Emerging Memphis rapper Jucee Froot has had a star-making 2020, but she’s far from finished. Following up on her previous singles “Girls Kissing Girls” with Juicy J and “Eat Itself” from the Insecure soundtrack, Jucee declares herself a “Champion” with her latest new song. This song hails from the soundtrack for Electronic Arts’ latest Madden NFL installment and fits the theme with an aggressive beat backed by brassy fanfare and sports-themed lyrics from Jucee. “Yeah, yeah, this the winning team,” she boasts. “Six rings with a pinkie ring.”
While that line may apply more to the recent Michael Jordan documentary The Last Dance, Jucee is still in good company on the football videogame soundtrack. Other high-profile additions to the game’s playlist include Anderson .Paak and Rick Ross on “Cut ‘Em In,” Big KRIT on “Kickoff,” Earthgang on “Powered Up,” and Jack Harlow on “Automatic.”
Jucee’s soundtrack successes this year have been complemented by the release of her ear-catching debut mixtape, Black Sheep, on which she has big-name collaborations with A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Juicy J, and Rico Nasty.
Listen to Jucee Froot’s “Champion” above.
Jucee Froot is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Los Angeles duo The Score — comprised of Eddie Anthony (vocals, guitar) and Edan Dover (keyboards, production) are slated to release their new album Carry On later this month, fully leaning into anthems that are suited for stadiums and chorus hooks that don’t cease across the record’s 15 tracks. You might recognize the duo’s music just from watching TV, as their songs have soundtracked campaigns for Jeep, NBA, and even the recent Netflix blockbuster 6 Underground. These syncs, paired with a steady stream of releases over the last few years, have earned The Score a fervent fanbase, which includes recognizable names like Travis Barker and Awolnation, as well as songwriters/producers Pete Nappi (30 Seconds To Mars, Dreamers, Shinedown) and Tim Randall (Imagine Dragons), all of which lent a hand as collaborators on Carry On.
Ahead of the album’s release, the duo sat down to talk Coldplay, Joe Rogan, and more in the latest Indie Mixtape 20 Q&A.
What are four words you would use to describe your music?
Anthemic, motivating, loud, unapologetic.
It’s 2050 and the world hasn’t ended and people are still listening to your music. How would you like it to be remembered?
We’d like to remembered as the soundtrack to dreamers who strove to be bigger than themselves. The music that helped people fight their demons and find themselves.
What’s your favorite city in the world to perform?
That’s tough. As of now Prague or Hamburg probably so far.
Who’s the person who has most inspired your work, and why?
Too many people have inspired us creatively to narrow it down to one.
Where’s the weirdest place you’ve ever crashed while on tour?
A really questionable hotel room in San Francisco.
What’s the story behind your first or favorite tattoo?
We don’t have tattoos.
What artists keep you from flipping the channel on the radio?
The Strokes.
What’s the nicest thing anyone has ever done for you?
The nicest thing anyone has done is when fans come up to us after shows and tell us about their lives and how our music helped them during a really rough time, or that it’s making them chase their dreams. Hearing that level of honesty from a stranger makes us feel like what we’re doing is bigger than just making music.
What’s one piece of advice you’d go back in time to give to your 18-year-old self?
The best advice I would give my 18-year-old self would be to throw that timeline out the window. Chasing your dream never goes according to plan, and you will fail and hear the word “no” a ton, but you need to enjoy the ride and not get discouraged by the little things.
What’s the last show you went to?
Kyle Dion around Valentine’s Day at The Echo.
What movie can you not resist watching when it’s on TV?
The Godfather Part II.
What would you cook if Kanye were coming to your house for dinner?
It was a hugely emotional final week for Steve Carell, who — in the final episode — arranged it so that Michael Scott had an opportunity to say goodbye individually to every character, which allowed Carell to stay goodbye individually to all the cast members. While that took viewers only one episode to experience, it took Steve Carell an entire week of emotional torture, as he told Brian Baumgartner in this week’s episode of An Oral History of ‘The Office’.
