Below is everything we know about Usher’s new album Coming Home so far.
Release Date
Coming Home is out 2/9 via Mega/Gamma. Find more information here.
Tracklist
1. “Coming Home” with Burna Boy
2. “Good Good” with Summer Walker and 21 Savage
3. “A-Town Girl” with Latto
4. “Cold Blooded” with The Dream
5. “Kissing Strangers”
6. “Keep On Dancin’”
7. “Risk It All” with H.E.R.
8. “Bop”
9. “Stone Kold Freak”
10. “Ruin” with Pheelz
11. “BIG”
12. “On The Side”
13. “I Am The Party”
14. “I Love U”
15. “Please U”
16. “Luckiest Man”
17. “Margiela”
18. “Room In A Room”
19. “One Of Them Ones”
20. “Standing Next To You (Remix)” with Jung Kook
Singles
So far, Usher has released two singles: “Good Good” featuring 21 Savage and Summer Walker and “Ruin” featuring Pheelz.
Features
In addition to Usher’s fellow Atlantans 21 Savage, Latto, Summer Walker, and The-Dream, Usher worked with Nigerian superstar Burna Boy, Grammy-winning singer H.E.R., Afropop singer-songwriter Pheelz, and K-pop vanguard Jung Kook on Coming Home
Dove Cameron and Måneskin singer Damiano David have a lot in common! They’re both up-and-coming singers in their mid-to-late 20s, and most notably, it appears they are in a relationship with each other.
Are Dove Cameron And Måneskin’s Damiano David Dating?
It certainly looks like it: The two attended Clive Davis’ Grammy Gala together on February 3, and there, they walked the red carpet and kissed for the cameras. As People notes, they were later seen holding hands inside the gala.
The two have been rumored to be an item for a few months now. In September 2023, Cameron was spotted at Måneskin’s Madison Square Garden concert (again according to People). Shortly after, she was seen at another of the band’s shows in Brazil. In November, Cameron and David were photographed kissing on Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia.
This apparent relationship follows an incident this summer when a video of David kissing a mystery woman went viral on TikTok, while he was supposedly dating longterm girlfriend Giorgia Soleri. In his apology, though, David claimed he and Soleri had broken up before the video was shot.
Meanwhile, both Cameron and Måneskin had new projects last year, with Alchemical: Volume 1 and Rush!, respectively.
(SPOILER WARNING: Obviously, we will be chit-chatting about the Mr. & Mrs. Smith season finale below.)
Donald Glover decided that he felt like redoing Mr. & Mrs. Smith as a TV series, and boy, did he ever do the job. The first season of eight episodes, however, did leave viewers dangling because that season finale was anything but clear cut. As showrunner and co-creator Francesca Sloane told Hollywood Reporter, she and Glover both hope that they can continue telling the story of his John and Maya Erskine’s Jane, but there’s one slight issue: what happened in that finale, really?
As viewers are aware, Wagner Moura and Parker Posey’s Super High Risk John and Jane showed up to assassinate Glover and Erskine’s High Risk John and Jane after they’d screwed up too many missions (under the disappointed judgment of “HiHi”). From there, we learned that that jungle mission was actually a hit on another failed John, and we could infer that the first scene of the series, featuring a hit on Alexander Skarsgård and Eiza González‘s John and Jane, was likely carried out by Posey’s Jane as well. From there, Glover’s John suffers a possibly mortal wound, and Erskine’s Jane takes out the eye of Moura’s John.
Posey pursues Glover and Erskine to their safe room, and eventually, Erskine decides to open the door and attempt to kill Posey’s character, but all we see is a flash of gunfire from outside a window. The season then ended, and we have no idea who lived and who died.
As it turns out, Francesca Sloane doesn’t know whether, and the season was written so that everything could feel like a complete story, if the show doesn’t get renewed. However, there’s also an “in” to another season if Amazon pulls the trigger, and perhaps John and Jane got out alive (and could both level up or totally go rogue?). So the question is this: will Jeff Bezos and Friends give viewers a second season? We shall see.
Amazon’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith full first season is currently streaming.
To that end, I’m calling out 20 bottles of bourbon that clock in just under $70 and all rule. The bottles listed below are all winners and will scratch any bourbon itch out there. That all said, I did rank these bourbons, since a few near the end are unassailably great whiskeys that transcend the category.
It’s also worth noting that these prices are the current prices in Louisville, Kentucky (mostly via retailers like Total Wine). Your region may have slightly different prices than those listed below. Regardless, find the whiskey on this list that speaks to you, and go with it! Let’s dive in!
Also Read: The Top 5 UPROXX Bourbon Posts Of The Last Six Months
This craft whiskey from Ohio is made with a mash bill of 65% corn, 30% rye, and 5% malted barley. The barrels aged a minimum of six years before batching, proofing, and bottling.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: Butterscotch leads the nose on this sip as ginger snaps mingle with rich and sharp toffee candies next to a touch of vanilla, pepper, and cherry lurking underneath everything.
Palate: The taste amps up the creaminess of the vanilla and the butteriness of the toffee, as a slight marzipan flourish arrives with a thin layer of freshly cracked black pepper and salted black licorice.
Finish: That pepper marries to the ginger as the heat levels off and fades out leading towards a finish with more of the vanilla and dry wood than anything else.
Bottom Line:
This is a super solid small batch to have on hand. There’s a classic bourbon foundation that supports a deep and vibrant profile. Overall, this works wonders in any whiskey-forward cocktail or as an everyday sipper over some rocks.
This new(ish) expression from Heaven Hill uses classic Elijah Craig Small Batch and finishes it in another barrel. The aged six- to eight-year-old whiskey is transferred to new toasted oak barrels for a spell so that the whiskey can really capture more of that oakiness.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: Naturally, you get a woodiness on the nose that teeters between soft cedar and sweet almost fruity hardwoods with a hint of caramel sweetness as a counterpoint on the bold nose.
