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  • Prada acquires Versace for $1.4B

    Italian fashion royalty consolidates power

    In a move that shakes up the global luxury landscape, Prada has officially acquired Versace, bringing two iconic Italian houses under one fashion-forward roof. The strategic acquisition—estimated at a multi-billion-dollar valuation—marks a seismic moment in the evolution of fashion conglomerates, reminding the industry that heritage, when combined, can birth the future.

    The Milan-based behemoths, each steeped in decades of influence, have long represented different ends of the opulence spectrum: Prada with its minimalist rebellion and intellectual rigor; Versace with its maximalist glamour, sensuality, and unapologetic edge. The merge signals not only a financial power play but also a creative recalibration—one that could reshape what luxury looks like for a new generation of global consumers.

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    According to sources close to both brands, creative directors Miuccia Prada and Donatella Versace will maintain strong positions within their respective houses. However, insiders hint at upcoming collaborations that will challenge the industry’s norms, blending Prada’s architectural chic with Versace’s bold seduction. Expect runways that are more than shows—expect cultural moments.

    “Versace is not just a brand. It’s a spirit, an attitude, a declaration”, Donatella reportedly said in a closed-door meeting following the announcement. “This next chapter honours Gianni’s legacy while pushing us into a new world. I’m ready.”

    The acquisition also speaks volumes about fashion’s response to the changing luxury market. With Gen Z and Alpha demanding purpose, innovation, and authenticity, legacy brands must evolve. Prada’s acquisition of Versace could be read as a response to LVMH’s expanding empire and Kering’s strategic brand reshuffles. More than ever, survival in the high-end game means collaboration over competition—and knowing when to bet on synergy.

    At GRUNGECAKE, we recognise that fashion is music, is art, is power—and this acquisition feels like an album drop no one saw coming. Two titans, one future. Stay tuned. The remix is about to begin.

  • Lana Del Rey to release new single ‘Henry, Come On’ tonight

    A haunting invitation or a farewell letter?

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    Known for her cinematic soundscapes and nostalgic narratives, Lana Del Rey returns tonight with a brand-new single, ‘Henry, Come On’. The title alone feels like a direct address—intimate, urgent, and utterly Lana.

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    Though little has been revealed ahead of the release, fans and critics alike are bracing for a lyrical gut-punch. If the past is any indicator, Lana Del Rey will likely deliver a smoky blend of Americana melancholy and aching romanticism. But there’s also something new in the air—an emotional edge that feels more confrontational than wistful. Whether Henry is a real person, a metaphor, or a muse, Lana’s plea—”come on”—suggests a tug-of-war between desire and disappointment. Her work has always captured that duality. It’s what makes her so magnetic.

    Set to arrive at midnight across digital platforms, ‘Henry, Come On’ is expected to lead us into a new chapter of her sonic diary. If you’re paying attention, Lana Del Rey has always been more than a singer. She’s a documentarian of heartache, myth-making, and the cultural underbelly most artists wouldn’t dare touch. From ‘Born to Die’ to ‘Norman F**ing Rockwell!’, she’s chronicled the American dream with a poet’s eye and a realist’s tongue.

    We don’t know exactly what Henry did—or didn’t do—but tonight, Lana will tell us in her own time-warped, torch-bearing fashion. Light your candles. Cue the strings. ‘Henry, Come On’ comes out at midnight.

  • Aminé talks latest single and upcoming album on Apple Music’s New Music Daily Radio

    Aminé joins Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1 to celebrate the release of his latest single, ‘Arc de Triomphe’ from his third studio album, ’13 Months of Sunshine’, dropping on May 16. In the conversation, Aminé discusses the inspiration behind his new song and the meaning of his upcoming album title.

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    Aminé tells Apple Music how The Streets influenced his new song, ‘Arc de Triomphe’

    So, I got the beat played for me by Lido like two or three years ago when we were working on ‘2.5’ and I didn’t know much about The Streets at that point. I grew up in Portland. A lot of the shit that I grew up on was a lot of West Coast Rap, and kind of a lot of grime shit that I listened to, but I didn’t know the backstory behind The Streets. And as Lido showed it to me, I just started listening to ‘Has it Come To This’, ‘Turn the Page’, and ‘Take Me As I Am’. Just all the legendary tracks that everyone gravitated towards too, and it made me realise that this dude is incredible. I had to match how crazy he went and try to at least get an ounce of that swag when I was doing ‘Arc de Triomphe’.

