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Pop Smoke “Faith” Significantly Decreases In Sales Projections

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The world was excited about Pop Smoke’s second posthumous album Faith, and while the smoke may never clear, enthusiasm has dropped significantly toward the album, resulting in a drop of over 10,000-20,000 projected sales units this week.

People aren’t quite sure how to react to the feature-heavy new album from Pop Smoke, and with some of his closest friends, including Mike Dee and producer 808Melo, disavowing the project, the public seems destined to grow sour on Faith too. When the album first dropped, people were quick to tune in but many fans never got past the first listen, marking a drastic reduction in first-week sales figures.


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While Faith was first projected to bring in 110,000 to 120,000 units in the first week, those projections have decreased and it looks like the album will only move 98,000 copies. Despite the drop, Pop Smoke is still expected to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200. John Mayer will take the #2 spot with his new album Sob Rock, which sold 87,000 units. Popstar Olivia Rodrigo follows in third with 80,000 copies sold of her debut album.

This is still a big win for Pop Smoke’s team, which includes his label boss Steven Victor. However, the fans seem to have turned on his base, which means that numbers will likely continue to drop as time goes.

What did you think of Faith?


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Conway The Machine Snaps On JAY-Z Beat With “Ignorant Sh*t” Freestyle

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Conway The Machine recently shared the tracklist to his new album God Don’t Make Mistakes, which all but guarantees that his anticipated Shady Records debut is destined for an imminent release. Now, Machine has emerged to keep the momentum rolling with a brief new freestyle, delivered courtesy of REVOLT’s new series Off Top, hosted by Rapsody and Big Tigger.

Opting to go over a JAY-Z beat, specifically American Gangsta highlight “Ignorant Shit” featuring Beanie Sigel, Conway proves that he would have thrived in any era. Perhaps inspired by the track title, Machine lets fly a series of impressive flexes from the jump. “Look in the driveway you see a fleet of foreigns, like the U in the eighties the coupe green and orange,” he spits. “We ain’t squashing the beef, we gon’ keep it going / feds keep watching our house but they gon’ need a warrant.”

Check out Conway’s full Off Top freestyle now, and sound off if you’re excited for God Don’t Make Mistakes. 

QUOTABLE LYRICS

Look in the driveway you see a fleet of foreigns
Like the U in the eighties the coupe green and orange,
We ain’t squashing the beef, we gon’ keep it going
Feds keep watching our house but they gon’ need a warrant

Tinashe Teases New Album With “I Can See The Future”

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Riding off of the massive success of her latest single “Bouncin” and anticipating her new album, Kentucky singer Tinashe is looking towards the future. Not only is her highly anticipated 333 full-length release around the corner, but “I Can See The Future” finds Tinashe foreseeing a romantic future with her lover. “I Can See The Future” sees Tinashe as confident and comfortable as ever, over a simple trap beat. 

The new release follows Tinashe’s signature R&B formula with airy vocals over an atmospheric trap beat. The hook is almost hypnotic in its repetitiveness and gentle melody, with Tinashe repeating “I can see the future/ And it looks like you and I.”

The verses feature some of Tinashe’s most impressive rapping performances yet. She moves seamlessly between aggressive and complex flows and more focused vocal riffs as she separates her commentary about haters and toxicity from the passion she feels in her relationship.

If 333 sounds even remotely similar to “I Can See The Future” or “Bouncin”, fans are in for a treat. 

Check out the track below as well as our R&B SEASON playlist on Spotify.

Quotable Lyrics:      

I got drip from next season, exclusive or custom
It’s a cold world, I’m smothered in Moncler
What you see in me, it’s not her and it’s not fair
I got money like the boys, I pull up, they all stare                               

Vince Staples Coasts Through A Laid-Back Tiny Desk Concert With Kenny Beats And Foushée

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Vince Staples may have received a polarized response from fans and critics, but Vince Staples himself remains undeterred in promoting his latest project, maintaining his usual cavalier air in a mellow NPR Tiny Desk Concert performance backed by Kenny Beats and featuring Foushée. The Long Beach rapper performs songs from his self-titled third studio album in the Hollywood Hills, where he jokes he’d “never live,” reminiscing with his manager Corey Smyth (who, as always, remains offscreen) about times he was arrested in the affluent area.

While some fans found the relaxed production on Vince Staples to be off-putting, it turns out to be perfect for a Tiny Desk performance. Vince, as laid-back as ever, coasts through album standouts “Law Of Averages,” “Sundown Town,” “The Shining,” and “Take Me Home,” with Foushée joining him on the last song and Kenny Beats playing bass throughout. Fellow South LA rapper 03 Greedo gets a shout-out, while Vince reflects on the release of his first album Summertime 06 and dedicates his performance to “all the bad b*tches worldwide… whether you have two legs or no legs.”

