On Wednesday, June 7, Monáe shared the full double disc tracklist and the album’s featured artists on Instagram and Twitter. Appearing on the album are Grace Jones, Doechii, CKay, Seun Kuti And Egypt 80, Sister Nancy, Amaarae, and actress Nia Long.
Their Instagram video showed behind-the-scenes footage from making the album alongside the caption, “#TheAgeOfPleasure TRACKLiSTING AND FEATURES! 2 more days to go [red heart emoji, flame emoji] This project wouldn’t be the same without each of you. I wish everyone could have been a spider on the speaker while we had the most fun making thingsssss. Legendary times were had.”
The Age Of Pleasure arrives at midnight, June 9. (It’s probably safe to assume a 6/9 release date was chosen purposefully.) Monáe announced their supporting North American The Age Of Pleasure Tourlast week, which will begin on August 30 in Seattle, Washington and eventually conclude on October 28 at Inglewood, California’s YouTube Theater.
Check out the full The Age Of Pleasure tracklist below.
1. “Float” Feat. Seun Kuti And Egypt 80
2. “Champagne Shit”
3. “Black Sugar Beach”
4. “Phenomenal” Feat. Doechii
5. “Haute”
6. “Ooh La La” Feat. Grace Jones
7. “Lipstick Lover”
8. “The Rush” Feat. Amaarae and Nia Long
9. “The French 75” Feat. Sister Nancy
10. “Water Slide”
11. “Know Better” Feat. CKay
12. “Paid In Pleasure”
13. “Only Have Eyes 42”
14. “A Dry Red”
The Age Of Pleasure is out 6/9 via Wondaland Arts Society/Atlantic Records. Find more information here.
Janelle Monáe is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts is primed to hit theaters this week, and the seventh installment in the franchise is receiving mostly positive reviews as critics enjoy director Steven Caple Jr.‘s new take on the classic transforming robots. But as audiences get ready to plunk down in their seats to watch Optimus Prime and the Autobots take on a new threat, they’ll probably want to know if they should stick around for a post-credits scene. We got you covered.
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts does have a kicker scene that takes place midway through the credits, so you won’t have to wait for the entire credits to roll. As for what the scene entails, it’s mostly just a humorous moment between Noah (Anthony Ramos) and his Autobot buddy Mirage (Pete Davidson) who took some serious damage during the final battle with Scourge (Peter Dinklage).
In the scene, Noah argues with his buddy Reek, who doesn’t see the point in fixing up the old Porsche that’s secretly Mirage. However, he soon learns why Noah is so intent on repairing the vehicle.
Noah refuses to back down, telling him the car is “special.” Reek then makes the mistake of saying: “This car is a jigsaw puzzle made of garbage. I bet the joint don’t even start.”
At this point, Noah calls out to Mirage, who morphs into his epic Autobot form, leaving Reek godsmacked. And in true Mirage style, he shouts: “Woohoo, yeah! Your boy is back! This b*tch said I wasn’t even gonna start.”
Again, the scene doesn’t follow in the traditional post-credits vein of setting up the next film, but it does keep Noah and Mirage in the mix for another Transformers adventure.
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts rolls into theaters on June 9.
According to Rolling Stone, some of Trump’s advisers are “urging him to continuously make reference to the size of DeSantis’ penis, telling him such insults could stick with GOP primary voters and mess with his rival’s head.” This alligns with a Bloomberg report from earlier this year about “Tiny D” being one of Trump’s possible nicknames for the Disney-feuding Florida governor; he went with the less successful “Ron DeSanctimonious.”
Now, “Tiny D” could be taken as a shot at DeSantis’ height (there’s weirdly no official online confirmation about how tall he is, but he’s most likely under six feet; Trump is 6′3″), but nope, it’s not. “He’s also short,” a source told Rolling Stone, “but, yes of course it’s about his penis, that’s why we’re doing it.”
Already, Trump has suggested that DeSantis, his chief rival, might be secretly gay. He’s gone after DeSantis over pronunciation of his own last name. He has claimed to have salacious dirt on Florida’s governor, that he might release during the primary. Recently, Trump’s campaign went after one of DeSantis’ top aides, apparently insulting her physical appearance.
With the fat and penis jokes flying, the GOP debates will have all the professionalism of a middle school playground at recess.
