May 18, 2024

Review Category : TMZ Music News

Rick Ross Remixes G-Eazy’s ‘I Mean It’

by 27 mins ago

With reporting by Christina Garibaldi

G-Eazy recently told MTV News that he’s out for “ultimate world domination” with his debut album, These Things Happen, which dropped last week. And everyone knows a key to world domination of any kind, including ultimate, is to get Rick Ross on a remix. And that’s what happened on Tuesday (July 1).

“I Mean It,” one of the singles from the recently released disc, was given the Rozay treatment, as the MMG boss tacked a verse onto the Remo- and Christoph Anderson-produced beat. With gruff-voiced rhymes about his expensive lifestyle, Ricky delivers just what you’d expect.

And if you haven’t watched the video for the original — a cool concept where G plays a news anchor and people from around the world watch — check it out below.

Later this month, the Oakland native will be performing at the mtvU Fandom Awards and MTV Fan Fest at Comic-Con International: San Diego, which go down at Petco Park on July 24.

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CHVRCHES Call ‘Bullsh–’ On Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda

by 28 mins ago

Most musicians wouldn’t exactly like it if a fellow artist compared your stuff to “Disney commercial music,” but apparently, if it’s coming from Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda, no one really cares.

Back in April, Shinoda told Noisey, “There’s so much music out there; there’s so much stuff that sounds like Haim or CHVRCHES or Vampire Weekend that I’m full. The thing I’m hungry for is not that. I turn on the rock station in L.A. and it sounds like Disney commercial music.”

And in a new interview with joiz, Scotland-born CHVRCHES brushed Shinoda off as irrelevant, with guitarist Iain Cook even going so far to call him “a pointless dick.”

While she took the time to say his comments were complete “bullsh–” lead vocalist Lauren Mayberry said at the end of the day, she doesn’t care what Shinoda thinks.

“It’s not an opinion I would worry about hugely. It’s not my kind of music. They’ve been on the radio for how long, and I just don’t listen to that radio station. That’s a smarter move than saying something for a tagline,” she said. “I think that’s silly. Live and let live. I will continue to probably not buy Linkin Park albums.”

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Watch This Synth-Heavy Cover Of ‘Love Is A Battlefield’ Featuring Child Ninjas. Now

by 14 mins ago

Wrongchilde’s cover of Pat Benatar’s “Love Is A Battlefield” is the weirdest cover to ever cover — in a good way.

Wrongchilde — a new project from Kill Hannah’s Mat Devine — teamed up with Morgan Kibby (M83, White Sea) for this gloriously synth-y track/video, which sees Devine being stalked by a gang of pint-sized ninjas looking for blood. Because love, it’s a battlefield — get it?

The only thing weirder than that concept is what happens at the end of the video. Watch now, we beg of you, and check out the band’s debut record, Gold Blooded, come August.

Brenna Ehrlich is a reporter for MTV News as well as the senior writer/editor for the O Music Awards. In the past, she served as associate editor at Mashable, penned a netiquette column for CNN and co-authored the blog and book "Stuff Hipsters Hate." She likes trying not to die in moshpits and listening to songs on repeat. Follow her on Twitter @BrennaEhrlich for news on cats and punk bands.
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9 Problems Ariana Grande DEFINITELY Doesn’t Have Because She’s Perfect

by 23 mins ago

We’re so close to “Total Ariana Live” on Wednesday, July 2, that I can literally taste it. (It tastes like whipped cream, but the kind that you unleash straight out of the can, upside-down with your head tilted back while the fridge door is still open. THAT.) There’s just one problem: That still leaves, like, soooooooo many hours until Ariana Grande graces our screens. HOW WILL WE SURVIVE!?

Oh, I know. Why not channel all that nervous energy into something productive, like repeating the “One less problem with out you…” hip-sway choreography in an empty, windowless room until we reach an eerie state of meditative calm.

Or, um, how about we just count down the ways in which the “Problem” singer is basically flaw-free? Yeah, let’s do that. Here are nine problems that Ariana Grande doesn’t have!