Watch Vince Staples’ Tiny Desk Concert above.

Vince Staples is out now on Blacksmyth Recordings/Motown Records. You can get it here

No, Kanye West Wasn’t Charging $50 For Chicken Tenders At His ‘Donda’ Listening Event

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Kanye West’s gotten away with some pretty egregious feats of merchandising in the past, so it makes sense that one of the main talking points surrounding his Atlanta listening event for Donda was a rapidly-circulating photo of a snack menu that purported Kanye was charging $50 for chicken tenders, among other outrageously priced snacks. After all, this was the man who overpriced Coachella Sunday Service merch by quite a lot and convinced fans to pay through the nose for whatever the heck these are so much that Walmart knockoffs became a thing.

However, on closer inspection, that doesn’t appear to be the case here, as the text on the bottom of the menu reading “Please see your suite attendant to order” suggests that these are the prices for attendees who sat in suites at the Mercedes-Benz Arena, which means the prices are for sharing size orders (usually, enough for four people). This is usually pretty common practice at most arenas, which overcharge for food anyway (a McDonald’s Big Mac, which would normally be around 2 bucks in LA, is about twice as expensive in Staples Center). Still, the reactions are pretty funny, all things considered, and illuminate just how little patience people have for Kanye — who still hasn’t actually released Donda despite holding a listening event in an arena to premiere it — these days.

Check out more reactions to the $50 chicken tendies below.

OhGeesy Announces His Solo Debut With ‘Big Bad Wolf’ Featuring YG

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After gaining popularity as the de facto frontman for West Coast party rap crew Shoreline Mafia, LA’s OhGeesy plans to release his debut solo mixtape, Geezyworld Vol. 1, later this summer. To help drum up interest, he solicits YG’s co-sign on his latest single, “Big Bad Wolf,” dropping a money-and-women-themed video for the song that finds the two rappers caught up in a veritable blizzard of bills.

In addition to bundling up against the cash storm, YG and OhGeesy make it rain at the strip club as they spit their turnt-up boasts.

Although Geezyworld Vol. 1 will be OhGeesy’s solo debut, he’s built up enough experience and connections in the rap game to warrant an impressive list of guest stars which not only includes fellow LA upstarts like BlueBucksClan but also features bigger stars like A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie and DaBaby. You can see the full tracklist below.

Watch OhGeesy’s “Big Bad Wolf” video featuring YG above.

Geezyworld Vol. 1 is due 8/27 on Atlantic Records. Pre-save it here.

1. “Intro
2. “Startn Up” Feat. Central Cee
3. “Get Fly” Feat. DaBaby
4. “Big Bad Wolf” Feat. YG
5. “Keeper” Feat. A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie
6. “Secret Service”
7. “Coochie” Feat. Moe Faygoo
8. “Po’ Up”
9. “Who Else” Feat. BlueBucksClan
10. “Peaches N Cream”
11. “They Don’t Know”

OhGeesy is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Tom Brady & Bucs Show Off Insane Super Bowl Rings

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Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers were hard to predict last season as no one knew what version of Brady we would be getting. After a shaky start to the season, the Buccaneers came into their own and quickly became one of the best teams in the entire league. From there, Brady led his team to the Super Bowl where they blew out the Kansas City Chiefs by a score of 31-9. This win gave Brady his seventh Super Bowl title and at this point, it is impossible to dispute he’s the GOAT.

On Thursday, the Buccaneers were given their Super Bowl rings and as you can see in the video below obtained by TMZ, these are some incredible pieces. Jason of Beverly Hills is the man responsible for these rings and as you can see, there are 319 diamonds to commemorate the final score of the Super Bowl. From there, the ring even opens up to reveal a miniature version of Raymond James Stadium.

Every single player on the Buccaneers was hyped about the new ring and it is very easy to see why. For a lot of these guys, this is their first-ever championship and when you get some hardware like this, it is always incredibly special.

As for Brady, he told his teammates that he is already looking forward to getting his eighth ring and that new hardware is always what is at the top of his mind when he gets his most recent rings.

Heading into this season, the Buccaneers are favorites to repeat and if Brady can bring back that magic from last year, then there is no doubt an eighth title is on the horizon.

