Coachella, referred a...
“Due to major production delays, Solange will unfortunately no longer be performing at this year’s festival,” organizers wrote Sunday night on Twitter. “She sends her sincerest apologies, and looks forward to performing at Coachella in the future.” Solange’s cancellation will apply to both weekends of the festival, Rolling Stone has learned.
A rep for Goldenvoice, the production company behind Coachella, referred a...
- 4/8/2019
- by Jason Newman
- Rollingstone.com
Today, we celebrate the birthday of Hugh Masekela, popularly known as Father of South African Jazz. He was also one of the leading personalities not only in the field of music but also in politics too. He was a leading activist during his country?s rule under the repressive apartheid government. Hugh was a South African trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, composer and singer.?
His main inspiration for taking up the trump came from the film?Young Man With a Horn. Later encouraged by activist Father Trevor Huddleston
Unfortunately, the legend left us on 23 January 2018?at the age of 78. Masekela was born in the town of Witbank on April 4 1939. He was associated with various artist like Miriam Makeba, Paul Simo, Selema?Masekela, Barbara Maskela, Earl Sweatshirt.
Masekela was known for his jazz compositions and for writing well-known anti-apartheid songs such as "Soweto Blues" and "Bring him back home". He also had a number one Us?...
His main inspiration for taking up the trump came from the film?Young Man With a Horn. Later encouraged by activist Father Trevor Huddleston
Unfortunately, the legend left us on 23 January 2018?at the age of 78. Masekela was born in the town of Witbank on April 4 1939. He was associated with various artist like Miriam Makeba, Paul Simo, Selema?Masekela, Barbara Maskela, Earl Sweatshirt.
Masekela was known for his jazz compositions and for writing well-known anti-apartheid songs such as "Soweto Blues" and "Bring him back home". He also had a number one Us?...
- 4/4/2019
- GlamSham
Tony Sokol Mar 20, 2019
Woodstock 50 brings peace and love with more than 80 performances over a summer weekend.
The Killers, Miley Cyrus, Santana, Dead & Company, Chance The Rapper, The Black Keys, Jay-z, Imagine Dragons and Halsey will headline The Woodstock 50 Music and Arts Fair. The official lineup for the three-day 50th anniversary celebration of the iconic rock festival includes more than 80 musical acts spanning generations. Woodstock 50 runs from August 16 though 18, Woodstock's 50th anniversary weekend, Aug. 16-18. It is happening in Watkins Glen, N.Y., about 115 miles northwest of the original site.
“We’ve lined up artists who won’t just entertain but will remind the world that music has the power to bring people together, to heal, to move us to action and to tell the stories of a generation,” Michael Lang, who was the co-founder and original promoter of the 1969 Woodstock Festival," said in a statement. “Our hope is that today,...
Woodstock 50 brings peace and love with more than 80 performances over a summer weekend.
The Killers, Miley Cyrus, Santana, Dead & Company, Chance The Rapper, The Black Keys, Jay-z, Imagine Dragons and Halsey will headline The Woodstock 50 Music and Arts Fair. The official lineup for the three-day 50th anniversary celebration of the iconic rock festival includes more than 80 musical acts spanning generations. Woodstock 50 runs from August 16 though 18, Woodstock's 50th anniversary weekend, Aug. 16-18. It is happening in Watkins Glen, N.Y., about 115 miles northwest of the original site.
“We’ve lined up artists who won’t just entertain but will remind the world that music has the power to bring people together, to heal, to move us to action and to tell the stories of a generation,” Michael Lang, who was the co-founder and original promoter of the 1969 Woodstock Festival," said in a statement. “Our hope is that today,...
- 3/20/2019
- Den of Geek
Jay-z, the Killers, Chance the Rapper, Black Keys, Robert Plant, Halsey and Miley Cyrus are among the artists booked for Woodstock 50 as organizers revealed the Watkins Glen, New York festival’s full lineup.
Dead and Company, John Fogerty, Santana, John Sebastian, Country Joe Mcdonald, Canned Heat and Hot Tuna – all acts that took part in the 1969 festival – are all on the lineup for the festival, which takes place August 16th through 18th, the 50th anniversary of the original Woodstock.
