Moneybagg Yo has the No. 1 album in the country, but in the social media-centered, hyperconnected world we live in today, even that lofty accomplishment won’t stop some folks online from nitpicking them at every available opportunity. Unfortunately for those folks, the social media sword cuts both ways, allowing artists to clap back as easily as fans can throw shade. Moneybagg did just this when one fan on TikTok criticized a recent performance of his as “boring.”
“So I went to Moneybagg Yo’s concert,” the fan wrote. “It was boring and dry af. He only stayed for like 15 minutes. I want a refund.” The Memphis rapper caught wind of the criticism and told the fan off, pointing out how he had a full day of concerts and challenged them to find videos from one of his many other performances. “I had 4 other shows dat same day,” he wrote. “Do u think I give af?! Tell em post da others ones.”
Meanwhile, A Gangsta’s Pain, Moneybagg’s recently released fourth studio album, was his first to reach the top of the Billboard 200 thanks to more emotive songwriting from the 29-year-old, as well as a tracklist that featured appearances from the likes of Future, Lil Durk, Pharrell, Polo G, and more.
Check out Moneybagg Yo’s responses to fans’ criticisms above.
Black Keys drummed up some excitement last month with the announcement of Delta Kream, which was described as “featuring Mississippi hill country blues standards that they have loved since they were teenagers, including songs by R.L Burnside and Junior Kimbrough, among others.” The project seems similar in nature to the band’s 2006 EP, Chulahoma: The Songs Of Junior Kimbrough, especially considering that some Kimbrough songs are featured on Delta Kream. Today, they’ve continued rolling out the album with their rendition of “Going Down South,” a Burnside cover.
Like “Crawling Kingsnake,” the previous single from the album, “Going Down South” sees the band returning to the more straightforward garage-blues-rock sound their early material is known for. They also shared a visual for the track, which features footage of the band performing the song and slice-of-life video from Mississippi.
Auerbach says of the cover, “That was one of RL Burnside’s hits! We strayed a little from the original on our version with the falsetto and percussion, but we liked how it sounded in that moment. It’s become one of my favorites on the album.”
Watch the “Going Down South” video above.
Delta Kream is out 5/14 via Nonesuch. Pre-order it here.
The Black Keys is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Juice WRLD may have been one of the most successful rappers of the past half-decade, but according to his engineer Max Lord, he never seemed interested in spending his hard-earned money on the accessories rappers are usually known for splurging on. In a profile of the late rapper for GQ, Lord remembers Juice’s penchant for spending his money instead on PlayStation games and Yu-Gi-Oh cards, revealing that the “Lucid Dreams” rapper never even bought a car.
“All he cared about were his friends and trying to have fun and be in the moment,” Lord shared. “He didn’t care about any of the superfluous stuff or anything but his loved ones, his friends, and making music and having fun. He never had one car, but he has 10 dirt bikes and four ATVs, just so he and his friends can go out and have fun together… He was just a kid.” Juice previously showed his love for dirt bikes and motocross in the video for “Conversations.” It’s also noted that he bought paintball guns for his crew to celebrate his 21st birthday in Chicago just before he died; he never got to use them, as he overdosed during a police search of his plane after landing in Chicago from Los Angeles.
Keeping up with new music can be exhausting, even impossible. From the weekly album releases to standalone singles dropping on a daily basis, the amount of music is so vast it’s easy for something to slip through the cracks. Even following along with the Uproxx recommendations on a daily basis can be a lot to ask, so every Monday we’re offering up this rundown of the best new music this week.
This week saw DJ Khaled get everybody involved on his new album and Travis Scott come through with an assist. Yeah, it was a great week for new music. Check out the highlights below.
DJ Khaled — Khaled Khaled
DJ Khaled is a master recruiter and the story of his latest album can be told with a list of its guest stars: Lil Wayne, Jeremih, Lil Baby, Lil Durk, Cardi B, HER, Migos, Post Malone, Megan Thee Stallion, DaBaby, Justin Bieber, 21 Savage, Bryson Tiller, Roddy Ricch, Drake, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Big Sean, Rick Ross, P. Diddy, Nas, Jay-Z, James Fauntleroy, Justin Timberlake, Meek Mill, Buju Banton, Capleton, Bounty Killer, Barrington Levy, and — although she’s not officially credited — Beyonce.
