Month: October 2020

Netflix is starting to roll out its Halloween content, but don’t worry, not everything dropping this week is a nightmare. In fact, The Good Place is finally giving streaming fans a look at its final season, proving there are still things to laugh about in 2020. And Lily Collins heads to Paris in a dramedy that serves up some lighthearted escapism. But if being scared sh*tless is your thing, Vampires vs. the Bronx should have enough monsters and mayhem to suffice.

Here’s everything coming to (and leaving) Netflix this week of Oct. 2.

The Good Place: Season 4 (series streaming 9/26)

The final run of this breakout comedy from creator Michael Schur has finally landed on Netflix. There’s have been some hellish twists, a return to Earth, chic bow-ties, human starter kits, inventive cuss words, and of course, Blake Bortles but our group of weirdos and misfits are finally ready to prove they belong in the Good Place. We think.

Emily in Paris (Netflix series streaming 10/2)

This soapy drama from Darren Star is basically what would’ve happened had L.C. chosen to go to Paris instead of shacking up with her no-good boyfriend on that season finale of The Hills. Kind of. It follows Lily Collins (Emily) as a young woman trying to make her dreams of living that Parisian life happen, scoring a new job and a fling or two along the way. Look, none of us can actually go to Paris right now, let alone leave our homes, so this is the best form of escapism we’re gonna get.

Vampires vs. the Bronx (Netflix film streaming 10/2)

It’s officially October, which means all of the streaming platforms are rolling out their spookiest content but Netflix has a pretty packed lineup and it begins with this horror-comedy that feels like a nice way to ease us all into the more nightmarish movies that are certainly on the way. The movie follows a group of teens forced to protect their Bronx neighborhood when the undead come knocking.

Here’s a full list of what’s been added in the last week:

Avail. 9/26
The Good Place: Season 4

Avail. 9/27
Bad Teacher
Van Helsing: Season 4

Avail. 9/28
Whose Vote Counts, Explained

Avail. 9/29
Michelle Buteau: Welcome to Buteaupia
Welcome to Sudden Death

Avail. 9/30
American Murder: The Family Next Door
Wentworth: Season 8

Avail. 10/1
Oktoberfest: Beer & Blood
Pasal Kau / All Because of You
The Worst Witch: Season 4
A.M.I.
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
Along Came a Spider
Bakugan: Armored Alliance: Season 2
Basic Instinct
Black ’47
Cape Fear
Code Lyoko: Seasons 1-4
The Dukes of Hazzard (2005)
Employee of the Month
Enemy at the Gates
Evil: Season 1
Familiar Wife: Season 1
Fargo
Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma: The Second Plate
Free State of Jones
Ghost Rider
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Gran Torino
Her
House of 1,000 Corpses
Human Nature
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
I’m Leaving Now
The Longest Yard (1974)
The Parkers: Seasons 1-5
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire
The Prince & Me
Poseidon (2006)
The Outpost
Stranger than Fiction
Superman Returns
Sword Art Online: Alicization
Troy
The Unicorn: Season 1
WarGames
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Yogi Bear
You Cannot Hide: Season 1

Avail. 10/2
A Go! Go! Cory Carson Halloween
Ahí te encargo / You’ve Got This
The Binding
Dick Johnson Is Dead
Emily in Paris
Òlòtūré
Serious Men
Song Exploder
Vampires vs. the Bronx

And here’s what’s leaving next week, so it’s your last chance:

Leaving 10/6
The Water Diviner

Leaving 10/7
The Last Airbender

While his last album arrived in 2018 with Drogas Light, Lupe Fiasco has pressed forward with new music this year. Lupe teamed up with Soundtrakk for their double-sided single, Tape Tape, Lupe’s second project of the year. Side A of their new release comes with their “Oh Yes” track. It presents Lupe relying heavily on autotune — much more than what we find of his traditional sound — in order to get some singing. The same is found on Side B for their “Apologetic” collab.

The double-single arrives after Lupe debuted his “BBQ Chicken Freestyle” last week. The freestyle arrived after comparisons between him and Kendrick Lamar arose once again. The conversation was sparked after a fan asked Lupe on Twitter who he believed he was the better lyricist: him or Kendrick. Just like any talented wordsmith would do, Lupe replied and said he was the better lyricist and social media went into a bit of a frenzy as a result of his response. It wasn’t the first time Lupe spoke Kendrick’s lyricism, back in 2018, he said he didn’t believe Kendrick was a “top tier lyricist,” a claim that brought him plenty of backlash online.

Shifting back to the music, Lupe also teamed up with Florida producer Kaelin Ellis for House EP which they released back in July.

