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Alexander Spit
Alexander Albert Manzano (born 1987), better known as his stage name Alexander Spit, is an American rapper and record producer from Los Angeles, California. He released his commercial debut full-length on January 29, 2013 on Decon Records. Biography Spit grew up in the Bay Area to a Filipino mother and San Francisco-raised father. Spit's first foray into rap music was with a group called The Instant Messengers. At 21, Spit went solo and released his first album ''Open 24 Hours'' when he turned 23. The album, as well as his subsequent project ''Until Next Summer'' (2010), were released through local streetwear company The Hundreds. After the success of his instrumental tape, ''Mansions'', which landed on Complex Magazine's "50 Best Albums of 2012 (So Far)", Spit began work on his commercial debut. The album was called ''A Breathtaking Trip To That Otherside'' and was inspired by his move to Los Angeles and hallucinogenic drugs. It was released on Decon Records in January 2013 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Download
A music download (commonly referred to as a digital download) is the digital transfer of music via the Internet into a device capable of decoding and playing it, such as a personal computer, portable media player, MP3 player or smartphone. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyrighted material without permission or legal payment. According to a Nielsen report, downloadable music accounted for 55.9 percent of all music sales in the US in 2012."All music sales" refers to albums plus track equivalent albums. A track equivalent album equates to 10 tracks. By the beginning of 2011, Apple's iTunes Store alone made 1.1 billion of revenue in the first quarter of its fiscal year. Music downloads are typically encoded with modified discrete cosine transform (MDCT) audio data compression, particularly the Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) format used by iTunes as well as the MP3 audio coding format. Online music store Paid downloads are sometimes encoded with d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circles (Mac Miller Album)
''Circles'' is the sixth and final studio album by American rapper and singer Mac Miller. It was released posthumously on January 17, 2020, by REMember Music and Warner Records, and was being worked on by Miller before his death in September 2018. Production was completed by Jon Brion. ''Circles'' was supported by two singles: " Good News" and " Blue World". The album received widespread acclaim from critics and debuted at number three on the US ''Billboard'' 200, earning 164,000 album-equivalent units during its first week, making it Miller's biggest week for an album. Background ''Swimming'', the fifth studio album by American hip hop artist Mac Miller, was released on August 3, 2018, by REMember Music and Warner Records. Miller intended the album as a cohesive work meant to mark a certain era of his life, a trend that he began on 2016's ''The Divine Feminine''. Inspired by his work on the film score for ''Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind'', Miller hired Jon Brion as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming (Mac Miller Album)
''Swimming'' is the fifth studio album by American rapper Mac Miller. It was released on August 3, 2018 by REMember Music and Warner Bros. Records. Production on the album was handled by Miller himself, as well as Jon Brion, Dev Hynes, J. Cole, ID Labs, Dâm-Funk, DJ Dahi, Tae Beast, Flying Lotus, and Cardo, among others. The album has no credited features, but contains vocal contributions from Dâm-Funk, Dev Hynes, Snoop Dogg, Syd, Thundercat, and JID. Miller died on September 7, 2018, making ''Swimming'' his final album to be released during his lifetime. ''Swimming'' was supported by three singles: "Small Worlds", "Self Care", and "What's the Use?". The album received generally positive reviews from critics and debuted at number three on the US ''Billboard'' 200. It was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 2019 Grammy Awards. Background Miller began work on ''Swimming'' in 2016. He announced the album through social media on July 12, 2018, alongside its release date. Mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mac Miller
Malcolm James McCormick (January 19, 1992 – September 7, 2018), known professionally as Mac Miller, was an American rapper and record producer. Miller began his career in Pittsburgh's hip hop scene in 2007, at the age of fifteen. In 2010, he signed a record deal with independent label Rostrum Records and released his breakthrough mixtapes '' K.I.D.S.'' (2010) and ''Best Day Ever'' (2011). Miller's debut studio album, ''Blue Slide Park'' (2011), became the first independently distributed debut album to top the US ''Billboard'' 200 since 1995. In 2013, he founded the record label imprint REMember Music. After his second studio album, ''Watching Movies with the Sound Off'' (2013), he left Rostrum and signed with the major label Warner Bros. Records in 2014. With them, he released four studio albums: '' GO:OD AM'' (2015), ''The Divine Feminine'' (2016), ''Swimming'' (2018), and the posthumous ''Circles'' (2020). For ''Swimming'', he was posthumously nominated for a Grammy Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duckwrth
Jared Lee (born May 13, 1989), better known by his stage name Duckwrth (pronounced "duckworth" and stylized in all caps), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and artist. Early life Jared Lee was born in South Central Los Angeles on May 13, 1989. He grew up in a Christian household, always surrounded by music. Before going into music, Duckwrth studied graphic design in college. He appeared in several TeamBackpack cyphers on the YouTube channel World Emcee. Career In the mid-2010s, Duckwrth began releasing his own songs online under the Duckwrth moniker and expanded his audience when he collaborated and released a split project with The Kickdrums in 2015 titled ''Nowhere''. In 2016, Duckwrth released his first full-length album, ''I'm Uugly''. In late 2017, he released a mixtape, ''An XTRA UUGLY Mixtape'', being his first record with Republic Records. His single "Start a Riot" was featured in the 2018 film '' Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse''. His song "MICHUUL." was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IWasVeryBad