Palate: That caramel has an orange chocolate edge with hints of clove, cinnamon, and white pepper lurking in the background of the palate.
Finish: On the end, the spices dry out (think cinnamon sticks or spice barks), the sweetness subsides, and you’re left with a touch of that soft cedar and some well-warmed senses.
Bottom Line:
This is a nicely balanced sweet treat that captures the dryness of a well-made toasted oak finish. You get that Kentucky sweetness with a lot of spice. In the end, I’d lean towards using this in whiskey-forward cocktails primarily — especially if you’re looking for a woody spicy kick.
This Louisville whiskey is made with a “double malted” mash bill. The recipe calls for 70% corn, 25% malted German rye, and 5% malted barley. The hot juice goes into the barrels at a lower entry proof and rests for just over three years in toasted and charred Kelvin barrels (from the Louisville cooperage that many consider the best in the game). Only 15 of those barrels go into the final batch.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: This nose is classic bourbon with deep and dark cherry, burnt orange, old vanilla pods, and a hint of licorice layered into cream soda with a sprig of fresh mint.
Palate: There’s a sense of fancy Almond Joy next to clove-studded orange candies, vanilla cake with caramel frosting, and a light mint tobacco in a cedar humidor with a twinge of leather.
Finish: The cedar, dark cherry, singe orange, and bold woody spice all pop in the finish and fade slowly away, leaving you with a well-rounded “bourbon” experience.
Bottom Line:
This is quintessential Kentucky bourbon with real depth. While this works as a great sipper over a big rock, it really shines brightest in an old fashioned.
17. Milam & Greene Very Small Batch Straight Bourbon Whiskey Batch 1.2
This whiskey is from Master Blender Heather Greene, who picked 75 barrels for the blend. The blend is a mix of contract-distilled Kentucky whiskey with Tennessee whiskey rounding out the mix. The batched barrels were vatted in a 1,000-gallon tank before being re-barrelled into French oak for a final rest.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: The nose is light but runs deep with walnuts, vanilla flowers, soft custard cut with nutmeg and clove, and a light sense of Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
Palate: The palate is like walking through a fruit orchard in full bloom with a hint of wet black tea next to buttermilk biscuits dripping with butter and honey.
Finish: The finish gets slightly dry with a sense of dry and barky winter spices, dried red berries, and apple chips next to a light sense of brandy-soaked oak staves.
Bottom Line:
This is a lovely and light(ish) bourbon that’s perfect for warm-weather sipping. Pour this over a few rocks, add a floral or botanical garnish, and you’ll be set for a soft and supple sipping experience.
16. Leopold Bros. Bottled-In-Bond Straight Bourbon Whiskey
This Colorado crafty whiskey gets a lot of attention from bourbon drinkers in the know. The mash is made from 64% corn, 21% malted barley, and 15% Abruzzi Heritage Rye, which Master Distiller Todd Leopold malted at his malting house at the distillery in Denver. That mash ran through a classic pot still before it was barreled and left to rest for five years.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: The floral and spicy nature of that Abruzzi rye comes out on the nose with a touch of candied apples, sweet porridge, Quik chocolate milk powder, and the faintest hint of sourdough rye with a light smear of salted butter.
Palate: The taste leans into stewed pears with nutmeg and clove spices leading the way as Almond Roca and green peppercorns jostle for space on your palate.
Finish: The end mellows out as that spice fades towards an eggnog vibe with a creamy vanilla underbelly and a final touch of that floral rye and a hint of pear.
Bottom Line:
This is a whiskey-maker’s whiskey. It’s complex and unique in all the right ways with a serious depth that goes far beyond the ordinary. Take your time with this one and it’ll reward you — and then try it in your favorite cocktail.
15. New Riff High Note Series: Bohemian Wheat Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey 8-Year-Old
This late 2023 release from New Riff is all about the wheat. The whiskey is made with 65% non-GMO corn, 18% Bohemian floor-malted wheat, 10% unmalted wheat, and 7% dark wheat. The whiskey was then small batched and bottled 100% as-is to highlight the work that the wood and wheated bourbon underwent over years of resting on the Ohio River.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: The nose feels like walking into an old bread bakery in Central Europe early in the morning before hitting this note of freshly fried apple fritters and old-fashioned doughnuts, a touch of prune, plum, and date, and a good dose of soft winter spice.
Palate: The palate is dry but full of sourdough bread crusts, Graham Crackers, and Fig Newtons with a touch of huckleberry jam, dry sweetgrass braided with smudging sage, and a touch of straw bale before the woody spice kicks in with a cinnamon bark focus.
Finish: The end leans into the woody spices with a touch of clove, allspice, and nutmeg before sweetgrass and bread crusts take over with a hint of buttery cream.
Bottom Line:
This new drop from New Riff is all about taking bourbon to new places. This does that in spades while still delivering a beautifully nuanced profile that’ll feel comforting and palate-expanding at the same time.
The whiskey in the bottle is a cask-strength blend of whiskeys from Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee. This whiskey is all about the blending process that Stellum (part of Barrell Spirit Company) employs to make this special and award-winning bourbon. The process is a sort of hybrid reverse solera technique where the blend gets more whiskey to keep the proof high and the blend consistent in flavor as the batch is drained off.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: The nose is a holiday cake with fatty nuts next to woody spice barks — think anise, clove, and cinnamon — with a nice dose of dried red fruits and honey-dipped over-ripe Granny Smith apples.
