Category: Music

Justin Bieber’s “Purpose” world tour – the most expected one of 2016 – began on 9th of March in Seattle. This is by far the most hyped tour of today and is expected to be a success, since Biebs’ latest album – “Purpose” – is full of hits and billboard toppers. As a matter of fact, the first concert of the tour, which was held in Seattle two days ago, aroused even more hype than we all expected because the show was fantastic and the special effects on stage were also on point. Justin’s performance, on the other hand, was downright impeccable and ,alongside his crew, they made a great show.

A lot of questions before the start of the tour were raised on what’s Justin Bieber going to wear during the shows. Karla Welch (Biebs’ stylist) did mention before that we’re going to see some Fear of God designs by Jerry Lorenzo along with some Raf Simons pieces and custom-made T-shirts. Justin Bieber will also be rocking Rick Owens, Saint Laurent and of course, his sponsors, Calvin Klein. Here are some images from the tour opener in Seattle:

After a fantastic opener, we can only assume that the best is still yet to come and with the tour being scheduled to end on November 29 at the O2 arena in London, Bieber still has to cross the USA, Canada and Europe for a total of 114 shows.

Spring just started. And after a cold,long winter, summer’s on everybody minds. And as the warmth kicks in, so are the music festivals, which are getting more numerous from year to year, and also, more hyped. As Ultra Music Festival-the first major music event of the year- is about to take place from the 18 th of March, let’s line up some of the best places you should head to this year if you’re all about music.

Coachella Vallley Music and Arts Festival

Where: Indio, California

When:15-17&22-24 April 2016

Lineup: A$AP ROCKY, Guns&Roses, Calvin Harris, LCD Soundsystem,etc

One of the best known events in the world and a favourite destination for teenagers, Coachella is a landmark for US music festivals. Taking place at the Empire Polo Club in Indio California, Coachella has hosted a versatile array of artists over the time such as: Drake, AC/DC, Muse and many other.

Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts

Where: Glastonbury, England

When: 22-26 June, 2016

Lineup: TBA

Started in 1971, Glastonbury Festival is simply more then just a festival. Its a four day manifest for arts. With over 100 STAGES, the festival features thousands of artists and acts that light up the fields of Glastonbury and boast them with life. With a proud history, it hosted performances by artist such as: Kanye West, Rolling Stones, arcade Fire, Florence and the Machines, Foo Fighters, and many more, never disappointing the attendance.

Ultra Music Festival

Where:Miami, Florida

When: 18-10 March, 2016

Lineup: Afrojack, Armin van Buuren, Avicii, Carl Cox, etc

Ultra Music Festival was founded in 1999 by Russel Faibisch and Alex Omes and is named after the 1997 Depeche Mode album “Ultra”. It was a one-day festival from 1999 to 2006, a two-day festival from 2007 to 2010, and was a three-day festival in 2011 and 2012 and had a record 155,000 people attendance in 2012.  Promoted as the top electronic music festival in the world, UMF manages to bring all the big names in EDM to stage every year, and is probably one of the reasons why electronic music festivals gained such a huge popularity.

Lollapalooza

Where: Chicago, Ilinois

When: 28-31 July

Lineup:TBA

A festival best known for its alternetive rock and hip-hop concerts ,Lollapalooza is one of the musical events that gained popularity not just in the US but also over the seas, Brazil, Chile and Israel also hosting the festival. Founded in 1991 by Perry Farrel, Lollapalooza was organised every year until 1997 and was revived in 2003.

Untold Music Festival

 

Where:Cluj, Romania

When: 4-7 August, 2016

Lineup: Martin Garrix, Afrojack, Hardwell, Tiesto, Armin van Buuren, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike etc.

Started just last year, Untold Music Festival amazed the Music Festival stage when it featured names like Avicii, David Guetta, Armin van Buuren, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Tinie Tempah and many other, in a 240,000 people  EDM madness. The festival was awarded “Best Major European Festival” in 2015.

 

Not many have had such an explosive breakthrough in the rap industry as Macklemore, being rewarded with 4 Grammy’s along with his DJ/producer Ryan Lewis on their first album: “The Heist”, which also topped Billboard 200 for several weeks. Now with their second studio album – “This Unruly Mess I’ve Made” – the duo have cracked the top 4 on Billboard 200 after just 1 week.

