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Danger Mouse & Black Thought have shared the official video for their latest collaborative single, ‘Strangers’ – check it out below.The song – featuring contributions from A$AP Rocky and Run The Jewels – appears on the pair’s new joint studio album ‘Cheat Codes’, which came out today (August 12) via BMG.To coincide with the record’s arrival, Danger Mouse & Black Thought have also posted a black-and-white official video for ‘Strangers’ that was shot in an iPhone-style vertical orientation.The dizzying, lo-fi clip sees Killer Mike, El-P, Rocky and Black Thought deliver their respective parts as they film themselves in various locations. Numerous other shots are rapidly interspersed with the performances.Tune in here:The ‘Strangers’ single dropped earlier this week.

Danger Mouse and The Roots‘ Black Thought have shared the final preview of their long-awaited collaborative album ‘Cheat Codes’ ahead of the album’s release later this week.‘Strangers’ features both A$AP Rocky and Run the Jewels, with a distinctively Danger Mouse beat foregrounding rapid-fire verses from Black Thought, Rocky, El-P and Killer Mike.“We were honored to get down with our elite and legendary friends Danger Mouse, Black Thought and A$AP Rocky on this banger,” Run the Jewels said in a statement about the collaboration. Listen below:‘Strangers’ is the fourth single to be released from ‘Cheat Codes’ ahead of its release on Friday (August 12).

Danger Mouse and Black Thought will soon unleash their highly anticipated collaborative album Cheat Codes this Friday, August 12. It does feel something like an event thanks to the pedigree of the two principal artists – Danger Mouse rode his Beatles/JAY-Z mashup project The Grey Album to become an in-demand producer, and Black Thought is widely regarded as one of the best rappers ever.

Danger Mouse and Black Thought have shared a second song from their upcoming debut collaborative debut album ‘Cheat Codes‘ – listen to ‘Because’ below.‘Because’ follows ‘No Gold Teeth’, which was released last month, and features guest turns by Joey Bada$$, Russ and Dylan Cartlidge.Set to be released on August 12 via BMG, ‘Cheat Codes’ is Danger Mouse’s first hip-hop full-length since his ‘DANGERDOOM’ collaboration with the late MF DOOM which was released in October 2005.Joey Bada$$ said: “I’ve always been a big fan of Black Thought and Danger Mouse. I think Black Thought is one of the greatest rappers ever, so when they asked me to get on this record, it was a no-brainer, plus the record is fire!“I still remember the first time I heard ‘You Got Me’ the video was shot on my great-grandmother’s block and I was actually there that day when I was a child.

Danger Mouse and Black Thought of The Roots have announced details of a forthcoming joint album. Cheat Codes will be released on August 12 via BMG and features appearances from A$AP Rocky and Run The Jewels on one track, Conway The Machine, Raekwon, Kid Sister, and Joey Bada$$ among others. You can hear lead single "No Gold Teeth" below.

Danger Mouse and Black Thought have announced that they’ll be dropping a collaborative album this summer.Set to be released on August 12 via BMG, ‘Cheat Codes’ is Danger Mouse’s first hip-hop full-length since his ‘DANGERDOOM’ collaboration with the late MF DOOM which was released back in October 2005.It follows Black Thought’s pioneering output with legendary Philadelphia group The Roots and his critically acclaimed solo trilogy, ‘Streams Of Thought’ – the third volume of which was released in 2020.‘Cheat Codes’ – which was initially rumoured to be called ‘Dangerous Thoughts’ – is something that the pair began the initial idea for “maybe 13 or 14 years ago”, Black Thought revealed when he first teased the project in an interview back in 2020.“It’s a feel-good record,” he said. “It’s a record for people who got into hip-hop and sort of evolved at the same period of time that we did. We’re the elder statesmen at this point, so I feel like this record is reflective of that too.”Black Thought added that the album – which features; A$AP Rocky, Run The Jewels, MF DOOM, Michael Kiwanuka, Kid Sister, Joey Bada$$, Russ, Raekwon, Conway The Machine and more – is “a return for [Danger Mouse] to hip-hop and to sampling in this way”.The announcement comes alongside the album’s first single, ‘No Gold Teeth’, a razor-sharp cut that hears Black Thought deliver a lyrical clinic over Danger Mouse’s dizzying backdrop.You can watch the song’s hypnotic video, directed by UNCANNY, the UK-based creative duo of George Muncey and Elliot Elder, above.01. ‘Sometimes’02. ‘Cheat Codes’03. ‘The Darkest Part’ (feat. Raekwon & Kid Sister)04. ‘No Gold Teeth’05. ‘Because’ (feat. Joey Bada$$, Russ & Dylan Cartlidge)06. ‘Belize’ (feat. MF DOOM)07.

Superorganism have dropped a new single ‘crushed.zip’ – you can listen to it below.The track is the latest preview of the London-based pop collective’s forthcoming second album ‘World Wide Pop’, following previous singles ‘It’s Raining’ and ‘Teenager’.“It’s a musical journey through the anxieties and isolation that can arise from being an artist, it’s ultimately delicious though”, said guitarist Harry.Singer Orono Noguchi added: “I was thinking about Kanye [West] and Elliott Smith a lot (which is most of the time). I wanted to do like a really depressing and personal song but with the most deliciously obnoxious pop packaging.

Superorganism have dropped a new track called ‘It’s Raining’, featuring Stephen Malkmus – you can listen to it below.The track – which also features UK rapper Dylan Cartlidge – is the latest preview of the London-based pop collective’s forthcoming second album ‘World Wide Pop’, following the Stuart Price-produced ‘Teenager’.Speaking about the glitchy, hip-hop-infused new track in a press release, the band said: “We’ve been enormous fans of Stephen Malkmus forever, and we loved the idea of combining Malkmus and Scott Walker into a strange almost broken-sounding hip hop track.“We’d done a remix for Dylan Cartlidge and absolutely loved his flow; we asked him if he’d like to try a verse and he fit so naturally. With Dylan being from the north of England and Stephen in Portland, the rain theme is all the more fitting for them too.”You can listen to ‘It’s Raining’ below:‘World Wide Pop’ arrives on July 15 via Domino. You can pre-order/pre-save the record from here and see the tracklist below:1. ‘Black Hole Baby’2. ‘World Wide Pop’3. ‘On & On’4. ‘Teenager’ (Feat. CHAI & Pi Ja Ma)5.’ It’s Raining’ (Feat. Stephen Malkmus & Dylan Cartlidge)6. ‘Flying’7. ‘Solar System’ (Feat. CHAI & Boa Constrictors)8. ‘Into The Sun’ (Feat. Gen Hoshino, Stephen Malkmus & Pi Ja Ma)9. ‘Put Down Your Phone’10. ‘crushed.zip’11. ‘Oh Come On’12. ‘Don’t Let The Colony Collapse’13. ‘Everything Falls Apart’Superorganism will showcase ‘World Wide Pop’ on a UK headline tour this autumn, which concludes with a show at Scala in London on September 21.

APPOINTMENTSUS record industry collecting society SoundExchange has appointed Anjula Singh as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. “I am THRILLED to announce Anjula’s well-deserved promotion to Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer”, says CEO Michael Huppe. “Anjula has been a tremendous partner over the years in advancing the mission of SoundExchange.

Superorganism have announced their second album ‘World Wide Pop’ – listen to the new single ‘Teenager’ below.The London-based collective will release the follow-up to their 2018 self-titled debut on July 15 via Domino. You can pre-order/pre-save the record from here.‘Teenager’ arrived today (March 7) and was produced by Stuart Price, who’s previously worked with the likes of Madonna, The Killers and Pet Shop Boys.