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Cardi B Reveals Why There Is No ‘Hot Sh**’ Music Video And Why She Enjoys Kanye West’s Verse

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It is an exciting time for Cardi B as she has released her first single in two years, “Hot Sh**,” featuring Kanye West and Lil Durk–or, at least it should be. The Grammy-winning rapper sat down for an Apple Music 1 interview with Zane Lowe and kept it very honest about the struggles she endured with this record, specifically its music video.

“Oh my goodness, I don’t want to talk about the video” the Invasion of Privacy artist reveals in the interview, “because this video has brought me so much drama. So this is the first time I ever do CGI. I’m very particular on how I like my things, and I really like when things look super realistic. I like building sets, or I like to be in a place.

She continued later saying “I couldn’t maneuver or move how I wanted to, because I was very confused. After I finished the video, I find out that this s**t takes so long. I did this video around March, and it’s still not even ready yet. And it’s just so frustrating that I’m like, ‘You know what? Just put the f***ing song out. I don’t even give a f**k anymore. I’m over it.’”

Elsewhere, she spoke on connecting with Kanye West and why she enjoyed his verse so much. “Kanye gave me this verse a couple of months ago when he was just all over the media, because of all of the things that were going on,” Cardi stated in reference to his drama with ex-wife Kim Kardashian and her new beau Pete Davidson. “I like how his verse, it’s personal, but it’s not that personal.”

Despite the negativity surrounding Ye, Cardi sees more within him. “I’m so happy that he gave me this verse,” she continued. “And I had a lot of conversations with Kanye West. I learned so much about him and he’s such an amazing, sweet person. I’ve been feeling like, I wish a lot of people have conversations with him so they could just see the real him.”

“Hot Sh**” is the lead single for Cardi B’s forthcoming album, though no title or release date is set yet as she last announced there were some technical difficulties to work out. In the meantime, check out her new single above.

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

R. Kelly Must Get Sexual Disorder Treatment While In Prison

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R. Kelly has been found guilty of sex trafficking and racketeering in a federal trial and sentenced to 30 years in prison, but the judge in the case apparently wants to take more proactive steps to keep Kelly from backsliding upon his release. In addition to the long prison sentence, Judge Ann M. Donnelly has ordered R. Kelly to receive treatment for “an unspecified sexual disorder,” according to TMZ.

Additionally, after his release, Kelly must avoid all contact with minors unless the minor’s family member is present or in a therapeutic setting with a responsible adult chaperone. Finally, Kelly faces five years of supervised release at the end of his prison sentence. Prosecutors originally recommended more than 25 years of prison for the disgraced singer due to the threat they feel he presents, so Judge Donnelly has certainly gone above and beyond.

US attorneys likely believed that such a sentence is warranted because of both the evidence that came to light during the trial and the decades of alleged misconduct in which Kelly engaged according to witnesses. While his 1994 wedding to a then-17-year-old Aaliyah was widely-known, in the years since, Kelly was accused of child pornography and keeping women and girls in a “sex cult,” manipulating or outright abusing them to keep them compliant.

Kelly faces another trial on child porn charges in Chicago next month. He plans to appeal his conviction.

Bino Rideaux Unites With The Late Drakeo The Ruler On His New Mixtape, ‘Sorry 4 Tha Wait II’

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Drakeo The Ruler might be gone, but his legacy lives on. While he wasn’t yet a household name when he died late last year, Drakeo’s impact has become more evident every day in the months since through the rappers he influenced and the music he left behind. A prolific artist who released music almost as quickly as he created it, Drakeo’s got enough banked verses to keep posthumous releases flowing for the foreseeable future.

One of those verses appears on “Heartless,” a song from fellow LA rapper Bino Rideaux‘s newly released mixtape, Sorry 4 Tha Wait II. A sequel to the original 2019 Sorry 4 Tha Wait tape, the follow-up came out today via Do What You Love Records and Def Jam. Bino certainly qualifies as one of the rappers who carries on Drakeo’s torch, embracing an independent, DIY ethos and blending old school and contemporary LA sounds in his music.

In addition to Drakeo, Bino’s new tape also includes appearances from more of the Los Angeles area’s main attractions, including rising Compton rapper Kalan.FrFr, Roddy Ricch, another Hub City native, and Ty Dolla Sign, the unofficial heir to Nate Dogg’s hook crooner crown. You can check out “Heartless” above, the full tape here, and the video for “If You Ever” below.

