R. Kelly may not be released, but his album is. The fraught rapper seemingly came out with a new album on Friday, titled “I Admit,” while he was still incarcerated for federal sex crimes — although it’s unclear who is actually behind the release. Sony Music Entertainment’s Legacy Recordings declined to comment when contacted by … Read more
It’s been five long years since SZA released “Ctrl,” a debut album that instantly made her R&B’s It girl. Since then, she’s had hit collabs with Kendrick Lamar (2018’s “Black Panther” single “All the Stars”) and Doja Cat (2021’s Grammy-winning “Kiss Me More”), but the wait is finally over for her sophomore set with “SOS,” … Read more
When Michael Jackson first called Toto’s Steve Lukather to ask him to play on “Thriller,” the Grammy-winning session musician told the King of Pop to beat it. “He called me at home at, like, 8 o’clock in the morning, and I didn’t believe it was him,” Lukather told The Post. “So he called a couple … Read more
Meet the new Blues Brother: Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen. Taking a cue from Jake and Elwood, Bruce — I mean, come on, we’re on a first-name basis with him after 50 years — is embracing his inner soul man on his new album “Only the Strong Survive,” a collection of classic R&B covers that arrives … Read more
Pulling a Taylor Swift, ’80s pop-rock icon Bryan Adams re-recorded his classic hits for a super deluxe version of his “So Happy It Hurts” album that was released Friday. The two-disc set marks the fourth release of 2022 for the 62-year-old singer-guitarist, who earlier this year also dropped an LP featuring his own versions of … Read more
Dear John, Taylor is still dragging you. Thirteen years after Taylor Swift’s “Dear John” famously bashed John Mayer after their breakup, the pop superstar appears to be at it again on “Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve” — one of seven more tunes on a surprise “3 a.m. Edition” of her new “Midnights” album that dropped at 3 … Read more
It wouldn’t be a Taylor Swift album release without a grand entrance. The 11-time Grammy winner’s hotly-anticipated tenth studio album, “Midnights,” dropped Thursday night, but it wasn’t without its fair share of chaos. Millions of so-called “Swifties” stayed up until midnight to hear the record, but fans were left scrambling after streaming giant Spotify crashed … Read more
If you thought Taylor Swift was going to shake off the moody melancholy of “Folklore” and “Evermore” — the double dose of alluring alt-folkiness that she gave us in 2020 — think again. “Midnights” — the pop superstar’s much-anticipated new album that, after arriving at the stroke of midnight on Friday, will be keeping Swifties … Read more
Times must be hard: The Boss is now working the “Nightshift.” Bruce Springsteen’s new single, which was released Friday, is a moody, bluesy redo of the 1985 Commodores hit that paid homage to R&B legends Marvin Gaye and Jackie Wilson. It’s from the rock icon’s upcoming album, “Only the Strong Survive,” a collection of classic … Read more
From prog epics to R&B masterpieces, these are the records that define music at its most ambitious Thematic albums, tied together by very specific moods or interconnected songs, aren’t new to pop; the kingpin of the form, Frank Sinatra, started making them 70 years ago. And thanks to the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club … Read more
LaKeith Stanfield in season 4, episode 1 Photo: Guy D’Alema/FX After one head-trip of a European tour, Atlanta has finally come back to Atlanta. Season three came out this spring, dropping its characters into several outlandish situations on another continent—that is, when it wasn’t taking audiences away from the main foursome entirely. Season four, then, … Read more
Cardi BPhoto: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue Cardi B has pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors today, Pitchfork reports, at least one of which was in relation to an incident that took place at a strip club back in 2018. The rapper and musician has been sentenced to 15 days of community service in … Read more