Valentine’s Day is the celebration of love. Any type of love. Whether you are with a boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, wife, friends, pet or enjoying the day on your own, set the mood with this playlist below.
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Galentine’s Day 2018 Playlist
What’s Galentine’s Day? Oh, it’s only the best day of the year. Every February 13th, my lady friends and leave our husbands and our boyfriends at home and just kick it breakfast style. Ladies celebrating ladies. It’s like Lilith Fair, minus the angst. Plus, frittatas!
First introduced in 2010 during the second season of Parks & Recreation, Galentine’s Day is another Parks & Rec holiday that became a reality just like Treat Yo Self. Whether you are going out for drinks, having brunch, or just staying at home with your girls, check out a playlist below for your Galentine’s Day festivities.
Also, check out a clip from the first Galentine’s Day episode.
Big Sean Announces “Unfriendly Reminder” Tour Where Fans Can Choose The Setlist
Big Sean announced his new Spring tour called “Unfriendly Reminder.” The name is fitting since Big Sean is celebrating about a decade in music and throughout his career he is often underrated. Also, sometimes some of his songs don’t get their due while on tour. This time around, fans get to submit their own setlist for the tour and the songs that get the most votes will be played. Each city has its own voting system, so because of this, each city could have an entirely different show.
I think this is an incredible idea and I’m surprised that this isn’t more popular for other tours. Usually during a tour, artists only perform their singles, or just songs of their most recent albums and a lot of B-sides fall by the wayside. In the voting system, Big Sean included all his albums, mix tapes, and most songs that he is featured on. You can also write in songs for your vote.
I’ve seen Big Sean live a couple times and know some of his go-to songs to perform live, and some are my favorites, so I included them in my setlist, but I also did include songs from the Detroit mixtape and my favorite songs for The Social Experiment album, Surf, “Wanna Be Cool.” Also, one of my guests verse “Paper Scissors Rock” from Chris Brown’s album F.A.M.E. was also included. I love the line “we connected, then need space. I swear all love was written in cursive.”
Check out Big Sean’s tour announcement and my setlist below. You can also check out pictures and the setlist from his last Chicago show here.
So with the platform I have now, I thought it would be perfect to revisit a lot of the old music as well as the new classics on my next tour. But I’m gonna give you guys the opportunity to chose my setlist on this tour. Can’t wait to hit the road. #UnfriendlyReminderTour pic.twitter.com/ZTtKRsWWTv
— Sean Don (@BigSean) February 7, 2018
Kendrick Lamar and SZA release video for Black Panther’s “All The Stars”
Kendrick and SZA released the first visual for the Black Panther soundtrack. The video was directed by Dave Myers & the little homies, who have directed all the videos for Kendrick’s Damn. album thus far.
A lot of times when a music video is made for a song from a movie soundtrack, its usually just filled with clips of the movie. However, Dave Myers & the little homies did not take that shortcut and created a visual that kept with the spirit of Black Panther will its African influences, but still is able to stand as a video on its own.
My favorite scene is the gold room. It definitely plays a trick with the eyes will all the layers, and you aren’t sure what is physical and what is digital.
If you want to potentially see Kendrick and SZA perform this song together live, check out the tour schedule for TDE’s Championship Tour here.
Taylor Swift Shows Her Love for R&B On New Spotify Playlist
Taylor Swift released an updated playlist of her favorite songs on Spotify, and while it had expected pop hits, it also included unexpected R&B.
Some of Taylor’s favorite songs include Majid Jordan’s “Her” from their first EP A Place Like This, and “One I Want” from their latest album, The Space Between. Another new edition on the list was Jhene Aiko with “While We’re Young.”
She included Kehlani again, who she first showed loved to in an Intagram post of her favorite songs in 2015, with “Honey” and “Good Life.”
It always fun to see what music other people like, especially an artist. Any songs on here that you like as well? Listen to the playlist below.