Denzel Curry Is Disappointed In Drake And Kanye West For Making ‘Subpar Work With The Resources They Have’

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Back in mid-May, Denzel Curry stirred the pot by expressing his disappointment in Drake’s Certified Lover Boy and Kanye West’s Donda, tweeting, “Donda and CLB could’ve been better yall n****s rich and got the greatest musicians at your disposal.” Not only is Curry not backing down on that take, but in a new Spin interview, he actually doubled down by going into more detail about what he meant.

Citing Take Care and If You’re Reading This, It’s Too Late as example of the sort of Drake level of quality he hopes for with a new album, Curry said:

“I was looking forward to Drake’s album, ’cause Drake always got something. But then, when you get them albums, you’re like, ‘What the f*ck are you doing?’ […] We don’t even really need to talk about Kanye West, it’s Kanye West. But for them to go out and go against each other and make that subpar work with the resources they have. These are the same producers it’s hard for me to reach out to because they don’t see the return. You’ve got all these resources and y’all made subpar albums. I had limited resources and I made a great one. That shouldn’t happen.”

Read the full feature here.

All The New Albums Coming Out In July 2022

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Keeping track of all the new albums coming out in a given month is a big job, but we’re up for it: Below is a comprehensive list of the major releases you can look forward to in July. If you’re not trying to potentially miss out on anything, it might be a good idea to keep reading.

Friday, July 1

  • Alex Crispin — Alex Crispin (Cobblers)
  • Carlos Truly — Not Mine (Bayonet Records)
  • Chief State — Waiting For Your Colours (Mutant League Record)
  • The Deer Hunter — Antimai (Triple Crown Records)
  • Fresh — Raise Hell (Get Better Records)
  • GoGo Penguin — Between Two Waves EP (XXIM Records)
  • Guided By Voices — Tremblers And Goggles By Rank (Rockathon Records)
  • Gwenno — Tresor (Heavenly)
  • Imagine Dragons — Mercury — Acts 1 & 2 (KIDinaKORNER/Interscope Records)
  • Lotic — Sparkling Water EP (Houndstooth)
  • Medicine Singers — Medicine Singers (Joyful Noise Recordings)
  • Mice Parade — Lapapọ (Bubble Core Records)
  • Momma — Household Name (Polyvinyl Record Co.)
  • Moor Mother — Jazz Codes (ANTI-)
  • Naima Bock — Giant Palm (Sub Pop)
  • Naomi Alligator — Double Knot (Carpark Records)
  • Neighbor Lady — For The Birds (Park The Van)
  • Nonconnah — Don’t Go Down To Lonesome Holler (Ernest Jenning Record Co.)
  • Paolo Nutini — Last Night In The Bittersweet (Atlantic Records)
  • Randy Holden — Population III (RidingEasy Records)
  • Tedeschi Trucks Band — I Am The Moon: II. Ascension (Fantasy Records)
  • Various Artists — Minions: The Rise Of Gru (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Decca Records)

Friday, July 8

  • Aespa — The 2nd Mini Album EP (Warner Records)
  • AJ Lambert — Dirt Soda (Dead Oceans)
  • Alice Cohen — Moonrising (Styles Upon Styles)
  • Apollo Brown — This Must Be the Place (Mello Music Group)
  • D’Arcangelo — Arium (A Colourful Storm)
  • Delicate Steve — After Hours (ANTI‐)
  • The Faim — Talk Talk (BMG)
  • James Bay — Leap (Republic Records)
  • James Righton — Jim, I’m Still Here (DEEWEE)
  • Journey — Freedom (Bertelsmann Music Group)
  • Katy J Pearson — Sound of the Morning (Heavenly Recordings)
  • Laura Veirs — Found Light (Raven Marching Band Records)
  • Metric — Formentera (Metric Music International)
  • Miki Ratsula — made for them EP (Nettwerk)
  • Mush — Down Tools (Memphis Industries)
  • Neil Young — Toast (Reprise)
  • NoSo — Stay Proud Of Me (Partisan Records)
  • Party Dozen — The Real Work (Temporary Residence Limited)
  • Renforshort — Dear Amelia (Interscope)
  • Richie Furay — In The Country (Renew Records/BMG)
  • Spiral Stairs — Medley Attack!! (Amazing Grease)
  • Sydney Rose — You Never Met Me EP (Public Consumption)
  • Vancouver Sleep Clinic — Fallen Paradise (Believe)
  • Viagra Boys — Cave World (Year0001)
  • Wet — Pink Room EP (Secretly Canadian)

