• Essentials: “Can’t Get Enough Of Myself” – Santigold

    Essentials: “Can’t Get Enough Of Myself” – Santigold

    After a nearly three-year silence from full-length releases, Santigold has come roaring back this week with the announcement of her third studio album, 99¢, out 22nd January on Atlantic. The announcement comes paired with the bubblegum-shaded “Can’t Get Enough Of Myself,” which explores Santi at her most pop-friendly. It’s not to say the track reflects a change [continued]

  • PressPlay >>Rewind 003: REACT Presents Wins The Week, Skrillex Strikes Back At Deadmau5, Lots Of New Music

    PressPlay >>Rewind 003: REACT Presents Wins The Week, Skrillex Strikes Back At Deadmau5, Lots Of New Music

    Happy Monday, readers — PressPlay Rewind landing a day late after a busy Halloween weekend filled to the brim with festival and concert action pretty much everywhere. Hard DOTD sounds like it went off without a hitch, while we can verify that React Presents’ inaugural running of Freaky Deaky as a full-blown festival was one [continued]

  • Album Review: I Changed A Lot – DJ Khaled

    Album Review: I Changed A Lot – DJ Khaled

    DJ Khaled is one of a kind. Equal parts the prototype for the modern hip hop caricature and the caricature itself, he’s grown acutely aware of his image and its strangely subversive clout in 2015. I Changed A Lot is perhaps the strongest testament yet to his varied talent — which ultimately amounts to making music [continued]

  • PressPlay Mixes #011: Swisha Sweet

    PressPlay Mixes #011: Swisha Sweet

    I first chased up this interview and mix with Swisha Sweet all the way back in July. Being the champ that he is, he whipped up a mix the day I hit him. I sent him way too many questions and he was busy (playing shows on both American coasts and slanging a slew of new edits [continued]

  • Essentials: “Innocence” (Madeaux Remix) – Super Duper ft. Remmi

    Essentials: “Innocence” (Madeaux Remix) – Super Duper ft. Remmi

    Every once in a while you’ll hear a track that sounds like it could swallow you whole — not in a scary monster sort of way, but the way you feel when you’re under a bunch of warm blankets on a cold day. Maybe it’s just because it’s rainy in Chicago today, but that’s how [continued]

  • Essentials: “Tik Tok” – Y2K + Alizzz

    Essentials: “Tik Tok” – Y2K + Alizzz

    I’m admittedly not a fan of Kesha. I’m sure she’s a decent human, but her music is… just not my speed. Here come Y2K and Alizzz to make me eat my words. Transforming Kesha’s “Tick Tock” into “Tik Tok,” the two wunderkind producers combine forces to chop this one into a jersey club anthem stuffed [continued]

  • Essentials: “Angels” (feat. Saba) – Chance The Rapper

    Essentials: “Angels” (feat. Saba) – Chance The Rapper

    Chance The Rapper just debuted his new song with Saba, produced by Lido, Peter Cottontale, and The Social Experiment, called “Angels,” on The Late Show With Steven Colbert. Not only that, but it’s a footwork-inspired beat (what up Chitown). Not only that but Chance put it up 20 minutes ago (12:30am EST on a Monday) and it’s got [continued]

  • PressPlay >>Rewind 002: Adele Wins The Week With Comeback; Hotline Bling + Memes; New Albums Announced

    PressPlay >>Rewind 002: Adele Wins The Week With Comeback; Hotline Bling + Memes; New Albums Announced

    Good Sunday evening, friends. Whole bunch of new albums announced and a ton of news to get to, so without further ado, here’s this week’s >>Rewind: —————— ///TOP STORY\\\ ADELE ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM TO DROP THIS WEEK, SHATTERS VEVO SINGLE-DAY VIEWS RECORD, DOESN’T FLINCH IN A MAGNIFICENT COMEBACK: Adele is already this week’s winner and [continued]

  • ICYMI: DJ Khaled Gave A Fascinating and Hilarious Interview on Hot 97

    ICYMI: DJ Khaled Gave A Fascinating and Hilarious Interview on Hot 97

    Ebro In The Morning consistently provides some of the most entertaining content from the hip hop world and has for years — but their interview yesterday with Miami-based legend DJ Khaled might just be one of the most quotable and amazingly engrossing segments they’ve ever done. What starts off as an interview where it seems like Khaled [continued]

  • ESSENTIALS: “Lie4” (SHADES Remix) – Danny Brown

    ESSENTIALS: “Lie4” (SHADES Remix) – Danny Brown

    Shades is the new identity of Alix Perez and EPROM as a duo — and this is something that will send shivers down the spine of every basshead from London to the Bay Area. The two combine their styles on an absolutely rude bootleg of Danny Brown’s “Lie4,” one that combines their two styles in a way that [continued]