https://www.spin.com Music News, Album Reviews, Concert Photos, MP3s, Videos and More Mon, 27 Jan 2020 19:57:21 +0000 en-US https://assets.spin.com/wp-content/themes/spin/assets/images/spin-logo_feed.png https://www.spin.com 125 40 Music News, Album Reviews, Concert Photos, MP3s, Videos and More hourly 1 https://www.spin.com/2018/05/nicky-jam-live-it-up-ft-will-smith-era-istrefi-diplo/ https://www.spin.com/2018/05/nicky-jam-live-it-up-ft-will-smith-era-istrefi-diplo/#respond Fri, 25 May 2018 04:56:21 +0000 https://www.spin.com/?p=291291 Nicky Jam's "Live It Up" is the official song for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia. Produced by Diplo, the track features guest verses from Will Smith and Albanian vocalist Era Istrefi and was announced earlier this month. The reggaeton track gets a true international treatment with rapping from Smith and a lush, melodic verse… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2018/05/nicky-jam-live-it-up-ft-will-smith-era-istrefi-diplo/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2018/05/will-smith-rap-new-music-video/ https://www.spin.com/2018/05/will-smith-rap-new-music-video/#respond Thu, 24 May 2018 15:59:19 +0000 https://www.spin.com/?p=291127 Jaden Smith or maybe just missing his former rap glory, Will Smith has posted a new video to his official YouTube page that shows him rapping in a studio. "At my peak, I was doing a television show, a movie and a album every year... what happens is you get to a point where… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2018/05/will-smith-rap-new-music-video/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2018/05/2018-world-cup-anthem-will-smith-diplo-nicky-jam-era-istrefi/ https://www.spin.com/2018/05/2018-world-cup-anthem-will-smith-diplo-nicky-jam-era-istrefi/#respond Tue, 22 May 2018 13:51:02 +0000 https://www.spin.com/?p=290823 Vibe, Billboard, and the Colombian radio station W, the 2018 FIFA World Cup Anthem this year comes to us courtesy of Will Smith, reggaeton star Nicky Jam, and Kosovo singer Era Istrefi, and will be produced by the illustrious Diplo. Reggaeton producer DJ Nelson first hinted at the news with Vibe,… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2018/05/2018-world-cup-anthem-will-smith-diplo-nicky-jam-era-istrefi/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2018/03/utah-lawmakers-fresh-prince-rap-video/ https://www.spin.com/2018/03/utah-lawmakers-fresh-prince-rap-video/#respond Thu, 01 Mar 2018 21:22:48 +0000 https://www.spin.com/?p=280686 Schoolhouse Rock!-style rap video explaining how a bill becomes a state law using the only hip hop reference they know: The Fresh Prince of Bel Air theme song. The resulting 90-second video is an embarrassment for everyone involved, including the any school-aged children of the lawmakers… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2018/03/utah-lawmakers-fresh-prince-rap-video/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2017/08/will-smith-dj-jazzy-jeff-get-lit-video/ https://www.spin.com/2017/08/will-smith-dj-jazzy-jeff-get-lit-video/#respond Mon, 28 Aug 2017 16:59:50 +0000 https://www.spin.com/?p=255649 Will Smith—still filled with mirth even after last year's cinema debacles—gave it a shot anyways, teaming up with his former running mate DJ Jazzy Jeff to perform their new song at UK's Livewire Festival… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2017/08/will-smith-dj-jazzy-jeff-get-lit-video/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2015/10/bomba-estero-will-smith-fiesta-video/ https://www.spin.com/2015/10/bomba-estero-will-smith-fiesta-video/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2015 17:33:31 +0000 http://www.spin.com/?p=166745 Men in Black II star Will Smith jumped back into the music world with an energetic feature on Bomba Estéreo's fiery new song "Fiesta (remix)," and now you can see Willow Smith's dad dance in the just-released music video. Set in vaguely dystopian warehouse, Estéreo presides over a group of costumed subjects, and Smith gets jiggy… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2015/10/bomba-estero-will-smith-fiesta-video/feed/ 2 https://www.spin.com/2015/09/spinfighting-90s-tv-theme-frasier-fresh-prince-of-bel-air-ducktales-pete-and-pete-arthur-boy-meets-world-will-smith/ https://www.spin.com/2015/09/spinfighting-90s-tv-theme-frasier-fresh-prince-of-bel-air-ducktales-pete-and-pete-arthur-boy-meets-world-will-smith/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2015 13:40:08 +0000 http://www.spin.com/?p=161711 As the roundtable format has grown into an effectively direct way for a publication to think out loud for its readers’ perusal, we present SPINfighting, a new column where the SPIN staff will debate about a new wrinkle in the musical landscape every week. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, which made Will Smith a household… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2015/09/spinfighting-90s-tv-theme-frasier-fresh-prince-of-bel-air-ducktales-pete-and-pete-arthur-boy-meets-world-will-smith/feed/ 5 https://www.spin.com/2015/08/drake-lol-meek-mill-memes-beef-kanye-west-will-smith-watch/ https://www.spin.com/2015/08/drake-lol-meek-mill-memes-beef-kanye-west-will-smith-watch/#respond Tue, 04 Aug 2015 15:45:39 +0000 http://www.spin.com/?p=155963 Drake vs. Meek Mill beef is starting to feel like: Drizzy continued his unrelenting retaliation against his Philadelphia-based rival for accusing him of employing a ghost writer two weeks ago by laying into Mill at OVO Fest. Drake wore a "Free Meek Mill" shirt during his performance,… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2015/08/drake-lol-meek-mill-memes-beef-kanye-west-will-smith-watch/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2015/02/will-smith-jimmy-fallon-it-takes-two/ https://www.spin.com/2015/02/will-smith-jimmy-fallon-it-takes-two/#respond Fri, 06 Feb 2015 14:37:44 +0000 http://static.spin.com/files/2015/02/will-smith-jimmy-fallon-it-takes-two/ Jimmy Fallon is never one at a loss for ideas, and when last night's Tonight Show guest Will Smith stopped by the program, the host cued up some iPad beats for the occasion. It was only a matter of seconds before the pair jumped into Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock's "It Takes Two." Does this mean a… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2015/02/will-smith-jimmy-fallon-it-takes-two/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2014/01/will-smith-jay-z-calvin-harris-edm-comedy-series-hbo/ https://www.spin.com/2014/01/will-smith-jay-z-calvin-harris-edm-comedy-series-hbo/#respond Wed, 22 Jan 2014 20:54:09 +0000 http://static.spin.com/files/2014/01/will-smith-jay-z-calvin-harris-edm-comedy-series-hbo/ Deadline reports that the ultra-rich trio are working with HBO to develop a half-hour comedy series that's "set in the world of electronic music."The upcoming series — which is apparently titled Higher — will be written by Trainspotting author Irvine… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2014/01/will-smith-jay-z-calvin-harris-edm-comedy-series-hbo/feed/ 0