Palate: The palate edges away from the spice towards a powdered sugar sweetness with a hint of dry vanilla. Then a counterpoint bursts onto the scene with a hit of spicy, dried chili pepper flakes next to blackberry pie with a nice dose of cinnamon and nutmeg.
Finish: The end lingers for just the right amount of time as the spice fades back towards the honeyed sweetness and a final touch of vanilla tobacco buzz lands in the back of the throat.
Bottom Line:
This is just excellent bourbon, especially if you’re looking to batch a Manhattan, Sarerac, or old fashioned.
13. Bardstown Bourbon Fusion Series #8 Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
This whiskey is a masterful blend from the team out at Bardstown Bourbon Company. The whiskey in the bottle is a mix of two four-year-old bourbons (both high rye) from BBCo with a sourced 12-year-old Kentucky bourbon with a lower-rye content. Once those barrels are married, the whiskey is proofed and bottled as-is.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: Honey stands out on the nose next to tart apples leaning toward apple cores or seeds, supported by classic notes of vanilla pods, caramel, and light oak.
Palate: That apple becomes slightly stewed and spicy with the caramel lending sweetness as a hint of walnuts arrives with a buttery crust vibe that’s very apple pie.
Finish: The end is slightly oaky but sweet in the way that cherry-flavored pipe tobacco is.
Bottom Line:
This is a honeyed and fruity-forward bourbon that feels like a bridge toward bolder unpeated single malts from Scotland. The complexity makes this an excellent simple cocktail base for your favorite whiskey-forward concoctions.
12. Luca Mariano Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Single Barrel
This whiskey marries Italian-American heritage with bourbon in Kentucky’s horse country. The whiskey is a contract-distilled high-rye bourbon that spends six years resting in new American oak. That whiskey is then just barely touched with local water before bottling.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: The nose feels like walking through a peach orchard on a sunny day with blossoming honey suckles wrapped around cinnamon sticks in your hand.
Palate: The taste builds on that spiced honey with a mild root beer vibe next to overripe peach, a touch of vanilla cream, and a whisper of fresh mint.
Finish: The finish stays fairly mellow with creamy honey and mild spices blending with a soft touch of vanilla/mint tobacco warmth.
Bottom Line:
This is a really solid sipper, especially over a single rock. Drink it during or after a big family meal for the best rewards from the bourbon’s profile.
The first Larceny Barrel Proof release of 2024 is a classic. The whiskey in the bottle is a blend of six- to eight-year-old bourbons from the wheated bourbon barrels at Heaven Hill. Those barrels were batched and then went into the bottle 100% as-is.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: This feels warm on the nose with a sense of cinnamon toast, pecan waffles covered in maple syrup, and buttery vanilla paste with a hint of prune and maybe some dates swimming in mulled wine with a whisper of dark fruity brandy.
Palate: Rummy syrup with a deep sense of Nutella spread over a toasted brioche drives the palate toward fig jam, sticky toffee pudding, and a dark caramel cut with burnt orange and salt flakes on the mid-palate.
Finish: That caramel gets so dark that it turns into cinnamon-laced dark chocolate with a touch of allspice and clove before a dry sense of old oak staves wrapped in tobacco round out the hot and dry end.
Bottom Line:
2024’s first Larceny Barrel Proof is a great whiskey that’ll deliver beyond the ordinary with a deep and classic profile. It does have a dessert vibe, so lean on pouring this one as a digestif after a big meal.
This new(ish) limited edition single-barrel Ezra Brooks is a classic bourbon. The whiskey is aged for at least five years before it’s charcoal filtered, batched, and then bottled at cask strength.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: Orange creamsicles and nut cake drive the nose with a soft vanilla malt shake, honey cookies, and touches of cinnamon powder.
Palate: The cinnamon and nut cake pop on the palate as dark chocolate oranges and gingerbread drive the taste toward spiced cake and hot chocolate.
Finish: The spice starts to mount on the finish with a hot end that’s very woody and spicy with an almost bitter dark chocolate vibe.
Bottom Line:
This is just good all-around bourbon. It’s great however you want to sip it.
9. Old Forester Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey 1910 Old Fine Whisky
Back in 1910, there was a fire at Old Forester which stopped bottling. Whiskies that were ready had to be re-barreled while everything was rebuilt. This created a great bourbon that’s being replicated in the modern day. To do this, Old Forester is re-barreling bourbon for a second maturation before blending, proofing, and bottling, making this their “double oaked” bourbon.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: Stone fruit drives the nose with hints of apricot and maybe plum next to sweet and soft cedar and black tea-infused dates on the nose.
Palate: On the palate, those dates become a rich and spicy sticky toffee pudding with a thick brandy butter topping next to a hint of oatmeal raisin cookies cut with cherry syrup.
Finish: The sweetness of the mid-palate gives way to a dark chocolate feel with a flake of salt, a hint of masa, and plenty of wintry spice leading back to that dark cherry with tobacco dryness at the very end.
Bottom Line:
This is a big Kentucky cherry bomb with deep spice and nuance. You can easily sip this over a rock or two or pour it into your favorite cocktail. Either way, you’ll be in for a treat.
8. Pursuit United Straight Blended Bourbon Whiskey
This bourbon is a vatted from 40 total barrels from three different states. While the team at Pursuit United doesn’t release the Tennessee distillery name, we know the whiskeys from Kentucky and New York are from Bardstown Bourbon Company and Finger Lakes Distilling, respectively.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: The nose opens with a rush of cedar next to Christmas spices steeped in sweet red wine.
Palate: That sweetness tends to lean into fresh honey with a touch of caramel and maybe a little dark chocolate on the end. The taste holds onto the honeyed sweetness with burnt sugars, light cedar, chocolate tobacco leaves, and a hint of orange oils.
Finish: That orange is what builds and powers the finish to its silken end, concluding with an orange-choco vibe and a very soft landing.
