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Kevin Abstract
Clifford Ian Simpson (born July 16, 1996), known by his stage name Kevin Abstract, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter, known for his role as a founding member of Brockhampton. He released his debut album, '' MTV1987'', in 2014 to critical acclaim, and received attention from a number of major music blogs and magazine publications. His second album, '' American Boyfriend: A Suburban Love Story'', was released in November 2016, and his third, '' Arizona Baby'', was released in April 2019. Early life Abstract was born in Corpus Christi, Texas. Abstract never met his father and was not close with his mother, not even knowing what her profession was. As Abstract began to realize his sexuality, he isolated himself from his family, feeling ashamed. Many speculate that this is one of the reasons that he ran away from home. He has stated that his family members are "extremely religious" Mormons. Abstract began producing music at 11 and ran away from home at 15, staying at a f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec City
Quebec City ( or ; french: Ville de Québec), officially Québec (), is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the Communauté métropolitaine de Québec, metropolitan area had a population of 839,311. It is the eleventhList of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, -largest city and the seventhList of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, -largest metropolitan area in Canada. It is also the List of towns in Quebec, second-largest city in the province after Montreal. It has a humid continental climate with warm summers coupled with cold and snowy winters. The Algonquian people had originally named the area , an Algonquin language, AlgonquinThe Algonquin language is a distinct language of the Algonquian languages, Algonquian language family, and is not a misspelling. word meaning "where the river narrows", because the Saint Lawrence River na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kickstarter
Kickstarter is an American public benefit corporation based in Brooklyn, New York, that maintains a global crowdfunding platform focused on creativity. The company's stated mission is to "help bring creative projects to life". As of July 2021, Kickstarter has received $6.6 billion in pledges from 21 million backers to fund 222,000 projects, such as films, music, stage shows, comics, journalism, video games, board games, technology, publishing, and food-related projects. People who back Kickstarter projects are offered tangible rewards or experiences in exchange for their pledges. This model traces its roots to subscription model of arts patronage, where artists would go directly to their audiences to fund their work. History Kickstarter launched on April 28, 2009, by Perry Chen, Yancey Strickler, and Charles Adler. ''The New York Times'' called Kickstarter "the people's NEA". ''Time'' named it one of the "Best Inventions of 2010" and "Best Websites of 2011". Kickstarter repo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ginger (Brockhampton Album)
''Ginger'' (stylized in all caps) is the fifth studio album by American boy band Brockhampton. It was released on August 23, 2019, through the band's label Question Everything and RCA. Background On April 21, 2019, Kevin Abstract tweeted that he started the making of a new Brockhampton album. In a Beats 1 interview with Zane Lowe, Kevin revealed that he could not finish his solo album, '' Arizona Baby'', due to a lack of creativity and needed to work on something else, which marked the beginning of ''Ginger''. In the same interview, producer Jabari Manwa said that he and fellow members Romil Hemnani and Kiko Merley made around 100 songs during the making of ''Ginger''. In an interview with '' GQ'' in June, Kevin Abstract compared the sound of the album to Outkast's "Hey Ya!", and said the group's approach was taking lyrics about topics like anxiety and depression "and putting it on a song that a bunch of people could dance to". On June 20, thirty seconds of a new song from the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iridescence (album)
''Iridescence'' (stylized in all lowercase) is the fourth studio album by American boy band Brockhampton, released on September 21, 2018 by Question Everything, Inc. and RCA Records. It is their major-label debut and the first installment of their ''The Best Years of Our Lives'' trilogy. The self-produced album was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London, as well as the group's own studio in Hawaii. It is their first album since founding member Ameer Vann's departure from the group following sexual misconduct allegations. It debuted at number one on the US ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart, becoming the group's only chart-topping album. Background On December 14, 2017, Brockhampton announced their fourth studio album, ''Team Effort'', slated for release in 2018, but in March 2018, they announced that ''Team Effort'' had been delayed. On March 20, Kevin Abstract and other members posted a "work-in-progress" album cover of "PUPPY", scrapping the name "Team Effort" completely. "PUPP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highsnobiety
Highsnobiety is a global fashion and lifestyle media brand founded in 2005 by David Fischer. It was bought by German e-commerce giant Zalando in 2022. Highsnobiety is headquartered in Berlin and has offices in Amsterdam, London, Milan, New York, Los Angeles and Sydney. Highsnobiety has a digital-first publishing approach, with a multichannel presence. The print magazine first launched in 2010, with quarterly issues published globally. Highsnobiety Shop, a multi-brand online fashion and lifestyle retailer, was launched in 2019. Highsnobiety launched their apparel collection in 2021. Since 2018, the brand publishes regular research papers in the fields of luxury and young consumer trends in collaboration with Boston Consulting Group Boston Consulting Group, Inc. (BCG) is an American global management consulting firm founded in 1963 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. It is one of the Big Three (or MBB, the world’s three largest management consulting firms by rev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturation III
