Month: June 2023

It’s hard to go anywhere without hearing the lyrics “I’m outta town, thuggin with my rounds” thanks to Sexyy Red’s Tay Keith-produced summer anthem, “Pound Town,” which is why she had to stop by Uproxx to speak to our very own Cherise Johnson and gives the lay of the land with “Sexyy Red’s 5 Laws of Pound Town.”

While the song is raunchy, downright fun and easily relatable, there are rules you must follow when you go to Pound Town. The first law of Pound Town is: Condoms. Sure, Sexyy is all for having a good time, but safety and sexual health comes first! The rest of the laws follow the same tone of responsibility, fairness, and hygiene.

With mind-blowing lyrics like “my coochie pink / my booty hole brown,” the self-proclaimed hood hottest princess speaks on what a night in Pound Town is like in its descriptive, adrenaline-fueled glory. It’s really the best place to be for showing out, but in a fresh and safe way.

Watch Sexyy Red’s 5 Laws Of Pound Town with UPROXX below.

Sexyy Red’s rise to fame has also been studded with a Nicki Minaj collab, who is featured on “Pound Town 2,” the remix for the viral hit. Sexyy also just released her new album Hood Hottest Princess, which features eleven songs proving exactly why she’s a star.

It’s hard to go anywhere without hearing the lyrics “I’m outta town, thuggin with my rounds” thanks to Sexyy Red’s Tay Keith-produced summer anthem, “Pound Town,” which is why she had to stop by Uproxx to speak to our very own Cherise Johnson and gives the lay of the land with “Sexyy Red’s 5 Laws of Pound Town.”

While the song is raunchy, downright fun and easily relatable, there are rules you must follow when you go to Pound Town. The first law of Pound Town is: Condoms. Sure, Sexyy is all for having a good time, but safety and sexual health comes first! The rest of the laws follow the same tone of responsibility, fairness, and hygiene.

With mind-blowing lyrics like “my coochie pink / my booty hole brown,” the self-proclaimed hood hottest princess speaks on what a night in Pound Town is like in its descriptive, adrenaline-fueled glory. It’s really the best place to be for showing out, but in a fresh and safe way.

Watch Sexyy Red’s 5 Laws Of Pound Town with UPROXX below.

Sexyy Red’s rise to fame has also been studded with a Nicki Minaj collab, who is featured on “Pound Town 2,” the remix for the viral hit. Sexyy also just released her new album Hood Hottest Princess, which features eleven songs proving exactly why she’s a star.

The 2023 NBA Draft is next week, and unsurprisingly, there seem to be an endless supply of rumors about players, picks, and whatever else that could shake up the order of things beyond the San Antonio Spurs picking Victor Wembanyama first overall. In recent days, one of the more prominent rumors is that the New Orleans Pelicans are willing to make a big move up the board in an effort to bring in G League Ignite guard Scoot Henderson.

The Pelicans are able to put together quite the package of picks, as they have a number in their war chest of assets from the trades that sent Anthony Davis to the Los Angeles Lakers and Jrue Holiday to the Milwaukee Bucks. But according to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst on Wednesday’s edition of Get Up!, folks around the league wonder if New Orleans may be willing to put its former No. 1 overall pick on the table in an effort to catapult themselves to the top of the draft.

“It makes you not take too far of a leap to wonder, and the league is certainly wondering, if the Pelicans are gonna make, for the first time truly, Zion Williamson available ahead of next week’s draft,” Windhorst said. “To get up to that level in the top-5, you have to consider a player of this caliber, who’s obviously had injury history, a little bit of offseason drama recently. So, don’t know if anything’s gonna truly develop there, but I think it’s fair to say based on my conversations, there’s an eye being kept towards whether the Pelicans would make Zion Williamson available ahead of trying to get into that top end of the draft.”

It would, obviously, be a gigantic development if the Pelicans were to put Williamson on the table in trade talks, but it’s worth mentioning that there hasn’t been any clear indication they have done that. For how excellent Williamson has been when he’s gotten on the floor during his NBA career, he’s only been able to appear in 114 games across four seasons due to injury issues, which included only 29 games this past season.

The 2023 NBA Draft is next week, and unsurprisingly, there seem to be an endless supply of rumors about players, picks, and whatever else that could shake up the order of things beyond the San Antonio Spurs picking Victor Wembanyama first overall. In recent days, one of the more prominent rumors is that the New Orleans Pelicans are willing to make a big move up the board in an effort to bring in G League Ignite guard Scoot Henderson.

The Pelicans are able to put together quite the package of picks, as they have a number in their war chest of assets from the trades that sent Anthony Davis to the Los Angeles Lakers and Jrue Holiday to the Milwaukee Bucks. But according to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst on Wednesday’s edition of Get Up!, folks around the league wonder if New Orleans may be willing to put its former No. 1 overall pick on the table in an effort to catapult themselves to the top of the draft.

