Cardi B – “Bartier Cardi” ft. 21 Savage

Cardi B has released "Bartier Cardi," her first solo single since the chart-topping breakout hit, "Bodak Yellow." The track features 21 Savage, whose drowsy menace feels out of place surrounded by Cardi's hurried triplet flows, but I'm sure the SEO is great. Cardi is also featured on reggaeton star Ozuna's new single, "La Modelo," and the new…

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Cassie – “Don’t Play It Safe”

The ever-elusive R&B singer Cassie has released a new single titled "Don't Play It Safe." The Kaytranada-produced track is just her second new song in four years, following a G-Eazy collaboration dropped in August, "Love A Loser." The singer has said she's working on a follow-up to her influential self-titled debut from 2006, and she's been spotted in…

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Stream Gucci Mane’s New Album El Gato: The Human Glacier

Gucci Mane has released a new album, El Gato: The Human Glacier, produced entirely by 808 Mafia co-founder Southside. The project follows The Return of East Atlanta Santa, Droptopwop, and Mr. Davis in the Atlanta artist's prolific run since being released from prison last May. Gucci also released an autobiography in September and recently signed a $10 million record contract…

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Lil Wayne – “Bank Account”

After announcing a Dec. 25 release date for the sixth installment in his Dedication mixtape series, Lil Wayne has released two songs from the tape, "Bank Account" and "Blackin Out." On the former, Weezy jumps on Metro Boomin's beat for the 21 Savage hit of the same name and dishes a clever take on the hook: "I've got one,…

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Animal Collective Release Pay-What-You-Want Live Album for Charity

Animal Collective must be in the holiday spirit — not only did they gift their fans with a surprise new live album, but they’re encouraging them to give back to charity, too. Earlier today, they announced that they’d mixed a recording of their 5/26 show at the New Haven, CT venue College Street Music Hall…

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Stream Travis Scott and Quavo’s New Album Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho

Travis Scott and Migos member Quavo have released their joint album Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho. The two artists last collaborated on the Culture ballad, "Kelly Price." The project features cover art by storied illustrator Ralph Steadman of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas fame. Producers include Murda Beatz, Southside, Cardo, and Mike Dean. Migos mates Offset and Takeoff…

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New Vanity Fair Profile Argues That Steve Bannon Is Kind of a Dumbass

Vanity Fair reporter Gabriel Sherman spent months following ousted White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon, and his heavily armed security detail, around the globe and observed the Breitbart executive back a losing candidate, air grievances about his Trump administration rivals--namely Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump--and bask in his own self-mythology. Sherman happened to be with…

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Make Your Christmas a Black One With This Video of Beyoncé, Jay-Z, and Tina Knowles Doing the Electric Slide

Jay-Z, Beyoncé, and her mother Tina Knowles are an impossibly famous family. They're also black and do party, so the logic says they probably know how to do the electric slide and know what to do when Frankie Beverly's "Before I Let Go" comes on. Tina posted on Instagram footage of her son-in-law and daughter joyously…

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Dave Grohl on Reggaetón Beats: “What the Fuck Is a Reggaetón Beat?”

"Run," the lead single off Foo Fighters' Concrete and Gold, has been a tremendous success for the band. It earned Grohl and company two Grammy nominations and hit number one on Billboard's mainstream rock chart. The drum part is essentially a standard reggaetón beat, which caught Grohl by surprise when this was pointed out to…

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Stormzy Grants Fan’s Twitter Request to Perform at His Dad’s Funeral

Given this year’s deluge of bad news — including the constant revelations that artists we might have previously respected and felt connected to turn out to be monsters — even the smallest bit of good news or a heartwarming anecdote about a musician can start to feel like a godsend. As Uproxx reported today, Stormzy…

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Toronto Police Investigating Ethan Kath of Crystal Castles for Alleged Sex Crimes

Musician Ethan Kath of Crystal Castles is under investigation by the Toronto Police Service for alleged sex crimes, The Daily Beast reports. A source with knowledge of the investigation told the Beast that police are looking into complaints "from several women." Kath, born Claudio Palmieri, was accused of sexual, physical, and emotional abuse by former bandmate…

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Dave Chappelle Jokes About Trump and Poor White People in Latest Equanimity Trailer

After teasing Dave Chappelle's Equanimity with a Stranger Things joke, Netflix has released another trailer for the upcoming standup special—this time with actual footage. The two-minute clip features the famed comedian expressing his sympathies for poor white people, who don't know Donald Trump isn't really working in their best interests. "You are poor," the rich funnyman says.

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2017: The Year in Review

If 2016 was a year largely spent in anticipation of catastrophe, 2017 marked its arrival: chaos that threatened to settle into normalcy with whiplash speed. As always, musicians absorbed and interpreted the world around them, personally and politically, reflecting the year’s struggles and occasional glimmers of hope. There was plenty of futurism, both utopian and…

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Jake Paul Blows Up, Scaramucci Goes Down, Miley Gets Boring: Spin’s Year in Suck 2017

2017 was a bad year by any measure--so bad, in fact, that its badness often felt like unavoidable but unremarkable background noise, the elevator music we all learned to tolerate as we shuttled back and forth between the floors of our monotonous lives. The world has an infinite capacity to surprise and disappoint, however, and occasionally, the drone…

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Hear “House of Woodcock,” From Jonny Greenwood’s Score for Phantom Thread

Director Paul Thomas Anderson's new film Phantom Thread is scored by Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood, and well before most of us have an opportunity to hear that score, it's already nominated for a Golden Globe. As of today, though, you can listen to a little bit of it: Nonesuch Records have formally announced the score's standalone release and posted one track, "House of Woodcock."

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Read All Our 2017 Cover Stories

In 2017, Spin writers visited the streets of Donald Trump's presidential inauguration, hung out with Broken Social Scene's Kevin Drew in L.A., traveled to Gary, Indiana to profile footwork pioneer Jlin, chatted with Venezuelan rock exiles La Vida Bohème, and spent a freewheeling New York afternoon with Jessie Ware. Here are all of our digital cover stories from 2017. …

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Chris Cornell to Be Honored With Scholarship at UCLA’s School of Law

The Chris Cornell Scholarship, named after the late Soundgarden and Audioslave rocker who passed away earlier this year, has been created to help fund more than $1 million in an effort to support student scholarships at the UCLA School of Law in California. The effort, led by Cornell's widow Vicky Cornell, will offer a scholarship that honors Cornell…

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Roy Moore Is Not Handling His Loss Well, According to His Facebook Page

If his Facebook page is any indication, failed GOP Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore is extremely mad online. Nine days have passed since his opponent, Democratic candidate Doug Jones, won the December 12 special election and Roy Moore still hasn't conceded. Although Moore dug his heels in and insisted on waiting for overseas ballots to…

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Jimmy Fallon Couldn’t Quite Handle Cardi B During Their Tonight Show Interview

Before releasing her new single with 21 Savage tonight, Cardi B hit up The Tonight Show for a quick interview with Jimmy Fallon. It was supposed to be a pretty basic conversation about the success of "Bodak Yellow" and her engagement with Migos' Offset, but Fallon isn't quite cut out to be interviewing someone like Cardi. His clean-cut gooberish-ness…

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Video: Mogwai – “Crossing the Road Material”

Mogwai have a new video for "Crossing the Road Material," from September's album Every Country's Sun. The clip takes the form of a mini documentary profile of dirt-track driver Johnny Herchinger, who races (and crashes) a '78 Chevy Camaro to a swell of instrumental post-rock. The video was shot at the Accord Speedway in Accord, New York by photographer and longtime Mogwai…

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