    Aminé tells Apple Music about the meaning behind the album title, ’13 Months of Sunshine’

    I grew up in an Ethiopian household. I’m Eritrean and Ethiopian, but I grew up in this Ethiopian household, always seeing these tourism posters growing up, always saying, “13 months of sunshine.” Every kid in the diaspora who lives in America who’s Ethiopian knows about these posters. It’s kind of like if you know kind of thing. And that title got made in like the 1970s promoting people to come to Ethiopia, just as the tourism slogan in it.

    Tourism slogans are literally made to change the perspective of the way you see something. You know what mean? To attract you to come to them. And I loved how this album, for me, musically, it’s just a different era. It’s just a different sound and felt like this is the same thing I want to do slogan wise for myself. It feels like something I want to change the perspective to and kind of gravitate people towards the music and the true feelings I have for myself. The way that title also for me is just so nostalgic. It just made me feel like this is something my parents are going to be happy to see. I’m just really excited to just let the world hear the whole thing as a whole and hear a lot of the Ethiopian influence in the music. Some of it is so left and not the way you’d expect me to use that influence, which I love doing, because I feel like it’s always really easy to just sample an Ethiopian Jazz song, you know what I mean? And rap some bars over it and go crazy, which I would love to do. It’s so much to choose from.

  • Mic Blaque talks to GRUNGECAKE about ‘Gwan Wid Yu Wine’ and his musical aspirations (Interview)

    In the ever-evolving world of music, fashion, and creativity, few artists seamlessly blend their talents across multiple disciplines. Mic Blaque, the Brooklyn-native multi-hyphenate is an engineer, musician, songwriter, and fashion designer with each title representing a different facet of his artistic journey. Whether he’s crafting lyrics, designing unique fashion pieces, or setting the stage on fire, Mic Blaque’s passion for his craft is undeniable.

    In this exclusive interview, we dive deep into his current focus on engineering and songwriting, his journey into fashion design, and his evolution as an artist from his early days in music. Fresh off a high-energy promotion for his single ‘Gwan Wid Yu Wine’ at Power 105.1 FM, Mic Blaque shares insights on his recent trip to Los Angeles, the love he’s received in Brooklyn, and his excitement for connecting with fans in Europe.

    From his Caribbean roots to his influences in Dancehall, Hip-Hop, and beyond, Mic Blaque is a force to be reckoned with. Join us as he talks about his creative process, dream collaborations, and what’s next on his journey to taking over the world.

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    Richardine: When I looked online, it described you as a multi-hyphenate (an engineer, musician, songwriter, and fashion designer). These days, which part of you are you more focused on?

    Mic Blaque: These days, I’m focusing on engineering and being a songwriter. I’m a creative, so at times, I get into different modes and I just have to get these ideas out of my head.

    Richardine: Tell me about your fashion designer side. Are you the gentleman who sews and makes outfits yourself, or are you the person coming up with concepts and sending them to a third party to make your products?

    Mic Blaque: I’m definitely the person that comes up with the ideas and sends them out to a third party. For example, the pants you’ve seen me in is my idea and design.

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    Richardine: At what age did you begin designing clothes? At what age did you start making music? How has your music career changed from then to now?

    Mic Blaque: A) I’ll say when I was in my teens, about sixteen to seventeen. I would draw different designs, and ideas that I would want to bring to life but did not start doing so until I got a bit older. I’ve been doing one off pieces for myself for some time now. Also, working with different up and coming designers to bring things to life.

    B) I’ve been making music since I was about fifteen, just a “likkle yute”. I was rapping following my older brother and his friends as they would play around with it. My older bro
    was a big influence for me when it came to music. From morning to night, I would watch him and my DJ play different tunes on their DJ set from Reggae, Dancehall to Hip Hop. Born with Caribbean blood you know music is a lifestyle so di vibes na stop.

    C) The way my music has changed for me from then to now is that now I’m fully embodying all aspects of my culture and who I am as an artist. I’ve been just an emcee for some time now. I’ve always played with doing Dancehall even mixing the two during my creative process but never went all the way. I’ve been a mic man for my DJ, SkillzTurnItUp for some years now so doing that just kicked things into motion.

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    Richardine: Last month at Power 105.1 FM, you promoted your new single ‘Gwan Wid Yu Wine’. Tell me about that experience. How’s Brooklyn’s been treating you since its release (March 5th).