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Most Streamed Artists Of 2021: Drake, Juice WRLD, NBA YoungBoy & More

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One of the steadfast truths in Hip-Hop is that numbers don’t lie, and with the latest report from HitsDailyDouble, fans can now see which artists have so far been excelling in the streaming game this year. According to XXL, Drake continues his reign over the music industry with over 3.6 billion streams in the six month period from January to June, and the next Hip-Hop artists to on the list are Juice WRLD and NBA YoungBoy, ranking in at #4 with 2.7 billion streams and #5 with 2.5 billion streams, respectively.

After NBA YoungBoy, the remainder of the top 10 is as follows, from top to bottom: The Weeknd, Rod Wave, Pop Smoke, Polo G, and Lil Baby. See the full ranking below.

According to XXL, the recent data ranking doesn’t specify which tracks or albums that attributed to these streaming numbers, but seeing that many of the artists featured in the list have released music this year, it’s not too hard to pinpoint where a bulk of those streams may be coming from. Drake, for example, released the popular three-pack Scary Hours 2 earlier this year, and his Lil Baby-assisted  “Wants and Needs” was streamed over 200,000,000 times on Spotify alone.

NBA YoungBoy continues to surprise the music industry because the young rapper has managed to elbow his way into the top five streamed artists of the year, all without dropping a project. According to XXL, NBA’s most-streamed song is his “Bandit” collaboration with Juice WRLD.

While the top 10 spots in the streaming ranking are dominated by Hip-Hop acts, the list gets a bit more varied as you go down. Eminem is followed by Lil Durk, J. Cole, Post Malone, and Moneybagg Yo in the positions between 11 and 19, with pop stars like Olivia Rodrigo, Justin Bieber, and Ariana Grande separating them.

Elsewhere in the list, Future, Doja Cat, Megan Thee Stallion, Pooh Shiesty, XXXTentacion, Travis Scott, Lil Tjay, Rihanna, Cardi B, NF, and Lil Wayne land in the 30s, and late rappers Mac Miller and King Von make the cut as well, ranking at #40 and #49, respectively.

Are you surprised to see how some of the biggest artists in Hip-Hop match up to each other in terms of streams this year? 

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Rick Hyde & Heem Say A “Hustler’s Prayer”

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Fresh off a scene-stealing verse on Benny The Butcher’s The Plugs I Met 2, BSF lyricist Rick Hyde has come through to deliver a hard-hitting new single called “Hustler’s Prayer.” Produced by The SoulMonsters, the track immediately conjures a nostalgic and grimy tone — evocative of some of the early work of Mobb Deep, who often scored their tracks with a darker style of boom-bap.

Off the rip, Hyde establishes gravitas through unflinching depictions of street life. “Stir it in the water like it’s Nesquick,” he spits. “The last 50 was my best flip, then I made an exit / I was bold enough to sell that shit and man enough to just quit / the feds started sweeping like its crumbs all in the kitchen.” Fellow BSF affiliate Heem keeps the same energy throughout his own verse: “we witnessed dead bodies, just another day on Warren / just kill em’ fuck a warnin’ / the undercovers swarmin’.” 

Fans of the BSF movement would be wise to check out “Hustler’s Prayer” now, brought to life by two formidable emcees in Rick Hyde and Heem. Do you think these two are next up?

QUOTABLE LYRICS

Stir it in the water like it’s Nesquick
The last 50 was my best flip, then I made an exit
I was bold enough to sell that shit and man enough to just quit
The feds started sweeping like its crumbs all in the kitchen

Conor McGregor Remains Unbothered Despite Broken Leg

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Conor McGregor used to be one of the best talents in the entire UFC although these days, he has been suffering a lot more losses than wins. The reason behind this is quite simple. The talent pool in the UFC has gotten considerably better and with McGregor getting up there in age, he simply doesn’t have the magic he once had. Regardless, McGregor is still an entertainer at heart and when it comes to his off-time, you can always expect him to be in a jovial mood.

For instance, McGregor has been all over Instagram as of late, where he has given fans updates on his recovery and how he fully expects to be back in the Octagon sooner rather than later. He even got himself a massive Lamborghini yacht as a way to reward himself for his troubles.

More recently, McGregor was on his Instagram story where he could be seen lounging around in the sun, all while his barber gave him a crisp fade. In the clip courtesy of TMZ, which can be found below, McGregor is all smiles, and at this point, you can tell that the loss hasn’t really affected him all that negatively.

Moving forward, no one really knows what’s in store for McGregor, although he will need to get that behemoth cast off before he even thinks about doing anything else.

Let us know who you think McGregor should fight next, in the comments below.

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