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Ian (rapper)
Ian O'Neill Smith (born May 29, 2005), known mononymously as Ian (stylized in all lowercase), is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. Early life Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he attended Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas and Clemson University. Before he began his rap career, he played rugby and crew in high school. He also played rugby at Clemson before pursuing his music career fulltime. Career 2018–2022: Early career and production work Ian began his music career in 2018, initially uploading tracks to SoundCloud under the alias Suburbancerberus. His early work consisted mostly of mixes featuring popular artists like Chief Keef, and he gradually transitioned into producing beats. By 2019, he shifted his focus towards music production, working behind the scenes for other artists. From 2020 to 2022, he collaborated with underground artists such as Izaya Tiji, BabySantana, and Slump6s, refining his sound and establishing a name within the SoundCloud rap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genius (website)
Genius is an American digital media company founded on August 27, 2009, by Tom Lehman, Ilan Zechory, and Mahbod Moghadam. The company is known for its eponymous website that serves as a database for song lyrics, news stories, sources, poetry, and documents, in which user-generated content, users can provide Annotation, annotations and Artistic interpretation, interpretations for. Originally launched as Rap Genius, with a focus on hip-hop music, the company attracted the attention and support of celebrities, and venture capital enabling further growth. The site expanded in 2014 to cover other forms of media, such as pop music, pop, literature, and Rhythm and blues, R&B, and added an annotation-embedded platform. That same year, an iPhone app was released. To reflect these new goals, the site relaunched as Genius in July 2014. An Android (operating system), Android version was released in August 2015, and in 2016 and 2017, the company began producing music-focused original video co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyrical Lemonade
Cole Bennett (born May 14, 1996) is an American music video director and record executive. He is the founder of Lyrical Lemonade. He has most notably collaborated with Juice Wrld on music videos such as " All Girls Are the Same", " Lucid Dreams", "Robbery", "Bandit", " Armed and Dangerous" and " Tell Me U Luv Me". Also, he has directed music videos such as YG Marley's " Praise Jah in the Moonlight", Lil Yachty's "Poland", Lil Tecca's "Ransom", Internet Money's "Lemonade", Eminem's "Godzilla", "Gnat" and " Tobey", JID's "Off Deez", Jack Harlow's " Whats Poppin", Wiz Khalifa's " Fr Fr", YNW Melly's " Mixed Personalities" featuring Kanye West, Jennie's " ExtraL", and many others. In 2024, he released the album '' All Is Yellow'', through Lyrical Lemonade and Def Jam Recordings. Early life Cole Bennett was born on May 14, 1996, in Plano, Illinois. He went to Plano High School and he dropped out of DePaul University to focus on his career in videography and hip hop music, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Official Aotearoa Music Charts
The Official Aotearoa Music Charts, formerly the Official New Zealand Music Chart (), is the weekly New Zealand top 40 singles and albums charts, issued weekly by Recorded Music NZ (formerly Recording Industry Association of New Zealand). The Music Chart also includes the top 40 Hot Singles chart, the top 20 New Zealand artist singles and albums, the top 20 Hot New Zealand singles, and top 10 compilation albums. All charts are compiled from data of both physical and digital sales from music retailers in New Zealand. The chart also publishes gold and platinum certifications of albums and singles, according to thresholds set by Recorded Music NZ, through the dababase on radioscope.net.nz. Methodology The singles chart is currently sales and streaming data of songs. In June 2014 it was announced that the chart would also include streaming; this took effect for the chart published 7 November 2014 and dated 10 November 2014. Previously airplay was factored into the chart methodology ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart ranks the most popular R&B and hip hop songs in the United States and is published weekly by '' Billboard''. Rankings are based on a measure of radio airplay, sales data, and streaming activity. The chart had 100 positions but was shortened to 50 positions in October 2012. The chart is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African-American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, rock and roll, soul, and funk, it is today dominated by contemporary R&B and hip hop. Since its inception, the chart has changed its name many times in order to accurately reflect the industry at the time. History Beginning in 1942, ''Billboard'' published a chart of bestselling African-American music, first as the Harlem Hit Parade, then as Race Records. Then in 1949, ''Billboard'' began publishing a Rhythm and Blues chart, which entered "R&B" into mainstream lexicon. These three ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard Hot 100
The ''Billboard'' Hot 100, also known as simply the Hot 100, is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales (physical and digital), online streaming, and radio airplay in the U.S. A new chart is compiled and released online to the public by ''Billboard''s website on Tuesdays but post-dated to the following Saturday, when the printed magazine first reaches newsstands. The weekly tracking period for sales is currently Friday–Thursday, after being changed in July 2015. It was initially Monday–Sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991. This tracking period also applies to compiling online streaming data. Radio airplay is readily available on a real-time basis, unlike sales figures and streaming, but is also tracked on the same Friday–Thursday cycle, effective with the chart dated July 17, 2021. Previously, radio was tracked Monday–Sunday and, before Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valedictorian (mixtape)
