If we’re being honest, rap music fans are experiencing sample fatigue. Whether it’s an interpolation, instrumentation loop, or vocal modification, most listeners only crave original concepts. However, now sample clearance issues could be keeping one of the classics of the mixtape era from coming to streaming.
Fabian Marasciullo, Lil Wayne’s longtime engineer, started rumors that Lil Wayne‘s Da Drought 3 could be coming to DSPs soon when he uploaded a video to his Instagram Stories with the caption: “A new mix on a classic.” After fans identified the song to be “Ride for My N****s (Sky is the Limit),” which appeared on the project, they were flooded to ask Wayne if he would be taking the Nicki Minaj route by re-releasing the tape for fans to enjoy. Unfortunately, Marasciullo has remained tight-lipped.
Due to the legal headache of getting clearance for the samples used across mixtapes, many might never make it onto a streaming platform’s server. However, thanks to a recently shared clip, a classic from the “Kat Food” rapper could be the exception. So, is Lil Wayne’s Da Drought 3 mixtape coming to streaming?
Lil Wayne’s classic mixtape “Da Drought 3” could soon arrive to streaming services pic.twitter.com/HrnDIkeQpK
Da Drought 3, initially released on April 13, 2007, was Wayne’s sixth mixtape overall but the third from the series. Prior to Lil Wayne’s mixtape run, he had already established himself as a consistent hitmaker with Hot Boys on Cash Money Records. However, Mixtape Weezy propelled him to another level of success. But don’t expect any new mixtapes from Lil Wayne. During an interview with The Pivot Podcast on July 11, he told hosts Channing Crowder, Ryan Clark, and Fred Taylor that likely won’t happen again.
“As soon as [the song] drops, those artists call our people, like, ‘Hey, we want that to be a single,’” said Wayne. “They need a [release] date. They’re about to pull that off [of streaming], pay how much you want them to pay for it, and boom, that’s the original new verse. Ain’t no such thing as a remix no more. That’s all that really is, but that’s their new single. We’re about to shoot a video and everything. And that’s what takes the allure of what I was doing with that away from me. Now, I’m approaching it knowing that this might be a single.”
If Da Drought 3 does make it onto streaming, fans old and new will have the chance to revel in Wayne’s lyrical greatest all over again. Take a look at the original tracklist for the two-disc mixtape below.
Disc 1
1. “Intro”
2. “Black Republicans” (feat. Juelz Santana)
3. “Upgrade”
4. “Put Some Keys on That”
5. “Ride 4 My N***** (Sky’s the Limit)”
6. “Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop” (feat. Nicki Minaj)
7. “We Takin’ Over” (Remix)
8. “Get High, Rule the World”
9. “I Can’t Feel My Face”
10. “Dough Is What I Got”
11. “Seat Down Low”
12. “New Cash Money” (feat. Brisco)
13. “Promise”
14. “Outro”
Hello, fellow sun seekers, heat lizards, and soleil savants! I trust this finds you in what can be a difficult time. The days, while warm, don’t offer the same oppressive and relentless dosage of UV, or people who you used to trust are cheerfully advising you to “layer up.” And that permanent sheen of sweat in a layer over your body? Gone.
While it’s true, summer does last until September 21 (and you should be telling it to everyone you meet), it’s also true that our watch is ending. Like the brevity of the season, so too is the offseason, and the impending reality of training camp start dates have made it into the phone calendars of all NBA athletes except James Harden, so summer vacations are officially drawing to a close.
A balm to take the sting (aw, remember sun burns?) out of our new reality of “autumn” is the annual awarding of the NBA Summer Vacation Watch MVP. This award is given to the person who showed utmost dedication in their pursuit of offseason leisure, who didn’t just take the one requisite trip to Cancun but indeed, leaned into summer as a lifestyle. It is, in the NBA and really all of pro sports, the most prestigious award there is. So please, keep your shorts on for one last ride to enjoy these last few offerings, and the naming of NBA SVW MVP.
Russell Westbrook
A cute jaunt here for their anniversary, Westbrook and his wife, Nina Earl, celebrated in the city of love. The Arc de Triomphe didn’t know what hit it.
