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Sam Smith Dating "Like I Can" Video Extra, Working On New Music For 'In The Lonely Hour' Follow-Up
It's been a whirlwind year for Sam Smith, whose platinum-certified debut album In The Lonely Hour has been nominated for six Grammys this year. Although the album explores unrequited love and failed relationships, he is no longer in the "lonely hour" as he has recently started dating someone. According to an interview with The Sun, the UK crooner is dating an extra that he met on the set of his "Like I Can" video shoot. -
Rihanna Signs On As Puma's New Creative Director
Rihanna has long been considered a style icon. Now the seven-time Grammy Award winner has been named the creative director of Puma. According to Women's Wear Daily, her role will be overseeing the brand's women's line. She flew to Herzogenaurach, Germany, earlier this week to get started. During her first creative session with the design team, she picked out colors and styles while discussing the line's direction. -
Nicki Minaj, Beyoncé "Feeling Myself" Beat Reconstructed By Hit-Boy [WATCH]
Nicki Minaj's The Pinkprint has finally arrived, and one of the most talked about tracks on the effort is the Beyoncé-featuring "Feeling Myself." Following the success of the "Flawless" remix, the song sees the two powerhouse women once more on top of their game. From the hooks to the verses, the song delivers. But the backbone of it all is the production and song structure, which come courtesy of Hit-Boy. In a new interview with Revolt, the producer — who is also behind hits like "N***as in Paris," "Clique," and "Backseat Freestyle" — takes fans through the song's evolution. -
Drake Teams Up With OB OBrien & P. Reign On New Track "Schemin’ Up" [LISTEN]
Earlier this year Drake hopped on OB OBrien's remix of Tinashe's "2 On," and now he's has teamed up for the second time with the OVO signee and bearded funnyman on the new track "Schemin Up" along with fellow Toronto native P. Reign. The track features the same beat as Drake's recently leaked collaboration with Rich Homie Quan, "Tell Me Why." The Boi-1da and Noah "40" Shebib-produced track also features the same verse from Drizzy along with a few new bars. -
Sony Email Leak Reportedly Reveals Plans For Destiny's Child Biopic
The Sony email leaks have given everyday people a look inside what's really going on in the entertainment industry. Earlier today we found out that Kanye West is reportedly shopping around a new film and starring in another with Seth Rogen and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Now a few more music-related emails have emerged, mentioning a potential Destiny's Child biopic and a Spike Lee movie starring Drake. -
Nicki Minaj Talks YMCMB Rumors, Jay Z, Beyoncé, 'The Pinkprint,' And More In DJ Whoo Kid Interview [LISTEN]
Nicki Minaj's long-awaited third studio album The Pinkprint has officially arrived. Ahead of it's release Minaj checked in with DJ Whoo Kid to address rumors of a rift within YMCMB, how Jay Z's The Blueprint influenced her project, her relationship with Beyoncé, not sleeping with "any man in the industry, ever," working with Meek Mill and Ariana Grande, and more. -
Sony Email Leak: Kanye West Reportedly Shopping New Full-Length Feature Film
Following the Sony leak, new information has emerged about plans for a potential Kanye West film. Although the veracity of the leaked emails have yet to be confirmed, West is reportedly hunting for a home for an up-coming full-length feature film that "involves both cinematic and technological innovation," according to an email obtained by The Daily Beast from West's creative assistant Elon Rutberg. -
Chief Keef, Kanye West Collaboration "Nobody" Has Leaked Ahead Of Album Release
Although Interscope dropped him from the label earlier this year, Chief Keef is still set to release his sophomore album Nobody tomorrow (Dec. 16). Now the title track, his collaboration with Kanye West, has officially dropped. The track relies heavily on Auto-Tune and is backed by a sample of Willie Hutch's "Brother's Gonna Work It Out." Sosa handles the majority of the track with West weaving in some background vocals throughout. -
Charli XCX, Bleachers' Jack Antonoff Cover Each Other's Hits In New Kia Commercial [WATCH]
