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Fox News Pundits Claim Kendrick Lamar...

During the BET Awards, Kendrick Lamar performed his To Pimp a Butterfly track “Alright” while standing on a vandalized police car. The performance was a talking point on the latest episode of the Fox News roundtable program “The Five”, Stereogum reports. In short, the pundits were not fans of Lamar’s lyrics or imagery, claiming his performance “incites violence”. “This is why I say that hip-hop has done more damage to young African Americans than racism in recent years,” said Geraldo Rivera. Also worth noting—Eric...
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Thom Yorke, Atoms for Peace Albums Avail...

Photo by Eliot Lee Hazel In 2013, Thom Yorke and his Atoms for Peace collaborator Nigel Godrich removed Amok and The Eraser from Spotify in protest of the company’s business model. This led the two men to debate back and forth with Spotify CEO Daniel Ek. As Consequence of Sound points out, Yorke’s albums (including his new one, Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes) and Amok are available to stream on Apple Music. So is In Rainbows—the only one of Radiohead‘s albums that isn’t available on Spotify. In a 2013 interview with Sopitas (via CoS), Yorke said:...
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Disclosure’s "Holding On"...

Disclosure‘s Caracal, the follow-up to their excellent 2013 debut Settle, is out on September 25. The Lawrence brothers recently dropped a trailer for something related to the album. Turns out it was for a short film directed by Ryan Hope, which will be broken up into four music videos. The first one is for “Holding On”, Disclosure’s new single featuring Gregory Porter. Shot in Mexico City, the clip tells the story of Mariela, a savior-type character in a dystopian world, helping a group of rebels take back a city...
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Kendrick Lamar Does Crazy Stunts in the ...

Kendrick Lamar has shared his video for his To Pimp a Butterfly track “Alright”. Directed by Colin Tilley and the Little Homies, the black-and-white clip features the artist performing a variety of stunts, including flying down the street and rapping from atop a traffic light and while upside down. Oh, and be sure to keep your eyes peeled for clowns, boombox stacks, and classic cars. Watch below.  Watch Pitchfork.tv’s feature on...
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Ty Dolla $ign: "Blasé" [ft. Fu...

Hooks in rap can be cheap. An artist can go from the closet-sized recording booth to posing alongside Kanye in the blink of an eye. Ask Future. Ask Ty$. (Presumably, Rae Sremmurd took notes.) For “Blasé”, the latest single from Ty$‘s upcoming Free TC, he could have enlisted any number of co-conspirators to handle the chorus, but it’s a treat to him pass the slurred hook back and forth with Future, while Rae Sremmurd stick to their best skill: turning-up at the club. With dozens of hits between this crew, “Blasé” remembers it’s...