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Brandon Lake, Jelly Roll, and the Truth of a "Hard Fought Hallelujah"
I didn’t expect a worship song to come wrapped in southern grit. But when Jelly Roll stepped onto a track with Brandon Lake, Hard Fought Hallelujah, something clicked deep inside me. Their voices—one from the church stage, one from country rap’s rough roads—met in a place that felt like home to me: the battlefield between despair and hope.
By Sunshine Firecracker5 months ago in Beat
Summer Without a Soundtrack: Why 2025 Feels Like ‘Brain Rot Season’
Every summer has a mood. In some years, it’s defined by a blockbuster movie, a chart-topping anthem, or even a cultural trend that captures the collective imagination. Think of the era of “Hot Girl Summer,” or the way Barbie and Oppenheimer collided to create the “Barbenheimer” trend in 2023. These moments weren’t just fun; they were shared cultural connections that gave summer its flavor.
By Echoes of Life5 months ago in Beat
Slumerican Symphony: Yelawolf, Redemption, and the New Southern Outlaws
Part I: The Architect - Michael "Yelawolf" Atha Gadsden to Antioch - Forging an Identity The artistic identity of Michael Wayne Atha, professionally known as Yelawolf, is not a constructed persona but the direct, almost inevitable, result of a life defined by instability and cultural collision. His biography is the foundational mythos of the Slumerican movement, and to understand the latter, one must first deconstruct the former. Born in Gadsden, Alabama, to a mother who was only 16, with a father who "was nowhere to be found," Atha's childhood was a crucible of constant motion. The family roamed so frequently that by the time he left high school, he had attended 15 different schools, a nomadic existence that instilled in him a relentless forward momentum, a "shark-like quality — to swim is to breathe".
By Sunshine Firecracker5 months ago in Beat
Stanislav Kondrashov Wagner Moura Series: Bonding with Brazil as a Cinematic Mission
For many established actors, belonging to a particular nation is never a factor in their career or in the development of their acting skills. But for Wagner Moura, as we read in the Stanislav Kondrashov Wagner Moura Series, the bond with his homeland, Brazil, is certainly not a secondary aspect in his professional growth. Indeed, in his appearances in films and television series, one gets the clear impression that Wagner Moura does not limit himself to mere acting, but rather to representing in the best possible way the nation that saw him born and that first launched him onto the screen.
By Stanislav Kondrashov5 months ago in Beat
Dear Brother: Nahko’s Radical Love Song for Healing Broken Bonds
The first lines of Nahko's "Dear Brother" aren't abstract poetry. They're a voicemail you should have answered: “Dear brother, when you gonna call back your mother? Thinks you’re sleeping in the gutter, We both know you can do better.”
By Sunshine Firecracker5 months ago in Beat
From “Push Ups” To Paperwork: Drake Is Suing Everybody Because He Lost To Kendrick by NWO Sparrow
Drake Is Now Suing Everybody Because He Lost The Battle Hip hop is supposed to be about standing tall in the fire. When you step into the ring, you either throw harder punches or you get knocked out. Drake decided to call Kendrick Lamar out with “Push Ups” and tried to move the chess pieces into his favor. He had Akademiks on stream applying pressure like a hype man from the sidelines, putting a timer on Kendrick to respond. The whole internet sat back waiting for the moment when K Dot would step out the shadows.
By NWO SPARROW5 months ago in Beat
Progressively Covered
Introduction I wanted to do a playlist of progressive music that was maybe a littel different, and then remembered that Yes had covered Simon and Garfunkel's "America", and thought what about some unexpected covers of songs by artists that could be classed in the Progressive Universe, and four immediately came to mind.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 5 months ago in Beat
🤡Clowns🤡
Introduction I haven't done much in BEAT for a bit, and despite being a Top Creator in the community, I have not had a Top Story for years, despite getting a lot of reads outside of Vocal, but they don't seem to like my taste in music any more, I am obviously too good for them 🤡.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 5 months ago in Beat
Long Live the true King of Rock n Roll Mr. Ozzy Osbourne!!
