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Good Kid, M.A.A.D City, Kendrick Lamar’s second album, is one of the biggest LPs ever. By at least one metric, it’s actually the biggest hip-hop album of all time: As of this week, it’s the first hip-hop studio album to spend 500 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart. It’s the second hip-hop release overall to do so, following Eminem’s 2005 compilation Curtain Call: The Hits.

As far as all non-compilation albums, Good Kid, M.A.A.D City is eighth on the all-time list (as of last week, via Wikipedia). It comes after Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon (962 weeks), Metallica’s Metallica (660), Nirvana’s Nevermind (576), Bruno Mars’ Doo-Wops & Hooligans (572), Adele’s 21 (541), Michael Jackson’s Thriller (522), and AC/DC’s Back In Black (516).

Of those, only the albums from Mars, Adele, and Lamar were released this millennium. When counting compilations, Good Kid, M.A.A.D City is 14th all-time. Meanwhile, Drake’s Take Care is closing in on the 500-week mark, as it’s currently at 481 weeks and is still on the chart.

In less good Lamar chart news from this week, Harry Styles’ Harry’s House had 521,500 album units sold in its first week. That figure easily tops this year’s previous best for a single week: Lamar’s Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, which had 295,000 album units sold in its debut frame.

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In her latest video, Beabadoobee takes the phrase “bedroom pop” in a very literal sense. The visual for “Lovesong,” from her upcoming sophomore album, Beatopia, shows the singer playing guitar in her bedroom, as she is cozied up near the fire on a rainy, stormy day.

She recorded much of her debut album, Fake It Flowers, in her home bedroom and took a similar approach to Beatopia. She named the album Beatopia after a fictional world she created when she was seven years old.

In an interview with The Face, Beabadoobee recalled drawing a map of the fictional Beatopia on paper​, later to be mocked by a teacher in front of her class.

“My two friends made worlds as well,” she said, “but they weren’t anywhere near as enthusiastic about theirs, which was quite embarrassing… I guess I just wanted to escape reality, I kind of latched onto it because a lot of things were happening back home and it was a way of escaping everything that was going on around me.”

Toward the end of the video, viewers will see a backing band joining Beabadoobee in her room, adding orchestral elements to the song.

Check out “Lovesong” above.

Beatopia is out 7/15 via Dirty Hit. Pre-save it here.

When Tom Hanks isn’t (fictionally) discovering some of the most iconic musicians of all time, he is (fictionally) a lonely old man, making wooden clocks and toys in his isolated home, wishing upon a shining star for a child of his own. The man has range!

The first teaser for Robert Zemeckis’ upcoming adaptation of Pinocchio has been released, with Hanks portraying Geppetto, the woodworker with a heart of gold. Not to be confused with Guillermo del Toro‘s upcoming Netflix version of Pinocchio, or that other live-action one from 2020, or even the highly-memed version from earlier this year. The inevitable dark reboot of the story hasn’t been announced, though they did use one of Pinocchio’s cheery songs as a backdrop to 2015’s Avengers: Age Of Ultron trailer for some reason.

Hanks will appear alongside Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Cynthia Erivo, Keegan-Michael Key, Luke Evans, and Lorraine Bracco in the magical tale, which will premiere on Disney+ on September 8th, which just so happens to be Disney Plus Day. The trailer also features the iconic tune “When You Wish Upon A Star” which has become Disney’s signature song.

If you are unfamiliar with the decades-old story, here is a brief synopsis:

Academy Award® winner Robert Zemeckis directs this live action retelling of the beloved tale of a wooden puppet who embarks on a thrilling adventure to become a real boy. Tom Hanks stars as Geppetto, the wood carver who builds and treats Pinocchio (Benjamin Evan Ainsworth) as if he were his own son. Joseph Gordon-Levitt is Jiminy Cricket, who serves as Pinocchio’s guide as well as his “conscience”; Academy Award® nominee Cynthia Erivo is the Blue Fairy; Keegan-Michael Key is “Honest” John; Academy Award® nominee Lorraine Bracco is Sofia the Seagull, a new character, and Luke Evans is The Coachman. Also in the cast are Kyanne Lamaya as Fabiana (and her marionette Sabina), Giuseppe Battiston as Señor Stromboli and Lewin Lloyd as Lampwick.