''Saturation III'' (stylized in all caps) is the third studio album by American boy band Brockhampton, released on December 15, 2017. Production is predominantly handled by Romil Hemnani, alongside production duo Q3 (composed of Jabari Manwa and Kiko Merley), as with previous releases. It concludes the ''Saturation'' trilogy, commenced with ''Saturation ''and followed with ''Saturation II''. Originally promoted as the group's "final studio album", the group announced their fourth album, titled ''Team Effort'' at the time before being scrapped, a day before ''Saturation III'' was released. ''Saturation III'' is the band's last album with founding member Ameer Vann, who left the band in May 2018 amid accusations of sexual misconduct. Background To promote ''Saturation II'', Brockhampton released a single from the album for every week of August along with accompanying music videos. The night that "Sweet", the final single from ''Saturation II'' was released, the music video for the so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturation II
''Saturation II'' (stylized in all caps) is the second studio album by American boy band Brockhampton, released on August 25, 2017. Production is primarily handled by Romil Hemnani, alongside production duo Q3 (composed of Jabari Manwa and Kiko Merley), Bearface, Kevin Abstract, and JOBA. Background With only a few months since the release of their debut album, ''Saturation'' (2017), the group revealed plans to release the sequel to the predecessor. The album's official cover art and tracklist was revealed on August 21, 2017. Singles The album was supported by four singles, "Gummy", "Swamp", "Junky" and "Sweet". The lead single, "Gummy" was released on August 2, 2017. The second single, "Swamp" was released on August 8, 2017. The third single, "Junky" was released on August 15, 2017. The fourth and final single, "Sweet", was released August 22, 2017, alongside "Follow", the lead single from the upcoming ''Saturation III''. However, it was later revealed that "Follow" would not be o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturation (Brockhampton Album)
''Saturation'' (stylized in all caps) is the debut studio album by American boy band Brockhampton, released on June 9, 2017. It's part of the ''Saturation'' trilogy, together with ''Saturation II'' and ''III''. It primarily features Brockhampton members Kevin Abstract, Merlyn Wood, Dom McLennon, Matt Champion, Russell "Joba" Boring, and former member Ameer Vann. Group member Bearface also contributes to the album's closing track. Production was primarily handled by Romil Hemnani and Q3—a production duo consisting of Jabari Manwa and Kiko Merley, with additional production contributions by Joba, Bearface, and Rome Gomez. Critical reception ''Saturation'' received general acclaim from music critics upon its release. ''DJBooth'''s Brent Bradley praised the group's chemistry, noting that "With ''Saturation'', Brockhampton has cemented themselves as a force to behold, the next in an all-too-short line of examples in which groups manage to fully realize their dynamic potential". For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All-American Trash
Brockhampton (stylized in all caps) was an American hip hop collective founded in 2010 as AliveSinceForever in San Marcos, Texas. Led by Kevin Abstract and formed partially through online music discussion forum KanyeToThe, Brockhampton was a self-described "boy band", so-called in an effort to redefine the term. ''Complex'' magazine describes the group as "gay, black, white, DIY, ambitious, all-inclusive, and would-be pop stars," and this diversity is what largely distinguishes their lyrics and sound. The group's final line-up consisted of vocalists Kevin Abstract, Matt Champion, Merlyn Wood, and Dom McLennon, vocalists/producers Joba, Bearface, and Jabari Manwa and producers Romil Hemnani and Kiko Merley, as well as graphic designer Henock "HK" Sileshi, photographer Ashlan Grey, web designer Roberto Ontenient (who also featured prominently in voice skits), and manager Jon Nunes. The group released their first mixtape ''All-American Trash'' in 2016. Their debut studio album, '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ITunes
iTunes () is a software program that acts as a media player, media library, mobile device management utility, and the client app for the iTunes Store. Developed by Apple Inc., it is used to purchase, play, download, and organize digital multimedia, on personal computers running the macOS and Windows operating systems, and can be used to rip songs from CDs, as well as play content with the use of dynamic, smart playlists. Options for sound optimizations exist, as well as ways to wirelessly share the iTunes library. Originally announced by Apple CEO Steve Jobs on January 9, 2001, iTunes' original and main focus was music, with a library offering organization and storage of Mac users' music collections. With the 2003 addition of the iTunes Store for purchasing and downloading digital music, and a version of the program for Windows, it became a ubiquitous tool for managing music and configuring other features on Apple's line of iPod media players, which extended to the iPh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apple Inc
Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, United States. Apple is the largest technology company by revenue (totaling in 2021) and, as of June 2022, is the world's biggest company by market capitalization, the fourth-largest personal computer vendor by unit sales and second-largest mobile phone manufacturer. It is one of the Big Five American information technology companies, alongside Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft. Apple was founded as Apple Computer Company on April 1, 1976, by Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs and Ronald Wayne to develop and sell Wozniak's Apple I personal computer. It was incorporated by Jobs and Wozniak as Apple Computer, Inc. in 1977 and the company's next computer, the Apple II, became a best seller and one of the first mass-produced microcomputers. Apple went public in 1980 to instant financial success. The company developed computers featuring innovative graphical user inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fool's Gold Records
Fool's Gold Records is an independent record label based in Brooklyn, New York, United States. The label is known for its annual series of Day Off concerts across the US and Canada. History Fool’s Gold Records was founded in 2005 by DJs A-Trak and Nick Catchdubs. It established itself with releases bridging the worlds of all music genres together to the world while being dubbed an "indie innovator" by ''Billboard'' and a "tastemaker" label by ''The New York Times'', and "one of the most influential indies in the music business" by Pitchfork. It moved to Universal Music Group & Caroline Distribution for new distribution. Roster * 100s * A-Trak * Alexander Robotnick * Alvin Risk * Anna Lunoe * Ape Drums * Bag Raiders * Cardo * Brockhampton * Carnage * Chromeo * Chris Crack * Congorock * The Count & Sinden * Crookers * Cubic Zirconia * D.O.D * Danny Brown * Donnis * Duck Sauce * Flosstradamus * Giraffage * Jokers of the Scene * Just Blaze * Kavinsky * Kid Cudi * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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