Jon B is not feeling his classic “They Don’t Know” being used as a sample for “you & me” from Gunna and Chlöe Bailey. Speaking on the Can we Talk R&B? podcast, Jon B revealed that he did not approve the sample and he “couldn’t stand” the finished product.
“They put that ratchet record out that I couldn’t stand, and I wish they never did,” Jon B said. “Actually never got my rights to do that record, either, so, Gunna, we gotta holler about that… That’s some business shit we got to handle.”
You can hear it from Jon and the single below.
Jon B speaks on Gunna and Chlöe sampling his song “They Don’t Know” for their song “You & Me” and calls their version ratchet, and says he wishes they never put it out.
Also, Jon B makes it clear he can’t stand Gunna and Chlöe’s song “You & Me,” and reveals that Gunna never got… pic.twitter.com/qchzJHD51l
Jon B is not feeling his classic “They Don’t Know” being used as a sample for “you & me” from Gunna and Chlöe Bailey. Speaking on the Can we Talk R&B? podcast, Jon B revealed that he did not approve the sample and he “couldn’t stand” the finished product.
“They put that ratchet record out that I couldn’t stand, and I wish they never did,” Jon B said. “Actually never got my rights to do that record, either, so, Gunna, we gotta holler about that… That’s some business shit we got to handle.”
You can hear it from Jon and the single below.
Jon B speaks on Gunna and Chlöe sampling his song “They Don’t Know” for their song “You & Me” and calls their version ratchet, and says he wishes they never put it out.
Also, Jon B makes it clear he can’t stand Gunna and Chlöe’s song “You & Me,” and reveals that Gunna never got… pic.twitter.com/qchzJHD51l
The Game is going back in the booth but he also revealed that he has a baby on the way, denying to the host of Tacos & Shawarma, that twins are not coming.
“Twins is… yeah, you gotta stay off the internet,” he said. “I’m expecting one child.”
Who is his inspiration as a father in his 40s? Mariah Carey and JAY-Z.
“I’m 44, so when my new child is 21, I’ll be 65. And that seems kinda old until you start thinking about who’s 65 now,” he said. “I don’t know how old Mariah Carey is, but she has to be, like, 10 years older than me. Or JAY-Z or somebody like that.”
There is no switch-up in YG’s game. Appearing on a stream with Adin Ross, YG revealed he still does not love Donald Trump.
“I think it’s still [fuck Donald Trump],” YG said. “I seen something a week or two weeks ago that Trump was trying to give immunity to police officers and I don’t understand how a human being can do that. I’m Black so I got a lot of homies and friends that been in police brutality situations where they ain’t really do nothing wrong.
“Police tripping out and n-ggas end up dead or fucked up in jail and all type of shit, and I feel like police should be responsible for their actions. But for Trump – he thinks different and I don’t fuck with that.”
YG said during Adin Ross’ stream that he still stands by his 2016 song “FDT (Fuck Donald Trump),” featuring Nipsey Hussle and called out Trump over his support for police immunity.pic.twitter.com/XQrsrvkrER
After shocking the world by walking out during the Republican National Convention to 50 Cent’s part real-life/part fable hit “Many Men” earlier this month, former President Donald Trump came on controversial internet personality Adin Ross’ stream to the assassination survival track.
In the beginning of the stream, Ross is seen setting up his camera in front a crowd of seated Trump supporters. Many Men can be heard in the background and a few seconds later, Trump is seen walking out from a hallway behind the soon to be cheering crowd.
On the livestream, Trump addresses a few topics, including Young Thug’s current RICO trial, to which Trump says he heard that he has been treated unfairly and comments, “He needs to be treated fairly.”
There’s definitely something happening in the world of The Weeknd right now. Ever since he announced a special one-off concert in São Paulo, Brazil (set for September 7) last month, The Weeknd has delivered strong indications that a new album is on the way via teaser videos. Now, there’s yet another new one.
The new teaser, titled “Unprepared certainty…,” runs for three-and-a-half minutes and features new music playing throughout, as we see CGI visuals of a little boy exploring a creepy and surreal house in a stormy environment. As for the song, it’s more of an interlude or an intro than a verse-chorus-verse-chorus song, but it’s certainly lovely and atmospheric.