    Mic Blaque: The experience was special at the station. The energy was high and they showed my team and I a lot of love, Big respect to DJ Norie and DJ Self. It felt natural to be in that space. All I got to say is, that the moment I fully found myself as this artist that’s here
    before you is when I found myself at that station telling the world about my single, God
    don’t make no mistakes. Brooklyn has been showing so much love. Check this… just last Summer… my band and I were tearing down shows all through Brooklyn doing about sixty five shows shows around the year 2023 to that following Summer doing Tiny Desk like performances at BedStuy Fly clothing store, a Brooklyn staple. Oh yes, for sure. Brooklyn hearing me on the radio is not only a celebration for me and my team but for Brooklyn.

    Richardine: How was your recent trip to Los Angeles? What did you do when you were on the West Coast?

    Mic Blaque: My trip to LA was Special, got a chance to connect with some of the most talented producers/engineers Michael and Bennie Briggman. We’ve been working via email but to
    get in the same room with them, my managers Mo & Driea and partners syndicate wss really dope. We had a great time out there shooting a lot of content for my current single,
    ‘Gwan Wid Yu Wine’, and for my next single, ‘Gyals’. Dropping 4/23.

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    Richardine: According to Google, there are roughly 15,339 Jamaican-Americans in the Los Angeles/Long Beach/Anaheim metro area versus the 335,659 living in New York/Northern New Jersey/Long Island. Aside from radio promotions, how else are you planning to connect with your target audience?

    Mic Blaque: Well, what we have been doing is submitting my single, ‘Gwan Wid You Wine’ to a different playlist with Dance Hall as the lead genre, connecting with different promoters and DJs that are heavily involved with the Dancehall scene. Basically, our biggest thing
    is touching the people being physically there, performances and different events.

    Richardine: According to Chartmetric, your core fanbase is primarily in the United Kingdom, with the Netherlands as your second market or audience. Have plans to travel to Europe and connect with your fanbase this year?

    Mic Blaque: Yes, yes! I’m super excited to be in these places. This is all I’ve been working for. I can not wait to perform for the people in each of these countries. This year is going so fast. (Laughs). So much we planned has got pushed to the side because other things are popping up, However. These are good problems to have so hopefully something gets pushed to the side and we go purchase plane tickets. (Laughs).

    Richardine: Are you open to musical collaborations? If so, who would you collaborate with from the genre(s) you currently promote with this single? Any others you would collaborate with outside the Jamaican/Dancehall riddims? Why?

    Mic Blaque: I’m definitely open to musical collaborations. I would love to work with the World Boss, Vybz Kartel! Outside of Dance[hall] artists, I would say Afrobeats artist, Wizkid.

    Richardine: Would you say you’re writing your songs/music from a place of personal experience or is it purely entertainment for you, and you’re just pleasing the marketplace?

    Mic Blaque: Every song that I pen is from a place of personal experience. On my song, ‘Gwan Wid Yu Wine’. The first line I say, “She have di wickedest wine and she throw that ting pon me/She know what I like so keep coming”. That’s definitely a real experience on the dancefloor. I have to live in order to create, in fact I don’t even write until I get to the studio. Sometimes, my producer will send me beats and I’ll listen only once just to here if I like it or not but I wouldn’t listen again until I get in the studio just to keep the energy fresh.

    Richardine: What’s next for Mic Blaque?

    Mic Blaque: The world!

  • Drake surpasses The Beatles on Billboard 200, solidifying his iconic legacy

    When Drake says he’s not finished, you better believe him.

    When the dust settles in the archives of music history, only a few names will shimmer with the same glimmer as the greats—The Beatles, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, and now, once again, Aubrey Drake Graham. The Toronto-born rapper, singer, and global tastemaker has officially surpassed The Beatles on the Billboard 200 chart, adding another feather to his already ornate cap. The record-breaking feat places Drake ahead of the legendary British band for the most weeks in the Top 5 of the Billboard 200, a moment that speaks to more than just streaming numbers or sales—it speaks to cultural dominance, generational voice, and the evolution of Pop and Hip-Hop’s union. With his career rooted in vulnerability, sharp lyricism, and his uncanny ability to sonically shapeshift, Drake continues to defy expectations and make history in the process.

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    From ‘Take Care’ to ‘Views’, ‘Scorpion’, and more recently ‘For All the Dogs’, Drake has turned personal experience into collective expression. His latest milestone echoes the staying power of his brand—a carefully curated mix of emotional realness and mass appeal, matched with an unshakable business acumen. Drake is no stranger to eclipsing icons. He already beat The Beatles’ fifty-five-year record for the most Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 back in 2019, commemorating the win with a tattoo of himself in front of the Fab Four. It was cheeky, bold, and pure Drake.

