Hi <<First Name>> <<Last Name>>! For the best viewing experience, view this email in your browser. |  | | Week Ending March 28thTaylor Hawkins, the drummer for the Foo Fighters and one of the most recognizable names in rock, died tragically on Friday at the age of 50. Watch the Foo Fighters play Everlong at last week’s Lollapalooza Argentina here — it was the last song Taylor performed prior to his death five days later. Click here for a Spotify playlist with the songs mentioned in this email. | | | BIGGEST Songs of the Week 📈 |  | Cardi B… or as Vulture’s Justin Curto puts it, Cardi R&B. On the extended version of Summer Walker and SZA’s 2021 track No Love, Cardi B takes a risk by substituting her usual spitfire raps for lush vocals. The original version of No Love appeared on Summer’s critically acclaimed sophomore LP Still Over It, released last November. The SZA-assisted track debuted at No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it Summer’s biggest hit to-date. Thanks to Cardi, No Love is about to get even bigger. Though Cardi’s vocals can’t quite keep up with the two queens of R&B’s, her sultry singing is an exciting new direction for an artist we have heard very little from since Up’s release over a year ago. Notably, this isn’t the first time the Bronx native has collaborated with either artist. Last year, Cardi provided spoken-word affirmations on Bitter, the opening track for Summer’s Still Over It. And in 2018, SZA appeared on I Do from Cardi’s Grammy-winning debut album Invasion of Privacy. 1. Summer Walker, SZA, Cardi B, No Love (Contemporary R&B) 👍 2. J Balvin, Ed Sheeran, Sigue (Reggaeton) 🗑️ 3. Nicki Minaj, Fivio Foreign, We Go Up (Drill) 👍 4. Tate McRae, chaotic (Alt Pop) 😑 5. Tyler, the Creator, Nigo, COME ON, LET’S GO (Hip Hop) 👍👍👍👍 6. Martin Garrix, Zedd, Follow (Electro House) 👍 7. Chance the Rapper, Child of God (Christian Hip Hop) 👍👍 8. Latto, Lil Waye, Childish Gambino, Sunshine (Pop Rap) 👍 9. Machine Gun Kelly, blackbear, make up sex (Trap) 🗑️ 10. Denzel Curry, T-Pain, Troubles (Pop Rap) 👍👍 Honorable Mention: Maren Morris, Humble Quest (Country Pop) 👍 | | Noteworthy 📰 |  | ‘80s synthpop titans Soft Cell and Pet Shop Boys, best known for their hits Tainted Love and West End Girls, teamed up on the new track Purple Zone. The single will appear on Soft Cell’s upcoming LP *Happiness Not Included, their first album in 20 years.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers shared Not The One, another preview of their upcoming Rick Rubin-produced album, Unlimited Love, their first with guitarist John Frusciante since 2006’s Stadium Arcadium.
Pusha T may have stopped taking shots at Drake, but McDonald’s is now in his sights on the Arby’s sponsored Spicy Fish Diss Track. Oddly enough, Pusha is believed to have wrote McDonald’s famous I’m Lovin It jingle.
