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Lost in the excellent performances of Donald Glover, Lakeith Stanfield and the other stars of the FX hit Atlanta, is the awesome music. Robbin’ Season is not only the sophomore campaign of the show, but the title of a soundtrack as good as any bangin’ album from city royalty like T.I., Gucci Mane or Migos.
Standout cuts include songs from various groups, all of them big fans of the show and its maestro, Glover, aka Childish Gambino.
Listen To The Atlanta FX Robbin’ Season Soundtrack
When you think about it, much of “Atlanta” revolves around music. One of the main protagonists, Paper Boi, is a rapper. And Earn, his cohort, has taken on the mantle of trying to manage him and navigate the industry.
Check out the Robbin Season discography right here, a track listing of ATL goodness.
Final Thoughts
AtlantaFX is obviously one of the greatest comedy series on cable TV in the last 20 years, but the show isn’t the only hot commodity filmed here. The city of Atlanta is also a movie production powerhouse.
If you want to get in your AtlantaFX fix on TV, here’s where to watch the show.
Atlanta has become a movie mecca in recent years and Georgia has been a favorite location for TV productions since the state instituted generous tax breaks for film companies that agree to shoot locally. Projects from CBS, NBC, HBO, BET and more are slated to shoot in the metro area in 2018-19 and the foreseeable future.
See our Movies Page for more.With more than 900 movie and TV projects just in the last few years, the film industry has generated more than $9 billion for the state of Georgia.There are so many movies filmed in Atlanta these days that it’s hard to keep up with it all. That’s why I suggest you subscribe to AtlantaFi.com to get all the freshest movie casting calls, celeb sightings and Atlanta happenings delivered to your inbox.Want to work in Georgia film & TV? Here are the latest Atlanta casting calls
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One Music Fest, one of the largest musical events in the city, returns to Atlanta on September 8 and 9. That’s right, the event has expanded into two days.
Last year’s event at the Lakewood Amphitheatre was a success like no other, featuring some of the hottest acts in music. This year promises more of the same but doubled.
One Music Fest Adds Second Day, Returns To Atlanta In September 2018
On the event’s website, it says: “ONE Musicfest is back in 2018, and will be bigger and better than ever. We will have DOUBLE the artists this year, and are moving to a new in-town location to make room for more music lovers to enjoy our event.”
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The Bounce TV hit “Saints & Sinners” will return to the airwaves on Sunday, April 8, the network announced recently. New episodes will air every Sunday night at 9 p.m. (ET) through the season finale on May 27.
The show, which is largely filmed in Atlanta, will bring back a star cast featuring Vanessa Bell Calloway, Christian Keyes, Clifton Powell, J.D. Williams, Jasmine Burke, Tray Chaney, Keith Robinson Star.
This season’s story arch will feature several new narratives to weave into the drama. This is how the show describes Season 3:“A vicious, no-holds-barred battle for Greater Hope Baptist Church erupts between the old guard, Cypress Mayor Ella Johnson (Vanessa Bell Calloway) and Rex Fisher (Clifton Powell), and the young bloods Levi Sterling (Christian Keyes) and Jabari Morris (J.D. Williams) while Kendrick Murphy (Tray Chaney) tries to survive a life-threatening predicament in order to expose his grandmother, Leona Byrd (Donna Biscoe) as a killer. Miles Calloway (Keith Robinson) is once again caught between his wife and his one-time mistress, Christie Johnson (Jasmine Burke) as Tamara’s (Demetria McKinney) wild allegations threaten to put Christie away forever and rock Cypress to its core. Detective St. Charles (Afemo Omilami) has his hands full with chaos and crime running rampant in Cypress in season three.”Marathon sessions of Seasons One & Two will air April 7-8, the network said.
All episodes will be streamed on Brown Sugar, the urban streaming platform.
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One of the most talked-about, criticized — and addiction-inducing — TV shows is back on the air. VH1’s “Love & Hip Hop Atlanta” recently debuted its seventh season — SEVEN — bringing the world more of the “Puerto Rican Princess” Joseline and the marriage drama of Kirk & Rasheeda.
The show has endured tons of criticism over its run, including claims that it both glamorizes and disparages black and Latino women. But people still watch!
The franchise, which spun off from the original “Love & Hip Hop” series based in New York, premiered June 18, 2012 on VH1, and chronicles the lives of several people in Atlanta involved with hip hop music.
Here are some of the can’t-miss highlights from this season.
The #LHHATL cast learn the results of Kirk's DNA test and things get interesting when Karlie shows up during a dance workout in this week's #CheckYourself pic.twitter.com/YjCQHAXF8u
— Love & Hip Hop (@LoveHipHopVH1) March 23, 2018
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What else would you expect from Three Stacks? The man that gave us “Hey Ya” and a generation’s worth of Southern-fried anthems is at it again. Andre Benjamin, one half of the Atlanta rap brand, OutKast, is designing Tretorns.
The shoe game has always been a fly-by-night endeavor for celebrities. But something about this one just feels so right. The “I André Benjamin will not draw in class” capsule collection is here, people.
The line features 10 unique designs, including a subdued update to the classic Tretorn sneaker many of us grew up with. Those fans aching for new music will have to bump the old jams instead. Content to know that one of the world’s dopest creators has — momentarily — put down the mic and picked up the pencil to sketch beautiful creations that go on feet.
The brand says that most of the inspirations come from a fresh mixture of Tretorn’s prep pedigree and Andre’s classroom daydream sketches.
Check out Andre’s shoe game at Tretorn.com.
