Blink-182 is in the midst of a massive comeback. But, the band’s revered drummer Travis Barker’s daughter Alabama’s career is just getting started. However, instead of following in her famous father’s rockstar footprints, the internet personality has lasered in on rap music. The nepo baby debate was stale, but the aspiring musician’s new snippet shared to TikTok might’ve just breathed new life into it.
In the 40-second clip, Alabama dropped a sample of what she’s been cooking up, rapping a whole verse and part of the forthcoming song’s chorus.
Opening with the first verse, Alabama raps, “When we ain’t together when I’m with him, he know that I’m the realest / Ain’t got no opposition all these b*tches in they feelings / But listen who the f*ck y’all talkin’ to / I’m Alabama get to know me I might spazz on you / I’m walking in its twenty b*tches starring yeah I’m cool / I know I smell so good it’s Baccarat and Van Cleef perfume / Treat me like ya momma /Drip me out in some designer / Ice me out like boy I’m wildin’ / You know the type of energy / Don’t treat me like its ten of me / You better not be texting treat your exes like they enemies.”
Before the video ends, Alabama shares a few seconds of the track’s melodic chorus, rapping, “Just pick up when I’m calling / you know my body / Don’t switch up when you got it / You know you got me / I’m out here riding shotty you right beside me / you feeling all up on me / He blow exotic.”
Several users drew comparisons to other social media figures turned musicians, including Matty B and an early Justin Bieber.
Another user commented, “Not feeling it,” to which Alabama replied, “Sounds personal.”
Others called Alabama out for cultural appropriation. Some chimed in to share that her father, Travis Barker, has publicly talked about his love for rap music. Barker even collaborated with a few rappers, including Lil Wayne, Trippie Redd, Paul Wall, The Game, and Run the Jewels. This isn’t Alabama’s first time sharing her music online. In April, she uploaded a teaser of her song, “Diamond In The Rough.”
But it wasn’t all negative. Several users shared words of encouragement with the teenager. “She’s still young. This is her creative phase. I hope she has fun and watches her boundaries and limits,” posted one user.
To clap back at the naysayers, Alabama recorded another video using a song clip of Nicki Minaj dunking on users that claim to hate her but watch everything she does online.
Alabama hasn’t released the track’s name or if it will ever be released publicly. But she’s made it clear that she isn’t going to stop because she does enjoy making music.
Blink-182 is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
The 88Rising-spearheaded music festival, Head In The Clouds, is playfully named after a figure of speech. However, it seems as if their budding signee, Niki, might not have gotten the memo. In the video for her standout single “Backburner,” off her sophomore album Nicole, the singer can’t seem to break free from the haze of an emotionally manipulative relationship.
Although the track, co-produced by Ethan Gruska and Niki, was initially released in 2022 to celebrate the announcement of her forthcoming Nicole World Tour, the musician decided to release an official visual for the track. Directed by Isaac Ravishankara, it finds Niki sharing her vantage point of the doomed romance.
As Niki attempts to find a way to repair the damaged thread of connectivity holding together the partnership, she rewatches old footage recorded to restore the fantasy she cooked up in her mind. However, in the end, her mission proves to be unsuccessful. As the final clip end, Niki’s fantasy world has been toppled, and she’s left to pick up the pieces yet again.
Watch the video for “Backburner” above. To view the full Nicole World Tour schedule, continue below.
Local pre-sales for the Nicole World Tour will be held on May 16 and 17. General tickets for the public will start on May 18 at 10 a.m. local time. Find more information here.
