Today is a relatively busy New Music Friday, with Mura Masa’s new album Demon Time among the more exciting releases. One of the fresh songs available now that the album’s out sees Masa reuniting with a regular collaborator, as he’s joined by Slowthai on “Up All Week.”
On the two-minute track, Slowthai deals with themes of complacency, media consumption, and consumerism, all over a thumping electronic instrumental. He says on the hook, “Just can’t get no sleep / Faithless stage, just don’t believe / We stay up all week.”
Fans know the this new song is just the latest example of the two hopping on a track together. In 2019, the pair had a song called “Doorman” on Slowthai’s debut album, Nothing Great About Britain. Months later, in early 2020, the two teamed up for the song “Deal Wiv It,” from Mura Masa’s second album, RYC.
Masa also played a part in Slowthai’s biggest moment in American mainstream pop culture: The two performed “Deal Wiv It” on The Tonight Show in 2020 and Slowthai put on an energetic display, making use of the whole studio and even standing on Jimmy Fallon’s desk to look him right in the eyes.
Following the surprise cancellation of Batgirl, a film that by all accounts was mostly finished, the newly formed Warner Bros. Discovery has been plagued with headlines about chaos behind the scenes as the new leadership struggles to cut costs while simultaneously rejuvenating brands like DC Comics. The studio has reportedly been searching for a Kevin Feige-type figure to do for DC what Feige does for Marvel, but the top candidate for the position, Dan Lin, has already bowed out.
At issue is the daunting task of righting a franchise that’s been slowly rebuilding after the failure of 2017’s Justice League. However, that process involved creating separate film universes for both Batman and Joker, and the whole thing is basically a huge mess. Especially when CEO David Zaslav wants a more connected DC Comics brand.
Adding even more uncertainty to the mix is talk of Warner Bros. Discovery being sold as quickly as possible. While the studio reportedly can’t do anything until 2024, insiders believe that Comcast is waiting on the sidelines to swallow up the beleaguered entity. Via The Hollywood Reporter:
Given the company’s daunting challenges, it has become accepted wisdom at the highest levels of the industry that another deal waits in the wings for Warner Bros. Discovery. For reasons related to the complicated structure of that merger, no negotiations can happen until April 2024. But at that point, many industry observers believe that Comcast’s Brian Roberts will make a long-awaited move, looking to combine NBCUniversal and Warner Bros. Discovery.
That deal would face some interesting antitrust issues but would give his company scale and a viable streaming service. “Obviously Peacock sucks,” says one exec with knowledge of both companies. “There are some good synergies. I’m sure [Roberts] is licking his chops because the [WBD] stock is so low. And I think that’s Zaslav’s endgame. Get the place sold.”
When asked to comment on a potential sale, a WBD spokesperson simply told THR, “We are building Warner Bros. Discovery for the long term.” That’s not exactly a denial, so make of that what you will.
Before he was an emo-rock pop star (and became sort of cool to hate), Machine Gun Kelly released a string of relatively successful rap albums and was best known as a rapper, even appearing on XXL‘s 2012 Freshman Class cover alongside fellow future stars like Danny Brown, (ahem) Future, French Montana, and Macklemore (as well as Iggy Azaela, Kid Ink, and Hopsin. Not to be a hater, but this might have been the weakest Freshman class ever selected by that esteemed publication). However, he’s received the majority of his career accolades since shifting genres in 2020 with Tickets To My Downfall.
But now, he’s back rapping, thanks to fellow Midwesterner EST Gee’s new album I Never Felt Nun. Guest-starring on “Death Around The Corner,” MGK resurrects his rapid-fire flow to reflect on his father’s death, his commercial success, and the apparent joys of sipping lean. It’s a solid trap song and to be honest, not that far off the mark from the music he used to make prior to 2019.
However, rap fans’ reactions have been… let’s say “mixed” regarding the prodigal son’s return. In the last three years, he’s made quite the spectacle of himself alongside his fiance Megan Fox and with the general short-term memory of social media, it’s likely a lot of folks forgot — or never even knew — that he made rap, to begin with. That short-lived but eventful feud with Eminem couldn’t have helped much, either. He does have a few defenders, though, who were quick to remind their fellow users that he used to get bars off.
This new EST Gee album is flames but why is MGK on this
EST GEE released the pre order for his album #INEVERFELTNUN. He got a song with Machine Gun Kelly, and the comment section was… “feat mgk, trash, automatic skip, etc”
Niggas dumb, and don’t know — dude a run circles around your favorite, I stand on that shit
If MGK decides to stick to his hip-hop roots for the foreseeable future, though, rap fans might just have to get used to hearing him popping up on more features now that he’s a certified No.1-selling artist — even if he did have to switch his style up. Check out more responses to his collab with EST Gee below.
