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Essentials: Drake Releases “Hotline Bling” Music Video
Overshadowed by all the hype of the Meek Mill v. Drake “beef”, “Hotline Bling” was released along side with the Meek Mill diss track, “Back To Back“. Fast foward two months, it’s popping up all over the national radio, tops iTunes’ Top Songs list, and sits at #2 on the Billboard charts behind fellow Canadian and [continued]
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Dillon Francis and Skrillex Drop Their “Bun Up The Dance” Video
Dillon Francis and Skrillex (or as I like to affectionately refer to them, Skrillon/Dillex) made my Monday tolerable with their “Bun Up The Dance” music video, featuring some pretty incredible dancing. [continued]
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Breaking: Kanye West Shares Two New Tracks
Kanye West has premiered two new tracks, “Say You Will (featuring Caroline Shaw)” and “When I See It,” via his official Soundcloud account. “When I See It” sounds to be a reworked version of The Weeknd’s “Tell Your Friends” which Kanye produced. The two tracks mark a return to a singing style for Yeezy, something that [continued]
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PressPlay >>Rewind #1 – Gorillaz, Bloc Party, Radiohead Set To Return With Albums in 2016; Condé Nast Buys P4K; Molly Hankins Wins The Week
Happy sunday, PressPlay fam. I’m Josh, the new North American managing editor here at PressPlay, and every week, on Sunday afternoons and evenings, we’re going to be bringing you the top-to-bottom run down of all the need-to-know news from our side of the music industry, for the week that was. We know that the people [continued]
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Essentials: “1738” – esta.
Fetty Wap’s global reach was practically inescapable this past summer; from the club to the radio you just couldn’t get away from the feel-good hit that skyrocketed the New Jersey rapper into an overnight sensation. Remixes of “Trap Queen” abounded but none stand out quite as much as Los Angeles based producer esta.’s. The Soulection member brings [continued]
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ROYAL BLOOD: A TWO-YEAR TOUR IN REVIEW
The Brighton-based rock duo, Mike Kerr (vocals + bass) and Ben Thatcher (drums) ended two years of nearly non-stop touring in spectacular style at Austin City Limits festival on Sunday. Formed in 2013, Royal Blood’s rise from playing in low-lit pubs and bars; to the main stage at Reading Festival this summer has been an extraordinary feat, [continued]
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Essentials: “Saved Ft. E-40 (Prod. By DJ Mustard)” – TY Dollar $ign
Gearing up for the release of his album, Free TC, TY Dollar $ign has uploaded “Saved”, produced by DJ Mustard and featuring E-40. So far TY$ has released 4 singles off of the album as well as a music video for “Saved” which was uploaded in August. With pretty commercial features on the released singles, [continued]
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Essentials: “160 Hospital Riddim” – Rustie
LuckyMe label-dweller and Glaswegian beat-smith Rustie delivered a surprise track for his fans produced and recorded in an unconventional location. That location being the DJ’s hospital bed. After being hospitalised for issues relating to diabetes, Rustie released “160 Hospital Riddim” for free on his Soundcloud this past Wednesday. The Scottish producer offered the free track [continued]
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NEWS: Chance the Rapper Gears Up For Family Matters Tour
Coming out of Chicago with a catalogue of soul-inspired hip hop, Chance The Rapper continues to shine and impress on the hip hop community as he gears up for his Family Matters Tour. [continued]
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Essentials: “Halos & Devil Horns” – Phora
PhoraOne finds the correct balance between soul and originality to make the song his, producing what undoubtedly will become an underground classic in years to come. [continued]