For anyone who has attended, or dreams of attending, Coachella‘s greatest allure might be the diversity of acts present spanning decades of cultural importance. One such act, hip-hop legend Warren G (who took the world by storm with his iconic track “Regulate” back in 1994) took the stage inside of Coachella’s Heineken House this year. The rapper/producer shredded through a series of celebrated tracks (that …
Instead of the go-to generic, vague messages (“A dream you have will come true”), Fortune Cookie Flows are spelling out your future with rap lyrics. Quoting the likes of Nas, Missy Elliott, Kanye West, Ol’ Dirty Bastard and others, the messages aren’t exactly clairvoyant, but with quotes such as “props is a true thug’s wife,” they are much more fun.
Proving once again Missy Elliott’s brand of music has literally no sell-by date, Virginia artist D.R.A.M. (aka Shelley Massenburg-Smith) has remixed her sublimely perfect Timbaland-produced “Hot Boyz” (from her 1998 album Da Real World) and taken the slick, seductive and effortless sample to create “Don’t Let D.R.A.M. Be A Hot Boy.” The track pays just enough homage to Elliott, while still creating something brand new—complete …