Drake has dropped the latest diss track in his ongoing feud with Kendrick Lamar. ‘The Heart Part 6’ takes its title from Lamar’s ongoing single series, and it arrives on the heels of Lamar’s new songs ‘Meet the Grahams’ and ‘Not Like Us’. Posting the song on social media, Drake wrote, “And we know you’re dropping 6 mins after so instead of posting my address you have a lot to address.” Listen below.
On the new track, Drake denies Lamar’s allegations that he pursued underage women (“I never been with no one underage, but now I understand why this the angle that you really mess with”), and claims that his camp fed Kendrick false information about having a daughter. “The one’s that you’re getting your stories from, they’re all clowns,” he raps. “We plotted for a week and then we fed you the information/ A daughter that’s 11 years old, I bet he takes it.”
Dua Lipa pulled double duty on last night’s episode of Saturday Night Live, serving as both host and musical guest. In addition to performing ‘Illusion’ and ‘Happy for You’ off her new album Radical Optimism, the singer starred in multiple sketches, including one titled ‘Young Spicy’ about a hip-hop producer who wants her to come up with a new tag, and another where she chimes in on the ongoing beef between Drake and Kendrick Lamar. Watch it happen below.
Ahead of its release on Friday, Lipa previewed Radical Optimism with the songs ‘Houdini’, ‘Training Season’, and ‘Illusion’. Her European tour in support of the album kicks off in Germany next month.
Kendrick Lamar has dropped his fourth Drake diss track of the week, ‘Not Like Us’. The Compton artist released ‘Euphoria’ on Tuesday, followed by ‘6:16 in LA’ on Friday morning; both rappers then released diss tracks within an hour of each other, with Drake sharing ‘Family Matters’ and Lamar putting out ‘Meet the Grahams’. ‘Not Like Us’ was produced by Mustard, and its single artwork depicts Drake’s mansion as it would look on a sex offender map. Check it out below.
On the song, Lamar continues to accuse Drake of pedophilia, rapping, “Say Drake, I hear you like ‘em young/ You better not have to go to Cell Block One/ To any bitch that talk to him and they in love/ Just make sure you hide your little sister from him.” He also makes a play on Drake’s sixth album: “Certified Lover Boy/ Certified pedophile.”
Lamar then critizes Drake for teaming up with Atlanta rappers like Future, Lil Baby, and 2 Chainz to boost his reputation. “You run to Atlanta when you need a few dollars/ You not a colleague, you a fuckin’ colonizer/ The family matter, and the truth of the matter/ It was God’s Plan to show you’re a liar,” he raps.
The feud between Lamar and Drake was reignited last month with Lamar’s verse on Metro Boomin and Future’s ‘Like That’. Cole later responded with ‘7 Minute Drill’, which he then apologized for and pulled from streaming. Drake fired back with the songs ‘Push Ups’ and ‘Taylor Made Freestyle’.
Ravyn Lenae has announced her sophomore album, Bird’s Eye. The follow-up to the R&B singer’s 2022 debut LP Hypnos was executive produced by Dahi, and it arrives August 19 via Atlantic. Accompanying the announcement are the first two singles, ‘Love Me Not’ and ‘Love Is Blind’. Check out the self-directed video for ‘Love Me Not’ and listen to ‘Love Is Blind’ below.
“‘Bird’s Eye’ signifies returning to a place of self-trust and unbending intuition while acknowledging the paths and turns I’ve taken to get here,” Lenae explained in a press release. “Revisiting the most basic parts of my identity has allowed me to fully embrace them and be proud of where I’m going.”
Channel Tres has announced his long-awaited debut album, Head Rush, which is due out on June 14 via RCA. Along with the announcement, he’s shared the new single ‘Berghain’, a collaboration with Los Angeles artist Barney Bones. Check it out below.
“It’s about the time I played Berghain and how the culture in that environment made me feel, I didn’t feel weird anymore,” Channel Tres said of the new song, which is named after the famed Berlin nightclub. “Everyone’s the same, the goal for everyone in that place is to enjoy themselves and be free, and music played a pivotal role in that. It was the main thing for me and I wanted to document that experience I had there through music so that I always have that memory in my life. So I can feel that memory while I’m performing and relive that experience.”
After Kendrick Lamar shared ‘6:16 in LA’, his second Drake diss track of the week, on Friday, the rappers have delivered brand new diss tracks released within an hour of each other. Listen to Drake’s ‘Family Matters’ and Lamar’s ‘Meet the Grahams’ below.
