Month: August 2024

Kanye West’s “VULTURES 2” To Debut At Number Two On Billboard Charts

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We’re hoping VULTURES 2 is the wildest album rollout of 2024. We can’t imagine an album being more scattered and confusing than this, much less conceive of an artist who could get away with it. The album has been a talking point for all the wrong reasons, between streaming removals, sample clearances, and the rumor that Kanye West used AI to complete his verses. All that said, VULTURES 2 has sold decently well. Chart Data has dropped the first week numbers for the anticipated sequel, and it’s set to do better than expected.

The outlet reports that Kanye West and Ty Dolla’s Sign’s joint album will sell 83K units in its first week. That’s good enough for a number two spot on the Billboard 200. In a separate tweet, Chart Data noted that the number two debut will end Kanye West’s streak of having albums top the charts. To make things even worse, Taylor Swift will be the artist who ends it. Swift will continue to hold down the top spot with her most recent album, The Tortured Poets Departments. As we previously noted, Swift put out four new versions of the album on August 8. Innocuous enough on the surface, but fans were quick to point out the fact that West dropped four versions of VULTURES 2 the same day.

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Kanye West Sold Under 100K First Week For The First Time

Fans will never know for sure whether Swift was trolling Kanye West with her rollout. That being said, the VULTURES sequel would have struggled regardless. Ye’s album sales have been steadily declining in the last few years. Jesus Is King and DONDA sold 264K and 309K first week, respectively. VULTURES was a significant downturn with only 148K units sold. VULTURES 2 is the first time Kanye West’s career that he has failed to sell at least 100K in the first week. That said, album sales appear to be the least of the star’s worries these days.

Kanye West took to social media on August 8 to blast Atlantic Records over their business tactics. He said that the label was threatening to take both VULTURES albums down from all streaming platforms. “40% of all revenue from V1 and V2 needs to be paid to Atlantic,” the rapper claimed. “If we don’t handle immediately Atlantic will issue take downs for both albums.” West then likened himself to an indie artist, and continued to release new music throughout the day. “This is what ‘they’ do to independent artists,” he added on his IG Story. We will have to wait and see where the VULTURES 2 story goes next.

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Chloe Enlists Ty Dolla $ign, Anderson .Paak, Sister Halle & More For Sophomore Effort “Trouble In Paradise”

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The lead up to Chloe Bailey’s new album Trouble In Paradise has been one of pessimism on the listeners’ side. One of half of the Atlanta R&B duo Chloe x Halle was being bombarded with flop predictions due to what critics feel was not enough promotion. However, the 26-year-old songstress has been taking the doubts in stride and with confidence, something that this album has plenty of. This follows up her debut from just over a year ago, In Pieces. Just looking at each of the projects on tracklists alone, you can see that Chloe feels she can work alongside some more established names in her field. Those include Ty Dolla $ign, Jeremih, and Anderson .Paak.

We’d say that Chloe does more than enough to hold her own on these collaborations from Trouble In Paradise. What also is showing confidence in her skills are the production choices. This 16-song set features many subsets of R&B such as contemporary, Afrobeats, and pop. What also sets this LP apart from its predecessor are Chloe’s dynamic and showstopping vocal performances. The range she puts on display is quite amazing and great examples of this include “Same Lingerie”, “Rose”, “Might As Well”, and the intro, “All I Got (Free Falling)”. Chloe told the haters she feels she can never flop because she’s making music she loves. That is apparent here and we would say it’s more so than ever before.

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Trouble In Paradise– Chloe

Trouble In Paradise Tracklist:

  1. All I Got (Free Falling)
  2. Might As Well (feat. Ty Dolla $ign)
  3. Boy Bye
  4. Redemption
  5. Temporarily Single
  6. Rose
  7. Favorite (feat. Anderson .Paak)
  8. Same Lingerie
  9. Never Let You Go (feat. YG Marley)
  10. Want Me with Halle
  11. Moments
  12. FYS
  13. Nice Girls Finish Last
  14. Strawberry Lemonade
  15. Shake (feat. Jeremih)
  16. Somebody

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Yung Miami’s Explosive “Caresha Please” Comeback Has Fans In Shambles

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Yesterday, Yung Miami kicked off the second season of her podcast Caresha Please. Saucy Santana asked the former City Girl several of fans’ most pressing questions, and the interview has since gone viral. The sit-down was a long time coming and saw her discuss everything from her relationship with JT to her split from Diddy.