05/21 — Forest Hills, NY @ Head in the Clouds
08/01 — Austin TX @ Moody Amphitheater
08/05 — Chicago IL @ Lollapalooza
08/10 — Vancouver, BC @ PNE Amphitheater
08/12 — San Francisco, CA @ Outside Lands
09/11 — Bangkok, TH @ BCC Hall
09/13 — Manila, PH @ Mall of Asia Arena
09/15 — Singapore, SG @ F1 Grand Prix
09/18 — Brisbane, AU @ Fortitude Music Hall
09/21 — Sydney, AU @ Hordern Pavilion
09/23 — Melbourne, AU @ Festival Hall
09/26 — Jakarta, ID @ Jiexpo Hall D2
10/06 — London, UK @ Eventim Apollo
10/08 — Paris, FR @ Trianon
10/10 — Amsterdam, NL @ Melkweg
Later this year The Return of the King, the third and final in the original Lord of the Rings film trilogy, turns 20. Naturally Warner Bros., who are rebooting Harry Potter as a TV show, are planning on making new films in the franchise, with Peter Jackson and his writing team in talks to return. And if they want the guy who plays Gollum while decked out in motion-capture dots and stuff, they won’t have to do much convincing.
As per The Hollywood Reporter, Andy Serkis is down to return as the CGI character that made him a big name. “I adore those guys and they are a second family to me,” Serkis said of Jackson and company. “I’ve spent so many years making films with them. I love their sensibility and their take; it’s filmmaking on a different kind of level. You live and breathe it. And so, yes, if some opportunity were to come up, it would be an amazing thing.”
The movies would reportedly be set during the Third Age in Tolkien’s saga — a time when Gollum would have been knocking around. So it’s doable.
Serkis’ turn as Gollum, the hobbit turned into a gnarly monster from exposure to the powerful Ring, was a CGI game-changer. He was the first believable photorealistic digital character in cinema, and Serkis’ mo-cap performance led to more like it, including Caesar in the most recent run of Planet of the Apes movies. If these new LoTR movies get off the ground, then Serkis will become the latest performer who gets more money to do a job he’s already done before.
Karol G is excited to hit the road this summer for her Mañana Será Bonito Tour. To prepare for the limited run dates across the United States, the “TQG” singer made her in-studio Tiny Desk Concert debut at NPR’s headquarters.
In 2021, Karol G recorded original footage for their Tiny Desk At Home Concerts series. Due to the massive record-breaking success of her album Mañana Será Bonito, there was no doubt that an in-person set would eventually happen. As she reimagined several of the album’s standout tracks, the attendees couldn’t help but to be touched by her emotional delivery.
Karol G and musical director Rob Trujillo were the sonic architects of the blended traditional and modern Mexican musical elements. Backed by musicians Jemma Heigis (pianist), Giulliana Merello (drummer), Patricia Ligia (bassist), Crystal Torre (trumpeter), Hailey-Mae Niswanger (flutist), Katiuska Fernandes (percussionist), Irany Martinez (accordion player), India Anderson (tuba player), and Susana Vasquez (guitarist), Karol G vocally floats across each track sang despite confessing how nervous she was.
“The album is super new, and this is the first time I’m singing some of the songs here, and they feel so good in this version,” confidently declares Karol.
She added, “I feel like I’m in my home, with my people, drinking wine. But now, let’s bring some Mexican vibes to this place!”
The setlist included songs “Carolina,” “Gucci Los Paños,” “Pero Tú,” and “Mercurio.”
Rudy Giuliani hasn’t exactly had a good last few years, and now things are getting even worse: On Monday the former “America’s Mayor” was hit with a lawsuit from an ex-employee. The accusations are…a lot. Among the claims are that he subjected her to all manner of sexual harassment and abuse. Giuliani still carried on with his usual show, but if you’d somehow missed the news, you didn’t hear about it from him either.
As per Mediaite, on Monday night’s episode of America’s Mayor Live, Giuliani made no mention of the lawsuit, which was filed by Noelle Dunphy. Instead he used the time to talk about the Dunham report, which slammed the FBI’s investigation into his old client Donald Trump’s possible ties to Russian interference in the 2016 election. And he said the killing of Jordan Neely by former Marine Daniel Penny wouldn’t have happened on his watch.
“We didn’t let people get robbed, we didn’t let them get mugged or raped. We got rid of the unbelievably disgusting pornography houses,” Giuliani said of his time as mayor of New York City. “I mean, even the more reasonable pornography places left Times Square because it was too dangerous.”