    As Hip-Hop celebrates over fifty years of existence, Drake’s journey is a testament to how far the genre has come—and where it can go. He stands as a bridge between eras, collaborating with emerging talent and legendary names alike, whilst continuing to represent the multicultural mosaic that is modern-day music. And whether it’s on a Dancehall riddim, a Trap beat, or a slowed-down R&B cut, he knows how to make it feel personal.

    Surpassing The Beatles doesn’t mean he’s done. If anything, it’s proof that the boy from Degrassi has become a pillar of the global music economy. And if history has taught us anything, it’s this: When Drake says he’s not finished, you better believe him. Keep streaming. Keep watching. Because Drake’s story is still being written.

  • Hear New York artist Fashion’s new fun and edgy House music classic-inspired track ‘New York Talk’

    This bop is for the active, money-making hustlers, who wear the backpacks and the set of individuals who love to move their bodies on any given dancefloor, imaginary or otherwise.

    Before the month ended (March 28), one of New York’s most exciting new artists, Fashion, released a new fun, bouncy club track called ‘New York Talk’. Over the uptempo beat, the Freeport-bred burgeoning Hip-House/Pop Rap creator and image architect, somewhat like celebrity fashion stylist Law Roach, shares an illuminative story about a young lil’ thang she dates “who throws it back” and an older lover who twerks and goes to church, wanting to remain anonymous or private with her intimate dealings, wearing a flashy glove like [Michael] Jackson, knowing she’s iconic through her personal and professional stylings as an image consultant, and her adoration for American reality television star and social media star, Sukihana on the pre-chorus. Check out the song below, and join the dance challenge if you feel the vibe. The official music video is pending and will come out on Friday via Instagram.

    If you didn’t know, Fashion pays homage to Tapp’s House music classic record ‘Shake That Ass (X-Rated Club Mix)’, which came out in 1994 through a record label based in the Netherlands (Work Records). You can listen to the explicit version of the original record below for reference.

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  • Statement from Erin Haney, Chief Policy Officer, REFORM Alliance, on motion to revoke Jeffery Williams’ (Young Thug) probation

    REFORM Alliance is extremely disturbed by the Fulton County District Attorney’s recent move to revoke Jeffery Williams’ (the artist known as Young Thug) probation based solely on deleted social media posts.

    Mr Williams is currently serving a fifteen-year probation sentence in Georgia, a result of a “blind plea” he accepted under immense pressure and extraordinarily difficult circumstances. We warned at the time of sentencing that numerous and overly complicated probation conditions can easily become a trap. We feared then, as we see now, that Mr Williams’ freedom could be jeopardised not by new criminal conduct, but by non-criminal, technical violations.

    “Let’s be crystal clear”, said Erin Haney, Chief Policy Officer at REFORM Alliance, “Mr Williams retweeted a publicly available photo of an investigator receiving an award and called her dishonest. He did nothing illegal or inciting. There is far worse conduct on display on X every day. But because he’s on probation, they’re threatening to lock him up, citing other people’s online threats as his fault. That’s insanity. If simply stating you think someone’s lying is enough to land you in prison when you’re on probation, we’ve got a massive problem on our hands.”

    Haney continued, “This is terrifying. Probation is supposed to be an alternative that allows people to rebuild their lives, but here we are, watching it become a direct pipeline back to prison. It’s no longer about justice or public safety; it’s about asserting the court’s authority and sending a chilling message that your freedom can be stripped away if you dare voice an unpopular opinion online.”

    “In my long tenure as both a defense attorney and now an advocate for supervision reform,” Haney said, in closing, “I’ve witnessed my share of questionable calls and, frankly, ridiculous overreach. But seeking to revoke probation over this is beyond the pale. It absolutely crosses the line into absurdity. This is clearly not the type of conduct that warrants incarceration, let alone the potential loss of freedom for decades.”

    This case highlights some of the most fundamental flaws in our supervision system: vague and overly complicated conditions that allow for broad interpretation and too often become trapdoors to incarceration rather than genuine support for successful reentry and rehabilitation. Probation should focus on public safety and empower individuals to rebuild their lives, not subject them to arbitrary rules that send them right back behind bars. At REFORM Alliance, our mission is to transform this broken supervision model so that probation becomes a pathway to work, wellness, and stability, not a pipeline back to prison.

