1 album, a billion streams on Spotify, and a persistent reputation as a one-note artist. There are entire memes devoted to this idea; DaBaby spoofed it himself in the video for his Lil Yachty and Drake collaboration “Oprah’s Bank Account.” In 2020, DaBaby showed that he wasn’t just...
It’s tough to pick out just one thing that makesLost in Translationthe most impressive hip-hop effort of the year. There’s the album’s ambition, telling gradually sprawling and emotionally complex tales of the ways we communicate with and interpret one another, and Lee Hyun-jun’s authori...
Kelly Rowland‘s 2020 single “Hitman” that was included in the NFL’s 2020 Songs of the Season series samples Nigerian Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti‘s “Mr. Follow Follow” from his 1976 album Zombie. The bold, funky horn melody of “Mr. Follow Follow” powers “Hitma...
Holed up in a West Atlanta house, over the course of two months, eight of the city’s top-tier artists congregated to condense their thoughts about modern life and the afterlife. The result was the Dreamville-releasedSpilligion, Atlanta octet Spillage Village’s fourth studio album; the stan...
Image via Complex Original 31. If you’re the kind of person who likes to sit at home, put on headphones, and dissect rap verses, there was a silver lining to being stuck inside throughout 2020: There was plenty of time to pore over every metaphor and punchline in the year’s best ...
“Slam” made these baldhead rappers massive on MTV and broke their classic debut,Bacdafucup. The whole project was influenced by some serious psychedelic chemicals. “While we were recording the album, n***as was on LSD the whole time, straight up,” Fredro said. “We was dropping ...
Kendrick Lamar Breaks Down His Favorite Cartoons and Cereals | Complex3:28 Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar - The Hillbillies3:35 Kendrick Lamar - N953:27 Kendrick Lamar - DAMN Full album Stereo on Vinyl 20170:00 meet the grahams6:32 Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank)3:52 good kid3:35...
Sugar was the fourth album recorded by Nancy Sinatra in 1966, an uncanny feat considering The Beatles were recording around two albums a year at the time. The iconic Ron Joy cover photo of Nancy in a pink bikini (the first on an album cover!) was a daring move in 1967 that helped pro...
Baby Keemreceived four nominations in totalat the2022 GRAMMYs. He was also up for Best New Artist, Best Rap Song, and Album Of The Year as a featured artist onKanye West'sDonda. Press play on the video above to watch Baby Keem's complete acceptance speech for Best Rap Performance at th...
My favorite horrorcore group is Three 6 Mafia. Listen to their 1995 album Mystic Styles and you’ll hear why it’s credited as an early inspiration for trap music. Horrorcore has a gritty and lo-fi edge without sounding like it’s from New York—it’s completely true to it’s southern...