Everything We Loved in Music This Week: March 1 – March 7
All of the biggest music headlines in one place and playlist. Updated live throughout the week.
Everything We Loved in Music This Week: March 1 – March 7
All of the biggest music headlines in one place and playlist. Updated live throughout the week.
All of the biggest music headlines in one place and playlist. Updated live throughout the week.
Nettspend Dials In His Distortion on early life crisis
Nettspend’s BAD ASS F*CKING KID was rooted in a childlike chaos. Now, still just eighteen years old, the rapper has unveiled the follow-up, aptly entitled early life crisis. BAFK found Nett stuck to the “underground” label, pretty much confined to his internet-induced, IYKYK sound. But as of late, he has rapidly ascended into the ranks of the mainstream music scene. A more dialed-in successor to his studio debut, the 21-track offering blurs the boundaries of the mainstream and the underground, and adolescence and adulthood.
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Harry Styles Reminds Us: Kiss All The Time. Disco Occasionally
One of the most anticipated releases on today’s first New Music Friday of March was Harry Styles‘ fourth studio album, also his first in four years. Kiss All The Time. Disco Occasionally.’s 12 songs showcase the musician’s fine-tuned artistic range that only seems to continue to extendin reach. Dancefloor-ready existentialism meets electro-alt production in the expansive KATTDO universe, which feels fresh yet filled with intentional references. It also feels very The 1975-coded.
The Scythe Has Landed
Denzel Curry‘s souped-up supergroup has officially made their formal introduction. Spanning Ferg, TiaCorine, Bktherula and Key Nyata, three of the five members rep the South with pride; Curry, of course, calls South Florida home, with Bk settling in from Atlanta, and Tia coming in hot from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The culmination of cities showing up on Strictly 4 The Scythe envisions quite the electrifying listen from the jump. The full-throttle formal introduction to their group’s dynamic range of motion spans an explosive eight tracks, all rooted in seasoned Southern tropes of the past, yet geared aptly for the future.
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Ty Dolla $ign Couldn’t Even Wait Until Midnight To Drop girl music vol. 1
With his new EP, Ty Dolla $ign took it back to his roots. And he did it for the girls. Dubbed girl music vol. 1 (he’s already confirmed there’s more installations to come), the six-track studio project hears the musician harken back to the old-school R&B roots of his early days. Features showcase the full spectrum of R&B greats from all eras, coming from Ronald Isley, Brandy, and Leon Thomas.
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Baby Keem’s “One Night Only” Concert in New York City
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For the first time in three years, Baby Keem took the stage in New York City. In fact, the rapper’s second show ever was in NYC at Baby’s All Right. Keem was slated to host a vinyl signing event for CA$INO last week that ended up getting cancelled due to weather, so he rescheduled and took it up a notch. After hinting at a potential performance on X, Keem officially announced the one-off performance on Wednesday, March 4, at 9:01 a.m. EST. Doors opened at Webster Hall (for those unfamiliar, a 1,500-person intimate concert hall in lower Manhattan) at 8:00 p.m. that same night. Tickets went for $31 USD and sold out in minutes. Needless to say, it was an early contender for show of the year.
Read the full recap of the show here.
The Features on the BTS Album
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For BTS’ first formal full-group endeavor in almost four years, the group is getting the whole gang together and then some. ARIRANG is due out everywhere on March 20, and it’s confirmed to come bolstered with contributions from a starry selection of supporting artists. The 14-track album features Teezo Touchdown, JPEGMAFIA, Kevin Parker of Tame Impala, Diplo, Flume, and Mike WiLL Made-It.
Nettspend’s Lookbook for the Early Life Crisis Tracklist
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Leave it to Nettspend to delay the album – and then do the most when it’s time for it to actually drop. Last week, Nett had all eyes on the expected release of his globally eyed Early Life Crisis album. In true Nett fashion, in the eleventh hour, plans changed; instead of dropping the album, he delayed it and walked in Demna’s debut Gucci runway in Milan instead. A fair trade, to be quite honest. This week, the rapper returned to his ELC rollout with valor, promising a March 6 release date, preceded by quite the dynamic tracklist reveal. Instead of a typical announcement, he had a lineup of fans pose in the album’s merch and state their favorite song from the album. The final product? A lookbook-style unveiling of the full slate of songs set to appear on the record.
Yeat Confirms A DANGEROUS LYFE / A DANGEROUS LOVE Release Date, Cover Art, And That It’ll Be A Double Album
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It’s been a big week for news on Yeat‘s A DANGEROUS LYFE, and the rapper has really doubled down – literally. After months of speculation (and nearly years of anticipation), Twizzy has finally formally lifted the veil on the A DANGEROUS LYFE announcement. At first, the rapper took to his Instagram to confirm the official release date for ADL – which has now been cemented has Friday, March 27, aka three New Music Fridays from now – via new billboard. The billboard also seemed to potentially hint at a double album format, a theory the rapper then confirmed on Instagram yesterday when he revealed the official cover art for the project, which will be billed as A DANGEROUS LYFE / A DANGEROUS LOVE.