Check out the trailer above.

Critically acclaimed writer and director Cary Fukunaga, who has worked on a slew of films and projects, including No Time To Die, IT, and Maniac, has been accused by multiple women of crossing professional boundaries and crude on-set behavior. Nearly a dozen sourcse have been cited in a new Rolling Stone report about his abuse of power, and generally creepy behavior towards young women.

One of the most revealing stories comes from actress Rachelle Vinberg, who met Fukunaga on a set the day after she turned 18. The two sparked up a friendship that eventually became sexual. Fukunaga would have been in his late thirties. “I spent years being scared of him,” Vinberg wrote on Instagram earlier this month. “Mans is a groomer and has been doing this shit for years. Beware women.” Vineberg opened up about her PTSD diagnosis that was triggered by the relationship.

Vinberg starred in HBO’s series Betty about a young group of women who try to make it in the male-dominated skating world (similar to Hollywood, right?). She called out Fukunaga on Instagram after he allegedly posted a story alluding to being a feminist. “Funny how there’s people out there who pose as activists [for] women,” Vinberg said in an Instagram post. “Guys who are the sh*ttiest f*cking individuals in the world and all they do [is] traumatize women.” The stories are still up on Vinberg’s Instagram highlights.

Fukunaga also allegedly loved giving girls tattoos to “mark” them. Vinberg said in an Instagram post, “He gave me this tattoo when I was 18 years old, and it’s something he likes to do to girls. It’s like his way of marking women. It’s bizarre.”

After Vinberg’s story went public, Hanah and Cailin Loesch, twins who worked with Fukunaga when they were 20, posted a statement about their experience with the director, who allegedly tried to pursue them sexually. They clarified that they were never assaulted, but were made uncomfortable.

“Back at home, we all slipped into the family’s hot tub, where he asked us if we were virgins, and what our thoughts on threesomes are,” the statement said, “When we told him that we would never participate in one, he reminded us that they ‘do them in pornos all the time,’ and even suggested incest is fine ‘if all parties are okay with it.’” Several actresses, including Margaret Qualley, who reportedly dated Fukunaga in 2017, liked the post. Qualley would have been 21 at the time of their relationship, while Fukunaga was 39.

Even Fukunaga’s former writing partner, Nick Cuse, who worked on both No Time To Die and Maniac with Fukunaga, wrote in an Instagram story that Fukunaga is the “worst human being I have ever met in my life,” adding that the way Fukunaga treats non-celebrities “is horrible. I once saw him dump his cut fingernails in another person’s car.”

Multiple other young women, who remained anonymous for fear of backlash, spoke to Roling Stone making accusations of abusive behavior. “I remember feeling so good to be away from him, like this heavy weight on my shoulder was lifted and [I could] breathe again. He made me feel so claustrophobic and suffocating,” one said.

Fukunaga’s lawyer denied all the claims of misconduct to Rolling Stone, insisting that the director “has befriended men and women, young and old,” on set. The director has yet to comment on the allegations.

Your dad’s favorite show, Yellowstone, is popular. Really, really popular. Like, the biggest show on television popular. Variety reports that the Paramount Network hit was the highest-rated scripted series for the 2021-2022 season, finishing number one among both total viewers (11.3 million) and the all-important 18-to-49 demographic (2.7 million)

Here’s the top for total viewers:

1. NFL Sunday Night Football (NBC) (18.1 million)
2. NFL Thursday Night Football (Fox/NFL Network) (15.3 million)
3. Yellowstone (Paramount Network) (11.3 million)
4. NFL Monday Night Football (ESPN) (11.2 million)
5. NCIS (CBS) (11 million)

And the top five for 18-to-49:

1. NFL Sunday Night Football (NBC) (6.6 million)
2. NFL Thursday Night Football (Fox/NFL) (5.6 million)
3. NFL Monday Night Football (ESPN) 4.3 million)
4. NFL Thursday Night Football (NFL) (3.4 million)
5. Yellowstone (Paramount Network) (2.7 million)

It’s true what they say: Americans love football, Kevin Costner wearing a cowboy hat, and CBS procedurals. They also love The Curse of Oak Island, a History Channel show about treasure hunters I have never heard of that finished as the second “most-watched cable entertainment series overall,” according to Variety. Huh, how about that. Good thing there are only nine seasons (!) and 165 episodes (!!!) to catch up with. You’ll have time to spare before the final season of Better Call Saul is back in July.

