Prayers up for DMX!

BIGGEST Songs of the Week 📈

1. Olivia Rodrigo, deja vu (Indie Pop) 👍👍 Better than drivers license.

2. Demi Lovato, Ariana Grande, Met Him Last Night (Pop) 👍

3. BTS, Film Out (K-Pop) 😐

4. Iggy Azalea, Tyga, Sip It (Pop Rap) 🗑️

5. Lil Tjay, Offset, Moneybagg Yo, Run It Up (Trap) 😐

6. Playboi Carti, Spy (Trap) 👍

7. Snoop Dogg, ProHoeZak, Roaches In My Ashtray (G-Funk) 😐 Nate Dogg type hook.

8. Fredo Bang, Click Up (Gangsta Rap) 👍👍

9. Major Lazer, Sia, Labrinth, Titans (Reggaeton) 🗑️

10. Kodak Black, Easter in Miami (Southern Hip Hop) 😐

Noteworthy 📰

• The Weeknd raised $2.3 million in the sale of his first NFT collection, including the sale of a $490K token which featured an unreleased song and animated video.

• Lindsay Lohan launched her latest single Lullaby as an NFT which sold for $140K.

• Waxahatchee is celebrating the one-year anniversary of her critically acclaimed album Saint Cloud with a new deluxe version, featuring three covers, including a rendition of Bruce Springsteen’s Streets of Philadelphia.

• This week, NLE Choppa , Young M.A, DDG and Kevin Gates all dropped freestyles over SPOTEMGOTTEM's BeatBox beat. In past weeks, DaBaby, Lil Yachty, Polo G, Mulatto, Calboy, and Big Dreez have all released their own renditions.

• Desiigner dropped I Get That, arguably his hardest single since Panda. He mixes his NY sound with UK Drill to create big Pop Smoke vibes.

• Jacquees released a remix of Mooski's TikTok hit Trackstar.

BEST Songs of the Week 🔥

1. Freddie Gibbs, Big Boss Rabbit (Gangsta Rap) 👍👍👍👍

After being robbed of the 2021 Grammy Award for Best Rap Album by Nas, Freddie has decided to flip Nas' 2001 classic You're da Man, opening with an excerpt from a Mike Tyson interview.

2. Flock of Dimes, One More Hour (Dream Pop) 👍👍👍👍

3. Bree Runway, Hot Hot (Dance Pop) 👍👍👍

4. The Armed, An Iteration (Post Hardcore) 👍👍👍

5. POND, Pink Lunettes (Dance Punk) 👍👍👍

6. The Voidz, The Eternal Tao 2.0 (Alternative Dance) 👍👍👍

7. Current Joys, American Honey (Lo-Fi) 👍👍👍

8. Storefront Church, After the Alphabets (Alternative Rock) 👍👍👍

9. Nicole Dollanganger, Whispering Glades (Indie Folk) 👍👍👍

10. L'Rain, Two Face (Neo Psychedelia) 👍👍👍

Honorable Mention: COLD CAVE, Night Light (Synthpop) 👍👍👍

Albums Spotlight 💿

Dry Cleaning, New Long Leg (Post Punk) 👍👍👍

• Favorite Tracks: Scratchcard Lanyard, More Big Birds, New Long Leg

Flock of Dimes, Head of Roses (Dream Pop) 👍👍👍

• Favorite Tracks: One More Hour, Price of Blue, Hard Way, Two, Walking

Lil Tjay, Destined 2 Win (Trap) 😐

• Favorite Tracks: Born 2 Be Great, Headshot, Hood Rich, Calling My Phone

Justin Bieber, Freedom. - EP (Pop) 🗑️

• Favorite Track: NA

WORST Song of the Week 🗑️

FITZ, Bryce Vine, Congratulations (Pop)

This Day in Music History 📅

April 5th 1994: Kurt Cobain committed suicide by shooting himself in the head at his home in Seattle. Cobain, best known as the frontman for the grunge band Nirvana, remains one of the most influential musicians in rock. Nirvana’s second album Nevermind (1991) is a landmark in the history of popular music - it’s opening track Smells Like Teen Spirit is considered to be one of the greatest songs of all time.