вЂњItвЂ™s all going down in flames,вЂќ read the comments. вЂњCoi Leray must be stopped!вЂќ wrote YouTuber No Life Shaq. ( The video received over 5 million views on YouTube, making it this yearвЂ™s most-watched XXL Freshman clip.) But online commenters pushed back with the cartoonish fury of a thousand Comic Book Guys, offended by her cheeky indifference. The booty pop, if anything, made for a Cypher that was hard to forget. In a ramshackle 40 seconds of mike time, she dropped a couple of tame quips - вЂњWatch us all lit / Watch us all get richerвЂќ - and then ended her abbreviated verse with an impromptu twerk. Leray, in a foursome with fellow Freshmen DDG, Lakeyah and Morray, was given the clean-up spot. To promote the issue, the honorees traditionally join together to record whatвЂ™s known as the Freshman Cypher, a showcase and test of their freestyle skills. This summer, she was named to XXL magazineвЂ™s annual вЂњFreshman ClassвЂќ list, a coveted honor for rookie MCs (past Freshmen include current superstars Travis Scott, Kendrick Lamar and Megan Thee Stallion). (RR) Late fall | Coi Leray | Untitled albumДЇor 24-year-old singer and rapper Coi Leray, the stakes had never been higher. Aftab, who recently landed on Barack ObamaвЂ™s summer playlist, will play at Zebulon in Frogtown. Singing mostly in Urdu, Aftab combines stringed instruments with subtle rhythms, layers of her pitch-perfect voice and the occasional synthesizer. Now based in Brooklyn, her new album, вЂњVulture Prince,вЂќ is a calm, meditative work drawn from a South Asian lyric poetry form known as the ghazal. Live.Д«orn and raised in Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist Aftab studied at the Berklee College of Music after an early life spent absorbing music with equally obsessed family and friends.

This fall heвЂ™s scheduled to headline the Novo at L.A. Drakeo, whose songs were described in The Times as вЂњsinister and dense, cryptic and dark, versatile enough to set off a party or shoot it up,вЂќ was released in November but the pandemic precluded any celebratory concert. HeвЂ™d just issued the acclaimed album вЂњThank You for Using GTL,вЂќ which heвЂ™d recorded during jailtime phone calls. rapper Drakeo the Ruler was holed up at MenвЂ™s Central Jail on gang conspiracy and weapons charges as COVID-19 was spreading through the facility. Her headline date at the Hollywood Bowl overflows with Black female talent, featuring opening sets from Chicago R&B mystic Jamila Woods and L.A.вЂ™s virtuosic, genre-exploding producer and songwriter Georgia Anne Muldrow, who whips jazz, beats and cosmic vibes into a sound that feels like tomorrow. вЂњStay HighвЂќ won a Grammy for rock song, capping a year where Howard, Fiona Apple and other women deservedly cleaned up in the genreвЂ™s nominations and awards.

HowardвЂ™s 2019 solo debut, вЂњJamie,вЂќ announced a singer-guitarist with a range even wider than what her acclaimed rock-soul band Alabama Shakes implied. 18 |Brittany Howard, Jamila Woods, Georgia Anne Muldrow | Hollywood Bowl punk band Off!, Alessia CaraвЂ™s haunting version of вЂњEnter SandmanвЂќ and Miley CyrusвЂ™ bombastic cover of вЂњNothing Else MattersвЂќ - which also features Elton John, Yo-Yo Ma, Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo and others. Highlights? The ripping take on вЂњHolier Than ThouвЂќ by L.A. (Midori Tsukagoshi / Shinko Music / Getty Images)ДЄ tribute to the 12 songs that make up MetallicaвЂ™s self-titled 1991 classic (known to most as вЂњThe Black AlbumвЂќ), вЂњMetallica BlacklistвЂќ honors the recordвЂ™s 30th anniversary with a wildly expansive 53-artist collection of cover versions by all-star fans likely and not, including Mickey Guyton, the Neptunes, J Balvin, St.

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