Ty Dolla $ign
Watch Skrillex Join Ty Dolla $ign for Scintillating “Tiny Desk” Live Performance
Fresh off the release of his third studio album, the Grammy-worthy Featuring Ty Dolla Sign, Ty Dolla $ign teamed up with NPR Music for a remarkable live set as part of their venerated “Tiny Desk” concert series. In addition to his live band, the hip-hop and R&B superstar tapped Skrillex to help out with the performance, which is nothing short of breathtaking. The group kicks off the concert with the “Temptations,” a standout Featuring Ty Dolla Sign cut with Kid Cudi that Skrillex produced alongside Hit-Boy. What follows is a raw and gorgeous cycle of stripped back performances of Dolla $ign tracks. Highlights include a funkfied version of his double-platinum 2013 single “Paranoid” and an aching i...
Ty Dolla $ign Drops Kid Cudi Collaboration “Temptations” Produced by Skrillex and Hit-Boy
On his recently released album, Ty Dolla $ign included a collaboration with Kid Cudi that features production from Skrillex and Hit-Boy. Titled “Temptations,” the single is the second Skrillex collaboration featured on his new LP, Featuring Ty Dolla $ign. Guided by waning background vocals, the production is subtle but well-crafted in a way that puts the vocalists at the forefront of the song. To double down on the neon, futuristic atmosphere of the release, the production duo sprinkled in some high-tech bass that amplifies the aesthetic. On Twitter, Skrillex revealed that James Blake also played a part in the production of the song and thanked him for his contributions. Ty Dolla $ign and Skrillex have become a dynamic duo as of late. While S...
Ty Dolla $ign and Post Malone Are Back Together on ‘Spicy’
After going quintuple platinum on 2018’s “Psycho,” Ty Dolla $ign and Post Malone reunited for “Spicy.” The song appears on the former’s new album, the aptly titled Featuring Ty Dolla $ign, out Friday on Atlantic. Whenever clubs reopen, expect to hear this catchy, bouncy track blaring through sound systems. “I keep talking about this new album being all about frequencies. I carefully chose each person that’s on this album based on how each song needed that person’s specific frequency. You know, that magic that only that person could bring to the song,” Ty said in a statement. “And ‘Spicy’ was no different. This song needed Post’s frequency. Plus, we were overdue for another hit after “Psycho.” I’m just grateful that he lent his frequency to this song because we DEFINITELY got another one on...
Ty Dolla $ign Enlists Jhené Aiko, Mustard for Motivational Track ‘By Yourself’
With Ty Dolla $ign’s appropriately titled upcoming record, Featuring Ty Dolla $ign, dropping next week, the singer decided to give fans a taste of the record before its ‘featured’ presentation. Ty’s latest single, “By Yourself,” hit streaming services on Friday in advance of his third solo studio album. The track has the vocalist linking with fellow R&B star Jhené Aiko and, once again, with his tag-team partner Mustard. The world knows the two best for their years of collaborations, including “Down On Me” and the breakout smash “Paranoid.” As for the new track, Dolla $ign wants to make sure it uplifts fans before the album is released. He also hopes it serves as an ode to women everywhere — single women especially — who are doing their thing. “One of my favorite parts of maki...
Ty Dolla $ign Announces New Album, Featuring Ty Dolla $ign
After sharing new music and teasing activity, feature king Ty Dolla $ign will release his third album, the aptly-titled Featuring Ty Dolla $ign, on Oct. 23 via Atlantic. A new song titled “By Yourself” will feature Jhene Aiko and DJ Mustard. It follows “Ego Death” that featured Kanye West, fka Twigs and Skrillex, and more recently, “Expensive” with Nicki Minaj. He also appeared on SZA’s “Hit Different” as well. “I’ve been blessed with the gift of collaborating. Not every artist can collaborate with another artist and have the final product be something incredible. Many people have said that when you see a song that says, Featuring Ty Dolla $ign, you know it’s gonna be fire. As humbled as I am when I hear that, I can’t say I disagree,” he said in a statement. Continuing, Dolla $ig...
SZA Drops Neptunes-Produced Single ‘Hit Different’ With Ty Dolla $ign
It had to happen at some point. After a three-year wait since her debut album Ctrl, and a string of loose features to hold us over, R&B superstar SZA has just made an otherwise tame New Music Friday a rollercoaster for fans with the release of her latest video and single, “Hit Different,” featuring vocals for Ty Dolla $ign and legendary production duo The Neptunes. The track kicks off with Pharrell’s classic four-count start and works its way into a repeated line from the king of features himself in Ty. SZA takes control of the verses and the visuals as well — the video for the mellow new track, which is filmed on top of haystacks, with various animals and in the middle of a car-laced junkyard is her directorial debut, and the expert-level choreography is just a reminder. Fans kne...