Clocking in at over seven minutes, ‘Family Matters’ sees Drake taking more shots at Lamar and his wife Whitney Alford, rapping: “You the black messiah wifing up a mixed queen / And hit vanilla cream to help out with your self-esteem/ On some Bobby shit I wanna know what Whitney need/ All that puppy love was over in your late teens.”
Drake later turns his attention to the Weeknd (“a drugged out little punk sissy from the northside“), A$AP Rocky (“Gassed cause you hit my BM first n***a do the math who I was hitting then”) and Rick Ross (“Ross callin’ me the white boy, and the shit kinda got a ring to it/’Cause all these rappers wavin’ white flags while the whole fuckin’ club sing to it”).
At the end of the song, Drake seems to accuse the Compton rapper of domestically abusing a partner: “They hired a crisis management team/ To clean up the fact that you beat on your queen/ The picture you painted ain’t what it seems.”
An hour later, Lamar responded with ‘Meet the Grahams’, which begins by addressing Drake’s son, Adonis Graham: “Dear Adonis, I’m sorry that that man is your father, let me be honest/ It takes a man to be a man, your dad is not responsive/ I look at him and wish your grandpa woulda wore a condom/ I’m sorry that you gotta grow up and then stand behind him.”
In the second verse, Lamar speaks to Drake’s mother and father. “You raised a horrible fuckin’ person/The nerve of you, Dennis,” he tells his father, before turning to his mother Sandra: “Your son’s a sick man with sick thoughts/I think n—-s like him should die/Him and Weinstein should get fucked up in a cell for the rest of they life.” He then alleges that Drake is “hiding another child,” an 11-year-old daughter.
“Fuck a rap battle/ This a lifelong battle with yourself,” Lamar concluded.
Lamar reignited the feud last month by dissing Drake and J. Cole on his surprise verse on Metro Boomin and Future’s ‘Like That’. Cole later responded with ‘7 Minute Drill’, but then apologized for it and pulled the track from streaming. Drake fired back with the songs ‘Push Ups’ and ‘Taylor Made Freestyle’, to which Lamar responded with ‘Euphoria’ on May 1 and yesterday’s ‘6:16 in LA’.
Kendrick Lamar has dropped another Drake diss song, ‘6:16 in LA’. Arriving just days after the six-minute ‘Euphoria’, the Al Green-sampling-track is only available on Lamar’s Instagram, and it’s produced by Jack Antonoff and his Red Hearse bandmate Sounwave. Check it out below.
“Are you finally ready to play Have You Ever? Let’s see/ Have you ever thought that OVO was workin’ for me?” Kendrick raps on the track. “Fake bully, I hate bullies, you must be a terrible person/ Everyone in your team is whispering that you deserve it/ Can’t ‘Toosie Slide’ out of this one, it’s just gon’ resurface/ Every dog gotta have his day, now live in your purpose/ It was fun ’til you start to put money up in the streets/ Then lost money, ’cause they came back with the no receipts.”
He later goes on: “You playin’ dirty with propaganda, it blow up on ya/ You’re playin’ dirty with Zack Bia and Twitter bots/ But your reality can’t hide behind Wi-Fi/ Your lil’ memes is losing steam, they figured you out/ The forced opinions is not convincin’, y’all need a new route.”
Lamar ends the song, which he posted alongside a photo of a black leather glove with a Maybach logo, with the line: “It’s time that you look around on who’s around you/ Before you figure that you’re not alone, ask what Mike would do.” Drake compared himself to Michael Jackson on his J. Cole collab ‘First Person Shooter’.
Dua Lipa’s Radical Optimism has arrived. The Future Nostalgia follow-up was promoted with the singles ‘Houdini’, ‘Training Season’, and ‘Illusion’. “A couple years ago, a friend introduced me to the term Radical Optimism,” Lipa said in a press release. “It’s a concept that resonated with me, and I became more curious as I started to play with it and weave it into my life. It struck me—the idea of going through chaos gracefully and feeling like you can weather any storm. At the same time, I found myself looking through the music history of psychedelia, trip hop, and Britpop. It has always felt so confidently optimistic to me, and that honesty and attitude is a feeling I took into my recording sessions.”
