Slaughterhouse‘s Boi-1da produced “Goodbye” was by far my favourite track on the supergroup’s debut album, Welcome To: Our House. The song is about saying “goodbye” to loved ones- Joe Budden to the identical twins he was supposed to have with Esther Baxter; Crooked I to the uncle who helped bring him up; and Ortiz to [...]
November 10, 2012
Sam Gould
Hip Hop, Music, Music Videos
Right after premiering her highly anticipated video for “Diamonds,” Rihanna headed over to do a live Facebook chat with host Andy Cohen for a lengthy interview with an in-studio audience of dedicated members of the Rihanna Navy, as well as the viewers watching at home. [...]
November 10, 2012
Nura Abdela
Music News, Soul/R&B/Alt
The presidential election has been the topic of discussion across the whole globe, with millions of people using social media to communicate. After it was announced that Barack Obama had retained his presidency, his official Twitter account posted an image of him hugging his wife Michelle that you’ve no doubt seen, with the caption “four [...]
November 10, 2012
Seán J. Grannum
Lifestyle, Politics, Tech
She’s the rebel with a definite cause; music artist, designer and all-round creative M.I.A. is taking a slight backseat from the music momentarily to showcase some of her artistic designs from over the years with a new coffee-table book as well as an art exhibit taking place in India. PAPER magazine took opportunity to catch [...]
November 10, 2012
Nura Abdela
Books & Poetry, Hip Hop, Photography
A cut from her sophomore album, Halcyon, which dropped last month, Ellie Goulding releases brief, simple visuals for “Only You” in collaboration with online retailer ASOS. [...]
Finally receiving the recognition he deserves off the back of his debut album, K-Dot chops it up with the Los Angeles Leakers – Justin Credible, DJ sourMILK and Fuzz Fantab – and talks about his biggest vibe killers with women, collaborating with T.I. and J.Cole and his top three most influential songs from Compton. [...]
November 10, 2012
Drew Mark
Hip Hop, Music
Seven US Navy Seals have been punished for leaking classified information during their paid roles as consultants for Medal of Honor: Warfighter. [...]
November 10, 2012
Seán J. Grannum
Games, Lifestyle, News
Soulful UK singer-songwriter Laura Mvula already wowed us with her debut track “She”, now we get another eargasm from the Birmingham native in the form of “Like The Morning Dew” which will appear on her debut She EP. [...]
November 10, 2012
Verse
New Music, Soul/R&B/Alt
The first trailer for upcoming post-apocalyptic horror film World War Z has been released, and is sure to get zombie fans salivating. [...]
November 10, 2012
Seán J. Grannum
Film, Geek, Trailers
Big Boi, one half of the legendary ATLien rap duo Outkast, brings us the latest cut from his forthcoming sophomore solo album. [...]
November 10, 2012
Michell C. Clark
Hip Hop, Music, New Music