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This spring, Atlanta will once again play host to one of the largest Afro-Caribbean events in the South. Afro Soca Love will invade the city on April 28, 2018. A rave will take place from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m.
The event flyer says that, “Afro Soca Love: Atlanta is an Afro-Caribbean rave infused celebration of LOVE. A unique rave inspired atmosphere with an African and Caribbean twist, Afro Soca Love: Atlanta boasts a variety of fun filled activities that promises to leave our tribe of LOVE yearning for more. In an effort to promote unity while sharing African and Caribbean culture, our organization aims to immerse our of tribe of attendees in a truly memorable experience.”
The party is going down at Da Warehouse Atl located at 2339 Brannen Rd SE, Atlanta, GA 30316.
Interested in going? Get tickets for the event here.
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Atlanta rap group Migos channel the glory days of “Soul Train” with their new music video, Walk it Talk It.”
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Atlanta is serious about luring and keeping young talent in the city. So serious that city officials have launched its own video streaming platform. The Metro Atlanta Chamber is using ChooseATL, its 2015 tech initiative, to unveil the new platform THEA this week at SXSW.
“One of the things that is both special about Atlanta and desired by the millennial generation is diversity and diversity of people, but also diversity of thought, industry, culture and subculture,” said Kate Atwood, executive director of ChooseATL, tells Adweek. “In Atlanta it kind of makes it hard as a marketer to narrow in on a niche identity, but we also know right now it’s something to celebrated,” she said.
Among some of the early brands using THEA include startup hub Switchyards, Blossom, a diversity-geared content creator, and marketing agency Moxie . Atlanta officials feel that more tech start-ups will gravitate to the platform as word spreads.
“I knew I had to be involved because I am a creator in Atlanta, I want to grow in Atlanta, I want to bloom in Atlanta so it just made sense,” Williamson tells Adweek. “THEA really accelerates the opportunity to spread the word about what we are doing, but it also allows us to prove what we are trying to do. We have this platform that is behind us that supports us and their mission is solely dedicated to making sure the world knows about the creative in Atlanta. That’s special.”
City reps are launching THEA on Monday, March 12 in Austin, Texas. The RSVP says this:
Over the course of the past year, the Atlanta region embarked on a bold new project, the launch of the world’s first city‐based streaming video platform, THEA. This panel is a discussion with some of the key players behind the scenes in getting the platform off the ground. Hear perspectives from the heads of product, technology, and marketing for THEA, and gain some valuable insights into the future of cities, over‐the‐top video services, and entertainment marketing.
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The massive box office hit known as “Black Panther” will definitely get a sequel, Marvel CEO Kevin Feige told Entertainment Weekly.
Feige said that it was way too early to talk about plot, but he could confirm that movie-goers would be treated to more goings-on in Wakanda.
Watch: Marvel’s ‘Infinity War’ trailer
“Nothing specific to reveal, other than to say we absolutely will do that,” Feige was quoted as saying. “One of the favorite pastimes at Marvel Studios is sitting around on a Part One and talking and dreaming about what we would do in a Part Two. There have been plenty of those conversations as we were putting together the first Black Panther. We have ideas and a pretty solid direction on where we want to head with the second one.”
After one of the strongest opening two weeks in modern cinema, “Black Panther” is expected to easily pass the $1 billion mark. The film will soon open in China, seen as a major movie market.
Starring lead actor Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan and Lupita N’Longo, the movie was produced by “Creed” and “Fruitvale” director Ryan Coogler. Boseman said he lived in Atlanta for nearly two years while filming “Black Panther.”
“When I was shooting Black Panther in Atlanta, I used to drive back on off-days to go see my family in Anderson. It’s about two hours,” he said. Read more of his interview here.
A producer on the film said that the for-home release of the movie will re-insert two powerful scenes that were cut for space reasons.
“Hands down the most painful scene to cut was [one] with Danai Gurira and Daniel Kaluuya,” Michael Shawver, who spoke with The WraShap said “Hands down the most painful scene to cut was [one] with Danai Gurira and Daniel Kaluuya,” referring to Wakanda’s armed forces General Okoye and tribe chieftain W’Kabi. In the movie, the two characters are in love.
“Toward the end, after things go bad and Killmonger [Michael B. Jordan] is in control and all that, we’re talking about, what are they going to do? What is Wakanda going to become?” Shawver told The Wrap.
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March 5, 2018
1 Min ReadRapper/actor/singer/producer Donald Glover announced Monday that his music alias Childish Gambino is going on tour nationally — and the first stop is Atlanta.
Pre-sale tickets went on sale Tuesday and the general sale begins Friday.
Glover, who was reared in nearby Stone Mountain, has been immersed in film and TV project the past two years, putting music on the back burner. But now it looks like music is coming back to the forefront.
Childish Gambino’s album “Awaken, My Love” exploded onto the scene in 2016 and snatched souls along the way. Hits such as “Redbone” and “Baby Boy” caught on in the national consciousness, especially when the former was featured prominently in Oscar-awarded “Get Out.”
Here is the list of cities for Childish Gambino’s 2018 North American tour, which will feature special guest Rae Sremmurd.
Sept. 6 — Atlanta
Sept 8 — Chicago
Sept. 10 — Toronto
Sept. 12 — Boston
Sept. 14 — New York
Sept. 18 — Philly
Sept. 19 — Washington, D.C.
Sept. 22 — Houston
Sept. 23 — Dallas
Sept. 26 — Los Angeles
Sept. 27 — Oakland
Sept. 29 — Seattle
Sept. 30 — Vancouver
Here’s how to get tickets.