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Kelis Seemingly Checks Beyoncé For Sampling Track On Upcoming ‘Renaissance’ LP
Written By D.L. Chandler , Senior Editor Posted 2 hours ago @dlchandler123 D.L. Chandler is a veteran of the Washington D.C. metro writing scene, working as a journalist, reporter, and culture critic. Initially freelancing at iOne Digital in 2010, he officially joined the iOne team in 2017 where he currently works as a Senior Editor for Cassius Life and Hip-Hop Wired. D.L. covers a variety of topics including breaking news, politics, Hip-Hop music and culture, fashion, and Black history. He currently heads the SPIRIT.ED column for Cassius Life, which focuses on adult beverages and their history. D.L. has worked in the past for MTV News, Billboard, and several other publications. His first big break in journalism came with the now-defunct Politically Black in 1999, the nation’s first ...
Kelis Says She Wasn’t Told About Beyoncé Sampling Her Song on ‘Renaissance’: ‘It’s Not a Collab, It’s Theft’
Kelis is calling out Beyoncé and The Neptunes for failing to seek permission to sample her 1999 song “Get Along With You” on Bey’s upcoming new album Renaissance, out tonight. The new song “Energy” on Renaissance features bits from the song, written by The Neptunes’ Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo. While Kelis sang the tune, only the production duo are credited as songwriters. The Billboard Hot 100-charting artist aired her grievances via Instagram on Thursday (July 28), in multiple comments from her Bounty & Full business account. After a Kelis Instagram fan page announced that “@Beyonce‘s RENAISSANCE album will include a @kelis sample on the song ‘Energy,’” alongside a mind-blown emoji, Kelis commented: “My mind is blown too because the level of disrespect and utter i...
Beyonce – Renaissance Album
Check out this brand new studio album from Beyonce – Renaissance. Coming in from Beyonce is her new release anticipated seventh studio album “Renaissance“. The album build-up kicked off with a cut-out released single “Break My Soul” after Beyonce earlier announced the LP. Renaissance LP is a follow-up to her 2019 “The Lion King: The Gift” album created for the animated remake of The Lion King and Black Is King (Disney Film). That album also had guest appearances from Burna Boy, Wizkid, Tiea Savage, Mr. Eazi, Yemi Alade, and Shatta Wale among others. 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 Before now, ...
Presidential Vibes: Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar, Tems & More Featured In Barack Obama’s 2022 Summer Playlist
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Alex Wong / Getty It’s that time of the year when we hand our forever President the aux chord, and he provides us with tunes to vibe to off the annual Barack Obama’s 2022 Summer Playlist. Kendrick Lamar, Beyoncé & More Featured On Barack Obama’s 2022 Summer Playlist It’s official, Barack Obama’s soul won’t be broken this summer. The former President shared his annual summer playlist on Twitter Wednesday (Jul.27). “Every year, I get excited to share my summer playlist because I learn about so many new artists from your replies—it’s an example of how music really can bring us all together,” Obama wrote in a tweet. This year’s edition of the playlist that lives on Spotify features Kendrick Lamar’s “Die Hard” featuring Blxst, Beyoncé’s “Break My Soul,” Te...
Could Beyonce & Drake’s Albums Help Bring Pop Music Back to the Dance Floor?
Two of the biggest albums of the summer — Drake‘s June release Honestly, Nevermind and Beyoncé‘s Renaissance, out this Friday — find a pair of A-list superstars channeling house music for the very first time. So will all of pop music soon follow their lead? Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are joined by another Katie — Billboard dance director Katie Bain — to break down both projects, how they’ve been received by the dance music world, and how they could potentially impact pop music to come. Back when house music last ruled top 40 radio, in the early to mid-1990s, chart-toppers by the likes of Robin S. were followed by the Eurodance trend of Culture Beat and La Bouche. Could something simi...
‘Renaissance’ Revealed: Collabs For Beyoncé’s New Album Include Jay Z, Pharrell, The-Dream & Drake
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: adidas / adidas Everyone in the Beyhive is anticipating Beyoncé‘s seventh full-length solo album Renaissance and we’re all just wondering what “Formation” singer has in store for us. Well, to hear the album, you’re just going to have to wait until it drops on July 29, but in the meantime, Queen Bey has revealed the credits, collaborations and even the track list for her upcoming album. No one is likely to be surprised that Jay-Z will be featured on the project and has credits on three songs. I mean, at this point, Jay-Z and Beyoncé go together like—well—actually, there’s no better simile for this than just Jay-Z and Beyoncé. Related Stories But it looks like Renaissance is a whole star-studded event as it will also feature a host of supers...
Beyoncé Reveals The Track Listing For ‘RENAISSANCE’, MAGA Already Mad At “America Has A Problem”?