“This Unruly Mess I’ve Made” appeared to be a more serious album when it comes to its compositions and messages, unlike their previous one where singles like Thrift Shop, Can’t Hold Us and Same Love stormed into the Billboard hot 100 for their friendly to the public beats, topping also numerous radio charts worldwide. Tracks like “Kevin”, “White Privilege  II”, “Growing up”, “Light Tunnels” or “Buckshot” highlight a slightly more serious collection this time. However, the debut single of “The Unruly Mess I’ve Made”- “Downtown”-still has that typical Macklemore-esque beat for a fun track good for a dance off. The album features artists like Ed Sheeran, Leon Bridges, Chance the Rapper, Jamila Woods and many others.

Overall, the Seattle hip-hop duo nailed it once again with an album that will surely last some time on the charts and one which already shows good signs from the critics and the public.

 

Believe it or not, LeBron James had a lot to do with Kendrick Lamar’s latest pseudo-album named “untitled unmastered”. We know he is an influential person and that his twitter,instagram and facebook accounts are fun to follow, but we never imagined LeBron as being involved in a rap album release.

 

 

Well, apparently, after Kendrick’s outstanding performance at the Grammy’s , he reached out to Anthony Tiffith (also known as Top Dawg) – Kendrick Lamar’s executive producer; to release as soon as possible the rumoured untitled album.

Unexpectedly, James got the producer to rethink it all…

After taking some days off, he actually released “untitled unmastered”. The first news came from his Instagram acc. where he announced King Kendrick’s return, while mentioning LeBron for his viral and spiritual contribution in a video.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BChB775xZbd/?taken-by=dangerookipawaa

 

After all, it was a thing from one King to another and the fans actually loved it, plus we got to see that LeBron is officially a declared Kendrick Lamar fan.

2015 has been an unvelivable year for Fetty Wap, with the release of his mega-succesfull hit “Trap Queen”.

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BCcbbQLk19r/

Last night, Fetty posted a video on his Instagram,where he was singing alongside Snoop Dog what appears to be a new record. Fetty appears hyped up about the new song while he calls Snoop Dog “uncle”.

But apparantly, Fetty Wap was so excited and thankful about the new featuring,  he posted another vid on Instagram, talking about the gratitude of recording with Snoop Dog. How can you not like the guy?

https://www.instagram.com/p/BCdgxk4E1wp/

We’re looking forward to hearing the rappers duo as soon as possible.Fetty wasn’t so active in 2016 and is currently on tour with Post Malone.

 

The long awaited video of the project collaboration between Rihanna and Drake has finally been released. A lot of hype has been around this collab because of the 2 artists’ past together and while we already knew that ,lyrically speaking, the song is no masterpiece, at least the video shouldn’t have disappointed ( which it did ).

There are actually 2 videos combined in one. The first part is pretty bad with a lot of pointless twerking and to be honest, it doesn’t even make any sense. Usually after such a bad start to a video people leave, but if in in case you do stick with it till the second part, you’d finally be able to see some action between the 2 of ’em. This part is more romantic since the feelings and the tension are at last there. Ultimately, this is what it was all about in that hype and stuff …right? RiRi and Mister “Hotline Bling” and their dance moves together.

Overall, a project which cannot be considered one of the best for neither of them, while a good question is how much will it really last on Billboard’s hot 100?

Kanye West’s new album , “The life of Pablo”, was, so far, the most expected album of 2016. With featurings from artists like Chance the Rapper, Rihanna, The Weekend, and many other, it qualifies as one of the best hip-hop albums of the past five years.(Kanye calls it a Gospel album, stating this to the 20.000 people audience at Maddison square Garden, last week during the Yeezy Season 3 premiere).

But still, the question is: Does it live up to the hype?

Kanye West is arguably one of the most loved, criticised, copyed, innovative and despised artists in the world at the moment. And even though he has his fare share of flaws, one of his biggest achievements is that he managed to gather all of this mixed feelings and use them in the creative process of his music.

As years went by, we have seen Kanye reinventing himself, going from the nostalgia of ” College Dropout” to the multy-layered aproach of “Late Registration”,  or from the beautifull madness in ” MBDTF” to the violent musical riot in “Yeezus”. And at the same time,  Kanye sparkled more and more controversy around him, most of this controversy being caused by his love for arousing statements or actions…

And so, after a year in which Ye’ was constantly in the public eye, the hype arround his album release growing more and more, he manages to keep every distinctive element in his music legacy, and integrating it in the album that is “The life of Pablo”.

From madness to love, and from violence to nostalgia, “TLOP” is truly, all of Kanye transformed into music.