As expected, the episode has elicited very mixed reactions from viewers. While some are shocked by Yung Miami’s latest revelations, others feel like the podcast left a lot to be desired. Many are also criticizing her for her comments about JT and the “Okay” rapper’s feud with Cardi B, and for speaking highly of Diddy despite the allegations he’s facing.

Read More: Yung Miami Admits Her Label Told Her She Hasn’t Grown As An Artist

Yung Miami’s Caresha Please Season 2 Premiere Goes Viral

“Soooo she didn’t have nothing going here and y’all was cool or content with that. But now she do have a lil something going on and y’all feel some type of way?” one X user says of Yung Miami’s JT remarks. “She had a full dissertation about JT but it was crickets when it came to Diddy,” another claims.

Luckily, plenty of supporters are coming to Yung Miami’s defense, arguing that she has every right to be honest about her former relationship with the Bad Boy Records founder. As for her comments about JT, fans are claiming that the “Okay” rapper should have been transparent about her solo endeavors since they were in a group together. “Caresha spoke her truth but y’all don’t wanna accept it because it’s not what you wanted to hear. Y’all already had certain narratives played out in your mind,” a fan writes.

Social Media Reacts To Caresha Please Season 2 Premiere

What do you think of the new episode of Yung Miami’s podcast Caresha Please? Share your thoughts in the comments section and keep an eye on HNHH for more updates. Check out some social media users’ reactions to the explosive interview down below.

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Momma Dee Gets Real About Lil Scrappy’s Relationship With Bambi

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Momma Dee doesn’t hold back, even for her son. Moreover, she recently took to her social media pages for a livestream on Lil Scrappy’s “failed” relationship with Bambi, airing out a lot of dirty laundry about the situation and revealing her unfiltered thoughts on it. Not only that, but Dee even challenged his intelligence, which brought a whole other angle to the attacks that a lot of fans probably didn’t expect to come across. Regardless, it’s yet another chapter in this long and complicated story, which is even coming up in completely unrelated incidents such as a recent Bamb fight on Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta.

“No, I’m not saying that I’m guilty as a mother,” Momma Dee said of Lil Scrappy. “I’m saying that I’m guilty that I should have allowed him to fall all the way and stop trying to save him. You know what I mean? No, he did something wrong. Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope. Can’t show that n***a no grace, I see now. Can’t show Scrappy no freaking grace, can’t show him no freaking grace. Okay?

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Momma Dee Blasts Lil Scrappy & Bambi

“Because he forget real quick,” Momma Dee continued. “Better stop. Yes, he had. She trying to talk to you over here, yes she is. Yes, she is. No, no, no, this one more stupider than the average young man. This one more stupider. ‘Cause I know some men that, what she did to him, they would never even bear to speak to her. I know she a witch, but he got to know that, so he didn’t get that, he didn’t get the memo.

“No, he didn’t grow up around witches, but he married one,” Momma Dee concluded. “So he away from it. But he feel like he can befriend her and coparent. But she gon’ try to get something out of it. She gon’ do him in like a step-back. Y’all love to do it, y’all love to do it.” Overall, it seems like this situation will remain messy for the foreseeable future, but we also know that these conflicts can turn around quite quickly and with grace.

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Lil Tecca Flexes His Array Of Women On “TASTE”

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After dropping TEC at the start of fall in 2023, Lil Tecca is gearing up for another release less than a year later. The Queens, New York multi-hyphenate (rapper, singer, producer, songwriter) began the rollout for Plan A loosely just a month after ending his year two album hiatus. He didn’t leave much to the imagination, simply stating, “new album”, via X. However, fans wouldn’t get the first two promo tracks until May 3 with “Number 2 / Never Last”. Now, though, things appear to be ramping up as Lil Tecca has just put out “TASTE”.