Speaking of: Better Call Saul finished #99 among total viewers (2.4 million), between WWE Friday Night Smackdown and Mr. Mayor. It ranks 14 spots behind The Walking Dead, the Yellowstone of the 2010s. If one of the something like 17 Yellowstone spinoffs that Paramount has in store is about zombies, look out.

(Via Variety)

On Monday night, Bo Burnham surprised his fans by dropping a new YouTube video featuring outtakes from his award-winning special Inside. The new material features a smattering of sketches that Burnham left on the cutting room floor, including one where he pretty accurately roasts Joe Rogan without specifically saying Rogan’s name.

In the segment, Burnham hosts an anti-PC comedy podcast alongside his guest… Bo Burnham. Just two dudes, “talking sh*t no filter, not giving a f*ck what anybody thinks.” Together, the dual Bos rant about how comedians are under attack despite being artists who are simply trying to hold a mirror up to society. And in case the dig at Rogan is too subtle, the whole thing is sponsored by “Manstuff Dick Spray,” a “patented spray-on dickoderant.” From the bit, which is embedded below and really should be watched (it starts at the 18:34 mark of the special) for full effect:

And it sucks because these people, they don’t understand comedy. Okay, we’re joking. They’re jokes, okay?. And, also, we as comedians are philosophers. All right? Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor. We are important history-changing cultural figures, and you need to recognize that, all right?

Comedy is an art form. It’s an art form, and it’s important because it’s one of the only art forms that is not… [Other Bo: Gay]. No. Well, we can’t say that. But, um, yeah, gay. Now, they’re gonna come after us, right? We’re gonna get ‘cancelled’ for saying this. We’re not being homophobic when we say that. If there was another word that meant ‘gay’ that wasn’t ‘gay,’ we’d use that. But there isn’t so it’s ‘gay.’

The sketch takes one final crack at Rogan as Burnham starts to tee up another rant about comedy by mentioning he was talking to his “sparring partner” the other day, a clear reference to Rogan’s MMA background.

(Via Bo Burnham on YouTube)

“Peach Tree Dish” truther Marjorie Taylor Greene has made headlines for yet another idiotic observation she decided to share with the world, and this one? It’s a doozy.

The Republican lawmaker — who recently won her Georgia Primary — taped an episode of her social media streaming broadcast MTG: Live yesterday where she gave straight people everywhere a grave warning: you’re going extinct. The entire hourlong episode was a wild amalgam of conservative fearmongering that kicked things off with jokes about the spread of monkeypox before transitioning to why stricter gun laws wouldn’t have saved the dozens of children massacred in Uvalde, Texas, but before Greene logged off she went after an author she labeled a “trans terrorist.” While referencing a children’s book intended to teach kids about the importance of boundaries, consent, and understanding their own bodies, Green delivered a truly chilling prophecy for her fellow heterosexuals.

“They just want you to think that all of a sudden the entire population is steadily turning gay or turning trans,” she said (via Newsweek). “Just generation, generation. Probably in about four or five generations, no one will be straight anymore. Everyone will be either gay or trans or non-conforming or whatever the list of 50 or 60 different options there are.”

Yes, just like the dinosaurs and Blockbuster video chains that have come before us, the straights are now facing extinction, according to a sitting congresswoman.

In all seriousness, Greene’s transphobia and homophobia are old news at this point. She’s called for the use of violence to “stand up” against the LGBTQ+ community. Yes, this is the same woman who thinks Bill Gates has grand plans to monitor every American’s bowel movements, so we really shouldn’t give any of her credence, but she’s also a sitting politician making decisions that affect millions of people, so we can’t simply ignore the bigotry either. Instead, here’s how she’s being dragged on Twitter, and hopefully, her constituents are paying attention.

(Via Newsweek)

Another holiday, another chance for Jay-Z to re-up his rap nerd credibility. This time around, Jay’s new Tidal playlist is called “Montecito” and landed on the streaming app on Memorial Day with the description “(Mostly) ’22 vibes.” The one exception that prompts the qualifier is Kodak Black’s 2021 hit “Super Gremlin,” which extended its run far beyond its October 2021 release date as one of the more popular recent singles in rap.

