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Burna Boy, Megan Thee Stallion, And Wizkid Will Headline Afro Nation 2022

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Afro Nation, the biggest afrobeats festival in the world, is returning in 2022 after a two-year hiatus with a star-studded lineup including Burna Boy, Megan Thee Stallion, and Wizkid. Taking place in Portugal on July 1-3, the festival took two years off as a result of the global COVID-19 population but is returning next year with what the organizers call a “landmark” iteration.

In addition to the above headliners, the festival is bringing more big names from multiple genres across the diaspora, including Beenie Man, Ckay, Diamond Platnumz, Koffee, Naira Marley, Rema, Tekno, Tems, Wande Coal, and more. While most of the names are obviously big in the afrobeats world, Megan Thee Stallion’s presence expands the purview of the festival to include an even broader perspective of the diaspora.

These are just the first wave, though, with more names to be announced in the future, so expect to see some more surprises down the line. With the festival taking place on the sand at Praia De Rocha Beach, there will certainly be more artists excited to join the fun. Pre-sale tickets will go on sale starting at 9 am on Friday, November 5, with general release tickets going on sale starting at noon.

You can find out more at the official website.

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

Rihanna, The Weeknd, And Cardi B Had Some Of Music’s Best Halloween Costumes For 2021

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Musicians are creative folks who have costume budgets that let them go beyond Spirit Halloween’s offerings, so they tend to really show up with killer looks during spooky season. This year was more of the same on that front, as a lot of the world’s favorite artists delivered some Halloween costume excellence in 2021.

The Weeknd is no stranger to prosthetic make-up, as he proved in his “Save Your Tears” video, and he was at it again this weekend with an impressive Don Corleone from The Godfather look.

Meanwhile, Rihanna absolutely nailed her Gunna outfit by emulating a classic fit.

The newly engaged Travis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian also came through with a couple of couples looks. Over the weekend, they paid tribute to the movie True Romance and a few days ago, they dressed up as Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen.

Anderson .Paak went hard, too, sharing photos of himself as Silk Sonic cohort Bruno Mars, Prince, and Stevie Wonder.

Meanwhile, Taylor Swift has puts Cats behind her and has moved on to being a squirrel.

Charli XCX and Cardi B were on the same page, as they both embodied Morticia Addams from The Addams Family.

Finally, this one doesn’t really count, but Phoebe Bridgers has been dressing as a skeleton for well over a year.

Check out some other costumes from across the music world below.

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

Donald Glover Released The First Cryptic Teaser For ‘Atlanta’ Season 3

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The last new episode of Atlanta aired in May 2018. Since then, Donald Glover has played Lando Calrissian and voiced Simba; Brian Tyree Henry joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe; Lakeith Stanfield has been nominated for an Oscar; and Zazie Beetz has excelled in everything from Deadpool 2 to Joker to The Harder They Fall. A third season of Atlanta (Uproxx‘s best show of 2018) was not guaranteed with the cast’s busy schedule, but it’s happening — and there’s a teaser to prove it.

On Halloween, Glover tweeted a link to a site called Gilga, which features a clock, the user’s location, and a link to the teaser. It can be only viewed at certain times (“WHILE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, GILGA IS A ‘NITE-SITE’ OPERATIONAL HOURS ARE 8PM-3AM,” it currently reads), but the footage can be viewed elsewhere. Earn, Darius, and Vanessa are nowhere to be seen and there’s no dialogue (Sun Ra’s “It’s After the End of the World” provides the score), but Paper Boi appears at the end sitting at a table. That’s… basically it, and I couldn’t be more excited. Atlanta is almost back!

“I align the seasons I think, to me, like Kanye records,” Glover said back in 2019. “I feel like this is our Graduation. This is probably our most accessible but also the realest — an honest version of it — and I feel like the most enjoyable, like the third album. We were all on iMessage together and kind of talking about it, and I think people were really hungry to like beat ourselves, which is great.”

Atlanta, which filmed in Europe for seasons 3 and 4, will premiere in 2022.

