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Inglorious Basterd
''Inglorious Basterd'' is the eighth mixtape by American rapper Logic. Initially released as a exclusive to his own fan server on Discord, it was released on his Bandcamp and YouTube channel on September 18, 2023, as his first independent mixtape in 10 years, since '' Young Sinatra: Welcome to Forever''. The mixtape is based on demos and tracks of Logic rapping over other artists' previously released beats, hence is free for listening and downloading due to a lack of sample clearances for official streaming. The title is taken from the 2009 film ''Inglourious Basterds''. Production In the span of 2011 and 2023, Logic recorded numerous unreleased songs, either with the production from 6ix or the use of instrumentals from other hip hop songs including Kendrick Lamar's "Rigamortus" and "HiiiPower", Drake's "Started from the Bottom, Kanye West's " Real Friends", and Lil Wayne's " A Milli". Release On August 16, Logic announced on Instagram that "he would have new music out soon." Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Logic (rapper)
Sir Robert Bryson Hall II (born January 22, 1990), known professionally as Logic, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer from Gaithersburg, Maryland. He released his debut mixtape, ''Psychological: The Mixtape'' in December 2009 under the name Psychological, after which it was shortened to simply Logic. He gained popularity following his ''Young Sinatra'' (2011) mixtape series; its third installment, ''Young Sinatra: Welcome to Forever'' (2013) received critical acclaim and led him to secure a recording contract with Def Jam Recordings. Logic's first two studio albums—''Under Pressure (album), Under Pressure'' (2014) and ''The Incredible True Story'' (2015)—both peaked within the top five of the U.S. Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 and received RIAA certification#List of certifications, platinum certifications by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Logic achieved his furthest success and mainstream recognition with his third album ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noah Goldstein
Noah Goldstein is an American record producer, film composer, and audio engineer. He is known for his work with Kanye West, having engineered his albums ''My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy'' (2010), ''Yeezus'' (2013) and ''The Life of Pablo'' (2016). Additionally, he won Best Rap Album for his work on the former, from six other Grammy nominations. Early life Goldstein was born and raised in Philadelphia. He graduated from Temple University with a master's degree in media studies. After graduating, he did a three-month internship at Greenhouse Studios in Iceland, and then moved to New York. He began working at Electric Lady Studios, where his first session was with Patti Smith. Career Goldstein has produced, mixed, and engineered on songs and albums including Arcade Fire's Grammy-winning album ''The Suburbs'', Frank Ocean's album ''Blonde'' (which Pitchfork named the best album of the 2010s), the single "FourFiveSeconds" by Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney, Travis Scot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Started From The Bottom
"Started from the Bottom" is a song by Canadian hip hop recording artist Drake, released as the first single from his third studio album ''Nothing Was the Same''. The song was written by Drake, Michael Coleman, and Noah "40" Shebib, and it was produced by Coleman under his stage name Mike Zombie, with additional production by Shebib. It features a sample of the ambient piece "Ambessence Piano & Drones 1" by Bruno Sanfilippo. "Started from the Bottom" peaked at number six on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Background "Started from the Bottom" emerged from a studio session with Drake and American rapper Future, who repeatedly requested studio personnel to "start tfrom the bottom", which would prompt a replay of the instrumental. Drake, believing the phrase referred to a song title, used the inspiration to form the overall basis of the record. "Started From the Bottom" was originally planned to be released on February 10, 2013, coinciding with the Grammy Awards. However, it was inste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drake (musician)
Aubrey Drake Graham (born October 24, 1986) is a Canadian rapper, singer, and actor. Regarded as one of the greatest rappers of all time, he is credited with popularizing R&B sensibilities in hip-hop music. Drake first gained recognition by starring as Jimmy Brooks in the CTV Television Network teen drama series '' Degrassi: The Next Generation'' (2001–2008) and began his music career by releasing the mixtapes '' Room for Improvement'' (2006), '' Comeback Season'' (2007), and '' So Far Gone'' (2009). After signing with Young Money Entertainment, Drake released his debut album '' Thank Me Later'' (2010), which debuted atop the ''Billboard'' 200 chart. All of his subsequent albums—including '' Take Care'' (2011), '' Nothing Was the Same'' (2013), ''Scorpion'' (2018), '' Honestly, Nevermind'' (2022) and '' For All the Dogs'' (2023)—reached number-one in the US. '' Views'' (2016) led the ''Billboard'' 200 for 13 weeks and '' Certified Lover Boy'' (2021) set the then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HiiiPower
"HiiiPower" (also stylised as "HiiiPoWeR") is the debut single by American rapper Kendrick Lamar which released on April 12, 2011. The conscious hip-hop song also serves as the lead single from his independently released debut album, '' Section.80'' (2011). The song was written by Lamar alongside label cohort Ab-Soul, and features production from rapper J. Cole and backing vocals from the late singer Alori Joh. While the album itself garnered positive reviews (achieving a Metacritic score of 80 and an XL rating from '' XXL''), "HiiiPoWeR" also drew significant acclaim for its lyricism and depth. HipHopDX gave it the Verse of the Year award and ''XXL'' called it "one of the finest tracks of the year". Conception The song's production was handled by American rapper J. Cole. The song contains samples and interpolations from Pharoahe Monch's "Simon Says" and Kanye West's "So Appalled", respectively. Kendrick Lamar had mentioned that when he and J. Cole were creating "HiiiPoWeR" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kendrick Lamar
