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Eman Get Dough Releases “Under The Influence” LP
After the buzz created by the singles “Money Thru The Roof” featuring Hoodrich Pablo Juan and “Digital Dash,” North Miami-native Eman Get Dough releases his 12-song breakthrough hopeful effort Under The Influence. In 2011, Eman and his cousin were involved in a severe automobile accident that caused him temporary paralysis and resulted in his cousin to losing his life. “Once I got back into the swing of things, making music became my passion,” Eman says. That drive has steadily increased in acceleration. Now, after six months of feverish promotion, Under The Influence serves as the appetizer to a string of releases coming later this year in collaboration with Freebandz Casino, the CEO of Freebandz and brother of “Mask Off” legend Future. Check out the stream, below. [embedded content]
Kanye West To Produce 7-Track Project For Bump J & Sly Polaroid
It appears Kanye West’s run of seven-track albums won’t be ending with Teyana Taylor’s Friday (June 22) release. In a new interview with FakeShoreDrive, Bump J revealed that ‘Ye is producing a seven-song project for him and fellow Goon Squad member Sly Polaroid. “Kanye is going to do the seven-song project with us, and we definitely are working,” Bump said when ask about him and Sly being part of West’s studio sessions in Wyoming. “My man Boogz is cooking up for us as we speak and the rest of the squad is working. We gonna start working on it in these next few weeks, so yeah, real soon.” Fans looking for a new music from Bump don’t have to wait on the West-produced project though. The Chicago native just released a nine-track effort titled I Don’t Feel Rehabilitated, which includes product...
How Ne-Yo’s Wife & His Journey of Self-Reflection Helped Him Create ‘Good Man’ Album
Ne-Yo bounded onto the R&B scene back in 2005 with his breezy debut single “Stay,” featuring Peedi Peedi. At the time, Ciara had the whole world dancing to “1, 2 Step” and T-Pain’s melodic Auto-Tune helped him break through charts with “I’m Sprung.” Still, in the midst of the cheeky dance tracks and gritty hip-hop club anthems, a la 50 Cent’s “Candy Shop,” Ne-Yo’s knack for effortless storytelling and songwriting radiated throughout his catalog and radio airwaves and catapulted the then-rookie to R&B greatness, as he later lent his songwriting skills to music’s elite names, from Rihanna and Beyonce to Usher and more. Yet over a decade later, Ne-Yo’s ability to craft indelible ballads hasn’t wavered, even in an era where R&B music leans more to the trap side and the Billboard Ho...
XXXTentacion Breaks Taylor Swift’s Single-Day Streaming Record on Spotify
The rapper’s “SAD!” amassed 10.4 million streams on June 19, the day following his death. On Tuesday, the day after XXXTentacion was fatally shot at the age of 20, the singer-songwriter’s “SAD!” broke the single-day record for Spotify streams that had been held by Taylor Swift, a source tells Billboard. “SAD!” amassed 10.4 million streams on Spotify June 19, according to Spotifycharts.com; Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do” racked up 10.1 million streams on the service the day it was released, August 25, 2017. Helping XXXTentacion’s single break Swift’s record were about 15 million new paying subscribers: Spotify counts more than 75 million subscribers now, up from about 60 million at the end of July 2017. Spoti...
Hear Adventure Club Cover Portugal. The Man, Plus Krewella Takes on Bazzi & More Covers
Portugal. The Man released the song of the summer in 2017 with “Feel It Still,” a song so catchy, it continues to be the song of the summer for many stations and listeners in 2018. It’s one of those instant classics that nestles in your brain and lives in your heart forevermore — but what if Adventure Club performed it? The Canadian electronic duo teamed with vocalist Sara Diamond for a bass-heavy update — one of nine unique covers of fan-favorite tunes by famous performers as re-envisioned by other beloved musical groups. It’s called disCOVERED, Vol. 1, released by New York’s Cure8 label. The “Feel It Still” remix is joined by an acoustic take on Zedd‘s tune “The Middle” by Parachute, a sultry take on Bazzi‘s &#...
Lovely Pre-Wedding Photos Of Nigerian Disc Jockey, DJ Consequence
Nigerian DJ, Akeredolu Precious Pelumi popularly known as DJ Consequence is set to tie the knot with his partner, Olayemisi Williams this July. The excited groom to be shared photos from their pre-wedding shoot on his Instagram page to announce the good news. #TheVibes18Wedding18 Save the date 7/7/18…#NotYourRegularWedding ” he wrote Read: Photos From Tattooed Faced DJ Sose’s White Wedding Congratulations DJ Consequence! See more photos below.
Telemundo, Univision Speak Out on Border Separation of Families: It’s Not ‘What America Stands For’
As images of detained children continue to surface, Spanish-language networks like Telemundo and Univision, as well as entertainers such as Ricky Martin, are taking a stand. ”Telemundo is shocked by the current situation on the U.S. border and urges our government to prevent the authorities from separating families,” the network said in a statement to Billboard. “The current policy of separation of families is an affront to human decency and contrary to the principles and values on which this country was founded. The government has the power to rescind this policy and it must do so immediately.” “As a company dedicated to informing, empowering, and entertaining Hispanic America, we are alarmed by the current crisis at the U.S. southern border where children a...
Paul McCartney Announces New Album ‘Egypt Station,’ Debuts Double Single: Listen
After hinting at new music and the release of a double A-Side single, today (June 20), Paul McCartney announced the release of his 17th studio album, Egypt Station, for Sept. 7 on Capitol Records. The announcement of the upcoming album, Egypt Station, named after one of the former Beatles’ paintings (see below) comes as extremely exciting news to fans who’ve been waiting almost 5 years for new McCartney music. The rock legends most recent album NEW had immense success and fans can only hope for even greater music this time around. “Egypt Station starts off at the station on the first song and then each song is like a different location,” McCartney said in a statement. “So it gave us some idea to base all the song around that. I think of it as a dream location that the music e...
Tidal Makes Huge App Store Jump In Downloads, Revenue After The Carters’ ‘Everything Is Love’ Release
When Jay-Z and Beyoncé‘s long-awaited joint album as The Carters, Everything Is Love, arrived out of the blue last Saturday (June 16), it sent fans into a desperate frenzy on Twitter, as word spread and people clamored to hear it. The reason: Everything Is Love arrived as a Tidal-only exclusive, with just the music video for “APESHIT” available to those without access to a Tidal account. That appears to have given the scrappy streaming service’s subscription numbers a boost. Though Tidal didn’t disclose any data, its app leaped from outside the top 500 apps for iPhones in the U.S. on Friday (June 15) to No. 35 on Saturday, and jumped again to No. 28 on Sunday (June 17), according to data that AppAnnie provided to Billboard. Among only music apps, it jumped fro...
Victoria Kimani Releases Official Video of ‘Should Be’
Victoria Kimani brings us the full East African sauce in the video for ‘Should be’ which is a song off her EP entitled, Afropolitan. You have probably not gotten over the sexy Kenyan superstar’s antics in the video for ‘Wonka’ but she is on a roll and that’s how the flow of fun ‘Should be’. It was produced by Liberia’s Ace Harris. Read: Praiz Shows Off His Lover Boy Side In Official Video Of “Champagne And Flowers” Watch the video below.[embedded content]