Flo Milli’s ‘Ice Baby’ Video Recreates An Iconic ‘Flavor’ Of Love’ Scene

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Mobile rapper Flo Milli pulls out all the stops in her “Ice Baby” video, recreating an iconic scene from the early 2000s reality show pioneer Flavor Of Love. Recruiting the 2006 season’s original winner Deelishis to reprise her role, Milli casts Compton rapper Buddy as Flavor Flav and herself as Tiffany Pollard, aka New York, and completely reproduces the reality maven’s viral meltdown after being rejected for the second time. The rest of the video finds Flo Milli rapping to the camera as she flexes her newfound wealth.

“Ice Baby” is presumably the first single from Flo Mili’s upcoming debut album, which she previously called “different from [her 2020 mixtape] Ho, Why Is You Here? because of the versatility,” saying, “I’ve been trying new things but you guys have got to stay tuned to see!” Milli debuted “Ice Baby” on the popular YouTube performance channel A COLORS Show, marking her return after a relatively quiet 2021 compared to the year before. In 2020, the newcomer made noise with a string of hits, including her appearance on Baby Tate’s “I Am,” as well as a strong BET Hip-Hop Awards Cypher performance. Earlier this year, those efforts rewarded her with placement on XXL‘s 2021 Freshman class. Now, fans can’t wait to see what she drops next.

Watch Flo Milli’s “Ice Baby” video above.

All The New Albums Coming Out In November 2021

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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 November. If you’re not trying to potentially miss out on anything, it might be a good idea to keep reading.

Friday, November 5

  • ABBA — Voyage (Universal)
  • The Acharis — Blue Sky / Grey Heaven (Cranes Records)
  • AHI — Prospect (Thirty Tigers)
  • Aimee Mann — Queens Of The Summer Hotel (SuperEgo Records)
  • AM Higgins — Hymning (Victorialand Records)
  • The Aubreys — Karaoke Alone (self-released)
  • Ayumi Tanaka Trio — Subaqueous Silence (ECM Records)
  • Barry Adamson — Steal Away EP (Mute)
  • Beanz — Tables Turn (AWAL)
  • Bent Knee — Frosting (Take This To Heart Records)
  • Benz — This Could Be The End EP (Rama Lama Records)
  • Bino Rideaux — 100 Roses (Red Bull Records)
  • Black Hill Cove — Broken (Raging Planet Records)
  • Black Map Slate — Melodoria (Minus Head Records)
  • Clubhouse — Are We Going Too Slow? EP (AWAL)
  • Colin James — Open Road (Stony Plain Records)
  • Connan Mockasin — Jassbusters Two (Mexican Summer)
  • Crazy Lixx — Street Lethal (Frontiers Music)
  • Curtis Harding — If Words Were Flowers (ANTI-)
  • Diana Ross — Thank You (Decca Records)
  • Dijon — Absolutely (Warner/R&R)
  • Dion — Stompin’ Ground (KTBA Records)
  • DJ Lag — Meeting With The King (Black Major)
  • Dlina Volny — Dazed (Italians Do It Better)
  • Elise LeGrow — Grateful (Awesome Music/BMG)
  • Emika — VEGA (Virtual Reality Soundtrack) (Emika Records)
  • Emma Ruth Rundle — Engine Of Hell (Sargent House)
