Though GloRilla is still fresh off dropping her major label debut EP, her track record of hits, including “F.N.F. (Let’s Go)” and the Cardi B-assisted “Tomorrow 2” is setting her up for a promising career in rap.
Her new EP, Anyways, Life’s Great…, has been met with much praise from fans, all of who are happy to see her star rise.
“I’m happy we all seem to be in alignment with loving glorilla and happy for her,” said one Twitter user, “she has the best energy and i never been more happy to see someone I don’t even know make it.”
I’m happy we all seem to be in alignment with loving glorilla and happy for her, she has the best energy and i never been more happy to see someone I don’t even know make it
Many of the EP’s songs feature GloRilla taking charge, letting men know she’s not the one to play with. So much so, many are wanting to take a page from the book of Glo.
“I gotta start being like thinking like and moving like Glorilla,” said another Twitter user. “this album is [fire emoji].”
I gotta start being like thinking like and moving like Glorilla this album is
Judging from fan reactions, nearly every song on the EP has the potential to be a hit, proving that GloRilla isn’t a flash in the pan.
“listening to Glorilla’s new album, first song in… i’ve heard enough. everybody scoot over and make some room. she’s won. she’s taking it,” said another Twitter user.”
listening to Glorilla’s new album, first song in… i’ve heard enough. everybody scoot over and make some room. she’s won. she’s taking it
Back in 2020, while Lizzo played a Super Bowl pre-show concert, she revealed just how much her life and career has brought her full circle. Specifically, the pop star shared that when she was in high school, she actually had the honor of participating in the yearly football game’s festivities once before: through the school marching band. Apparently, they also appeared in the tv show, Friday Night Lights, as well.
“Our high school got selected to be in the crowd on the field during Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson,” Lizzo said at the time. “Now here I am performing for the Super Bowl. I got a song with Justin Timberlake. And Janet Jackson likes my music. A lot can happen in a lifetime.”
The show in question was the halftime one in 2004, where Jackson and Timberlake performed together.
Famously, Lizzo also appears in a marching band during the music video of her major hit, “Good As Hell.” It seems that might’ve been a nod to her high school days as well.
Two years later, she is once again revisiting her music roots in an upcoming documentary for HBO Max titled Love, Lizzo. The early trailer for the film finds Lizzo playing her most popular songs like “Truth Hurts” to a super sweet fanbase, attending high-scale photoshoots, and showing off some archival footage of herself as a child — when she was making pop songs growing up.
If there’s one thing to take away, whether it’s Lizzo’s marching band days or her documentary, it’s that she’s truly a hardworking inspiration to us all.
Lizzo is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
The harp is the oldest known stringed instrument, dating back at least to the 1200s, and variations of the harp can be found all around the world.
It’s simultaneously one of the easiest and hardest instruments to play. Like the piano, a harp’s strings are each individual notes that are already in tune, so unlike a violin or cello, you can’t hit any slightly off-key notes. To play the harp, you simply pluck the strings, so learning to perform a simple tune doesn’t require a great amount of skill.
However, to play the harp at a high level is difficult. A full-sized harp’s 47 strings are placed very close together, so the margins of error are tiny. The precision needed to play a complex piece without hitting any wrong strings is intense, and it takes a lot of time and practice to create the muscle memory necessary to play the harp well.
It is a beautiful, ethereal-sounding instrument when it is played well, though, and it’s always a treat to see someone excel at it.
Kristan Toczko is a renowned Canadian harpist whose expressive playing and infectious love of music have gained her a significant following on social media. She often takes requests for songs to play or mashups to create on the harp, but one mashup she arranged is particularly impressive.
A follower requested she blend “Carol of the Bells” with the theme from “Pirates of the Caribbean,” and she did. It may sound like an odd combo, but it totally works. Watch:
Reply to @jilly.mara i had WAY TOO MUCH FUN with this!!!! #harptok #carolofthebells #piratesofthecaribbean #musicmashup #song #cover #disney #hesapirate #christmas #carol
Toczko explained in comments on Facebook that the blisters she gave herself were due to taking a break from playing before recording the video. Like all string players, harpists develop calluses from playing, which serve to protect the skin of their fingers. However, it doesn’t take long for those calluses to wear away, and playing a piece that requires intense plucking can be quite tough on the old fingers.
For more fun with the harp, follow Kristan Toczko on TikTok, Instagram and Facebook.
Oh, and by the way, she has a great sense of humor, too. Check out her response below to a question about songs that play the highest and lowest strings on the harp.