“It makes you not take too far of a leap to wonder, and the league is certainly wondering, if the Pelicans are gonna make, for the first time truly, Zion Williamson available ahead of next week’s draft,” Windhorst said. “To get up to that level in the top-5, you have to consider a player of this caliber, who’s obviously had injury history, a little bit of offseason drama recently. So, don’t know if anything’s gonna truly develop there, but I think it’s fair to say based on my conversations, there’s an eye being kept towards whether the Pelicans would make Zion Williamson available ahead of trying to get into that top end of the draft.”

It would, obviously, be a gigantic development if the Pelicans were to put Williamson on the table in trade talks, but it’s worth mentioning that there hasn’t been any clear indication they have done that. For how excellent Williamson has been when he’s gotten on the floor during his NBA career, he’s only been able to appear in 114 games across four seasons due to injury issues, which included only 29 games this past season.

Halsey finally has a new label home after parting ways with Capitol earlier this year. Today (June 14), Variety reported that the “So Good” hitmaker has signed to Columbia Records.

The news of Halsey signing to Columbia arrives almost a year after their public fallout with Capitol. Last May, Halsey shared a since-deleted TikTok, in which she claimed that Capitol was blocking her from releasing her single, “So Good.”

“I’ve been in this industry for eight years and I’ve sold over 165 million records and my record company is saying I can’t release [the song] unless they can fake a viral moment on TikTok,” read text that was placed in the video.

While some people believed that this particular TikTok was the fake viral moment itself, Halsey later took to Twitter to vent about their frustrations with their label.

“I’ve been minding my own business on tour taking care of my baby,” they said. “Four albums deep. Coasting. I’m way too established to stir something like this up for no reason or resort to this as a marketing tactic but now I’m in too deep so there’s no going back.”

Back in April, upon the announcement of Halsey leaving Capitol, their management team noted in a statement that a new era is underway.

“[W]e are excited about exploring a new partnership and sharing new music with fans,” said Anti-Pop’s Jason Aron and Anthony Li.

Halsey finally has a new label home after parting ways with Capitol earlier this year. Today (June 14), Variety reported that the “So Good” hitmaker has signed to Columbia Records.

The news of Halsey signing to Columbia arrives almost a year after their public fallout with Capitol. Last May, Halsey shared a since-deleted TikTok, in which she claimed that Capitol was blocking her from releasing her single, “So Good.”

“I’ve been in this industry for eight years and I’ve sold over 165 million records and my record company is saying I can’t release [the song] unless they can fake a viral moment on TikTok,” read text that was placed in the video.

While some people believed that this particular TikTok was the fake viral moment itself, Halsey later took to Twitter to vent about their frustrations with their label.

“I’ve been minding my own business on tour taking care of my baby,” they said. “Four albums deep. Coasting. I’m way too established to stir something like this up for no reason or resort to this as a marketing tactic but now I’m in too deep so there’s no going back.”

Back in April, upon the announcement of Halsey leaving Capitol, their management team noted in a statement that a new era is underway.

“[W]e are excited about exploring a new partnership and sharing new music with fans,” said Anti-Pop’s Jason Aron and Anthony Li.

Stevie Nicks fans have a lot to be thankful for, as a new limited-edition career-spanning box set will arrive next month.

It includes eight of Nicks’ solo albums: Bella Donna (1981), The Wild Heart (1983), Rock A Little (1985), The Other Side Of The Mirror (1989), Street Angel (1994), Trouble In Shangri-La (2001), In Your Dreams (2011), and 24 Karat Gold: Songs From The Vault (2014), according to a press release.

Additionally, fans will also get a Rarities compilation in the box set, with both remastered and lesser-known tracks included.

There will be a number of formats to buy, including a 10-disc CD set, a digital version, and the limited 16-LP set for around $300 — which is limited to 3,000 copies. All will be available on July 28, and more information can be found here.

Until then, Nicks has shared the remastered version of “One More Big Time Rock And Roll Star” that fans can check out above. Continue scrolling for the full Rarities tracklist across 3 LPs.

Side One
1. “Blue Lamp”
2. “Sleeping Angel”
3. “Garbo”
4. “Violet And Blue”

Side Two
1. “One More Big Time Rock And Roll Star”
2. “Battle Of The Dragon”
3. “Real Tears”
4. “Sometimes It’s A B*tch”

Side Three
1. “Love’s A Hard Game To Play”
2. “Desert Angel”
3. “Mirror, Mirror”
4. “Inspiration”

Side Four
1. “Thousand Days”
2. “God’s Garden”
3. “Somebody Stand By Me”

Side Five
1. “Free Fallin’”
2. “Reconsider Me”
3. “If You Ever Did Believe”
4. “Crystal”

Side Six
1. “Touched By An Angel”
2. “Not Fade Away”
3. “My Heart”
4. “For What It’s Worth”

Stevie Nicks fans have a lot to be thankful for, as a new limited-edition career-spanning box set will arrive next month.