1.) Lip-Synching — It’s pretty hard to have a problem with something when you, like, never do it.

2.) Hitting The Club — Girlfriend celebrated her 21st birthday on July 26. You know where to find her!

3.) Having Famous Friends — Have you checked out the features on sophomore album My Everything? Along with Iggy Azalea, Ariana’s got Childish Gambino, The Weeknd, Zedd, and A$AP Ferg on there.

4.) Living Out Her “Barbarella” Fantasies — At least if that “Break Free” video teaser is any ...

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‘Teen Wolf’ Poll: Should Scott Tell Malia That Peter Is Her Father?

by 7 mins ago

If you thought Scott McCall had daddy issues, just remember: Peter Hale is Malia’s father, and the reckless werecoyote still has no idea.

Last season on “Teen Wolf,” Lydia discovered — by listening to memories that were left inside the claws of Peter’s sister Talia — that Malia was the former alpha wolf’s daughter. And though the former Eichen House patient has made great strides since becoming human, no one has bothered to tell her the truth.

On the show’s most recent episode, Peter nearly spilled the beans when he complimented Malia’s eyes and asked if she’d inherited them from her old man. But she brushed him off, saying they were from her mother’s gene pool.

Meanwhile, Malia’s pseudo-boyfriend Stiles insists that it’s time for her to know where her family tree is rooted, but Scott’s not so sure. Plus, considering Malia’s tendency to go nuts every time her blood pressure spikes, there’s no telling what she might do when the world-altering news sinks in.

So tell us what you think — should Scott and his friends open the Hale can of worms, or keep it shut and leave Malia in the dark? Take our poll, and expand on your choice in the comments!

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Lil Wayne Makes Predictions About LeBron, Melo And The NBA’s Biggest Free Agents

by 7 mins ago

With reporting by Nadeska Alexis

Lil Wayne didn’t just become one of rap’s best sports-punchline-crafting MCs by guessing. The man knows his sports.

He’s appears regularly on ESPN’s “First Take,” and occasionally kicks it courtside at NBA games. So of course he has an opinion on the biggest questions of this NBA off-season, like where marquee free agents like LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony will sign.

“Honestly, I think Bron might go to Cleveland, and you might see a [Chris] Bosh or somebody like that follow him,” Tunehci told MTV News on the set of his “Krazy” video early Tuesday morning (July 1).

“I think Bron going back home,” he added, referencing both that LeBron is from Ohio, and that he began his professional career there with the Cavs. “Especially with Kyrie [Irving] signing that extension.” (Irving, currently the team’s best player, agreed to his extension in the early morning Tuesday — the same time Weezy was shooting his video…Like we said, he knows his sh–.)

As for Carmelo?

“I think everybody know Melo going to Chicago,” Wayne said in a prediction delivered with the kind of confidence we’ve grown accustomed to in his raps. “Said and done.”

Actually, hold that thought.

“Don’t mark my word on that,” he backtracked. “But I kinda think it’s said and done.”

Even if he’s not 100% certain where the basketball stars will go, he’s seems to have a little better grasp on the NBA than he does the release date of his own album, Tha Carter V — considering

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From ‘Lost’ To Found: Cynthia Watros Is A Mom On A Mission In ‘Finding Carter’

by 30 mins ago

If you want TV comedy, seek anything starring Tina Fey. In the mood for romance? Check out the latest “Bachelor.” But if drama’s what you’re after, look no further than Cynthia Watros.

On the new MTV series “Finding Carter,” Cynthia will play a police officer named Elizabeth Wilson who discovers that her teenage daughter, who was abducted as a child, is alive and well. And once Carter is reclaimed, Elizabeth will go through hell to find justice. Sound intense? It is, but thankfully, that’s Cynthia’s bag.

The actress, who was born in suburban Michigan, first burst onto the Hollywood scene in 1994 as Annie Dutton on “Guiding Light.” Cynthia proved to be a natural on the soap opera circuit (she played an alcoholic, pill-popping thief with ease, she recently told MTV News) and for her efforts, she won the 1998 Daytime Emmy for Lead Actress in a Drama Series. Yup, Cynthia officially contributed to Susan Lucci’s 18-year curse — and was the last woman who won before Lucci finally got her hands on a trophy in 1999.