Anderson .Paak has reunited with Shafiq Husayn for the new song “Crush You,” the second single from Husayn’s upcoming album, So Gold. The quirkily soulful track features Husayn’s signature funk-influenced production and playful, flirty singing from Paak. The duo previously teamed up on the 2014 track “It’s Better For You” from Husayn’s EP of the same name.
The duo’s association even precedes that, as .Paak has credited Husayn with helping him get back on his feet after he was let go from his job on a marijuana farm. Shafiq let Anderson’s family stay with him and hired him as an assistant, writer, and producer. Now, Andy’s returning the favor, lending a bit of the star power he’s acquired since to his fellow industry veteran.
.Paak’s been doing a lot of that lately; earlier this year, he also reunited with producer Knxwledge to announce the follow-up to their fan-favorite 2016 NxWorries mixtape, Yes Lawd! Thus far, they have released two songs, “Where I Go” with HER and “Daydreaming,” as well as a tour this summer. Anderson also worked with Cordae on a full EP, so that’s something to keep an eye out for, as well.
Listen to Shafiq Husayn’s new Anderson .Paak collaboration, “Crush You,” below.
Whether or not you know about the Vanderpump Rules scandal, which involves the affair between Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss, one thing is for certain…Andy Cohen is having a great time! He deserves it after the year he’s had.
During part three of the season 10 reunion, you could tell that most of the cast has been through it after nearly 4 hours of hashing all of this out under those hot Bravo lights.
At one point, it was asked if Sandoval had slept with anyone else after embarking on his tumultuous affair with cast member Leviss. Ariana Madix, his partner of nine years, then said, “Well, you know who he did sleep with after he and Raquel started sleeping together? Me.” At this point, Sandoval proved that he has nothing else to lose by sarcastically responding, “She kept her T-shirt on; it was really hot.” You could then hear the universe shift with the rumblings of thousands of Bravo citizens shaking in anger, disgust, and potential violence.
Sandoval’s pal and co-worker Tom Schwartz, who then began questioning every choice in his life, responded “Don’t say that, dude. Don’t say that,” while the rest of the cast shook their heads and shouted at him. It was too late the damage was done (it was really done months ago, after all) and of course, Twitter did not take kindly to Sandoval’s comments.
Of all the ways this cast has capitalized off on scandoval, if Ariana doesn’t instantly have “I fuck in this t shirt” shirts made immediately then what was it all for!? #VanderpumpReunion
….and that’s exactly what happened! Madix dropped a “F*ck Me In This Shirt” t-shirt just hours after the big reunion. It features the star eating a piece of grilled cheese and can be yours for just $34.99! It sure seems like the woman is making the best of the horrible situation, though there is still more to come next week on the Secrets Revealed special. Maybe some of these secrets should remain….not revealed.
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Five years ago, I reviewed the soundtrack from Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, a film that blew my mind and instantly became ingrained as not just one of my favorite Spider-Man or Marvel or superhero films but one of my favorite films, period. Five days ago, I watched that film’s sequel, Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse, and now, as I write this, I’m still buzzing from the high of watching it again just hours ago.
The sequel isn’t so much a continuation of the first story as it is its own evolved organism. Like how life started with aquatic creatures and eventually became the wildly diverse array of species and body plans we see today. There’s shared DNA, but you can see how things have adapted and changed and grown into much more complex lifeforms — not necessarily, better, per se, but totally different in endlessly fascinating new ways.
Here’s what I wrote about the first soundtrack: “Like the Black Panther soundtrack before it, the film understands its cultural relevance, the moment it speaks to, and the world it must represent, and does so, making it one of the best hip-hop-oriented film soundtracks ever created.” With that in mind, writing about the second soundtrack, which was produced and curated by St. Louis superproducer Metro Boomin, begs for the sort of reinvention and deconstruction that the second film does.
Fortunately, the new soundtrack offers the perfect opportunity for it. Unlike the first Spider-Verse soundtrack, Metro Boomin Presents Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse plays as more of a straightforward album than its predecessor. While the original presented a diverse slate of artists and styles reflecting and deepening the themes of the movie, listening to the second, you might forget that it’s a soundtrack at all. Nobody mentions Spider-Man, the character, or says the word “superhero” across its 13 tracks (19 on the deluxe version released just days later).