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: James Devaney / Getty On Wednesday (July 20), social media was abuzz with the revelation of Beyoncé‘s tracklisting for her upcoming album RENAISSANCE, and while her first single, “Break My Soul” hasn’t exactly hit with audiences, the titles on the album has everyone optimistic that Bey will bring the heat. Taking to her Instagram Stories to spotlight the 16 cuts that will be featured on her seventh album, fans were gushing about what they’re expecting from songs named “Virgo’s Groove” and “Heated,” but what really had the Twitterverse in a frenzy was the cut dubbed “America Has A Problem.” With conservatives and far-right white-nationalists ready to pounce on Beyoncé for possibly calling out our current social-political landscape, the Beyhive are on stand...
Skrillex Confirmed As Producer On Beyoncé’s “Renaissance” Album
Beyoncé has revealed the collaborators and tracklist for her seventh studio album, which is said to be heavily influenced by electronic music. So it should come as no surprise that Skrillex has been confirmed to appear on Renaissance. Skrillex will appear on the album’s fifth track, “Energy,” alongside frequent collaborator BEAM and The Neptunes’ Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, among others. The iconic “Bangarang” producer is one of a number of electronic music artists to appear on Renaissance, joining Honey Dijon, A.G. Cook, Nile Rodgers and more. It’s also worth noting that the final track, “Summer Renaissance,” will sample music by the legendary electronic music producer and Daft Punk collaborator Giorgio M...
Beyoncé Renaissance Collaborators Include Jay-Z, Drake, Pharrell
Hours after Beyoncé unveiled the track list for her upcoming album Renaissance, Apple Music has published the album credits, which reveal a host of superstar songwriting collaborators such as Drake, Jay-Z and Pharrell Williams. Beyoncé’s husband Jay-Z is credited on the songs “Alien Superstar,” “America Has a Problem” and first single “Break My Soul,” while Drake is among the collaborators on “Heated.” Williams and his longtime producing partner Chad Hugo appear to have worked on the song “Energy,” while Raphael Saadiq lent a hand on “Cuff It” and “Pure Energy.” Also making contributions on Renaissance, which is due July 29, are Mike Dean, The-Dream, Nova Wav, A.G. Cook, Sabrina Claudio, former Odd Future member Syd, Hit-Boy, Honey Dijon, No I.D. and Danish producer Morten Ristorp, In addi...
Beyonce Reveals Renaissance Tracklisting
In just nine days, Beyoncé will be releasing Renaissance, her first proper solo album since 2016’s Lemonade. Today (July 20), the pop icon revealed in an Instagram Story that the album will contain 16 songs, including first single “Break My Soul,” a ’90s dance jam featuring Philly rapper Tierra Whack. Featuring provocative titles such as “America Has a Problem” and “Alien Superstar,” the track list from the Instagram Story didn’t reveal who (if any) guests artists would be featured on the album. Renaissance will be released on July 29 through Parkwood/Columbia Records. Most recently, she featured on 2019’s The Lion King: The Gift and the soundtrack to last year’s film King Richard. Her contribution to the latter, “Be Alive,” earned the singer her first Oscar nomination for Best O...
Beyoncé Licensed Her Catalog For Use on TikTok, Joins The Platform
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: ROBYN BECK / Getty In another win for The BeyHive, Beyoncé has joined TikTok, and her entire catalog is now available for users of the short-form video app to utilize as backing tracks for their creations, according to Digital Music News. Some of her classics like, “Halo,” “Single Ladies” and her newest hit “Break My Soul” are now available on the app. Since creating her account on yesterday (July 14), Queen Bey has already racked up more than 3.4 million followers on the short-form video app. Her first post is a compilation of user-generated content inspired by her music. In her caption she writes, “Seeing y’all release the wiggle made me so happy! Thank you so much for all the love for BREAK MY SOUL! — Love B.” Joining TikTok will increase B...
Fans Rejoice As Beyoncé Finally Joins TikTok
TikTok users let out a collective scream of joy today (July 14) with the news that Beyoncé has finally joined the social media platform. The artist’s entire catalog, including her recent hit single “Break My Soul,” is now at the disposal of TikTok’s billions of content creators, who have wasted no time adding her music to their videos. In her debut post, the artist compiled 62 seconds worth of Beyoncé-related content from fans around the world, writing, “Seeing y’all release the wiggle made me so happy! Thank you so much for all the love for BREAK MY SOUL! – Love B.” The artist’s channel already has more than 3.3 million followers as of this morning and nearly 4,700 comments on the announcement post. “Imagine waking up and realize you’re featured on the official Beyoncé page!,” wrote user ...
