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  • Peckham-based British-Nigerian singer Adenikè coasts over the SHØLA production ‘Tonight’: Listen

    If you’re looking for a new African artist to push, consider Adenikè, the new Afropop darling from the United Kingdom. When the world wasn’t on lockdown, the British-Nigeria artist opened for Burna Boy during his ‘African Giant’ tour. Now, back to make us feel better about ourselves in quarantine, she shares ‘Tonight’ from her unreleased debut EP. It is produced by a fellow African creator, SHØLA, who has collaborated with BET Award-winning Ghanaian rapper Sarkodie. Stream the record out today below.

  • Blueface shares visual for ‘Tour’ featuring Asian Doll, Glokk 9, NLE Choppa, Sada Baby and Kiddo Curry: Watch

    Today, Blueface released the official visual for ‘Tour’ featuring Asian Doll, Glokk 9, NLE Choppa, Sada Baby and Kiddo Curry. Kicking off the track, he explains the clear differences between himself and everyone else. Check out the video below featuring a cameo from Tee Grizzley.

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  • There’s a new label in town; it’s Quavo’s

    Migos bandmember, Quavo, recently announced his record label through a post on Instagram. In quarantine, it appears that everyone, including Quavo, has been able to put more time into their other businesses and focus on other things. The caption on the post seems to embrace the many sides of creativity within the world of entertainment: Musicianship and athleticism. First to bat from his roster is a rapper named Reebock, who recently released a video for ‘Rocky’ featuring Mango Foo. He is from the Duval/Jacksonville area in Florida. Check out a clip from his video through Quavo’s Instagram.

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  • Tory Lanez releases new video for ‘Dope Boy’s Diary’: Watch

    Toronto artist Tory Lanez released the official video for ‘Dope Boy’s Diary’. Check out the video below directed by Tory Lanez and Anaiya Farias. ‘The New Toronto 3’, his fifth studio album, is out now.

    [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3Gwkkmh0Bk&h=315]

  • South Carolina rapper NGeeYL—co-signed by 21 Savage and Lil Uzi Vert—returns with ‘Firefly’: Listen

    Photo: Jake Ludwig

    Back with a new smooth track called ‘Firefly’, South Carolina’s own NGeeYL glides over the production to let us know about how beautiful his lady is, why he doesn’t mingle with too many other rappers, and what he would like to keep his focus. One of the things pressing on his mind is buying his mother a home worth millions of dollars, which we understand. Regardless of the adversaries he faces, he knows that the work he puts in will bring him deserving success. Listen to the track below by the artist co-signed by 21 Savage and Lil Uzi Vert. It’s his first official release for the year, following up his potent 2019 twelve-track EP ‘Hiatus’.

    Update (April 15, 2020, 4:48 PM EST): @BeatByJeff produced the record. Here’s the official lyric video, too.

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  • Kid Cudi returns with new single ‘Leader of the Delinquents’: Listen

    It has been two years since Kid Cudi’s last solo album ‘Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin’ hit stores. Now, the Cleveland legend is back with a new highly-anticipated single called ‘Leader of the Delinquents’. The track is from the influential artist’s forthcoming seventh full-length studio album, ‘Entergalactic’. Listen to the mega comeback below.

  • GRUNGECAKE team stops by SoundCloud’s New York HQ with GRAMMY U mentee

    In February, the GRUNGECAKE team stopped by SoundCloud’s with Recording Academy’s GRAMMY U mentee Aryana. There, she had the opportunity to speak with Albert, also known as AC. AC on this visit, shared with Aryana a little about himself, his previous work with Def Jam, and his role at SoundCloud.

    GRAMMY U mentee Aryana

    The conversation covered a range of topics, including artist development, playlisting, and ways to monetize music on SoundCloud. Aryana, a developing artist, had the opportunity to play some of her original music for those in the room.

    Aryana also had the opportunity to meet and take a picture with Phantogram, who happened to be in the building that day.

