Ten Things We Want From Music in 2015
Our New Year's wish list for hip hop and R&B.
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10 Things We Want From Music in 2015 - 2014 was a big year for music and it's going to be hard to top. Check out our list of New Year's resolutions for 2015, projects and endeavors that we'd love to see go down with some of our favorite artists like Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar and Bobby Shmurda.— Michael Harris (@IceBlueVA)(Photos from Left: Brad Barket/BET/Getty Images for BET, Larry Marano/Getty Images for iHeartMedia, Mike Coppola/Getty Images, Kevin Mazur/WireImage for Parkwood Entertainment)
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The Holy Trinity Finally Unites - Nicki's Minaj's Barbs have been calling for a super group called "The Holy Trinity" for some time now. Her fans want to see her, Beyoncé and Rihanna come together for an epic collaboration, and we agree. Even if we can't get an album, a track in 2015 by these three would surely bombard the charts. (Photos from Left: Kevin Mazur/WireImage for Parkwood Entertainment, Kevin Winter/Getty Images for iHeartMedia, Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images for MTV)
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Do It for the Culture - Hip hop was created as a voice of the people so the drama over cultural appropriation has to stop. Next year, we need less talk about the problems and more unified effort to present a better representation of the music and the culture.(Photo: Christopher Polk/BET/Getty Images for BET)
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Retire the Shmoney Dance - Bobby Shmurda's Shmoney Dance took him to the top of the charts this year along with his hit single, "Hot N**a." It made him a hip hop star, and everyone from Drake (on stage) to Rihanna (on Instagram) to Team USA (at the FIBA World Cup) were doing it, but it's time to put the groovy two-step to rest. In with the new. (Photo: GS9 Music)
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Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole Collaborative Album - Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole have already told us what it's like growing up in a m.A.A.d city and a Cole World and after the year we had in 2014, now would be the perfect time for these two introspective MCs to finally give us that joint album. Cole just dropped his new LP, 2014 Forest Hills Drive, and K-Dot's stated that his upcoming project is done, so all that's left to do is to get in the studio together.(Photos from left: Kevin Winter/Getty Images, Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images for American Eagle)
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Peace at YMCMB - Lil Wayne made it clear in 2014 that he wanted off the only label's he's ever called home and has distanced himself from his Paw, Birdman. Tyga also wasn't happy as he bailed ship and threw some shots at Drake and Nicki Minaj on the way out the door. Hopefully in 2015, we can see YMCMB hash out their differences and remain as one. But if not, at least end as peeps. (Photo: Rick Kern/Getty Images)
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Jay Z and Beyoncé Album - The Carters took the world with them on their On the Run Tour this year and word is America's favorite couple has also been working on a collaborative album together. Come on Hov and Bey, you got to give the people what they want. (Photo: Larry Busacca/PW/WireImage for Parkwood Entertainment)
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N.W.A.'s Biopic Lives Up to the Hype - The highly anticipated N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton is scheduled to hit theaters this summer and from the looks of the trailer, it's going to be fire. But we still have to hope the best parts weren't shown in the clip because if this comes out looking like Lifetime's Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B, and not properly representing the legacy of one of the most fan-acclaimed groups to ever do it, Hollywood may burn.(Photo: Raymond Boyd/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
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An End to the Public Breakups From Chris Brown and Karrueche - We're going to need Breezy and Karrueche Tran to keep their fighting and public breakups inside their house for 2015. We learned too much about their relationship this year that we didn't need to know. Now that they're back on again, hopefully they'll take this to heart the next time one of them gets mad, seeing as they always end up back together. (Photo: Imeh Akpanudosen/Getty Images for H&M)
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Young Money-MMG Tour - There's no debating that YMCMB and MMG are the two dominant crews in the game right now and they would pack stadiums across the country with a joint tour. Rozay and Weezy's squads both come with stacked decks of hit albums that recently dropped or are on the way from Drake, Nicki Minaj, Meek Mill, Stalley and Wale. Can't beat that. (Photos from left: YMCMB, Maybach Music Group)