-According to Genius, this track is the 21-year-old’s most prized possession. “[It’s} my favorite song i ever made in my life”, Tecca said in a post to TikTok. With such high respect coming from the artist himself, what makes “TASTE” tick? Well, Tecca, once again, has crafted a pretty easy-to-follow melody to pair with an addicting instrumental. The latter is very chill and summery and allowing for the “500lbs” hitmaker to find an equally smooth pocket. On this track, he explains to the viewer, as well as any potential lady willing to shoot their shot, that he’s not the easiest to hold down. He loves to explore his options and brags about the idea that he can dabble with multiple types of women.

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“TASTE”- Lil Tecca

Quotable Lyrics:

You made a wish anyway better not go ‘head trippin’ over faith (Trippin’ over)
You wasn’t promised, you know that you lucky, you livin’ for the day (Livin’, oh)
I make it happen, don’t give a f*** if it’s gon’ take a hundrеd takes (Uh)
And my shawties come diffеrent flavors, it’s like every day got a different taste
Yeah, how I’m feelin’ today? (Uh), How she feelin’ today? (Uh)
How we feelin’ today? (Uh), I could make sure you straight, yeah

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Adele Shocks Fans By Revealing She’s Engaged To Rich Paul

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Adele just shared some very exciting news with fans in one of the most surprising and grandiose ways that she could: in front of thousands of adoring die-hards. Moreover, she recently took the stage in Munich, Germany for a Friday, August 9 show, her third concert in a month-long at a custom-built, 74,000-capacity stadium. When the singer tried to read a fan’s sign that spelled out, “Will you marry me?” she dropped a bombshell as to her long-rumored relationship status with her boyfriend of three years, Rich Paul. “I can’t marry you. ‘Cause I’m already getting married,” she told the screaming crowd, holding up her left ring finger.

Furthermore, congratulations are in order for the happy couple. What’s more is that this announcement comes soon after Adele revealed that she wants to have a kid with the sports agent. “It is my stepdaughter’s graduation this weekend. Her name is Reonna,” she said of Rich Paul’s daughter during a Vegas residency concert, congratulating her for graduating from Clark Atlanta University.

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Adele Announces Her Engagement

“Once I [finish] all my obligations and all of my shows, I want to have a baby,” Adele continued. “I want a girl because I’ve already got a boy. I feel like she might be like the person I love the most in the world, but also probably hate the most in the world. That is what I feel will happen. She’s going to put me in my place all the time, isn’t she? With me as her mother and Rich as her father, she’s going to be a bossy little queen, isn’t she?” With marriage rumors previously running amok, now there’s more legitimate reasons to be excited for the couple.

But Adele is also just as prone to speaking on other celebrity couples. She recently defended Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce against the haters. “I think I want the Chiefs to win just because Taylor Swift goes for them. All of you complaining about Taylor being at the game. Get a f***ing life!” the Grammy darling told her Vegas crowd during one of her shows. We all know how that turned out…

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Blueface Draws All Sorts Of Fan Reactions Following His Prison Sentence

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Blueface is one of the most controversial and scandalous rappers of the past decade or so, and his journey continues. Moreover, authorities recently sentenced him to four years behind bars due to his probation violation stemming from an alleged assault case involving a security guard. However, other reports also indicate that the California rapper already received credit for time served and had 400 days removed from his sentence. As such, there’s a possibility he will see freedom within nine or ten months, but that’s still not a verified circumstance at press time, so take it with a grain of salt.

As you can imagine, fans had all sorts of reactions to Blueface’s sentencing. “B***hes watched Blueface and Chrisean destroy themselves and wreck each other’s families on tv for months and now it’s ‘i feel bad for the baby’ shut the f**k up lol,” one not so sympathetic fan expressed on Twitter. “I don’t wish jail on anybody but Blueface getting 4yrs & Chrisean locked up is exactly what they needed. They had no business bringing that baby into this world when they was living so reckless smh,” another user posited.

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Blueface Receives Four-Year Prison Sentence

Speaking of Chrisean Rock, who’s dealing with her own legal issues right now, Blueface’s mother Karlissa Saffold recently called out Rock’s mother Charla Malone for allegedly not supporting her daughter enough while behind bars, manipulating her with claims of snitching, and turning her against other people. “Don’t send y’all kids out on a wild goose chase looking for people,” she shared. “Making them feel like people turned them in or told on them. If you want to use her for clout, she’s your child, do what the f**k you do. But don’t put your child in a position in their heart and in their mind where they can’t trust people that they might need.”

