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Taylor Swift’s ‘Tortured Poets Department’: Records Broken

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Taylor Swift’s ‘Tortured Poets Department’: Records Broken

The 31-track LP sold 1.4 million copies in its first day. Taylor Swift Beth Garrabrant Taylor Swift was gunning for a truly epic release week long before The Tortured Poets Department actually dropped, with the pop star surprising fans by unleashing 31 new songs — as opposed to the previously confirmed 16 main and four bonus tracks — in the span of two hours April 19. She’d been crafting the […]

todayApril 23, 2024

The Best Four-Album Run in Rock: Roundtable

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The Best Four-Album Run in Rock: Roundtable

The only thing harder than starting a hot streak is maintaining one. Rock history is filled with artists who failed to improve upon or even match the promise of a particularly successful album.Of course, rock's true legends have proven themselves to be capable of repeatedly surpassing themselves, sharpening and refining their skills while conquering exciting new creative territory. We asked seven UCR writers to pick the best four-album streaks in […]

todayApril 23, 2024

Rick Ross Bravely Roasts Mike Tyson Over Throwback Photo

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Rick Ross Bravely Roasts Mike Tyson Over Throwback Photo

Rick Ross has courageously taken a jab at Mike Tyson, roasting the boxer’s haircut before he went bald.Ross made the dig, which Tyson took in stride, while the rapper was a guest on a recent episode of his Hotboxin’ with Mike Tyson podcast.The boxer showed a picture of him during his younger years, which provoked the response from Ricky Rozay.He said: “It’s a beautiful picture…How old were you? That n-gga […]

todayApril 23, 2024

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Video of Teenage Fred Durst Rapping + Dancing Is Insane

Long before he started Limp Bizkit, Fred Durst was still rapping and dancing and living it up as a teenager.Nowadays, Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst is on some strange wavelengths: be it on a "Dad Vibe" or starting a podcast about UFOs. But long before he was turning Limp Bizkit into a quasi-art project, he was a kid trying to sincerely make it as a rapper.Fred Durst's Rap Career Before […]

todayApril 23, 2024

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Maluma, Saweetie Join Team Legend and Team Dan + Shay on ‘The Voice’

This week marked the start of the Playoffs rounds on season 25 of The Voice and the show brought in some serious ringers on Monday night (April 22) to help cut down each coach’s team from five to three singers before the live, public-vote rounds begin. Team John Legend teed up a veteran of the franchise in Colombian superstar Maluma, who has been a coach on two seasons of La […]

todayApril 23, 2024

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Geoff Downes Revives Asia For Multi-Act Summer Tour

Geoff Downes will lead a reformed lineup of Asia on a tour celebrating the group's platinum 1982 debut. Also featured on the multi-act bill are Martin Turner of Wishbone Ash, Focus, Curved Air and emcee Roger Dean, the artist who created Asia's album covers. The Heat of the Moment Tour will hit 21 North American cities in July. A complete list of dates and cities is below. Downes says the […]

todayApril 23, 2024

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Stars Ready For Kumasi HoodTalk Music Festival

Kweku Darlington   DreamChild Foundation in collaboration with Otumfuo Silver Jubilee will this Thursday host Kumasi edition of the HoodTalk Music Festival dubbed ‘Asantehene Jubilee Edition’ at the Jubilee Park in Kumasi. The free event is being organised to celebrate the 25th Silver Jubilee of the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. Artistes billed to rock the event include Strongman, Kweku Flick, Yaw Tog, Bradex, Ypee, Kweku Darlington, African Child, Seven […]

todayApril 23, 2024

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Saweetie Posts Quavo DM After He Shades Her On Chris Brown Diss

Saweetie has posted a direct message from Quavo after her ex-boyfriend mentioned her on his latest Chris Brown diss song “Over Hoes & Bitches.”On the track, which came in response to Breezy’s own diss track “Weakest Link,” Quavo rapped: “I can take a model bitch and make a Saweetie, n-gga,” which she does not appear to have taken kindly to.Taking to X (formerly Twitter) shortly after the song’s release, Saweetie […]

todayApril 23, 2024

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Nathan Chester Performs Acrobatic Beatles Cover on ‘The Voice’

For a band that split in 1970, the Beatles seem to be everywhere right now. Last year, the Fab Four released their final recording, “Now And Then,” which gave the band their first No. 1 on Billboard’s Adult Alternative Airplay in more than 50 years, a leader on the Official U.K. Singles Chart which extended their record as the British act with the most leaders (18). It was also the […]

todayApril 23, 2024

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Highland music festival to celebrate Scotland’s native rainforests

The festival is designed to bring together the communities around the loch by hosting outstanding and unique chamber music performances by leading musicians each year. This year's event will feature a world premiere by local composer Lisa Robertson. The piece, Ar Coilltean, for Gaelic children’s choir and ensemble, is a celebration of our local native woodlands and of our local community’s relationship with them, both historically and in the present day. READ MORE: Band […]

todayApril 23, 2024

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