After parting ways with the character of Annie, Cynthia tried her hand at comedy, landing a role on “The Drew Carey Show” as Drew’s childhood friend and eventual love interest. She also played a pushover named Erin with a family full of dysfunctional addicts and alcoholics on “Titus.”

But she couldn’t stay away from drama for long. In 2005, Cynthia joined ABC’s hugely popular “Lost,” ...

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How Do Superheroes Shave Their Chests? We Asked A Body Waxer

by 35 mins ago

What does the Man of Steel have in common with the X-Men’s Wolverine? At first glance, not much! One is an alien; the other, a mutant. One, a wholesome defender of truth, justice, and the American way; the other, a bestial cigar-smoking bad boy with a chip on his shoulder that’s as impenetrable as his adamantium skeleton. They’re not even part of the same universe, with Superman hailing from DC Comics and Wolverine hailing from Marvel.

But in their most recent movie appearances, the two are brothers… in body hair.

In 2013, both these superheroic gentlemen turned up onscreen sporting spectacular small forests of hairy hair on their pecs. Which, in the world of comic-book movies, makes them really weird. From Captain America Steve Rogers emerging post-transformation from his science cocoon, to Tony Stark performing maintenance on his ARC reactor, to Spider-Man having a chest wound gently tended by Gwen Stacy, the manly men who play our heroes almost never have noticeable body hair. Even the Hulk, post-transformation, is possessed of an epidermis as smooth as a gamma-irradiated baby’s butt!

Have you ever wondered how these superheroes find time in their busy schedules to achieve such a consistent level of grooming? So did we. And so, MTV News sat down with grooming expert and professional body waxer Sarah Giggar, for a critical analysis of superhero grooming.

Obligatory note: Nobody who participated in this interview has ever personally been party to any actual actor/superherogrooming rituals.

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This Black Student Body President Lost Her Post For Mocking Preppy Male Classmates

by 13 mins ago

After posting a controversial photo to Instagram in which she was kitted out like a stereotypical white male private-school student, the first black female student body president of an elite institution stepped down from her post.

In the photo, Maya Peterson — now a Lawrenceville School grad — sports a Yale hoodie and button-up and holds a hockey stick. The caption joked that she was dressed as a “Lawrenceville boi” and featured the hashtags “#romney2016,” “#confederate,” and “#peakedinhighschool.”

Peterson said she posted the snap in response to the backlash she received for her senior photo, in which she and friends posed using a “Black Power” salute. In an interview with Buzzfeed, she said the “boi” photo was a joke, but apparently some of her classmates didn’t see it that way. Neither did the school.

A few weeks later, she said, she was asked to resign from her role as student body president or face disciplinary action. According to Peterson, her resignation was just the most recent in a parade of injustices, however. As a black female lesbian, she was an anomaly in the leadership role at the New Jersey school — which first admitted black students 50 years ago — and her efforts to introduce diversity initiatives were often met with resistance and hostility.

For example, photos of Peterson smoking marijuana were allegedly sent to the dean of students, racist tweets were fabricated and attributed to her, and half-naked photos (origins unknown) of the young woman were sent to ...

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Justin Bieber, You Better Be Wearing Pants In This Selfie

by 30 mins ago

I just happened to walk over to your Shots account, Justin Bieber. (Sure, you got me there, but don’t think it’s going to become a thing, OK?) And what do I see? A completely gorgeous shirtless selfie.

Now, I know you take Shots often (pun semi-intended), so I appreciate you working your angles here. You could’ve gone with the standard mirror pic or the headshot. But no, you placed your phone right near your crotch for a special POV that some only dream of.

Some think you’re naked. Is this true?

If you are, it’s fine, although haters may want you to put on pants. However, you don’t need pants to take a selfie. In fact, the only thing I’d change about this selfie is the lighting.

So keep stripping down, JB, and selfie away.

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