It’s been a year and change since Lil Nas X dropped his debut album, Montero, in late 2021. As for how his sophomore effort is coming along, the rapper decided to open up about that on Twitter today (February 20), answering his followers’ questions about the upcoming project.
A fan asked when the rapper’s next album is coming and he responded, “most likely summer.” Somebody else wondered if the album has any features and Nas was more coy there, replying, “ooooooh.” Another Twitter user asked, “how many tracks confirmed,” and he responded, “idk i love so many songs plus i’m still in the studio making music so it’s gone be hard to pick.”
In response to another tweet, he explained, “it’s mostly planning now. i could easily just release music but i have to build moments around this sh*t. i have to go bigger than before!” Someone asked if he plans to drop a new single soon and he replied, “is tour soon?”
it’s mostly planning now. i could easily just release music but i have to build moments around this shit. i have to go bigger than before!
Elsewhere, when it comes to “sad songs,” Nas noted, “i didn’t make many of those i been too happy lately.” He also confirmed that his leaked song “Down Souf Hoes” is currently still set to be on the upcoming album.
i didn’t make many of those i been too happy lately
Fan-captured video of the concert shows Styles coyly taking off his Adidas shoe and filling it up with some alcoholic beverage before returning to the microphone and (accurately) proclaiming, “This is one of the most disgusting traditions I’ve ever [heard of].” Nonetheless, Styles chugged out of his shoe.
“I feel like a different person,” he joked after slipping his shoe back on. “I feel ashamed of myself. It feels so personal! Such an intimate moment to be shared with so many people! […] I’ll be discussing this with my therapist at length. At length!”
Maybe Styles will call Post Malone to commiserate. Posty’s shoey came earlier this month during a performance in Sydney, Australia, where he was serving as the supporting act to the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
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The BAFTAs — or the British Academy Film Awards, basically the U.K.’s Oscars — don’t tend to make news across the pond. But the 76th edition sure did. No, it wasn’t because Austin Butler beat out Colin Farrell for Best Actor, or that Cate Blanchett scooped up yet another trophy for Tár. It was the opening number, which featured Ariana DeBose, who won for West Side Story the previous year.
It started innocently enough. DeBose sang a medley featuring songs like “Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves” and “We Are Family.” Then she transitioned into an original song: a rap namechecking all the women nominated for acting awards: Hong Chau, Dolly de Leon, Kerry Condon, Carey Mulligan, etc.
Eventually, though, DeBose started saying more than their names. By the time she got to Angela Bassett and Viola Davis, things were officially off the rails. “Angela Bassett did the thing/Viola Davis, my Woman King,” she rapped. (The “thing,” for those not in the know, was act in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, which could very well nab her an Oscar next month.)
The performance left people with mixed, contradictory feelings.
Ariana DeBose’s rap at BAFTA is simultaneously awful and amazing. Like, I can’t stop watching it.pic.twitter.com/lxjKrW5vTf
It’s gonna be 3 in the morning and I’m gonna be staring at the ceiling and the thing that’s gonna be keeping me awake is the phrasing of “Angela Bassett did the thing” on loop in my brain.
After DeBose’s performance went viral, and not in a good way, Varietyreached out to Nick Bullen, the BAFTAs award producer, who defended the number, which he said DeBose had put together herself.
“We wanted to open the show with some energy, some fun, and also lay out straight away that this was hopefully going to feel like a different night, but with a familiarity as well, and what Ariana did was exactly that,” Bullen said. “I think a lot of people don’t like change, and there’s a view that the BAFTAs have to be this slightly stiff, traditional British, middle-England messaging. But American awards shows have much more razzmatazz, much more showbiz, and perhaps a broader range of people being involved. We felt we’re not about revolution, we’re about evolution.”
Today, February 20, Chlöe confirmed that In Pieces is coming on March 31. The announcement video was soundtracked by an unreleased track. “My tears are like the water. my heart is like the sun. through chaos, beauty grows. there’s power in my pain,” Chlöe tweeted.
IN PIECES 3.31.23
my tears are like the water. my heart is like the sun. through chaos, beauty grows. there’s power in my pain. pic.twitter.com/NwqiLkKKSq
She wore a cheerleader’s uniform with “#IN PIECES” written across her chest.