Tickets for Woodstock 50 will go on sale April 22nd. Complete information...
Dead and Company, John Fogerty, Santana, John Sebastian, Country Joe Mcdonald, Canned Heat and Hot Tuna – all acts that took part in the 1969 festival – are all on the lineup for the festival, which takes place August 16th through 18th, the 50th anniversary of the original Woodstock.
Tickets for Woodstock 50 will go on sale April 22nd. Complete information...
- 3/19/2019
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Solange has dropped a new clip for “Binz,” a groovy, percussive number off her recent surprise album When I Get Home, and the singer appears to have recorded some of it herself. The video, which features a shortened version of the track, showcases a compilation of moments where Solange is dancing in front of a webcam. Solange is all of us as she’s twerking and feeling her vibe in the kitchen, living room and a darkened bedroom in various solo dance parties. Her look shifts throughout, suggesting she recorded...
- 3/12/2019
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Solange released When I Get Home, her fourth full-length album, on Thursday night. The 19-track collection is her first since 2016’s A Seat at the Table, and it includes contributions from Metro Boomin, Pharrell, Earl Sweatshirt, Tyler, the Creator, Playboi Carti and more.
Solange hinted at the release of When I Get Home earlier this week by revealing a new BlackPlanet page. Her site included cryptic phrases that could double as statements of artistic intent: “An exploration of origin”; “I made the pilgrimage back to the pagoda of Third Ward Houston to answer this.
Solange hinted at the release of When I Get Home earlier this week by revealing a new BlackPlanet page. Her site included cryptic phrases that could double as statements of artistic intent: “An exploration of origin”; “I made the pilgrimage back to the pagoda of Third Ward Houston to answer this.
- 3/1/2019
- by Elias Leight
- Rollingstone.com
Anderson .Paak has announced he will release a new album called Ventura. The follow-up to last fall’s Oxnard, his forthcoming fourth album was recorded during the same period as his previous LP and is executive produced by Dr. Dre. Ventura is due on April 12th via Aftermath Entertainment.
“Growing up in Oxnard gave me the grit and the church to find this voice of mine. One town over, I went further and found my depth,” the artist said in a statement. “The duality of each place inspired me greatly...
“Growing up in Oxnard gave me the grit and the church to find this voice of mine. One town over, I went further and found my depth,” the artist said in a statement. “The duality of each place inspired me greatly...
- 2/28/2019
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
Earl Sweatshirt’s Some Rap Songs is morphing into Some Rap Tour. Today, the rapper announced he is embarking on the A Tour Starring Earl Sweatshirt & Friends in March, featuring Mike, BbyMutha, Na-Kel Smith, Liv.E and Black Noi$e. In addition to the tour announcement, Sweatshirt also released a short film, Nowhere Nobody, directed by Naima Ramos-Chapman and Terence Nance (HBO’s Random Acts of Flyness). Over eight surreal minutes, the audience is introduced to Sweatshirt, who plays a basketball coach who uncovers a man wrapped in ivy — among,...
- 1/30/2019
- by Charles Holmes
- Rollingstone.com
Vince Staples will embark on a headlining North American tour next year. The “Smile, You’re On Camera” trek will kick off February 1st at the Rialto in Tuscon, Arizona. Staples will hit 37 cities over the next two months before the trek wraps April 3rd at the Fox Theater in Pomona, California. Compton rapper Buddy and Baltimore Mc Jpegmafia will serve as support throughout the tour.
Tickets will go on sale December 14th via Staples’ website. Two VIP packages will also be available: A VIP ticket bundle, which will include early entry,...
Tickets will go on sale December 14th via Staples’ website. Two VIP packages will also be available: A VIP ticket bundle, which will include early entry,...
- 12/11/2018
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Earl Sweatshirt’s 2015 album I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside is one of the best rap albums of the decade, but it was a grower, claustrophobic and dissonant. Some Rap Songs aims higher and makes you work harder. That blurry cover and demurring title are no feint; he’s buried in the mix, his voice fighting against…...
- 12/6/2018
- by Clayton Purdom on Music, shared by Clayton Purdom to The A.V. Club
- avclub.com
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