  • Finn Askew — Tokyo EP (Capitol Records)
  • FPA — Princess Wiko (37d03d)
  • FUR — When You Walk Away (777 Music)
  • Gold & Youth — Dream Baby (Paper Bag)
  • Green Desert Water — Black Harvest (Small Stone Recordings)
  • Greer — Happy People EP (Epitaph Records)
  • Gregory Porter — Still Rising (Blue Note Records)
  • Halfnoise — Motif (Congrats Records)
  • Hana Vu — Public Storage (Ghostly)
  • Heart Attack Man — Thoughtz & Prayers (Triple Crown Records)
  • Holly Humberstone — The Walls Are Way Too Thin (Darkroom/Interscope)
  • ÌFÉ — 0000+0000 (Forced Exposure)
  • Jaga Jazzist — Pyramid Remix (Brainfeeder)
  • JD Simo — Mind Control (Crows Feet Records)
  • J.D. Wilkes And The Legendary Shack Shakers — Cockadoodledeux (Alternative Tentacles Records)
  • Jennifer O’Connor — Born At The Disco (Kiam Records)
  • Jess Chalker — Hemispheres (528 Records)
  • Joan As Police Woman, Tony Allen, And Dave Okumu — The Solution Is Restless ([PIAS])
  • John DeNicola — She Said (Omad Records)
  • Julia Daigle — Un singe sur l’épaule (Lisbon Lux Records)
  • Kito — Blossom EP (Astralwerks)
  • Kristof Hahn — Six Pieces (Room40)
  • Louisahhh — The Practice Of Freedom Deluxe (HE.SHE.THEY)
  • Low Life — From Squats To Lots: The Agony & XTC Of Low Life (Goner Records)
  • Marconi Union — Signals (Piccadilly Records)
  • Margo Cilker — Pohorylle (Fluff & Gravy Records)
  • The Mary Veils — Somewhere Over The Rowhome EP (PNKSLM Recordings)
  • Maymind — June (Tigerbeat6/Perpetual Dawn)
  • MØ — Motordrome (Columbia)
  • The Money War — Blood EP (Fueled By Ramen)
  • The Mountain Goats — The Jordan Lake Sessions: Volumes 3 And 4 (Merge)
  • Munya — Voyage To Mars (Luminelle)
  • Nashville Pussy — Eaten Alive (Slinging Pig Records)
  • Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats — The Future (Stax Records)
  • Nation Of Language — A Way Forward (self-released)
  • Neal Francis — In Plain Sight (ATO Records)
  • Neckbolt — Midwestern Drawl (Spider Dispatch Unit)
  • Parcels — Day/Night (self-released)
  • Penelope Isles — Which Way To Happy (Bella Union)
  • Portico Quartet — Monument (Gondwana)
  • Radiohead — Kid A Mnesia (XL Recordings)
  • Richard Fearless — Future Rave Memory (Drone)
  • Salt Ashes — Killing My Mind (Radikal Records)
  • Serpentwithfeet — Deacon’s Grove EP (Secretly Canadian)
  • Sloppy Jane — Madison (Saddest Factory)
  • Snail Mail — Valentine (Matador)
  • The Starlite Campbell Band — The Language Of Curiosity (Supertone)
  • The Steel Wheels — Everyone A Song Vol. 2 (Big Ring Records)
  • Steve Conte — Bronx Cheer (Tower Records)
  • Steve Perry — The Season (Fantasy Records)
  • Summer Walker — Still Over It (Interscope)
  • Tasha — Tell Me What You Miss The Most (Father/Daughter Records)
  • Tim Kelly — Ride Through The Rain (TK Records)
  • Tusks — Change EP (One Little Independent Records)
  • The Verve Pipe — Threads (RCA Records)
  • Wendy Eisenberg — Bent Ring (Dear Life Records)
  • Youth Fountain — Keepsakes & Reminders (Pure Noise Records)

