Author: user

Discord teamed up with Dash to help make the Biggest Snowsgiving Celebration yet! For the first time ever, Snowsgiving featured live musical performances by some of today’s biggest talent, in addition to a custom Snowsgiving station, giveaways, curated Snowsgiving playlist, and music listening channel. 

The five-day event was action-packed with DJ Sets, memorable moments, and good holiday cheer among friends old and new and promoted Discord’s Snowsgiving goals, raising over $200K for Doctors Without Borders!

$156k raised by you + $50k from discord = $206k raised for Doctors Without Borders!! making this the most we’ve ever raised!

if every dollar was a snowflake, we’d be able to make 6 snowballs. which doesn’t seem like a lot of snowballs but snowflakes are really small. pic.twitter.com/dtf6ntMT9w

— Discord (@discord) December 14, 2020

We danced to exclusive DJ sets by Kaskade, Deadmau5, DJ Snoopadelic (intimate DJ set by Snoop Dogg), TOKiMONSTA, Good Times Ahead, Lion Babe, and many more. We enjoyed live performances with Nova Miller, Soulex, and Nakkia Gold and even got to participate in live Q&As. 

Dash also hosted a custom Discord Snowsgiving station featuring the artists performing plus many more to provide entertainment throughout the entire week. We even launched our own music bot (dashrad.io) for the occasion! 

Snowsgiving is over but the party doesn’t have to stop! If you loved our Snowsgiving station you will love our newest station, DashBot X. Curated for and by the Discord community, DashBot Xis a mix of electronic, hip-hop, pop, and a sprinkling of holiday cheer. We are currently accepting your song submissions to add to rotation on our DashBot X station.

One song will be chosen per day through the end of the year. If your song is selected you will win free Discord Nitro and a shout-out on the DashBot X station! Find more information on this in our #🚀nitro-giveaway channel. Listen to Dashbot X here:

https://www.dashradio.com/dashbotx

King Push is ready to make some big waves once again.

Following his ground-breaking third studio album Daytona back in 2018, Pusha T is ready has been back in the studio and is almost ready to treat his fans with his fourth studio album.

On Tuesday, December 8th, Pusha T’s manager Steven Victor was on RapCaviar’s Instagram Live promoting his Taste Playlist. At which point during the broadcast, the music exec was joined by Push, who was asked during the interview about who fans should expect to see in his long-awaited next album.

Pusha then went on to drop some hints about his next effort. Clarifying that he has yet to put any guest features on the album (or maybe just making sure to not drop any names) Push then revealed that Kanye West and the Neptunes were the only producers as of now.

While it is no surprise to see Kanye back working again with Pusha following the huge success of Daytona, not to mention the succeeding beef with Drake that turned the hip-hop world upside down and produced some of the best Twitter rants of all time by Kanye.

While the Neptunes, composed of Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, worked with Push on a number of solo and Clipse records.

Pusha then added;

“That’s it. That’s it … You know I bring the best. I bring the best out of everybody.”

While we still don’t have an ETA on when this next album will be available, it looks like it’s going great for now.

Early morning Wednesday, December 10th Taylor Swift announced a surprise album, Evermore which is to be released Thursday, December 11th at midnight.

The album is the second of Swift’s this year, after Folklore that was released earlier this year in July. Swift says that Evermore is the “sister” to Folklore. 

Taylor Swift announced the new album on her Twitter with a picture of her looking out into trees, which is believed to be the album’s cover. She captioned the picture talking about Evermore, saying, “I’m elated to tell you that my 9th studio album, and folklore’s sister record, will be out tonight at midnight eastern. It’s called evermore.” 

She continued, commenting on the original Tweet, “To put it plainly, we just couldn’t stop writing songs. To try and put it more poetically, it feels like we were standing on the edge of the folklorian woods and had a choice: to turn and go back or to travel further into the forest of this music. We chose to wander deeper in. 

I’ve never done this before. In the past I’ve always treated albums as one-off eras and moved onto planning the next one after an album was released. There was something different with folklore. In making it, I felt less like I was departing and more like I was returning.

I loved the escapism I found in these imaginary/not imaginary tales. I loved the ways you welcomed the dreamscapes and tragedies and epic tales of love lost and found into your lives. So I just kept writing them.