EST Gee disappointed me, wtf is Jack Harlow and MGK on this track list for man…
Donald Trump, who once claimed that he was “the best thing that ever happened to Puerto Rico,” reportedly delayed more than $20 billion in hurricane relief aid for the commonwealth after Hurricane Maria and tried to trade the U.S. territory for Greenland because, in his own words, “Puerto Rico was dirty and the people were poor.”
In their book The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021, authors Peter Baker and Susan Glasser write that the former-president’s galaxy-brain idea to acquire the country that inspired a pretty good Gerard Butler movie came from Estée Lauder tycoon Ronald Lauder. “A friend of mine, a really, really experienced businessman, thinks we can get Greenland,” Mr. Trump told a national security adviser, according to an article published by Baker in the New York Times. “What do you think?”
Trump continued to press for acquiring the island, the world’s largest, suggesting that the U.S. take federal money away from Puerto Rico to buy Greenland or trade the two islands. Trump said in an interview that the idea to buy Greenland was his own idea.
“I love maps,” Trump reportedly said, not referring to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs song. “And I always said, look at the size of this. It’s massive. That should be part of the United States.” Needless to say, Denmark’s prime minister rejected the idea, calling it “absurd.” Treating Puerto Rico and Greenland like they’re part of the NBA Trade Machine, and not the home of over three million people — what’s absurd about that?
EST Gee released his new album I Never Felt Nun on Friday (September 16) and he has already shared the first post-release video. The Louisville rapper taps his fellow hometown lyricist and longtime collaborator Jack Harlow for “Backstage Passes,” featuring direction by Lyrical Lemonade’s Cole Bennett.
The video opens with the duo sitting in a waiting room dressed in blue denim before the room shifts into the backdrop for a fitting session, taking on the same colors they are wearing. As the two then change into to red and white outfits, the backdrops follow suit. As Gee and Harlow finally land upon the white outfits they are pleased with, they step through a curtain and perform a live show in front of a raucous crowd. In the end, they return to the waiting room as it is finally their time for whatever appointment they are present for.
“Backstage Passes” is the fourth collaboration between EST Gee and Jack Harlow, following “Rotten,” “The Department,” and “Route 66.” Gee’s new album I Never Felt Nun also features Bryson Tiller, Machine Gun Kelly, Jeezy, and Future, who appeared on one of the lead singles “Shoot It Myself.”
(For You)r Consideration is a weekly column breaking down the rappers and singers doing it RIGHT on TikTok and the viral trends and top songs taking over your FYP.
Who is To Velo?
Remember when Megan Thee Stallion tried to pronounce Tove Lo’s name on Instagram Live? Well, the audio has resurfaced on the app as TikTokers are using the sound to reenact when they’ve had pronunciation difficulties, just like Meg pronouncing Tove Lo’s name. From reading obscure ingredients to learning Spanish, there are just under 3K videos with the sound making it a trend to hop on ASAP. The trending sound even got a response from Tove Lo herself after user @anthonykeyvan showed love to the Swedish dark-pop singer. See the videos below.
Creators are showing love to the records that deserve to be played on full volume using TikTok’s photo feature. If you aren’t already up to speed on one of the app’s newer features, photo mode allows users to create a slideshow-style video using photos in their camera roll. In this trend, users are populating their slideshows with a text from their neighbor saying “TURN THAT SHI UP” and swiping to their favorite songs and then a meme of their phone or iPod on full volume. From the Nas classic “You Owe Me,” to a Pooh Shiesty fan favorite, this trend is ripe for those who want to flex their music taste
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTR5whSAU/
Lil Baby kicked off September taking to Instagram to let the world know his third studio album, It’s Only Me, is set to release on October 14th. And since, fans have taken to the app to praise Baby and the highly-anticipated project ahead of its release. User @natizah created a video playing one second (yep, you read that right, one second) of the album before uploading a screenshot of the project with the caption “Baby better ” to her IG story. Producers have also used the album’s momentum to flex their skills and create imaginary intros to Baby’s October 14th release. Check out some of the ways fans are preparing for It’s Only Me below.
If you’re not already hip to indie favorite Yves Tumor, then get ready. Your FYP might introduce you to your next obsession as the experimental artist’s music is slowly gaining popularity as background noise to a hodgepodge of content on the app. Creators are specifically using the song “Romanticist” to show off their city strolls, OOTD, and to take some time to show love to Yves Tumor himself. The artist hasn’t released music since 2021, and we’re hoping his resurgence on TikTok will prompt them to come out of hiding.