You can hear “Oh Yes” and “Apologetic” in the videos above.

After saying he would self-quarantine upon learning that former White House Communications Director Hope Hicks had tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus, Donald Trump confirmed earlier tonight that he and his wife, First Lady Melania Trump, had both tested positive for COVID-19.

After Hicks, one of Trump’s longest-serving aides, began to feel symptoms during the plane ride home from a rally in Minnesota on Wednesday (September 30), she was isolated from other passengers and tested Thursday. Her positive status was confirmed, leading Trump to tweet: “Hope Hicks, who has been working so hard without even taking a small break, has just tested positive for COVID-19. Terrible! The First Lady and I are waiting for our test results. In the meantime, we will begin our quarantine process!”

Just a few hours later, Trump confirmed the diagnosis for himself and Melania, writing, “Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!”

The diagnosis arrives just days after an eventful first debate with Democratic candidate Joe Biden, who criticized Trump’s mask policy and overall response to the pandemic crisis since early this year when Trump promised that the pandemic would pass by summer. In September, it was reported that Trump intentionally sought to downplay the seriousness of the virus despite admitting to knowing how deadly it could be.

Drake is currently putting the finishing touches on his upcoming album, Certified Lover Boy, which should hopefully release by the end of the year. Showing just how much of a “lover boy” he’s been in his life, Drake revealed a past relationship with one of R&B’s favorite singers on his latest guest verse.

Joining 21 Savage and Metro Boomin on “Mr. Right Now” from the newly-released album, Savage Mode II, Drake revealed that he and SZA dated back in the day. “Yeah, said she wanna f*ck to some SZA, wait,” Drake raps before making the big announcement. “‘Cause I used to date SZA back in ’08 / If you cool with it, baby, she can still play.”

The year of their relationship comes just a bit before Drake hit it big and long before SZA did, so it’s no surprise neither of their adoring fans caught wind of their love. The new collaboration comes after Drake lent a verse to Bryson Tiller’s “Outta Time” from his new album Anniversary. “Mr. Right Now” also marks the fourth time Drake and 21 Savage have collaborated with the previous two being “Sneakin,” “Sacrifices,” and “Issa,” a track that failed to get officially released after it was leaked to fans.

You can hear Drake make the big reveal in the video above.

Savage Mode II is out now via Epic. Get it here.

Polo G and Fivio Foreign both saw their breakout moments in 2019 thanks to Polo G’s “Pop Out” effort with Lil Tjay and Fivio’s “Big Drip” release. Ensuring that their success lasted for longer than a summer, the two artists kept striving and pushing forward, a grind that eventually resulted in their inclusion in this year’s XXL Freshman Class. Bringing their talents together, Fivio and Polo G have a little fun on their new single, “Bop It.” Fivio has been teasing the Kenny Beats-produced for the past month and now that’s its here, his fans are quite delighted.

Somewhat following the rules of the handheld Bop It game for children, Fivio interpolates some of these instructions onto the song as he prompts his listeners to “Bop it, twist it, pull it.” Putting his own touch on the song, he adds some directions of his own by rapping, “click it, click it, hit it, run his block, spin it.” While the song seems is much more playful than most of their releases, Fivio’s and Polo G make sure to flex a little and show off what they got on the new song. Backed a video, Fivio, Polo G, and Kenny Beats take over what appears to be an empty mansion to host a summertime party featuring a group of women, water guns, and a bounce house.

The song arrives after Fivio lent a verse to DreamDoll’s “Ah Ah Ah” single as well as after the release of Polo G’s most recent single, “Epidemic.”

You can hear “Bop It” in the video above.

Lately, it appears Cardi B is on a musical world tour of sorts. Touching back with her roots last month, she linked with Anitta and Myke Towers to provide a Spanglish verse to their collaboration, “Me Gusta.” Now, Cardi travels halfway across the world to join the K-pop wave as she appears on Blackpink‘s new full-length project, The Album. The project finds Cardi and Blackpink connecting on a track entitled “Bet You Wanna.”

Following the success of “WAP” and the release of her most recent guest features, the question of where is Cardi’s sophomore album still remains. One thing the Bronx rapper will tell you is it certainly hasn’t been shelved. “Throughout this [break] people was making rumors, like, ‘Oh, she’s having problems with her label, her label is shelving her, her label is tired of her, they’re getting more female talent,’” she explained on a recent interview on Sirius XM. “Then it’s like, no, they’re never tired of me.” She did admit that comments like these can be quite bothersome, but she refuses to let it pressure her into releasing sub-par music.

“I’m like, ‘Yo!’ That type of sh*t started to get to me but I’m not gonna let that sh*t get to me to the point that I’m going to put out a song that I’m not really in love with.”

