Pink Sweats And Kehlani Give A Harmonious Performance Of ‘At My Worst’ On ‘The Tonight Show’

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Pink Sweats and Kehlani’s performance on their Pink Planet duet “At My Worst” is already gently harmonious, but the duo kicked it up a notch on The Tonight Show with a gorgeous visual component that perfectly accented the duality of the soul-stirring ballad.

Performing in a room split down the middle, each artist’s side is the perfect complement to the other’s. On Pink Sweats’ side, he wears his customary color, which contrasts nicely with the canary yellow decor. He’s backed by a female guitarist, while on the other side, Kehlani wears a yellow dress in a pink room, backed by a male guitarist. The yin-and-yang effect mirrors the complementary quality of their voices as they sing both to each other and to their respective loves (Pink Sweats recently proposed to his longtime girlfriend JL Bunny, who is a performer in her own right).

Sweats is fresh off the release of his debut album Pink Planet, which dropped last month backed by the loving single “Heaven.” Meanwhile, Kehlani has been leading the R&B resurgence with a slew of features in 2020 supporting her musical peers and her last album, It Was Good Until It Wasn’t.

Watch Pink Sweats and Kehlani’s harmonious performance of “At My Worst” above.

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Southside Is ‘Throwing The Towel In’ After Completing His New Album

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Influential trap producer Southside of 808 Mafia plans to retire from producing after over a decade in the rap game spent making beats for the likes of Drake, G Herbo, Future, and more. Instead, he wants to focus on mentoring younger producers after the release of the next 808 Mafia project. He announced his decision in a series of tweets proposing, then explaining, the retirement while fielding questions from curious fans.

“I’m thinking bout retirement how y’all feel about that,” he said initially. While some fans were supportive, others expressed disappointment, while one simply asked that Southside share some of his wisdom before he retired. He chose to do just that, writing, “After this 808mafia album I’m done. I’m where I wanna be in life as a producer.”

He elaborated, though, that he wasn’t going to stop using the 808 Mafia brand to lend opportunities to newcomers and promised that the album itself would be top quality. Just kno this album is going to be great. I’m still gone lead for the culture, I’m still gone try to put new producers on, but as a producer, I’m throwing the towel in after this album.”

If Southside is serious about retiring, he’ll do so as one of rap’s more prolific hitmakers, responsible for some of Future’s biggest hits including “F*ck Up Some Commas” and “Wicked,” while in recent years, he’s landed placements on Drake’s Dark Lane Demo Tapes and Moneybagg Yo’s “Blue Jean Bandit.” Meanwhile, 808 Mafia, which was founded by Southside and Lex Luger in 2010, has over 30 listed members and a wide range of production credits, living up to Southside’s dream of putting new producers on.

Deante Hitchcock Bodies “Beatbox” Freestyle

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Last year, Deante Hitchcock felt like one of the game’s best-kept secrets, especially in the wake of his debut album Better. Now, the Atlanta rapper has returned with the second installment of his recently-launched Atlanta Tuesdays series (last week’s installment found him bodying “Let The Beat Build”), this time taking on the viral and challenge-sparking “Junebug” for his latest freestyle. 

Off the bat, Hitchcock makes his intentions abundantly clear, and make no mistake — they are those of a scoundrel. “Fuck that wine and dinin’ shit, how much the head cost?” he asks, setting a tone with his opening bars. “Baby I’m tryna bust a nut so hard my legs cross / she said she wasn’t fuckin’, skrrrt, a n***a sped off.” In fact, the entire freestyle is extremely pornographic in nature, with Hitchcock embracing the delights of smut and no-strings-attached arrangements. As for morality, well. “When I’m in it I tell her that I love her, that don’t mean a thing,” he raps, crossing his fingers in the accompanying video. “Long stroke her, she make hella voices, she Regina King.”

Check out the X-rated freestyle from Deante Hitchcock right here, and check back next Tuesday for another weekly drop from the versatile lyricist. 

QUOTABLE LYRICS

All my hoes treat me like I’m royalty, I’m king ding-a-ling
Long as you acting accordingly, you can be my queen
When I’m in it I tell her that I love her, that don’t mean a thing,
Long stroke her, she make hella voices, she Regina King

Lil Yachty & The Good Perry’s “Wanna Be Us” Was A Standout Cut From ‘Lil Boat’

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Five years ago, Lil Yachty emerged from the ranks of Soundcloud royalty to release his debut commercial mixtape Lil Boat. Released on Quality Control Music, Capitol Records, and Motown, the album peaked at the 106th position on the Billboard 200, but its seemingly unimpressive chart performance doesn’t properly contextualize the impact that Lil Yachty had on the music industry in 2016. Following the viral success of “One Night,” the Atlanta artist doubled down on his moment and released the fantastical, and actually decent, project Lil Boat.