Ice Spice’s Drake-cosigned hit “Munch” has had TikTok in a chokehold over the past several weeks. The loosie has already become a single girl’s anthem, similar to GlorRilla and Hitkidd’s “F.N.F. (Let’s Go).” And now, a candid video from user @anisafarah_ lipsynching and laughing to the Bronx rapper’s viral hit is responsible for an influx of videos keeping Ice Spice and her record relevant on your FYP. TikTokers are using the sound to create relationship-esque content, including clowning their exes and showing off their post-break-up mood. Our favorites? A TikToker’s POV watching a girl’s story after she’s read bell hook’s All About Love and a user playing into the drama surrounding Lil Durk’s alleged breakup with India Royale.
I once had the very surreal experience of sitting across a table from Jason Momoa while he casually pulled his hair into a scrunchie. Sadly, this wasn’t one of his prized pink scrunchies, but the effect was there, and Momoa often makes waves (as an Aquaman does) while shaking up his hair game. He went blonde-ish for that much delayed DC/Warner Bros. sequel, and he recently shaved part of his head to draw awareness to our plastic-polluted oceans.
As if that wasn’t enough head-turning action, Momoa has now acquired a massive head tattoo, which was “20 years in the making,” according to his first Instagram post on the subject. Take a look, and we’ll talk more in a minute.
Jason’s PR team confirmed (to Just Jared) that this tattoo is, in fact, the real deal, and “[I]t’s a huge piece, it’s related to his Hawaiian roots and culture.” And true to his ocean-loving reputation, Momoa got in a plug for ditching plastic in the above post. Below, things grow more intense with Momoa showing off behind-the-scenes photos of his tattoo day, which he called a “powerful moment in my life.”
The intensity of this tattoo experience must have been no joke. Getting a tattoo anywhere close to bone is more painful than a fleshier part of the body, and one can only imagine the headache after the fact. Yet Momoa (who has a similarly designed tattoo, created by Mahalo Tobias, on his arm) wanted this to happen for decades, and he must be glowing. Granted, he’s now got less hair to put into scrunchies, but he’ll surely make it work.
Big Brother season 24 contestant Taylor Hale is currently going viral, after video from the house of her jamming out to Beyoncé’s new album Renaissance surfaced. Wearing a pink Head Of House robe and wired headphones, Hale is incredibly enthusiastic after hearing the record on the couch for the first time. “Already!” she exclaims in the video. “Oh my god, it’s so good!”
As Hale, who was also named Miss Michigan in 2021, is one of the final contestants on Big Brother this season, she has been isolated from outside media for 72 days and counting, so she had yet to listen to the album, which came out back on July 29.
Hale had earned her well-deserved jam session, after she received the Head Of House nomination during last night’s episode, surviving the tiebreaker between her and fellow contestant Alyssa Snider. After Monte Taylor had the final vote, he chose to save Hale, securing her spot in the final four. Throughout the season, Monte and Hale have developed an on-screen relationship, including kissing on the live feeds, so his decision made sense.
From there, Hale then competed in a game with the fellow houseguests about fashion trivia, which won her HoH. There are currently two more weeks left of the current season. In just a few days, fan voting opens up, giving the option for people to choose America’s Favorite Houseguest. The winner receives $25,000, alongside whoever wins the show’s Grand Prize of $75,000.
View a few reactions by Beyoncé fans to Hale’s Renaissance video below.
Been down, been up, been broke, broke down, bounced back Been off, been on, been back, what you know about that? Been the light, been dark, been the truth, been that King Bey energy!!!#bb24
Nintendo teased The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom as far back as 2019. The sequel to the beloved and acclaimed Breath of the Wild had fans eager for its eventual release, but it wasn’t until this week that we learned the game’s name and its release date of May 12, 2023.
With how much everyone loved BOTW, there has obviously been a ton of speculation about what Nintendo may have in store for the sequel. One big debate has been whether they should use it as an opportunity to go back to tradition and create large dungeons, puzzle solving, and bags full of items, or if they should use this as an opportunity to create a new direction for the franchise.
For now, the only thing we can do is speculate about what that future may look like, but in the meantime, we wanted to take some time to mention a few things we really want to see The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
Flesh Out Link’s Character
Breath of the Wild is the first game in the Zelda series where they actually named the main character of the game, Link. Before this, the player has always been able to name Link to whatever they want. This was largely because, as a silent protagonist, they wanted the player to feel that they were represented by Link going on an adventure. However, with BOTW also featuring fully-voiced cutscenes, the devs decided to go ahead and name the main character Link from the start.
As a result, Link is now his own character, and in a way, this created a fault in BOTW. He is silent throughout the game, and while he has facial expressions, he never gives his input at any given moment. The sequel feels like a great opportunity to take a character who now exists on his own, separate from the player, and give him agency. He doesn’t have to speak if they want to continue that tradition, but find ways to let us know more about this version of Link. We learned about the heroes of the past, and Zelda, through memories in the previous game, so they can absolutely find a way to flesh out Link in this one.