Rating: The real Triomphe is always love!!
Jimmy Butler
Butler has spent, I’d say, the entire last quarter or his summer glued to the courts at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, taking in the U.S. Open. There, we’ve seen him act as an honorary ball boy (I guess not even honorary, since true to form, he went through some training), get a point on Carlos Alcaraz, and endearingly declare the tennis stars of today his friends, whether they knew him or not.
Rating: You’re not going to find Butler reclined on a beach for any long stretch of time, so paying avid attention while sitting in the stands, sometimes with a really big hat on, is a pretty good stretch of leisure for him.
Devin Booker
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As we know from earlier entries, Booker took his passion for rustic ass trips on the road this summer, most notably to the Swiss Alps. He has since returned and returned hard to his first love: swimming holes and piney creeks. Here he was, getting out of a rowboat under cerulean skies.
Rating: You know what they say, you can take a man to the Alps but you can’t make him want to stop ATVing around Colorado or wherever.
Jarrett Allen
Extremely rare publicly shared vacation alert! Jarrett Allen, sweet robotics genius on this earth and the person most likely to have the same smiling attitude whether he is dunker or dunkee, went to Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado. He camped out, did some dune surfing, made something (beans???) on a camp stove, and took some beautiful photos on his film camera. This is my favorite trip of the summer and I am incredibly biased.
Rating: Is there anything more equitable on this earth than how public campsites everywhere will give you the bare minimum? A picnic bench, a fire pit, and a big rock or tree or some other natural landmark if you’re lucky.
Kyle Kuzma
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Kuz has taken quite a few summer romps and his most recent was to Paris. While he was probably there to do, like, a luxury watch collaboration, he also got some currywurst and took in some football, the pastimes of the people.
Rating: The double peace sign is also the summer vacation pose of the people.
Pascal Siakam
Pascal Siakam’s world summer vacation tour continues and like the famous quote, does not go gentle into the regular season. Siakam landed in Rome, toured some gorgeous antiquities, ate some gelato, then popped over to the Vatican to stroll around cavernous halls filled with their own, slightly more religious antiquities. Then, he made a short le saut over to Paris where he literally put his feet up and had some croissants, took a nice stroll, a boat ride, then had a crepe with his initial dusted on it in icing sugar.
Rating: I hope Toronto’s team chef’s icing sugar stenciling is on point.
Rudy Gobert
Gobert was in Okinawa and Manila for the FIBA World Cup, but en route (and probably after, considering France’s rapide out) did some touring and eating around Tokyo, and then the Philippines. I know Gobert was coming back from that whole “rubbing his microparticles all over everyone’s mics and tape recorders” thing, but a man like that shouldn’t be allowed to have a monkey just hang out on his shoulder.
Rating:Outbreak really affected me as a child.
Myles Turner
Turner has taken some delightful trips this summer, both close to home and abroad, and they continued with this pilgrimage to the giant LL Bean boot in Freeport, Maine.
Rating: Not the reminder I wanted or needed that those very boots are sitting in the bottom of my winter clothes storage trunk, Myles!!!
Paul Millsap
Have to say, this was a relief. Millsap’s not such a huge poster, but when he is, is it ever a treat. Especially if we’re talkin’ summer. Here, he takes us on not two summer trips, but two complete summer meditations. First, fishing, and some wise words about how waiting for fish can be like waiting for dreams to come true (Paul George’s ears are ringing). Then – and my personal fav – a reflection on hammocks. To be fair, judging by the palm fronds this is from a totally different trip, but Millsap really spent some time contemplating what hammocks and life is all about. I found myself in a hammock shortly after this and can say, the gentle swinging found therein will never be the same again.
Rating: Protect Paul Millsap at all costs.
Gary Trent Jr.
A late season rip around on a speedy yacht and subsequent jet ski but we love it folks, and we’ll take it, because this dispatch was feeling a little thin.
Rating: Where does the drop for Supreme life jackets happen? On land or in international waters?
Spencer Dinwiddie
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A real mystery trip from Dinwiddie which, if anyone knows that guy who figures out where people are from blurry photos out the window, could they get him on this one? Anyway, I’m glad he had such a nice time.