In addition to Yachty’s massive hit “One Night,” Lil Boat also featured a full-on Atlanta extravaganza moonlighting as a remix to “Minnesota” and boasted an assortment of eclectic production from The Good Perry. One of the once close collaborators’ best efforts on the tape, however, was “Wanna Be Us,” which featured the two over bubbly, digital production, exchanging youthful verses about their newfound success.

Peep the video below and enjoy some vintage Yachty in honor of the five-year anniversary of Lil Boat.

Quotable Lyrics

I be posted up with Perry, I be counting up the guap
Keep a condom in my sock, ’cause these b*tches on my cock
I need a mouth full of rocks, and I need me a Rollie
Need a mansion for my brodies, need my diamonds to be dancin’

Guapdad 4000 Is Still Scamming On New Single “She Wanna” With P-Lo

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The Valentino Viper is back with some new music, releasing the latest single from his upcoming collaborative album with !llmind called “She Wanna” on Tuesday night.

Guapdad 4000 is one of the most hilarious rappers on the planet, constantly releasing content that will make you slap your knees as much as you’ll be bobbing your head. A recent signee to 88rising’s sub-label Paradise Rising, the Ferragamo Falcon is back with the music video for “She Wanna”, which is delightfully ridiculous. Bragging about his industry connections and more, Guap spits, “Told her I knew Drake and she sucked me,” which sets the tone for the entire song.

The anthem follows the West Coast scammer’s latest rendezvous with the ladies, swiping credit cards and sending them home on the bus because he’s banned from Uber. The new single was co-produced by the iconic P-Lo, who brings the bass to !llmind’s work.

“Me and Guap made this song in about 30 mins, everything just came out and we were pretty much laughing the whole time,” said P-Lo about the creation of this song in a press release.

1176, the new album from Guapdad 4000 and !llmind, is set to release on March 19.

Quotable Lyrics:

Every day, she want D-I-C-K
So I’m the one that she P-I-C-K
Yeah, she fine, but her partners all ugly
Told her I knew Drake and she sucked me

Lil Migo Cements Himself As The “Big Dog”

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Lil Migo recently dropped off his brand new album King Of The Trap, featuring appearances from 42 Dugg, Moneybagg Yo, Blac Youngsta, Rich The Kid, and more — you can listen to the entire project right here. For an early sample, consider the lead single “Big Dog,” which puts Lil Migo’s talents on display over a minor-key trap banger. 

Despite the up-tempo pace of the instrumental, Lil Migo opts to pull back his flow, his Memphis swagger evident in his presence. If she see this ice I’ll bet the bank she’ll come fuck me tonight,” he warns. “Can’t fuck with grimy n***as, they be the ones that come take your life.” He proceeds to switch up the flow for the second verse, keeping things engaging as he fires off lines at a rapid pace. “Four in the pineapple Fanta, feeling like Michael with Dirty Diana,” he raps. “Glock on me, no MC Hammer / you try me you probably get killed up on camera.” 

Though his rap name may not be the most original moniker in the world, it would be unwise to sleep on the self-declared King Of The Trap. Check out “Big Dog” now, and should you like what you hear, support the Memphis rapper’s debut project and run those numbers up.

QUOTABLE LYRICS 

Four in the pineapple Fanta, feeling like Michael with Dirty Diana
Glock on me, no MC Hammer
You try me you probably get killed up on camera

Janelle Monáe Performs Her Stacey Abrams Documentary Song ‘Turntables’ On ‘The Late Show’

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Back in September, Janelle Monáe dropped “Turntables,” which was written for All In: The Fight For Democracy, a documentary about Stacey Abrams. Last night, she brought the song to The Late Show for a stirring performance, for which Monáe was wielding a guitar and joined by a band in a shadowy room.