A previous teaser said, “There are three chapters to this tale,” which appears to indicate that The Weeknd is getting ready to release the final album of a trilogy that began with After Hours and continued with Dawn FM. A new album has yet to be formally announced, but perhaps it will soon given all the teasing The Weeknd has been doing lately. Perhaps a more concrete update will arrive as we get closer to the big Brazil concert that’s now almost exactly a month away.
With SZA being such a global success, she’s going to be hitting stages quite often. According to Uproxx, 2024 has been one of the busy years for the St. Louis, Missouri native. Festivals have been the name of the game for the hitmaker, lending her talents to venues such as Sol Blume, Primavera Sound Barcelona, and the Governors Ball. On top of that, this past weekend, SZA was onstage for Lollapalooza Chicago and Osheaga. With such a torrent run, it looks like the SOS creator is going to give the microphone a rest for a bit. Yesterday evening, she had this to say regarding what’s in store for her after traveling all over the place, “Yesterday was my last show for a while. Finally bout to get my life together thank u God.”
This could mean an absolute host of things. This could be a loose allusion to her current dating life. In a past interview on the Chicken Shop Date, she told the host, Amanda Dimoldenberg, that she can never seem to keep men around. “I feel like I can catch ’em, but I cannot keep ’em. They get with me and they realize I’m f***ing weird, and then it’s just like, ‘Aight’”. More realistically, it could be a reference to her getting some new music out.
With Lana still in limbo thanks to leaks, the now full-fleshed project could start to be rolled out here in these ensuing months. If that’s the case, then she has roughly three months or so to get that going. Her website says that her next live performance will be on November 20 at the Al Dana Ampitheatre in Aş Şakhīr, Bahrain. Whatever the scenario is for SZA, we hope she gets whatever she needs to get in order sorted out.
What are your thoughts on SZA claiming to be done with performing for a bit? Do you think she’s going to be focusing on releasing some new music during this break? If yes, what would you want her to drop first? Or is she referring to fixing some things mentally speaking? 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 SZA. Finally, stay with us for everything else going on in the music world.
Cardi B has explained what was happening in the viral clip of her seemingly yelling at a pedestrian in New York City. Taking to X (formerly Twitter) on Monday afternoon, she explained the context behind the video and fired back at users criticizing her online. “Why you touching their sh*t,” she says repeatedly in the clip. “Why you talking to them like that? They not even bothering you.”
Responding to one post featuring the video, Cardi wrote: “Why y’all trying to make me sound bad?? This was July 28th and I was defending them but ok.” In another, she added: “Btches trying to be funny and make this something it’s not but I don’t care. I don’t like when people think they can bully people for no reason.. like how you gonna do all that yelling, hit their car, AND call the cops all because they taking pictures in front of a building?!”
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JULY 01: Cardi B is seen wearing a Marc Jacobs sheer ruffled outfit, and yellow leggings outside the Marc Jacobs show on July 01, 2024, in New York City. (Photo by Daniel Zuchnik/Getty Images)
After Cardi provided the context, fans in her replies came to her defense as well. “I appreciate you standing up for these women because they don’t deserve to be harassed or disrespected!” one user wrote. Another remarked: “You’re so real, like truly. We need more people like you who stand up for what’s right.” Check out Cardi’s posts about the matter on X below.
Cardi B Addresses Viral Clip Of Her Yelling In NYC
Btches trying to be funny and make this something it’s not but I don’t care. I don’t like when people think they can bully people for no reason.. like how you gonna do all that yelling, hit their car, AND call the cops all because they taking pictures in front of a building?! https://t.co/bwG5utHDKw
The incident came amid plenty of other drama in the news cycle for Cardi. In recent days, she’s dealt with rumors about going through financial trouble, which she’s vehemently denied, as well as her divorce from Offset. Be on the lookout for further updates on Cardi B on HotNewHipHop.
Kanye West’s art is impossible to engage with solely at face value, something that his collaborative album series with Ty Dolla $ign, VULTURES, proves in a pretty ugly way. Their latest release, VULTURES 2, is drawing conversation online for reasons related only tangentially to the music it contains. Uncleared samples, verses allegedly generated by artificial intelligence (Ye-I?), unfulfilled release dates followed by surprise launches, and absolutely abysmal mixing on this LP are taking precedence over any considerations of songwriting, creativity, performance, or any other elements you would look for in a new body of work. Of course, that’s not counting all the politically and socially abhorrent narratives that Ty and Ye (mostly and especially Ye) have been involved in or propagated since… well, we’ll let you pick your starting point. After all, even TLOP’s “new Kanye” is old Kanye by today’s standards.