Rating: Or “Decent,” according to Dinwiddie. My bad.
Jusuf Nurkic
Nurk alert! Nurkic hung out on the picturesque (man made, for my geo-heads) Lake Perućac in Bosnia. There he either did some hiking with friends where no one was really appropriately dressed, or there’s a nice place where they’re all chilling just out of frame.
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Rating: My vote is on the latter.
Chris Boucher
Boucher with the late-summer Saint Lucia rip!
Rating: Noice.
Gradey Dick
Doubling up on Raptors here, but come for his introduction to Toronto’s Caribana parade and stay for him holding a fish like fire arm.
Rating: He probably gently put it back in the water, yes?
NBA SVW MVP: Pascal Siakam
Congratulations to Spicy P on having the most sustained, slow burn summer of them all! This might be the first time this award has gone to someone still on vacation, who may in fact never have returned from one vacation or another all summer, who instead chose to treat “vacation” as a steady state, a new reality. Honestly the best thing to do when your employer isn’t really giving you the answers you want is to slap on your OOO and take all the trips you’ve been putting off with the vacation days you’ve been storing up.
Mitski‘s highly anticipated new album The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We is out today. Enticing singles like “Bug Like An Angel,” “Star,” and “Heaven” built up the excitement, and now the track “My Love Mine All Mine” has received its own eerie music video.
The video depicts Mitski stacking chairs into a massive sculpture and defying gravity as she climbs it. It conveys the subtle poignance of the sprawling song, which is as haunting as it is beautiful as she sings of the power of love: “Nothing in the world belongs to me / But my love, mine all mine all mine.”
The indie sensation is currently on the road bringing this new material to stages. The first performance was in Mexico City on September 11, and the next one is in Los Angeles on September 20. This is a relief to fans, since she said her show in New York in 2019 was her “last show indefinitely.” “I was thinking this was the last show I would perform ever, and then I would quit and find another life,” Mitski told Rolling Stone in an interview in 2021.
Watch the video for “My Love Mine All Mine” above.
The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We is out now via Dead Oceans. Find more information here.
I’ve watched The Simpsons all the way through (well, seasons 1 through 13) countless times, and all it’s taught me is that Scooby Doo can doo doo but Jimmy Carter is smarter. Meanwhile, a 12-year-old boy in Florida saved someone’s life because he learned how to perform CPR from Stranger Things.
USA Today reports that over the long Labor Day weekend, 12-year-old Austen and his behavioral therapist, Jason Piquette, were “competing to see who could hold their breath under water longer when something went terribly wrong.” Piquette was floating motionless face down in the family pool for at least five minutes, so Austen pulled him to the shallow end of the pool and began administering CPR. Piquette regained consciousness thanks to the pre-teen’s quick thinking — and Stranger Things.
[Austen’s mom Christina Macmillan] later asked Austen where he had learned CPR. He told her he remembered it from a scene in the show Stranger Things. The emotional, two-minute scene shows Joyce Byers (Winona Ryder) and Jim Hopper (David Harbour) giving chest compressions to Byers’ unconscious young son Will (Noah Schnapp). Hopper beats frantically on Will’s chest in desperation to revive him. Mimicking those chest compressions, the home video shows Austen hitting Piquette’s chest and bringing him back to life.
The Stranger Things writers should bring a sign saying “We Literally Saved Someone’s Life” to the picket lines. The greedy executives can’t compete with that.
This past weekend’s 2023 MTV VMAs were full of surprises, like Madonna’s 34-year-old commercial and supposed beef between Megan Thee Stallion and Justin Timberlake (which was quickly debunked). The most surprising element of the evening for Ice Spice appears to be herself, as she was shocked about how her body looked in a photo she saw.
Recently, Ice Spice shared a photo of herself and Taylor Swift hugging at the VMAs, and in the picture, both artists are shown from the side. Ice Spice was apparently surprised to see how her profile looked as she tweeted, “damn i aint kno i was that thick hold on.” The post has proven to be popular, as it’s been seen over 35 million times on X (formerly known as Twitter).
