Month: August 2022

Eminem has revealed the tracklist for his second greatest hits collection, Curtain Call 2, set to be released on August 5th. Included on the project are the classic tracks “Love The Way You Lie,” “The Monster,” and “Not Afraid.” Eminem made the announcement in a post on social media, sharing the full 16 song tracklist. The album features music from all of Eminem’s projects beginning from his sixth studio album, 2009’s Relapse. In addition to Relapse, the timeframe includes five full-length solo studio albums including Recovery (2010), The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013), Revival (2017), Kamikaze (2018), and Music to Be Murdered By (2020), and also includes side projects, guest appearances, and film soundtracks.

In addition to the standard release of Curtain Call 2, there will be a limited edition box set and a limited quantity of autographed vinyl available on Eminem’s official website.  You can pre-order Curtain Call 2 – here.

The reveal of Em’s Curtain Call 2 tracklist comes a day after the rapper shared a previously unreleased music video for his single, “Crack A Bottle,” featuring 50 Cent and Dr. Dre. The song was released in 2009 as the lead single from Relapse, winning the Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group in 2010. Watch the new video for “Crack a Bottle” – here.

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Imagine Dragons are celebrating the 10th anniversary of their debut album Night Visions by releasing two expanded editions of the album, featuring nine additional studio tracks and two previously unreleased demos. Night Visions (Expanded Edition) is set for release on September 9th in physical and deluxe formats.

Night Visions featured five hit singles including “Hear Me” and “On Top of The World,” “It’s Time,” “Radioactive,” and “Demons.” Night Visions (Super Deluxe Edition) is comprised of four CDs – including the original album, bonus tracks, live recordings, and remixes – in addition to the DVD The Making of Night Visions.   The expanded release will also include previously released tracks including “Cha-Ching (Til We Grow Older)” as well as “Round and Round,” “Selene,” “Fallen,” “Cover Up,” and more, as well as two never-before-heard demos – “Love of Mine” and “Bubble.”

Pre-order Night Visions (Expanded Edition) – here;

and Night Visions (Super Deluxe Edition) – here.

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Beyoncé is removing the lyrics to one of the songs on her new album, “Renaissance,” amid backlash.  The pop superstar drew criticism this weekend over the song “Heated,” co-written by Drake, which features the line: “Spazzin’ on that a**, spazz on that a**.” The word “spaz” is based on spastic diplegia, a form of cerebral palsy that causes motor impairments in the legs or arms, and has been used as a slur toward people living with that disability.

Representatives for Beyoncé confirmed that a new version of “Heated” will be available with the offensive lyrics changed. A statement read: “The word, not used intentionally in a harmful way, will be replaced.”  Beyoncé’s announcement follows Lizzo’s decision to edit the same word out of one of her new songs; Lizzo confirmed plans to change a lyric in “Grrrls,” off her latest album “Special,” following similar criticism.

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Blackpink has released the music video for their latest single “Ready for Love,” which was developed in partnership with one of the world’s biggest mobile games, PUBG Mobile.

Blackpink first teased the song during their groundbreaking in-game concert, The Virtual; fans can watch the full music video for “Ready For Love” in the esport centre inside PUBG Mobile, or it can be viewed on Blackpink’s official YouTube channel. The video features the PUBG Mobile avatars of Jisoo, Jennie, Rose, and Lisa traversing through a series of different picturesque scenes as they perform.

To take a look at the video for “Ready for Love”, head here.

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Rina Sawayama announced tour dates for the U.S. this November. The first of the 13 shows scheduled will take place in Brooklyn on November 1, with Sawayama also making stops in Boston, Charlotte, Atlanta, Nashville, Dallas, Houston, other cities before wrapping the trek in Los Angeles on the 23rd. Tickets are on sale now; for ticket information, head to https://rina.online/.

Hold The Girl, the upcoming second album from Sawayama, is due out 9/2; to pre-order, head here.

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Calvin Harris has revealed the official tracklist for his upcoming album Funk Wav Bounces, Vol. 2, set to be released on Aug. 5th.

The DJ and producer has already shared the singles ‘Potion‘ featuring Dua Lipa & Young Thug, ‘New Money‘ featuring 21 Savage, and a collaboration with Halsey, Justin Timberlake, and Pharrell Williams called ‘Stay With Me‘.

In addition to those collaborators, Funk Wav Bounces, Vol. 2 also features Pusha T, Tinashe, Offset, Busta Rhymes, Latto, Swae Lee, Snoop Dogg, Lil Durk and more.

To check out the full tracklist, head here.

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