Never did Giuliani bring up that he’s accused of doing some pretty outlandish and horrifying stuff, including stiffing Dunphy on payments and subjecting her to all manner of racist and anti-Semitic rants. He was also allegedly addicted to Viagra, which led him to demand sexual favors of her. Dunphy also recorded him asking her to “f*ck me like crazy” for money. Even his old pal Trump, when he’s accused of sexual impropriety, at least acknowledges the allegations — usually while making his problems worse.
Brooklyn’s latest rising star, BreezyLyn, set out to recruit the hottest rappers and scored big with Lola Brooke and Kali. The Marcy Houses representative’s FckBwoy!-produced single “Bad B*tches” began to grab the attention last year due to its catchy chorus. Now, with fellow Brooklyn native (Lola Brooke) and Georgia native (Kali) joining in on the song’s remix, this is gearing up for BreezyLyn’s breakout moment.
In the track’s official video, directed by Jerry Morka, the musicians encourage all ladies present to embody the epitome of a modern-day “baddie.” One line, in particular, emphasizes this point, “Bad b*tches, mad riches / Bad b*tches, can’t sit with the — / Bad b*tches, mad riches.” The stanza repeated throughout the song’s chorus serves as a mantra.
The track’s featured artists are required to allow their self-confidence to ooze out of them without shame. This declaration is almost mandatory for the listening audience as well.
When asked about the collaboration, BreezyLyn told Complex, “I’m very excited to share this moment with my girls Lola and Kali. They’ve been so supportive of this song, so it was only right they bless the remix. The vibe on set was amazing because we genuinely rock with each other and respect our crafts. We did this for all women who want to feel empowered and confident in their own skin.”
When in Rome, do as the Romans do. Ed Sheeran’s latest Instagram post suggests he knows that phrase. While appearing to enjoy a break from his Mathematics Tour, the “Bad Habits” singer joined his Academy of Country Music Awards duet partner Luke Combs for a friendly outing.
As the musicians enjoyed the beautiful sunset, Combs took a moment to teach Sheeran a good old-fashioned American tradition: how to shotgun a can of beer. In the video uploaded to Sheeran’s social media, he narrates what’s happening, saying, “Alright, for context, Luke is — what is it, shooting?”
Combs chimes in to correct Sheeran, replying, “Shotgunning.”
Sheeran turns back to the camera to continue, saying, “Luke is teaching me how to shotgun a beer.”
Combs tries to walk Sheeran through the delicate science that is shotgunning as delicately as possible. “You wanna be mindful of where your top is … you want this pointing at the sky,” says Combs.
The pair then proceed to chugging their cans of brew.
If Sheeran found shotgunning difficult, he should prepare himself for when he travels to Australia. Or maybe his friend Harry Styles can give him a run-through of how their beer-drinking tradition goes.
Ed Sheeran is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
There may be a WGA’ strike going on, but that doesn’t mean America’s entertainment industry can’t at least announce shows they might do when it ends. (And it could be a good while till that happens.) On Monday, Showtime announced not one but two revivals of beloved shows that ended a long time ago: Nurse Jackie and Weeds. They’d be proper returns, too, with the original casts and everything. But one show’s star isn’t sure he’s into it.
Varietyspoke with Weeds alum Justin Kirk, who was just seen playing fascist potential president Jeryd Mencken on the most recent Succession, and it doesn’t sound like Showtime got all its ducks lined up before saying they were bringing his old show back.
“Even as a fan, do you really want to see us all old and coming back? By the time of Season 8, I don’t think the general idea was, ‘We should keep doing this!’” Kirk said. “Look, I love those people, I love that character. I probably know as much as you do about any future reboots.”
The series, should it come to fruition, would catch up with the Botwin family 10 years after the show ended, which was back in 2012. It’s not the first time Kirk has heard talk of them reviving it.