Anyone who has parented a spirited “threenager” knows how hard handling toddler tantrums can be. Parents often joke about our wee ones throwing down, because laughter is sometimes the only way to cope. But in reality, it can be extremely disturbing and distressing for the entire household when a family member carries on in a way that feels—or truly is—out of control.
Major tantrums can be especially hard for parents who didn’t have good parenting examples themselves. It takes superhuman patience to be the parents we want to be some days, and none of us does it perfectly all the time. When a child is screaming and crying over something irrational and nothing seems to be working to get them to stop, exhausted parents can lose their cool and respond in ways they normally wouldn’t.
That’s one reason a TikTok video of a father and son captured in the aftermath of an epic toddler tantrum has caught people’s attention. Many of us have been in the dad’s shoes before, frazzled and shaken by the relentlessness and intensity of a 3-year-old’s meltdown. And many of us have been in the son’s shoes as well, witnessing a younger sibling’s insanity and our parents’ struggle to manage the situation.
But the way this father and son support one another is bringing people to tears with its beautiful example of emotional regulation, empathy and connection.
TikTok user @mollymikos shared the video, explaining that their 3-year-old had just thrown a 2 1/2-hour tantrum (which she clarified was actually two tantrums with a 10-minute break in between). “We did not have Unicorn Chopsticks and would not go to the store (where they don’t sell unicorn chopsticks….),” she explained when someone asked what the fit was over. Sounds about right. The tyrannical threes are no joke.
So much to love in this video. First, the 6-year-old, whom the mom describes as “empathetic” and “a deeply feeling kid,” demonstrated impressive self-regulation skills. The way he started taking deep breaths and suggested that he and Dad do some deep breathing together was inspiring. Second, the dad apologized for losing it and explained that they were trying to set a better example as parents, which many parents are far too proud to do. Finally, the kiddo displayed such deep understanding and compassion, it was clear these parents have worked hard to create healthy emotional connections and open communication in their family.
“This just goes to show how much of a great job your doing!!!” wrote one commenter. “Toddlers are hard and the fact your 6yo was able to empathize and communicate shows it.”
“This is why you’re good parents,” shared another. “Your older child can regulate his emotions and in empathetic. That’s amazing at any age and you did that.”
“Not me sobbing at 2 am bc this is the healthiest parent-child relationship ever,” wrote another. “Keep it up 😭😭💕 yall are doing awesome.”
The fact that the dad apologized for losing his patience was particularly moving for a lot of commenters, especially those who had parents who never did that. When we apologize to kids when we’re in the wrong or when we behave in a way we’re not proud of, we’re demonstrating respect and teaching accountability by example. The fact that this dad is comfortable apologizing is likely a big reason why his son has the emotional tools that he does.
Gentle, compassionate parenting may not instantaneously end a tantrum, but it does pay off with big emotional and relational wins in the long run.
It seems Lady Gaga’s Little Monsters have a lot to look forward to next year… or perhaps, even sooner. Gaga’s 2013 experimental album, Artpop, has been teased over the years of having a follow-up version — both by the pop star herself and the record’s collaborators. It seems the long-awaited Artpop: Part II is finally on the horizon.
During the fall of that year, Gaga said that she had “lots of songs for Act 2” and noted that “it’ll be nice to play both acts on the tour” according to her official fandom wiki. However, 2013 soon passed and nothing official ever materialized of Artpop: Act II. That didn’t stop its existence from still being commented on.
The producer/DJ has also done interviews about Gaga’s Artpop: Act II, including one in Entertainment Weekly just last year.
“She has feelings (like any other normal person) and this ‘era’ was a hard time for her too,” he said. “I am sure she will be okay with revisiting it one day and building on it when the time is right. I will continue to push for those songs you want so badly, that LG and I did, and I hope you will get to hear them. Don’t let them die. Continue to get your message to the people in charge. You have the power, don’t give up.”
Continue scrolling for some additional fan reactions on Lady Gaga’s Artpop: Part II.
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Though he only released his debut album, Nobody’s Home, it seems Bakar is gearing up for a new era. Hot off a newly signed deal with Epic, Bakar has shared a new song called “Pit Stop.”
Driven by an acoustic guitar, “Pit Stop” features melancholy vocals from Bakar, as he laments a love gone sour.
“I wish you told me / You had got cold feet / Wish you had told me / This how it would be / Think I got too cozy / Why did you pick me? / Tried to be 100 / You wanted to be 50,” he sings, as light percussion begins to build up
“Pit Stop” is one of Bakar’s more vulnerable tracks. In an interview with Dazed last year, he expressed why he feels it’s important to put his heart into his lyrics, no matter how raw he gets.
