Summer is here and if you want to keep the tunes bumping during your next pool party, barbecue or backyard hang, one of the best portable speakers to buy online is the JBL GO2. Regularly $50+, a new Amazon speaker sale discounts the price of the JBL GO2 Ultraportable Bluetooth Speaker to just $39.95.
At just 3.8 x 4.2 inches, the wireless speaker fits easily into the palm of your hand (and tucks easily into a bag or coat pocket). It weighs just 6.5 ounces too. But don't let its small size deceive you: the JBL GO2 delivers big, boisterous sound from its portable package. That's thanks to JBL's high-end audio technology, which has been developed by the brand's in-house engineers over decades of experience. What that means: loud bass and crisp, clear sound -- even from the other side of the room or yard.
The best part of the JBL GO2 is that it is fully waterproof. It's rated IPX7, which means it'll keep playing even if it's submerged underwater. Its durable construction means it can hold up to a fit bumps and bruises too, without affecting sound quality.
A single charge gets you up to five hours of playtime. Use the included audio cable to plug in when the battery is low.
JBL makes some of the best Bluetooth speakers on the market, and the JBL GO2 is a great portable outdoor speaker that will last you through the season. The pint-sized speaker is great for your next park hang, or bring it indoors to soundtrack your next party. Choose from more than a dozen colors online.
The JBL GO2 has a 4.7-star (out of five) rating from more than 27,000 reviewers online. Get is on sale for just $39.95 on Amazon here.
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No matter what you thought of the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle, there was only one undisputed winner by the end of it all: the reaction community in the worlds of streaming and YouTube. Your favorite content creators broke down the bars, reacted to all the most shocking moments, and helped this showdown become one of hip-hop's most culturally significant and resonant moments in a long time... For better or worse. See, the battle's technically not over yet, but only because the 6ix God's idea of victory is clearly quite different. In his federal defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group – his label – for releasing K.Dot's "Not Like Us," he named various content creators who allegedly helped boost the track's widespread popularity and, as a result, its supposedly defamatory nature.
Furthermore, the specific allegation that Drake brings up in this highly controversial lawsuit is that UMG "whitelisted" copyright claims for YouTubers, streamers, etc. concerning "Not Like Us." This means that they would be able to monetize their content without facing a copyright claim from UMG over "Not Like Us," and this isn't really an allegation because various creators have backed this up. But a few important (alleged) caveats that people are talking about online need to be clear. First, "whitelisting" supposedly happens on behalf of a record label behind a song like the West Coast banger, and UMG is instead the distributor of that track. Secondly, as rapper and online personality ScruFaceJean brings up as seen in the post below, tracks like "Push Ups" were also "whitelisted" by its team.
Along with Jean, many other of your favorite content creators spoke out against this Drake lawsuit. Zias! and B.Lou, for example, spoke with their lawyer about the possibility of countersuing for emotional distress, as they found the Toronto superstar's accusations and his implication of them very disturbing and misguided. NoLifeShaq also dragged The Boy through the mud, calling him "soft" and positing that, whether "whitelisting" happened or not, they would react to "Not Like Us" accordingly as they did to his own tracks.
In addition, it's important to bring up that many others fans have pointed to how Drake excitedly used streamers to generate hype and reaction clips for his own diss tracks against Kendrick Lamar. The most direct example is with Kai Cenat, whom he texted to "stay on stream" before dropping "Family Matters." Ironically, the Twitch giant appears in this clowned-upon defamation lawsuit as an example of what the OVO mogul's accusations and implications are. And one more thing: there is no direct link between monetization and algorithmic boosting on sites like YouTube. With all this in mind, content creators seem to feel almost insulted at the idea that they only reacted to the two biggest rappers in the world beefing with each other because one of them would allow them to make money. If Drizzy knew the first thing about the reaction community, maybe he wouldn't have included this...