However, what makes VULTURES 2 such a lackluster and disappointing release, even compared to the already dull and unsatisfying first installment, is a shocking lack of effort, originality, and sense of purpose. Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign released half-baked demo editions of these songs on this album, and regardless of whether the ideas behind these mixes are satisfying or not, it contributes to this project feeling like a scam tracklist from a random YouTube page, not the result of deliberate studio time after multiple delays already. If you scrape through quietly mixed verses, muddy rhythmic tones, mid-performance audio shifts, and head-scratching panning, there is certainly some quality throughout this tracklist and even some thematic depth. Still, not only is this achievement scant, but it feels damningly derivative from past (and recent) work.
To start with VULTURES 2‘s highs, there are some engaging, vivid, and appropriately grand excursions into the dramatic, raw, and nocturnal hip-hop/R&B that Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign have championed throughout their collaborations. The big highlight is “SLIDE,” with its THX synths opening the track in an immediate and captivating fashion. The hectic and enveloping percussion makes for one of the most uniquely groovy and enjoyable bounces on the album. It also succeeds at achieving this quality standard in some softer moments on occasion, such as cohesive electronic embellishments to a vocal sample on “FOREVER.” Producers like London on da Track, Wheezy, Fred again.., James Blake, BoogzDaBeast, AyoAA, and The Legendary Traxster make up a massive list of co-producers, but this doesn’t translate into ambitious soundscapes.
Rather, the fact that Kanye West is actually absent from many beats here speaks to how thrown-together and un-curated many of these production ideas feel. For example, nothing comes of a rock sample on “ISABELLA. Cuts like “PROMOTION” and “DEAD” contain some of the most generic synth tones and drum sounds you’ll hear all year. Other Ye albums definitely felt like too many chefs were overcooking their meals in the kitchen, but this time around, we’re not comparing it to last year’s album – we’re comparing it to what we just got in February. Through that lens, there’s even less of a reason to act impressed by Donda and Jesus Is King retreads. Speaking of repetition, “FRIED” is an embarrassing attempt to copy the appeal behind “CARNIVAL” with even worse lyrics, and “TIME MOVING SLOW” sounds like an alternate demo version to the already meager “Flowers” off Donda 2.
Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign’s Pessimistic Performances
Just how VULTURES2‘s most generic missteps overshadow its sonic ambition, Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign’s thematic goals on the album fall victim to some of their most poorly written hedonistic material about money, women, the rap game, and passing partners to their friends like a piece of meat. Similar to VULTURES 1, Ty is a more consistent and skilled performer in this second round thanks to his melodic dominance and despite Ye taking even more of a center stage. The first installment, however, Ty held higher and more dependable peaks far more consistently. The Chicago rapper has some passable verses on here like the first half of “530” and chemistry-filled trade-offs between him, Ty, and Lil Baby on “FOREVER ROLLING,” where he actually tries to engage with wordplay and provides a clear narrative. But alas, his hollow pen is mostly his least inspired and most irrelevant yet.
While guests like Lil Durk and Lil Wayne try to sharpen things up and follow Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign’s lead, their contributions don’t really amount to much beyond a short but solid reprieve from the monotony. Playboi Carti and Don Toliver go a bit further, providing much-needed vocal dynamism to the eerie “FIELD TRIP.” Yet no one stands out the way that guests did on albums like Donda because of how rickety the foundations for their appearances are. One definite exception is “RIVER,” with progressive production and a charismatic Young Thug verse that (if only for its inclusion) speaks to Kanye’s themes of freedom and justice on the track. Ye’s passionate vocal performance and lyricism are a rare highlight here, and Ty Dolla $ign leads the outro with heavenly vocals.
Sadly, despite occasional glimpses of loving care, VULTURES 2‘s poorly executed formulas don’t earn the benefit of the doubt sequel projects usually get. It takes two steps back from VULTURES 1, which at least had novelty and controversy at its side. Now, it feels like an easy paycheck that doesn’t entice you with its bravado: it just expects you to punch in and praise it for being the same album Kanye West’s made for half a decade. The filler is also staggering, as “HUSBAND” is an unnecessary isolation of the second half of “LIFESTYLE” and “SKY CITY” is a Yandhi-era leak whose official release absolutely guts its previous structure. At least “BOMB” provides a glimmer of West family wholesomeness, even if the discussions of family contrast lazily and messily with disgustingly indulgent misogyny.