Bottom Line:
This is a great entry point into the wider world of Pursuit’s whiskeys (their special barrel finishes are stellar). This is a great choice if you’re batching whiskey-forward cocktails or are just looking for a no-nonsense sipper for easy afternoon pours.
This new bourbon from Woodinville up in Seattle, Washington, is a crafty dream with a very unique finish. After about five years of aging, the bourbon is re-barreled into Ginjinha barrels (a Portuguese liqueur made with sour cherries) for another maturation run. Finally, those barrels are batched, proofed, and bottled for this limited run.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: There’s a clear sense of sweet grits cut with molasses, honey, and salted butter that gives way to blackberries soaked in rum on the nose with a light sense of spiced cookies.
Palate: The sweet porridge continues on the palate as dark cherry jam mingles with spiced winter cakes, fallow orchards, fall leaves, and a light moment of soft woody cherry bark that’s just smoldering.
Finish: A touch of cinnamon bark drives the finish toward more of that smoldering cherry wood, mulled wine, and soft notes of blackberry pie covered in malted vanilla cream sauce.
Bottom Line:
This is another bourbon that goes far beyond the ordinary to deliver something special … and delicious. Drink it however you like to drink your whiskey. It won’t let you down.
6. Penelope Barrel Strength Blend of Straight Bourbon Whiskeys Aged 9 Years
This blended bourbon is a masterful lesson in the power of blending. The three bourbons in the blend create a four-grain bourbon via their mash bills. The final blend is comprised of 44% 10-year-old Indiana bourbon, 46% nine-year-old Indiana bourbon, and 10% nine-year-old Kentucky bourbon. Once batched, the whiskey is bottled 100% as-is at cask strength.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: You get a sense of dry cornmeal on the nose next to apple crumble, plenty of wintry spice, a hint of mulled wine, wet brown sugar, and a thin layer of wet yet sweet cedar.
Palate: A hint of brandy-soaked cherries arrives on the palate with a dusting of dark chocolate powder next to more apple pie filling, spice, and buttery crust alongside a sweet, toffee-heavy mid-palate.
Finish: The end arrives with a dry wicker vibe, cherry tobacco chewiness, and a hint of that dark chocolate.
Bottom Line:
This is a great Penelope to grab for any collection. It’s deep, fun, and delivers. You cannot go wrong pouring it over a big piece of ice or into your favorite cocktail.
5. Noah’s Mill Small Batch Genuine Bourbon Whiskey
This is the bigger and bolder sibling of Willett’s Rowan’s Creek Bourbon. It’s the same whiskey — a no-age-statement bourbon that’s made from four to 15-year-old barrels — that’s barely proofed down with local Kentucky water before bottling.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: Maple syrup-covered walnuts greet you with a sense of dark dried cherries and a hint of rose water next to old leather books and holiday spices.
Palate: The taste holds onto those notes while adding in a stewed plum depth with a whisper of caramel apple and orange oils.
Finish: The vanilla and sweet oak kick in late with a rich depth and well-rounded lightness to the sip fade towards lush cherry tobacco, soft leather, and winter spice matrix tied to prunes and dates.
Bottom Line:
This is the most silky and nuanced bourbon on the list. It’s gentle. But it still delivers a massive depth and profile that’ll touch on everything you want from a premium bourbon.
4. Copper & Kings Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Finished in American Apple Brandy Barrels
Copper & Kings have spent years perfecting their Kentucky brandy in Louisville. Now, they’re perfecting brandy-finished Kentucky bourbon. The whiskey in the bottle is a sourced blend of five-, 10-, and 15-year-old bourbons that once batched were re-barreled into Copper & Kings’ own apple brandy barrels. After a year of resting in those brandy barrels, the whiskey was barely touched with water and bottled as-is.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: Cranberry sauce and caramel candies drive the nose toward old tobacco rolled up with cedar and sage and packed into an old cedar box next to hints of fall leaves and fallow apple orchards.
Palate: The palate opens with a lush and leathery dried apricot next to a moment of grapefruit pith, more cranberry sauce, and plenty of winter spice before honey and chocolate arrive with a dark cherry fruit leatheriness.
Finish: Toffee-dipped tart apples lead to warm and spiced apple cider on the finish with a nice sense of dark chocolate-covered caramels and soft vanilla cream.
Bottom Line:
Delicious. Period.
3. Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Barrel Proof Tennessee Whiskey
Where Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Select is cut with soft limestone water to bring it down to proof, this expression comes straight from the barrel. These barrels are all hand-selected from the vast Jack Daniel’s rickhouses. What’s left from the angel’s share then goes straight into the bottle. That means the ABVs and tasting notes for this bottle will vary ever so slightly depending on which bottle you snag.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: Expect a nose full of rich vanilla, salted caramel, and toasted oak next to a rush of cherry-spiked spice layered into fruity dark tobacco.
Palate: The sip will have a mix of vanilla, oak, and rich wintry spices with a nice dose of bright red fruits and a texture that’s more velvet than liquid.
Finish: The end holds onto that vibe as the mild spice, toasted oak, rich vanilla, and almost maple syrup sweetness slowly fade across your senses, leaving you with chewy cherry tobacco stuffed into an old cedar box.
Bottom Line:
This is another excellent after-dinner sipping bourbon. It goes down so easily and will deliver those after-dinner dessert vibes in all the right ways.
