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8 Takeaways From The Game’s ‘Drink Champs’ Interview

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  • Game says he wasn’t a “safe choice” for Super Bowl Halftime Show

  • Game discusses fallout with 50 Cent and considers them to be equals

  • There are only two beats Game has ever been jealous of

  • Game used to think Eminem was “better” than him

  • In Game’s opinion, Ye’s done more for his career in weeks than Dre “ever did”

  • He and Meek Mill are now in the “best space ever”

  • SEAL Team Six Member who shot Osama bin Laden told him he was “grateful” for the music

  • Game spoke with Pop Smoke days before he was killed

Glastonbury Announces Its 2022 Lineup With Headliners Paul McCartney And Kendrick Lamar

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When it comes to Europe’s summer festivals, Glastonbury is the grandaddy of them all. Think Coachella, but bigger and across five days. Now Glastonbury has finally announced the long-awaited lineup for the June 22nd to 26th affair, and the festival also cemented the headlining slate with Kendrick Lamar and Paul McCartney.

McCartney and Lamar will be playing the grandiose Pyramid Stage, along with a previously announced performance from Billie Eilish. We’ll go ahead and take the Pepsi challenge on these headliners, because can this really be topped? Taking place at Worthy Farm in Pilson, Somerset, England for the first time since 2019, the camping festival had already been sold out before the lineup was ever announced. It’s a testament to the cultural significance of this massive gathering and the lineup is positively bonkers.

Also on the bill are legendary diva Diana Ross; pop sensation Olivia Rodrigo; Mercury Prize winner Arlo Parks; jazz fusion legend Herbie Hancock; Oasis leader Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds; a TLC reunion; indie-pop queens Mitski, Phoebe Bridgers, and St. Vincent; Little Simz headlining the smaller West Holts Stage; and a whole lot more. Glastonbury says that there’s still more artists to be announced, including more headlining and emerging acts.

Check out the full lineup poster above and visit the Glastonbury website for complete details on the fest, lineup, and a final ticket pre-sale opportunity.

Rolling Loud Seemingly Confirms A New Kendrick Lamar Album Is Coming Soon

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Kendrick Lamar to Make First Album Appearance of 2020 On Busta Rhymes 'ELE2'

As Kendrick Lamar fans continue to wait for his follow-up to 2017’s DAMN., it seems like every other week, people are fed rumors about Kendrick dropping. There were rumors saying he was supposed to drop between 2020-2021, but COVID got in the way. There were rumors saying that K.Dot would drop before his Super Bowl Halftime performance. Now, fans have once again gotten their hopes up after Roling Loud posted and deleted a tweet that seemingly confirmed Kendrick would be dropping a new album soon.

The announcement was made on Tuesday that Kendrick, Ye, and Future would be headlining Rolling Loud Miami. Rolling Loud then took to Twitter where they tweeted “Kendrick headlining Miami again means exactly what you think it means,” in one tweet. “It’s been 5 long years,” they said in another.

While this does not mean Kendrick would necessarily be dropping a full-length project, maybe he’ll drop a single or music video, or something. Kendrick said during his Day N’ Vegas performance that he would return “very soon.” We’re hoping Kendrick keeps up with his promise.

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Kendrick Lamar Says ‘To Pimp A Butterfly’ Came Together After A Lot Of ‘Throwing Paint At The Wall’

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Kendrick Lamar’s third album, To Pimp A Butterfly, was a big change in direction from his 2012 sophomore album, Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City. It found the rapper ditching his previous West Coast influences for a sound based on jazz, soul, funk, and more. The change wasn’t easy for him, requiring plenty of experimentation and trial and error to get it right. During an episode of Alex Pappademas’ Spotify podcast The Big Hit Show, which is studying the seminal album for its second season, Kendrick dove into how he made it work.

“Yeah I’m just trying stuff, throwing the paint on the wall and writing as these incredible musicians rock out,” he said. “I like that for eight bars. I like that. I like that. So… prior to the album actually coming out the sh*t actually sounded way more complex.”

Kendrick then explained how his longtime friend and producer Terrace Martin taught him about jazz. “Miles [Davis] is playing and you know he’s doing these skats and these rhythms. And man I said to myself, ‘I wanna be able to do that, but I wanna rap that way.’ And you know, be on that cadence and it’s super out of pocket, but you know it’s very jazz, it’s very Miles Davis influenced,” Kendrick said. “It was what I was inspired by what Terrace was telling me. He was like, ‘Man, you gotta be unapologetic. If you’re going to go there, you gotta go there.’”

The new episode arrives as Kendrick was announced as one of the headliners for Rolling Loud’s Miami festival.

You can listen to the full episode of The Big Hit Show here.

Kendrick Lamar’s Mighty Return (Alongside Kanye and Future) Sets The Stage For The Sickest Rolling Loud Ever

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The Rolling Loud festival is always the talk of the rap and music scene and they have finally dropped their long-awaited Miami 2022 lineup, announcing the mighty return and possibly one of the final acts of Kendrick Lamar.   The annual Rolling Loud festival is set for July 22-24 at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium and it […]

Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West, And Future Will Headline This Year’s Rolling Loud Festival In Miami

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Festival season is just around the corner and with that comes the unveiling of various big name lineups. Coachella is set to be led by Kanye West, Billie Eilish, and Harry Styles while Kid Cudi, Halsey, and J. Cole lead the way for this year’s Governors Ball. A new announcement reveals that Coachella won’t be the only festival Kanye headlines this year. Rolling Loud just unveiled the lineup for their Miami festival and it’s led by not only Kanye, but also Kendrick Lamar, and Future.

All three artists at the forefront of this year’s Rolling Loud are expected to release albums at some point this year. Kanye is continuing work on Donda 2; he recently released an unfinished version of it. Meanwhile Kendrick and Future are completing their next works, which remain untitled and without a release date. Kendrick’s upcoming fifth album will be his last with Top Dawg Entertainment, a label he’s called home since 2004.

Other names that will make an appearance at this year’s Rolling Loud include Playboi Carti, Lil Durk, Don Toliver, 2 Chainz, Lil Uzi Vert, Gunna, Gucci Mane, Lil Tjay, Lil Baby, Kodak Black, Baby Keem, Trippie Redd, Moneybagg Yo, Saweetie, City Girls, Latto, and many more.

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Baby Keem’s Artful ’16’ Video Is Both Eerie And Mundane

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If you haven’t been keeping up with Baby Keem, now’s the time to start. The young rapper was part of Kendrick Lamar’s launch of PgLang, Lamar’s own company and a departure from Top Dawg Entertainment. Kendrick’s next album will be his last on TDE, and it looks like he’ll be releasing his own music after that via Pglang. So far, Baby Keem has been one of the other exemplary artists involved with the label, and the fact that he’s Kendrick’s cousin hasn’t hurt his profile any. Today the rising rapper has released a new music video today, called “16.”

Keem is older than 16, though not by much, and the 21-year-old LA rapper is focused on his love life in the artful clip. Directed by Jonas Lindstroem, the stark visual runs through different locations, following Keem and the object of his affection through backdrops both eerie and mundane. Keem’s debut album, The Melodic Blue, dropped last fall, and his subsequent tour was a solid showing, too. It’s not clear if “16” is the beginning of a new album cycle for Keem, but if it is, this is definitely a great start. Check out the video above and keep an ear out for more new music coming from Keem this year.