Charli XCX and Bleacher's frontman Jack Antonoff have replaced those cute animated hamsters for Kia's latest commercial. The cool part: they cover each other's songs, and both new versions sound pretty awesome. The project is part of the car company's "In-Ride Sessions." Antonoff channels a distorted '80s sound for his cover of "Break the Rules" and Charli XCX goes all out punk princess on "Rollercoaster." -
Chance the Rapper Leaks New Song "Ish Illa (Cold Stares)" Off Upcoming Album 'Surf' [LISTEN]
Chance the Rapper has accidently released a new song with his group The Social Experiment called "Ish Illa (Cold Stares)" for his upcoming album Surf, due out by the end of 2014. According to Reddit, Chano is asking for anyone who has ripped the three-minute track to take it down. Unfortunately once something is on the Internet, it's hard to make it disappear, and apparently this song was only meant to be shared with his group. -
Beyoncé, Pharrell, Kendrick Lamar Among Music Nominees For 2015 NAACP Image Awards [FULL LIST]
The NAACP has announced the nominees for the 2015 Image Awards, which honor outstanding people of color in film, television, music, and literature. Among the music category nominees are Beyoncé, who nabbed four nominations including Outstanding Female Artist for Beyoncé Platinum Edition and Outstanding Song For "Pretty Hurts;" Pharrell, who's up for four awards including Outstanding Male Artists and Outstanding Album for G I R L; and Kendrick Lamar, who is up for three awards including Outstanding Male Artist. -
Beyoncé Drops Short Film 'Yours and Mine,' Reflects On Fame, Feminism, Love, Creativity And More [WATCH]
Tonight marks the one-year anniversary of Beyoncé's surprise self-titled visual album. The release of those 14 songs and 17 companion videos changed the way artists go about conceptualizing the way they drop albums. Harvard even did a case study on the impact the album had on the industry and why it sold so many copies without prior promotion. Beyoncé is currently nominated for five Grammy Awards at the 2015 ceremony including Album of the Year. She was given the Video Vanguard Award at the 2014 VMAs and has won many other awards for the project. To celebrate the whirlwind year she's had, Queen Bey shared a new short film "Yours and Mine." -
"Lena Dunham" Rap Trio Hand Job Academy Dish On The Story Behind The Song, Their Name And More
Last month we shared a video (filmed by Taylor Swift) of Lena Dunham dancing along to a song named after her by the all-girl Brooklyn rap trio Hand Job Academy. Although the song isn't actually about the GIRLS creator, it references her in the hook and on the line "finna let it all hang out, Lena Dunham." The video for the song also features a parody the text from Dunham's book cover for her biography Not That Kind Of Girl, switching out "a young women tell you want she's 'learned'" for "a bad b*tch tells you what she's 'learned." Music Times caught up with the women behind the Dunham-approved track, Clara Bizna$$, Uncle Meg, and Ash Wednesday. Here's what they had to say: -
Ludacris Freestyles Over Nicki Minaj's "Only" For LudaVerses Ahead Of 'Burning Bridges' EP Release [LISTEN]
Ludacris just released the jazzy single "In My Life" featuring John Legend yesterday, which will be featured on his upcoming Burning Bridges EP, and now he's back with a new track for his "LudaVerses" freestyle series. This time he takes on Nicki Minaj's Pinkprint single "Only." -
2015 Golden Globe Nominations: Lorde, Lana Del Rey, John Legend, Common, Among Music Nominees
The 2015 Golden Globe nominations have been revealed. Because no Hollywood film would be complete without its soundtrack, Lorde, Lana Del Rey, John Legend, and Common are among the nominees for Best Original Song. The rest of the nominees in the musical categories are a mix of hit-makers and legends. -
Coldplay Releases New Song "Miracles" From Angelina Jolie's Upcoming Film ‘Unbroken' [LISTEN]
Earlier this month Coldplay announced that their seventh studio album, A Head Full of Dreams, would be their final album, or as frontman Chris Martin described it "last Harry Potter book." The band is in the middle of recording the album, but it the meantime, you can hear a new song they recorded for Angelina Jolie's second directorial project Unbroken called "Miracles." -