2. Maker’s Mark Limited Release BEP Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Barrel Finished With 10 Virgin Oak Staves
This is the final chapter of this series Maker’s Mark “Wood Finish Series” before the next set starts dropping. The whiskey in the bottle is made from classic Maker’s that’s batched at Barrel Entry Proof (BEP), which is 110-proof (the average bourbon goes into the barrel at 125-proof) and then finished with ten bespoke wooden staves inside the barrel, all made from new (or “virgin”) oak.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: Roasted vanilla beans and pan-toasted winter spices (nutmeg, clove, allspice, and cinnamon) mingle with lush and butter caramel sauce, brown-sugar rock candy, and a whisper of old wicker furniture with a hint of pipe tobacco.
Palate: That brown-sugar sweetness drives the palate toward woody and warm winter spices with a creamy eggnog edge next to vanilla sheet cake sprinkled with toffee chards and dried orchard fruits.
Finish: The end dries out a tad as the spices ramp up toward a holiday cake made with plenty of vanilla, brown sugar, buttercream, and toasted woody spices before being kissed with fresh pipe tobacco that was left in a cedar box for a spell.
Bottom Line:
This is a stellar version of Maker’s Mark. It sips so well while delivering an iconic profile of wheated bourbon.
Jimmy Russell hand selects eight to nine-year-old barrels from his warehouses for their individual taste and quality. Those barrels are then cut down ever-so-slightly to 101 proof and bottled one at a time with their barrel number and warehouse location right on the bottle.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: The nose draws you in with classic vibes from top to bottom thanks to rich vanilla smoothness, wintry spices, a hint of cedar, and a mix of sour cherry and tart apple with a slight lawn furniture earthiness.
Palate: The palate stays very classic with old boot leather next to dry cedar bark, a layer of rich marzipan cut with orange oils and covered in dark chocolate, and a distant hint of nasturtiums suspended in fresh honey.
Finish: The end finishes with a good hint of spiced cherry tobacco and old leather next to mild nuttiness, bitter chocolate, and soft vanilla cake frosted with cinnamon and cherry.
Bottom Line:
This is one of the best Kentucky bourbons out there. This single-barrel masterpiece is everything that you could possibly want from a sipping whiskey. Buy a case.
At this year’s Academy Awards, a whole slew of world-renowned actors will come together to celebrate the best in movies and bask in each other’s overwhelming star power while we regular folks stay home and judge. But honestly, we do that every year, so it’s nothing new.
What would make this year’s ceremony particularly special would be if Ryan Gosling reprised his role of Ken to perform the Oscar-nominated track “I’m Just Ken.” So far, Gosling hasn’t said “yes” to performing….but he also hasn’t officially said “no” so that’s a plus!
Mark Ronson, who co-wrote the song with Andrew Wyatt, says that it’s his “dream” to have Gosling perform the track at this year’s Oscars. “That would be great,” Ronson told Varietyon the Grammys red carpet, before asking, “Did he confirm to you? I want to know…it’s my dream! It’s my dream.” It’s up to Ryan to make this man’s dream come true.
Even though Gosling has not yet confirmed if he will take the Oscars stage to perform, Ronson says that he wouldn’t want anyone else to sing the track. “No, I think if Ryan doesn’t do it then we’re not doing it,” he said when asked who could possibly replace him. You hear that, Ryan Reynolds? Your talents aren’t needed here.
Just before the Grammy Awards, Ronson performed the Barbie musical number with country singer Lainey Wilson as Gosling was unable to attend. Somehow, the words “put that manly hand in mind” really only work when Gosling is singing them. Hopefully, he will come to terms with this before the Oscars air on Sunday, March 10th.
Hands down, one of our favorite cannabis brands operating in California today is 710 Labs. The brand produces everything from high-quality cannabis to solventless hash, clean vapes, Rick Simpson oil, edibles, and organic joints — all with meticulous attention paid to packaging and process. The brand’s commitment to quality output goes back to the founder’s early experience with the cannabis plant,
“I never really dealt with the schwag days, which a lot of people my age dealt with to start their cannabis journey,” 710 Labs founder Brad Melshenker says. “Mine always started with what was called high-quality ‘kind bud.’ That was my introduction to the plant.”
In an era when weed as illegal and vilified, Melshenker benefitted from having mentors who knew more than the average stoner about growing and smoking.
“Cannabis has always been a big part of my life since I was about 15 years old,” he says. “I was introduced to it through my brother, his friends were home growers back in Maryland where I grew up, the DC area. His friends were always growing seeds from Amsterdam and other high-quality cannabis.”
Melshenkner’s experience ignited a passion for the cannabis plant, to the point that he began selling it in high school and college. But Melshenker wasn’t selling for profit, he was merely selling cannabis to get money to smoke more cannabis. It wasn’t until 2008, when he built his first growth facility in Encino California, that he threw his hat into the cannabis business. After visiting a local dispensary in Encino that was equipped with a full hash bar and TVs showing the Lakers game, Melshenker realized the potential of what the cannabis shopping experience could be.
When his first grow facility failed to take off, Melshenker set his sights on Colorado, which had a more welcoming business environment for for-profit cannabis.
“We moved to Boulder in 2009 and opened our first dispensary called The Greenest Green,” he says. “It was a full dab bar and hash bar — the mission of the Greenest Green was to bring the hash to the people through the art of dabbing. It was a crazy time in the industry. It was the Wild Wild West. Growers were coming from all over the place to sell us product, but I knew that wasn’t going to last forever as regulation quickly came. And so 710 was born from the Greenest Green dab bar. We built a hash line of dabbable products and then we went and launched the 710 brand in 2011, and 2012 to sell concentrates to the rest of the State of Colorado… In about 2015 we reinvented ourselves with this “quality over everything” ethos.”
As the brand grew it relocated to California and continued to expand its roster of top-quality products, all filtered through the lens of what Melshenker personally likes to smoke. That passion is felt in every product from the brand, from the concentrates to the flower to the water hash. We linked up with Melshenker to talk about the evolution of the brand and some of its practices and asked him to dispel some of the most prevalent cannabis myths, as well as zero in on how best to find the right strain for you.