“I had heard rumors of various iterations. Once, I heard about it being a prequel with younger characters, and then you just see us in flash forwards. So I have no idea,” Kirk said. “Although weirdly enough, I did recently hear of it again, so they may be trying to drag its tired carcass out.”
Kirk generally sounded skeptical about anything getting done in this town. “There are a million things that are claimed to be in some sort of development,” Kirk explained. “My agents haven’t mentioned it to me in a long time. Maybe they’re going to recast [Andy, his Weeds character].”
When asked if he’d return should Showtime formally ask him to, Kirk was a bit more open-minded.
“That is a $64,000 question. I guess we’d have to see what it was,” Kirk said. He then became more optimistic. “My very favorite piece of narrative entertainment is ‘Twin Peaks: The Return.’ There is something exciting about seeing the people from something you were into however much older. There’s something cool about that. There’s got to be a story to tell, or some reason to do it. So we’ll see.”
I feel that question in my bones. It’s my job to vet bourbons and even I find it to be… a lot. I’ve already tasted literally hundreds of bourbonsfor work this year (a ton of it was perfectly fine). And even still, there are always new bourbons arriving on my desk to sample. So to help you sift through all the static of non-stop bourbon releases, I’m conducting a new blind taste test.
There’s no real trick here besides that these are all new(ish) bourbons from the last six months to the last few weeks — days even — that are on shelves around the country now. Our lineup today features the following bottles of bourbon:
Rattle & Snap Tennessee Straight Whiskey Aged 4 Years
Jefferson’s Marian McLain Blend of Straight Bourbon Whiskeys
Kentucky Senator Bourbon Release #3 John C. Carlisle
Rieger’s Straight Bourbon Whiskey Bottled In Bond
Monk’s Road Small Batch Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Tommyrotter Napa Valley Heritage Cask Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Traverse City Whiskey Co. Straight Bourbon Whiskey Finished in Seasoned Sherry Casks
Nelson Bros. Whiskey A Blend of Straight Bourbon Whiskeys Finished in Trubee Honey Casks
After tasting these bourbons blindly, I’ll rank them according to taste alone. It’s that easy. Hopefully, you’ll find a new bourbon that speaks to you (read those tasting notes!). If you do, click on the price link to see if you can find that bourbon in your neck of the woods. Let’s dive in!
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Nose: There’s a sense of classic bourbon cherry on the nose with a hint of apricot jam over warm buttermilk biscuits with a hint of cinnamon and a faint whisper of Big League Chew gum.
Palate: An earthy vanilla vibe drives the palate toward cherry bark and light grassiness with a hint of apple cider just kissed with a floral vibe.
Finish: The end leans into an apple woodiness with a dry sense of cloves and old vanilla pods.
Initial Thoughts:
This was a pretty good standard whiskey overall. That earthiness leads me to think it’s a Tennessee whiskey but something unique.
Taste 2
Zach Johnston
Tasting Notes:
Nose: The nose opens with a mix of old whiskey barrels wrapped in worn saddle leather with a sweet and creamy sense of honey, vanilla, and old cinnamon sticks dipped in hot apple cider.
Palate: The palate is fruity with a sense of mango chutney and rum raisin next to dark chocolate-covered espresso beans, salted toffee, and banana bread inside of a cedar box with a twinge of smoldering wild sage.
Finish: The end is lush and full of dark holiday cakes brimming with soft spices, roasted nuts, and dark dried fruits next to more of that creamy honey and silken vanilla.
Initial Thoughts:
This is pretty good too. It’s deep and classic with a nice nutty finish. I liked this overall.
Taste 3
Zach Johnston
Tasting Notes:
Nose: The nose is deep and classic with a sense of roasted nuts, toffee, and vanilla cake next to subtle winter spices, apple cider sharpness, and a hint of oak-toasted marshmallows.
Palate: The spice melds with the nuttiness in a holiday cake with a can of cream soda on the side before orchard bark and porch wicker arrive with a sense of old gingerbread cookies dipped in dark chocolate.