And I loved creating these songs with Aaron Dessner, Jack Antonoff, WB, and Justin Vernon. We’ve also welcomed some new (and longtime) friends to our musical kitchen table this time around…”

I’m elated to tell you that my 9th studio album, and folklore’s sister record, will be out tonight at midnight eastern. It’s called evermore.
📷: Beth Garrabrant pic.twitter.com/xdej7AzJRW

— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) December 10, 2020

| Hip Hop | Pop | R&B | Latin | Dance | Country | Rock |

After a very successful 2020 which saw him reach high altitudes of fame, Jack Harlow is finally set to release his debut album, That’s What They All Say.

On Thursday, December 10th, Harlow shared the track-list of his album via social media, showing guest features from the likes of Lil Baby, Chris Brown, Adam Levine, and Bryson Tiller.

Get ready.

Thats What They All Say.

Friday, 12/11. pic.twitter.com/V9gU7KT0yN

— Jack Harlow (@jackharlow) December 10, 2020

The album will also include his tracks “Tyler Herro,” “What’s Poppin” and its remix with DaBaby, Lil Wayne, and star of recent controversies, Tory Lanez as a bonus track.

Just recently, in an interview on Power 106 Los Angeles, Harlow explained why he did not remove Tory Lanez from the remix of the hit single, unlike how Kehlani did with her song “Can I”:

“I don’t think I’m God, I don’t have no room to judge anybody. I wasn’t there when this and that happened, I don’t know anything.” He later on suggested that there’s “a certain integrity you have to keep as an artist,” and that there are “three sides to every story.”

Jack Harlow explained his decision to keep Lil Wayne & Tory Lanez on the “WHATS POPPIN” remix despite their recent controversies 👀💯📠
•@jackharlow @TeddyMora_ @DjCarisma @Immelissarios
•
[WATCH] https://t.co/abCIYWtrkO pic.twitter.com/Zh4RIQtgSh

— Power 106 (@Power106LA) December 9, 2020

Harlow first came under the spotlight in 2020 with his track “What’s Poppin”, peaking at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, and is currently running for Best Rap Performance for the hit song at the 2021 Grammy’s.

The Louisville native also just released the music video of his single named Way Out from his upcoming album, featuring Big Sean, this Tuesday.

Be sure to check That’s What They All Say playing on Dash Radio all weekend!

| Hip Hop | Pop | R&B | Latin | Dance | Country | Rock |

On Wednesday, December 9th, Ariana Grande announced that she will be releasing a concert film with video footage from her Sweetener tour, called excuse me, i love you. The film comes out on Netflix on December 21st, and a trailer will be released on Thursday, December 10th. 

Grande announced the film in an Instagram post with the caption, “dec 21st, a year after closing, the sweetener world tour is coming home to u @netflix @netflixfilm releasing this as a love letter to u all, in celebration of all that we’ve shared over the past few years. i know this project only captures some of one tour (out of all the other hundreds of shows and moments we have shared over the past six or seven years… jesus lol)

“but i just wanted to thank u all for showing me more in this lifetime already than i ever dreamed of. making music and doing all of this has been all i’ve known or fully given myself to consistently for a very long time now. although my heart is looking forward to a change of pace, i wanted to express again just how eternally thankful i am.  i’ve learned, seen and felt so much. it’s been such an honor to share so much of this life with u. “excuse me, i love you” dec 21. trailer tomorrow.”

See Ariana Grande’s announcement of excuse me, i love you on Twitter here. 

dec 21st, a year after closing, the sweetener world tour is coming home to u
🤍@netflix @netflixfilm #excusemeiloveyou pic.twitter.com/8Dl7U5VVXG

— Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) December 9, 2020

See NetflixFilm’s announcement of the film and its poster on Twitter here. 

| Hip Hop | Pop | R&B | Latin | Dance | Country | Rock |

The time has finally come for music lovers and Kid Cudi fans around the world to be treated with a new Cudi album, Man On The Moon III: The Chosen.

The third and final installment of the Man On The Moon album series, The Chosen will be released this Friday, December 11th.

https://t.co/vWnTzN1C7T pic.twitter.com/GSqY7wLeiU

— The Chosen One (@KidCudi) December 7, 2020

Back on October 26th, Cudi had released an unexpected and mysterious teaser for the album, fueling up the music world with excitement.

