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‘Platonic’ Season 2: Everything To Know

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‘Platonic’ Season 2: Everything To Know

Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne have had quite the pivot. In Neighbors and Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising, they were husband and wife. In the first season of their Apple TV+ series Platonic, they’re former best friends who are, well, platonic and that’s that. The debut season was a winner in 2023 (the 93-percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes is pretty great), faring well enough to land the show a second run. The new season, from co-creators Nick Stoller and Francesca Delbanco, […]

todayJuly 4, 2025

JID, Trae Tha Truth, Lazer Dim 700 & More

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JID, Trae Tha Truth, Lazer Dim 700 & More

The Fourth of July is here and with it come several hip-hop projects to bump over the holiday. This week, a Dreamville sniper drops a prelude to his upcoming album, a H-town rap veteran puts out a personal project, a 2025 XXL Freshman delivers a new mixtape and more.JID Shares GDLU (Preluxe)JID's new God Does Like Ugly album is coming later this summer. Today, the Dreamville rapper gives fans something to hold them over with the GDLU (Preluxe). Coming in […]

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Indiecast On AI Bands And Glastonbury Reaction

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Indiecast On AI Bands And Glastonbury Reaction

Steven and Ian open with a quick conversation about fireworks and fireworks-adjacent emo music. Then they dive into the outcry from Lorde fans about the faulty “transparent” CD edition of her latest album, Virgin. Steven is excited to see CD discourse go mainstream, though he worries that this bad publicity might turn people off to the format. After that, they discuss the AI band The Velvet Sundown, which has already racked up 500,000 monthly listeners on Spotify in just a […]

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The 13 Best New Hip-Hop Songs This Week

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The 13 Best New Hip-Hop Songs This Week

Week in and week out, there are plenty of brand-new rap songs, no matter the time of year. It can be really difficult to stay aware of what's out and also what's hot, so XXL decided to make things much easier for you. Instead of sorting out nearly everything that was released this week, we've narrowed it down to strictly the best of the week, saving you plenty of time.Expect to see selections from the established stars, the next wave […]

todayJuly 4, 2025

July Albums We’re Excited to Hear

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July Albums We’re Excited to Hear

July might evoke visions of fireworks and BBQ; but there are other things worth celebrating this month—like hot new music! There are some dope albums dropping throughout July.Obviously, the buzz around Clipse’s new album Let God Sort Em Out is near fever-pitch (this is how you roll out an album, folks) but the new album from Pusha T and Malice isn’t the only big project dropping this month: Ciara makes her return with her first studio album since 2019.Here are […]

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A New Deftones Album Release Date Is Coming Soon, Reportedly

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A New Deftones Album Release Date Is Coming Soon, Reportedly

The latest Deftones album is 2020’s Ohms, and while it’s been nearly five years since then, it looks like a new one is coming very soon. In a recent appearance on The Dr. Greenthumb Show (as MetalSucks notes), Everlast was with Deftones guitarist Stephen Carpenter and he said: “Since we’re going to be on this kind of, you know, throwing flowers around attitude, this man has a record coming out much sooner, in August, that I just heard a few […]

todayJuly 4, 2025