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Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music The title of SZA’s long-awaited “SOS Deluxe: Lana” seems designed to manage expectations: Despite her comments earlier this year that the much-delayed project would be a collection of new material, she seems to have reverted to her original plan of making it “outtakes from ‘SOS’ and a couple of new songs,” as she described it to Variety in August of 2023. Consequently, it’s similar to the deluxe edition of her 2017 full-length debut “Ctrl”: a low-key but satisfying collection outtakes from the album’s sessions and various other tracks that have been floating around the internet for the past couple of years, with a couple of apparently new songs thrown in.

Barack Obama has published his annual list of his favourite films for 2024 – check out his picks below.The former President has long been publishing his personal lists of favourite music, films and books at the end of every year. In a post on X/Twitter, Obama introduced his 2024 edition by writing: “Here are a few movies I’d recommend checking out this year.”Featuring this year are Sean Baker’s Anora, the Timothée Chalamet-starring Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown and the mystery thriller Conclave, starring Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, Sergio Castellitto and Isabella Rossellini.Elsewhere, he spotlighted Dune: Part Two, The Piano Lesson and All We Imagine as Light, directed by Payal Kapadia.

SZA has said more new music is on the way, only hours after dropping her new deluxe album ‘Lana’.The singer’s long-awaited ‘Lana’ arrived yesterday (December 20) after almost a year of teasing. It followed her announcement earlier this month that, rather than a standalone record, it would be the deluxe version of her 2022 LP ‘SOS’.Though fans initially expected to wake up to the record on Friday morning, it didn’t drop until the afternoon, after SZA shared: “Just needed a few more hours for new mixes to ingest evenly across all platforms..

Barack Obama has published his annual favourite songs of the year list, with Kendrick Lamar, Fontaines D.C. and more making the cut in 2024.Lamar’s ‘Squabble Up’, Beyoncé’s ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’, Shaboozey’s ‘A Bar Song (Tipsy)’ and Billie Eilish’s ‘Lunch’ all feature on the list, which also included tracks by Jack White, Leon Bridges, Central Cee, Artemas, Hozier and more.“Here are my favorite songs from this year!” Obama wrote on Twitter/X today (December 21) “Check them out if you’re looking to shake up your playlist – and let me know if there’s a song or artist I should make sure to listen to.”Last year, the former President denied claims that his often indie-centric playlists – which have previously featured likes of The War On Drugs, Little Simz and Mitski – weren’t curated by him, saying he was “scrupulous” about making sure his recommendations were songs he liked.Here are my favorite songs from this year! Check them out if you’re looking to shake up your playlist – and let me know if there’s a song or artist I should make sure to listen to.

With another year in the books, Barack Obama has some new recommendations for his fellow cinephiles.

SZA has finally released Lana, the long-promised deluxe edition of her hit 2022 album SOS. Scroll down to listen on Apple Music and Spotify.

SZA has released ‘Lana’, the reissue of her 2022 album ‘SOS’ – and it includes a Kendrick Lamar feature.This week, the singer revealed that the long-awaited Lana would arrive today (December 20). She first began teasing the album last year, and announced earlier this month that it would be the deluxe version of ‘SOS’ rather than a standalone album.Some fans had anticipated waking up to ‘Lana’ this morning, with SZA writing on her Instagram Stories last night, “FULL DELUXE OUT TOMORROW AM.

SZA and Kendrick Lamar have teamed up on the new song “30 for 30″ on her brand new album SOS Deluxe: Lana.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music SZA‘s long-awaited the deluxe edition of her Grammy-winning 2022 album “SOS,” which is titled “Lana,” has finally arrived. The album has been through a long series of false alarms — it seemed imminent back in February, when she released the song “Saturn” — and bears artwork similar to the insect-and-forest imagery featured during her tours last summer, but it’s finally here.

Drake’s claims that Spotify “artificially inflated” the streaming figures for Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’, the streaming platform has responded with an official statement.Last month, Drake accused Spotify and his label, Universal Music Group, of inflating the numbers for the track, in which Lamar takes aim at the rapper as part of their ongoing feud. He also accused UMG – who distribute Lamar’s music too – of defamation.As a result, Spotify has filed opposition papers, and a spokesperson said: “Spotify has no economic incentive for users to stream ‘Not Like Us’ over any of Drake’s tracks.