Just this Monday, Scott Mescudi took to his social media to announce that the long-awaited album will be coming out on Friday, and also gave some more background about the album. Here’s what we know about it so far:

MOTM III will re-unite Kudi with his original production team. 

The back-side of the album confirms the “return of the team that helped start it all.” The team includes producers Dot Da Genius, Mike Dean, Plain Pat, Ramii and Emile Haynie who worked on the first MOTM’s.

Mr. Rager is back.

Mr. Rager, who we know from the previous albums as Kid Cudi’s alter ego that serves to portray his good and bad side, is making a comeback with this installment. After having suffered his battles with addiction and depression in the past decade, Cudi notes, on the back of the album, that he

“… found hope and overcame the darkness that was plaguing his life… But just as things were getting better, more obstacles came his way… Happiness isn’t forever. What he thought was peace turns into a nightmare. In one night, he must face himself again and fight to win back his soul from the evil Mr. Rager.”

The multi-act album structure will continue with MOTM III. 

Just like how the first two of the MOTM series were structured, MOTM III: The Chosen will also be broken up into four acts. The acts are titled; Madness, The Menace, Heart of Rose Gold, and Powers. This also hints at the possibility of a narration of some sort through-out the album, just like Common’s narration in Man On The Moon: The End of Day.

A new Kid Cudi music video will be out this Thursday after 4 years.

Along with the announcement of the release date on Monday, Cudi also shared another shorter teaser for the album. While the teaser doesn’t give away much about the album besides the fact that it will be dark, mysterious, and exciting, it comes with the promise of a new Kid Cudi music video coming, for the first time in 4 years.

| Hip Hop | Pop | R&B | Latin | Dance | Country | Rock |

On Saturday, December 5th’s episode of Saturday Night Live, the cast of the show performed a sketch parody of Eminem’s music video for his song “Stan,” calling the sketch “Stu.” Eminem made a cameo in the sketch while Pete Davidson plays, Stu, a man obsessed with Santa Claus. In the original music video for “Stan,” Stan is a man obsessed with Eminem. 

In the parody sketch, Stu consistently writes letters to Santa asking for a PlayStation 5 for Christmas, but he never gets a letter in return. Davidson raps, “Dear Santa, I notice you never wrote me a letter back/ That’s fine, dog, except really I think that’s kind of wack/ If you can’t help your biggest fan, then you should just retire/ Or next time you slide down my chimney, I’ll set your ass on fire.”

Kate McKinnon plays special guest Dido from the music video and single. She sings about Stu wanting the PS5, “He can’t buy it himself because he lost his job because he was stealing from his boss.”

Eminem makes a cameo at the end of the video. He appears by his Christmas tree and opens a present which ends up being a PlayStation 5. He reads the tag on the present and says “To Shady, from Santa. That’s crazy, a PS5? I didn’t even ask for this. I guess Shady must’ve been a good boy this year. Sorry, Stu, you fucked up.”

Watch Eminem’s “Stan” music video here. 

| Hip Hop | Pop | R&B | Latin | Dance | Country | Rock |

Singer and entrepreneur Pharrell Williams launched his latest initiative with his new project Black Ambition, a non-profit that focuses on helping Black and Latinx entrepreneurs in the consumer products, design, tech, services, and healthcare sectors.

Black Ambition is focused on narrowing the capital access and community wealth gap for Black and Latinx founders.​As part of our launch, we are announcing two prize competitions – The Black Ambition Prize and The Black Ambition HBCU Prize.

To apply: https://t.co/2oHOpl7sht pic.twitter.com/5Zt7MIyTCS

— Black Ambition (@blackambitionpz) December 2, 2020

Pharrell expressed his thoughts and reasoning for this project with:

“Recent events and tragedies have illustrated the always existent stark divisions in the American experience, and while entrepreneurship has long been a tenet of the American dream, marginalized people have faced long-standing barriers to success … With Black Ambition, the goal is to help strengthen the pipeline of talented entrepreneurs and close the opportunity and wealth gaps derived from limited access to capital and resources.”

