Muse’s ‘Simulation Theory’ album artwork was made with the Apple iPad Pro and Pencil

Sometimes we forget how powerful the tools we carry are and it takes some skilled hands to remind us. Artist Kyle Lambert just showed us what he can do with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil when he designed the new album artwork for the English rock band Muse. Looking at the webpage for the band’s new album Simulation Theory, we see that the artwork and even video teaser have been made with the Apple products. You can see how the album artwork was done in the video above. Lambert is known for doing artwork for major films and TV shows like Stranger Things and Jurassic Park. 

Source: 9to5Mac 

Drake teases upcoming album ‘Scorpion’

The wait for Drake’s upcoming album isn’t that long. Drizzy is dropping Scorpion on Friday, June 29. And the Canadian rapper just shared a new teaser on his Instagram to promote the album. According to Shazam, the clip features Moderat’s “The Mark (Interlude).” If you live in Toronto, you’ve probably seen this Toronto native tease the album on different billboards with cryptic phrases like “IS THERE MORE,” “A SIDE B SIDE” and “DON’T HIT ME WHEN YOU HEAR THIS.” Drake has already released three songs off the record: “I’m Upset,” “Nice for What,” and “Duppy Freestyle.”

Source: Pitchfork

Jay-Z’s ‘4:44’ album makes its way to most streaming services

After a week of Jay-Z’s 4:44 being a Tidal and Sprint exclusive, the new album comes to most major streaming services. We say most as Spotify is missing from the list of services it’s available in. We’re not surprised as the hip-hop mogul pulled his catalog from the service a few months ago. He seems to be in better terms with Apple as 4:44 is available on both iTunes and Apple Music. The album is also available on Google Play Music and Amazon Music. Some of the services even have “The Story of O.J.” animated video.

Source: Engadget

Dr. Dre to drop new album after 15 years, will be exclusive to Apple

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Dr. Dre joined Apple when Beats was bought by the Cupertino-based tech giant. So it comes as no surprise that Dr. Dre will be creating exclusives for the company. The hip-hop mogul announced on his Beats 1 radio show "The Pharmacy," that he’ll be dropping his first new album in 15 years entitled “Compton A Soundtrack.” He describes it as his “grand finale” on Twitter so we speculate it’s his last major album, but then again we can be wrong. The album comes out just in time for the release of the "Straight Outta Compton,"movie which chronicles Dr. Dre and rapper Ice Cube's meteoric rise as rap's supergroup N.W.A.

The album is already available for preorder on iTunes and will drop on August 7^th. It’ll also be up for streaming on Apple Music. As mentioned in the title, this’ll be an Apple-exclusive release.

Source: 9to5Mac