“It was almost more than I bargained for…I had [goodbye] scenes with everyone in the cast and it was emotional torture… it was like just fraught with emotion and, and joy and sadness and nostalgia. But it was also really beautiful. I’d like treasure just doing that episode because it did allow me to kind of have a finality with everybody.”
To understand the honor, however, it’s helpful to know that a “call sheet” is a document sent out to the cast and crew that outlines where they need to be for the following shoot day. Each actor is assigned a number on the call sheet that corresponds with their stature on the show, so Steve Carell was obviously #1 on the call sheet.
When he left, that did not change.
“We decided that we were not killing off Michael Scott,” line producer Randy Cordray said in Green’s book. “He was merely moving to Boulder with Holly, so we decided to retire the number one designation on the call sheet.
“Steve, we will never forget you,” Cordray told him during his farewell party. “And we’re hoping that you’ll never forget us. This is a small token of our affection toward you. We are retiring your number on the call sheet. It will never be used by anyone other than Steve Carell from this day forward on The Office.”
Cordray then revealed a hockey jersey the entire cast and crew had signed. “From now on until the day you return” Corday stated, “all of our call sheets will begin with the #2. And that had never been done, as far as I know, in the history of Hollywood.”
That was also the moment during the farewell party when Oscar Nunez had to sneak behind a wall to cry because he became so overwhelmed with emotion, as he said on The Oral History of ‘The Office.’
For those who are curious, Rainn Wilson — not John Krasinski or Jenna Fischer, surprisingly — was #2 on the call sheet.
Speedy Ortiz leader Sadie Dupuis is readying a new Sad13 solo album (Haunted Painting), and she has teased it with some creative visuals before it drops in about a month. Now she is back with another, this time for “Hysterical.”
In the clip, Dupuis is browsing the internet on her laptop, and before she knows it, a murderous ghost enters her life and those of her friends. The song is targeted at “unfunny comedians [who] love to argue that ‘PC culture’ destroys comedy.” She expanded on that idea in an interview with The Fader, saying:
“I think there were three comedians in really short proximity last year who made some kind of claim that comedy isn’t funny anymore and they can’t work in it because ‘PC culture’ and ‘cancel culture’ have made things unfunny. I think one was Todd Phillips in promoting Joker, he was like, ‘I won’t do comedy because the feminists have destroyed it’ [laughs]. This was around the time that Hari Kondabolu — who did The Problem With Apu — was getting death threats again because they finally decided to relent on that character in The Simpsons. It’s just a common refrain that, to me, is ironic. I never had a big interest in comedy growing up because it was always not for me. It was intentionally shutting women out or making them the butt of jokes that just weren’t good. As comedy has become more inclusive, I’m actually interested in it now and was able to get some of my favorite people in comedy to be in this music video.”
Watch the “Hysterical” video above.
Haunted Painting is out 9/25 via Wax Nine. Pre-order it here.
Video of police officers in Kenosha, Wisconsin shooting Jacob Blake in the back seven times as he entered his car where his children were, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down, has launched more protests against police violence towards Black people. Athletes around the country are speaking out against the latest evidence of police escalating and using unnecessary and potentially lethal force against Black Americans.
It comes at a time where the list of victims of police brutality and violence has continued to grow, leading to nationwide protests and calls to action to defund and reform police departments. Athletes have promised to use their platform to promote and enact change, but the shooting of Blake has left many wondering if there’s more to be done. Bucks guard George Hill questioned Monday why he and other players agreed to play the restarted season in Orlando, which he believes offers a distraction from the social issues at hand. Norm Powell of the Raptors indicated NBA players have discussed boycotting games, noting kneeling in protest is “not getting it done.”
In the NFL, the Detroit Lions protested outside the team facility, speaking as a group to the media who had gathered for a practice that the players canceled after a lengthy team meeting in the morning, via Tori Petry.
This is why Lions practice was canceled today. Entire Lions team addressing media outside the building to discuss the shooting of Jacob Blake.
S Duron Harmon is speaking on the mic. “The Detroit Lions organization is going to take a stand that what happened to Jacob Blake is not okay… We are going to speak out on it until we create change.”