Finish: Toffee tobacco and singed applewood drive the palate toward a big Kentucky hug (warmth) of winter spice barks and old cellar oak and rich marzipan just kissed with apple brandy.
Initial Thoughts:
This was really nice and deep and took me on a journey. It’s also just pretty freaking delicious.
Taste 4
Zach Johnston
Tasting Notes:
Nose: The nose is old and leathery with a good layer of salted caramel over pecan waffles with buttercream and cinnamon syrup next to a hint of black peppercorn and woody orchards.
Palate: Maple syrup attaches to the pecan waffles with a sense of Christmas nut cake, dried cranberry, and vanilla cream with a touch of winter spice barks and burnt orange.
Finish: The end has a classic warmth derived from spiced wood notes next to a hint of winter cake tobacco with plenty of dark and spicy syrup and buttery caramel.
Initial Thoughts:
This is pretty damn good too. It’s on the nuttier side, but that’s not a knock.
Taste 5
Zach Johnston
Tasting Notes:
Nose: This is a stone-cold classic bourbon nose of dark Cherry Coke, spiced winter cakes, and salted caramel with an old oak barrel sense.
Palate: The palate leans into the spiced dark cherry with a hint of root beer (maybe even Dr. Pepper) next to singed apple and cinnamon bark with this fleeting sense of peanut brittle underneath it all.
Finish: The end leans into the smoldering woody spices and orchard barks with a hint of marzipan and burnt orange rounding things out.
Initial Thoughts:
I like this a lot too. It was classic but deep.
Taste 6
Zach Johnston
Tasting Notes:
Nose: This has a pretty light nose full of dark red fruits, leather, and caramel with a hint of vanilla oils.
Palate: The palate is a mix of roasted nuts and winter spice barks with a hint of that sweet dark fruit and caramel.
Finish: The end plays on those classic bourbon themes with a light finish.
Initial Thoughts:
This tasted like a good but very standard bourbon.
Taste 7
Zach Johnston
Tasting Notes:
Nose: The nose is lighter but leans into rum raisin and caramel with a hint of Cherry Dr. Pepper and cinnamon toast.
Palate: There’s a good amount of cinnamon and vanilla on the palate with a touch of walnut bread with plenty of butteriness, clove, and anise.
Finish: The end hints at apple cinnamon tobacco and vanilla beans but ends very lightly.
Initial Thoughts:
This was nice but didn’t have the oompf it needed.
Taste 8
Zach Johnston
Tasting Notes:
Nose: The nose runs deep with a sense of red fruit leather, dark yet sharp woody spice barks, salted toffee rolled in toasted almond, and a fleeting whisper of dark chocolate sauce cut with salt, lavender, and red chili.
Palate: The palate opens with juicy pears and grilled peaches next to stewed plums and leathery prunes over rum raisin dipped in that dark and spicy chocolate with a hint of creamy cherry butteriness.
Finish: The woody chili spice and creamy dark fruit kicks up on the end with a sense of sticky toffee pudding tobacco, old cedar humidors, and a bushel of dried vanilla pods layered with smudging sage.
Initial Thoughts:
Well, this is outstanding whiskey.
Taste 9
Zach Johnston
Tasting Notes:
Nose: This is pretty standard on the nose with caramel, oak, spice, and cherry.
Palate: The palate is largely the same with a bourbon-y Cherry Coke vibe overall.
Finish: The end is short and sweet but clearly hits nice bourbon notes.
Initial Thoughts:
This was pretty standard stuff. It was well-built but very much feels like a cocktail bourbon that you use to build with.
Taste 10
Zach Johnston
Tasting Notes:
Nose: The nose opens with a sense of a fruit orchard on a sunny day with subtle spice barks and floral honey next to a moment of leather, caramel tobacco, and almond.
Palate: Those almonds take on some toast on the palate as vanilla cake cut with buttercream and floral honey leads to a sense of honey sesame crackers and sharply spice oak staves.
Finish: A bright pepperiness drives the finish into spiced honey with a touch of toasted oats, marzipan, and burnt orange with a whisper of chamomile tea.