Friday, July 15

  • …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead — XI: Bleed Here Now (Dine Alone Records)
  • The A’s — Fruit (Psychic Hotline)
  • Alan Parsons — From The New World (Frontiers Music Srl)
  • Alex Dupree — Thieves (Keeled Scales)
  • Alexander 23 — Aftershock (Interscope Records)
  • Arlo McKinley — This Mess We’re In (Oh Boy Records)
  • Arroyo Low — 2020 (Bodan Kuma)
  • Arp — New Pleasures (Mexican Summer)
  • The Ballroom Thieves — Clouds (Nettwerk Records)
  • Beabadoobee — Beatopia (Dirty Hit)
  • Ben Shemie and the Molinari String Quartet — Desiderata (Joyful Noise/Backward Music)
  • Chicago — Born For This Moment (BMG)
  • Christina Perri — A Lighter Shade Of Blue (New Elektra)
  • Elf Power — Artificial Countrysides (Yep Roc Records)
  • Gabríel Ólaf — Solon Islandus (Decca Records)
  • God Is An Astronaut — The Beginning Of The End (Revive Records)
  • Gordi — Inhuman EP (Jagjaguwar)
  • Interpol — The Other Side of Make-Believe (Matador)
  • J-Hope — Jack In The Box (Big Hit Music)
  • JayWood — Slingshot (Captured Tracks)
  • Jeff Beck and Johnny Depp — 18 (Deuce Music)
  • Jonah Tolchin — Lava Lamp (Yep Roc Records)
  • Josiah — We Lay On Cold Stone (Blues Funeral Recordings)
  • Katalyst, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad — Katalyst JID013 (Jazz Is Dead)
  • Launder — Happening (Ghostly International)
  • Lera Lynn — Something More Than Love (Ruby Range Records)
  • Lizzo — Special (Atlantic Records)
  • Lil Silva — Yesterday Is Heavy (Nowhere Music Ltd)
  • Mabel — About Last Night… (Polydor Records)
  • Noah Cyrus — The Hardest Part (Columbia Records)
  • Rachel Bobbitt — The Ceiling Could Collapse EP (Fantasy Records)
  • Ronnie Foster — Reboot (Blue Note Records)
  • Steve Lacy — Gemini Rights (RCA)
  • Superorganism — World Wide Pop (Domino)
  • Third Eye Blind — A Collection (Elektra Records)
  • Travie McCoy — Never Slept Better (Hopeless Records)
  • Ty Herndon — Jacob (Pivotal Records)
  • Wil Carlisle — Peculiar, Missouri (Free Dirt Records)
  • Wylderness — Big Plans For A Blue World (Succulent Recordings)

Friday, July 22

  • Alex The Astronaut — How To Grow A Sunflower Underwater (Nettwerk Music Group)
  • Anthony Green — Boom (Born Losers Records)
  • Beach Bunny — Emotional Creature (Mom + Pop)
  • Ben Harper — Bloodline Maintenance (Chrysalis Records)
  • Chineke Orchestra — Bob Marley & The Chineke! Orchestra (Island Records/UMe)
  • Cuco — Fantasy Gateway (Interscope)
  • Francisco Martin — Manic EP (19 Recordings)
  • The Heavy Heavy — Life and Life Only EP (ATO Records)
  • Jack White — Entering Heaven Alive (Third Man Records)
  • Joe Pug — Nation of Heat | Revisited (Nation of Heat Records)
  • John Moreland — Birds In The Ceiling (Old Omens)
  • Nebula — Transmissions from Mothership Earth (Heavy Psych Sounds)
  • Nicolle Galyon — firstborn (Songs & Daughters)
  • Nina Nastasia — Riderless Horse (Temporary Residence Limited)
  • Odesza — The Last Goodbye (Foreign Family Collective/Ninja Tune)
  • Oh Wonder — 22 Make (Island Records)
  • Peach Fuzz — Can Mary Dood the Moon? EP (Psychic Hotline)
  • Pool Kids — Pool Kids (Skeletal Lightning)
  • RZA — RZA Presents: Bobby Digital and The Pit of Snakes (Z2 Comics)
  • The Sadies — Colder Streams (Yep Roc Records)
  • Sam Prekop and John McEntire — Sons Of (Thrill Jockey Records)
  • Sean Nicholas Savage — Shine (Arbutus)
  • She & Him — Melt Away: A Tribute to Brian Wilson (Fantasy Records)
  • Spacemoth — No Past No Future (Wax Nine)
  • Sports Team — Gulp! (Island Records)
  • Thor Harris — Doom Dub II (Joyful Noise Recordings)
  • Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs — When the Lights Go (Nice Age)
  • Traams — Personal Best (FatCat Records)
  • Ty Segall — Hello, Hi (Drag City)
  • ZZ Top — Raw (BMG Rights Management)

