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Little Simz has kicked off her 2025 with the release of a mighty new single, “Flood,” and announced her upcoming sixth album, Lotus.
The new album will be released on May 9 via AWAL, and will be her first studio LP since 2022’s No Thank You.
Featuring vocals from both Obongjayar and Moonchild Sanelly, the lead track marks the first slice of new material from Simz this year. It arrives accompanied by a striking video, which was directed by Salomon Ligthelm.
In February 2024, Simz put out her Drop 7 EP, which was followed by surprise single “Hello, Hi” in December. Throughout the year, she also made a slew of guest appearances on other artists’ tracks: Coldplay’s “We Pray,” Sampha’s “Satellite Business 2.0” and Wretch 32’s “Black and British.” In June, she appeared on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury, marking her biggest show to date.
More recently, Simz was nominated in the hip-hop/rap/grime category at The BRITs 2025, which will take place at London’s O2 Arena Saturday (March 1). She has previously triumphed at the awards ceremony, scooping the best new artist gong in 2022.
In January, it was announced that the 31-year-old will curate this year’s Meltdown Festival at the capital’s Southbank Centre. Taking place between June 12-22, the event will see Simz craft a wide-ranging bill of music, art and workshops across 11 nights, with the full lineup expected to arrive soon.
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Across the course of an illustrious career, Simz has released five studio albums, among a wealth of mixtapes and extended projects. In 2022, she won the Mercury Prize for her fourth LP Sometimes I Might Be Introvert – her highest charting record in the U.K. to date, landing at No. 4 upon release.
Crypto proponent Snoop Dogg is officially partnering with Tune. FM as the face of the Web3 music streaming platform, Billboard can exclusively report. The first project being streamed under the new partnership is the newly released single “Spaceship Party.”
The rapper/entrepreneur also plans to move more of his catalog, including his Death Row Records material, to Tune.FM.
In publicly announcing the switch, Snoop bluntly states in a comment given to Billboard, “I don’t f**k with Spotify anymore. I’m only on Tune.FM.”
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Tune.FM styles itself as a decentralized Web3 streaming platform focusing on transparency, security and fairness for artists through blockchain technology. The platform’s native cryptocurrency is something called JAM. Unlike traditional services, it says it provides instant micropayments per second streamed. Users can sign up and start streaming without needing blockchain knowledge. Upon registration, a JAM wallet is automatically created, allowing users to spend JAM tokens on streaming, tipping artists and unlocking exclusive content.
Tune.FM says its AI-driven discovery algorithm promotes independent artists organically, bypassing paid placements. Additionally, artists can tokenize music rights, allowing fans to invest and earn royalties.
Snoop Dogg’s decision to partner with the platform came after meeting Tune.FM founder/CEO Andrew Antar at the Crypto Ball prior to President Trump’s inauguration in January.
“We are thrilled to welcome Snoop Dogg as the face of Tune.FM,” Antar tells Billboard. “Snoop is the OG pioneer who is always on the cutting edge of technology and new ways of doing business. He totally gets it, and we are ready to take on the world together.” A classically trained musician, Antar also plays violin on “Spaceship Party.”
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Beyond moving his catalog to Tune.FM, Snoop Dogg is planning to host fan experiences and giveaways such as a private event at his house and VIP prize tiers. Additional plans include integrating Tune.FM into live events and exclusive concerts, as well as bringing unique artist-fan interactions and collectibles to the platform’s marketplace.
Tune.FM is also in talks with major labels (Universal, Sony), major distributors and high-profile artists to bring more exclusive content to the platform. According to a Tune.FM spokesperson, “Tune.FM operates under non-exclusive licensing agreements, enabling us to unlock new revenue streams for under-monetized catalogs and artist IP on both our streaming platform and marketplace.”
The rep declined to disclose specifics about any deals, but added, “we can share that major distributors and labels are increasingly coming on board to upload catalogs that have long been under-monetized.”
If you’ve seen A Complete Unknown, or gone to see Bob Dylan in concert over the past few decades, or checked out the the Nobel Prize winner’s social media feeds recently then you know that the rock and roll bard’s factory setting is inscrutable.