Jessica Pratt has released her fourth album, Here in the Pitch, via City Slang and Mexican Summer. The follow-up to 2019’s Quiet Signs includes the previously unveiled songs ‘World on a String’, ‘Life Is’, and ‘The Last Year’. Pratt returned to Gary’s Electric Studio in Brooklyn to lay down the album, working with collaborators including multi-instrumentalist/engineer Al Carlson, keyboardist Matt McDermott, bassist Spencer Zahn, and percussionist Mauro Refosco. Ryley Walker, Peter Mudge, and Alex Goldberg also contributed to the LP. “I never wanted it to take this long,” Pratt said. “I’m just a real perfectionist. I was just trying to get the right feeling, and it takes a long time to do that.”
Kamasi Washington has returned with a new album called Fearless Movement. The follow-up to 2018’s Heaven and Earth boasts guest appearances from André 3000, Thundercat, George Clinton, Terrace Martin, BJ the Chicago Kid, and more. The jazz luminary described the LP as his dance album, explaining, “It’s not literal. Dance is movement and expression, and in a way it’s the same thing as music – expressing your spirit through your body. That’s what this album is pushing.” The singles ‘Prologue’ and ‘Dream State’ arrived ahead of the release.
Camera Obscura, Look to the East, Look to the West
Camera Obscura are back with their first new album in 11 years. Following up Desire Lines, Look to the East, Look to the West was previewed by the singles ‘Big Love’, We’re Gonna Make It in a Man’s World’, and ‘Liberty Print’. Camera Obscura went on an extended hiatus in 2015 following the death of keyboardist Carey Lander; the band, led by guitarist and vocalist Tracyanne Campbell, made the new album with producer Jari Haapalainen, who helmed their 2006 LP Let’s Get Out of This Country and 2009’s My Maudlin Career.
Sugarcoat is the latest album by Blushing, Austin, the Texas-based dream-pop band composed of the double husband and wife pairs of Christina and Noe Carmona and Michelle and Jacob Soto. Out now via Kanine, the follow-up to 2022’s Possessions includes the advance tracks ‘Slyce’, and ‘Tamagotchi’, and ‘Seafoam’ (which features lead guitar from the Smashing Pumpkins’ Jeff Schroeder). It finds the group continuing the collaboration with Ringo Deathstarr’s Elliott Frazier and Ride’s Mark Gardener, who helped engineer, mix, and master the record.
Mdou Moctar have followed up 2019’s breakout Afrique Victime with Funeral for Justice, out now via Matador. “This album is really different for me,” Moctar, the Nigerian band’s singer, namesake, and guitarist, said in a press release. “Now the problems of terrorist violence are more serious in Africa. When the US and Europe came here, they said they’re going to help us, but what we see is really different. They never help us to find a solution.” Producer and bassist Mikey Coltun added, “With Funeral for Justice, I really wanted this to shine with the political message because of everything that’s going on. As the band got tighter and heavier live, it made sense to capture this urgency and this aggression – it wasn’t a forced thing, it was very natural.”
Less than a year after the release of their last album Everything Is Harmony, the Lemon Twigs are back with A Dream Is All We Know, out now on Captured Tracks. The 12-track effort was preceded by the singles ‘My Golden Years’, ‘They Don’t Know How to Fall in Place’, and the title track. “There’s definitely an escapist bend to this album,” Brian D’Addario commented in press materials. “Joyous music can take you out of the world when things get too heavy, which everyone needs sometimes. ”
Ibibio Sound Machine have dropped a new LP, Pull the Rope, following up 2022’s Electricity. The band, led by Eno Williams and Max Grunhard, recorded the new album with Sheffield-based producer Ross Orton (Arctic Monkeys, M.I.A.) over two weeks. “Ross is from Sheffield, which has an edgier, more industrial vibe than London,” Grunhard explained in press materials. “He hears things differently than us, is more grounded in rave and grungier sounds, and knew when to add drums or push the instrumentation more. It was very different for us, but it lends itself to where Ibibio Sound Machine is going.”
Snarls have dropped their sophomore LP, With Love,. Following 2020’s Burst and 2021’s What About Flowers? EP, the record was produced by Chris Walla (Death Cab For Cutie, Foxing, Ratboys) and tracked at his remote studio in Norway. The songs ‘Heavy Drinker’, ‘Big Fish’, and ‘baby bangs’ previewed it. “We wrote this record during a time of serious introspection for the whole group, and it covers all kinds of topics from love to loss, confidence to self-loathing,” the band reflected, “all the various ups and downs we’ve gone through in such a transformative period of time.”
