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‘The Vince Staples Show’ Renewed for Season 2 at Netflix

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Vince Staples Drops Trailer for 'The Vince Staples Show' Headed to Netflix

Vince Staples will make a return to Netflix. The streaming giant has confirmed a renewal of The Vince Staples Show for a second season.

“The Vince Staples Show is back!” Staples said. “The people have spoken and the most riveting, captivating, and polarizing show on Netflix is returning for season 2. Get ready for hijinks that only a mother can love. Thank you, Netflix!”

Starring alongside Staples in the show were Vanessa Bell Calloway and Andrea Ellsworth.

Last week, Vince Staples unveiled his eighth studio album, Dark Times, via Blacksmith Records / Def Jam Recordings. This album marks a new era in the prolific artist’s career, blending dense lyricism with lush, layered beats, and offering wry, melancholic observations about life, while finding pockets of light in an endless dark.

Dark Times features minimal guest voices, relying on samples, studio friends, and a narrative outro by iconic alt singer-songwriter Santigold, who shares an apocalyptic yet awe-inspiring dream with Staples. Notable moments include the track “Liars,” which incorporates an excerpt from a 1973 conversation between Nikki Giovanni and James Baldwin about Black love, and “Government Cheese,” where Staples raps about an imprisoned friend reaching out after seeing him on TV.

The album balances its introspective themes with celebratory tracks such as “Étouffée,” a bouncy ode to Staples’ Louisiana roots, and “Little Homies,” a message encouraging the younger generation. “Freeman,” the final song before Santigold’s outro, showcases Staples’ reflective coolness.

Ahead of the album’s release, Staples shared the first single and visual for “Shame On the Devil.”

 “It’s a testament to where I am right now and how I view things—it’s just a timestamp,” Staples says of the album. “I might not feel like that again tomorrow. But in the process of making this project, these were the things that spoke to me.”

In support of Dark Times, Staples will embark on his headlining BLACK IN EUROPA TOUR, starting June 4th in Cologne, Germany. The tour will visit Berlin, Paris, London, and Manchester before concluding in Birmingham, UK, on June 13. Staples will also perform at various European festivals in August, including Oya in Oslo, Flow Festival in Helsinki, and HipHop Open in Stuttgart. For tickets and the full list of dates, visit www.vincestaples.com/tour.

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“The Vince Staples Show” Renewed For Season 2 By Netflix

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The second season of The Vince Staples Show is on the way as the series has been renewed by Netflix. “The ‘Vince Staples Show’ is back!” Staples said in a statement. “The people have spoken and the most riveting, captivating, and polarizing show on Netflix is returning for season 2. Get ready for hijinks that only a mother can love. Thank you, Netflix!” This is amazing news for Staples fans and the man himself. The show was a pretty big hit when it made waves on Netflix.

The show’s five-episode debut season debuted on Netflix on February 15. The project was first approved in late 2022. In the series, Staples plays a fictitious version of himself. Vanessa Bell Calloway and Andrea Ellsworth feature in regular guest star roles, plus guest actors Naté Jones, Rick Ross, Arturo Castro, Scott MacArthur, Bryan Greenberg, and Myles Bullock. Along with Kenya Barris, Staples executive produces for Khalabo Ink Society, Ian Edelman, Maurice Williams, Corey Smyth, and William Stefan Smith. Williams, Edelman, and Staples collaborated on the series’ creation.

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Vince Staples Netflix Show Renewed For Season

LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY – MAY 25: Vince Staples performs during the inaugural 2024 Gazebo Festival at Waterfront Park on May 25, 2024 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Stephen J. Cohen/Getty Images)

The official description of the series states: “Who’s Vince Staples? Well, that’s a tricky question. He’s kind of famous, but he’s not. He’s kind of rich, but he’s not. He’s also kind of a criminal. But he’s…not? Follow him on his daily adventures, where anything that can go wrong usually does.” Staples has had previous on-screen appearances in written projects before the program. He has appeared in a few movies, such as Dope, and in an episode of Insecure, he played himself. Additionally, he voiced Lazor Wulf, the lead character in the Adult Swim animated series. Furthermore, he has a recurring character on Abbott Elementary.

“There are 365 days in a year, so we’re able to have 365 episodes of this thing because they’re all based on what it’s like to just exist day-to-day,” Staples added. “Next for Vince is literally anything because anything could happen at any moment, that’s just how life works.” Overall, Vince Staples is flying high. His latest album just released, and his TV show is getting renewed, so it’s been a pretty good week for VInce.