710 Labs
Can you explain the move to LA from your Boulder roots?
We always knew that brands were built in California, Los Angeles, and New York. LA was always where I wanted to be as a home base just for lifestyle and weather. I just love California and the pace of life here. Unfortunately what triggered it was, my wife was eight months pregnant and in the middle of the night our house burned down and we had to get out of there. And at that point, we made the decision to, at least partially, move back and have the baby in Los Angeles where we have her sister and some family and friends that were closer than the Colorado family and friends that we had.
So we decided to move back to LA and that’s when we brought on a partner to go build 710 Labs into what it is today.
When I met you for the first time, we talked a little bit about dabs. My introduction to dabs was from getting the free dab at your typical California dispensary years back, which was always horrible. You showed me that dabs didn’t have to be that way. What do people get wrong most about dabs? And what are your favorite dab devices?
Yeah, great question. So the evolution of dabbing that I’ve not only pioneered but witnessed evolve over the last 15 years is so far from where it began. Originally when we were giving out dabs at the Greenest Green and the type of dabs that you got in these dispensaries as free dabs, we were heating a metal device or a piece of metal and dropping hash on there. We were getting it hot, way too hot. It was combusting at high temperatures and producing a thick cloud of smoke that would make you cough, make you sick. You’d get really high from it and that’s what was the attraction to a lot of people, but it wasn’t really about the flavor. It was just about getting super high.
As we learned about the hash and about the consistencies and about how it burned and the vaporization rates, we adjusted how to dab as a community over the last 10 years, and we really dialed in the temperature. So it’s all about dosing and temperature. So for me, dabbing is more like sipping on wine now. It’s more about the flavor. If you’re doing it at a low temperature, you’re getting amazing flavors that the cannabis plant has to offer. Very few plants have the diversity of flavors and terpenes that the cannabis plant does. What we found is when you’re vaporizing concentrates at a low temperature you’re achieving amazing flavor as well as a very mild high. It’s a very uplifting high.
It’s not like smoking flower, it can make you tired at times and groggy, whereas smoking concentrates or vaporizing concentrates at a low temperature will have a more uplifting effect and you get really good flavor, and it’s more like a taste thing. So that’s how it’s developed. In terms of devices, I mean, there are quite a few brands out there with great devices. I recommend PUFFCO, the PUFFCO Peak Pro as well as the Proxy is my go-to on the go. And other brands are out as well that have followed.
Dr.Dabber does a good one. The show products guy makes the CARTA, which is really nice. I actually prefer the old-school way of heating up a quartz banger with a torch and doing it that way. If I’m in the presence of my own home, I think it has better flavor and a more controlled atmosphere. It’s through glass. I don’t know, I just prefer it for several reasons, but on the go and for the everyday dabber I would recommend the PUFFCO Peak Pro if I had to make a decision.
Personally, I’m a flower guy. When I was researching 710 Labs, I saw that you guys have a pretty meticulous strain-picking process. I was wondering if you could just run us through that real quick.
One of the things that makes 710 Labs what it is today is the genetic library that we’ve developed over the last 15 years, from gathering strains from some of the best breeders in the world to buying seeds and then hunting for different flavors for different purposes. The types of genetics that we grow for concentrates don’t always translate over to flower because of the types of resin. So, not to get too nerdy with it, but when we were searching for strains that do well in hash, it’s a different type of resin than when we’re searching for strains that do well in flower.
A lot of terpenes evaporate when you dry the flower, so we’re always hunting new strains and new cultivars for different types of products, specifically flower and hash products. I think today we have around 140 varieties of different genetics that we’ve gathered and accumulated over the last 15 years from people all over the world, from strains from all over the world, and it’s just one of the backbones of our company.
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What would you say are some of the biggest misconceptions about cannabis that your average smoker has?
I have an educational Trapper Keeper right in front of me. We have a section in there called “fallacies,” and these are two of the biggest fallacies, in my opinion, that cannabis consumers are misinformed about.
First, is the sativa-indica dynamic. “I’m looking for a sativa strain, or indica strain, that’s going to either uplift me or put me to sleep.” It’s just not how cannabis works. When you’re talking about sativa versus indica, that describes the physical traits of the plant. So, a sativa plant grows very tall, and skinny, from specific parts of the world, and indica grows short and fat, and those are from specific parts of the world. That’s the only thing that sativa and indica mean.
Where the marketing has come in is where people are looking for these strains that will make them feel a certain way. And if you do a lot of research and find some strains that work with your endocannabinoid system, then great, but a budtender’s not going to be like, “This one’s going to make you feel energetic, and this one’s going to make you sleepy.” It’s all dependent on the individual’s endocannabinoid system, what receptors are turned on and what receptors aren’t turned on, and how that strain interacts with each individual. So it is not like an overlapping answer when someone asks that. So that’s, I think, one of the biggest fallacies.
Second, is the THC percentage. THC percentage, people are like, “Oh, I only want the highest THC percentage.” Some of my favorite strains that make me feel the most euphoric have lower THC percentages, and there are 500 compounds in the cannabis plant that we know of today, and THC is one of those compounds. And it’s one of the psychoactive compounds in the cannabis plant, but there are 499 if not more compounds in the cannabis plant that are going to affect how the cannabis plant makes you feel. And it’s not just THC percentage.
If you want THC percentage, you can go find what’s called distillate 99% THC. It’s a liquid and you can smoke it with zero flavor. It’s like drinking grain alcohol. It’s the same type of thing. You can isolate certain compounds, but that’s not the way that these plants are intended to be used in our opinion. Those are the two biggest fallacies. Don’t look at THC percentage, and sativa indica is a myth.