    Brandon Wint, contributor at GRUNGECAKE
    Frank Morales, photographer and contributor at GRUNGECAKE
    GRAMMY U mentee Aryana and Richardine Bartee, CEO of GRUNGECAKE/GRUNGECAKE Records

  • Missy Elliott tells SiriusXM about her new film ‘The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel’, the inspiration and influence behind the Gospel sensation

    Yesterday, American rapper, singer-songwriter, Missy Elliott called into SiriusXM’s Urban View show “Heather B Live” to talk to host Heather B Gardner about the movie Missy Elliot, Queen Latifah, and Mary J Blige came together to executively produce called “The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel,” which airs today on Lifetime.

    During the interview, Missy told Heather B how the idea for the movie came about and what inspired the powerful trio to join forces and executively produce this biopic about the world-renown gospel group, The Clark Sisters:

    Well, we all go way back… We’re all sisters, beyond the cameras… and to find out that there was something that we all loved, like I mean, to the tenth power was The Clark Sisters. We always spoke about The Clark Sisters. No matter what conversation we were having we always ended up talking about gospel records and The Clark Sisters always came up and this has been for years that we’ve sung their records.

    She went on to say that one day Queen Latifah called her and said she had the rights to The Clark Sisters movie and she knew how much Missy loved them and wanted her to be a part of producing the movie if she was interested.

    Missy told Heather B: The Clark Sisters have had such an influence on the way (clearly not lyrics) but the way I structure my songs, my harmonies and stuff that I’ve done on my records, and I’ve done on other people’s records, that I’ve been inspired by them when it comes to their vocal sounds… and then she talked about Mary being involved and I’m like it don’t get no better than that! Three strong women. And we already know each other and we all know how much we love The Clark Sisters, and we wanted to make sure that justice is done correctly. We want people to walk away respecting who these women are.

    The Clark Sisters have impacted other artists throughout their careers and Missy told Heather B the importance of learning who they are: A lot of artists may not know the history of different artists and it’s so important because they have had an influence on me, Mary [J Blige], [Queen] Latifah, Beyoncé, Mariah Carey, Faith Evans… so many people that people love.

    https://www.siriusxm.com/clips/social/embed/clip/7bcbe3c4-a385-f50b-f32e-5d0dcb8830f8/97a98699-70fc-4429-b326-afa162a5c9a9

  • Usher tells Apple Music about using time in isolation to reconnect with something greater, the value of R&B, and shares thoughts on Drake, Frank Ocean, Pop Smoke, and more

    Usher joins Zane Lowe via FaceTime on Apple Music to discuss listening to his own music, the next generation of talented R&B artists, using quarantine as a time to reflect, the timelessness and value of R&B music, and share his thoughts on Drake, Frank Ocean, the late Pop Smoke, Jay Electronica, Jack Boys, and more. On seeing isolation as an opportunity for growth, he tells Apple Music:

    Take the time to build yourself in this moment, because we’re gonna come out of it at some point, and when we do, who will you be? What will you have learned? What will you know about yourself?

    On Frank Ocean, he says: There’s only a handful of artists who I think have the ability to come and go when they please. He’s a very unique specimen.

    Listen to the conversation in full today at 9 AM PST via this link.

  • GRUNGECAKE team stops by 300 Entertainment with GRAMMY U mentee

    In February, the GRUNGECAKE team stopped by 300 Entertainment with Recording Academy’s GRAMMY U mentee Aryana. It was a very active scene, as excitement surrounded Lil Keed’s presence in the office. We proceeded to the artist lounge, where we sat down with Aryana as she had the opportunity to interview Shy the Marketing Manager at 300 Entertainment. With a peaking interest in the music business, as well as producing Indie-Pop music of her own, Aryana took the time to inquire more about the work Shy does in her position at 300 Entertainment. They talked about ways to increase engagement, the process of making business decisions and the many opportunities they provide for those looking into getting into music, or the business of it.

    GRAMMY U mentee Aryana
    GRAMMY U mentee Aryana with Shy, marketing manager at 300 Entertainment
    Bobby Rogers, Senior VP of GRUNGECAKE /GRUNGECAKE Records and Richardine Bartee, CEO of GRUNGECAKE/GRUNGECAKE Records
    Bobby Rogers, Senior VP of GRUNGECAKE /GRUNGECAKE Records
    GRAMMY U mentee Aryana