In a fan-captured video, Chlöe told the crowd, “I just turned in my first debut album two days ago. It was the best Valentine’s Day gift to myself because when I was writing this album, I was dealing with too many … and I’m like, ‘You know what, girl? You deserve better than that.’ And instead of trying to get back at them, I’ma just let karma do its thing. I’ma ‘Pray It Away.’”
Check out the clips below, and watch Chlöe’s In Pieces release date announcement video above.
Simz took the Royal Festival Hall stage at the 2023 BAFTA Awards on Sunday, February 19, in London to perform “Heart On Fire” from No Thank You. As a bonus, she brought out Joan Armatrading to add some extra spice on the guitar.
“My heart’s on fire / I bought the dream with every penny that I acquired,” Simz rapped with a melodic, unwavering delivery. “It’s a set up and you’ll be next to those prior / The devil works hard, but the business works harder / I vowed from now to work smarter.”
The chorus hammers home the song’s poignant theme of a double-edged sword: “My life is a blessing / But it comes with the stresses / And I can’t take it all / Just don’t let me down when I’m in the fire.”
On a related note, Simz postponed a string of US tour dates last April due to “mental stress” and an inevitable “huge deficit” she’d be left in after self-financing a tour as an independent artist. All the more reason to soak up every Simz performance, including an appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert tonight, February 20.
Watch Simz’s “Heart On Fire” performance from the 2023 BAFTAs above.
Since getting traded to the Indiana Pacers last season, Buddy Hield has become a mainstay for the team’s scoring capabilities, with a three-point percentage nearly on par with his best years in Sacramento. He’s also become an all-around asset in the quick, effectively scrappy style of the team, pitching in with rebounding and assists, and taking some pointers from his teammate and one of the league’s most adept at stripping the ball out of unsuspecting opponents hands, T.J. McConnell.
Hield made it to the final round of the NBA’s Three Point Contest on All-Star Saturday night, but was beaten by a zeroed in Damian Lillard. Dime caught up with Hield before the contest to talk about his shot mechanics, how he’s become a leader with the Pacers, and breaking Reggie Miller’s franchise record for most triples in a single season.
What are you doing with Starry for the weekend?
I’m here with Starry, the new NBA soft drink. First one and I think they’re doing a good job of collabing it. It hits different. That’s the slogan they use, but it does. It’s smooth. I’m proud to be able to represent them and help build the brand.
I just had one, it’s very fresh.
It’s very fresh, right!
I wanted to congratulate you on breaking the record! Reggie Miller, in your dust. What does that feel like?
Thank you! It feels great. I didn’t even know that was in play. I thought it was like, probably game 70 I might get to it. I didn’t know I was that close to it. I mean, he did so much for us young kids and shooters. I’m just blessed.
I was going to ask you that — so you don’t keep track of records?
Nah. I think if you tend to focus on that, you get off track and press too much. You just gotta focus on the end goal, which is to win basketball games.
I know it can be kind of tough to explain, but could you walk me through your shot mechanics? I know it’s abstract.
It’s weird cause it’s like, it’s all about comfort. You know? Feeling, confidence, repetition. I just make sure I get it up and it leaves my hand smoothly. You don’t want a hitch in your shot. You want to come off smoothly, release up high, good rhythm and good base.
Okay, so is it the kind of thing then when you let it go, you can feel it already like, That’s going, or, Oh no—
Yes. As soon as you let it go, you’re like, Oh shit. This is bad. You can feel it in the ball. You know because the rhythm is in your hands, and once it leaves your hands it’s fire. It’s smooth and relaxing, like a shot firing off.
Maybe you can explain this to me, but was chatting with a friend of mine this morning who does shot coaching. We were talking about flat shots. When you make the rim smaller instead of bigger.
Yeah cause guys shoot straight. It’s not really good. One of the more flat shooters was Ray Allen, cause he jumps so high. But he’s still got arc on his shot. It’s good to get the arc, ‘cause then it’s going up. And it doesn’t need to be like a high arc, it can be an arc that just feels like a comfort zone. Everybody’s arc is different. So you’ve got to get comfortable with your arc and stay with that and don’t go off course. I think shooters get, especially kids, they try to make their shot like other great players, but just be you and find that comfort zone.
But how long does it take to find that? To find your own style?
Getting obsessed with it. [laughs] It’s obsession. You have to be obsessed. Put the hours, put the work in. And that’s how great shooters become great shooters, they’re obsessed with their craft. You become a basketball player, you have to be obsessed with going to the gym by yourself, not needing anybody to rebound the ball for you and you’re just figuring it out. That’s how life is, you figure it out.