Initial Thoughts:
This is another excellent whiskey. It’s got a clear honeyed vibe which just works with the spice, wood, and nuttiness.
This is a sourced whiskey created by BBQ pitmaster Carey Bringle. The whiskey is made with a mash of 84% corn, 8% rye, and 8% malted barley and aged for at least four years. Those barrels are then blended to be the perfect backyard barbecue pairing bourbon.
Bottom Line:
This is a very standard bourbon. There’s nothing wrong with that. I’d use it for batching a cocktail at my next backyard barbecue party. I’d be surprised if anyone on the Peg Leg team wasn’t thinking exactly that with this release.
This bourbon is a four-grain mash bill by virtue of the sourced barrels involved in the blend. The whiskey is made from a high-corn, high-wheat, and high-rye trio of bourbon barrels. Once batched, that whiskey is re-barreled into Taub Family Selections’ Heritance Cabernet Sauvignon French oak barrels from Rutherford in Napa Valley. After three months, those barrels are batched and bottled
Bottom Line:
This was nice but very standard bourbon. Again, there are no faults here and this feels like a simple crowd-pleaser. I’d mix cocktails with it.
8. Traverse City Whiskey Co. Straight Bourbon Whiskey Finished in Seasoned Sherry Casks — Taste 7
This is classic award-winning Traverse City high-rye bourbon that’s re-barrelled in sherry casks for a final rest. Those sherry casks were then blended, proofed with local Michigan water, and bottled.
Bottom Line:
This was nice too but a little better than standard for sure. Still, this felt more like a whiskey that you build a killer cocktail with than sip neat.
This whiskey is sourced from Tennessee. The four-year-old barrels are sent up to Kentucky where they’re batched, proofed, and bottled by the famed Dant family (icons in Kentucky whiskey-making going back to the early 1800s).
Bottom Line:
This is a nice pour. It’s more than just a cocktail whiskey, though I’m sure it’d make a killer old fashioned. That aside, I can see this working nicely over some ice when you’re looking for a good yet easy-going mid-week pour.
6. Jefferson’s Marian McLain Blend of Straight Bourbon Whiskeys — Taste 2
This whiskey pays tribute to Jefferson’s founder Trey Zoeller’s grandmother — Marian McLain — who was an 8th-generation moonshiner and bootlegger back in the day (she’s one of the earliest documented women in American whiskey to boot). The whiskey Zoeller made to honor McLain is a blend of five whiskeys. 40% of the blend is an 11-year-old Kentucky bourbon, 21% is a 14-year-old Tennessee bourbon, 17% is a rum-cask finished bourbon, 14% is a wheated double-barreled bourbon, and 8% is an eight-year-old Kentucky bourbon.
Bottom Line:
This is damn fine whiskey. I think it’d work best in a simple whiskey-forward cocktail but I can see sipping this neat (with a drop of water) any ol’ time.
This wheated whiskey from Log Still is all about highlighting that grain. The bourbon is sourced (for now) and aged and bottled by the Dant Family in Gethsemane, Kentucky.
Bottom Line:
This is a very easy-going on the rocks bourbon that’ll work wonders in a cocktail. It’s pretty much classic through and through. And that’s it.
4. Rieger’s Straight Bourbon Whiskey Bottled In Bond — Taste 4
This small craft whiskey is made with a mash of 56% corn, 30% rye, and 14% malted barley. The whiskey was left to age for six years before batching, proofing, and bottling.
Bottom Line:
This is nice stuff. It still feels very much in the classics column but that’s not a knock. This is simple, straightforward, easy-sipping bourbon that’ll also make a good, deep cocktail. You can’t beat that. And of the standard/classic stuff on the list today, this was the most interesting and deeply hewn.