''Valedictorian'' is the debut mixtape by American rapper Ian. It was released on May 17, 2024, by BuVision Entertainment, Columbia Records, and Dogdog Records. The mixtape includes production from Sxprano, rapper tana, and more. The deluxe edition was released two weeks later on May 31, 2024. Background His debut mixtape, Ian invited his grandmother and mother to announce the release. Reception The mixtape received generally negative reviews. The mixtape received a 4.1/10 from Alphonse Pierre of ''Pitchfork'', with him saying: "That said, none of ''Valedictorian'' is unlistenable—just devoid of any personality or imagination. Performing an amalgamation of melodic regional rap of the last decade or so, ian lacks the ability or intention to do anything other than replicate music that already exists". Zachary Horvath of ''HotNewHipHop'' wrote: "He knows how to create straight bangers with some hilariously blunt similes". Track listing Charts {, class="wikitable ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Streaming Media
Streaming media refers to multimedia delivered through a Computer network, network for playback using a Media player (other), media player. Media is transferred in a ''stream'' of Network packet, packets from a Server (computing), server to a client-server model, client and is rendered in real-time; this contrasts with file downloading, a process in which the end-user obtains an entire media file before consuming the content. Streaming is more commonly used for video on demand, streaming television, and music streaming services over the Internet. While streaming is most commonly associated with multimedia from a remote server over the Internet, it also includes offline multimedia between devices on a local area network. For example, using DLNA and a home server, or in a personal area network between two devices using Bluetooth (which uses radio waves rather than Internet Protocol, IP). Online streaming was initially popularized by RealNetworks and Microsoft in the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Download
A music download is the digital transfer of music via the Internet into a device capable of decoding and playing it, such as a personal computer, portable media player, MP3 player or smartphone. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyrighted material without permission or legal payment. Music downloads are typically encoded with modified discrete cosine transform (MDCT) audio data compression, particularly the Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) format used by iTunes as well as the MP3 audio coding format. According to a Nielsen report, downloadable music accounted for 55.9 percent of all music sales in the US in 2012."All music sales" refers to albums plus track equivalent albums. A track equivalent album equates to 10 tracks. By the beginning of 2011, Apple's iTunes Store alone made 1.1 billion of revenue in the first quarter of its fiscal year. According to the RIAA, music downloads peaked at 43% of industry revenue in the US in 2012, and has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goodbye Horses (album)
''Goodbye Horses'' is the debut studio album by American rapper and producer Ian, released on October 18, 2024 through BuVision and Columbia Records. The album follows Ian's debut mixtape ''Valedictorian'' (2024). Background The album marks a departure from Ian's earlier style, incorporating more melodic elements alongside his signature trap beats. It includes collaborations with Chief Keef and other emerging artists. Music and style ''Goodbye Horses'' fuses the sound of Chicago drill with emotional rap, often exploring themes of self-doubt, relationships, and resilience. Notable tracks include "Till I Die" and "Shit Sad," both of which feature introspective lyrics and innovative production. Reception ''Goodbye Horses'' received negative reviews from music critics. In a positive review, HotNewHipHop emphasized the album’s impressive collaborations, highlighting the presence of Chief Keef and Lil Yachty Miles Parks McCollum (born August 23, 1997), known professiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard 200
The ''Billboard'' 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States. It is published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists. Sometimes, a recording act is remembered for its " number ones" that outperformed all other albums during at least one week. The chart grew from a weekly top 10 list in 1956 to become a top 200 list in May 1967, acquiring its existing name in March 1992. Its previous names include the ''Billboard'' Top LPs (1961–1972), ''Billboard'' Top LPs & Tape (1972–1984), ''Billboard'' Top 200 Albums (1984–1985), ''Billboard'' Top Pop Albums (1985–1991), and ''Billboard'' 200 Top Albums (1991–1992). The chart is based mostly on sales—both at retail and digital – of albums in the United States. The weekly sales period was Monday to Sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991, but since July 2015, the tracking week begins on Friday (to coincide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goodbye Horses
"Goodbye Horses" is a song recorded by American singer Q Lazzarus. It was written by Q Lazzarus's bandmate, William Garvey, and released in 1988, with an extended version released three years later. It is a synth-pop, dark wave, and new wave song with lyrics based on "transcendence over those who see the world as only earthly and finite" and androgynous vocals from Q Lazzarus. After Q Lazzarus played a demo tape for Jonathan Demme while driving him in her taxi, which included a demo of "Goodbye Horses", he featured the song in his crime comedy film ''Married to the Mob'' (1988). It then became a cult hit after he used it in a scene of his film '' The Silence of the Lambs'' (1991), which was widely lauded for the usage. Since then, it has been used in various films, television series, and video games, often with references to its use in ''The Silence of the Lambs'', and has been covered by numerous artists. Composition and writing "Goodbye Horses" was written by songwriter W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hate Me (Lil Yachty And Ian Song)
"Hate Me" is a song by American rappers Lil Yachty and Ian, released on July 26, 2024 with an accompanying music video directed by Cole Bennett. It was produced by Childboy. Composition The lyrics find the artists bragging to and criticizing their enemies, while the beat has been described by critics as "humming, fizzing" and "cyber-equestrian bounce". Ian performs in a calm flow that has been compared to that of rapper Swapa. At one point Lil Yachty boasts he is "richer than your favorite rapper", followed with the line "If I'm not, then, God, kill my momma". Critical reception Mano Sundaresan of ''Pitchfork'' praised the song for Ian's "gleefully fried punchlines that made his breakout song 'Figure It Out' instantly memorable" and commented "Yachty is comparatively a non-factor, a flashy name to attract Kai Cenat devotees and ''Despicable Me 4'' fans to the Cole Bennett–directed video". Aaron Williams of ''Uproxx Uproxx Studios (stylized as ''UPROXX'') is an American mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
