Lorde: Perfect Places Review
by Niy Birden

For the past few months, New Zealand-bread crooner Lorde has been blessing us with single after single from her new soon-to-be-released sophomore album, Melodrama. It comes after nearly 4 years since her debut, Pure Heroine, in which we got to have a dark, gloomy and refreshingly mysterious introduction to the teen with the millennial world in her pocket. And now she is back to remind us that she can still knock out a few hits or two, whilst still somehow being able to get away with her normal teenage rampage.

While her prior singles “Green Light” is her aggressive take on her “first major heartbreak” and “Liability” is on the take of yet another failed relationship, Perfect Places seems to give us more insight into what goes on in this mysterious heroine’s mind.

The song starts off with her two voices layered on top of each other, almost as close to each other as the teens who dance and grind together at parties that she regularly complains about in her songs, so much that you would actually question for a moment if you were just losing your mind rather than hearing two voices singing a normal melody. The lower voice is soft and brooding, the kind of voice you would hear in some kind of art film in which the main character starts going mentally insane, but in the best way that wouldn’t harm them.
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By Jessica Sommerfield

American pop star Ariana Grande is set to return to Manchester for a performance meant to raise funds for the victims of a deadly bombing that occurred after her 22nd May 2017 show in Manchester, United Kingdom.

The show that has been scheduled to happen on Sunday, 4th June 2017 will be graced by big names in the entertainment industry like Justin Beiber, Coldplay, Pharrell Williams, Black Eyed Peas, Usher, Miley Cyrus, Niall Horan and Katy Perry.

According to the ‘Side To Side’ hit maker’s post on Twitter, the proceeds from the show will be directed to an emergency fund that has been set up by the British Red Cross and the city of Manchester to assist the affected families.

On a Monday of 22nd May 2017, a suicide bombing happened at Manchester Arena in the United Kingdom following a performance by Ariana Grande the previous day. According to the Greater Manchester police, the attacker was later identified as a 22-year old Salman Ramadan Abedi, a Muslim with a British origin. Police reported that Abedi detonated an improvised explosive device just at the arena’s exit after the event.
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By: Melgie Claire

Nas and Lauryn Hill declared a joint tour on Tuesday scheduled for this fall. The tour commences September 7th in Chicago, jumbling the nation before wrapping up in Vancouver on October 11th. Roots reggae artist Chronixx will fill in as the opener for 11 shows, with comedian Hannibal Buress warming up the crowd at the other six shows. The declaration comes after Nas as of late celebrated the Fugees front woman’s birthday together a week ago (May 26). “Singing Happy Birthday Stevie Wonder flair to my spirit sister Ms. Lauryn Hill blessings and endowments love. Free the Big Bro Lord,” Nas subtitled his post.

Nas and Hill broadly teamed up on the hit “If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)” in 1996. They likewise set out on a comparative tour together in 2012, playing 10 dates after Nas discharged his “Life Is Good” collection. “This is history,” the rapper said in regards to the joint tour in an announcement at the time. “Better late than never. Life is good!”

Nas has not released another album since that year. Be that as it may, he’s been productive over the most recent 15 years contrasted with Hill, who has not put out an LP since her MTV Unplugged recording in 2002. Most as of late, Nas contributed raps to Baz Luhrmann’s simply crossed out Netflix arrangement “The Get Down”.
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By: Melgie Claire

A&E is set to re-launch its Biography arrangement this mid-year with biographies about The Notorious B.I.G. including, Tupac.

A two-section biography, Biggie: The Life of Notorious B.I.G. incorporates at no other time heard recordings by Biggie and also talks about meetings with his mom Voletta Wallace and his widow Faith Evans, partners Nas, Diddy, and Jay-Z, alongside Lil Cease and individuals from the Junior M.A.F.I.A. The doc additionally shares already discreet document footage of Biggie.

A&E arrangements to take after The Notorious B.I.G. film with a six-section series about the passing of Tupac, called Who Killed Tupac? It includes the commitments of civil rights lawyer Benjamin Crump, whose mother went to secondary school with Tupac’s late mother, Afeni Shakur. Official Vice President and Head of Programming at A&E Network, Elaine Frontain Bryant, disclosed the system’s choice to spotlight the killed rappers by means of a public statement. The documentaries are a piece of a bigger A&E activity to convey rappers to its Biography arrangement, with future shows on Grandmaster Flash, Kanye West, and Chance the Rapper also prearranged.

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By: Melgie Claire

The BET Awards, which will be held for this present year June 25 at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, discharged the designations Monday (May 15). Maybe one of the greatest storylines of the night will be the Nicki Minaj and Remy Ma quarrel.

In spite of the fact that Remy Ma as of late guaranteed that the “dust has settled,” she will go up against the authoritative champion for the title of Best Female Hip Hop Artist. Nicki Minaj has won the honor each year since 2010. Prior to her run, the Terror Squad vet did make a case for the title. Other ladies incorporated into the class this year are Missy Elliott, Young M.A, and Cardi B.

Beyoncé drives all chosen people with seven gestures. Queen Bey is up for Best Female R&B/Pop Artist and twice for Best Collaboration with Kendrick Lamar for “Freedom” and DJ Khaled’s “Shinning” with her better half Jay Z. She’s likewise designated for Video of the Year for “Sorry,” which gave her a gesture for Video Director of the Year close by Kahlil Joseph. Her widely praised LEMONADE collection is up for Album of the Year.

Chance The Rapper is up for four honors, including Album of the Year for “Coloring Book”, and Best New Artist where he’ll go up against Cardi B, Young M.A, Khalid, and 21 Savage.
Migos gets, that is correct, a trio of selections. Quavo, Takeoff and Offset are up for Best Group and their raving success “Bad and Boujee” with Lil Uzi Vert is in the running for Best Collaboration and Video of the Year.

List of the nominees are as follow >>:
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By Creative Media Times

American musician, singer and songwriter Chris Cornell passed away unexpectedly at the age of 52. The Soundgarden and Audioslave frontman was found dead early this morning from a “possible suicide”.

Cornell is widely regarded as one of the architects of the grunge movement of the 90s. He’s been voted one of the “Best Singers Of All Time” by Rolling Stone, and one of the “Greatest Voices in Music” by MTV. He formed Soundgarden in 1984 together with original members Kim Thayil and Hiro Yamamoto who left and replaced on the bass by Jason Everman until the band got settled with Ben Shepherd. With the band, Cornell achieve worldwide commercial and critical success with their breakthrough fourth album ‘Superunknown’, which was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album in 1995.
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By: Melgie Claire

There isn’t a devoted Hip Hop fan alive who doesn’t recollect the standout guest vocals from Mary J. Blige on Method Man’s 1995 raving success “I’ll Be There For You/You’re All I Need To Get By.” The unquestionable demeanor of cool she oozed as she sang close by one of Wu-Tang Clan’s most scandalous individuals was extraordinary.

Twenty-three years later, the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul has a reiteration of exemplary collections under her belt, including “What’s The 411”, “My Life”, “Share My World” and “Mary”. Each venture played like a profoundly enthusiastic, sonic journal she used to cleanse each crude feeling she was encountering. From substance mishandle and sadness to a string of failed relationships, her life conditions gave enough fuel to maintain her genuinely reliable artistic yield.

While she may have subdued her drug addiction and liquor abuse, the Bronx local’s thirteenth studio collection, “Strength of a Woman”, discovers her handling a well-known subject — the disintegration of another relationship. This time, be that as it may, the stakes are significantly higher.

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