Jason Aaron Mills (born May 24, 1992), professionally known as IDK (also known as Jay IDK; a backronym for Ignorantly Delivering Knowledge), is a British-American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Early life Jason Aaron Mills was born on May 24, 1992, in London, England to British American parents. He was raised in Prince George's County, Maryland, where he later started to make music initially under the moniker IDK. Career In August 2015, Mills released his second mixtape, titled ''SubTrap''. The name stands for Suburban Trap or "Trap music with substance." The album features the singles "The Plug," "God Said Trap (King Trappy III)" and "Cookie Addiction" featuring BJ the Chicago Kid. It features production from Skhye Hutch, was mixed by Lo Mein, Tim Webberson, Matt Weiss, and Delbert Bowers. Project management for Subtrap was overseen by Blade Thornton, David Kuti, Clayton Barmore, Quinelle Holder, and Ryan Booth. Mills' style of rapping has been compared to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IDK (rapper)
Jason Aaron Mills (born May 24, 1992), professionally known as IDK (also known as Jay IDK; a backronym for Ignorantly Delivering Knowledge), is a British-American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Early life Jason Aaron Mills was born on May 24, 1992, in London, England to British American parents. He was raised in Prince George's County, Maryland, where he later started to make music initially under the moniker IDK. Career In August 2015, Mills released his second mixtape, titled ''SubTrap''. The name stands for Suburban Trap or "Trap music with substance." The album features the singles "The Plug," "God Said Trap (King Trappy III)" and "Cookie Addiction" featuring BJ the Chicago Kid. It features production from Skhye Hutch, was mixed by Lo Mein, Tim Webberson, Matt Weiss, and Delbert Bowers. Project management for Subtrap was overseen by Blade Thornton, David Kuti, Clayton Barmore, Quinelle Holder, and Ryan Booth. Mills' style of rapping has been compared to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One More Light
''One More Light'' is the seventh studio album by American rock band Linkin Park. It was released on May 19, 2017, through Warner Bros. Records and Machine Shop. It is the last Linkin Park album to feature lead vocalist Chester Bennington before his death on July 20, 2017. The band recorded the album between September 2015 and February 2017 in multiple studios. Band members Brad Delson and Mike Shinoda served as the album's primary producers. The sound of ''One More Light'' has been described as being more pop-focused, departing from the alternative rock and alternative metal sounds of their previous albums. The album features guest vocal appearances from Pusha T, Stormzy, and Kiiara, and production and songwriting collaborations with J. R. Rotem, Julia Michaels, Justin Tranter, Ross Golan, Andrew Goldstein, Blackbear, and Eg White. It is also the band's first album to have a title track, as they felt that the song "One More Light" was the heart of the album. The album's lead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linkin Park
Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. The band's current lineup comprises vocalist/rhythm guitarist/keyboardist Mike Shinoda, lead guitarist Brad Delson, bassist Dave Farrell, DJ/turntablist Joe Hahn and drummer Rob Bourdon, all of whom are founding members. Vocalists Mark Wakefield and Chester Bennington are former members of the band. Categorized as alternative rock, Linkin Park's earlier music spanned a fusion of heavy metal and hip hop, while their later music features more electronica and pop elements. Formed in 1996, Linkin Park rose to international fame with their debut studio album, ''Hybrid Theory'' (2000), which became certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Released during the peak of the nu metal scene, the album's singles' heavy airplay on MTV led the singles " One Step Closer", " Crawling" and "In the End" all to chart highly on the US Mainstream Rock chart. The lattermost also crossed over to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veins (album)
''Veins'' is the seventh studio album by American rapper Homeboy Sandman. It was released by Stones Throw Records on March 31, 2017. Homeboy Sandman described the inspiration for the album as simply "a burning desire to just fuckin rhyme." Critical reception Robert Christgau wrote that if Sandman's "flow and beats were a smidge more iconic, he'd epitomize the kind of major minor artistry Le Tigre--hell, Spoon or somebody--parlayed into legend." In a review for ''HipHopDX ''HipHopDX'' is an online magazine of hip hop music criticism and news. The website's current president and publisher is Sharath Cherian and the Head Of Content is Jerry L. Barrow. ''HipHopDX'' is the flagship publication of Cheri Media Group. ...'', Kyle Eustice wrote: "In this often vapid world of meaningless lyrics, having to actually dissect what an MC is saying is... like a breath of fresh air." ''Veins'' was selected as one of the best hip hop albums of 2017 by Bandcamp Daily author Phillip Mlynar. Tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homeboy Sandman
Angel Del Villar II (born September 24, 1980), better known by his stage name Homeboy Sandman, is an American rapper from Elmhurst, Queens, New York, United States. Career Homeboy Sandman recorded and released his first EP, ''Nourishment'', in March 2007. His debut album, entitled ''Nourishment (Second Helpings)'', was released in August 2007. In early 2008, Homeboy Sandman's work began to be featured on underground radio programs the Squeeze Radio Show on WKCR 89.9 FM and the Halftime Radio Program on WNYU 89.1 FM in New York. In June 2008, he was featured in Source Magazine's "Unsigned Hype" column. His second album, ''Actual Factual Pterodactyl'' was acclaimed upon its release in August 2008. The album received an entry in '' XXL''s ''Chairman's Choice'' column, which praised Homeboy Sandman's "sharp lyrics and irresistibly melodic flow, which, together, form an elastic instrument few MCs can match." Actual Factual Pterodactyl received critical acclaim in a multitude of ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
