Zero-fucks-giving Azealia Banks fires her sound engineer, and when he threatens to leak her mixtape, she promptly uploads it instead. Slay-Z features Rick Ross and Nina Sky, plus Kaytranada has produced the R&B lullaby-like “Along the Coast,” with Banks showing off her softer side as she silkily croons. Banks has noted via Twitter that “Along the Coast” is a prelude to what’s to come from …
“We made a song with no chorus,” half-sings red-haired rapper on the rise Lil Yachty, trading verses back and forth with Quavo (member of Atlanta-based hip hop trio Migos) in the simple, unhurried track “No Hook.” Though the Autotuning can be excessive, sometimes you’re in the mood for cake with lots of icing. Lil’ Yachty (who we saw modeling at Kanye West’s Yeezy Season Three …
Yeasayer: I Am Chemistry Having teased their new album Amen and Goodbye in bite-sized morsels over the holidays, three-member band Yeasayer released the track “I Am Chemistry” with a music video that hands-down wins weirdest of 2016—regardless of what comes in the next 11 months. (Update: Animal Collective’s video for “FloriDada” comes in close second.) Unfolding like an acid trip taking place on an alien …