That is how life is.
Yeah! You gotta figure it out. And the shot, it’s tough. You gotta figure it out how to get in the hole. It’s hard to get there, but you need to figure out that comfort.
If you had to pick three words to describe your own shot, what would they be?
Smooth.
Just smooth?
Smooth. Smooth, smooth. Smooth!
I wanted to chat with you a little about your transition to the Pacers, and what that’s been like. Because you’ve stepped into a bit of a mentorship role there. Do you feel that?
Yeah, of course. Sometimes I can be that annoying big brother to the guys, letting them know, especially the younger guys, winning in the NBA is hard. Yes, it gets annoying when people talk to you, and you gotta listen to them. But everybody comes from programs where they’re the guy, but it’s not that no more.
When you broke Reggie’s record, I was thinking back to that Pacers team. There are similarities there. Do you pay attention to that kind of thing?
I pay attention, but I don’t dwell on it. Leave it for the media to figure out and talk about. Whether they’re right or wrong.
We try to get it right.
[laughs] Yeah, that’s what makes the sport great. They try to put the positive and the good with it. But we’re on the right move. The reason we’ve taken a dip, I think, is because Tyrese [Haliburton] is hurt. And you’re only as strong as your weakest player, weakest link. And he’s not a weak link, he’s our strong, big guy that we need. We get him back now, we finish the season strong and see what happens.
Do you set goals for yourself?
Yeah, you can’t just see where it goes because you’ll be too relaxed. You need to set goals. Like now, we gotta win a lot of games. And way less losses.
It’s tough in the East!
It’s tough in the NBA, period.
How do you feel about tomorrow?
Of course you have a little anxiety, but that’s normal. That should be normal. Because you expect something of yourself.
A certain amount of nerves are good because it meanest’s important to you.
Yeah, exactly.
On that note is there anything you do to hype yourself up, or bring yourself down if you need to?
Just think about it more [laughs]. That’s the point of life, you know? As long as I go out there — what I feel I feel — do my best, then I did what I gotta do. It’s something I love doing.
The momentum will carry into this summer. Today, February 20, the 2023 Roots Picnic lineup was revealed. The Roots Picnic Weekend is slated for June 2 to 4 at Philadelphia’s The Mann in Fairmount Park. The headliners are Ms. Lauryn Hill — “celebrating the 25th anniversary of The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill— Diddy with The Roots, and Lil Uzi Vert.
Dave Chappelle is billed as providing “Friday Night Comedy” at Wells Fargo Center.
The 2023 Roots Picnic will also stage such prominent musical acts as Ari Lennox, City Girls, Maverick City, DJ Drama, Saucy Santana, Uncle Waffles, Lucky Daye, Syd, Glorilla, Black Thought, Eve, Busta Rhymes, DVSN, Kindred, The Family Soul, and Spinall.
The “Soulquarians Icons Set” will be performed by the Isley Brothers and Roy Ayers, while Adam Blackstone is expected to perform with special guests Mary Mary and Coco Jones.
The podcast stage will feature Charlamagne Tha God, DJ Akademiks’ Off The Record, Angela Yee’s Lip Service, Questlove Supreme, Don’t Call Me White Girl, People’s Party With Talib Kweli, and more.
“We’re partnering with @livenationurban to bring you three days of black culture, music, comedy, and podcasts in one of the most beautiful cities in the world!!!!” The Roots Picnic’s Instagram post reads, noting that presale begins Tuesday, February 21, at noon ET.
Additional ticketing information can be found here. See the official lineup poster above.
Who could have known that Beabadoobee’s childhood ringtone would also be an incidental Easter egg for her opening on Swift’s upcoming Eras Tour?
“I remember telling an interviewer that my dream support was Taylor Swift, and then I got a call from my manager saying she wants you to go on tour with her,” Beabadoobee told The Timesfor a feature published today, February 20. “I messaged all my girlfriends: ‘Guess f*cking what…’”
Uproxx’s September 2021 cover star continued, “I’ve always loved her music. I grew up with it. I think ‘Love Story’ was the ringtone on my Nokia when I was seven. I’m not a major, major Swiftie, but I can appreciate what an amazing songwriter she is and how talented and successful and empowering she is for women.”