Pharrell’s statements comes with the announcement that Black Ambition will be partnering with HBCU’s across United States to instate a Black Ambition HBCU Prize, which will offer cash prizes along with mentorship and guidance for current and former HBCU students, that would be used to fund seed or early-stage start-ups. While the top prize would be for $250,000, the remaining top 10 will also be awarded smaller cash prizes.

Applications are currently open and under review for the Black Ambition HBCU Prize. The eligibility requirements ask that all teams include at least one current HBCU undergrad or grad student, and once recent HBCU alum or former student within two years of graduation or attending the school.

Williams further added; “We have to support our Black institutions. They have done so much for us. Even if I didn’t go myself, I’ve seen the wonders that genius educators impart on those students.”

You can reach more information about Black Ambition on https://blackambitionprize.com.

The Avalanches will be releasing their highly anticipated new album We Will Always Love You, next Friday, December 11th.

The new album will have features from Johnny Marr, Karen O, MGMT, Perry Farrell and many more. The star-studded track-list was announced back in October:

pic.twitter.com/NJSzGnxCl4

— The Avalanches (@TheAvalanches) November 13, 2020

So far, four singles from We Will Always Love You have been released. The first single carrying the same name as the album was successful in bringing a lot of attention to the release of the anticipated project.

Alongside We Will Always Love You – Wherever You Go – featuring a perfectly harmonized sample of Sergio Mendes’ Magalenha, and Interstellar Love, featuring Leon Bridges, also served to give fans a good glimpse into what the Australian duo have in the works. The fourth single, Running Red Lights, features artists River Cuomo and Pink Siifu.

Speaking of the latest single, Interstellar Love, The Avalanches’ Robbie Chater said;

“Leon is an incredible singer, with just the most beautiful voice. He’s from Texas, but we both happened to be in L.A. at the same time, which was lucky as he was on my all-time wish list. When we were in the studio, I told him the story about Ann Druyan and Carl Sagan and how her love-struck brain waves were sent out into space on the Voyager’s Golden Record. And this song came out of that.”

Just last Friday, The Avalanches celebrated the 20th year anniversary of their debut album, Since I Left You, and in the 20 years in between, their fan-base only grew more excited of their new projects to come.

Since I Left You was released 20 years ago today. What a joy to still be making music 20 years later. We fucking love you all. pic.twitter.com/U2zdHmtlrs

— The Avalanches (@TheAvalanches) November 26, 2020

Since I Left You was widely acclaimed when it came out, and Pitchfork even rated it as one of their top 10 favorite albums of the 2000’s.

We Will Always Love You will be available on all music platforms this Friday, December 11th.

You can listen to the singles released from the new album below:

We Will Always Love You

Wherever You Go

Interstellar Love

Running Red Lights

| Hip Hop | Pop | R&B | Latin | Dance | Country | Rock |

On Wednesday, December 3rd, Death Cab for Cutie announced that they will be releasing a covers EP called The Georgia EP. All songs covered by Death Cab for Cutie on the EP, are originally by artists from Georgia. 5 tracks total will be included on the EP by TLC, Neutral Milk Hotel, R.E.M., Vic Chesnutt, and Cat Power. 

All proceeds from the album will go toward Fair Fight Action which is a voter rights organization started by Stacey Abrams. The EP is to be released on December 4th, ahead of Georgia’s two Senate runoff elections. It will be available on Bandcamp for only 24 hours. 

Find The Georgia EP on Bandcamp here. 

Ben Gibbard, frontman of Death Cab for Cutie, talked about the EP, saying “We created this exclusive EP of songs by some of our favorite Georgia artists for our friend Stacey Abrams and all the hard-working people at Fair Fight Action. We strongly believe in the work Fair Fight has done to assure free and fair elections in Georgia and beyond and have been honored to assist them throughout the 2020 campaign.”

The Georgia EP tracklist can be found below. 

1. “Waterfalls” – TLC
2. “The King of Carrot Flowers, Pt. 1” – Neutral Milk Hotel
3. “Fall On Me” – R.E.M.
4. “Flirted With You All My Life” – Vic Chesnutt
5. “Metal Heart” – Cat Power

| Hip Hop | Pop | R&B | Latin | Dance | Country | Rock |