Month: July 2022

Dvsn Returns With Toxic Anthem ‘If I Get Caught’

 After a couple of teasers on social media, dvsn drops its highly-anticipated new single “If I Get Caught.” Produced by Jermaine Dupri, a brutally honest take on temptation and how it affects a relationship.

“If I get caught cheating, that don’t mean I don’t love you,” sings one half of the duo, Daniel Daley. “I know you ain’t gon’ let one little f**k mess all this up / Don’t let one mistake take all this away.”

The toxic anthem, which samples JAY-Z’s “Song Cry,” even took Hov by surprise. “I didn’t think one could make a song more toxic than ‘Song Cry,’” he told JD in a text. “I just want a disclaimer that says that I said this song is wrong!”

Watch As French Montana Says Record Labels Want to Cash In Rappers’ Deaths With Life Insurance Policies

In a recent interview with Akademiks, French Montana has called out record labels for profiting off the deaths of rappers with life insurance policies.

In a recent series of Akademiks Off the Record podcast, French Montana recalled some of his old beef with his rap peers and speculated that the labels were hoping to cash in if their artist gets murdered, Hip Hop DX reports. 

“We was beefing for real,” he said on
the podcast.” People was dying and this and that, and it was blocking a
lot of money. People didn’t want to touch you. Your rap friends stop
picking up, the labels stop picking up. It gets crazy. But now it’s even
crazier, they gettin’ life insurance on artist. At least back then, we
didn’t have that. You’re praying on his death. You’re praying on making
millions on his death.”

Montana added, “You’re supposed to have life insurance anyway, but when the label does it, if you don’t have one that’s crazy.”

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Elsewhere in the interview, French
addressed rumored feuds between J. Cole and an alleged heated exchange
between Diddy and Drake at DJ Khaled’s 2014 birthday party.

“I don’t think none of that ever happened,” French said, Complex reports.
“Nah, I don’t think so. I think it was probably over a song or
something, but I never really got into it. ’Cause you know they’re both
like my best friends.”

Montana continued, “People be expecting
me to pick a side, right? And I lose a lot of friends like that. So if
I’m cool with you and I’m cool with him and y’all beef, then I’ll still
say what’s up to both of y’all cause I met both of y’all at the same
time. How am I wrong for that?”

Beyoncé Reveals Track List for ‘Renaissance’ Album, Dropping 29th July

*Beyonce Knowles has revealed the tracklist for her upcoming seventh studio album titled “Renaissance,” dropping July 29.

“Renaissance”, the follow-up to 2016’s critically acclaimed “Lemonade” sees the touch of great producers like Ryan Tedder
and Raphael Saadiq. As reported by Uproxx,
a source familiar with the album. “Renaissance” is a
collection the superstar is calling “Act 1,” suggesting that more acts
will follow the initial release.

Recall last year, Beyonce speaking to Harper’s Bazaar
about her forthcoming new music, said, “With all the isolation and
injustice over the past year, I think we are all ready to escape,
travel, love, and laugh again.”

She added, “I feel a renaissance emerging, and I want to be part of nurturing that escape in any way possible.”

Edward Enninful, Britsh Vogue editor-in-chief described being
“transported back to the clubs of my youth” when Queen Bey previewed
some of her new music for him.

He noted the “Soaring vocals
and fierce beats” and wrote in the July Vogue issue: “I want to get up
and start throwing moves. It’s music I love to my core. Music that makes
you rise, that turns your mind to cultures and subcultures, to our
people past and present, music that will unite so many on the dance
floor, music that touches your soul. As ever with Beyoncé, it is all
about the intent.” 

Enninful added, “The creation has been a long
process, she explains, with the pandemic giving her far longer to spend
thinking and re-thinking every decision. Just the way she likes it.”

Beyoncé shared the album’s cover art earlier his month and said: “Creating
this album allowed me a place to dream and to find escape during a
scary time for the world. It allowed me to feel free and adventurous in a
time when little else was moving. My intention was to create a safe
place, a place without judgment. A place to be free of perfectionism and
overthinking. A place to scream, release, feel freedom. It was a
beautiful journey of exploration. I hope you find joy in this music. I
hope it inspires you to release the wiggle. Ha! And to feel as unique,
strong, and sexy as you are.”

Below is the “Renaissance” tracklist:
I’m That Girl
Cozy
Alien Superstar
Cuff It
Energy
Break My Soul
Church Girl
Plastic Off the Sofa
Virgo’s Groove
Move
Heated
Thique
All Up in Your Mind
America Has a Problem
Pure/Honey
Summer Renaissance