Billie Eilish — “Your Power”
Over the past few months, Billie Eilish and Finneas have been dropping hints about the status and nature of Eilish’s next era. Finally, it’s officially on the way, as her second album, Happier Than Ever, has been announced. Last week also brought a new song, the stripped-down single “Your Power.”
The band’s Andy Hull recently told Uproxx of the new album, “We knew we really wanted from the beginning for it to be all connected in a similar way as Black Mile, but more thought out, and allowing the songs to fold in on each other. And having repeated melodies and phrases that, at the end of the second song, is the same melody and lyrical nod to the fifth song. That happens all over the record. Throwing out the rule book that we had made for ourselves about even what a song can be. It’s been a really difficult record to pick a single and pick songs to play for people, because I do feel like it’s best served as a whole thing. The album’s the song.”
21 Savage — “Spiral”
21 Savage is getting into horror, as he’s executive producing the music for the upcoming Saw spinoff, Spiral: From The Book Of Saw. As part of that, he recorded a new song called “Spiral,” an appropriately eerie tune that complements the sure-to-be-dark film.
The Kid Laroi — “Without You” Feat. Miley Cyrus
After spending the past year playing rock star, Miley Cyrus’ latest output is a bit of a pivot. After teasing it for weeks, she hopped on a new remix of The Kid Laroi’s “Without You,” which actually isn’t a tremendous departure from Cyrus’ recent comfort zone considering it’s a hooky folk-pop-punk track.
Lil Baby — “On Me (Remix)” Feat. Megan Thee Stallion
A couple weeks ago, Megan Thee Stallion began a hiatus — or “entered a period of regeneration to prepare for what’s next,” as her announcement put it. She was working on stuff before then, though, so there’s still new Meg to be had, like her feature on Lil Baby’s new “On Me” remix and its icy accompanying video.
Shelley FKA DRAM — Shelley FKA DRAM
Shelley (previously DRAM, previously D.R.A.M.) just kicked off a new era with his debut album under his latest moniker. The record actually comes after a bit of a delay, which Shelley explained had a touching reason behind it, saying, “[My late mother’s] birthday is April 29th, so I’m pushing my album Shelley FKA DRAM’s release date to April 29th as not only my gift back to her, but my promise to play it for the world.”
Girl In Red — If I Could Make It Go Quiet
Girl In Red, aka Marie Ulven, recently sat down with Uproxx for an interview and said of her new album, “I kind of feel like [the album tackles] a lot of unrequited love, and a lot of misunderstandings, but also very much realizing that I am a lot. It’s not all about what this other person did to me, it’s really about putting myself in other people’s shoes as well.”
Bebe Rexha — “Die For A Man” Feat. Lil Uzi Vert
Fans are still waiting for a new Lil Uzi Vert project that’s supposed to drop “soon.” Credit where it’s due, though: Uzi has dropped three full-length projects since the start of 2020. Either way, he gave fans something to snack on last week by linking up with Bebe Rexha on “Die For A Man,” which comes from her upcoming project, Better Mistakes.
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
It feels like an annual tradition for Kevin Love to be connected to trade rumors with the Portland Trail Blazers, having grown up in the area and being the kind of player, at least in his prime, the Blazers have long been looking for to complement Damian Lillard. That the Blazers have a Cleveland native in CJ McCollum who makes the money work has only further fueled hometown reunion dreams on the trade machine for years, but nothing of substance has ever really come of it.
Still, that hasn’t stopped the rumors and it also hasn’t stopped Love from thinking of what it would be like to play back at home. On Monday, Chris Haynes had a new episode of his Posted Up podcast with Kevin Love as his guest in the midst of the latest controversy surrounding him and his frustrations in Cleveland after he slapped a ball inbounds and refused to take shots the next game. In the interview, Love was asked about possibly going back to Portland and rather than deflecting, he didn’t shy away from talking about how much he’d enjoy going home and playing with Damian Lillard.
