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AZ Chike Loads 'No Rest for the Wicked' With Tyler, Pharrell, Hit-Boy and Terrace Martin
AZ Chike's 14-track No Rest for the Wicked brings Tyler, the Creator back for two appearances and adds Pharrell Williams, Hit-Boy and Terrace Martin to the album's creative lineup.
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Anderson .Paak and Cordae Flip Bill Withers on "A Good Day," and the Trail Runs Back to J. Cole's "RNP"
The first Heavy Is the Crown single lands Wednesday on a Bill Withers flip. Here is what the clearance requires and why J. Cole's name keeps following this pairing.
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Jive Records Relaunched in February: Its First Releases Belong to a Houston Blues Singer
RCA revived Jive with Britney and Usher in the press release. Seven months on, the first records carrying the name are two singles from independent Houston R&B veteran Jack Freeman, and the deal structure says a lot about what the new label is.
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Ten Years On, 'The Divine Feminine' Is Where the Rest of Mac Miller Starts
The album that handed Mac Miller the weakest opening week of his career is platinum now, and the edition arriving October 2 shows the players who shaped everything he made afterward were already in the room in 2016.
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Sony's Zomba Sent Konvict $1.3 Million in March: T-Pain Says Half of His Share Slid to Akon's Brother
T-Pain is suing Konvict Entertainment for $489,047, alleging the label paid him half his contractual share of a $1.3 million royalty payment and told him to collect the rest from BuVision, a company founded by Akon's brother.
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Chief Keef's Long-Awaited Chicago Homecoming Gets a New Date
Chief Keef’s first concert within Chicago in 14 years has been rescheduled for September 23 after a travel delay forced the hometown show’s last-minute postponement.
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Cheryl James Wrote and Produced Her First Hit in 1989: "Salty N Lit" Is Still Her Debut
Cheryl "Salt" James releases her debut solo album on September 25 through a label she owns outright. The tracklist, the title, and the four albums she still cannot stream explain what a debut means forty years in.
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JoJo Announces Intimate 'The High Road' 20th Anniversary Tour
JoJo is taking The High Road back to the stage for seven intimate North American shows celebrating the album’s 20th anniversary, with an artist presale beginning September 15.
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Pharrell Built a Recording Studio Inside Louis Vuitton, and It Became the Busiest Room in Rap
Clipse, Quavo, John Legend and Pusha T all recorded in the same Paris office, and one man produced every note. HitsCulture on how a fashion job became the most productive stretch of Pharrell Williams's career.
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Artists Chasing Streams Over Quality: Rap Shipped 114 Songs Last Friday
Six new albums landed on September 11 carrying 114 tracks between them, on the same grid as a 25-year-old record with thirteen. The gap is not taste. It is a chart formula that pays for length and has paid more since January.
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Live Watch: Snoop Dogg Hosts and Produces the 2026 VMAs, T-Pain Headlines Golden Gate Park
Snoop Dogg will host and executive produce the 2026 MTV VMAs on Sept. 27, and three weeks later T-Pain headlines an all-ages Golden Gate Park bill with Ari Lennox. What is confirmed, and when the tickets move.
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Quavo Gives Pharrell the Keys to QRÖMELIFE, Arriving October 2
Quavo’s next solo chapter runs through Pharrell Williams. QRÖMELIFE arrives October 2, following a campaign that has moved from Louis Vuitton’s Paris runway to an Atlanta reunion with T.I.
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