Friday, July 29

  • Amanda Shires — Take It Like a Man (ATO Records)
  • Andrew Tuttle — Fleeting Adventure (Mistletone Records)
  • Beach Rats — Rat Beat (Epitaph Records)
  • Dance Gavin Dance — Jackpot Juicer (Rise Records)
  • DC Gore — All These Things (Domino)
  • Death Bells — Between Here & Everywhere (Dais Records)
  • Deaton Chris Anthony — Sid The Kid (Dirty Hit)
  • Friendship — Love The Stranger (Merge Records)
  • Hayley Kiyoko — Panorama (Atlantic Records)
  • Jemima Coulter — Grace After A Party (Hand In Hive)
  • Josh Rouse — Going Places (Yep Roc Records)
  • Joyce Manor — At Some Point You Stop (Epitaph)
  • King Princess — Hold On Baby (Zelig Records/Columbia Records)
  • Lava La Rue — Hi-Fidelity EP (Marathon Artists)
  • The Lord — Forest Nocturne ((RED) Southern Lord)
  • Maggie Rogers — Surrender (Capitol Records)
  • Matt Nathanson — Boston Accent (acrobat)
  • Of Montreal — Freewave Lucifer fck (Polyvinyl Record Co.)
  • Nav — Demons Protected By Angels (XO Records)
  • Patrick Holland — You’re The Boss (Sinderlyn)
  • Phony — At Some Point You Stop (Phony Industries)
  • Sam Prekop and John McEntire — Sons Of (Thrill Jockey Records)
  • Stick to Your Guns — Spectre (Pure Noise Records)
  • Suicideboys — Sing Me A Lullaby My Sweet Temptation (G*59 Records)
  • Tallies — Patina (Kanine Records)
  • Tedeschi Trucks Band — I Am The Moon: III. The Fall ( Fantasy Records)
  • Whiskey Myers — Tornillo (Wiggy Thump Records)
  • Wilder Maker — Male Models (Western Vinyl)
  • Wombo — Fairy Rust (Fire Talk)

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

Thundercat Shares A Warped Cover Of ‘Fly Like An Eagle’ For The ‘Minions 2’ Soundtrack

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The soundtrack to Minions: The Rise Of Gru is out today, which has Phoebe Bridgers covering The Carpenters, HER covering Sly And The Family Stone, St. Vincent covering Lipps Inc., Kali Uchis covering Stan Getz And João Gilberto, and Tame Impala and Diana Ross contributing a new song.

Along with these gems, there’s also Thundercat taking on “Fly Like An Eagle,” originally by Steve Miller Band. The idiosyncratic musician does what one would expect — he makes the song weirder and woozier. It’s full of sparkling synths and warped bass, but his vocals are clean, guiding the track forward. It ends by slowly fading away into echoes.

Last month, he shared a collaboration with Gorillaz for “Cracker Island,” about which the Gorillaz virtual band member 2D said, “It’s nice to be back, I’m well into our new tune, it brings back weird and scary memories of stuff that hasn’t happened yet.” The narrative of the tune was explained as “the world’s biggest virtual band have relocated to Silverlake, California where it turns out that the answer to life’s question — the one truth to fix the world — is to invite fans to join ‘The Last Cult,’ with Murdoc as its self-appointed Great Leader.”

Listen to Thundercat’s cover of “Fly Like An Eagle” above.

DJ Drama Seeks Longevity With Fabolous, Benny The Butcher, Jim Jones, And Capella Grey On ‘Forever’

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For the past few years, DJ Drama’s work has come through supporting another artist. Most recently, he served as a host on Tyler The Creator’s sixth album Call Me If You Get Lost which was modeled after Drama’s Gangsta Grillz mixtape series. The project went on to win Best Rap Album at the 2022 Grammy Awards, giving Drama his first Grammy. Elsewhere, Drama helped bring the careers of Jack Harlow and Lil Uzi Vert to new heights as both artists are signed to Drama’s Generation Now label which was co-founded with Don Cannon.

