When Summer Walker‘s new album, Still Over It, comes out on Friday, commercial expectations will be high. The R&B singer erupted in 2019 with singles that channeled Nineties classics, especially the Top 20 hit “Playing Games” — which built on the unimpeachable foundation of Destiny’s Child’s “Say My Name” — …
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Back in 2016, the Federal Communications Commission received around 47 pages of angry complaints against Beyoncé’s Super Bowl halftime performance, which featured the pop star and her dancers marching onstage while dressed in outfits reminiscent of the Black Panthers. But that’s nothing compared to the 1,000-plus emails that the FCC …
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UPDATE (11/17): Megan Thee Stallion has unveiled the track list and featured artists for her upcoming debut album, Good News. The 13-track project will boast appearances from DaBaby, City Girls, Lil Durk, SZA, Popcaan, Young Thug, Big Sean and 2 Chainz. The album will also include the previously-released “Savage” remix …
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“When Trevor Noah andThe Daily Show ask you to Cardi B, you do it,” Margo Price wrote on Twitter last night. That would explain her folksy cover of Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s highly explicit rap song “WAP,” which she performed Thursday night for the program. (“WAP” begins at …
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Seasons change: every Hot Girl Summer must turn into a Mad As Hell Winter. So Megan Thee Stallion chose the right moment to break free. Her 9-song EP Suga drops just as the Houston rap goddess goes to war with her label 1501 Certified Entertainment, calling her contract “not only …
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Last month, Megan Thee Stallion performed a special Tiny Desk Concert for NPR‘s Tiny Desk Fest, a four-day series of extended performances at the radio’s coveted pint-sized stage. On Monday, NPR finally shared the video of the Houston rapper’s 25-minute set, performed with Brooklyn jazz band Phony Ppl. Even though …
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