    In response to news that Fulton County District Attorney is attempting to revoke Young Thug’s probation because of deleted social media posts, REFORM Chief Policy Officer Erin Haney offered the following statement:

    “Mr Williams retweeted a publicly available photo of an investigator receiving an award and called her dishonest. He did nothing illegal or inciting…But because he’s on probation, they’re threatening to lock him up, citing other people’s online threats as his fault. That’s insanity…This is clearly not the type of conduct that warrants incarceration, let alone the potential loss of freedom for decades.”

  • Listen to groovy Alternative California band Provoker’s new single ‘Pantomime’

    Today, Bay Area-raised Los Angeles-based band Provoker released a new feel-good single, ‘Pantomime’ with the Sean Stout-directed video. It comes from their forthcoming project, ‘Mausoleum’, out on May 9 via YEAR0001. It is the follow-up track to ‘Another Boy’, which arrived with a video directed by Andrea Riba below.

    Speaking about ‘Pantomime’, vocalist Christian Crow Petty shares, “I wanted to write a song that felt baroque – loosely about the town fool falling in love with a debutant or something – but the main theme revolves around how falling in love feels like a descent into madness. I was inspired by this Shakespeare quote, ‘Sleeping or waking, mad or well-advised?’ The song and visual are supposed to be sort of nauseating like you’re so intoxicated by the reward system that you don’t realise how deeply you’ve sunk into hysteria.”

    As part of the celebration for ‘Mausoleum’, Provoker will embark on their headline North American tour this May and June, which will kick off following their performance at Cruel World Festival in Pasadena, California on May 17. The nineteen-date run will see Provoker—across the country—with support from RIP Swirl and Faerybabyy.

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    Provoker’s forthcoming album is thematically rooted in feelings of isolation—but practically—it is one of the most communal and collaborative projects the band has ever made, executive-produced by esteemed producer Kenneth Blume. The band’s Christian Crow Petty, Jonathon Lopez and Wil Palacios workshopped ideas together in studio sessions, born out of Petty’s thoughts of hauntings whilst holed up in an Echo Park attic. The album also enlists additional production from accomplished friends like Elliot Kozell (Yves Tumor, SZA), Simon Christensen (Gunna, Young Thug), Mikey Freedom Hart (Blood Orange, Lana Del Rey) and Zach Fogarty (Jean Dawson, Eyedress).

    On ‘Mausoleum’, Provoker’s signature darkness has grown even bolder, sharpened and synthesised with the addition of Blume’s production and other outside perspectives. Petty and Lopez’s songwriting partnership delves deeper on the album, shifting the focus from supernatural creatures and the sci-fi of their cinematic influences to a world more rooted in our own reality and the hauntings of our own personal struggles. Those revelations are couched in the band’s characteristically vivid imagery of grotesquerie but capture all-too-familiar feelings of the struggles of self-worth, relationships and redemption.

    For the uninitiated, Provoker began as a solo effort from musician Jonathon Lopez to create scores for horror and sci-fi films. After joining forces with vocalist and songwriter Christian Crow Petty and bassist Wil Palacios, Provoker released their debut full-length album as a trio with Body Jumper in 2021 and followed up with their 2023 release Demon Compass, which Alternative Press described as “uniquely emotional and addicting”. The band has toured alongside the likes of Viagra Boys, Beach Fossils, Turnover, glaive, TR/ST and spent 2024 touring across North America, including festival sets at Sound & Fury, Viva PHX and Substance Fest.

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    Upcoming Live Dates

    *= w/ support from RIP Swirl and Fearybabyy

    5/17 – Pasadena, CA @ Cruel World
    5/28 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom*
    5/30 – Austin, TX @ The Ballroom*
    5/31 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Downstairs*
    6/02 – Atlanta, GA @ Purgatory*
    6/03 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle Back Room*
    6/05 – Washington, DC @ The Atlantis*
    6/06 – Columbus, OH @ A&R Music Bar*
    6/07 – Philadelphia, PA @ Ukie Club*
    6/10 – Boston, MA @ The Sinclair*
    6/11 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg*
    6/13 – Toronto, ON @ Axis Club*
    6/14 – Detroit, MI @ El Club*
    6/15 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall*
    6/17 – Kansas City, MO @ recordBar*
    6/19 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater*
    6/20 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Soundwell*
    6/21 – Boise, ID @ Shrine Social Club*
    6/23 – Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret*
    6/24 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos*