But while each of those tracks slots perfectly into its respective needle-drop moment in the film, here, there’s a sense of cohesion that the first one lacked — for certain, a product of having a single producer curating tracks with his favorite collaborators. Where the first featured a number of rising stars who might not be instantly recognizable — one breakout song, “What’s Up Danger,” was performed by Blackway, who isn’t exactly a marquee star — this one is littered with A-list talent, from 21 Savage and ASAP Rocky to James Blake and Nas.
Fittingly, though, there is some continuity: Coi Leray returns here for the reflective “Self Love.” She’s seen a similar rise in popularity since the first movie, just like the franchise itself (the first film opened at $35.4 million for the weekend; the new one grossed $120.7 million in the same span). Metro also wisely expands his own range, continuing the first soundtrack’s nods to the multi-cultural Brooklyn setting of the film with forays into dancehall (“Silk & Cologne” with Ei8ht and Offset), Afrobeats (“Link Up” with Don Toliver and Wizkid), and alt-pop (the standout “Hummingbird” with James Blake).
And where the first film dazzled with entirely new animation techniques and novel production design, the second, without the element of surprise that the first one had, deepened and expanded its use of these elements to enrich the visual storytelling (in Spider-Gwen’s world, the watercolor backgrounds shapeshift to reflect the characters’ emotional conflicts — strong stuff). Likewise, Across The Spider-Verse‘s soundtrack doesn’t get to blow us away with a “Sunflower,” the Post Malone and Swae Lee collab that went 18 times platinum while becoming a soundtrack earworm on the scale of “Don’t You Forget About Me” or “Danger Zone.”
So, instead, Metro and friends spread the inescapable catchiness across the tracklist as a whole. In the past seven days, I have been stuck, alternately, on ASAP Rocky and Roisee’s “Am I Dreaming,” whose strings pulsate with emotion; Swae Lee, Nav, and A Boogie wit da Hoodie’s “Calling,” which may mark my first time actually enjoying a Nav song; and Dominic Fike’s deluxe edition addition “Mona Lisa,” the very definition of a bop. My neighbors are undoubtedly sick of all three by now, but I’ve considerately varied the playlist with Future and Lil Uzi Vert’s “All The Way Live,” Offset and JID’s (!!) “Danger (Spider),” and “Silk & Cologne.”
Throughout the album, it’s clear that Metro, like the Sony Pictures Animation studio, stepped up his game tremendously. We’re well used to his thumping 808s and haunting samples by now; this time, he adds soaring strings, blaring, superheroic horns, subtle synths, and sprinkles of dialogue from the film to his formula, crafting candy-coated musical concoctions that sit as easily aside each other as they do the frenetic animation and heartfelt scenes on the screen.
If Enter The Spider-Verse produced one of my favorite superhero film soundtracks, Across The Spider-Verse presents one of the best — no caveats or categories needed. It may not feel as groundbreaking as its predecessor, but it is an album that compels repeat listening and rewards it every time. Tasked with producing a soundtrack worthy of the mighty leap forward the sequel has made, the artist whose oeuvre includes not just one superhero-themed album but two (with another on the way) proves himself up to the Herculean task and, like the film itself, leaves listeners desperate for more.
Metro Boomin Presents Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse is out now on Boominati/Republic.
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Welcome to SNX DLX, your weekly roundup of the best sneakers to hit the internet. The summer season has arrived a few weeks early in the world of sneakers as vibrant colorways rule the week. Highlights of the week include a snow cone-inspired Air Max 1, a citrusy Adidas Gazelle, and some interesting contrasting color combinations via the Air Jordan 5 Indigo Haze.
It’s a nice change-up after last week’s incredibly slow and depressing showing, but things aren’t fully back yet, this week’s lineup is still looking a little lighter than we’d like so here is hoping that the drops start heating up with the weather. After you dive into this week’s picks, be sure to hit up our monthly Style Watch series to help complete your look with the best festival-friendly fashion drops out right now.
Let’s dive in!
Nike Air Max 1 x Puerto Rican Day Orange Frost and Citron Pulse
Bright, loud, and colorful, we’re loving this celebratory Puerto Rican Day Orange Frost and Citron Pulse Air Max 1. Featuring graphics that nod to Puerto Rican held carts, this five-color sneaker is inspired by the vibrant color of snow cones with a mixed suede, canvas, and leather builds, a jeweled swoosh, embroidered ‘Puerto Rico’ branding on the heel, and gold lace emblems.