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Which, kind of, explains Dylan’s latest inexplicable Instagram missive: a no-context re-post of a 2016 in-store performance by Machine Gun Kelly at Park Ave. CDs in Orlando, FL in 2016. Why MGK? Why this clip? We will never know, but both Kelly and his good pal, singer/producer Mod Sun, were beyond pumped at the unexpected shout-out. (Check out the post here).
“you having a phone is so rad,” Kelly wrote in the comments on the post, with Mod Sun adding, “This is my favorite thing that’s ever happened on the internet.” Other commenters also weighed in with a mix of excitement and confusion, writing, “Bob probably thought this was [A Complete Unknown star] Timothée Chalamet so he reposted it,” “Think MGK has now won against Eminem. The greatest poet of all time has just reposted him,” “I love when Dylan fans get riled ’cause he throws a curveball,” “Bob respectfully what the f–k is this” and “Not a fan of MGK, myself… Genius sees genius. This guy can spit and it seems at least one person named Bob can hear it clearly.”
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While Dylan has posted some on-brand messages lately, including a tribute to his friend and late bandmate Garth Hudson last month following the death of The Band’s longtime keyboardist, the MGK love is in keeping with his out-of-left-field online activity. Earlier this year, the 83-year-old folk rock legend joined TikTok just days before what was slated to be a ban of the app, posting a kind of career retrospective clip, followed by a half dozen other archival videos.
Over on X, the past four months have found Dylan musing about seeing a Nick Cave show in Paris and being impressed by the singer’s moving track “Joy” and giving props to “brilliant actor” Chalamet’s role in A Complete Unknown, predicting that the actor would be “completely believable as me. Or a younger me. Or some other me.”
Classic Dylan.
He’s also paid tribute to another old bandmate, late rockin’ blues giant Paul Butterfield, and, last week, posted another tribute, this time to late bluegrass/country great Don Reno.
And if you scroll through the rest of his Instagram feed, over the past two months, mixed in with promos for his ongoing Rough and Rowdy Ways world tour, you’ll see an archival video of Les Paul introducing late Van Halen guitarist Eddie Van Halen at a Les Paul tribute show in 1988, a random Ricky Nelson performance clip, a snippet of director Fritz Lang’s 1952 noir romance Clash By Night starring Barbara Stanwyck and Marilyn Monroe and a live performance video of beloved guitarist Django Reinhardt.
Mix in a post of the classic Twilight Zone episode “To Serve Man” and a reading of the “Last Testament” of the outlaw (and older brother of Jesse) Frank James.
What does it all mean? Who knows? But in the immortal words of Dylan: “don’t criticize what you can’t understand.”
Almost three decades since it was the subject of a throwaway joke on The Simpsons, and more than seven months after it became a reality, Cypress Hill are issuing their 2024 performance with the London Symphony Orchestra as a live album and concert film.
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The eagerly-anticipated show, which took place on July 10, 2024, has its roots in a 1996 episode of The Simpsons which sees the titular family’s patriarch going on tour as a member of a Lollapalooza-style music festival.
The “Homerpalooza” episode aired on May 19, 1996, as the penultimate installment of season seven. Homer, Marge and the Simpson family head backstage at the Springfield Fairgrounds where Cypress Hill and other performers are hanging out. Event staff members are surprised to see the London Symphony Orchestra show up, and suspect that the cannabis-advocating crew may have had something to do with it. “Somebody ordered the London Symphony Orchestra. Possibly while high, Cypress Hill I’m looking in your direction,” they said.
A beloved joke amongst fans of the series and the band, the Californian group turned fiction into fact last year when they appeared at the Royal Albert Hall in London to perform 1993 album Black Sunday and other tracks while dressed in suits.
Black Sunday arrived in July of that year and debuted atop the Billboard 200 with 261,000 album units sold in the first week. Triple-platinum lead single “Insane in the Brain” went on to crack the Billboard Hot 100 top 20, where it peaked at No. 19.
“It’s been something that we’ve talked about for many years since The Simpsons episode first aired,” B-Real told the BBC ahead of the highly-anticipated performance. “So it’s very special for us. And it’s coming off the heels of our 30th anniversary for our Black Sunday album. We’ve played a lot of historical venues throughout our career and stuff like that, but nothing as prestigious as this.”