Kevin Love on “Posted Up w/ C. Haynes Pod” reveals he’d love to play for hometown Trail Blazers.
“Who wouldn’t want to play with Dame Lillard?…If I was wearing a Portland jersey, that’s special. That’s playing at home.”
There’s a lot of guys that feel this way — both about playing with Dame and playing in their hometown — but rarely do they talk about it publicly. However, it seems Love isn’t interested in being demure in Cleveland anymore and in a time where Cavs fans already aren’t pleased with the behavior of the longtime star forward, this will only throw gasoline on the fire. It doesn’t really mean anything — trading for Love is almost impossible for Portland right now because giving up McCollum for this version of Love would be an awful trade — and we’ll never know what his intent here really is, but plenty will read it as Love campaigning to get out of Cleveland and if the relationship between he and the fanbase weren’t already strained enough, this will further that divide.
YG and Mozzy are now two for two when it comes to their 2021 collaborations. After taking the world on a tour through their respective hoods in the “Bompton To Oak Park” video a couple of weeks ago, the two California natives head to the beach in their new video for “Perfect Timing,” inviting LA crooner Blxst and a bevvy of beautiful women along for the ride.
Incidentally, Mozzy and YG will be elaborating on their fiery chemistry with a joint album, also titled Perfect Timing. According to a press release, the album will be out later this month.
Perfect Timing may end up experiencing a case of just that, as all three Golden State rappers are on hot streaks carrying over from projects released in 2020 or earlier this year. While Blxst rides out the wave of goodwill that buoyed his debut EP No Love Lost with a deluxe version and a string of well-received videos like “Fck Boys,” “Chosen,” and an Uproxx Sessions performance of “Pressure,” YG launched his 4Hunnid label with an EP from his young signees Day Sulan and D3szn. Mozzy, who dropped two albums in 2020, has also raised his profile considerably in the past year.
YG and Mozzy’s joint album is due later this month. Watch the “Perfect Timing” video above.
Netflix just dropped the glamorous new trailer for its upcoming limited series, Halston, which focuses on the rise and fall of fashion icon Roy Halston Frowick as he navigates the debaucherous New York City fashion scene of the ’70s and ’80s. The film stars Ewan McGregor as the famously out designer, who was known for his flamboyant and heavily-photographed friendship with Liza Minelli.
However, McGregor’s casting has not been without controversy. During a recent interview, McGregor defended being cast in the role (despite identifying as straight) after Billy Porter‘s criticism about heterosexual actors snatching up gay roles. “I hear the discussion and I respect both sides of it, I really do,” McGregor told THR. “I haven’t walked in Billy Porter’s shoes. I don’t know what it’s like to lose out parts when you might feel it’s to do with your sexuality. So I can only respect his point of view.”
While being aware of the ongoing conversation, McGregor attempted to justify his decision to accept the part. “If it had been a story about Halston’s sexuality more, then maybe it’s right that gay actors should play that role,” he said. “But in this case — and I don’t want to sound like I’m worming out of this, because it’s something I did think a lot about — I suppose ultimately I felt like it was just one part of who he was.”
Here’s the official synopsis:
The limited series Halston follows the legendary fashion designer (Ewan McGregor), as he leverages his single, invented name into a worldwide fashion empire that’s synonymous with luxury, sex, status and fame, literally defining the era he lives in, 1970’s and ‘80’s New York — until a hostile takeover forces him to battle for control of his most precious asset… the name Halston itself.
Still, Cinco de Mayo has become something of a de facto day to honor Mexico’s incredible food and drink scenes and we’re happy to give the love (and also to commemorate the Mexican army’s win over the French in the Battle of Puebla back in 1862). With that aim, we’d like to suggest hoisting a few Mexican-style lagers on Cinco (make sure to enjoy some imports from Mexico, too!). We’ve broken down eight of our favorites below.
You don’t have to wait until Cinco de Mayo to enjoy this crisp, refreshing Mexican-style lager from Indianapolis’ Sun King Brewery — it’s available year-round. Brewed with Pilsner and Six-Row malts as well as a smattering of Bravo hops, one sip of this brew and you’ll want to drink it from now until October.
