News Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Good Kid, M.A.A.D City’ is now the longest-charting hip-hop album ever by Jayden Collins Kendrick Lamar‘s second studio album Good Kid, M.A.A.D City has now become the longest-charting hip-hop album in the US Billboard 200. Spending 400 weeks in the illustrious chart, this week,…
News ‘Fuck Tha Police’ has seen a 272 per cent streaming increase in the past week by Manning Patston Pumping some N.W.A right now seems fitting. The brutal murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police was undoubtedly racially-fuelled. N.W.A and other black artists such as Childish Gambino and Kendrick…
Arts News Check out this new charity print sale featuring Nick Cave, Patti Smith, Lana Del Rey, and more by Talya Jacobson An incredible range of photographs are being released tomorrow to support those too sick to shop or cook for themselves during the COVID-19 pandemic. This charity print sale will include…
News Glastonbury powers ahead, reveals huge 2020 lineup by Claudia Schmidt UPDATE: Less than a week after its initial announcement, Glastonbury has been forced to cancel due to coronavirus concerns. Read a statement from the festival below. In some good news…
News Kendrick Lamar and Dave Free launch new media company by Matt Brazel Kendrick Lamar and frequent collaborator, Dave Free, have announced the launch of a new project. No, not a new album, but rather a new media company. Lamar unveiled the news…
Features Pro Audio Why there’s nothing wrong with using GarageBand by Dan Shaw For a long time, GarageBand has been the first digital audio workstation experience for many kids. It just makes so much sense: a school buys a bunch of Macs and…
News The Butterfly Effect: Kendrick Lamar biography set for release this October by Matt Brazel Kendrick Lamar will have his biography released in October this year via Atria Books. Author Michael J Moore took on the project two years ago, naming the book The Butterfly…
Features Pro Audio Engineering the Sound: David Bowie’s ‘Blackstar’ by Dan Shaw How does one encapsulate a life in music? How does one even contemplate saying goodbye at the end of it all? Perhaps you do what you do best: confound expectations…
News New study suggests link between bad driving and listening to heavy metal by Sarah Gillard A new study has shown that listening to heavy metal music while driving may lead to distraction and erratic driving. The study, conducted by IAM Roadsmart and auto magazine Auto Express, compared…
News Kendrick Lamar just became the 2nd rapper ever to spend 300 weeks on the Billboard charts by Happy Seeing Kendrick Lamar headline the Amphitheatre Stage at Splendour In The Grass was a truly magnificent spectacle and empirical proof that he is, without doubt, one of the greatest rappers of…
News Watch Kendrick Lamar’s incredible acting debut on 50 Cent’s TV show by Happy Fresh off a huge Aussie tour, Kendrick Lamar has made his acting debut on 50 Cent’s TV show Power… and seriously, is there anything this guy can’t do? Kendrick portrays a…
Features Pro Audio Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Black Panther’ theme: the epitome of modern hip-hop production by Pinky Latt From subtractive EQ to circular signal chains, we look at how Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s Black Panther theme All the Stars epitomises present-day hip-hop production. Black Panther has garnered widespread acclaim for…
News DAMN: Kendrick Lamar becomes first rapper to win a Pulitzer Prize by Bill Robinson Kendrick Lamar has made history, becoming the first ever rapper (or non-classical/jazz musician) to win a Pulitzer Prize. The prize was awarded to Lamar for his 2017 album DAMN, which…