3. Nelson Bros. Whiskey A Blend of Straight Bourbon Whiskeys Finished in Trubee Honey Casks — Taste 10
This whiskey starts off by seasoning used whiskey barrels (from Nelson’s Green Brier’s warehouse) with honey. The distillery sends its barrels to TruBee Honey Farm in Arrington, Tennessee where the barrels are filled with wildflower honey. After the honey has finished its rest, the barrels are emptied and sent back to Nashville. Once they arrive at Nelson’s, they’re filled with Belle Meade’s award-winning bourbon for a six to eight-month rest where the honey makes its mark on the whiskey.
Bottom Line:
Once you get a taste of this, it’s really easy to see why so many folks clamor for it. It’s clearly bourbon that’s just touched with real honey that accents and builds instead of takes over with an overly saccharine idea of honey. It’s delicious, subtle, and very drinkable.
This is a classic and very high-end luxe blend of bourbons from Lux Row. The whiskey is made with one 16-year-old bourbon barrel married to two 12-year-old barrels. That batched whiskey was then blended with three seven-year-old bourbons that were finished in Spanish Oloroso sherry casks, all sourced from the Sherry Triangle region in Southwest Spain. Once batched, the whiskey is bottled as-is with no proofing.
Bottom Line:
This is just great bourbon. Get one if you can find it. It’s a killer whiskey that’ll truly take you on a journey.
1. Kentucky Senator Bourbon Release #3 John C. Carlisle — Taste 3
This old-school Kentucky whiskey is made from sourced juice from Kentucky. In this case, it’s made with seven-year-old barrels of Kentucky bourbon with a classic mash bill of 75% corn, 21% rye, and 4% malted barley. The bourbon was made in honor of late 1800s Kentucky Senator John G. Carlisle who was one of the last “Bourbon Democrats” — a now-dead wing of the Democratic party that traded in classical liberalism with a deep sense of fiscal conservatism.
Bottom Line:
This just inched out the Blood Oath today thanks to a profile that went beyond classic and into that something extra. There was a nice earthiness with a hint of funk that really deepened the overall experience. This is a great Kentucky bourbon pour.
But this is going to be harder to find at retail. But you can get a pour Jack Rose Dining Saloon in Washington, D.C. if you want to give it a try before you start the hunt.
Part 3 — Final Thoughts on the Bourbon Whiskey
Zach Johnston
Hard to find or not, the top three pours really are the good stuff, folks. I’d focus mostly on those if you’re looking for something new.
That all said, numbers eight through four are all perfectly good and very drinkable bourbons worth checking out. They won’t blow your socks off but they’ll get the job done. Sometimes that’s enough. JHust depends on what the goal is!
Grammy Award-nominated recording artist Latto’s career has drastically improved since her reality TV debut. Many fans of the “Put It On Da Floor” rapper aren’t even aware of her time on The Rap Game. However, the show’s co-producer and host, Jermaine Dupri, hasn’t.
During a recent interview with HipHopDX, the music mogul addressed the public’s thoughts on how he handled Latto’s career after she won the show’s game prize.
“People keep saying, ‘Jermaine, you dropped the ball on [Latto]. But what I think people don’t understand is, I put Latto’s record out,” said Dupri, referring to the deal promised to Latto for winning the season.
Viewers were under the impression that the winning contestant would be granted an exclusive recording contract with Dupri’s legacy label, So So Def. Dupri said that was indeed not the case. “The deal was, if you win on The Rap Game, you get a single from Jermaine Dupri on So So Def,” said Dupri. T”hat single [Who is You] came out.”
He added, “The problem was that Latto was 16 years old, and the outlets didn’t support it. And nobody was like speaking on it. Nobody talked about it. If you watched the TV show, you saw it…But people didn’t really start talking about Latto until she started making more vulgar records, dressing more sexual, and being more adult.”
Latto’s recollection of the event differs from Dupri’s account. In 2016, she told VladTV that she was offered a deal with Dupri’s label but ultimately turned down the contract because, “It wasn’t enough money.”
Latto has gone on to achieve great success while Dupri has continued to add to his legacy with an upcoming Verzuz battle slated for September. There doesn’t seem to be a loser in this scenario.
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