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Big Thief Share ‘All Night All Day’ From ‘Double Infinity’

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Big Thief Share ‘All Night All Day’ From ‘Double Infinity’

The new iteration of Big Thief announced Double Infinity, a new album, last month. They have a new song out today (July 9): “All Night All Day,” which is classic Big Thief with a bit of New Age influence thrown in. A press release describes it as “an expression of love and desire without shame.” A press release previously noted the group recorded the album last winter at the Power Station, New York City, for three weeks. They worked with […]

todayJuly 9, 2025

Joyner Lucas Challenges Skepta to a Battle, Skepta Responds

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Joyner Lucas Challenges Skepta to a Battle, Skepta Responds

Skepta and Joyner Lucas have been going back-and-forth on social media after Skepta threw down the gauntlet in challenging American rappers to battle. On July 3, the U.K. rapper announced on X that he wants to take on a U.S. rapper on wax; and he proposed multiple battles between U.K. and U.S. artists.“I wanna clash an American rapper anyway,” Skepta tweeted. “Finally get this UK/US rap debate sorted.”The tweet caught the attention of Lucas, who let Skepta know that he […]

todayJuly 9, 2025

Deftones Seemingly Tease A New Album

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Deftones Seemingly Tease A New Album

It appears Deftones have something new coming. At a performance in London last week, they teased something called “Private Music,” along with what seemed to be a release date of July 10. Now, they’ve taken the tease to social media. Yesterday (July 7), on Instagram, they shared two images, what appear to be screenshots from a music video or something similar. The first one has overlaid text that reads, “negative space in cycles been caught on our radar,” and the […]

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Samara Cyn – 2025 XXL Freshman Freestyle, Interview and More

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Samara Cyn – 2025 XXL Freshman Freestyle, Interview and More

TRUTH ON BEING AN XXL FRESHMAN: “My publicist had brought it to me and was like, ‘Hey, there’s XXL. They wanna have an interview with you, and that doesn’t mean that you got a spot, they just want to talk to you and stuff.’ And I was like, Oh Lord, is it my time? What’s happening? I think XXL is a scary thing, because it’s a very widespread platform. So, I think there’s a lot of love that could come […]

todayJuly 9, 2025

Indigo De Souza Shares ‘Be Like The Water’

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Indigo De Souza Shares ‘Be Like The Water’

Indigo De Souza’s new album Precipice will be out in a few weeks now, towards the end of this month. We’ve already heard “Heartthrob,” and now, today (July 8), De Souza has shared another new one, “Be Like The Water.” De Souza says of the song: “Be like the water is about being brave and protecting your energy. It’s about listening to your inner self and respecting your gut instinct. My favorite lyric in the song is ‘you can leave […]

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Essence Festival Of Culture 2025 Lives Up To Its Name

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Essence Festival Of Culture 2025 Lives Up To Its Name

While the event is technically called the Essence Festival of Culture, one of its biggest draws is the nightly concert featuring some of the biggest names in Black music. But at the 2025 Essence Fest in New Orleans, those names and the music they represent could be seen, heard, and felt throughout the weekend, all over the city — whether that was in the convention hall or just walking the streets of the Big Easy. If you had to pick […]

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Raphael Saadiq Announces One-Man Show Tour Expansion

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Raphael Saadiq Announces One-Man Show Tour Expansion

Raphael Saadiq is expanding his highly-acclaimed one-man show No Bandwidth: One Man, One Night, Three Decades of Hits with twenty-two new tour dates this fall.The Grammy-winning multitalent completed back-to-back sold-out nights at the legendary Apollo Theater in New York City back in May — as well as performances at Los Angeles’ historic United Theater on Broadway, and two homecoming nights at Oakland’s Fox Theater. Now, Saadiq’s No Bandwidth Tour will see him extending his run.“I’ve always wanted to do a […]

todayJuly 9, 2025