Kanye West To Receive Visionary Award, Usher To Receive Musical Arts Award At 2015 BET Honors
Although he's been telling us this all along, Kanye West's genius is officially getting the recognition it deserves. Yeezus will receive the Visionary Award next month at the 2015 BET Honors. According to Billboard, Ye will be one of five luminaries, including Usher, actress Phylicia Rashad, Johnnetta Betsch Cole, and John W. Thompson, honored at the eighth annual ceremony hosted by Wayne Brady. -
Kendrick Lamar Partners With Reebok For Short Film Featuring New Ventilator OG Sneakers [WATCH]
Fans are chomping at the bit for Kendrick Lamar's sophomore album to be released. Earlier this week, a rumored tracklist for the record was confirmed as fake by TDE CEO Anthony "Top Dawg" Tiffith. Although no new details or music have surfaced, you can get your fill of K. Dot today through one of his other projects. Lamar teamed up with Reebok to debut their new Ventilator OG sneaker, which commemorates the 25th anniversary of their Ventilator line. As part of the partnership, Lamar is featured in a short film directed by Anthony Mandler (Jay Z, Rihanna) called "Kendrick - I am." -
50 Cent Reaches Out To Floyd Mayweather Following Earl Hayes’ Death, Calls Boxer His "Little Brother" Despite Past Beefs
50 Cent's friendship with Floyd Mayweather goes back more than a decade. Things started going downhill in 2012 after their joint promotions company The Money Team tore them apart - Mayweather backed out of it and left Fiddy with a $2 million loss. They had appeared to have patched things up until this summer when 50 bullied Mayweather on Instagram by challenging him to read a page from Harry Potter without messing it up, and there have been a few back-and-forth comments since then. While Fiddy might not have the best relationship right now with Mayweather, he still reached out to him following the tragic murder-suicide that Mayweather was a reported witness to. -
Modest Mouse Teases New Music On Instagram With Photo Of Vinyl Record Labeled, Side A: Lampshades On Fire [LISTEN]
Modest Mouse launched their official Instagram page today by posting an image of a vinyl record labeled "Side A: 'Lampshades on Fire'." This is sparked rumors of new material from the group, which would be their first new music since 2009's No One's First and You're Next. As Pitchfork points out, the band has been playing a song believed to have the title "Lampshades on Fire" live since 2011, so it's possible that they are finally getting around to recording it. -
Rumored Tracklist For New Kendrick Lamar Album Confirmed As Fake By TDE CEO
Likely the most highly anticipated album in recent memory, Kendrick Lamar's follow-up to the critically acclaimed good kid m.A.A.d city has everyone buzzing and hungry for any information or piece of the effort they can get their hands (or ears) on. Although he's been plugging the album during his press appearances, he hasn't revealed many specific details. So when a rumored tracklist for the effort surfaced online, fans were dying to confirm its validity. -
T-Pain Tells Larry King He's Done Trying To Make Hits And Isn't A Fan Of His Own Chart-Toppers [WATCH]
T-Pain has been opening up recently about his life since the rise and fall of the Auto-Tune trend he sparked in the mid-2000s. Last month he performed "Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin')," "Up Down (Do This All Day)," and "Drankin' Patna," sans Auto-Tune on a segment of NPR's Tiny Desk Concert, proving to his doubters that his voice doesn't actually need help from the pitch-correction software. In a new interview with Larry King, T-Pain says he is finished trying to make chart-toppers. -
San Fermin Announce New Album 'Jackrabbit,' Share New Single "Parasite" [LISTEN]
San Fermin, the brainchild of composer and songwriter Ellis Ludwig-Leone, released its self-titled debut album in September of 2013 after Ludwig-Leone spent two months locked up at the Banff Centre, a secluded retreat for composers, tucked away in the Canadian mountains. He later assembled a group of highly trained musicians to record and perform his work, and by the time the album came out, he had already finished work on the sequel. However, after experience life on the road and performing his music in a live setting, he decided to rewrite the record. The result is the upcoming album Jackrabbit, which is due out in the spring. Along with the announcement, the band premiered their lead single "Parasites." -