“Not Like Us” became a hip-hop anthem for the ages — a rousing rallying call even played during the Democratic National Convention. Whereas Lamar told us to be “Humble” on his 2017 chart-topper, this is the fiercest of flexes from the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show headliner.Yes, a little film called “Wicked” put the Grammy-winning diva in the Oscar conversation.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Spotify has made an official statement denying Drake’s claims in a legal filing last month that the streaming numbers for Kendrick Lamar’s song “Not Like Us,” which took powerful verbal shots at the Canadian rapper, were “artificially inflated.” Last month, Drake, through his company Frozen Moments, accused the streaming giant and his own label, Universal Music Group, of artificially inflating streaming numbers for Lamar’s track. He also accused UMG of defamation.

SZA has shared a new, chilled-out video for her song ‘Drive’ which stars Ben Stiller. Check it out below.Shared today (December 20), the new track comes as the latest teaser for the singer’s long-awaited ‘SOS’ deluxe album, dubbed ‘Lana’.Arriving just hours before the album drops later today, the new track is one that has been teased by SZA for a long time now.

Lil Wayne seemingly called out Kendrick Lamar on a diss track that started to circulate online recently.Tensions between Wayne and Lamar recently heightened after it was revealed that Lamar would headline the 2025 Super Bowl Halftime show in New Orleans: Lil Wayne’s hometown. Wayne has long expressed his hopes to perform at the prestigious sports event so, when it was revealed that next year’s slot was given to the Compton star, controversy sparked – with Nicki Minaj, Birdman and more slamming the NFL for its decision.Lamar recently namechecked Wayne on ‘Wacced Out Murals’ from his latest album ‘GNX’, released last month via his own pgLang label. “Used to bump ‘Tha Carter III’, I held my Rollie chain proud/ Irony, I think my hard work let Lil Wayne down,” Lamar rapped.

Kendrick Lamar “the Taylor Swift of hip-hop” because “no matter what [Lamar] does, he’s still the victim”.Back in July, Schulz was criticised for suggesting the “Black girlfriend effect” was a “protective instinct” for white men in interracial relationships, and alluding that Black women are abusive.Many people spoke out against the comedian’s comments – including Lamar, who seemingly sent an indirect jab at him on ‘Wacced Out Murals’ from his latest album, ‘GNX’. On the song, Lamar rapped: “Don’t let no white comedian talk about no Black woman, that’s law” – the lyrics seemingly referring to Schulz’s infamous comments.Schulz finally replied to the track nearly two weeks after its release, finding it hypocritical for a rapper to tell him off for being misogynistic.

Snoop Dogg has shared his thoughts on Drake filing legal action against Universal Music Group over Kendrick Lamar‘s ‘Not Like Us’ – find out more below.Drake recently filed two legal disputes against Universal Music Group in relation to ‘Not Like Us’, which spawned from their heated feud earlier this year. The first dispute, filed in New York, alleges that UMG “artificially inflated” streaming numbers for ‘Not Like Us’ and involved undisclosed “pay-to-play” schemes.The second dispute – filed in Texas – alleges defamation, claiming that UMG “knowingly” approved of ‘Not Like Us’ being released despite Kendrick Lamar’s lyrics alleging that Drake is a “pedophile”.Kendrick Lamar’s team have yet to respond to NME‘s attempts to reach out for comment.

50 Cent, Davido and Mary J. Blige will join forces for a huge 2025 show at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

SZA announced on social media Monday that her long-delayed album “Lana” — a deluxe edition of her Grammy-winning second full-length “SOS” — will be released on Friday. The post features actor Ben Stiller singing along passionately with what is presumably the new single, “Drive,” while driving on a rainy night. A post shared by SZA (@sza) While SZA’s forthcoming stadium tour with Kendrick Lamar presents a prime opportunity to release new material — she’s been touring behind “SOS” since it was released two years ago — fans could be forgiven for skepticism, as there have been many false alarms.

Lil Wayne has revealed that he and Kendrick Lamar have spoken about the latter’s 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show performance – see what Wayne had to say below.In September, the NFL announced that Kendrick Lamar will headline the 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show in New Orleans. While the decision went down smoothly with the public, New Orleans natives were upset that hometown hero and rap legend Lil Wayne was not getting the honour.Lil Wayne himself took to social media to voice his disappointment at the snub: “That hurt. Hurt a lot, you know what I’m talking about, hurt a whole lot.

SZA has finally announced the release date for her long-awaited ‘SOS’ deluxe album, dubbed ‘Lana’ – find out more below.SZA has long teased a new album, ‘Lana’, dating back to 2023. Then, she began teasing a deluxe version of her seminal 2022 album ‘SOS’.

Thania Garcia Taylor Swift’s “The Tortured Poets Department” is closing the year at No. 1 on the albums chart. For a 17th (nonconsecutive) week, Swift leads the list with her Grammy-nominated “Tortured Poets” logging 240,000 equivalent album units, according to Luminate.