Carl Williott
Your Country Needs You: Help Run The Jewels Re-Record Their Album With Cat Noises
Run The Jewels are prepping the release of their second album, RTJ2, and it's shaping up to be a beast. And because Killer Mike and El-P are pretty much the dopest guys in music, they unveiled a list of deluxe album packages available, some reasonable and some completely ridiculous and fake, all of them worth perusing...
Danny Brown Smokes and Drinks in “Smokin’ & Drinkin'” Video
It was only a matter of time before Danny Brown dropped a video for his A-Trak-produced Old banger "Smokin' & Drinkin'" considering he recently released the single with an EP of wild remixes. The visual dropped today, and it is exactly what you'd expect for this track: blacklights, blunts, babes (sometimes in bathtubs).
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Nasim Pedrad’s Aziz Ansari Impression Is Accurate and Nightmarish
Nasim Pedrad won't be returning to Saturday Night Live when the 40th season kicks off later this month, but she recently appeared on Conan and relived some of her glory days from the show. After telling a story about her run-in with frequent impersonation target Kim Kardashian, Pedrad revealed that she also tried very hard to get a sketch on the show featuring her in Aziz Ansari garb...
Boaz’s Rostrum Records Debut, ‘Intuition,’ Features Mac Miller and Jadakiss
After dropping a pair of dusty head-bobbers in the form of his Real Name, No Gimmicks mixtapes this summer, rapper-to-watch Boaz has announced his Rostrum Records debut, Intuition. No surprise he was able to snag a feature from fellow Pittsburgher and former Rostrum signee Mac Miller, plus cameos from Styles P and Jadakiss...
Kid A Breaks Up With the NSA in Holly Herndon’s “Home”
"Dear NSA: It’s over. Love, Holly Herndon." That's how producer and electro-vocal wiz Holly Herndon sets up her new song and video, "Home," which was inspired by her codependent relationship with her laptop ("It is my instrument, memory, and window to most people that I love") and the subsequent violation of that relationship at the hands of NSA surveillance...
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Here’s How to Delete That U2 Album From Your iPhone
Perhaps inspired by Bill Gates' charitable work following his Microsoft rise, Apple provided an act of charity coinciding with the unveiling of the iPhone 6 and iWatch, giving four elderly Irishmen the opportunity to feel like relevant rock stars by loading their lifeless music onto a half-million iTunes accounts as free spam for users...
Rihanna to NFL: “Fuck You”
It was only a matter of time. As if Roger Goodell's hands weren't already full, the NFL has now come under fire from Rihanna and must emerge from her all-consuming shade. RiRi's performance of "Run This Town" with Jay Z was scheduled to open the 2014 season of CBS/NFL Network's Thursday Night Football and appear each week, but in light of the Ray Rice debacle, the networks went full-on d
‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay’ Trailer: Watch
A full-length trailer for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1 has hit the web (not to be confused with the TEASER trailer, BIIIG difference, n00bs). It starts off with a reluctant Katniss, reminding everyone why this all began: because she wanted to save her sister...
Robin Thicke Was Wasted During “Blurred Lines” Recording, Lied About Writing It
Whew, lots to take in, here. Newly released court documents reveal Robin Thicke was intoxicated when he recorded 2013's massive hit "Blurred Lines," and that the entirety of the song was written by Pharrell despite Thicke being credited as one of the co-writers...
Grimes Says Her New Album Might Be a Double LP
In a recent interview with the New York Times, Grimes talked about fans' negative reaction to "Go" and revealed that she had totally scrapped her new album because "it sucked." Over the weekend, the Roc Nation signee spoke to BBC Radio 1's Annie Mac, perhaps to clear the air about her Visions follow-up, telling the host that her new LP might be "a double album, half-experi