It’s easily the most summer-centric sneaker released all year.
The Air Max 1 x Puerto Rican Day Orange Frost and Citron Pulse is out now. Pick up a pair via the Nike SNKRS app.
Nike has dropped a handful of sneakers that celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip-hop this year and now the brand is showing the west coast some love with this Air Force 1. Featuring a denim upper with a diffused blue and white colorway — reminiscent of a certain LA baseball team — the West Coast sports a gum-colored outsole, a plush collar, and Nike Coast lace emblems.
The Air Force 1 West Coast is out now. Pick up a pair at the Nike SNKRS app.
Summer is nearly here and bright colorways are about to take over so infuse some icy cool into your wardrobe with this women’s exclusive Indigo Haze Jordan 5. Featuring a leather build with a mix of soft purple and washed-out yellow tones, this Indigo Haze exudes chill vibes and rides atop an icy lavender outsole.
As an extra detail, the sneaker features reflective elements throughout the design allowing for a glowing step in the later hours that’ll ensure that you’re rocking the coolest kicks at the summer get-together.
The Women’s Air Jordan 5 Indigo Haze is set to drop on June 8th at 7:00 Am PST. Pick up a pair via the Nike SNKRS app.
This week New Balance isn’t dropping anything directly that is noteworthy, but the brand is teaming up with retailer Bodega for a special take on the 610 hiking sneaker. Featuring composite tech, a C-CAP midsole, 3M accents throughout for high visibility, and lace-to-toe eyelets in a mixed charcoal and blueberry colorway with a heavy tread sole and a bungee-style lace-lock for a secure fit.
Without a doubt, these are our favorite hiking sneakers to drop all year.
The Bodega x New Balance ML610TB1 is set to drop on June 9th at 9:00 AM PST. Pick up a pair at the Bodega online store, or physical locations in Boston and Los Angeles.
Nike is paying tribute to Jordan Brand’s once senior vice president, Howard H. White, with a special iteration of the Jordan 2. Dubbed the “H Wings,” this take on the AJ2 sports hand-sketched wing graphics on the quarter panel, a translucent heel counter, gold foil “H” branding, and a white leather build with forest green accents.
The AJ2 is White’s favorite Jordan silhouette so it’s fitting that such an important name in the brand is getting one of the best iterations of the sneaker to drop all year.
The Air Jordan 2 H Wings is set to drop on June 10th at 7:00 Am PST. Pick up a pair via the Nike SNKRS app.
Grey suede panels over a white leather base with black accents, what more can you want? This is a dope but ultra-simple take on the Jordan 1 that rides atop a slightly aged midsole with crimson red embroidered branding at the tongue. Hardcore Jordan heads will recognize this colorway as ‘Washed Black,’ one of the most coveted colorways of the AJ-1.
The Nike Air Jordan 1 Black and Smoke Grey is set to drop on June 10th at 7:00 AM PST. Pick up a pair via the Nike SNKRS app or aftermarket sites like GOAT and Flight Club.
If you’ve been keeping an eye on modern sneaker trends you may have noticed that the Adidas Gazelle is back! The mid-80s silhouette is as simple as can be but it looks timeless and right now young sneakerheads love rocking it. If you want to join in with that crowd you might as well have one of the doper colorways on the market, and this week’s Gazelle 85 in Preloved Red will get you there.
Featuring a refined 85-era silhouette, this Gazelle captures the vibe the silhouette is known for but puts a slight twist on it that makes it unique, like higher foxing tape, a modified 3-Stripes, and a reworked toe overlay with a soft suede build that is leather lined.
The Adidas Gazelle 85 is out now. Pick up a pair via Adidas.
The new Foo Fighters album But Here We Are dropped last week after it was teased with singles like “Rescued,” “Show Me How,” and “The Teacher.” They took to Twitter today (June 8) to share gratitude to those involved in the making of the record.
“A most heartfelt & profound ‘thank you,’” they tweeted, “To Greg Kurstin, Julian Burg, Darrell Thorp, Spike Stent, John Lousteau, Oliver Roman, & Alastair Christie for helping the band walk back into the studio again, lock the door behind us, and make the most important album of our lives.”