Ice Spice had a good night at the VMAs. She won the Best New Artist award and had three other nominations: Push Performance Of The Year for “Princess Diana” and two nods in Song Of The Summer, for her and Nicki Minaj’s Barbie movie song “Barbie World” and her and Swift’s “Karma.” Her and Ben Affleck’s new Dunkin’ commercial also debuted during the broadcast.
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Last year, Bella Poarch of TikTok fame unveiled her alluring Dolls EP, whose title track had an unhinged music video featuring Grimes, Madison Beer, and other celebrities. Now, she’s back with her new song and video “Crush.”
“‘Crush’ is this fun, brighter side of me that I’m excited to showcase,” the 26-year-old said in a statement. “The song itself is light, cheeky, and it gives you the flirty feeling of butterflies in your stomach that you get when sparks begin to fly. It’s about being in the moment and indulging in the simple things like binging Love Island, or having an innocent crush without overthinking it (which I’m guilty of). Lauv is such an incredible artist and being able to work with him is such an honor. He’s one of the sweetest people I’ve ever met, and I LAUVed working with him hehe.”
Lauv added, “’Crush’ is about that feeling when you’re into someone but don’t wanna cross the line ’cause it’s so fun just being slightly into them. I wrote this song in Thailand with some amazing songwriters and when Bella wanted to record it, I was so excited to hear her take on it. Love singing with her and so happy ‘Crush’ is finally out!”
Listen to “Crush” above.
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
Jarred Vanderbilt’s energy and defensive versatility made him an important part of the Los Angeles Lakers‘ midseason turnaround last season, and now, he’s being rewarded with a lengthy contract extension. According to Shams Charania of The Athletic, Vanderbilt and the Lakers came to terms on a new deal that will last four years and pay him $48 million.
Los Angeles Lakers forward Jarred Vanderbilt has agreed on a four-year, $48 million contract extension with the franchise, Klutch Sports CEO Rich Paul and agent Erika Ruiz told @TheAthletic@Stadium. Deal is fully guaranteed with a player option in the fourth year. pic.twitter.com/4kuLlt8zeT
Vanderbilt bounced around during the early part of his NBA career, as he was drafted by the Denver Nuggets in 2018 before getting traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves in 2020. While he flashed his considerable potential on the defensive end of the floor in Minnesota, he was sent to Utah last offseason in the deal that sent Rudy Gobert to the Timberwolves. Eventually, Los Angeles made it a point to acquire him at the trade deadline as part of a multi-team deal.
While the hope is that his jump shot will come around, Vanderbilt brought a ton of value due to his ability to guard multiple positions, rebound, and do the dirty work that is crucial alongside LeBron James and Anthony Davis. During his time in L.A. last year, Vanderbilt appeared in 26 games with 24 of the coming as a member of the starting lineup and averaged 7.2 points, 6.7 rebounds, 1.6 assists, and 12 steals in 24 minutes a night.
“Barely Holdin’ On” rapper Polo G has quickly become one of the leaders of rap’s new school. Since the release of his debut album, Die A Legend, in 2019, the Chicago native hasn’t deviated from his annual tradition of dropping a new project for fans. However, that could change this year. So, why is Polo G’s forthcoming album, Hood Poet, being delayed?
On August 12, Polo G took to his official Instagram page to announce the album (which at the time was scheduled for Friday, September 15) via a new diamond necklace with accent lavender stones, an elaborate pendant, and other tricked-out personal modifications made by IceBox Diamonds & Watches. However, by September 9, he stunned fans when he revealed that the project was no longer dropping.
Yesterday (September 14), in an exchange on X (formerly Twitter), Polo G gave supporters more insight into why he ultimately decided to delay the album. When asked outright by a follower, Polo G replied, “[I] was going through some sh*t, gang. We are still pushing [forward] though. You know that.”
Although Polo G did not state specifics, the sh*t he’s referring to could be tied to his recent arrest (August 23) on alleged kidnapping, robbery, and assault with a deadly weapon charges. If Polo G is tied up in a legal battle of this magnitude, it would greatly hinder his ability to tour and travel for press.
Following the incident, Polo G’s lawyer, Bradford Cohen, released a statement regarding his arrest. Read the complete statement below.
