Two year, the legendary producers Timbaland and Swizz Beatz turned a vague beat-battle idea into a cultural colossus. The whole idea of the Verzuz battle came out of a single night in 2020, when Timbaland and Swizz had an informal showdown on Instagram Live, taking turns playing their hits and talking good-natured shit. More Verzuz battles follo...

Even at their goofiest, the Flaming Lips were so goddamned sad. The enduring memory of the band at their peak of visibility centers on their absurd, colorful live show: Wayne Coyne in a suit befitting a traveling salesman or a televangelist, surrounded by dancing furries and streams of confetti, dousing himself in blood and rolling across a fiel...

Kyle Norris, the internet hero we've clearly been missing, dresses up as iconic rockstars and challenges himself to guitar battles: watch 'Kirk Hammett' and 'Marty Friedman' now

There wasn’t a lot of hoopla around the last Verzuz battle. The face-off between UGK and 8Ball & MJG, two of the all-time great Southern rap duos, was only announced a few days before it happened. This showdown didn’t bring the chaotic drama of some past Verzuz battles. As far as I know, there was never any bad blood...

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