Now, the full show – titled Cypress Hill and the London Symphony Orchestra: Black Sunday Live at the Royal Albert Hall – will be hitting theaters throughout the U.S. and Canada for three days and on March 30, 31, and April 2. Full ticketing information can be found here.
Two months later, a full recording of the performance will be released on June 6 via Mercury. To accompany the announcement, the band have released a video of 1995 track “Illusions,” which originally featured on their Black Sunday follow-up Cypress Hill III: Temples of Boom.
“It’s a trip to see that hip hop can be done in this form — and at a venue as prestigious as the Royal Albert Hall,” B-Real said in a statement. “It was truly an honor and a privilege, and now that experience can be shared.”
”I’ve always been excited by the idea of merging genres, and to do it with the most prolific hip hop group of all time and the most exquisite symphony orchestra in the world was an honor,” added Troy Miller, who handled arrangement and conductor duties of the performance.
“The band gave me free rein on the arrangements and we made something truly unique and mesmerizing – what a sublime collaboration!”
GELO was already climbing the charts with his breakthrough hit, “Tweaker,” but the song got even more of a boost thanks to a remix from none other than Lil Wayne.
That’s like hooping with [Michael] Jordan,” GELO told Billboard of working with Weezy. “He back on that Dedication type of sound. That boy was flowing.”
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Below, find the lyrics to GELO’s “Tweaker” remix with Lil Wayne.
(Glizock, pop your shit, boy)Watch over your shoulder, niggaShit get real out here, foolAh(KUNICA on the beat)
I might swerve, bend that corner, woahBitch, hold on tight ’cause I’ll tweak in this bitch, start lettin’ shit goAnd I heard that she wanna showMe who she be, I’m kinda fuckin’ with it, show me some moreBitch, we tatted head to toe, could give a fuck, the story wroteYou wanna tweak? Get up with me and I’ma show you how that goLike the money in my pockets, blowThey havin’ convos about me, these pussy niggas don’t know
Tell me what they talkin’ ’bout, I ain’t fuckin’ listenin’Let your thoughts run your mouth, but ain’t touchin’ dividendsNigga, I ain’t from the South, but kick it with my Memphis twinNigga, I can’t take a loss, I’m always goin’ for the win (for the win)I been geeked up in this booth, I got my blunt packed for the starterNigga, don’t be here actin’ new, they’ll put some holes all through your bodyI’m like “Oh, them hoes is cool, let ’em in if that shit water” (water)See a nigga actin’ bothered, got my green light to red dot ’em (red dot, red dot)If you spot me, ho, I’m sorry, I can’t take you, it get gnarly (get gnarly)Look like your nigga want smoke, well, we gon’ do this shit regardless (regardless)And I started from the bottom, just like you, but I was harder (way harder)I came up a fuckin’ soldier, nigga, shout out to my father (shout out my father)
Ah-ahHe made sure I’ll make it fartherAh-ah (ah-ah-ah-ah)My trust in God, Glocks, and dollars
I might swerve, bend that corner, woahBitch, hold on tight ’cause I’ll tweak in this bitch, start lettin’ shit goAnd I heard that she wanna showMe who she be, I’m kinda fuckin’ with it, show me some moreBitch, we tatted head to toe, could give a fuck, the story wroteYou wanna tweak? Get up with me and I’ma show you how that goLike the money in my pockets, blowThey havin’ convos about me, these pussy niggas don’t know
Wah, remix, babyI cross yo’ ass up like Jesus, babyYou know I reheat this, baby, then eat this, babyAnd I laced this bitch like Victoria Secrets, babyThis for the tweakers, baby, you see this, babyWheezy F., and the F is for features, babyI went from the bleachers, baby, to beaches, babyTo each his own, gotta own, I can’t lease it, babyI’m beastin’, baby, I feast like I’m obese and lazyAnd if they sleepin’ on a G.O.A.T., they countin’ sheep then, babyWeaklings, baby, they comin’ with that weak shit, babyYou know I cook a rapper ass like I eat shit, baby, hold upI’ma use your blood to paint the wall, dogI could make the art of war look like a Andy WarholMoney all out the pocket like Lamar, dogSonnin’ these niggas like LaVar Ball, Mula
I might swerve, bend that corner, woahBitch, hold on tight ’cause I’ll tweak in this bitch, start lettin’ shit goAnd I heard that she wanna showMe who she be, I’m kinda fuckin’ with it, show me some moreBitch, we tatted head to toe, could give a fuck, the story wroteYou wanna tweak? Get up with me and I’ma show you how that goLike the money in my pockets, blow, blowThey havin’ convos about me, these pussy niggas don’t know
Mula, babyYeah, stuntin’ like my daddyAll my sons killers, this is target practice, nigga, baowStuntin’ like my daddyBall ’til I fall, ball like the family, hold upAll my sons shootersBitch, this Young Mula, hold upAll my sons shootersBitch, this Young Mula, hold upStuntin’ like my daddy, stuntin’ like my daddyBall ’til I fall, ball like the family
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Doechii is continuing her breakthrough year with the virality of “Denial Is a River,” which appeared on her Grammy-winning album, Alligator Bites Never Heal.