Tasting Notes:
On the nose, you’ll be greeted with aromas of sweet malts, bright, floral hops, and subtle citrus zest. On the palate, you’ll find flavors of fresh-cut grass, sweet cereal, pine, and just a bit of hop bitterness. It all ends with a dry, crisp, subtly sweet finish.
Bottom Line:
Like many Mexican-style lagers, Pachanga is a session beer. It’s light, refreshing, and a great accompaniment to Mexican food or grilled meats.
El Sully is named for one of the founders of San Francisco’s 21st Amendment. It doesn’t pretend to be something it’s not, announcing on the label that it’s a Mexican-style lager that was “hecho en America.” Brewed with Pilsner, Vienna, and Acidulated malts as well as flaked maize and Magnum and US Golding hops, this year-round beer was made from warm-weather drinking.
Tasting Notes:
Take a moment to breathe in the aromas of sweet malts, citrus zest, and caramel sweetness before taking a sip. The palate is swirling with flavors like flowers, caramel apples, cereal, and a light, refreshing bite of bitter hops. The finish is crisp, clean, and mellow with just a touch of treacle and spicy hops.
Bottom Line:
We dare you to find a beer more worthy for a day at the beach, while eating guac dusted with a touch of sand, than El Sully.
Stone Brewing isn’t content with doing what everyone else is doing. That’s why, when they decided to launch a Mexican-style lager, they made it a little different from its counterparts. In an ode to the Mexican tradition of adding lime and salt to beer, Stone Buenaveza does just that.
Tasting Notes:
Take a moment to enjoy the vibrant scents of crisp, fresh lime juice, sea salt, and a nice, malty backbone. Take a sip and you’re sure to pick up flavors of sweet corn, citrus zest, subtle piney hops, and just a hint of salinity. It all ends with a combination of sweet malts, bright hops, and a wallop of lime.
Bottom Line:
If you’re a fan of margaritas, this is the beer for you. While there’s no tequila in it, the salty, citrus flavors are prevalent enough to pair well with birria tacos or mole.
With a name like Belching Beaver, it can be difficult to take this San Diego brewery seriously. But with beers like Buenos Tiempos, it’s getting more difficult not to. This Vienna lager is bright, thirst-quenching, and subtly hazy beer that pairs well with cheesy quesadillas or any meat you want to throw on the grill.
Tasting Notes:
On the nose, you’ll find fresh aromas of corn sweetness, light grains, and subtle citrus. The palate is swirling with flavors of sweet malts, caramel corn, slight yeast, and just a hint of bitter, floral hops. The finish is sweet and ends with a combination of citrus and subtly spicy hops.
Bottom Line:
Cool label aside, this is a pretty stripped-down version of a Vienna lager. What it lacks in flavor, it makes up for in refreshing crushability.
When you think of craft beer, you might not immediately think of Dallas, Texas. But the folks at Deep Ellum are trying to change that. One of the brewery’s best options is its Mexican-style lager Neato Bandito. This full-flavored, bold version of the iconic style has a Texas-sized kick of 6% ABV, making it an “Imperial Mexican-Style Lager.”
Tasting Notes:
Before sipping, take a few seconds to take in the scents of maple candy, clover honey, sweet malts, and subtle floral hops. Sipping this beer reveals notes of caramel, more honey sweetness, and slightly spicy hops. The end is sweet, fruity, and subtly bitter.
Bottom Line:
If you only drink one Mexican-style lager on this list, make it Deep Ellum Neato Bandito. It’s by far the most well-rounded, flavorful offering on this list.
The brewery points out that while this crisp, vibrant Mexican-style lager is explosive in flavor, it was actually made for “mortals”. This 5% ABV beer was brewed with flaked corn and Liberty and Zeus hops (hence the name). This highly drinkable, refreshing brew is available year-round.
Tasting Notes:
On the nose, you’ll find a nice, sweet corn flavor from the flaked corn as well as citrus zest, and tropical fruit flavor. The palate is full of sweet malts, more crisp corn, lime, and just the right amount of bitter hops flavor. The finish is thirst-quenching, slightly sweet, and ends with a smattering of floral hops.