There’s nothing really to look at there. It’s really about finding what strains work with you. And, unfortunately, it’s by trial and error, but that’s how it works.
What’s the sweet spot for you in terms of THC percentage? Or is it just strain-dependent?
Yeah. It has zero to do with THC percentage. I don’t even look at that. I hate that we even have to test for it. I mean, I get it for regulation purposes, but I just look at the flavor and how it’s making me feel all around. I just get to know the genetics really well. As for my daytime, Skittles works well for me. It doesn’t make me tired. It’s an uplifting strain and any crosses with Skittles in it are something that I like to smoke during the day.
And then at nighttime, I usually go to more GMO-type or OG-type strains, like GMO or Donny Burger help put me to sleep. Some of our OG are Cold Creek Kush that we used to grow in Colorado that we’re now hunting to find again, is another one. So that’s what works for me, but that’s not everybody. I know people that smoke OG Kush in the morning and it gives them a lot of energy. It’s not what it does for me though.
What are tips or strategies for finding something that works with your particular endocannabinoid system?
I would say, try something out and if you like it, for example, look up the genetics. There are a lot of good resources online now. For example, if you can pick a strain out, look at the genetics of that strain, then hunt for other strains with similar genetics, whether the mother or the father of that plant is present in other genetics, is good advice for what works with you. And if you don’t like a strain, then you look at those genetics and be like, “I don’t really want to mess with strains with those genetics in them anymore.”
I know it’s complex and nerdy, but that’s really how you have to look at it if you want to find what works for you the best.
Can smell tell us anything? Can we smell a strain and if we like a particular aroma of that strain, does that tell us anything?
Yeah, I think trusting your nose is an important piece of it. I smell jars and I’m just like, “I don’t want to smoke that,” for example, like the Haze strains. I know this stuff just doesn’t work with my body. It gives me anxiety. So, yes, I think you should trust your nose. And I think one day, I’ve said this before, and it’s not too far off, there’s going to be doctors out there that can test your endocannabinoid system, just like they can test your nervous system or your cardiovascular system.
They’ll test your endocannabinoid system and tell you what receptors you have turned on and what receptors are turned off, and they can analyze your endocannabinoid system and then recommend certain strains for you. I just don’t think we’re there yet, but I think that’s coming.
What do you think the cannabis space, in general, can and should do better?
I think the cannabis space should not fight internally. I think we need to fight for the plant and the progression of the plant as opposed to inner hate. I think we all need to be more compassionate towards each other. And then from an educational standpoint, I think we really need to educate people, like you and I just talked about. How do you find a strain that works for you? How do you learn more about dosing? People eat edibles. They get way too high and never want to touch the cannabis plant again.
Teach them. Maybe try with half a milligram to see how that makes them feel. I think education and educating the consumer is really, really important in moving this cannabis movement forward because there are a lot of my friends who don’t smoke cannabis anymore because they don’t understand that they can use it. They just need to learn how to use it that works with them, as opposed to drinking alcohol or Xanax or other pharmaceuticals. I think cannabis can do a lot, but people get scared because they’re uneducated.
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Let’s talk a little bit about dosing. What do you recommend for someone who is dipping their toes into the cannabis space and maybe is anxious or afraid? What are good practices to go about acquainting yourself with edibles?
I think on the edible side, I think that’s the low-hanging fruit of getting people into the cannabis world who don’t want to necessarily smoke or vape. So edibles are the right way in, but you really need to, I believe, start with half a milligram to one milligram and see how it makes you feel. And really, it’s a marathon, not a race. You have to start slow. That’s where I would start with the edible side of things. In terms of smoking, I would maybe recommend vaporizing to start and just taking one or two puffs, waiting for 20, 30 minutes, see how you feel and going slow with it.
I think where people get in trouble is when they just want to get back to their high school days when they could smoke a whole blunt or smoke a joint or take a bong hit. Our bodies change and you need to go slow before you go fast. I think that’s the high level of it in terms of specific dosing. Again, half a milligram to a milligram on the edible side. If you don’t feel anything, go up to a milligram or two. But me, personally, I smoked every day, and I can’t handle more than five milligrams of edibles. The way my metabolism works, it makes me anxious, and I get nauseous, so I always say, “start small.”
Do you think, if you stay smoking herb that has THC at a lower level, is there still a need for a tolerance break?
Good question. There’s a PhD named Michael Backes who talks about this, he thinks that introducing a lot of CBD into your regimen will help you where you don’t need to take the tolerance breaks because the CBD will help counteract the THC intake. But I also think anything, any substance in the world, you should take breaks from and use in moderation. I think anytime something has you as opposed to you having it, is a problem, and just really controlling. Working with cannabis in moderation like you would with sugar, alcohol or any other substance. That would be my advice.
Aside from the education aspect missing from the cannabis industry, what else do you think the industry is falling short on?
Well, I mean, access to capital is definitely a problem. I think the other thing that is happening is overregulation. For example, the Colorado industry is completely overregulated with the testing requirements and everything that they’re making companies jump through, and I hear all the time companies just going out of business because the regulation is killing them.
So I think there’s this pendulum swing that needs to come back to the realization that we need to be regulated just like alcohol or tobacco and not like… I don’t even know who’s regulated as much as us. I mean, the FDA is not a regulator. USDA, none of this stuff goes through the amount of jumping through the hoops that we do. The pendulum needs to swing back a little bit and be more business-favored.
So, talk about taxes, too. I mean, it’s overtaxed. It’s really tough to compete with the black market. The black market is winning the battle at this point, and that’s due to how high taxes are in terms of going to buy something in a store versus from the guy down the street.
What is the most underrated 710 Labs product in your opinion?