Lightning Bug have unveiled their latest album, No Paradise. Arriving three years after A Color of the Sky, the album – the band’s first since leaving the Fat Possum label – includes the early singles ‘December Song’, ‘Opus’, and ‘Lullaby for Love’. According to a press release, “if [A Color of the Sky] was celestial, this is terrestrial, rooted in the dirt, the muck, the marrow of ephemeral life. It explores the vast landscape of darkness that threatens to envelop us all, but revels in the fault lines through which light shines, shimmers, guides us to something like salvation.”
Cyan Blue follows Charlotte Day Wilson’s 2021 outing Alpha. Released via Wilson’s Stone Woman Music imprint and XL Recordings, the album was preceded by the tracks ‘I Don’t Love You’, ‘Forever’ featuring Snoh Aalegra, ‘Canopy’, ‘My Way’ and the title track. “I want to look through the un-jaded eyes of my younger self again,” Wilson said of the record. “Before there wasn’t as much baggage, before so much life was lived. But I also wish that my younger self could see where I am now. It would be nice to be able to impart some of the wisdom and clarity that I have now onto her.”
Hana Vu has followed up her 2021 debut Public Storage with her sophomore full-length, Romanticism. Ahead of its arrival, she shared the singles ‘Care’, ‘Hammer’, and ’22’. “I’m just trying to convey my perspective as boldly as possible,” Vu explained. “To succinctly crystallize how it feels to be young, but also to be deeply sad.” She added: “Being a romantic is different from being a romanticist. The nexus of this album is indulging in these sad feelings, indulging in the senses. It’s just not commonplace in society that people really can value the beauty of being so sad, of feeling grief and heartbreak.”
Other albums out today:
S. Raekwon, Steven; Jon Mckiel, Hex; Kacy Hill, BUG; Kee Avil, Spine; American Culture, Hey Brother, It’s Been a While; Sia, Reasonable Woman; SEVENTEEN, 17 IS RIGHT HERE; Frank Turner, Undefeated; Sam Gendel & Sam Wilkes, The Doober; Into It. Over It., Interesting Decisions: Into It. Over It. Songs (2020 – 2023); Evilgiane & Slimesito, Evilslime; Rachel Chinouriri, What a Devastating Turn of Events; Vacation, Rare Earth; Better Than Ezra, Super Magick; Kelly Jones, Inevitable Incredible; ghost piss, Dream Girl; Jawnino, 40; Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti & Frank Rosaly, MESTIZX.
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The History Channel’s Vikings was a cultural sensation, and the impact of the historical epic can be seen far and wide throughout the entertainment industry. After Michael Hirst’s offering ended, it spawned an equally popular spinoff, Vikings: Valhalla.
Now that the sequel series is coming to an end in 2024, the question is where the franchise could go next. It would make a lot of sense for Netflix to continue releasing related content while interest is still high.
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The impact that Vikings has had on popular culture can be seen everywhere, from other television series to games. For instance, there’s a strong chance that it directly inspired Stephen Butchard’s The Last Kingdom, which shared many similar themes with the 2013 offering. It could have also influenced Black Sails, which dropped on Starz a year after Vikings’ release.
There’s no doubt that Vikings has had an incredible effect on the gaming industry. Indeed, there are countless games across a wide range of platforms that are inspired by the Norse seafarers. The recent God of War and God of War: Ragnarok both used Norse mythology, and they are regarded among the top console games of all time. There are also various mobile offerings, such as Vikings: War of Clans.
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Vikings: Valhalla has been an excellent spinoff and has brought more fans to the overall franchise. However, it was recently confirmed that it will be ending after the third season in 2024. This could be a good decision from creator Jeb Stuart, as it allows the series to stick concisely to its story without becoming drawn out and stale.
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The problem that the Vikings franchise is facing is the fact that the two programmes have covered most of the Viking age. A sequel, therefore, would have to explore later periods of history when the culture of the Norsemen was eradicated by Christianity.
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Camera Obscura are back with their first new album in 11 years. Following up Desire Lines, Look to the East, Look to the West was previewed by the singles 
Sugarcoat is the latest album by Blushing, Austin, the Texas-based dream-pop band composed of the double husband and wife pairs of Christina and Noe Carmona and Michelle and Jacob Soto. Out now via 
Mdou Moctar have followed up 2019’s breakout 
Less than a year after the release of their last album Everything Is Harmony, the Lemon Twigs are back with 
Ibibio Sound Machine have dropped a new LP, 
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