Kodak also appears multiple times on the playlist, with Jay including “Purple Stamp” and “I Wish” from the Floridian’s 2022 project Back For Everything. Other artists Jay included multiple times are Detroit upstart Babyface Ray, whose Face track “A1 Since Day 1” leads off the playlist, and 42 Dugg & EST Gee, the dynamic duo whose joint mixtape Last Ones Left was the brainchild of their CMG team captain, Yo Gotti. Speaking of Yo Gotti, the Memphis mainstay also gets multiple selections from his own new project CM10: Free Game.

Of course, Kendrick Lamar’s Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers gets a few entries, as do Future and Lil Durk, while Boldy James, Pusha T, and Vince Staples are all represented with a track apiece. And because having one problematic entity in Kodak Black apparently wasn’t enough, Jay gave some “True Love” to his musical younger brother Kanye West’s new track with XXXTentacion. If anything is missing, it’s some female representation; you’d think Jay would love the throwback vibe of Megan Thee Stallion’s new track “Plan B.”

As always, though, the new playlist proves that Hov keeps his ears to the street, even if he’s not actively recording any new music himself. And for the newer or more underground artists receiving some spotlight, it’s a chance to tap in with new fans who recognize Jay’s nearly impeccable taste. You can listen to the playlist on Tidal below.

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

And the truth comes out…

The Boys frequently favors a tongue-in-cheek approach for how its heroes face forward to the press, and fans are usually aware of how things really flow behind the Vought International scenes for The Seven. However, the show’s flat-out telling us (ahead of time) what to expect from Jensen Ackles’ Soldier Boy.

Of course, this is happening shortly after the show released a Nancy Reagan-style “Just Say No” PSA that showed how living time capsule (and Captain America parody) Soldier Boy instructed kids to embrace their superpower of saying “no” to drugs. The twist there is that the Compound V-fueled Supes do indulge in illicit substances, including A-Train and his speedy, performance-enhanced ways. Here’s the original PSA, if you haven’t caught it already.

And here’s Soldier Boy, talking about how much he hates saying such things and admitting how much he adores drugs. “If taking drugs is uncool,” he declares before knocking back a flask (of something). “Then I’m the most uncool motherf*cker on the planet.”

Well then, it sure sounds like Colby Minifie’s Ashley Barrett will have her PR-embracing hands full once Soldier Boy starts popping off in public.

Back in the day, Soldier Boy led the group of Compound V-powered Supes called Payback, who were all failed The Seven hopefuls, and showrunner Eric Kripke has explained that, in the show, Payback “was the Seven before the Seven.” As for Jensen Ackles, fans have been looking forward to the Supernatural star reteaming with Kripke, and the buildup has included Ackles admitting that he felt (while getting ripped) “too old for this crap.” Nonetheless, he’s in it, and the results will soon be visible for all.

The Boys are back (yes, yes, yes) for Season 3 on June 3.

After performing a swan song with Brockhampton at Coachella last month, Merlyn Wood has released a new single. On “Green Light,” Wood wakes up “feeling like a Gucci ad lib,” delivering fiery bars, ready for a promising post-Brockhampton era.

Wood, who has now rebranded as Merlyn!, doesn’t mention Brockhampton or any of his bandmates by name in the song. However, he shouts out his hometown of Houston and calls out his haters.

In the song’s accompanying video, directed by Miggy Jasper, Wood plays video games on the couch in a mansion as his outfits change in rapid succession. He is joined by a group of women as he continues to play video games and later dances by the pool.

According to an accompanying press statement, “Green Light” is one of four projects set to be released on a weekly basis, until the 20th, which is when Wood is teasing something big.

Brockhampton has yet to release their final album, but Wood is gearing up for an exciting new start.

Ahead of “Green Light’s” release, Wood teased his new era in an Instagram post, saying, “My skin is tingling im so excited. This that anticipation right before the LIGHT TURNS GREEN in the most important race in your LIFE. I put my heart, soul and sweat in this and i hope you enjoy it immensely.”

Check out “Green Light” above.