More Dungeon Variety
One of the best parts of BOTW is the freedom it gave the player. As soon as they finish the prologue area, they are free to go do whatever they want, whether that’s go straight to the castle to try and rescue Zelda or go on a quest to free the Divine Beasts from Ganon’s control. An unfortunate downside of this is that the player who chose to go on the latter quest noticed that the four divine beasts all felt largely the same. This was likely so no dungeon felt more difficult than the other to players, but the lack of variety was definitely a disappointment for traditionalists and those of us who are fans of the new systems.
This one’s a simple request: Whether they go back to having multiple varied and lengthy dungeons or stick to the smaller, more bite-sized Divine Beasts, we want some more variety. Different challenges, unique bosses, and some more varied themes would go a long way to making a weakness of the last game and improving on it in a huge way. That said…
Keep The Mini Shrines
The shrines in BOTW are fantastic and one of the best parts of the game. They’re bite-sized, can be tackled at any pace you choose, and each one was an opportunity for the devs to create a fun puzzle, regardless of theme. If a puzzle was too complicated for any reason, there was no reason to sit there and force solutions until one was found, because you can always just come back and try it again with a clear head. There’s no sudden stop in the adventure because you can’t complete a puzzle and you’re stuck in a required dungeon.
The shrines also acted as great guiding points on maps as you explore the world of Hyrule. Completing the map is one of the best feelings in the entire game and having those little shrines as markers on the adventure was really valuable. These need to make a return in the next game.
A Super Weapon
Broken weapons aren’t fun, but the sheer amount of options available to players in BOTW was cool. It forced players to constantly change out their arsenal, try new things, and be creative. However, one of the biggest disappointments in the entire game was finally finding the Master Sword, using it, and discovering that its energy will drain. While it won’t break, it can’t be used permanently in place of broken weapons. After going through an entire adventure and grinding through weapon durability, finding out that the Master Sword itself was not a super weapon was an extreme bummer.
The solution here is simple: Fix the problem and make the Master Sword and Hylian Shield super items. No durability or recharge time, just let gamers use these items as much as they please. This is supposed to be the most powerful sword and shield in all of Hyrule, and players who don’t want to deal with the durability system should be allowed to take advantage of that.
Keep Atmospheric Music
Some people really love the bombastic open world themes of previous Zelda games. The music that plays as you sail the seas of Windwaker, or cross the grass of Hyrule Field, is iconic. And yet, the atmospheric music of Breath of the Wild was really something special. As one of the main composers of Animal Crossing: New Leaf, it may have seemed weird to put Manaka Kataoka as a primary composer for BOTW, but she knocked her assignment out of the park.
What works so well in the BOTW soundtrack is that the subtlety lends itself perfectly to exploration. Atmospheric tones like the ones of BOTW never create an earbug feeling of the same tune playing over and over again while players are just trying to climb mountains. It’s something that, if you listen for it, you’ll hear and enjoy, but it’s not meant to overwhelm players. This is something that some people may disagree with, but it’s this writer’s opinion that the atmospheric music needs to return in Tears of the Kingdom.
BONUS: Let Me Pet The Dog
You could not pet the dog in Breath of the Wild despite it being a good dog.
It seems like just yesterday that ASAP Mob was tearing up the streets of Harlem New York and taking over hip-hop with their “fashion killa” aesthetic. Now, though, ASAP Relli is suing ASAP Rocky, who he accused of shooting him in an incident last November, as police investigate whether or not the Mob’s breakout artist really turned on his former business partner. Today, Rocky’s legal team, filed a response to Relli’s civil lawsuit in Los Angeles County Superior Court, denying liability for the alleged shooting.
According to Rolling Stone, the response is laid out in “generic, boilerplate language,” accusing Relli of a failure to “exercise reasonable care to avoid the consequences of harm.”
“Answering defendant generally denies each and every allegation of the complaint, and specifically denies that plaintiff has been damaged in any amount or in any way as a result of any act or omission of answering defendant,” the response reads, blaming Relli’s reported injuries on “negligent and/or intentional acts or omissions” of parties other than ASAP Rocky.
Of course, it makes sense that the defense can’t get into specifics, since there is also a criminal case. Relli claims that there was a verbal and physical altercation between the two, during which Rocky pulled a handgun and shot multiple times in his direction. Relli was allegedly hit in the hand and treated. Rocky was arrested in April after returning from a trip to Barbados with Rihanna but posted bail the next day. He’s charged with two counts of using a semiautomatic firearm to assault Relli, to which he pled not guilty.
If convicted, Rocky be sentenced to up to nine years in prison.
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now that’s the Mgk I heard nd knew not that punk rock bs
” to her IG story. Producers have also used the album’s momentum to flex their skills and create imaginary intros to Baby’s October 14th release. Check out some of the ways fans are preparing for It’s Only Me below. 
