This morning a ton of hip-hop fans woke up to Culture II. Migos, the Atlanta trio dropped their much-anticipated third studio album and it’s pretty decent. The 24-song tracklist features guest appearances from Drake, Travis Scott, Gucci Mane, Big Sean, 2 Chainz, 21 Savage, Nicki MInaj, Cardi B, Ty Dolla $ign, and Post Malone. If you listen to the production on this album you’ll see Metro Boomin, Honorable C Note, Buddah Bless, 808 Gods, Pharrell, Cardo, Cassius Jay, Zaytoven, Ricky Racks, OG Parker, Fki, Mike Dean, Kanye West, Earl the Pearl, and Quavo himself all took part.
Check out the Culture 2 below and see if you what you think. Overall, the album was cool but I expected it to better. Besides “MotorSport” and “Stir Fry”, “BBO”, “White Sand”, and “Auto Pilot” are probably the ones I actually like most. You may agree that this project’s a little too long for you (There are some unnecessary tracks on there LOL) but look at it this way, that’s just more material for them REAL fans to sink their teeth into.
Lil Wayne recently dropped two new songs titled ‘Big Bad Wolf‘ and ‘Bloody Mary‘ featuring Juelz Santana. His upcoming mixtape Dedication 6: Reloaded with DJ Drama is going to be fire when it drops. Until then, listen to Weezy’s new tracks below.
Bruno Mars has been shaping the industry with his massive hits like, “That’s What I Like”, “Versace On The Floor”, “24k Magic” and his older songs, “When I Was Your Man” and “Just The Way You Are.” His 2016 album “24K Magic” really showed his growth as an artist, and you could definitely hear the Michael Jackson influences. He sets the standards for musical growth from going from a sad boy who sang about heartbreak, to becoming a multifaceted artist who takes risks. It’s hard for other artists not to be inspired by his songs and career. “24k Magic” followed the theme of a nineties throwback and Bruno continues to do so on his latest Remix, “Finesse” featuring the biggest thing to happen in rap in 2017, Cardi B.
He really doesn’t feature rappers on his songs, besides B.o.B, CeeLo Green on his track “The Other Side” so seeing him bring Cardi B on this track is a surprise, but a great one that certainly works. I feel like this is just the start of a whole new vision that Bruno has for himself. Typically in a feature, the rap verse in near the bridge of the song, but they take a different spin on it. Cardi B’s verse is at the beginning of the song which sets up the tone and energy of a fast-paced jam. She comes back on the track near the end to sing, “yea we got it going on, got it going on” with Bruno. It is a different set up that actually works really well. It certainly paid off because it was the first song to debut at No. 1 on Billboard’s Streaming Songs chart in 2018.The track also starts atop On-Demand Streaming Songs (with 18.7 million on-demand streams) — the first to do so since, again, “Rockstar.” The risk that Bruno took paid off. We might see other artists trying to change up the structure of songs to give it more of an original feel but just know: Bruno did it first.
Due to her talent, style and vocal performance, she is showing signs of becoming the next big thing. She has even collaborated with bigger artists who also see that. Her first album, “Por Vida” which came out in 2015, had contributions from Tyler, The Creator, Kaytranada, and BADBADNOTGOOD. It is certainly is a great album that is needed in R&B today.
She has also been featured on the extremely popular English Virtual band, Gorillaz’s song, “She’s my Collar.”
Tyler the Creator also seems to like her style, as she was featured in his song, “PERFECT.”
About a week ago she released another collaboration with Tyler entitled, “After The Storm” which almost has a million views already.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RosviOqt77c
In addition to these collborations, she has also worked with Snoop Dog, she told Billboard her about her experience:
“Snoop saw “What They Say,” I think. Someone put him on to it — it was all word of mouth shit. He loved that I sampled Brenton Wood and loved the aesthetic and the low-rider culture behind it, so he was like, “I have to work with her.” He gave me a song on his mixtape.”
With so many big artists collaborating with her and seeing the potential she has, there is no doubt that she will shortly be blown up into superstardom. Check her out, she is truly an artist to look out for.
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