“I think truth is the most important thing,” Bakar said. “Is it ever too personal to write about? I don’t know. I personally think not, but I understand why people would say it (can be). I always feel like the more personal it gets, the more someone out there is gonna connect to it. The more honest I am, the more (some people) gravitate towards the music. The more human it is, the more likely someone’s going to feel it.”
At the time of writing, “Pit Stop” is currently only available to stream on YouTube.
MGMT returned today with a major surprise for longtime fans. The indie band released a new live album, 11-11-11, on both streaming platforms and limited vinyl versions. The record was originally recorded on November 11, 2011, hence the dated title, as part of MGMT’s music project that they created for the Solomon R. Guggenheim museum’s Maurizio Cattelan retrospective in NYC.
Along with the duo‘s project being a musical reaction to Cattelan’s exhibit, it also marked the first time that the Guggenheim allowed an event of this magnitude in their well-known inner circle section of the gallery — while art pieces were suspended from the ceiling
“We’re creating a musical experience that works for the building and for the construction and presentation of the Cattelan exhibit,” MGMT said in a statement. “It’s an art exhibit done in a completely original way, so it deserves music which is completely original.”
“After 10 p.m., band members of MGMT, standing on a stage covered in white faux-fur, played a 45-minute piece, composed for the occasion,” the New York Times wrote of the original show. “At times the music sounded like Laurie Anderson’s, and at others like a Caribbean slow jam. A slick young crowd stood mesmerized while a Vegas-bright kaleidoscope of color flickered through the rotunda.”
On the heels of his new album, More Love, Less Ego, Wizkid has shared the video for his latest single, “2 Sugar.”
On the song, which features Nigerian singer Ayra Starr, the latter seeks for her flame to be straightforward with her, singing, “Got a bag full of feeling / And a house full of regret /This baggage is conflicting, no plane / Don’t mean to digress.”
Wizkid joins in, singing, “Man I fight my own demons / Keep the bad energy gone / Play with no time when you see us / We got the right energy on / Burst to the rhythm, nothing long.”
In the song’s accompanying video, Wizkid and Starr are seen dancing in a mansion, filled with beautiful works of arts and luxury decor.
Though Afrofusion is on a global rise, and Wizkid is one of the most recognizable voices in the genre, he admitted in an interview with The Guardian that he is still adjusting to fame.
“Most of the time, I don’t want cameras in my face,” he said. “But I understand why I have to. That’s one of the things I still battle with. I just want to live a normal life.”
Check out the video for “2 Sugar” above.
More Love, Less Ego is out now via RCA. Stream it here.
While the fall foliage alone should be enough to get you to finally take that road trip to Vermont this fall, there are also quaint, little postcard-looking towns, a great food scene, and a surprising number of high-quality craft breweries. Sure, California (and San Diego, in particular) gets a lot of praise for its beer (specifically IPAs), but when it comes to quality per capita?
Vermont just might have Cali beat.
Obviously, an actual visit to the home of Ben & Jerry’s and Bernie Sanders might not be in the cards for everyone. Especially if you live very far away, but that shouldn’t stop you from sampling some of the pale ales, IPAs, lagers, and other beers The Green Mountain State has to offer anyway. We found eight of the best beers that prove that Vermont is one of (if not the best) states for beer fans — check them out below!
If you’re a big beer fan and hazy IPA drinker, you’ve probably already tried Fiddlehead IPA. It’s well-known for its juicy, citrus-filled, dank flavor profile. It’s time to step it up to Second Fiddle, its 8.2% ABV, dry-hopped imperial IPA.
Tasting Notes:
Fresh cut grass, grapefruit, tangerine, caramelized pineapple, and resinous, floral one highlight the nose. The palate is juicy and loaded with more tropical fruits, citrus peels, grapefruit, ripe melon, and dank, bitter, herbal hops. It’s a very complex, multi-dimensional take on the imperial IPA.
Bottom Line:
If you’re an IPA fan, Fiddlehead Second Fiddle must be on your list. It’s like someone took the juicy, tropical fruit flavor of a New England-style IPA and paired it with the dank, bitter, citrus flavor of a West Coast IPA.
The Alchemist Heady Topper is more than just a great IPA. Just like Sierra Nevada created the American pale ale style we all know and love The Alchemist’s John Kimmich created the hazy, juicy, New England-style IPA when he brewed Heady Topper back in 2004.
