…years, Blake has added unparalleled distinction to records by everyone from Jay-Z and Kendrick Lamar to Rosalía and slowthai. Here, both the SZA-featuring Coming Back and JID and SwaVay-assisted Frozen…

The festival has shared its first line-up announcement for next year’s Barcelona and Madrid editions, presented by CUPRA. Kendrick Lamar, Alex G, Caroline Polachek and Blur are amongst the first…

…Rub Music vol. 1: Artificial Realness also features remixes from Brodinski and Modulaw. The EP sees Silk using AI to generate the voices of artists such as Tupac, Kendrick Lamar…

…performed at the 2022 Super Bowl halftime show alongside Death Row Records co-founder Dr Dre, plus Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, 50 Cent and Mary J Blige. Read: The untold story of…

…Bristol Academy in aid of Ukraine alongside IDLES, Heavy Lungs and Katy J Pearson. Beth Gibbons also appeared on Kendrick Lamar’s new album Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers, lending…

…this very difficult time.” Artists such as Thom Yorke, Pusha T, Mura Masa, Kendrick Lamar, Charli XCX, FKA twigs, Dave, Tyler, the Creator and Taylor Swift were set to perform…

…approach over the last decade, Lacy produced his own introductory Steve Lacy’s Demo EP as well as Kendrick Lamar’s PRIDE on his iPhone, and self-produced his debut Apollo XXI entirely…

…good basslines. For at home or travelling, I’ve been enjoying some ambient, Jack J and – of course – the new Kendrick Lamar album – but that’s not on Bandcamp!”…

…LSDXOXO will perform. Glastonbury comes to Worthy Farm in Somerset from 22 June to 26 July this summer. Kendrick Lamar is set to make his debut at the festival, with…

…that this year’s event would not be going ahead, promising more details on future plans and refunds by the end of May. Kendrick Lamar, FKA Twigs, Blood Orange, Perfume Genius,…

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