Chance The Rapper’s Organization SocialWorks Puts on Black History Month Film Festival
Chance The Rapper’s non-profit, SocialWorks, is hosting a Black History Month Film Festival in Chicago. Movies will be shown every Friday and Saturday this month, with The Wiz first up. Other movies that will be shown to the public are Malcolm X, Black Panther and Ali. There will be a pre-show party for Black Panther including a DJ set, photobooth and giveaway for people who show their Black Panther ticket. There will be a private, invite only event for a showing of the movie Shot In The Dark, a basketball documentary that Chance produced.
Tickets for these events are $7 online or in person. Also, with a ticket for any movie that is bought online using promo code SMGChange, $1.50 will be donated to Social Works. For more information, click here.
I find this to be exciting because I feel like their aren’t any huge celebrations for Black History Month. I think it is important to celebrate the culture in all its forms and I hope to see more events like this.
Migos Explains The Difference Dripping and Spilling While Getting Ready For The Grammys With Vogue
Vogue went behind the scenes to see Migos get ready for the Grammys, and we got a lot of insider information about the group.
First and foremost, we got to see Migos without their glasses, which doesn’t happen often. It was funny to see because when they all where glasses, they look very much alike, but without glasses, they are all different and don’t look that similar.
Migos shared their fashion inspiration being Michael Jackson. Offset sang some Michael Jackson and his mom said that he has loved Michael since he was a little boy.
Quavo explained the difference between dripping and spilling when it comes to fashion. Dripping means there is a lot going on (adornments, etcetera) and slipping means there is too much going on.
It was great to see the guys lighter side in this video. Check it out above.
Acts To Make Sure To Check Out At Rolling Loud Miami 2018
The very anticipated line-up for Rolling Loud Miami was just released, and I have to say it was not overhyped at all. Every act I am willing to see, even acts that I haven’t heard before because hip-hop is definitely my wheel house. I also feel like I would discover a lot of new music here.
Acts that I for sure would want to check out each day are:
Friday: J. Cole, N.E.R.D., Young Thug, Jaden Smith, Juvenile, Smino
Saturday: Travis Scott, Migos, Wiz Khalifa, Cardi B, Gucci Mane, Metro Boomin, Fetty Wap,
Sunday: Future, Lil Wayne, 21 Savage, Juicy J, Machine Gun Kelly
Friday is the best night in my opinion. I’ve said several times I’m a fan of Smino and he puts on a great show. I’m very curious on a Jaden Smith show and what Juvenile will bring to the stage.
Tickets go on sale February 2 here. Prices have yet to be announced.
My Picks For Acts To See At The Panorama 2018 Festival
Festival line up announcement season continues with New York’s Panorama throwing themselves into the mix. Here are the acts that I would like to see:
Friday: The Weeknd, Migos, Jhene Aiko, Daniel Caesar
Saturday: Janet Jackson, SZA, Cardi B, Gucci Mane
Sunday: The XX
There aren’t a lot of acts that I want to see at this festival, but the ones I want to see, I would be really excited to see. The Weeknd headlining yet another festival makes me think he is definitely releasing new music soon. Janet Jackson is an interesting pick, but I enjoy the fact that the festival is taking a risk.
Tickets are discounted until February 3, but then they will be $125 for a one day, $215 for a two day, and $295 for a three day. You can get them here.
Apple gets in on #AnimojiKaraoke With Childish Gambino and Migos
During the Grammys, Apple launched its new campaign for Animoji using nominated artists Childish Gambino and Migos. For Childish Gambino they used the song “Redbone” and for Migos they used the new single “Stir Fry”
I find these commercials to be so cute. Seeing the little fangs on the dog and fox in the Migos is oddly adorable, and the little poop emoji ad libbing is a bizarre choice that strangely works. The alien for “Redbone” does my favorite part of the song when Childish Gambino is singing the line “Gon’ catch you sleepin’, put your hands up now baby” really fast.
I feel like showing the range in facial expressions really adds to both of the commercials too. It makes it seem like they are really singing. Only thing that sucks it that you couldn’t make videos of the lengths yourself since you can only film 10 seconds of Animoji at a time, but I think that is something they should change.
Check out the two commercials below.
