Drake, Birdman Talk About Lil Wayne's Upcoming Jail Time
| The Cash Money/ Young Money family is coping with the reality of having its leader, Lil Wayne, in jail for the next eight-to-12 months, as part of his plea bargain stemming from his July 2007 arrest...
CD reviews: Massive Attack, Pat Metheny
POP/ROCK | Massive Attack, "Heligoland" (Virgin) | Massive Attack is less a band than a cloud of free-floating anxiety. The British duo has largely sworn off deep bass on its first studio al...
Pete Townshend: Nice to be part of spectacle
| MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Pete Townshend is used to playing in front of stadiums filled with rabid fans who know every note of The Who’s songs. He didn’t get that at the band’s S...
Top 10 Who Super Bowl Moments
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LL Cool J Is Glad Hip-Hop Was 'Embraced' On 'We Are The World' Remake
| In case anyone was wondering if Barbra Streisand and Kanye West could make sweet music together, they'll find out when the star-filled remake of "We Are the World" premieres Friday during the openin...
'Black Eyed Peas stole my Boom'
| MEN AT WORK are not the only band facing accusations that they copied someone else's song for a hit. The Black Eyed Peas, the Grammy Award winning hip-hop group, are being accused of being ''swagger...
Dusted Reviews Artist: Burkina Electric Album: Paspanga Label: Cantaloupe Review date: Feb. 8, 2010 Burkina ...
| Burkina Electric's PR hook is that they are Burkina Faso's (a land-locked West African nation formerly known as Upper Volta) first electronica band. This ignores several inconvenient points; that mo...
Dusted Reviews Artist: Yeasayer Album: Odd Blood Label: Secretly Canadian Review date: Feb. 8, 2010 ...
| For the first couple years of the aughts, some music message boards were dominated by debates about rockism, which roughly means the application of the values behind rock music to all music, whether...
Sade: Soldier of Love
| Sade's sixth album in 26 years is another triumph for quality over quantity, says Kitty Empire | There is a certain dignity about a pop star sitting pretty on a skyline of cash, not troubling the wo...
New Recordings
| Pop | Sade | (Sony ***1/2) | For the rest of the pop music world, durability may depend on reinvention, but Sade thrives by sticking to her strengths. Still, an initial hearing of "Soldier of L...
Wyclef Jean, choir open BET concert for Haiti
| MIAMI - Nearly a month after a devastating earthquake, shock gave way Friday night to a celebration of Haitian culture and pride. | Wyclef Jean opened the "SOS Saving OurSelves — Help for Haiti" c...
Gil Scott-Heron: the godfather of rap comes back
| In the 70s and 80s, Gil Scott-Heron's music was a mesmerising mix of wry poetry and politics and he became known as 'the godfather of rap' and 'the black Bob Dylan'. But then he got into drugs and, ...
Gucci Mane: The State vs Radric Davis
Buy it from | Gucci Mane The State Vs Radric Davis - Non-PA Warner Bros US. 2010 | Rising Atlantan star Gucci Mane has everything the breakthrough rapper could want – a rivalry (with fellow rapper Y...
Gil Scott-Heron: the godfather of rap comes back
| One of the most moving songs on 's long-awaited new album, I'm Ne. Over the most minimal electronic pulse, his familiar deep drawl, now more ragged and reflective than ever, intones the lines: | "Lo...
Sade: Soldier of Love
| There is a certain dignity about a pop star sitting pretty on a skyline of cash, not troubling the world with sub-par music. Sade Adu made a fortune – entirely deserved – with her colossally suc...
Massive Attack: Heligoland
| And so 's fifth studio album arrives, a full seven years after its predecessor. The wait automatically confers a sense of event on Heligoland, as evidenced by the fact that one Sunday paper dispat...
Taylor Swift, America's sweetheart
| The night before I interview the country-music megastar Taylor Swift in LA, I see her play at a charity fundraiser in Beverly Hills. The hot scent of lilies fills the room, which is heaving with dia...
Five not to be missed
| With more than 40 events unfolding in the next week, we asked David Day, Together's creative director, for some guidance. In his own words, here are Day's top five picks: | WE THE PEOPLE This party ...
The Gandhi Legacy is Alive and Perpetuating With Russell Simmons, Dr. Ben Chavis, SMI/SwaggMedia.com and Music4Peace as They Announce Alignment With South African Government for the World Cup, and Touring India and Brazil
Music4Peace Tour is Comprised of Four Nonprofits; Music4Peace, Hip Hop Summit/Action Network, Gandhi Tour & Tribes of the World | Download image | LOS ANGELES, Jan. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- "The way ...
Grammy Award Winning Music Artist and Acclaimed Actor Chris Ludacris Bridges Kicks Off 2010 and 10 Year Anniversary With a Bang!
NEW ALBUM THE BATTLE OF THE SEXES IN STORES ON MARCH 9TH | U. S. TOUR WITH THE BLACK EYED PEAS BEGINNING ON FEBRUARY 4TH | Download image | NEW YORK, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- 2010 will mark thre...
Sade soldiers into the 21st century
| Longevity is rare in an industry of ready-made stars and one-hit-wonders, but Sade of "Smooth Operator" fame is back after a decade away with a new album out February 9. | Before "Soldier of Love", ...
Galactic just the ticket for lovers of New Orleans
| By David R. Stampone | For The Inquirer Has there ever been a bigger sentimental Super Bowl fave than New Orleans this Sunday? Underdogs, sure, but the widespread Saints support also comes from post...
Top Singles
| Top Singles | 1. TiK ToK, Ke$ha | 2. Bad Romance, Lady Gaga | 3. Bedrock, Young Money feat. Lloyd | 4. Imma Be, The Black Eyed Peas | 5. Sexy Chick, David Guetta feat. Akon | 6. How Low, Ludacris | ...
Lil' Wayne
| LIL' WAYNE | "Rebirth" (Cash Money/Universal) | It's not as easy to rock as Lil' Wayne thinks it is, as his oft-delayed "rock" record "Rebirth" painfully proves. | For a rapper who can cut to the qu...
This week's music previews
| Hot Chip. , On tour | Hot Chip are holders of what other musicians must imagine is a golden ticket: the more they do exactly what they want, the more successful they become, and the more they earn t...
The true Brits spirit
| Annie Lennox dominated the Brits throughout the Eighties and Nineties, winning six Best British Female Awards. Pundits joked that the award be renamed the "Annie Lennox Award". | Back in 1984 the Br...
Miami Nightlife is Poised for the Big Game Extravaganza During Super Bowl XLII
(February 5 - 7, 2010) | MIAMI, Dec. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- During Super Bowl Weekend the K & H Group will host one of Miami's biggest entertainment events at Jungle Island. The three day event...
Wyclef Jean, choir open BET concert for Haiti
| JENNIFER KAY | The Associated Press | MIAMI - Nearly a month after a devastating earthquake, shock gave way Friday night to a celebration of Haitian culture and pride. | Wyclef Jean opened the "SOS ...
Ta'via Jenkins - S.I.H.H.N
| The Source: Ta’via Jenkins, Tell our readers a little bit about yourself? | Ta’via Jenkins: My name is Ta’via Jenkins, and I’m from Sacramento, California. I’m a mother, an entrepreneur, a...
Kevin Pistol - S.I.H.H.N
| The Source: Kevin Pistol, Tell our readers a little bit about yourself? | KP- I’ve been recording in Denver, Colorado since 1999, I’ve been actually recording since 1997, but I put out my first ...
FREE MP3: Nerdcore Rapper MC Frontalot Returns
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