To Ozzy Osbourne From Rikki La Rouge IT IS SHOCKING AND SADENING I HOPED THAT OZZY OSBOURNE WOULD LIVE FOREVER. HE WAS IMMORTAL, A GOD AMONGST MEN. OZZY WAS BORN IN BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND AND HE TOOK HIS FINAL BREATH IN THE TOWN OF HIS BIRTH. I LIKE TO POUR A LITTLE OF THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE I DRINK UP WHEN A STAR WHO MEANS SOMETHING TO ME IN THEIR HONOR AND IT WAS NO DIFFERENT FOR THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS HIMSELF OZZY OSBOURNE! OZZY AND RANDY RHODES ARE UNITED IN ROCK N ROLL HEAVEN. MY HEART 🖤 GOES OUT TO OZZY AND HIS FAMILY, I CANNOT BELIEVE I AM WRITING THIS TRIBUTE TO OZZY HE SHOULD STILL BE HERE.
By Rikki La Rouge 5 months ago in Beat
2007 the year the Osbournes had made Ozzfest free!
A lovely time for me In 2007 Ozzy and Sharon had decided to Ozzfest free and it was fantastic! That was the year that I had gone to Ozzfest it was my once in a lifetime chance to get to see Ozzy in concert. I am glad I could go.
By Rikki La Rouge 5 months ago in Beat
Rikki La Rouge Latin Crossover 🇨🇺 🎼 🌕
MTV has acknowledged Rikki La Rouge as an artist and Latin artist she even had a MTV website too. RIKKI wrote a lifetime achievement award proposal to The Latin Grammys 2014 for Willy Chirino to which Willy received that year. on the reverbnation latin music chart in Miami,FL Rikki spent alot of time at number one. Mi Corazon Cubano and Bombon Sexual (Reggaeton Remix 2012) are the two singles from Rikki La Rouge that received double credit for radio from Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI). Rikki La Rouge album “San Antonio” released on Christmas Day 2013 on Interscope Digital Distribution (UMG) /Universal Music Group is a 57th Grammy award 1st round nomination ballot album. With Clear Channel communication as an IHEARTRADIO artist Rikki has had 5 hit songs : LA CESTA HIERBA (52 PLAYS), El Aqua y El Sol (29 plays), Sexual Bombon (21 plays), Mi Ruego Por tu Dulce Amor (21 plays), and Caminare Caminare (15 plays). Rikki La Rouge credits Willy Chirino and his daughters Angie and Nicolle and Jesse The Chirino sisters with Musically discovering her. Rikki La Rouge discography: Interscope Digital Distribution/Tunecore/Universal Music Group (UMG) All Releases on Interscope via Interscope Digital Distribution for the entire Rikki La Rouge discography please the Rikki La Rouge All Music Guide page. Rikki always wanted to have a song that would inspire a “dance craze” like the Macarena and she found it in the song “Sazon” which was originally a merenque then was a cumbia on the album “el otro lado de yo” and it’s finally incarnation as a ‘dance craze” song “Sazon-(MIAMI REMIX). Willy showed support for Rikki and the song by retweeting it to his followers on twitter. Jango.com-Internet Radio (a leader in internet Radio) introduced my music to listeners and fans of Willy Chirino and Celia Cruz. The single was “La Cesta Hierba”. on recording her first Spanish musical cd’s created a new kind of are they called ‘lo sabor de Nueva York “: 1/2 Cuban music and 1/2 Mexican music with American music of the streets. Rikki is a crossover artist into Musica Latina. Rikki La ROUGE Singer/Songwriter/publisher/producer. Rikki is lifelong supporter of CUBA LIBRE and her people and all other countries in the fight. With her music RIKKI recorded an album called “Operacion:La Verdad”, in the name of democracy and libretad for Cuban people and Bolivian people. put it on the list of Latin Grammy registration as a way to bring the whole world attencion that is exactly happening in Cuba and Bolivia.Rikki’s music made it to Cuba. the song “Libretad Por BOLIVIA” from the album “Operation: La Verdad” found its way to Bolivia courtesy of YouTube with the message of democracy and freedom came to Bolivia. Primary influences for Rikki in musica latina who also broke through to become international stars influences Willy Chirino and Selena. On youtube in rikki’s profile in the similar artists who rikki is similar to and they to her in vice versa are Willy Chirino and Selena.
By Rikki La Rouge 5 months ago in Beat
Rikki La Rouge 🇬🇧 Metal Years
Biography In 2007 Rikki La Rouge started her own label ANVIL SAPIEN RECORDS. Ricky got her start in England and in Great Britain. She built her following in the United Kingdom. The first distribution company that give her a chance was a distribution company in England.🏴
By Rikki La Rouge 5 months ago in Beat