They continued, “We certainly couldn’t have done it without you. Our love and gratitude goes beyond words. The memories and songs will last forever.”
We certainly couldn’t have done it without you. Our love and gratitude goes beyond words. The memories and songs will last forever.
On the day of the album release, Dave Grohl recently shared a vulnerable, handwritten note. It read, “Hey. It’s been a while….. Now that we’ve returned from our first run of shows, I felt compelled to reach out and thank you all for being there for us. Every night, when I see you singing, it makes me sing harder. When I see you screaming, it makes me scream louder. When I see your tears, it brings me to tears. And when I see your joy, it brings me joy. But, I see you… and it feels so good to see you, churning up these emotions together. Because we’ve always done this together. Time and time again. See you soon.”
After years of trying to get a solo movie off the ground, Warner Bros. is finally delivering The Flash starring Ezra Miller as the Scarlet Speedster. Miller first appeared as the character in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice before having a more prominent role in Justice League. The Flash also had a brief cameo in Suicide Squad as well as the season finale of Peacemaker, but now, Miller gets to cut loose in a standalone film that will take the classic DC Comics character on a multiversal adventure alongside Michael Keaton’s Batman.
Here’s everything we know about The Flash:
Release Date
The Flash will zoom into theaters on June 16, which is just around the corner. Advance screenings have already happened, so the odds of the film getting tripped up between now and its release are very slim.
Cast
Miller returns as Barry Allen, a police lab technician who becomes empowered with the Speed Force following a freak accident. He now has the ability to move at such incredible speeds that he’s no longer confined by the known laws of physics or… time. In a surprise casting coup, Keaton also returns as his iconic version of Batman, who was last seen in 1992’s Batman Returns. Sasha Calle is also along for the ride as the new big screen version of Supergirl, and Michael Shannon’s General Zod makes a villainous appearance thanks to the film’s reality-breaking story.
Plot
Here’s the official synopsis:
Worlds collide in “The Flash” when Barry uses his superpowers to travel back in time in order to change the events of the past. But when his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, Barry becomes trapped in a reality in which General Zod has returned, threatening annihilation, and there are no Super Heroes to turn to. That is, unless Barry can coax a very different Batman out of retirement and rescue an imprisoned Kryptonian… albeit not the one he’s looking for. Ultimately, to save the world that he is in and return to the future that he knows, Barry’s only hope is to race for his life. But will making the ultimate sacrifice be enough to reset the universe?
If you want to know even more about The Flash, you can check out Mike Ryan’s review of the film.
Secret Ending:
According to reports, Warner Bros. is keeping the ending to The Flash tightly under wraps. The studio has reportedly gone so far as to blur out the movie’s secret ending during advance screenings to prevent spoilers from leaking out. As for what Warner Bros. is hiding in The Flash‘s final moments is anybody’s guess, but this is an unprecedented move. Not even Marvel has gone this far to protect the ending to a film.
Trailer
Here’s the latest trailer for The Flash, and if you weren’t aware that Keaton’s Batman is in the film, you will be now:
The Denver Nuggets picked up a 109-94 win in Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Wednesday night thanks in large part to the brilliance of Nikola Jokic. While he’s been great throughout the series, Jokic was out of his mind in Game 3, as he became the first player in NBA history to go for 30+ points, 20+ rebounds, and 10+ assists in a Finals game.
It was quite the bounceback game for the Nuggets, which lost in Game 2 and made it so the Miami Heat would win the title if they could simply win their home games. In a new piece by Chris Haynes of Bleacher Report, we learned that Jokic actually spoke up after the game, which DeAndre Jordan said was a “surprise” and “unexpected.” Haynes also got some time with Jokic to ask what he told the team, but apparently, the two-time NBA MVP forgot the whole thing happened.
“Honestly, I don’t remember that I was talking. So if I was saying something, I don’t remember what I was saying,” Jokic said, per Haynes. “Maybe it was just my emotions at the time. I don’t remember, to be honest. Maybe they’re just all crazy. But I think I’m normal. When I say something, it’s not that I’m trying to be vocal. There’s a purpose. When I see something, I’m going to say it. I’m never going to talk just to talk.”
Fortunately for Jokic, Jordan was able to let Haynes know that he essentially told the team they couldn’t relax and had to lock in more. Jokic very much took his own advice to heart in Game 3.
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