• Chance the Rapper Beatboxing, Alec Baldwin Rapping Is What Music Needs [WATCH]

    Chance the Rapper and Alex Baldwin beatboxing and rapping together? Yes, that did happen. According to an Instagram that Chance posted last night, March 1, Baldwin showed up to the 15th anniversary of the Louder Than a Bomb youth poetry festival in Chicago to raise money for Young Chicago Authors. At some point the pair connected and decided to lay down some bars with the "Surf" rapper beatboxing and Baldwin rapping. Watch the video below.
  • Madonna Says France Is Like 'Nazi Germany'

    Madonna is receiving some criticism following comments about racial intolerance in France. According to Consequence of Sound, the Queen of Pop compared the country to "Nazi Germany" during an interview with a European radio station. The comments follow a rough week for Madge, who fell during her performance at the BRIT Awards.
  • Chance The Rapper Breakfast Club Interview: Chicago Rapper & Donnie Trumpet Talk Social Experiment, New Album 'Surf,' Working With Madonna & More [WATCH]

    After a sold-out show at Webster Hall in New York City last night, Chance the Rapper and Donnie Trumpet stopped by The Breakfast Club this morning to talk about his come-up, community projects, his father's influence on him, classism in rap, his and relationships with Madonna, Jay Z, Drake, and other artists as well as the details on his upcoming album with The Social Experiment, Surf. Only problem was that Charlemagne hadn't ever listened to Chance, so that made for some interesting tension and banter. Here's some of what we learned:
  • Chance The Rapper Talks Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment, New Album 'Surf,' The Chicago Hip-Hop Community & More In The Fader Cover Story

    Chance the Rapper's upcoming album with his band The Social Experiment, titled Surf, was slated for release in 2014, though it never ended up coming out. Save for a censored tracklist posted to Instagram and an interview with Billboard three months ago, the Chicago rapper has remained mostly silent about the new project until yesterday, when he unveiled a teaser video starring supermodel Cara Delevingne. Now he and his band are featured on the latest cover of The Fader. In their cover story, Chance clarifies that Surf is not a Chance the Rapper album, rather it's a Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment project. Chance is just another member of the four-member group. The rapper also dishes on his come-up, why he hasn't signed with a label, the Chicago hip-hop community, and his band's approach to making music, among other topics. Here some things we learned:
  • Chance the Rapper & The Social Experiment Share 'Surf' Trailer Starring Cara Delevingne [WATCH]

    Chance the Rapper's upcoming album with his band The Social Experiment, titled Surf, was slated for release in 2014, though it never ended up coming out. Save for a censored tracklist posted to Instagram and an interview with Billboard three months ago, the Chicago rapper has remained mostly silent about the new project. Thankfully more information has now surfaced in the form of a teaser video starring supermodel Cara Delevingne.
  • Skrillex & Bonnaroo Share Superjam Documentary Teaser Featuring The Doors, The Grateful Dead, Zedd & More [WATCH]

    Skrillex likes to do things differently. Whether it is building crazy spaceships, creating new sounds that everyone will copy or playing superjams at Bonnaroo with a ridiculous array of guests, the "Dirty Vibe" producer is always looking forward. This past summer, in 2014, he hosted one of the infamous "Superjams" at Bonnaroo where he brought out a myriad of guests ranging from artists in hip hop, rock and soul for one of the most varied and eclectic jams the festival had seen in quite a while. Skrillex even stepped out from behind the DJ booth to pick up his guitar and play some notes, as he has been known to do at other performances and as a part of his former band, From First To Last. Bonnaroo and AT&T have teamed up to put together a new documentary about the superjam and they have just released the trailer for it.
  • Action Bronson Shares 'Actin Crazy,' Details 'Mr. Wonderful' [LISTEN]

    Queens rapper Action Bronson has shared a new track titled "Actin Crazy" from his upcoming album "Mr. Wonderful," which you can check out below — you can check out the insane yet incredible cover art above. The track, produced by 40 and Omen, is a refreshing change of pace from the typical trap beats you hear in modern hip-hop, with a woozy, constantly swelling sound reminiscent of something that MF Doom or Madlib would have done on "Madvillainy" — in simpler terms, it is great. Though Bronson shared the tracklist for "Mr. Wonderful" late last month, "Pitchfork" reports that he has revealed the featured artists on the album, which include Chance the Rapper, Meyhem Lauren, Big Body Bes, Party Supplies and Chauncey Sherod. In addition, Mark Ronson, The Alchemist and Noah "40" Shebib are among those contributing production. You can check out Action Bronson's "Actin Crazy" here:
  • Action Bronson Reveals Tracklist for Upcoming 'Mr. Wonderful'

    Queens rapper Action Bronson has revealed the tracklist for his upcoming studio album "Mr. Wonderful," which you can check out below. Bronson took to his Twitter acount to post each track title one by one after assuring fans that any tracklists that may have already been circulating were fake. You can check out Action Bronson's original tweet right here: ANY TRACKLIST FOR MR. WONDERFUL THAT IS OUT THERE IS FAKE. — #BRON2ON (@ActionBronson) December 24, 2014 You can check out the tracklist for Action Bronson's "Mr. Wonderful" here: 01. Brand New Car 02. When I Rise 03. Terry 04. Actin Crazy 05. Falconry 06. City Boy Blues 07. A Light in the Addict 08. Baby Blue 09. In Those Jeans 10. Only in America 11. Galatic Love 12. The Road 13. Easy Rider
  • 10 Best Cover Songs Of 2014

    Because cover songs don't garner nearly as much traction on the radio or the charts as they once did, artists these days treat them more like fun little experiments, where they can try out things they normally wouldn't on one of their albums or original singles. This has resulted in plenty of inventive and fascinating covers, especially this past year. Here are the year's 10 best cover songs (in no particular order).
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