| | BEST Songs of the Week 🔥 |  | Over the past two months, we’ve shared several previews of Japanese fashion icon Nigo’s highly anticipated comeback album I Know NIGO!, including Arya with A$AP Rocky, Want It Bad with Kid Cudi, Hear Me Clearly with Pusha T and Heavy with Lil Uzi Vert. The BAPE founder has finally released the full project, and the feature list has gotten even more impressive with the additions of A$AP Ferg, Clipse, Gunna, Pop Smoke, Teriyaki Boys and Tyler, the Creator, who bookends the album. Tyler kicks off the record with Lost and Found Freestyle, a reunion with A$AP Rocky which was presumably written shortly after the duo’s 2018 Potato Salad freestyle. Tyler later closes out the album with the banger Come On, Let’s Go. On the Pharrell-produced track, Tyler doesn’t waste a minute as he raps about punctuality, fitting for a song less than two minutes in length. Over a pulsing synth, a heavy bassline and the sound of a ticking clock, the rapper complains about his date taking too long to get ready, yet it never sounds cheesy. Both sonically and visually, Come On, Let’s Go is a perfect fit for the atmosphere which Tyler built on last year’s Call Me If You Get Lost. 1. Tyler, the Creator, Nigo, COME ON, LET’S GO (Hip Hop) 👍👍👍👍 2. Fontaines D.C., Skinty Fia (Gothic Rock) 👍👍👍👍 3. Jane Inc, 2120 (Synthpop) 👍👍👍 4. Soccer Mommy, Shotgun (Indie Rock) 👍👍👍 5. Hatchie, Lights On (Dream Pop) 👍👍👍 6. Zola Jesus, Lost (Darkwave) 👍👍👍 7. Let’s Eat Grandma, Levitation (Synthpop) 👍👍👍 8. Kurt Vile, Mount Airy Hill (Way Gone) (Indie Folk) 👍👍👍 9. Yung Lean, Trip (Cloud Rap) 👍👍 10. beabadoobee, Talk (Noise Pop) 👍👍 Honorable Mention: Disclosure, RAYE, Waterfall (Garage House) 👍👍 | | Albums Spotlight 💿 |  | Every year since 2007, XXL Magazine has ushered in ten new artists-to-watch with their Freshman Class series. Perhaps the greatest group was the Freshman Class of 2016, which included Anderson .Paak, Dave East, Desiigner, G Herbo, Kodak Black, Lil Dicky, Lil Uzi Vert, Lil Yachty, 21 Savage and Denzel Curry. Unlike many of his adlib-heavy, mumble rapping alumni, Denzel built his brand through non-genre conforming experimentation, revamping his sound on every project. With his fifth studio album, Melt My Eyez See Your Future, the 27-year old rapper has done it again — this time giving up his characteristic hardcore sound in favor of something more mellow. As Denzel trades in his mosh-pit classics for jazzier beats, listeners are transported to the boom bap, golden age of hip hop. Though his music is not as livewire on this record, Denzel is still able to extend his creative palette. With bepop, punk, dancehall and soul beats, Denzel is as experimental as ever. Denzel Curry, Melt My Eyez See Your Future (Conscious Hip Hop) 👍👍👍 Soul Glo, Diaspora Problems (Hardcore Punk) 👍👍👍 Favorite Tracks: Driponomics, Spiritual Level of Gang Sh*t, John J, Gold Chain Punk (whogonbeatmyass?)
Destroyer, LABYRINTHITIS (Art Rock) 👍👍👍 Kilo Kish, AMERICAN GURL (Electropop) 👍👍👍 Favorite Tracks: AMERICAN GURL, NEW TRICKS: ART AESTHETICS AND MONEY, ON THE OUTSIDE (JUSTIN’S SONG), NO APOLOGY!
Machine Gun Kelly, mainstream sellout (Pop Punk) 🗑️ Other Notable Projects: Aldous Harding Warm Chris, Dream Widow, Foo Fighters Dream Widow [EP], Guerilla Toss Famously Alive, Ibibio Sound Machine Electricity, Koffee Gifted, Latto 777, Maren Morris Humble Quest, Nigo I Know NIGO!, Phife Dawg Forever, Placebo Never Let Me Go, Wallows Tell Me That It’s Over | | Vinyl Giveaway 🎁 |  | Congratulations to last month’s winners of the limited edition, double-marbled vinyl of Black Country, New Road’s Ants From Up There! You can win a translucent red vinyl of ROSALÍA’s latest album MOTOMAMI. In a pop landscape gripped with Latin fever and saturated with reggaeton tracks from artists like J Balvin and Bad Bunny, ROSALÍA’s flamenco sound is a breath of fresh air. As the biggest Latin female crossover star since Shakira, ROSALÍA has been lauded for re-contextualizing a centuries old musical style for the digital age. On MOTOMAMI, the Spanish superstar is innovative as ever and wonderfully eccentric. How it works: When you refer a friend using this sign-up link, you get entered into a raffle to win. The more you share, the better chance you have. Winners will be contacted at the end of April. | | WORST Song of the Week 🗑️24kGoldn, Travis Barker, In My Head (Pop Rock) | | Next week: Harry Styles returns with his first new song since 2019. Were you forwarded this email? Subscribe here. Have any comments or suggestions? Contact us here. | | To stop receiving these emails, unsubscribe here. | |
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