Sam Smith Sings "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" Following Grammy Nominations [LISTEN]
2014 has been a landmark year for Sam Smith, and as of last week, he is officially a six-time Grammy nominee. With the holiday's soon approaching, he chose to sing a stripped-down cover of "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas," which was made famous by Judy Garland in the 1994 musical Meet Me In St. Louis. Smith stays faithful to the original against sparse chords on a grand piano with his voice angelic as always. The song is now available on iTunes. -
Father John Misty Shares Trippy Video For New Song "Chateau Lobby #4 (in C For Two Virgins)" Ahead Of New Album [WATCH]
Last month, former Fleet Foxes drummer Josh Tillman announced his second Father John Misty album, I Love You, Honeybear. The follow-up to 2012's Fear Fun, the effort is due out Feb. 10 via Sub Pop. Tillman performed a cut from the album, "Bored in the USA," along with a 22-piece string orchestra section on The Late Show With David Letterman, and now he's released another cut from the album, titled "Chateau Lobby #4 (in C For Two Virgins)," accompanied by a trippy video that he directed and his filmmaker wife Emma shot on an iPad. -
Chris Rock On The Breakfast Club: 'Top Five' Comedian Talks Upcoming Film, Bill Cosby, Eric Garner/Mike Brown, DJ Envy Beef, And More
Chris Rock stopped by Power 105.1's The Breakfast Club this morning to promote the upcoming movie he wrote, directed and stars in called Top Five, which is due out in theaters on Dec. 12. Rock took the time to chat about the film, Love and Hip Hop Atlanta's Karlie Red's role in Top Five, the Bill Cosby controversy, what it means to be relevant, the state of Hollywood, the potential of a post-racial society, why he loves 12 Years A Slave, his beef with DJ Envy, why he only listens to music on his iPod, and more. Here's some of what he had to say: -
A$AP Ferg, Cara Delevingne Walk-Off Sparks "Dope Walk" Movement From Fans [WATCH]
Last month A$AP Ferg dropped his Ferg Forever mixtape, but one song in particular, the Stelios-produced track "Dope Walk," is making headlines because of a reference Ferg makes to model Cara Delevingne. "I'm on my gangster lean like a dope fiend / My walk's meaner than Cara Delevingne's / "Check out my walk because it's so amazing / Nothing like Bobby Shmurda's but I congratulate him / More like a gangsta lean, let's get this picture painted," Ferg raps on the braggadocious verse. -
J. Cole Contemplates Success On A Late Night Bike Ride In '2014 Forest Hills Drive (Intro)' Video [WATCH]
Following the leak of his latest album 2014 Forest Hills Drive yesterday, J. Cole has shared a video for the opening track "Intro." The clip shows Cole riding around New York City on his bike, reflecting on how his life was much simpler back when money and success were just a dreams. The contemplative track features calming piano, jazzy horns, and Cole's soulful crooning. It's good to see the Fayetteville rapper hasn't let fame go to his head. -
Elton John To Perform During 'Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2015'
Elton John will perform at Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2015, Billboard reports. He is set to perform his anthem "I'm Still Standing" during the show, which begins at 8 p.m. ET on ABC and will be televised live from the legend's Dec. 31 show at Brooklyn's Barclays Center. The show continues until 2:13 a.m. -
goodbyemotel Talks New Album 'iF,' 4-D Live Music Experience, Iconic Cover Artist Storm Thorgerson, And Other Ongoing Projects [EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW]
Aussie-born, New York-based rock band goodbyemotel is finally ready for their close-up. After years of lineup changes, experimentation and development, they've found the foundation upon which they plan to build their legacy, and out of that has come their new album, iF.
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