Tasting Notes:
The nose is all bready malts, caramel, citrus zest, tropical fruits, and dank, resinous pine. It’s definitely inviting if you’re an IPA fan. On the palate, you’ll find ripe tangerine, grapefruit, mango, pineapple, caramel malts, and more floral, herbal, earthy, dank pine needles. The finish is a dry mix of fruity sweetness and bitter hops.
Bottom Line:
This is a very complex, balanced beer. It’s the kind of beer that is on every beer drinker’s bucket list and one that you should definitely try if you get a chance.
Referred to as Vermont’s “#1 draft beer,” Switchback Ale proves that sometimes simple is better. It’s a refreshing malty, hoppy, easy-drinking amber ale. It’s 5% ABV, unfiltered, naturally carbonated, and truly memorable.
Tasting Notes:
Aromas of wet grass, bready malts, caramel, dried fruits, and herbal, piney hops greet you before your first sip. The palate is a mix of bready malts, sweet caramel, dried fruits, pine, fruit esters, and herbal, slightly bitter hops. It’s a crisp mix of sweet malts, fruits, and lightly bitter hops.
Bottom Line:
This is an easy-drinking mix of malt and hops that you’ll go back to again and again. There’s nothing overly dynamic about this beer. It’s just simple, clean, and refreshing.
Grass Roots Brother Soigné
Grass Roots
ABV: 5%
Average Price: Limited Availability
The Beer:
For those unaware, Grassroots Brewing is a part of the highly regarded Hill Farmstead Brewery. This offshoot’s most iconic beer is its Brother Soigné, a saison known for its tart flavor due to the addition of blood orange, hibiscus, and lime in the fermentation process.
Tasting Notes:
The nose is filled with aromas of bold citrus peels, earthy yeast, lime zest, and a final note of floral, herbal scents. The palate is crisp, tart, and slightly sour with notes of tangerine, grapefruit, lime peel, and light floral flavor. The finish is dry, crisp, and slightly tart.
Bottom Line:
This is a truly unique beer. It’s a summery, yeasty, earthy saison that also has unique tart, citrus, and floral flavors. There’s a reason it’s such a coveted beer.
There’s something special about a well-made lager. And in a state known for its hazy IPAs, Zero Gravity Green State Lager manages to make a name for itself due to its crisp, easy-drinking flavor profile of Noble hops and Pilsner malts.
Tasting Notes:
Before your first sip, you’ll enjoy aromas of lemon zest, cereal grains, bread-like malts, wet grass, and floral, piney hops. The palate is a mix of caramel, bready malts, citrus peels, cereal grains, and herbal, earthy resinous hops at the very end. It’s crisp, refreshing, and perfect for any time of year.
Bottom Line:
Zero Gravity Green State Lager is tremendously popular and it definitely deserves the acclaim it gets. It’s simple, crisp, and very well-balanced.
If you find yourself with a four-pack of this delicious beer, you definitely won’t want to spill any. This 8% ABV double IPA from the folks at Foam Brewers is known for its hazy, juicy flavor profile of ripe pineapple, citrus peels, and tropical fruits.
Tasting Notes:
The nose is lemon zest, pineapple, grapefruit, mango, guava, bready malts, and grassy, herbal hops. The palate follows suit with mango, caramelized pineapple, bread-like malts, tangerine, and more herbal, floral, piney hops at the finish. The ending is a mix of sweetness and subtly bitter hops.
Bottom Line:
This is a great example of a New England-style IPA done right. It’s hazy, juicy, and fruity, but it also has enough malt and bitter hop presence to round it out nicely.
Technically Lawson’s Finest Sip of Sunshine is currently brewed in Connecticut at Two Roads, but its genesis was in Vermont and it’s Green Mountain State through and through. It’s known for its mix of tropical fruits, citrus zest, and layers and layers of piney, herbal hops.
Tasting Notes:
The nose is all ripe grapefruit, tangerine, freshly cut grass, pineapple, and other tropical fruit aromas. Drinking it reveals hints of bread-like, caramel malts mixed with pineapple, orange peel, mango, and earthy, dank, bright hops. The finish is a nice mix of sweetness and hop bitterness that leaves you craving more.
Bottom Line:
Lawson’s Finest Sip of Sunshine is one of those beers that you always want to grab if you spot it in the wild. Fresh, floral, and fruity, it’s an iconic New England-style IPA for a reason.
Hill Farmstead Edward
Hill Farmstead
ABV: 5.2%
Average Price: Limited Availability
The Beer:
Hill Farmstead is not only the biggest name in Vermont brewing, but it just might also be the biggest name (among aficionados) in American brewing. One of its most recognizable additions to the beer world is its iconic Edward. This 5.2% ABV American pale ale is brewed with house ale yeast, American malted barley, and Chinook, Columbus, Centennial, and Simcoe hops.