“The incident surrounded someone staying in Polo’s home and not Polo directly. The officers have detained Polo to ‘verify’ that he is not a convicted felon, as they assert a firearm was found in the home. It is widely known that Polo is not a convicted felon and never was a convicted felon. I personally got all his charges in Miami dismissed when he was, in our opinion, wrongfully arrested and charged. They have refused to allow us access to our client, which is also an illegal and unethical practice, and someone will have to answer for these new wrongful actions. We are hopeful the LAPD will handle this matter with tact and transparency.”
Susanna Gibson, a nurse practitioner running for a seat in Virginia’s House of Delegates as a Democrat, made headlines this week after it was revealed that she and her husband filmed themselves performing sex acts on the streaming website Chaturbate.
“Chaturbate videos are streamed live on that site and are often archived on other publicly available sites. More than a dozen videos of the couple captured from the Chaturbate stream were archived on one of those sites — Recurbate — in September 2022, after she entered the race,” according to the Washington Post. “The most recent were two videos archived on Sept. 30, 2022. It is unclear when the live stream occurred.”
Earlier this week, Gibson released a statement about the videos being shared. “It won’t intimidate me and it won’t silence me. My political opponents and their Republican allies have proven they’re willing to commit a sex crime to attack me and my family because there’s no line they won’t cross to silence women when they speak up,” she said, calling it “gutter politics.”
The story caught the attention of Fox News host Laura Ingraham, who compared the Democratic Party to Pornhub. “All right, this is a real headline from the AP, ‘Virginia candidate who livestreamed sex videos draws support from women and a leading Democrat.’ Why is this something that women are supporting?” she complained. “No one leaked these videos of this Virginia candidate, she put them on a porn website for money, but somehow this is now a rallying cry for respect? What are women doing to themselves?”
Co-host Rachel Campos-Duffy said Gibson and her husband are “not good people,” even though they broke no laws (in fact, it might be the Republicans who are in legal hot water). Ingraham added, “Looks like the Democrat Party is just Pornhub. It’s not a hub for economic growth, but it is essentially Pornhub.” She meant that as an insult, but it sounds cool. It sure beats a Republican candidate for president refusing to “dine alone with a woman that’s not my wife.”
Kesha is back. In June, the pop star shared that the defamation lawsuit producer Dr. Luke filed against her in 2014 was settled out of court. “I am so full of light and excitement for the beautiful things to come, for shows to play, and art to make to share with you all,” she wrote.
Before that, the singer had announced The Gag Order Tour, but it’s now been renamed to The Only Love Tour.
“My animals. My fans. This has been a truly transformative year,” she wrote on social media. “And we have a LOT of overdue celebrating to do together. I’ve decided to change the name of my fall tour from ‘The Gag Order Tour’ to the ‘THE ONLY LOVE TOUR.’ Life is too short, and I want to celebrate the freedom and love in my life with all of you. LET’S DO THIS. Only love can save us now #OnlyLoveTour.”
My animals. My fans. This has been a truly transformative year. And we have a LOT of overdue celebrating to do together. I’ve decided to change the name of my fall tour from ‘The Gag Order Tour’ to the ‘THE ONLY LOVE TOUR.’ Life is too short, and I want to celebrate the freedom… pic.twitter.com/skXFwPcyIa
10/15 — Dallas, TX @ The Factory in Deep Ellum
10/16 — Austin, TX @ ACL Live at The Moody Theater
10/18 — New Orleans, LA @ Orpheum Theater
10/20 — Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock Live
10/21 — Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern
10/23 — Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
10/26 — Newport, KY @ MegaCorp Pavilion
10/28 — Mashantucket, CT @ Foxwoods Resort Casino
10/29 — Washington, DC @ The Anthem
10/31 — Philadelphia, PA @ The Met Philadelphia
11/01 — Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway
11/03 — New York, NY @ Hammerstein Ballroom
11/06 — Toronto, Ontario @ History
11/07 — Detroit, MI @ Masonic Temple Theatre
11/09 — Chicago, IL @ Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
11/11 — Milwaukee, WI @ The Eagles Ballroom
11/12 — Prior Lake, MN @ Mystic Showroom
11/14 — Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom
11/17 — Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
11/18 — Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium
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