Beabadoobee will join Swift for dates in Las Vegas (March 24, 25), Arlington, Texas (April 1, 2), Tampa, Florida (April 13, 14, 15), Houston (April 21, 22), and Atlanta (April 28, 29).
Before that, she will headline a European leg in support of her 2022 album, Beatopia. Over the weekend, tickets for Beabadoobee’s four summer US headlining dates went on sale.
Swift’s Eras Tour will kick off with back-to-back shows on March 17 and March 18 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. Paramore and Gayle will serve as the supporting acts for those before Beabadoobee slides in alongside Gayle on March 24. See all dates here.
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
In the simplest terms, a stout is a dark (sometimes pitch black), malty beer brewed with roasted barley. While there are many different types of stouts (including milk stouts, dry Irish stouts, oatmeal stouts, and others), in general, stouts are known for their roasted malt, chocolate, and coffee flavors. They also usually have at least a little hop bitterness to temper the other flavors.
Sometimes, on top of this, brewers add other flavors. Sure, there are countless stouts, imperial stouts, and other types of stouts that rely solely on the included roasted barley and the flavors and aromas it imparts. But the style’s natural coffee, chocolate, and roasted malt profile works well when paired with complementary flavors like actual coffee beans, real chocolate, peanut butter, caramel, toasted marshmallows, and even almonds.
To prove it, we picked eight of our favorite flavored stouts and ranked them for you. Keep scrolling to see if any of your favorites made the list.
Oregon’s Rogue Ales knows a thing or two about epic, boundary-pushing beers. Its Chocolate Stout Nitro is no exception. This year-round nitro version of its iconic Chocolate Stout is brewed with two-row, C12-, Chocolate, and Munich malts as well as rolled oats, roasted barley, Cascade hops, Pacman yeast, and real chocolate.
Tasting Notes:
Classic aromas of dark chocolate, roasted malts, and coffee fill your nostrils before your first sip. The palate continues this trend with more chocolate, some vanilla beans, toasted marshmallows, and a light bitterness at the finish. It’s a decent take on the chocolate stout, just slightly muted.
Bottom Line:
All the flavors are present. It’s just that Rogue Chocolate Stout Nitro is a little too thin and watery for my personal liking.
Do you like crème brulee? Do you like stouts? Do you wish there was a beer that tastes like the popular caramel-flavored dessert? Well, the brewers at Southern Tier made one. This imperial stout is brewed with vanilla beans and natural flavors. An offering from its popular Blackwater Series, it’s a seasonal fall and winter release.
Tasting Notes:
Bold aromas of vanilla beans, caramel, and chocolate are highlights of this beer’s nose. The palate is all roasted malts, caramelized sugar, vanilla beans, and custard. It’s very sweet and indulgent. Almost too much so.
Bottom Line:
This beer is exactly as it seems. The one downfall is the fact that it’s so decadent and sweet that it’s much more of a dessert beer than an everyday sipper.
Belching Beaver is no stranger to the over-the-top flavored beer world. One of its best is its Peanut Butter Milk Stout. Touted as America’s “favorite peanut butter flavored milk stout”, it’s known for its bold, sweet flavors of chocolate and peanut butter.
Tasting Notes:
The nose is loaded with roasted peanuts, milk chocolate, and roasted malts. The best part is that the peanut aroma seems real and not artificial. Drinking it reveals the equivalent of a peanut butter cup in beer form. Milk chocolate, peanut butter, and roasted malts. Sadly, that’s about it.
Bottom Line:
This is a peanut butter and chocolate stout and… that’s about it. It fits that bit well. Otherwise, it’s a bit of a one-trick (okay, two-trick) pony.
This beer was first brewed as brewmaster Garrett Oliver’s resume beer and there’s a reason he wanted to show this off to potential employers. Brewed with roasted malts, chocolate malts, and various hops, this beer is so loaded with chocolate flavor and it doesn’t even have any actual chocolate in it. It gets its unmistakable chocolate aroma and flavor from six different malts and three mashes.
Tasting Notes:
On the nose, you’ll find aromas of vanilla beans, roasted malts, and a mix of dark and sweet, milk chocolate that definitely draws you in. The palate has a ton of bitter chocolate and vanilla, but there are also roasted malts, toffee, dried fruits, and a gentle, slightly smoky spice.
