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The 16-track release includes collaborations from Skrillex and Blaqstarr There’s another present under the tree for fans of M.I.A. On Christmas morning, the British rapper released a 16-track mixtape for the holiday season, featuring help from special collaborators Skrillex, Blaqstarr, and Troy Baker, Pitchfork reports. “I present you a gift from the East, star of wonder star of night,” M.I.A. said in a press release announcing the news. “Beauty. Bright. Sacred. Cosmic. Magnetism. A…

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Dino joins fellow Seventeen members Hoshi, Woozi, and Vernon in releasing a solo project Seventeen‘s Dino dropped his new mixtape Wait, along with a high-energy music video Monday, marking the K-pop star’s solo debut. Much like the track’s title, Dino spends part of the music video waiting for his order at a cafe or sitting on a bench with a floral bouquet, hoping to receive a text back from a love interest. In between these agonizing pauses, Dino takes to the streets for a dance break. After…

In 2018, a dance music website ran a profile of producer M1onTheBeat. This was at the height of UK drill’s notoriety, and though he had already made a name for himself as one of the rap subgenre’s chief architects, the feature painted a compelling portrait of a career on the musical margins. He had honed his craft with frequent collaborator MKThePlug while both were resident in a YMCA hostel. His studio was a laptop and a pair of battered speakers in a bedroom in a Tottenham flat with chunks of plaster missing from the…

Hi, folks, it’s Fidel. I’m out and I’ve asked columnist Suzy Exposito to take over the newsletter this week. I’ll be back next Thursday with some exciting news that will also explain my recent absence from the Latinx Files. Suzy, take it away!A question for our LGBTQ+ readers in the States: Does this Pride Month feel a little hard to rally around?If you’re feeling deflated by the onset of this year’s Pride, it’s not just you — it’s the whole damn country. In this year alone, the Movement Advancement Project has recorded…

Five years after entering the rap game, Manchester’s Tunde has shares his first full-length mixtape, First Lap.An energetic introduction to the 0161 rhymer, it’s a varied showcase of his style that puts his fast-talking flow against a broad range of beats, stretching more or less across the full spectrum of rap. For production, he’s sourced beats from a team of big-hitters, including LiTek, WhyJay, Show N Prove, MKthePlug, Bigzy, C Figz, Legendary Keyzz, Shadow On The Beat, Chucks, Sangy, KP Beatz and TR The Producer.It’s…

Last week, Kwengface made the decision to remove his mask after all these years for a much-hyped session for COLORS Studio. His first act in this new, mask-free chapter was to release his new project, The Memoir.Drill’s still a major part of The Memoir—which has been described as a more polished and refined version of the Peckham rhymer—but the tape sees him broaden his sound a bit more to include more of a straight-up rap influence. Elsewhere, “Freedom” features a notable 2-step bounce, Jme brings a touch of grime to the…

Screenshot: Marvel StudiosThe first two Guardians of the Galaxy movies were scored to Peter Quill’s musical tastes for late ‘70s and ‘80s rock (having been abducted by aliens in 1988). But like the reality-warping Infinity Stones, a Zune—Microsoft’s defunct MP3 player—has radically reshaped the soundtrack to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, and now we know what the superheroes will be jamming to next.Addressing The MCU’s TaboosIf you don’t recall, the Zune was given to Quill (Chris Pratt) at the end of Vol. 2, meaning the…

03 Greedo has released the new mixtape Halfway There, his first release since getting out of prison.The tape features appearances from Rich the Kid, Babyface Ray, Maxo Kream, Ty Dolla Sign, and others, and serves as the follow-up to Greedo’s Free 03 project from January. Halfway There is the California rapper’s comeback after being freed from the Texas prison where he’d been incarcerated since 2018, having agreed to a plea deal for gun and drug charges.The 35-year-old faced a possible 300-year sentence due to first-degree…

In 90s Italy, the ultimate seal of approval on a tape wasn’t that of a cutting-edge record label or a stickered quote from a tastemaker publication: it was the varsity-style, hand-printed banner that read “Mixed by Erry”. It adorned everything from regional rap records to collections of Gregorian chants and birdsong, and the fact that it was far from legal was no deterrent – not for customers, nor even the musicians that the lord of Italy’s pirate cassette business was ripping off.Enrico Frattasio created the pirate…