🔥🔥🔥🔥 FIRE CONTENT OF THE WEEK 10/7 🔥🔥🔥🔥

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Sup scholars,

Wild week here at Genius so let's get the ball rolling with our…

NEWS OF THE WEEK

@BradFarberman was on the Solange beat this week with two posts:

https://genius.com/a/solange-s-borderline-an-ode-to-self-care-pays-tribute-to-a-tribe-called-quest-and-aaliyah

https://genius.com/a/solange-wrote-cranes-in-the-sky-eight-years-ago

@Incilin posted on the viral video of the week:

https://genius.com/a/christian-mom-shoots-tearful-11-minute-rant-about-vince-staples-norf-norf-lyrics

@Aenex killed it with this Daft Punk piece that's been a huge winner on the site:

https://genius.com/a/what-does-this-mysterious-new-daft-punk-site-mean

@RobMarkman interviewed Divine Council's $ilk Money on how that Andre 3000 verse came together and Ab-Soul on his new single:

https://genius.com/a/divine-council-s-silk-money-explains-how-andre-3000-ended-up-on-the-decemba-remix

https://genius.com/a/ab-soul-explains-the-black-panther-connection-on-huey-knew

@Empath with his news debut on Gorillaz:

https://genius.com/a/gorillaz-release-the-book-of-noodle-as-a-prelude-to-their-next-album

@JohnGanz wrote about his dream girl (spoiler: not me):

https://genius.com/a/grimes-returns-with-an-epic-cult-inspired-video-series

@BrianAnthonyHernandez got the OneDirection album lyrics two days early for premiere

https://genius.com/a/onerepublic-premieres-all-the-lyrics-to-their-new-album-oh-my-my

@KPartridge wrote up this dope new Rivers Cuomo, Zeds Dead and Pusha track;

https://genius.com/a/pusha-t-and-weezer-s-rivers-cuomo-look-to-the-future-on-new-zeds-dead-single

@Chris_Mench wrote this piece on Uzi Vert's new video (S/O @RobMarkman for the quote!)

https://genius.com/a/the-director-behind-lil-uzi-vert-s-you-was-right-video-explains-what-inspired-it

FEATURES

@Gabbles made this INCREDIBLE infographic on the Roc with the assist of @YoungJFK

https://genius.com/a/infographic-the-definitive-roc-a-fella-records-family-tree

@Incilin with a hot take:

https://genius.com/a/why-ghostwriting-is-good-for-hip-hop

VIDEOS

Tinie Tempah broke down his new hit:

https://genius.com/a/tinie-tempah-breaks-down-girls-like-on-genius-video-series-verified

And Ice Cube went in on his latest single:

https://genius.com/a/ice-cube-breaks-down-new-song-nobody-wants-to-die-on-genius-video-series-verified

SHOUT OUT KNOWLEDGE AND TECH TEAMS

The tech + knowledge squads worked on the Liner Notes project for MAFIA III and it came out so dope:

https://genius.com/a/mafia-iii-soundtrack-a-genius-liner-notes-experience

Time for wine. Thanks for another great week.

cc: @genius-editorial-board @genius-social-media @pop-genius @rock-genius-editors @r-and-b-genius

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