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Vince Staples’ New Album Gets Co-Signed By Rock Legend Flea

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Vince Staples has won over the world with his new album, Dark Times. Despite being one of the bleakest and densest releases of his career, the album has received universal praise critics and fans. The L.A. MC has also gotten a co-sign from one of the definitive West Coast bands of the last four decades: Red Hot Chili Peppers. The bassist for the band, Flea, hopped on X (formerly Twitter) on May 26 to praise Dark Times and Staples’ approach to songwriting.

Flea is a man of few words, but a lot of personality. It’s what makes him arguably the most famous bass player of all time. His Dark Times review was predictably brief yet succinct: “New Vince Staples so deep and good,” he wrote. Flea has been an advocate of hip-hop since the 1990s. He told AllHipHop that his favorite producer is J Dilla, whom he was put onto during a jam session with Erykah Badu. “I was doing this thing,” he recalled in 2012. “I was playing with Erykah Badu a while ago, you know, and she really…got me into J Dilla… It was like brought me to tears because of how beautiful it is.”

Read More: Vince Staples Pays Homage To New Orleans Hip-Hop Culture On “Étouffée”

Flea Has Liked Vince Staples And OF For Years

Flea has also voiced support for Odd Future. “The Odd Future kids,” he singled out in the same interview. “I can [relate] just, in terms, like, it’s like wild, you know.” The similarities between OF and Red Hot Chili Peppers are obvious, especially considering how raucous the latter were in the 1980s. The bassist’s love for Odd Future hasn’t wavered, either. In 2023, Flea welcomed Earl Sweatshirt as a guest for his podcast, This Little Light. He praised the rapper’s dense wordplay and production style.

He also compared the OF crew to prime Wu-Tang Clan (who he is also a fan of). “You know, Wu-tang has been, like, a big thing for me a lot through the years,” he explained. “You know, all the solo records, and I love Ghostface and the Apollo Kids [album] he came out with.” Given Flea’s favorite hip-hop artists, it makes perfect sense that he would love Vince Staples. The rapper was an affiliate of Odd Future during their heyday, and he had arguably the best verse on Earl Sweatshirt’s major label debut, Doris. He knows talent when he hears it.

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Lollapalooza 2024 Has A Stacked Set Of Aftershows By Tyla, Vince Staples, Tate McRae, And Others

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Lollapalooza has a loaded lineup for the 2024 festival, featuring Tyler The Creator, SZA, Hozier, Future x Metro Boomin, Stray Kids, The Killers, Blink-182, Skrillex, and plenty more. Chicago is set to be bustling outside of the core festival, too: Today (May 28), Coachella organizers announced the lineup for the official late-night aftershows.

Artists set to perform at various venues in the city include Benson Boone, Blondshell, Blu DeTiger, Chappell Roan, d4vd, Dillon Francis x Valentino Khan, Ethel Cain, Faye Webster, Geese, The Japanese House, Kesha, Kevin Abstract, Killer Mike, Labrinth, The Last Dinner Party, Militarie Gun, Raye, Tate McRae, Teezo Touchdown, Two Door Cinema Club, Tyla, and Vince Staples, among others.

The shows all run between July 30 and August 4. Tickets for the events go on sale starting on May 31 (this Friday) at 10 a.m. CT. Find more information about that on the Lollapalooza website.

Lollapalooza is set to go down from August 1 to 4 at Chicago’s Grant Park. Tickets went on sale a while ago now, but some are still available. The festival website currently lists 1-day general admission tickets starting $149, 2-day general admission tickets for $318, 4-day general admission tickets for $409, and other tiers of tickets are other price points. Check out the website for more information.

Vince Staples Pays Homage To New Orleans Hip-Hop Culture On “Étouffée”

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Vince Staples made sure he went out with a bang before departing from Def Jam Recordings. The now developed Long Beach, California multi-hyphenate has come a long way since joining the label nearly 11 years ago. For him, Dark Times is essentially a culmination of all of the skills that he has now harnessed and honed in. It is a mixture of great storytelling, rapping, thematic execution, and production choices.

One track that sees Vince Staples deliver on all those fronts is “Étouffée.” On this cut, the veteran uses this time to reflect on how far he has come from the Dark Times he went through growing up. Instead of getting really grim, Staples keeps it all the way 100 with the fans and people he proved wrong throughout his career. It is a fairly celebratory moment on the record and is a bit of a full circle moment.

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Listen To “Étouffée” By Vince Staples

“No love, I’ma sleep with my weapon / Porsche 911, slide through the section / Gotta show my homies I’m on now / Both soles on the ground, never sold out.” While this is going on, Vince is showing love to the rap culture in the rich city of New Orleans. “Big timin’, like them n****s in New Orleans / Grill shinin’, like them n****s from Magnolia / Chopper City in the ghetto, I’m a soldier now.” There is also a bright and fun beat switch at the end, which is clear nod to New Orleans bounce. Even though there are ton of great listens, “Étouffée” may be at the top.