I would say our Noodle Joints are the most underrated product. It’s hand-rolled, top colas, has the rotini noodle filter, is gluten-free, has perfect airflow, straight. They’re not cones, so they burn really well and the flavor comes through. If you can get a fresh Noodle Doink within two weeks of when it was rolled and packaged into the store, I think it’s one of the best cannabis products out there.
I just don’t think we’ve got enough out there. It’s very hard to scale that business, and I don’t think we’ve got them into enough people’s hands yet. People just don’t know about them. Hand-rolling is very hard to scale across four states, and our biggest challenge from a product perspective is figuring out how to scale that side of the business in terms of getting enough joints out to the people.
What’s your favorite 710 product and why?
My favorite product is the Water Hash. It’s a little hard to explain why, but it is the best flavor of the cannabis plant in a jar, unadulterated trichome heads, still frozen from when the plant was harvested and extracted with extreme care and little agitation. I believe the best product that the cannabis plant has to offer is Water Hash, in terms of flavor, the high, and the craft nature of it.
Over the past few years, 88rising’s Head In The Clouds festival has become the premiere music festival for Asian talent in the US. Today, the label announced the dates for the festival’s return to New York: Saturday, May 11 and Sunday, May 12. The festival will return to Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, New York City, with headliners Joji and (G)I-DLE. Tickets go on presale on Friday, February 9 at 10 am ET. The general sale begins Monday, February 12 at 10 am ET. You can pre-register for the presale and find more information here.
Head In The Clouds launched last year in New York after four successful editions of the flagship Los Angeles event, which 88rising created in 2018 to highlight Asian talent like Rich Brian, Joji, and other stars from across the globe. Last year’s New York iteration of the festival was headlined by Rich Brian and Niki, with performances from rising stars like Beabadoobee, Milli, Raveena, P-Lo, and more. You can see this year’s full lineup lineup below.
2024 Head In The Clouds New York Lineup:
ATARASHII GAKKO!
Awich
Balming Tiger
BIBI
Deb Never
dhruv
eyedress
(G)I-DLE
ILLENIUM B2B DABIN
Joji
Juliet Ivy
Lyn Lapid
SPENCE LEEthuy
Wang OK
Warren Hue
Wave to Earth
Young Posse
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Every week, Billboard unveils the top 10 songs on the latest Hot 100 chart. The most recent rankings, for the chart dated February 10, are out now, so let’s run down who had this week’s biggest hits.
10. SZA — “Snooze”
“Snooze” was released as a single back in April 2023, and it’s had an impressive chart run. It’s just barely hanging onto the top 10 now after dipping from No. 9 last week.
9. 21 Savage — “Redrum”
Savage did the ol’ switcheroo with SZA’s hit single, leaping from No. 10 to No. 9, two weeks after debuting in the No. 5 spot.
8. Benson Boone — “Beautiful Things”
TikTok really is helping form the future of music: Boone gained popularity on the platform and now he has his first top-10 single with “Beautiful Things” which debuted on the chart at No. 15 last week.
7. Doja Cat — “Agora Hills”
Doja’s “Agora Hills” is hanging strong, matching its previous high at No. 7 this week. Now, about that face tattoo…
Bryan and Musgraves’ hit continues to dominate the charts: Aside from No. 6 on the Hot 100, it’s No. 1 on the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, the Hot Rock Songs chart (for the 23rd week for both), and the Hot Country Songs chart (19 weeks).
5. Tate McRae — “Greedy”
A lot of songs have been sticking around the top 10 for weeks now, and that includes “Greedy,” which remains just a few spots off its previous high at No. 3.
4. Teddy Swims — “Lose Control”
Like Boone, Swims recently landed his first top-10 single. “Lose Control” reached a new high of No. 4 last week, and that’s where it remains this frame.
3. Taylor Swift — “Cruel Summer”
“Cruel Summer” continues to dominate, but get ready for a new crop of Swift songs to charge up the Hot 100 soon.
2. Jack Harlow — “Lovin On Me”
Harlow had four weeks at No. 1 with “Lovin On Me,” including a chart-topping stint last week. Now, though, we have a new Hot 100 champion.
1. Megan Thee Stallion — “Hiss”
Megan is No. 1 with her new single “Hiss,” which is bound to upset a number of people, as the diss track goes after some of her fellow artists. “Hiss” is Meg’s third chart topper, following “Savage” and “WAP,” with “Hiss” being Meg’s first solo No. 1.
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Daniel Radcliffe made enough money from the Harry Potter movies that he can pick roles for fun, no matter how small or weird. A farting corpse? Sure! A mastermind in a movie about magicians who pull off heists? You bet. “Weird Al” Yankovic? Buddy, you know it. That last one even got nominated for an Emmy. Radcliffe hasn’t done as much small screen work — outside of Miracle Workers, which did an extended Mad Max: Fury Road homage in its fourth and final season — but he’s being recruited for one of the best sitcoms on TV.
During a discussion for Entertainment Weekly‘s Around the Table series, Abbott Elementary creator and star Quinta Brunson revealed that she pitched the idea of Radcliffe playing the son of school janitor, Mr. Johnson.
“I love Daniel Radcliffe. He’s a very good, sweet guy, and a friend of mine. For some reason in the room we were like, what if Daniel Radcliffe was Mr. Johnson’s son? And there’s no rhyme or reason. It’s so dumb. And not like Daniel Radcliffe as somebody, like Daniel Radcliffe is Mr. Johnson’s son,” she explained.
The idea never went anywhere (not yet at least), but Radcliffe has expressed interest in starring in a romantic-comedy with Brunson. A rom-com with Daniel Radcliffe and Quinta Brunson sounds more magical than anything in the Harry Potter movies.
Abbott Elementaryreturns for season three on February 7.
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