Bottom Line:
As flavored stouts go, this is a true winner. It’s complex and filled with flavor. Like some of the other beers on this list, its only downfall is that it’s so chocolatey, it’s pretty much a dessert beer.
This award-winning, 6.5% ABV stout was brewed to taste like a campfire s’more (hence the name) in a can and it definitely does. The brewers did this by making it with graham crackers, molasses, vanilla, and toasted marshmallows.
Tasting Notes:
The nose is filled with scents of graham cracker, milk chocolate, vanilla, and toasted marshmallows. It really smells like a classic campfire s’more. The palate continues this trend with notes of toffee, more graham cracker, marshmallow, and light spices. Overall, a very good take on the style.
Bottom Line:
If you’re looking for a stout that literally tastes like a s’more, this is the beer for you. Even with all the various flavors, it isn’t overly sweet.
Who doesn’t enjoy a classic coffee stout, especially when it’s an imperial coffee stout, right? This 10% ABV winter seasonal imperial stout was brewed with locally sourced Dark Matter Coffee. It was crafted to be a coffee-filled, chocolatey, winter sipper.
Tasting Notes:
There’s no doubt this beer has freshly brewed coffee in it. There’s a coffee aroma so strong it feels like just breathing it in could wake you up. There are also aromas of roasted malts and chocolate. Drinking it reveals more bold coffee, roasted malts, fudge, and vanilla. It’s creamy, sweet, and slightly bitter.
Bottom Line:
When it comes to coffee stouts, you’ll have a tough time finding one as delicious and well-rounded as Half Acre Big Hugs. I mean… besides these next two.
La Cumbre takes the classic coffee stout one step further, making a beer version of a café con leche. They did this by brewing their popular stout with espresso and lactose. The result is a bold, coffee-filled, creamy beer worth raving about.
Tasting Notes:
Sweet cream, chocolate, caramel malts, and freshly brewed coffee are prevalent on the nose. The palate is heavy on bold, rich espresso beans, followed by lactose, chocolate fudge, and roasted malts. It might seem like there aren’t a ton of different flavors, but there really are.
Bottom Line:
This is where creamy lactose meets rich, dark, bold coffee. It’s a truly memorable stout you’ll go back to again and again.
If you’ve never tried Evil Twin Imperial Biscotti Break, what are you waiting for? This imperial stout gets its name because it was brewed with coffee, almond, and vanilla. It’s an interesting group of flavors that work in perfect unison together.
Tasting Notes:
Complex aromas of vanilla beans, almond cookies, toffee, chocolate fudge, and freshly brewed coffee are the first scents noticeable. Taking a sip will bring you to a world of candied almonds, caramel, chocolate, roasted malts, and a bold cup of espresso. The finish is a warming mix of sweetness and bitterness that leaves you craving more.
Bottom Line:
This beer might seem like a lot when you look at the name and the ingredients, but it really is a well-balanced, warming beer you’ll want to drink all winter long.
Last month Marjorie Taylor Greene tried to play nice, sort of. She rallied behind Kevin McCarthy, the establishment Republican pick for Speaker of the House. She broke up with her besties, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz. Was she mellowing out? Of course not. She was a annoying brat during Joe Biden’s State of the Union. Now she’s talking secession again, and on Presidents’ Day.
We need a national divorce.
We need to separate by red states and blue states and shrink the federal government.
Everyone I talk to says this.
From the sick and disgusting woke culture issues shoved down our throats to the Democrat’s traitorous America Last policies, we are… https://t.co/Azn8YF1UUy
“We need a national divorce,” Greene tweeted from her once-banned account. “We need to separate by red states and blue states and shrink the federal government. Everyone I talk to says this. From the sick and disgusting woke culture issues shoved down our throats to the Democrat’s traitorous America Last policies, we are done.”
Worth noting: Greene represents Georgia, one of them blue states that voted for Biden in 2020. That election’s loser, Donald Trump, may even be in big trouble over his attempts to overturn the will of their people, and ditto Lindsey Graham. Perhaps Greene should have checked in on that before publicly suggesting shredding the Constitution.
It’s not the first time Greene has floated the idea of breaking up the nation along party lines. She talked about it last year when she railed against Democrats moving to red states, suggesting they should not be allowed to vote “in a National Divorce scenario.” And in 2021 she conducted a wishy-washy poll to see who’d want to divvy up the country, discovering that 48 percent weren’t into it while 43 percent were (with 9 percent undecided).
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