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Wyoming’s Melvin is known for its IPAs, but you shouldn’t sleep on this Mexican-style lager in early May or all through the summer.
Hood River, Oregon’s pFriem is well-known for its high-quality beer offerings like its Helles Lager, Hoppy Lager, and Pilsner. This might make you overlook its Mexican-style lager and that’s a big mistake. Brewed with Gambrinus Pilsner, Carafoam, and Acidulated malts along with flaked maize, lager yeast, and Perle, Czech Saaz, and Tettnang hops, this is a complex, well-balanced version of the popular style.
Tasting Notes:
Breathe in the scents of sweet corn, dried orange peels, salted caramel, and floral hops. Take a sip and you’ll find flavors of sweet malts, freshly baked bread, fresh corn, and citrus hops. It all ends with a nice combination of corn, citrus, and sea salt.
Bottom Line:
This highly sessionable beer seems like it was created to be paired with grilled meats and a hot, sunny day. The combination of citrus, malts, and hops pair perfectly with a warm afternoon spent grilling.
This 5.1%, year-round, Mexican-style lager was crafted to be brought to a beach. But if you don’t have a large body of water near you, you can still enjoy this beer brewed with Weyerman Pilsner, and Carapils malts as well as yellow corn, Amarillo hops, lime juice, and sea salt wherever you find a comfortable seat in the sun.
Tasting Notes:
On the nose, you’ll enjoy scents of bright citrus, wet grass, sweet corn, and just a hint of floral sweetness. This full-flavored beer is filled with notes of lime zest, bready malts, fresh corn, and a slight salinity. The finish is a crisp combination of citrus and sea salt.
Bottom Line:
When it comes to sweet, complex, thirst-quenching Mexican-style lagers, it’s really difficult to beat Deep Ellum Neato Bandito with its corn to lime to salt ratio.
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The Los Angeles Lakers are now tied with the Mavericks and the Blazers for the 5-7 spots in the Western Conference, which makes for a very real scenario in which the defending champs find themselves in the NBA’s new play-in tournament.
With eight games to play — including a very important game in Portland that will decide the tiebreaker between those two teams — the Lakers need to figure something out to turn around a current 1-6 run of play. Doing so will be difficult, as Dennis Schröder may be out for all eight games in the league’s health and safety protocols, while LeBron James is actively battling continued discomfort in the ankle that kept him out for 20 games and forced him to leave Sunday’s loss to the Raptors midway through the fourth quarter.
After the game, frustrations were evident in the Lakers locker room, and LeBron had some choice words for the league and their new play-in format.
LeBron James on the play-in tournament: “Whoever came up with that s— needs to be fired”
James joins Luka Dončić and Mark Cuban of the Mavs in being teams that have found themselves somewhat surprisingly in play-in range and suddenly voicing their displeasure with the format. For both, it’s understandable, as they feel like it has been out of their control that they’ve slid to this point, battling various injuries and COVID issues. On the other hand, the league is getting what it wants from the play-in, which is teams in the middle of the playoff pack — teams that normally would have little to play for in the 5-7 range down the stretch — suddenly in games that matter every night.
The point of the play-in was to make for more things to play for in the regular season, and it has delivered exactly that. There aren’t really races for the 10-seed, although it’s possible the teams in 11th make a late push like the Raptors and Pelicans, but the battle for 6th and avoiding the play-in and the battle for 8th to avoid needing two wins to make the playoffs are both very real in both conferences. That’s what the league wanted, and while it surely didn’t want to see the Lakers as one of the teams in the play-in, I bet the NBA won’t be too sad that Lakers fans, Celtics fans, and others are having to be more dialed in late in the regular season and, possibly, to an extra game or two prior to the playoffs.
There has been chatter that if the Lakers missed the playoffs due to the play-in the league would reconsider its stance on keeping it longterm, but if the Lakers can’t win one of two games against the 8 and 9 or 10 seeds, they probably would’ve had a short trip to the postseason in the first place. Alternately, the story of L.A. making a run from the play-in to go deep in the playoffs (while also getting one or two additional Laker games on TV) would be even better for the league, so I wouldn’t expect any change of mind as to the efficacy of the play-in moving forward.
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