That’s perhaps the most salient failure of VULTURES 2: it’s all of Kanye West’s expected vices with his least compelling attempts at contrasting them with his values. The album’s shoddy release, perhaps the shoddiest in Ye’s entire catalog, represents this unwell egomania. As for the moments on here that do have something to say, he and Ty Dolla $ign lack originality, notable production, and noteworthy performances. The last exception to mention is the final verse on “MY SOUL,” delivered by Ty Dolla $ign’s incarcerated brother, which most overtly embodies the album’s “theme”: freedom. But they only focus for a blink of an eye. Elsewhere, it’s a Jersey-house-trap-moody-synth corpse whose scandals, successes, and self-satisfactions not only turn the duo’s few meaningful ideas into ghosts but place shockingly little importance on the album experience that Ye was once so revered for. If they don’t care about their music, why should we?
Eem Triplin is an up-and-coming rapper from Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Pigeons & Planes deemed him one of hip-hop’s Best New Artists in June 2022. In 2023, he toured with Lucki, serving as an opening act for the long-established artist. He also performed at the Rolling Loud festivals in California and Miami. He also released his debut commercial EP, STILL PRETTY.With a growing fanbase, it was only a matter of time before he announced plans to release a full-length work. “FIJI,” featuring and produced by rising indie band Cruza, is the lead single for Eem’s debut album. The album does not yet have a title, but he recently took to Instagram to apologize for the wait, so more details are likely to be shared soon.
“FIJI” is a smooth track, with a beat that sounds similar to something one might expect from a Smino song. Eem Triplin floats over the track, sounding self-assured. He has a unique voice, which will separate him from his peers as he continues to develop into his artistry. The track is also catchy enough to where it has the potential to find viral success on TikTok in some capacity. “FIJI” itself is about a damaged relationship and broken trust. The man claims he’s done with cheating and that he misses his old partner, while the woman copes with the heartbreak by acting out of character, “drinking Hennessey like its Fiji. “Overall, it is a solid single, especially while his fans wait for more information about Eem Triplin’s debut album. Stream “FIJI” below.
You know I got hoes but they ain’t got sh*t on ya Love to be yourself, ain’t scared to tell me who you are Tell me about your day and all the drama at your job, girl I ain’t being selfish, I ain’t playing with your heart ,girl Never let these b*tches get between me and my star-girl Ain’t mean to break your heart, girl, but can I get unblocked, girl?
Rihanna and A$AP Rocky didn’t just celebrate their son Riot’s birthday in Barbados, as it seems like they stuck around for even more fun. Moreover, RiRi recently stole the show at her home country’s Crop Over Festival this year on Monday (August 5), donning a jewel-heavy carnival costume with feathered wings and a luxurious crown. As she and her friends (including Ayra Starr) partied on a float for the festivities, they said hi to fans and overall seemed to have a fantastic time. For those unaware, Crop Over is a centuries-old gathering celebrating the end of the harvest in Barbados and is similar to Carnival celebrations in Brazil and Trinidad, for example.
During a May interview, Ayra Starr spoke on meeting the “Diamonds” singer for the first time earlier in 2024. “I was like, ‘Wow! Rihanna!’” she shared. “We got to hang out after the event. Just spending time with my idol, the person that inspired me to do all of this, was the most amazing thing. She gave me so many pointers and advice.” They linked up over some Fenty collaborations, which has been going strong this year.
Elsewhere, though, Rihanna also had to deal with some drama concerning allegations referenced in a new Trap Lore Ross video on Jay-Z, with her former publicist Jonathan Hay shedding some light on these claims. “So I was like, ‘F**k Jay-Z,’ since he won’t give us any attention and he’s being disrespectful to Amil, who was a single mother,” he recalled. “I’m going to get his attention and be disrespectful back to Jay-Z, as Rihanna was the best thing on Def Jam by far.
“I thought Jay-Z was a dirtbag, so I put out the story that Jay-Z was in a love triangle with Rihanna and Beyoncé,” Hay told AllHipHop. “That caught fire, sparked conversation, increased radio airplay, press coverage and other forms of attention. I was in an unapologetic ‘by any means necessary’ state of mind.” Hay underwent police interrogation as a result of these claims, and Hov and his team forced him to relay a public apology for his efforts.