Stafford says they didn’t talk any football in their AM meeting. Coach opened up the floor for players to speak. Says the conversations lasted hours. They had a 45 minute break after the meeting & the players huddled up in the locker room immediately to plan the demonstration.
If the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery served as a wake up call for the nation, the police shooting of Jacob Blake further evidenced how far there is to go and how much work is needed to be done. This is something happening nationwide, from Minneapolis to Brunswick, GA to Louisville to Kenosha, WI to Los Angeles to New York. It isn’t something new that Black people deal with, but the visibility of it is with everyone having the ability to take cell phone video now and to ignore it is to condone it.
Athletes have steadily stepped up and found their voice in recent years amid calls for social justice and an end to systemic racism, but their frustration with a lack of action and change is more than understandable. As such, they will continue to be a voice for the oppressed and will consider taking greater actions than just speaking out if it means ensuring their voices are heard and this issue remains the central focus.
Justin Townes Earle — singer, songwriter, and son of acclaimed musician Steve Earle — died at 38 years old. At first, Earle’s cause of death was undisclosed, but now police have revealed the singer died of a “probable drug overdose.”
According to Nashville’s WKRN, police responded to a wellness check Sunday at the singer’s Tennessee apartment. Police spokesperson Don Aaron said a friend had made the initial call because no one had heard from the singer since Tuesday. The autopsy is still pending, but police say his death is suspected as a “probable drug overdose” and there was no evidence of struggle or foul play.
Per Consequence Of Sound, Earle has long struggled with drug use. According to the report, Earle began using heroin at the age of 14 and reportedly overdosed five separate times before he was 21.
The news of Earle’s death was confirmed in a post on his Facebook page: “It is with tremendous sadness that we inform you of the passing of our son, husband, father and friend Justin. So many of you have relied on his music and lyrics over the years and we hope that his music will continue to guide you on your journeys. You will be missed dearly Justin.”
Lionel Messi may be on the move for the first time in his legendary career, as the footballing superstar has reportedly informed Barcelona, the club with which he’s been with since he was 13 years old, that he would like to leave.
The report comes from Argentina’s TyC Sports, indicating Messi plans to utilize a clause in his contract that allows him to leave the club for free — as opposed to another team needing to pay the 700 million Euro release clause. The question is whether that clause is still active, as it was set to expire on May 30 when the Champions League final was supposed to take place. The pandemic obviously changed a lot of things in the soccer world, but whether Messi’s key contract dates are included in that is not known.
BOOM! According to Argentinian TyC Sports, Messi has officially communicated to Barcelona that he will activate a clause to end unilaterally his contract!
Ojo !!! Leo Messi acaba de comunicar al Barcelona vía burofax que quiere abandonar el club. El jugador argentino se acogería a la cláusula que le permite rescindir el contrato unilateralmente.
This all comes with a variety of caveats, including Messi having threatened to leave Barcelona in the past in order to push the club to acquiesce to his demands, but it seems this may be different. Messi, 33, just saw Barcelona get railroaded by Bayern Munich in an 8-2 loss in their latest early exit from the Champions League and subsequently fire manager Quique Setien.
Further indication this seems very real is that Messi’s former Barcelona teammate Carles Puyol offered him well wishes and support.
Maybe the bigger question is whether there’s a club out there that can make the financials work for Messi, who commands a massive salary and a potentially historic transfer fee from Barcelona (pending whether his opt-out clause is extended or not) — which is made all the more difficult amid the COVID-19 pandemic that’s cut profits for Europe’s top clubs tremendously with no fans in stadiums. Manchester City has been the team most widely speculated to be a landing spot for Messi should he push his way out of Barcelona, as they employ his former manager Pep Guardiola and are England’s biggest spenders, and they have reportedly been eyeing the Argentinian legend for some time.
Should Messi be determined to leave Barcelona, it would end one of the greatest eras in club soccer history between a star and organization. Whether that’s this offseason or at the end of next season when his contract officially runs up, it would rock the footballing world and any team that got his services would gain not just one of the best players on the pitch in the world, but also pick up support from his legions of fans around the world.