Press play on the video above to hear “Bet You Wanna.”

The Album is out now via YG Entertainment/Interscope. Get it here.

Cardi B is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Flashback to 2018 and Ella Mai was undoubtedly the talk of the music industry. The London singer won the hearts of the music industry with her breakout single, “Boo’d Up.” After being no more than a bubbling R&B act with the three EPs she released before the single, Time, Change, and Ready, which is the original home of “Boo’d Up,” Ella finally saw her patience and hard work pay off. The song would give Ella her first Grammy Award in 2019 for Best R&B Song, but soon after she faded into the background and kept her appearances very limited. After going two years without a single, she makes her return with “Not Another Love Song.”

Despite the two year break, things for the most part stay the same with Ella as her new single speaks on the same topic as “Boo’d Up” did. Floating on a cloud nine cloud, she professes her love about her new love interest, but is hesitant to reveal her feelings to said person. As the feelings continue to grow, the pushes herself to share these feelings despite her fears of possibly ruining the budding relationship.

While Ella hasn’t shared a solo song in the past two years since her self-titled debut album, she has guest featured on a pair of songs, that being Mustard’s “Surface” with Ty Dolla Sign, Mahalia’s “What You Did,” and Usher’s “Don’t Waste My Time,” which she appeared in a video for.

Listen to “Not Another Love Song” in the video above.

Giveon surprised many at the top of the year when he joined Drake for their “Chicago Freestyle” collaboration. Many at first confused the Long Beach singer for Sampha due to their similar-sounding voices and even when the distinction was made, soon-to-be-fans were impressed with his baritone voice. Enjoying the fruits that his growing fame has brought him so far in 2020, Giveon unveils his second EP of the year with When It’s All Said, featuring a highlight collaboration with Snoh Aalegra on “Last Time.”

The two R&B souls work their magic to deliver a song that presents two lovers who know their love is no good for them. Opting to enjoy one last passionate night together before going on their separate ways, they fall into each others arms and let their emotions carry them for the night. The song is quite the collaboration as Giveon’s deep vocals blend perfectly with Snoh’s softer vocals. While they promise that this is the last night, it becomes more apparent that this “Last Time” is a simple excuse to delay the inevitable.

Listen to “Last Time” above.

When It’s All Said is out now via Epic. Get it here.

While controversy unfortunately continues to surround her, Megan Thee Stallion shows no plans of letting it interrupt her musical plans. Following the absolute mess that is Tory Lanez and his most recent project, which he uses to attempt to convince us that he was not the accessor in he and Megan’s July shooting incident, the Houston rapper pays him no mind, as she should, and makes her return with a new song and video. Sliding through with Young Thug, she delivers yet another southern collaboration with a video directed by Collin Tiley.

Prior to the song’s release, Megan Thee Stallion was nominated for a total on eight awards at the upcoming 2020 BET Hip-Hop Awards in categories that include Hip-Hop Artist Of The Year, Song Of The Year, Hip-Hop Album Of The Year, and Best Collaboration, a category she received two nominations in. Days after she became one of few cover stars for the 2020 Time 100 Most Influential People issue, Megan announced that she would serve as the first musical guest on the upcoming 46th season premiere of Saturday Night Live which will be hosted by Chris Rock and air on October 3.

Watch the “Don’t Stop” video above.

Megan Thee Stallion is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

A few years ago, as Bryson Tiller relished in the limelight and success of his debut album, Trapsoul, a picture landed on social media that depicted the Louisville singer at a nightclub alongside Drake. Soon after, rumors began to swirl about a possible collaboration between the two. In the years that followed, said collaboration, outside a few leaks, had to yet to arrive.

All of that changed Friday night as Bryson unveiled his first official track with Drake, entitled “Outta Time,” which appears on his newly released album Anniversary. The song finds both artists in a reflective state as they both watch their respective relationships unravel due to arguments, dissatisfaction, and more. Accepting that the end has arrived, the two conclude that it is time to part ways from their love interests.

Bryson first previewed the song on Thursday night, when he played the entire Anniversary album for fans in a Zoom meeting. With fans anticipating a collaboration between him and Drake prior to the zoom session, their excitement once the collab was confirmed could easily be captured through social media as the wait had finally come to an end.

As for Drake, the song arrives after he tallied eight nominations at the upcoming 2020 BET Hip-Hop Awards in categories including Hip-Hop Artist Of The Year, Song Of The Year, and Best Collaboration.

You can hear “Outta Time” in the video above.

Anniversary is out now via RCA/Trapsoul. Get it here.