Prior to the aforementioned instances, there was a point when DJ Drama was releasing his own albums as the last one, Quality Street Music 2, arrived back in 2016. It appears that Drama might have a new body of work on the way as he returns with “Forever” alongside Fabolous, Benny The Butcher, Jim Jones, and Capella Grey. The records speak about establishing longevity in their careers, and this gets accomplished through verses from Fabolous, Benny, and Jim while Capella took care of the song’s hook.

The record also stands as Drama’s first single as a lead artist since 2019’s “Nasty” with Moneybagg Yo and Pnb Rock.

You can listen to “Forever” in the video above.

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

BTS’ J-Hope Looks To Create ‘More’ Chaos In His Wild New Video

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Less than a week after announcing his debut album, J-Hope has shared the video for its lead single “More.” The visual finds the South Korean rapper performing in a garage, terrorizing an office building, having an x-ray done, and standing within freeze frames featuring spilled coffee and papers thrown in the air. The chaotic visual matches his aggressive diction throughout the near three-and-a-half-minute track.

“More” officially kicks off the 28-year-old’s road to his debut solo album, Jack In The Box, which will be available on July 15. The album’s announcement came on the heels of his group BTS declaring that each member would pursue their own solo ventures. The initial statement of a hiatus generated a lot of curiosity as to the future of the group, especially having released the 35-track anthology project Proof in early June. The group clarified that BTS is not over with.

J-Hope’s “More” and the imminent Jack In The Box release are just the first examples of what one of the seven members has in store for this new direction in their careers. It is an especially exciting time for J-Hope, who also has a headlining set at Lollapalooza. Have no fear, BTS isn’t going anywhere.

Check out J-Hope’s video for “More” above.

Mozzy And EST Gee Are On A Late-Night Prowl Through The Menacing ‘Lurkin’

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Earlier this year, Yo Gotti held a press conference to share some big news regarding his Collective Music Group (CMG) label. It was through that conference that fans first learned about 42 Dugg and EST Gee’s joint project, Last Ones Left, which was released in April. The conference is also where Yo Gotti announced that Mozzy was officially signed to the CMG roster which already boasts a group of impressive rap talents like 42 Dugg, EST Gee, Moneybagg Yo, Blac Youngsta, and Blocboy JB. Mozzy’s addition to CMG has brought forth a new track with another one of its members, that being EST Gee.

Mozzy and EST Gee join forces for “Lurkin.” The track is a menacing effort that captures the rappers on a late-night prowl as they aim to seek out their opposition and take care of business. “On the Gram bluffin’, know what’s up, soon as I see, up it,” EST Gee raps over the haunting beat. Mozzy checks in later, rapping, “Crop out anything that ain’t from the set unless he know somethin.’”

The new record is not the first collaboration between Mozzy and EST Gee. Last year, Mozzy recruited EST Gee and Babyface Ray for “Beat The Case” from his Untreated Trauma project.

You can listen to “Lurkin” in the video above.

Earthgang And Smino Create An Immersive Aura With The Energetic ‘Ambeyonce’

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Earthgang is back with “Ambeyonce” featuring the silky-voiced rapper Smino. The mid-tempo, instrument-heavy track allows the Atlanta duo and St. Louis talent the ideal canvas to show off their vocals in cohesion with their shape-shifting lyrical flows. This record was actually teased over two years ago and now arrives as part of the deluxe version of Earthgang’s February 2022 release Ghetto Gods, adding six new tracks featuring Wiz Khalifa, Currensy, and Blxckie.

The album’s previous iteration stood at 17 records, namely the singles “American Horror Story” and “All Eyes On Me,” plus “Billi” featuring Future, “Waterboyz” featuring fellow Dreamville mates JID and J. Cole, and “Amen” featuring R&B legend Musiq Soulchild. Prior to Ghetto Gods, the duo joined their original unit Spillage Village for 2020’s Spilligion, a quick follow-up to 2019’s Mirrorland and the Grammy-nominated Dreamville compilation Revenge Of The Dreamers III.

Earthgang has been one of the more active Dreamville acts over the years, often called a modern-day Outkast for their musical versatility, to which Olu and WowGr8 have responded saying the comparison is disrespectful. Despite grinding since 2010 and releasing quality music time and time again, they remain humble and acknowledge they still have plenty of work to do to even come close to such a level.

You can listen to Earthgang and Smino’s “Ambeyonce” here.

Ghetto Gods (Deluxe) is out now via Dreamville / Interscope. You can stream it here.