The song was recently included on the Oscars’ Best Original Song shortlist, which Monáe addressed in a pair of tweets last night, writing, “[All In] started out as a documentary that turned into a movement and I was blessed to be a part of it with ‘Turntables’. This song is for our people and part of a revolution that is still unfolding before our eyes. This song is not for me, but for We, WE THE PEOPLE. Thank you [Abrams], [Liz Garbus], & [Lisa Cortés] for all the incredible work you are doing to tell the truth about voter suppression. Thank you for calling & trusting me with this song. Thank you to [The Academy] for shortlisting both [All In] & ‘TurnTables.’”

Monáe also previously told Apple Music’s Zane Lowe of the song, “We are changing things. The tables are turning. The rooster has come home to roost. So, this song is capturing direction. And when you think about a record, when you think about a record spinning, when you think about the revolutions per minute, it’s all connected. And that is what this song means. This song doesn’t mean that I’m the leader, that I’m here to tell you what to do, how to fix things. I’m simply watching, examining and wanting to highlight all of the people who are on the front lines, fighting for our democracy, fighting against racial inequalities, fighting against white supremacy, fighting against systemic racism and systemic oppression. So, this song is to keep us motivated. This song is to lift up and keep us galvanized when we’re fatigued. And this song is really for the people.”

Watch Monáe perform “Turntables” above.

Phife Dawg’s ‘Nutshell Part 2’ Gets An Animated Lyric Video With Busta Rhymes And Redman

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Just in case the densely-packed wordplay in Phife Dawg‘s posthumous “Nutshell Part 2” got away from you, the song now has an animated lyric video to help make it easier to follow Phife, Busta Rhymes, and Redman‘s elaborate rhyme schemes. The video, which you can watch above, is exclusively premiering here at Uproxx. Featuring illustrated versions of our rhyme heroes bursting forth from a literal nutshell and dynamic synchronized artwork, the Mike Gordon-created lyric video (with additional animation from Konee Rok) is the latest part of the rollout for Phife’s upcoming posthumous album Forever, which is due later this year on AWAL.

Forever will be Phife’s first solo album since 2000’s Ventilation: Da LP, and while there’s little information so far, “Nutshell Part 2” gives us enough to go on to assume that it’ll make good use of the Five Footer’s contact list. Word has it, there’s still plenty of posthumous J Dilla production work yet to be released, so it’s possible that more beats from the late, great Detroit legend will appear here, along with cameos from other Native Tongues affiliates showing their affection for the dearly departed Phife. A Tribe Called Quest initially announced the album in 2017 but given the extra time they spent on perfecting it in the years since, it’s sure to be a fitting tribute to Phife’s legacy.

Watch Phife’s animated “Nutshell Pt 2” lyric video above.

Royce Da 5’9″ & His Dad Remember The First Call From Dr. Dre

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For those who might not know the history of Detroit legend Royce Da 5’9, it might come as a surprise to learn that he originally began his career as a protege of Dr. Dre. Having caught the Doc’s attention following a co-sign from his Bad Meets Evil counterpart Eminem, Dre took it upon himself to reach out to Royce and invite him to work on his sophomore album — a project that would later become 2001.

Royce Da 5'9"

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That invitation actually came by way of a house call, which found Dr. Dre speaking directly to Royce’s father Greg. As it happens, HipHopDX recently caught up with both Nickle and his dad during a video interview, and the Dre call made for a particularly entertaining topic of conversation. “I remember when I told him, ‘You’ve got a phone call,'” I asked him what was wrong with him,” reveals Greg, who believed Dr. Dre to be a licensed medical professional. “He’s like, ‘What do you mean?’ I said, ‘You’ve got a phone call from your doctor.’ He said, ‘The doctor?’ I said, ‘Yeah, somebody named Dr. Dre.’”

“By the time he got out the shower, I heard all the slipping and sliding and falling into the toilet and on the floor trying to get to the phone,” he continues. “I didn’t know who Dr. Dre was and once I’d found out who Dr. Dre was I was like, okay well my son is onto something. Somebody recognizes him for what he is because, at that point, I wasn’t quite sure.” 

As for the call itself, we actually spoke with Royce about his involvement on 2001 for the album’s 20th anniversary, and he opened up about the day he recieved that fateful call. “I caught his voice immediately,” explained Nickle. “He was like ‘I like your shit man, Marshall played me your shit, man. I wanted to see if you wanted to come out here and rock with us. We working on some stuff.’ I was just writing stuff. As much as I could. I was just excited to be in the environment. I thought he was a genius, that everything he did was classic. I walked in a Stan.” 

Check out HipHopDX’s interview with Royce and his dad below, as well as our own Royce interview about his working relationship with Dr. Dre right here.