It includes eight of Nicks’ solo albums: Bella Donna (1981), The Wild Heart (1983), Rock A Little (1985), The Other Side Of The Mirror (1989), Street Angel (1994), Trouble In Shangri-La (2001), In Your Dreams (2011), and 24 Karat Gold: Songs From The Vault (2014), according to a press release.

Additionally, fans will also get a Rarities compilation in the box set, with both remastered and lesser-known tracks included.

There will be a number of formats to buy, including a 10-disc CD set, a digital version, and the limited 16-LP set for around $300 — which is limited to 3,000 copies. All will be available on July 28, and more information can be found here.

Until then, Nicks has shared the remastered version of “One More Big Time Rock And Roll Star” that fans can check out above. Continue scrolling for the full Rarities tracklist across 3 LPs.

Side One
1. “Blue Lamp”
2. “Sleeping Angel”
3. “Garbo”
4. “Violet And Blue”

Side Two
1. “One More Big Time Rock And Roll Star”
2. “Battle Of The Dragon”
3. “Real Tears”
4. “Sometimes It’s A B*tch”

Side Three
1. “Love’s A Hard Game To Play”
2. “Desert Angel”
3. “Mirror, Mirror”
4. “Inspiration”

Side Four
1. “Thousand Days”
2. “God’s Garden”
3. “Somebody Stand By Me”

Side Five
1. “Free Fallin’”
2. “Reconsider Me”
3. “If You Ever Did Believe”
4. “Crystal”

Side Six
1. “Touched By An Angel”
2. “Not Fade Away”
3. “My Heart”
4. “For What It’s Worth”

Tucker Carlson doesn’t need Fox News to amplify his conspiracy theories and misinformation. Twitter will do it. The third episode of his show, “Tucker on Twitter,” has been viewed nearly 50 million times — which means nearly 50 million people (or maybe 45 million people and Elon Musk five million times) have been subjected to his wild, post-arraignment defense of Donald Trump.

“Seven-and-a-half years later we can point to the precise moment when permanent Washington decided to send Donald Trump to prison,” he said before playing footage from 2016 of Trump calling the invasion of Iraq a mistake (“They said there were weapons of mass destruction and there were none, they lied, they knew there were none”). Trump criticizing the fat cats in D.C. and deeming them “liars” was when he “sealed his fate,” Carlson concluded. “That was the one thing you were not allowed to say as it implicated too many people on both sides, which on this topic is just one side.”

Don’t worry, he wasn’t finished.

Carlson went on to argue that Trump’s indictment was “ideological,” asserting that the Washington, D.C., establishment was sending a “message” that any powerful figures who oppose war would be imprisoned. “Nobody with Trump’s views is allowed to have power in this country,” Carlson said. “Criticize our wars and you’re disqualified. If you keep it up, we’ll send you to prison. That’s the message Washington is sending. Not just the Democratic Party is sending, but both parties are sending.”

“They are trying to take Trump out before you can vote for him,” Carlson said at the end of the 13 minute video that feels like 13 hours. “And that should upset you more than anything that’s happened in American politics in your lifetime.” For once, Fox News is right: Tucker should cease and desist.

(Via the Daily Beast)

Tucker Carlson doesn’t need Fox News to amplify his conspiracy theories and misinformation. Twitter will do it. The third episode of his show, “Tucker on Twitter,” has been viewed nearly 50 million times — which means nearly 50 million people (or maybe 45 million people and Elon Musk five million times) have been subjected to his wild, post-arraignment defense of Donald Trump.

“Seven-and-a-half years later we can point to the precise moment when permanent Washington decided to send Donald Trump to prison,” he said before playing footage from 2016 of Trump calling the invasion of Iraq a mistake (“They said there were weapons of mass destruction and there were none, they lied, they knew there were none”). Trump criticizing the fat cats in D.C. and deeming them “liars” was when he “sealed his fate,” Carlson concluded. “That was the one thing you were not allowed to say as it implicated too many people on both sides, which on this topic is just one side.”

Don’t worry, he wasn’t finished.

Carlson went on to argue that Trump’s indictment was “ideological,” asserting that the Washington, D.C., establishment was sending a “message” that any powerful figures who oppose war would be imprisoned. “Nobody with Trump’s views is allowed to have power in this country,” Carlson said. “Criticize our wars and you’re disqualified. If you keep it up, we’ll send you to prison. That’s the message Washington is sending. Not just the Democratic Party is sending, but both parties are sending.”

“They are trying to take Trump out before you can vote for him,” Carlson said at the end of the 13 minute video that feels like 13 hours. “And that should upset you more than anything that’s happened in American politics in your lifetime.” For once, Fox News is right: Tucker should cease and desist.

(Via the Daily Beast)