The ink of is Cobain wearing a t-shirt featuring the album art of Johnston’s 1983 album Hi, How Are You, like he did at the 1992 MTV VMAs. Cudi shared the arm tattoo and wrote, “4 Kurt and salute to Daniel.”
Cudi has long been public about his admiration for the Nirvana leader. One of the first tweets on Cudi’s Twitter account, from February 2011, reads simply, “kurt cobain.” Later that year, he shared a video of himself visiting the park that was right near where Cobain died in Seattle. A few months after that visit, he tweeted, “Im obsessed with Kurt Cobain. I wish he was still here, so he could teach me guitar tricks.” He also tweeted in 2015, “Never not thinkin’ about Kurt Cobain.” More recently, he and Kanye West sampled Cobain on a Kids See Ghosts track in 2018.
Following the breakout success of her debut record Hold On, Fenne Lily is gearing up for her sophomore release. Now sharing a label with the likes of Phoebe Bridgers and Khruangbin, the singer continues to preview the upcoming effort with a collection of introspective singles. With “Solipsism,” the singer aims to unpack her anxieties with a critical eye.
Directed by Tom Clover, the “Solipsism” visual depicts the singer wandering through a dystopian grocery store. Lily seems aimless, that is, until she discovers her face is on nearly every brand in sight.
About the song, the singer said it was a reflection on how her anxiety makes her fee “uncomfortable” in many situations, especially when she’s stoned at the grocery store:
“A lot of situations make me uncomfortable — some parties, most dates, every time I’m stoned in the supermarket. ‘Solipsism’ is a song about being comfortable with being uncomfortable and the freedom that comes with that. If you feel weird for long enough it becomes normal, and feeling anything is better than feeling nothing. I wanted this video to be a reflection of the scary thought that I’ll have to live with myself forever. It’s surreal to realise you’ll never live apart from someone you sometimes hate. Dad, if you’re reading this you killed it as shopper number 2.”
Clover, the visual’s director, urges fans to watch the illustrations closely as to not miss any intentional details: “I asked Fenne what products she wanted to be and then worked backwards from there with the illustrators. Most of the references came from Asian Supermarket packaging – they are way more interesting. The most important thing was making sure that it reflected upon Fenne’s personality — there’s a bunch of details you might miss on the first watch!”
Watch Fenne Lily’s “Solipsism” video above.
Breach is out 9/18 via Dead Oceans. Pre-order it here.
Earlier this year, partially due to quarantine-related timing and partially due to a slew of bonkers twists, Netflix’s documentary series Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness became a viral sensation, and it seemed like no less than 100 shows and movies were quickly being developed to capitalize on its fame. Now, one of them is actually happening.
Saturday Night Live star Kate McKinnon is officially locked in for a new Tiger King series that will air across NBC, USA, and Peacock. McKinnon will play Carole Baskin, the eclectic animal activist whose feud with zoo owner Joe Exotic led to his arrest and conviction after he attempted to have Baskin killed in a murder-for-hire plot. However, Baskin also has some skeletons in her closet when it comes to the mysterious disappearance of her husband. Via Variety:
Based on the Wondery Podcast of the same name, the show centers on Carole Baskin (McKinnon), a big cat enthusiast, who learns that fellow exotic animal lover Joe “Exotic” Schreibvogel is breeding and using his big cats for profit. She sets out to shut down his venture, inciting a quickly escalating rivalry. But Carole has a checkered past of her own and when the claws come out, Joe will stop at nothing to expose what he sees as her hypocrisy. The results prove dangerous.
Baskin recently made headlines after she bashed Megan Thee Stallion and Cardi B’s latest video for “WAP.” Baskin claimed that if the tigers featured in the video weren’t a visual effect, then the animals mistreated. Her criticism prompted a reaction from Cardi B that finished the work Joe Exotic started because this sure sounds like a murder.
“I’m not gonna engage with Carole Baskin on that. Like, that’s just ridiculous you know? Oh, Lord,” Cardi told i-D Magazine. “Like, girl you killed your goddamn husband.” Allegedly, Cardi B. Allegedly.
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