Friday, November 12

  • Aesop Rock And Blockhead — Garbology (Rhymesayers)
  • Alan Fitzpatrick — Machine Therapy (Anjunadeep)
  • Allen Stone — Apart (ATO)
  • Amanda Shires — For Christmas (Silver Knife/Thirty Tigers)
  • Andy Aquarius — Chapel (Hush Hush Records)
  • Bill Charlap — Street Of Dreams (Blue Note Records)
  • Blawan — Woke Up Right Handed EP (XL)
  • Brother Sundance — Rat Race EP (Warner Records)
  • Burial Waves — Holy Ground EP (Dark Operative)
  • Canadian Brass — Canadiana (Linus Entertainment)
  • Casper Skulls — Knows No Kindness (Next Door Records)
  • Cedric Noel — Hang Time (Joyful Noise Recordings)
  • Charlotte Cardin — Phoenix Deluxe (Cult Nation)
  • Claire Cronin — Bloodless (Orindal Records)
  • Claptone — Closer (Different Recordings)
  • Cody Jinks — Mercy (Late August Records)
  • Cody Jinks — None The Wiser (Late August Records)
  • Constant Smiles — Paragons (Sacred Bones Records)
  • Corrina Repp — Island (Jealous Butcher)
  • Courtney Barnett — Things Take Time, Take Time (Mom + Pop)
  • Daniel Wyche — Earthwork (American Dreams)
  • Dave Gahan & Soulsavers — Imposter (Columbia)
  • Devin Hoff — Voices From The Empty Moor (Kill Rock Stars)
  • The Dodos — Grizzly Peak (Polyvinyl)
  • Dope Lemon — Rose Pink Cadillac (BMG)
  • Endless Boogie — Admonitions (Piccadilly Records)
  • Enuff Z’nuff — Enuff Z’Nuff’s Hardrock Nite (Frontiers)
  • Fractures — Summer EP (FADER Label/Caroline Australia)
  • Gabriel Sayer — Beautiful Relaxing Music (Acrophase Records)
  • GALÁN / VOGT — The Sweet Wait (Norman Records)
  • Geographer — Down And Out In The Garden Of Earthly Delights (self-released)
  • Gov’t Mule — Heavy Load Blues (Fantasy Records)
  • Hackedepicciotto — The Silver Threshold (Mute)
  • Holm — Why Don’t You Dance (PNKSLM Recordings)
  • Hushdrops — The Static (Pravda Records)
  • Idles — Crawler (Partisan)
  • Jake Shimabukuro — Jake & Friends (Mascot Label Group/Music Theories Recordings)
  • Joell Ortiz — Autograph (Mello Music Group)
  • Joel Vandroogenbroeck — Far View (Coloursound)
  • Jon Hopkins — Music For Psychedelic Therapy (Domino)
  • Justin Courtney Pierre — Ghost World EP (Epitaph Records)
  • Katelyn Tarver — Subject To Change (Schoolkids Records)
  • Keys N Krates — Original Classic (Last Gang Records)
  • Kills Birds — Married (Royal Mountain Records)
  • Kramer — Words & Music, Book One (Joyful Noise Recordings)
  • Kylie Minogue — Disco: Guest List Edition (Darenote/BMG)
  • LA Guns — Checkered Past (Frontiers Music Srl.)
  • Laraaji & Arji OceAnanda — Circle Of Celebration (Our Silent Canvas)
  • Land Of Talk — Calming Night Partner EP (Saddle Creek)
  • Lee Ranaldo — In Virus Times (Mute)
  • Lightleak — Tender Fits (Model Love Songs)
  • Lil Wayne — Tha Carter Singles Collection (Young Money Records/Republic Records)
  • Lilac Kings — I’m Only Dreaming EP (Revival Recordings)
  • Lionlimb — Spiral Groove (Bayonet)
  • Logic1000 — In The Sweetness Of You EP (Because Music)
  • Louie Short — Omw 4ev (444%)
  • Malcolm Jiyane Tree-O — UMDALI (Mushroom Hour Half Hour)
  • Meskerem Mees — Julius (Mayway Records)
  • Mike Squires — #2 Record (Couch Riffs Media)
  • MSC — What You Say Of Power (First Terrace Records)
  • Nick Vivid — No More Secrets (MegaPlatinum Records)
  • Non Serviam — Il Pleut Partout Derrière (Trepanation Recordings)
  • NOW Ensemble — Before And After (New Amsterdam Records)
  • NRBQ — Dragnet (Omnivore Recordings)
  • Paul Schütze — The Second Law (Phantom Limb)
  • Pip Blom — Welcome Break (Red Yeti Records)
  • Poppy Ackroyd — Pause (One Little Independent Records)
  • Rise Against — Nowhere Sessions EP (Loma Vista Recordings)
  • Robert Sotelo — Upset The Rhythm (Forced Exposure)
  • Rod Stewart — The Tears Of Hercules (Warner/Rhino)
  • Rush Davis + Kingdom — Transmission (Young Art Records)
  • Safety Town — Fake It (Earth Libraries)
  • Sally Anne Morgan — Cups (Thrill Jockey)
  • Sara Rachele — Heartstrings (Ropeadope Records)
  • The Seafloor Cinema — In Cinemascope With Stereophonic Sound (Pure Noise Records)
  • Seafoam Walls — XVI (Daydream Library)
  • Sega Bodega — Romeo (NUXXE)
  • She & Him — A Very She & Him Christmas (10th Anniversary Deluxe) (Merge Records)
  • Silk Sonic — An Evening With Silk Sonic (Aftermath/Atlantic)
  • Snarls — What About Flowers? EP (Take This To Heart Records)
  • Speedy Ortiz — The Death Of Speedy Ortiz & Cop Kicker…Forever (Carpark Records)
  • Susanna Hoffs — Bright Lights (Baroque Folk)
  • Taylor Swift — Red (Taylor’s Version) (Republic)
  • Tertia May — TM Radio EP (Twisted Hearts Records)
  • They Might Be Giants — Book (Restless Records)
  • Trousdale — What Happiness Is (Independent)
  • Walk The Moon — Heights (RCA Records)
  • Ziúr & James Ginzburg — Myxomy (Impatto Sonoro)