The superstar delivered the hit as well as “Catfish” at the Feb. 2 Grammys ceremony in Los Angeles, where the song won best rap album. Doechii became only the third woman artist to ever take home the prestigious honor.
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Below, find the lyrics to Doechii’s “Denial Is a River.”
Hey, I thought it was all overWhat’s up, Doechii?Hey, girlYou know, it’s been a lil’ minute since you and I have had a chat?Has it really?Probably since, like, your last EP, Oh The Places You’ll GoOh, wow, it’s been a minute, yeah?I’ve been gettin’ some calls, people are a little bit worried about youNot worried, okayAnd I know that was kinda that outlet for you, soYou wereWhy don’t you just tell me what’s been goin’ on?Okay
Remember old dude from 2019?Nice clean nigga, did me dirtier than laundry (than laundry)Took a scroll through his IGJust to get a DM from his wifey? (What the fuck?)I was so confused, what should Doechii do?She didn’t know about me and I didn’t know ’bout SueI opened up the messages then had to hit the zoomTurns out the girl was really a dude? (Goddamn)Nigga think he slicked back ’til I slipped backGot my lick back, turned a nigga to a knick-knack (to a knick-knack)I moved on, dropped a couple of songsAnd then I went and got signed, that was 2021
Okay, I just feel like this is the perfect opportunityFor us to just take a second and kind of unpack what’s happened to youYou know, this guy cheated on you and-Mm, nah, (oh) fuck it
Platinum record this, viral record thatI’m makin’ so much money, I’m all over the ‘netI’m movin’ so fast, no time to processAnd no, I’m not in a gang, but I’m always on setWrist watch, drip drop, label want the TikToksNow I’m makin’ TikTok music, what the fuck?I need a cleanse, need a detoxBut we ain’t got time to stop, the charts needs us (and they do)Fast forward me, 2023I’m stackin’ lots of cheese and makin’ moneyMy grass is really green and
Honestly, I can’t even fucking cap no moreThis is a really dark time for meI’m goin’ through a lotBy a lot, you mean drugs?Um, I wouldn’t-Drugs?No, it’s a- (no?) it’s a natural plantNo, I’m not judgingI’m not an addictI’m just sayingI don’t think-You wanna talk about it?Uh
I mean, fuck, I like pills, I like drugsI like gettin’ moneyI like strippers, I like to fuckI like day drinkin’ and day parties in HollywoodI like doin’ Hollywood shit, snort it, probably wouldWhat can I say? The shit works, it feels goodAnd my self-worth’s at an all time lowAnd just when it couldn’t get worseMy ex crashed my place and destroyed all I ownedWhoopsie, made a oopsieOne hunnid thousand dollar “oops” made me loopyI ain’t a killer, but don’t push meDon’t wanna have to turn a nigga guts into soup beans
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoaRurrOkay, Doechii, we don’t wanna revert back into (sorry) our old waysOkaySo, we’re gonna try a breathing exercise, okay?Alright, wordWhen I breathe, (okay) you breatheAlright? Let’s goUh, uh, uhUh, uh, ahUh, uh, uh, ahUh, uh, uh, uh, ahUh, uh, uh, uh, ahWoo-sah
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