What are your thoughts on “Étouffée” by Vince Staples? Is this the best track from Dark Times, why or why not? What is your favorite aspect of it? How would you rank all of his Def Jam releases? We would like to hear what you have to say, so be sure to leave your takes in the comments section. Additionally, always keep it locked in with HNHH for all of the latest news surrounding Vince Staples. Finally, stay with us for everything else going on in the music world.

Quotable Lyrics:

Dropped Big Fish, cuh been weak since (Cuh be trippin’)
Damn, tell me how you really feel (That’s how you feel?)
And, all I wantеd was a couple mill’ (Okay)
Make the city proud (Hood)
Put it on ‘forе them crackers come and tear it down
What are you about?

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Vince Staples Releases Eighth Studio Album ‘Dark Times’

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Vince Staples today unveiled his eighth studio album, Dark Times, via Blacksmith Records / Def Jam Recordings. This album marks a new era in the prolific artist’s career, blending dense lyricism with lush, layered beats, and offering wry, melancholic observations about life, while finding pockets of light in an endless dark.

Dark Times features minimal guest voices, relying on samples, studio friends, and a narrative outro by iconic alt singer-songwriter Santigold, who shares an apocalyptic yet awe-inspiring dream with Staples. Notable moments include the track “Liars,” which incorporates an excerpt from a 1973 conversation between Nikki Giovanni and James Baldwin about Black love, and “Government Cheese,” where Staples raps about an imprisoned friend reaching out after seeing him on TV.

The album balances its introspective themes with celebratory tracks such as “Étouffée,” a bouncy ode to Staples’ Louisiana roots, and “Little Homies,” a message encouraging the younger generation. “Freeman,” the final song before Santigold’s outro, showcases Staples’ reflective coolness.

Ahead of the album’s release, Staples shared the first single and visual for “Shame On the Devil.”

 “It’s a testament to where I am right now and how I view things—it’s just a timestamp,” Staples says of the album. “I might not feel like that again tomorrow. But in the process of making this project, these were the things that spoke to me.”

In support of Dark Times, Staples will embark on his headlining BLACK IN EUROPA TOUR, starting June 4th in Cologne, Germany. The tour will visit Berlin, Paris, London, and Manchester before concluding in Birmingham, UK, on June 13. Staples will also perform at various European festivals in August, including Oya in Oslo, Flow Festival in Helsinki, and HipHop Open in Stuttgart. For tickets and the full list of dates, visit www.vincestaples.com/tour.

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Vince Staples’ New Album “Dark Times” Is Sobering And Soulful

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Vince Staples doesn’t leave things to chance. He’s a big picture emcee, and as such, every one of his albums have had a unique conceptual or musical framework. Summertime ’06 was a bleak nostalgia trip, while Big Fish Theory was an attempt to predict hip-hop’s sonic future. Staples strips away the window dressing on his latest release, however. The aptly-titled Dark Times is his most stripped-down release yet, and still, the rapper manages to squeeze thematic resonance out of each single track. It’s not an easy listen, but it’s undeniably powerful one.

The sobering, soulful framework of Dark Times is immediately established with the song “Black&Blue.” The grimness of the lyrics fuse with a gorgeous Sacred Souls sample to create something akin to a West Coast riff on Wu-Tang. Think “Tearz” with more bounce. Vince Staples sounds weary as ever on cuts like “Government Cheese” and “Shame on the Devil.” The latter is especially wistful thanks to the uncredited backing vocals. The rapper’s previous album, Ramona Park Broke My Heart, was a similarly moody affair, but it had G-funk flourishes to keep the listener bobbing their head. There’s no such entry point on Dark Times.

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Vince Staples Puts The Focus On His Songwriting

Staples wants all ears to be on his songwriting. “Justin” is a showcase for the rapper’s storytelling skills, while “Nothing Matters” pushes the bleakness to previously untapped levels. Dark Times is going to put off casual Staples fans (ones who are expecting something closer to his Netflix show), but it never veers too far in terms of self-indulgence. It’s well thought out and economical.

There are even a couple hidden grooves like “Radio” and “Little Homies.” The former sounds like it was pulled right out of Staples’ self-titled album from 2021. Vince Staples is probably the closest in spirit to Dark Times: both will require patience to fully appreciate.

What are your thoughts on this brand-new album Dark Times by Vince Staples? Does it live up to the rest of the rapper’s catalog? Is it his best album yet? Which song is your favorite? We would like to hear what you have to say, so be sure to leave your takes in the comments section. Additionally, always keep it locked in with HNHH for all of the latest news surrounding Vince Staples. Finally, stay with us for everything else going on around the music world.