Friday, November 19

  • Alewya — Panther In Mode EP (Because London Records)
  • Angel Haze — Girl With The Gun EP (Long Flight Home)
  • Apollo Brown & Stalley — Blacklight (Mello Music Group)
  • Baldi/Gerycz — Roadsided And Double Toothed (self-released)
  • Beach Fossils — The Other Side Of Life: Piano Ballads (Piccadilly Records)
  • Bears In Trees — And Everybody Smiled Back (Counter Intuitive Records)
  • Ben LaMar Gay — Open Arms To Open Us (International Anthem / Nonesuch Records)
  • Between You & Me — Armageddon (Hopeless Records)
  • Body/Dilloway/Head — Body/Dilloway/Head (Three Lobed Recordings)
  • Brian Wilson — At My Piano (Decca)
  • Chris Liebing — Another Day (Mute)
  • Civerous — Decrepit Flesh Relic (Transylvanian Recordings)
  • Coldcut — @0 (Ahead Of Our Time)
  • Converge And Chelsea Wolfe — Bloodmoon: I (Epitaph)
  • Dan Campbell — Other People’s Lives (Loneliest Place On Earth)
  • The Darkness — Motorheart (Cooking Vinyl)
  • Daxma — Unmarked Boxes (Blues Funeral Recordings)
  • Deap Vally — Marriage (Cooking Vinyl)
  • Dion — Stomping Ground (KTBA Records)
  • Dixon / Akers — Slime Resolution (Heavy Machinery Records)
  • Elbow — Flying Dream 1 (Virgin Music International)
  • Exodus — Persona Non Grata (Nuclear Blast)
  • Fine Place — This New Heaven (Night School Records)
  • Hearts & Hand Grenades — Between The Lines (Eclipse Records)
  • John Thayer — Supermundane (Moon Villain)
  • Jools Holland — Pianola. Piano & Friends (Rhino)
  • Jonathan Antoine — ChristmasLand (LOKI Records)
  • Leo Nocentelli — Another Side (Light In The Attic Records)
  • Makaya McCraven — Deciphering The Message (Blue Note Records)
  • Mayday Parade — What It Means To Fall Apart (Rise Records)
  • Mickael Karkousse — Where Do We Begin EP (Virgin Music)
  • Mike Pride — I Hate Work (Rarenoise Records)
  • Modern Nature — Island Of Noise (Bella Union)
  • Mr Twin Sister — Al Mundo Azul (Twin Group)
  • Noir Disco — NOW! 2073 (Terrible Records)
  • Ovlov — Buds (Exploding In Sound Records)
  • Peakes — Peripheral Figures (Practise Music)
  • Robert DeLong — Walk Like Me (Glassnote Records)
  • Robert Plant & Alison Krauss — Raise The Roof (Warner Music)
  • Scowl — How Flowers Grow (Flatspot Records)
  • Shutups — Six EP (Kill Rock Stars)
  • Simon Ward — Simon And The Island (Windsurfer Records/Glassnote Music)
  • Sissi Rada — Nanodiamond (Kryptox)
  • Smile — Phantom Island (Chimp Limb)
  • Snake Mountain Revival — Everything In Sight (Rebel Waves Records)
  • Sting — The Bridge (Cherrytree Records)
  • Swallow The Sun — Moonflowers (Alone Records)
  • Tom Hamilton & Holly Bowling — Lacuna (Royal Potato Family)
  • Ultra Q — Get Yourself A Friend EP (Royal Mountain Records)
  • Various Artists — 10 Years Of Double Double Whammy (Double Double Whammy)
  • Various Artists — Satisfaction Guaranteed: The Sound Of Philadelphia International Records Volume 2 (Vinyl Me, Please)
  • VRSTY — Welcome Home (Spirit Music Group)
  • Weakened Friends — Quitter (Don Giovanni Records)
  • When Rivers Meet — Saving Grace (One Road Records)