    ‘Mausoleum’
    Provoker
    May 9, 2025
    YEAR0001

    1 Swarm of Flies
    2 Tears In The Club
    3 Prisoner of Love
    4 Pantomime
    5 Germaphobe
    6 Another Boy
    7 Gun2MyHead
    8 Glow In The Dark
    9 Mausoleum
    10 Singing Gun
    11 Replay

     

  • Aesop Rock announces forthcoming album ‘Black Hole Superette’

    Today, legendary independent producer-emcee Aesop Rock announced the release of his forthcoming album, ‘Black Hole Superette’. The seasoned rapper unleashed the second official music video for ‘Checkers’ today, directed by Justin CORO Kaufman. About the song, Aesop Rock shares, “This is about the neighbourhood outside your home being the great leveler. You can’t show up feeling one way because the world will show you otherwise.”

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    The press release describes the album as such, “‘Black Hole Superette’ is about the pull of the invisible (or all-too-visible) forces around us and the way they shape our psyches. From the fluorescent-colored energy drinks at the corner store to the patchwork blocks one must traverse to get there, the way your personality morphs throughout the day to the day or—in stale airport terminals—feels frozen in amber, this is an album about the small factors that comprise the immensity of life. Each piece of advertising is a little lie designed to make you feel good; when enough of those little lies are assembled in one place, they form their own gravity. “The algorithm enormous,” he raps at one point. “And growing.” 

    The convenience store from the title isn’t just a stand-in for the experience of being a consumer. Black Hole Superette also evokes the way those late-night runs for paper towels, or ice cream or cigarettes seem to lead you into a liminal space: not quite awake, not quite asleep, real and unreal at once. And so the album—already the fourth in a remarkably productive 2020s for Aes—frequently plays like something half-remembered from a dream. At once dense and kinetic, instinctive but labyrinthine, it’s an album that could only be crafted by one man’s hand.”

     

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    Aesop Rock extends his prolific streak with an eighteen-track album featuring the likes of Elucid of Armand Hammer, Billy Woods, Lupe Fiasco, Homeboy Sandman, Open Mike Eagle, and Hanni El Khatib. It comes out May 30 on Rhymesayers Entertainment.

    ‘Black Hole Superette’ Tracklist

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    1 Secret Knock
    2 Checkers
    3 Movie Night
    4 EWR – Terminal A, Gate 20
    5 1010Wins (featuring Armand Hammer)
    6 So Be It (featuring Open Mike Eagle)
    7 Send Help
    8 John Something
    9 Ice Sold Here
    10 Costco
    11 Bird School
    12 Snail Zero
    13 Charlie Horse (featuring Lupe Fiasco & Homeboy Sandman)
    14 Steel Wool
    15 Black Plums
    16 The Red Phone
    17 Himalayan Tak Chew
    18 Unbelievable Shenanigans (featuring Hanni El Khatib)

  • Watch Spill Tab’s trippy visual for love anthem ‘Angie’

    She’s got it bad for Angie.

    A month ago, Spill Tab, a young Los Angeles-based French-Korean singer-songwriter and producer (real name Claire Chica), released the official video to her song, ‘Angie’. In a rumbling bedroom, chandeliers shake, and a hamburger falls from her nightstand. Conflicted, she claims to hate Angie and quickly dispels those thoughts in the same lyric.

    “I hate you, I don’t, don’t, don’t/Angie, she’s on my mind”

    Watch the video below to see how she crashes out in the name of love. If you’re in New York City and you like her music, Spill Tab will perform at Baby’s All Right at 9:30 PM EST on June 11.

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    ‘Angie’ is a single from Spill Tab’s twelve-track debut album after releasing a few extended plays, the last of which propelled her onto Sabrina Carpenter’s 2023 tour. The album ‘Angie’ releases on May 16 through Because Music.

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    Spill Tab tour dates

    June 11 – New York @ Night Club 101
    June 12 – Toronto @ The Drake
    June 14 – Chicago @ Beat Kitchen
    June 17 – Los Angeles @ El Cid

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    ‘Angie’ tracklist

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    1 Pink Lemonade
    2 Adore Me
    3 Assis
    4 Athlete
    5 By Design
    6 Hold Me
    7 Want Me
    8 Morning Dew Interlude
    9 Doesn’t That Scare You?
    10 Angie
    11 De Guerre
    12 Wet Veneer