On Tuesday, Emmy winning sitcom Black-ish celebrated its 100th episode with a tribute to late musical legend Prince. Throughout the episode, each member of the Johnson family came sporting their best recreations of the award-winning musician’s iconic looks while performing such hits as “Kiss,” “Purple Rain,” and…

Ava DuVernay, the filmmaker behind Selma, Netflix’s 13th, and the upcoming Central Park Five series, is reportedly working on another big project for Netflix—at least according to multiple sources who know about this sort of thing. This comes from Variety, which says the film (or maybe series?) has the “full…

Piano & A Microphone 1983 is an unpolished Prince gem, while Metric loses focus on Air Of Doubt, and Lonnie Holley is louder than ever on Mith. Plus, we take a look at Carrie Underwood’s sixth LP, Cry Pretty.

Dig if you will, the picture of a sold-out Metallica show where thousands of fans are held captive to one of the worst covers ever performed. Dream if you can, a stadium where a two-person rendition of Prince classic “When Doves Cry” fills the air like a toxic cloud. Watch a clip for yourself to hear what it sounds…

Okay, so we don’t know for sure that Donald Glover’s fourth (and reportedly final) album as Childish Gambino will arrive this month, but the prospect looms large as we turn the corner into fall. What we do know is we’re getting big new albums from Chicago MC Noname, French synth-pop phenom Christine And The Queens,…

It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that Prince fucking hated the idea of letting his music be streamed online. The reason was simple: money. “I don’t see why I should give my new music to iTunes or anyone else,” he said. “They won’t pay me an advance for it and then they get angry when they can’t get it.”

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The death of a celebrity has always been big news, but nowadays it’s maybe best described as all-encompassing. Tributes and thinkpieces flood every site, while your social media feed turns into a battle of competitive grieving. This can be cathartic for some, who, in the wake of the loss, want to immerse themselves in…

A couple of weeks ago, we ran down our list of the year’s best albums so far, already a lineup that makes for a solid year in music. But there’s still a whole six months’ worth of releases coming our way. In addition to the records we were anticipating at the beginning of the year that still haven’t come to pass—like…

As reported by Billboard, Prince’s estate has signed a deal with Sony Music Entertainment to re-release Prince’s old albums, with the first wave coming from Legacy Recordings and covering the years from 1995 to 2010. That means albums like The Gold Experience, Emancipation, The Rainbow Children, Musicology, Planet…

Prince’s legendary vaults have been cracked open, and although we’re still waiting for the thrash-metal album from the late musical legend that we know must be in there somewhere, his estate has officially announced a new live record, Piano & A Microphone: 1983, on the date of what would have been his 60th birthday.

Ever since Prince died in April of 2016, there have been arguments, rumors, lawsuits (and even the occasional abortive music release) centered on his reported vault of unreleased tracks, as publishers, streaming services, and the legendary musician’s family all battle their way through the complicated web of rights…

Janelle Monáe has devoted years to developing the saga of Cindi Mayweather, a renegade android hunted for having the gall to fall in love with a human. The meticulously crafted character is at the center of much of the Grammy nominee’s work, including the funk-opera Metropolis, and her subsequent full-length releases, …

According to Variety, Warner Bros. and Prince’s estate are set to release a full album of unreleased music in September, with caretaker Troy Carter implying that it will be some kind of cohesive work like a concert or—as Variety theorizes—“thematically linked songs.” Carter doesn’t say much, but he notes that it’s…

Prince was a prolific artist, so much so that Warner Bros. and Universal got into a bit of a feud over which company would get to control the contents of his vault of unreleased recordings, but Prince’s estate is now looking to get all of his stuff organized by hiring a dedicated “archives supervisor” at Paisley Park.…

When the public was informed of Prince’s untimely death, people immediately took to sharing videos of their favorite live performances to showcase what a singular talent the man was. One of the most shared videos was Prince’s 2004 appearance at the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, where he joined Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, and…

The funky, sensual rhythms of Janelle Monáe’s “Make Me Feel” single, off the upcoming Dirty Computer, are so reminiscent of Prince that fans have been bopping along like it’s 1999. As it turns out, the song (and ridiculously sexy video) is more than just an homage to the Purple One—according to Monáe, she was…

In what could potentially turn out to be the rare instance of a verified musical superstar being upstaged by a glowing column of light, there are rumors going around today that Justin Timberlake might pull out a hologram of Prince at tomorrow’s Super Bowl half-time show. The news comes courtesy of TMZ—hence why we’re…

Pam Warren—a.k.a. Pam The Funkstress, a.k.a. Purple Pam, a.k.a. the Turntable Queen—has died, Rolling Stone reports. Best known for her sonic collaborations with Oakland-area rap outfit The Coup, Warren was a celebrated hip-hop artist who also served as the personal DJ for Prince in his final months.