Friday, November 26

  • Bitumen — Cleareye Shining (Heavy Machinery Records)
  • Black Label Society — Doom Crew Inc. (Spinefarm)
  • Bryce Dessner And Aaron Dessner — Cyrano (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Verve)
  • Color Dolor — Blurry Things (Soliti)
  • Cousin Kula — Double Dinners (Rhythm Section)
  • Deep Purple — Turning To Crime (earMUSIC)
  • Deine Lakaien — Dual + (Chrom Records)
  • Hasse Fröberg & Musical Companion — We Are The Truth (Glassville Records)
  • JASSS — A World Of Service (Ostgut Ton)
  • The KVB — Unity (Invada Records)
  • Lindy-Fay Hella & Dei Farne — Hildring (ByNorse Music)
  • NOËP — No Man Is An Island (Humming Records/Warner Music Baltics)
  • Pave The Jungle — Waiting for Nothing EP (Daemon T.V.)
  • Richard Dawson & Circle — Henki (Weird World.)
  • Riki — Gold (Dais Records)
  • µ-Ziq & Mrs Jynx — Secret Garden (Planet Mu)

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

Donald Glover Has A Problem With People Comparing Lil Dicky’s ‘Dave’ To ‘Atlanta’

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Ever since Lil Dicky’s FX series Dave premiered last year, it drew instant and bountiful comparisons to Donald Glover’s show Atlanta. Indeed, there are obvious major parallels: Both shows are made by rapper/comedians, they’re both about what it’s like to be a rapper, and they both air on FX. The two were also paired together in headlines last year when Dave passed Atlanta to become FX’s most-watched comedy series ever. So, while many people put the shows on similar ground. Glover (aka Childish Gambino) is tired of it.

In a now-deleted tweet shared yesterday, Glover took exception to the Atlanta/Dave comparisons, writing, “and just for the record, im watching yall saying ‘dave’ is on par. like yall forgot what we did. no disrespect.” he quickly added, “we got black people on here debating which is better, and IM the sellout?”

In a New York Times interview from this summer, Dicky said he doesn’t think the two shows are that alike: “I’m a big fan of that show, I think it’s a great show. I feel like they’re very different shows.” When the interviewer responded, “I can’t think of two more similar shows,” Dicky replied, “That’s crazy. When I hear it, I don’t feel offended I feel complimented.” He continued, “I think they’re very different. I think our show is trying to be funny — a lot more jokes. Theirs is just the tonal brilliance. I see them as different shows.”

Ye’s ‘Donda’ May Soon Receive The Deluxe Treatment Thanks To A Teaser On Apple Music

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Ye’s Donda seemingly took forever to come out. The project arrived more than a year after it was originally announced and after three album listening sessions held in major stadiums in Atlanta and Chicago. Thankfully, the wait came to an end at the end of August when the rapper released the project complete with 27 songs and guest appearances from Jay-Z, Lil Durk, Young Thug, Roddy Ricch, The LOX, Lil Baby, The Weeknd, Playboi Carti, Kid Cudi, Don Toliver, Ty Dolla Sign, and more. Two months after Donda was released, Ye is seemingly gearing up to release a deluxe version of the album.

A Twitter user shared two screenshots of teasers for a deluxe reissue for Donda on Twitter. The first appear on the platform’s Italy page and was captioned, “A deluxe version of Yeezus’ tenth recording miracle,” while the second appeared on Apple Music’s Germany page. Ye or anyone in his camp has to confirm when the deluxe would arrive or whether or not one is in the works in the first place.

This comes after the rapper’s Donda stem players were finally delivered to fans who purchased it. The device allows “customize any song” and control vocals, drums, bass, and samples, isolate certain parts of a song, as well as add effects. The stem players were also delivered three unreleased songs — “Life Of The Party,” “Up From The Ashes,” and “Never Abandon Your Family” — in addition to Ye’s complete tenth album.

You can view the screenshots of the Apple Music teasers for Donda deluxe above.

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

Wale Explained How A Bad Touring Experience Pushed Him To Leave Jay-Z’s Roc Nation

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While he spent more than a decade under Rick Ross’ Maybach Music Group, Wale, who just released his Folarin II album, has called a few other labels home throughout his career. This includes Interscope, Atlantic, and Warner Records, where he resides today. Another place he called home at one point was Jay-Z’s Roc Nation, which served as his management team since 2009. However, during his 2013 What Dreams May Come Tour with fellow rapper and good friend J. Cole, Wale was pushed to leave Roc Nation after he came to a shocking realization during the string of shows, something he revealed during an appearance on the Drink Champs podcast.