  1. Close Your Eyes and Swing
  2. Black&Blue
  3. Government Cheese
  4. Children’s Song
  5. Shame on the Devil
  6. Etouffee
  7. Liars
  8. Justin
  9. “Radio”
  10. Nothing Matters
  11. Little Homies
  12. Freeman
  13. Why Won’t the Sun Come Out?

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Who Is The Voice On ‘Why Won’t the Sun Come Out?’ From Vince Staples’ ‘Dark Times’ Album?

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Vince Staples is having a hell of a year. Earlier this year, the Long Beach rapper repped his hometown on Netflix’s The Vince Staples Show, a semi-autobiographical series following him in different scenarios in his day-to-day life. Tonight (May 23), Staples dropped Dark Times — his eighth studio album and his final album on Def Jam.

Like all of Staples’ projects, Dark Times is very cinematic in tone, but this time, Staples’ storytelling is sharper than ever.

The album ends with an outro called “Why Won’t The Sun Come Out?” — an anecdote recited by Staples, but another artist.

Who is the voice on “Why Won’t the Sun Come Out?” from Vince Staples’ Dark Times album?

At the end of Dark Times, fans hear a woman ruminating on creativity, spirituality, love, sexuality, and violence. The woman also details a haunting dream she once had, as Staples faintly repeats the phrase “Why won’t the sun come out?”

The woman in question is New York singer, songwriter, and rapper Santigold. This mark the second time the two have worked together — the first being on “Give It All,” a 2017 collaboration with LA music group, With You.

You can listen to “Why Won’t The Sun Come Out?” above.

Dark Times is out now via Def Jam/Blacksmith. Find more information here.

When Is Vince Staples’ New Album ‘Dark Times’ On Spotify & Apple Music?

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Vince Staples’ new album Dark Times is on the way, just a week after the Long Beach rapper announced it. So, when will it be available to stream on DSPs like Apple Music and Spotify?

With a release date of May 24, the album should go live on streaming services at midnight, Eastern, 9 PM, Pacific.

In Vince’s album announcement, he explained its inspirations. “Eleven years ago, a young, uncertain version of myself was given an opportunity with Def Jam Recordings,” he wrote. “I released my first project under their banner, Shyne Coldchain Vol 2, a year later. I was unsure of what to expect from the world of music, but deeply aware of what I needed: a change in my surroundings and a clear understanding of self. Ten years and seven projects later, I’ve found that clarity. Now, I share with you my final Def Jam release, Dark Times.”

Dark Times is part of a busy year for Vince. In February, he launched his Netflix series, The Vince Staples Show, to extremely positive feedback from both fans and critics.

He’s also billed on multiple festival lineups this summer, including Jack Harlow’s inaugural Gazebo Festival and Helsinki, Finland’s Flow Festival.

You can find more information about Vince’s upcoming album, including its tracklist, below.

Vince Staples’ Dark Times Tracklist

1. “Close Your Eyes And Swing”
2. “Black & Blue”
3. “Government Cheese”
4. “Children’s Song”
5. “Shame On The Devil”
6. “Étouffée”
7. “Liars”
8. “Justin”
9. “Radio”
10. “Nothing Matters”
11. “Little Homies”
12. “Freeman”
13. “Why Won’t The Sun Come Out?”

Vince Staples’ New Album ‘Dark Times’: Everything To Know, Including The Release Date, Tracklist & More

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New music from Vince Staples is on the way, in the form of his final album for Def Jam, Dark Times, which arrives on May 24.

In announcing the new album, Vince gave an uncharacteristically earnest accounting of its creation, writing, “Eleven years ago, a young, uncertain version of myself was given an opportunity with Def Jam Recordings. I released my first project under their banner, Shyne Coldchain Vol 2, a year later. I was unsure of what to expect from the world of music, but deeply aware of what I needed: a change in my surroundings and a clear understanding of self. Ten years and seven projects later, I’ve found that clarity. Now, I share with you my final Def Jam release, Dark Times.”

Here is everything to know about Dark Times, Vince Staples’ sixth album overall, and his final one for Def Jam.

Release Date

Dark Times is out 5/24 via Def Jam/ARTium/Blacksmith. Find more info here.

Tracklist

1. “Close Your Eyes And Swing”
2. “Black & Blue”
3. “Government Cheese”
4. “Children’s Song”
5. “Shame On The Devil”
6. “Étouffée”
7. “Liars”
8. “Justin”
9. “Radio”
10. “Nothing Matters”
11. “Little Homies”
12. “Freeman”
13. “Why Won’t The Sun Come Out?”

Singles

So far, Vince has released one single, “Shame On The Devil.”

Features

There are no listed features on the tracklist, but that could just mean Vince wants to keep them a secret

Artwork

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Tour

Vince hasn’t announced a tour yet, but it wouldn’t be surprising if he did after the release of his new album.