Kendrick Lamar Duckworth (born June 17, 1987) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer. Regarded as one of the greatest rappers of all time, he was awarded the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Music, becoming the first musician outside of the classical and jazz genres to receive the award. Born in Compton, California, Lamar began releasing music under the stage name K.Dot while attending high school. He signed with Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) in 2005 and co-founded the hip hop supergroup Black Hippy there. Following the 2011 release of his alternative rap debut album '' Section.80'', Lamar secured a joint contract with Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records. He rose to prominence with his gangsta rap-influenced second album '' Good Kid, M.A.A.D City'' (2012), which became the longest-charting hip hop studio album in ''Billboard'' 200 history; ''Rolling Stone'' named it the greatest concept album of all time. In 2015, Lamar scored h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inglourious Basterds
''Inglourious Basterds'' is a 2009 epic film, epic war film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. It stars an ensemble cast including Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Michael Fassbender, Eli Roth, Diane Kruger, Daniel Brühl, Til Schweiger and Mélanie Laurent. The film tells an alternate history story of two converging plots to assassinate Nazi Germany's leadership Paris in World War II, at a Paris cinema—one through a British operation largely carried out by a team of Jewish American soldiers led by First Lieutenant#United States, First Lieutenant Aldo Raine (Pitt), and another by History of the Jews in France, French Jewish cinema proprietor Shosanna Dreyfus (Laurent) who seeks to avenge her murdered family. Both are faced against Hans Landa (Waltz), an Standartenführer, SS colonel with a fearsome reputation for hunting Jews. The title (but not the story) was inspired by Italian director Enzo G. Castellari's 1978 Euro War film ''The Inglorious Bastards'', but deliberat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welcome To Forever
''Welcome to Forever'' is a 2024 science fiction novel by Nathan Tavares. It explores the technology of memory editing and the nature of identity through a romance between its two major characters, Fox and Gabe. Synopsis Premise In the world of the novel, NIL/E (pronounced "Nile") is a megacorporation which initially served wealthy clients by copying their memories. These could be uploaded into new bodies as needed, effectively curing death. NIL/E was later taken over by a new CEO, Khadija Banks. Under her leadership, NIL/E introduced editing technology which allows for people to replace unpleasant or uncomfortable memories at will. Khadija is forced out of the company by other executives and disappears. Plot Fox is a memory editor; his husband Gabe is a personal trainer. Both grew up on the island refugee camp of Aaru. Fox was adopted by a wealthy couple, while Gabe remained on the island until the camp closed. A terrorist attack on a NIL/E office wipes out most of Fox’ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YouTube
YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim who were three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, it is the second-most-visited website in the world, after Google Search. In January 2024, YouTube had more than 2.7billion monthly active users, who collectively watched more than one billion hours of videos every day. , videos were being uploaded to the platform at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute, and , there were approximately 14.8billion videos in total. On November 13, 2006, YouTube was purchased by Google for $1.65 billion (equivalent to $ billion in ). Google expanded YouTube's business model of generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by and for YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bandcamp
Bandcamp is an American online music distribution platform founded in 2008 by Oddpost co-founder Ethan Diamond and programmers Shawn Grunberger, Joe Holt and Neal Tucker, with an office and record store in Oakland, California. Acquired by Epic Games in March 2022, the company was sold to Songtradr in 2023. History Bandcamp was founded in 2008 by Ethan Diamond (CEO) and programmers Shawn Grunberger (CFO), Joe Holt and Neal Tucker. In 2019, Bandcamp opened its first office and record store in Oakland, California. In 2010, the site enabled embedding in other websites and shared links on social media sites. , half of Bandcamp's revenue was from sales for physical products. In November 2020, Bandcamp launched Bandcamp Live, a ticketed live-streaming service for artists. The service is an integrated feature of the Bandcamp website. Fees on tickets were waived until March 31, 2021, and became 10% from then. Bandcamp provides vinyl records, vinyl pressing services for artists. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Discord
Discord is an instant messaging and Voice over IP, VoIP social platform which allows communication through Voice over IP, voice calls, Videotelephony, video calls, text messaging, and digital media, media. Communication can be private or take place in virtual communities called "servers".The developer documentation refers to servers as "guilds". A server is a collection of persistent chat rooms and voice channels which can be accessed via invite Hyperlink, links. Discord runs on Microsoft Windows, Windows, macOS, Android (operating system), Android, iOS, iPadOS, Linux, and in web browsers. Discord has about 150 million monthly active users and 19 million weekly active servers. It is primarily used by gamers, although the share of users interested in other topics is growing. Discord is the List of most-visited websites, 30th most visited website in the world, with 22.98% of its traffic coming from the United States. In March 2022, Discord employed 600 people globally. Histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie B (record Producer)
William Thomas Trenell Brown (born July 5, 1983), known professionally as Willie B or by the stage name the Ichiban Don, is an American hip hop record producer and recording artist from Los Angeles, California. He is an original member of West Coast hip hop production team Digi+Phonics of Top Dawg Entertainment. He is also a member of the hip hop collective A Room Full of Mirrors, alongside fellow rappers Punch and Daylyt, among others. Musical career On January 6, 2011, Willie B released a mixtape titled ''I'm Not a Producer'' hosted by DJ Age and featuring guest appearances from Jay Rock, Talib Kweli, Busta Rhymes, Little Brother, Crooked I, Kendrick Lamar, Bishop Lamont, Glasses Malone, and Kurupt. He is best known for producing Kendrick Lamar's "Ignorance Is Bliss" and "Rigamortis" from Lamar's ''Overly Dedicated'' and '' Section.80'', respectively. He has also produced Ab-Soul's "Black Lip Bastard", and Schoolboy Q's "Gangsta in Designer (No Concept)", from his second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