“What happened was, I was in the Hov cycle for a long time,” he said on the podcast. “There was a time that I was on tour with J. Cole. At the time, I was opening for him. They said it was a co-headlining tour, but whatever, I was opening for him, and it was an elaborate stage and this that and the third.”

He continued, “And somebody in my circle told me, ‘You’re losing 5 grand every time you get on stage. Not only are you’re not breaking even, you’re losing money.’ Me, at that point in my life, I forget what city we was in but I was on the bus and I got an offer to do a tour with two other artists. And I wanted to go with Cole because that’s my brother and we just did the Hov tour.”

At this point, Wale knew a decision had to be made between staying or exiting the tour. “I could literally be hosting clubs and making this a night,” he noted. “I just had a meltdown for real and I remember whatever city I was in, there were three days left and I just quit the tour. I just quit.” Wale added, “If I was touring by myself, I could be bussin’ it crazy every night. So I kinda just had a meltdown and I didn’t know who to call, my lawyer or my accountant. The next day, called somebody there and they gave me this option or that option.”

Despite his frustrations, Wale maintains that it’s been nothing but love between him and Jay-Z since the touring incident. “It’s been all love ever since but I wasn’t privy to this f*ckin’ music industry sh*t,” Wale admitted. ” I just knew, this many people in the room, we can make something happen. Jay’s still my idol, still my favorite rapper. I still got all the love for all of them. I was just a little bit early in this sh*t though.”

You can watch the full Drink Champs video

Drake’s ‘Certified Lover Boy’ Earns Its Fifth Overall Week At No. 1

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Drake’s sixth album Certified Lover Boy has spent the second-most weeks at No. 1 in 2021. It trails Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album, as that project held on to the top spot for ten consecutive weeks. While Drake’s reign isn’t that impressive, it’s still noteworthy in its own right. The rapper has already collected four non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 which began with 631,000 units sold in its first week on the chart, the largest amount for any album released in 2021. Now, more than a month later, Certified Lover Boy is still holding on to the throne on the Billboard 200.

A week after Young Thug earned the second No. 1 album of his career with Punk, an album Drake appears on, Certified Lover Boy reclaimed the top spot on the Billboard 200 dated November 6. It took the No. 1 spot thanks to 74,000 units sold, a number comprised of 73,000 streaming equivalent album units while pure album sales accounted for less than 1,000 units. With its fifth week at No. 1, Certified Lover Boy ties Drake’s 2018 album Scorpion for the second-most weeks spent atop the charts. Both albums fall behind his 2016 effort Views, which posted 13 weeks at No. 1.

Other highlights on the chart this week include Moneybagg Yo’s A Gangsta’s Pain at No. 6, thanks to its newly-released deluxe reissue, and Lana Del Rey’s Blue Bannisters, which checks in at No. 8 to give Del Rey the eighth top-10 album of her career.

Revisit our review of Certified Lover Boy here.

Ye Brings Out Marilyn Manson And Justin Bieber For His First Sunday Service Concert In Over A Year

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The last time the world received a Sunday Service concert from Ye, who legally changed his name from Kanye West a few weeks ago, the rapper was just a few months removed from his 2019 album Jesus Is King. Fast-forward 18 months, Ye returned with a new Sunday Service concert on Halloween. The event was held on the rooftop of an unknown location and it featured appearances from Marilyn Manson, Justin Bieber, and Roddy Ricch according to viewers who tuned into the livestream which was broadcast on Triller and Fite TV.

Manson, who was controversially invited onstage by Ye for Chicago’s Donda listening session, and Bieber both lead individual prayers of their own during the service while Roddy Ricch was spotted with the trio in the surrounding crowd. While this was the first official Sunday Service event in 18 months, it marks the first time the group delivered a live performance since DMX’s funeral earlier this year where they performed tracks that included Soul II Soul’s “Keep On Movin’” and Ye’s “Ultralight Beam.”

The performance comes after Ye’s Yeezy brand was hit with a lawsuit. Recently elected LA County District Attorney George Gascón filed the suit on October 22 for the brand for their failure to “ship items within thirty days and failing to provide adequate delay notices” to customers.

You can few images from the Halloween Sunday Service above.

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