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4 Oct

Recent Music This Week: Ari Lennox, Nicki Minaj, Latto

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Recent Music This Week: Ari Lennox, Nicki Minaj, Latto
Blissful Friday, folks – and welcome to the month of September. Although the weather could also be cooling down, lots of your favorite artists are heating up in preparation for the music industry’s heralded fourth quarter. Ari Lennox released a surprise EP earlier this week to carry fans over until she drops age/sex/location next Friday. Away Message is a brief but sweet five songs, and features LVRN’s Summer Walker. Earlier this week, Latto shared the video for the favored single “It’s Givin,” which has guest appearances from Halle Bailey, Ella Mai, Angela Simmons, Angie Martinez, together with several others. Today’s list also includes music from Nicki Minaj, GloRilla, Kendrick Lamar, JID, and more. Try our roundup of recent releases below. 01 Ari Lennox –...
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21 Sep

 ‘King Of Soca’ Shares 40-Yr Music Journey Of Machel

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 ‘King Of Soca’ Shares 40-Yr Music Journey Of Machel
I still remember the sound of the truck horns, the signature fast-paced tempos and pumping bass. It was Labor Day in 1997, and “Big Truck” by Machel Montano and Xtatik was blasting through the speakers as I stood near the corner of Brooklyn’s Utica Avenue and Eastern Parkway. I used to be nine years old and it was the primary time my parents brought me “on de parkway” for The West Indian Day parade. I heard the lyrics “Run, if yah cyah keep yah must run, when de driver blow de truck horn, run, everybody follow de song badang, badang, badang, bang….Hold on to de big truck!” At the identical time, I saw 1000's of masqueraders jumping and waving...
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21 Sep

ESSENCE Fest After Dark Music Series Returns With Performances

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ESSENCE Fest After Dark Music Series Returns With Performances
Photo by Chris Mitchell ESSENCE After Dark™ MUSIC returned in-person at Republic NOLA and kicked off World Night with whining waists and shaking hips. Hailing from Lagos, Nigeria, singer, songwriter and producer Pheelz opened with a performance of his latest single “Finesse” and hyped the group with a call and response, “We Outside!” In a while within the evening, which was sponsored by Coca-Cola, HoodCelebrityy noted how comfortable she was to be among the many artists performing as ESSENCE Fest returned live to Latest Orleans. Her unforgettable performance included a serenade of the women, where she told one woman, “Yo! I like your energy. I feel you’re my latest best friend tonight.” “That’s what I’m about: women empowerment,” she shared in an interview...
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