Tasting Notes:
Complex aromas of lemon peels, tangerine, grapefruit, mango, and herbal, earthy pine needles greet you before your first sip. The palate is all wet grass, tangerine, grapefruit, lemon zest, bready malts, and floral, piney hops. The finish is crisp and highly refreshing.
Bottom Line:
This is yet another beer that proves that simplicity is key. This is a straightforward fruity, citrus-filled, hoppy American pale ale. Definitely a beer you should add to your bucket list if you’ve never tried it.
The year-end slowdown is upon us, but that doesn’t mean that there’s no new music coming out — merely that the flood has become a much more manageable stream. Indie artists would be wise to take the advice of Audio Mack’s Brian Zisook, who pointed out ” this represents a great window to land editorial with less competition.” Meanwhile, a few artists who offered new music this week include Slowthai, Channel Tres, Stormzy, DDG, and the artists named below.
Here is the best of hip-hop this week ending November 11, 2022.
Albums/EPs/Mixtapes
David Sabastian & DJ Drama — Gansta Grillz: God Save The Rave
David Sabastian & DJ Drama
David Sabastian has been kicking around the LA underground fashion scene for some time, but it seems he’s been pursuing rap in earnest recently, signing with Warner Records and releasing a handful of singles. This week, like labelmate Symba, he teams up with DJ Drama for a Gangsta Grillz installment that shows just how seriously he’s taking his music.
GloRilla — Anyways, Life’s Great…
GloRilla
Talk about a breakout year; Glo’s hit single “FNF” was a fan favorite, but its follow-up, “Tomorrow 2” with Cardi B, took all that forward momentum and supercharged it. Now, the bundle of lovable ratchet energy releases her first major-label collection of songs, packaging her stellar hits with a handful of new songs, with features from her new label boss, Yo Gotti.
Nas & Hit-Boy — King’s Disease III
Nas & Hit-Boy
I’d say Nas and Hit-Boy scored a hat trick with this one, but given they split their KD trilogy with Magic last year, the most appropriate sports analogy might be the relatively rare four-point play. Consider this one the made free throw, putting the puncuation mark on an incredible feat. To sweeten the deal, Nas goes solo eschewing contemporary features to prove he can finish just as strong.
Yung Bleu — Tantra
Yung Bleu
Yung Bleu still lands firmly in the “hip-hop new releases” categories on DSPs despite his love for gentle melodies and emotive subject matter, so we’ll keep him here until further notice (DRAM, unfortunately, has gone full neo-soul on me, meaning I have to let Wongo have that one this week). Notable features on this one include Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Ty Dolla Sign, and Zayn Malik(!!).
Singles/Videos
38 Spesh X Harry Fraud — “Band Of Brothers” Feat. Benny The Butcher & Ransom
38 Spesh and Harry Fraud are two of underground rap’s go-to producers for soulful, nostalgic beats, so seeing them team up is exciting enough on its own, but doubly so when you realize who all they’re probably bringing along. Obviously, pairing the polysyllabic flows of Benny and Ransom is an appetizing teaser of what guests like Curren$y, Wiz Khalifa, Conway The Machine, and Stove God Cooks will bring to Beyond Belief next week.
BabyTron — “AirTron”
Coming from BT’s Bin Reaper 3: Old Testament last week, “AirTron” nabs a sample of the Kurtis Blow classic “Basketball” to backdrop the Michigan rapper’s herky-jerky NBA punchlines. A sports fan’s dream come true.
Dusty Locane — “Rolando 2 (Catch The Rain)”
For the life of me, I can’t figure out why this Brooklyn drill stalwart hasn’t caught fire yet. I can only assume that it’s because the genre as a whole has gotten so crowded it’s hard to cut through the noise. Between his distinctive voice and consistent work ethic, it really should only be a matter of time.
G Herbo — “It’s Something In Me”
Lil Herb’s new album Survivor’s Remorse weirdly flew under the radar last week, but that isn’t stopping him from supporting it like a top-ten hit. “It’s Something In Me” is a prime example of the Chicago vet’s rugged but tortured perspective and the cavernous instrumental supports some of his most engaging bar work from the project.
Gucci Mane — ” Sh*t Crazy Remix” Feat. BIG30, Sett & Mac Critter
Gucci shares the spotlight with his Icy Gang here, letting the youngsters shine while remaining his usual consistent self.
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
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(@_MarloStar) November 9, 2022
this album is
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