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Marshmello Wants to Work With Lil Uzi Vert, Future and 21 Savage
Words: Bianca Torres
Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the Winter 2020 issue of XXL Magazine, on stands now.
The worldwide famous EDM producer/DJMarshmello has been an avid hip-hop fan since as far back as he can remember. When the Philadelphia native wasn’t playing music with his rock band growing up, he was enjoying the records of rap group Three 6 Mafia. Eventually, he became a heavy hip-hop collaborator working with artists such as Lil Peep, Logic, Roddy Ricch, Tyga and 42 Dugg. This year, the 28-year-old music star produced Juice Wrld’s “Hate The Other Side” featuring Polo G and The Kid Laroi, which peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Here,
Alfredo to Pop Smoke’s posthumous victory
Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon, there was no shortage of intriguing projects peppering the best Hip Hop albums of 2020. And amongst the year’s new Hip Hop albums, it was Run The Jewels’ defiant effort
Run The Jewels 4 that perhaps best encapsulates the socio-political turmoil that’s dominated the better half of the year, providing an explosive soundtrack for a revolution.
Every year, HipHopDX staff joins in discussions, debates and sometimes heated arguments to come up with a list for our Year End Awards. Review all of our
Alfredo – Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist
Sincere Engineer’s Deanna Belos tells us about her favorite albums of 2020
While their planned tour with Prince Daddy & The Hyena and Oso Oso was scrapped due to COVID,
Sincere Engineer, the Chicago indie-punk project of Deanna Belos, had a busy year. They signed to Hopeless Records in October, sharing the catchy, anthemic Trust Me, their first release for the label; you can watch the video for it below. They also appeared on Lawrence Arms holiday livestream and The Front Bottoms virtual Champagne Jam.
With the end of the year upon us, we ve been asking artists about their favorite music of 2020, and Deanna gave us a list of her favorite releases, including
Big Sean’s Detroit 2 was immediately a huge topic of conversation when it was released in September 2020. Fans had been waiting on a project of this magnitude from Big Sean since 2017, and he truly delivered. From start to finish, there is not one song on this 21-track project that we would consider skipping. Overall, the project felt personal like we were listening to an evolved Big Sean rediscover himself. His mature, reflective lyrics, melodies, tone, cadences even the features sounded intimate and carefully chosen.
On this album he invited both familiar, A-list artists, like Eminem, Lil Wayne, Travis Scott, Ty Dolla $ign, Post Malone, Anderson .Paak, Diddy, Young Thug, and of course, his girlfriend, Jhene Aiko. The first song, “Why Would I Stop?” sets the tone from the jump, dropping the clever one-liners we expect from him as well as deep, complex, thought-provoking ones that we hear throughout the rest of the album. From there, Big Sean takes us on a bit of a soni