Ty Dolla $ign, Nicki Minaj Reunite on New Track ‘Expensive’
Hosting Nicki Minaj on any track in 2020 is guaranteeing yourself a mega-hit. And that’s exactly what Ty Dolla $ign just did with the release of his latest single, “Expensive.” Fresh off the release of “Ego Death,” featuring Kanye West, Skrillex and FKA Twigs, Ty is giving us even more features to listen to before the summer ends. “Expensive” features a rapid-fire Minaj, coming off of two chart-toppers with Doja Cat (“Say So”) and Tekashi 6ix9ine (“TROLLZ”). And her just-released appearance on Ty’s girl-appreciating track could easily see similar success, after fans have waited for her unreleased verse on “New Body,” a West song she bodied with Ty, has yet to see the light of day on streaming services. “Expensive’ is all about showing your girl that she deserves only the finest things in l...
Diddy, Ty Dolla $ign, Timbaland and More Urge Biden to Pick Black Woman as VP
Diddy, Timbaland, Ty Dolla $ign and over 100 other prominent Black male figures are urging Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden to select a Black woman as his vice president. In an open-letter published in the Atlanta Daily World — and after more than 700 Black women signed a similar letter — the artists, moguls, and entertainers wrote, “It disgusts us that Black women are not just being vetted in this VP process but unfairly criticized and scrutinized.” They added that “failing to select a Black woman in 2020″ could cost him the election. “As someone who has said throughout the campaign that VP Joe Biden needs to choose a Black woman VP, the urgency for that pick has gone from something that SHOULD happen to something that HAS to happen,” the letter read...
Ty Dolla $ign, Skrillex, Kanye West, and FKA Twigs Drop Kaleidoscopic “Ego Death” Animated Video
A few days after teasing the official music video for their collaborative single “Ego Death,” Ty Dolla $ign, Skrillex, Kanye West, and FKA Twigs have unveiled the final version. The four artists opted for an animated video by Emonee LaRussa, a two-time Emmy Award-winning motion graphics artist who enlisted the help of 10 animators and 3 character designers. With its hauntingly kaleidoscopic animations of each artist, who lick neon blood off knives and trip on magic mushrooms, the video is nothing short of breathtaking. Churning along to a hypnotic, moombah-inspired beat courtesy of Skrillex, the video also serves as a bewitchingly captivating accessory to the lyrical content of the song, which waxes poetic about the need to kill one’s ego in ...
Ty Dolla $ign, Kanye West, FKA Twigs, and Skrillex Tease Upcoming “Ego Death” Music Video
Just under three weeks after the release of his mega-collaboration with Kanye West, FKA Twigs, Skrillex, and serpentwithfeet, Ty Dolla $ign is set to release the music video for “Ego Death.” He recently shared a teaser of the upcoming audiovisual spectacle with fans and announced its release date via Twitter. While we can’t see much in the short clip, the animated renditions of the artists from the single’s cover art have returned, leading some to believe that the video will be animated. You can also see trippy, multicolored patterns surrounding each artist, likely representing the psychedelic connotation of the song’s title. “Ego Death” by Ty Dolla $ign, Kanye West, FKA Twigs, Skrillex, and serpentwithfeet was released on ...
Skrillex Joins Forces with Kanye West and FKA Twigs on Ty Dolla $ign’s “Ego Death”
Ty Dolla $ign is kicking off his third studio album with a bang, enlisting the help of Skrillex, Kanye West, and FKA Twigs for “Ego Death.” When artists of this caliber get together on a track, you know a behemoth of a single is upon us, and all the chefs in the kitchen came together to collaborate on the ultimate club track. The single immediately smack us in the face with the 90s house sample of Ultra Nate‘s “Free,” leading into the infectious bass progression that will guide us through the rest of the track. It channels the energy West laid down in his 2016 song “Fade,” as Dolla $ign’s signature, smooth vocals deliver the self-esteem bruised croons. When West takes the mic, he throws down timely lines like, “One in four get loc...
Ty Dolla $ign Enlists Kanye West, FKA Twigs, Skrillex For ‘Ego Death’
Ty Dolla $ign, Skrillex, FKA Twigs and Kanye West walk into a bar… Wait, that’s just a new single. In a collaboration that could best be described as the second coming of West’s single “Fade,” Ty came through today with his latest collaboration-heavy track “Ego Death.” Featuring samples that only West or Skrillex can throw together, the (probably) bouncy instrumental to “Fade,” a West verse referencing Watch the Throne and Twigs’ magic touch, Ty’s latest single is a flex of his connections just as much as it’s a flex of his raspy vocals. The track also features serpentwithfeet, who worked with Ty on last year’s “Receipts.” “‘Ego Death’ is a very special record,” Ty said in a statement. “It’s always an honor working with my brother ‘Ye. He’s a genius and we make incredible records...
