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Ten years after the release of his Def Jam debut, the Hell Can Wait EP, Vince Staples occupies an ambiguous middle-ground, stuck between platinum-certified arena status and the ephemeral virality that defines too much of the mainstream rap industry. It’s a space that he shares with a handful of others – Maxo, Rapsody, Navy Blue, his onetime Odd Future colleague Earl Sweatshirt – and which allows him to craft densely thematic musical suites on a major-label platform without the pressure of landing a radio hit. He’s made good use of...

Welcome to this review of this past Friday’s episode of Friday Night Smackdown, right here on Nerdly. Let’s see what went down this week!

Match #1: Austin Theory & Pretty Deadly def. The Brawling Brutes The following is courtesy of wwe.com:

The Brawling Brutes left SmackDown in a fit of rage after the team of United States Champion & Pretty Deadly outsmarted and defeated them in six-man tag team action. Sheamus seemingly had the match won after a devastating Brogue Kick to Theory, but Pretty Deadly snatched the United States Champion out of the ring before the referee could finish his three count. Later on, Ridge Holland was in position to win the match, but when the referee had his back turned, Elton Prince & Kit Wilson wisely switched places and the confusion allowed them to hit Spilled Milk and stun the Brutes.

My Score: 2.5 out of 5 Match #2: The O.

Nelly Furtado is returning to her man-eating ways.

Furtado — who dropped her smash hit “Maneater” back in 2006 — has now teamed up with producer Dom Dolla to release her new track “Eat Your Man”.

“I’ll eat your man, devour him whole,” the Canadian musician sings. “Licking my fingers, I’m in control.”

Dom Dolla and Nelly Furtado. — Photo credit @donslens

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“Eat Your Man” references other Furtado hits such as “I’m Like a Bird” and “Say It Right”, and marks her first new track since releasing her 2017 album The Ride.

Furtado met Dolla at the Beyond The Valley Festival in Australia, with him saying in a statement: “Nelly first reached out to me after we were both booked to play Beyond The Valley Festival.

“She’d discovered my music not long...

It’s been five years since Nelly Furtado last took command of a stage for more than one song. To close out 2022, the singer made a rare appearance at Australia’s Beyond the Valley music festival for a 35-minute performance that rolled out a hit-packed setlist in celebration of her live music return.

Furtado kicked off her set late into the night while festival goers raged ahead of the new year. The six-song performance ranged from “I’m Like a Bird” and “Maneater” to “Promiscuous” and “Say It Right,” later...

MTV has announced that Nicki Minaj will receive the Video Vanguard Award for her career contributions to music and music videos at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards, which are set to air on Sunday night, August 28, at 8:00pm Eastern and Pacific. She will also perform live at the VMAs.

“Nicki has broken barriers for women in hip-hop with her versatility and creative artistry,” said a statement from Bruce Gillmer, President of Music, Music Talent, Programming and Events, Paramount and Chief Content Officer, Music, Paramount+. “She has shifted the music industry and cemented her status as a global superstar with her crossover appeal, genre-defying style and continuing to be unapologetically ‘Nicki.'”

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The Video Vanguard Award is presented to artists for their body of work in music videos. It has...