Fans React

Meanwhile, Wack 100 spoke on authorities arresting Chrisean Rock at one of his client Blueface’s court dates. Specifically, he claimed that she showed up because Blue’s other baby mama Jaidyn Alexis was there. In addition, Wack provided a little more info on the complicated dynamics between Rock and the West Coast MC’s parents, as well as her in-court IG Live session. It’s all a pretty chaotic affair, but one that hopefully heals up over time.

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OVO 40 Predicts January 6 Delaying Drake’s “Certified Lover Boy” Release In Old Clip

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It goes without saying that the January 6 Capitol Attack was a major moment in American history. According to Noah “40” Shebib, however, it may have also impacted the release of one of Drake’s albums. In an old clip featuring Drizzy’s frequent collaborator, he discusses the 2020 election, predicting that it’d be chaos if Biden won. For this reason, he said that he’d advise Drake to push back the release of Certified Lover Boy.

“I think it’s better almost for music if Trump wins because then life just sort of goes on as we know it right now, as terrible as that is,” 40 says in the clip. “But if Biden wins, then Trump has six weeks to get out of the White House. If Trump drags his feet getting out of the White House, that six weeks of him pardoning all of his boys, packing up his sh*t and leaving f*cking Washington? That’s gonna be the cr*ziest sh*t we’ve ever seen. And it might go south.”

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40 Discusses Drake’s Album & The 2020 Election

“To drop an album within that six weeks to me is cr*zy,” he also added. “The attention on all that sh*t is so grave and it’s of grave importance, and it’s gonna be a pretty serious time in American history… I wouldn’t really want to get in the way of that.” Weeks after the January 6 Capitol Attack, Drake took to social media to announce that the release of Certified Lover Boy would be pushed back.

At the time, he told fans that “between surgery and rehab [his] energy has been dedicated to recovery.” It was eventually released several months later in September of 2021. What do you think of 40 seemingly predicting the January 6 Capitol Attack impacting Drake’s Certified Lover Boy release in a resurfaced clip? Share your thoughts in the comments section down below and keep an eye on HNHH for more updates.

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Passenger Plane In Brazil Falls Out Of The Sky In Horrific Video

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Sometimes you have to see things to believe them, and unfortunately the video you are about to watch is real. However, if you are sensitive to danger, you may want to avoid it. A dreadful clip of passenger plane in Brazil plummeting into a fiery explosion is going viral online and according to multiple reports the results are devastating. ABC News is one of the first to confirm that all 62 (58 passengers, four crew members) people onboard lost their lives Friday, August 9. At the time of writing, no one is sure what led to the Voepass aircraft crashing. However, the details on the plane are that it was a 14-year-old, two-engine, ATR 72 model.

In terms of when the unexplained accident occurred, local authorities are saying around 1:28 p.m. local time. The Voepass airline said the plane was traveling from Cascavel, Brazil, and heading over to the Guarulhos Airport, which is close to Sao Paulo. As you can see from the bystander’s video, the plane was traveling down at breakneck speed and spinning out of control. People in the comments section are citing that an engine could have stalled and that there was not enough altitude left for the pilots to try and land it more safely.

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62 People In Total Were On This Plane In Brazil

Other videos and photos on social media and in other news articles show the where the plane nosedived and became engulfed in flames. Federal police are citing it was near a residential building in Vinhedo, a city outside of Sao Paulo. One of its residents was hurt, but no other deaths are reported. HNHH is sending our thoughts and condolences to all of the families and friends affected by this unthinkable tragedy.

What are your thoughts on this passenger plane in Brazil crashing? Have you ever seen a video like this? What do you think caused the aircraft to fall to the ground at such rapid speed? We would like to hear what you have to say, so leave your thoughts in the comments. Additionally, always keep it locked in with HNHH for all of the latest news surrounding this tragic developing story. Finally, stay with us for everything else going on in the pop culture world.

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