• Q-Tip To Teach Jazz, Hip-Hop Course At NYU

    Q-Tip and Ashley Kahn are confirmed to teach at the New York University this fall. The two music experts will educate students about the intersections between jazz and hip-hop.

  • Talib Kweli Releases Surprise Free Album - 'F*ck The Money'

    Talib Kweli has been pretty quiet in the past few years on the music front, but yesterday, the New York City rapper decided to surprise his fans with a free album. Kweli brings out some big names to contribute on the project, aptly titled 'F*ck The Money,' like Miguel, Ab-Soul, Styles P, Fall Out Boy's Patrick Stump and others.

  • The Chemical Brothers Release Album 'Born In The Echoes'

    After five years of waiting, The Chemical Brothers fans finally have a new album in their possession. Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons are back with their first album in 5 years and eighth overall, Born In The Echoes. It comes with a list of some of music's most respected musicians including St. Vincent, Beck and Q-Tip.

  • The Chemical Brothers, Q-Tip Release "Go" Music Video [WATCH]

    The Chemical Brothers have unveiled a second track from their upcoming artist album Born In The Echoes. After sharing the lead off single from the LP, "Sometimes I Feel So Deserted," Ed Simons and Tom Rowlands have unveiled one of the hotly anticipated collaborations "Go" with Q-Tip. The "Hey Boy Hey Girl" duo team up with noted, inventive, screenwriter and director Michel Gondry to direct the eccentric music video that features seven women walking around a deserted town rowing and performing synchronized dances with long metallic poles. Watch the video below.

  • The Chemical Brothers Announce Album 'Born in the Echoes' Featuring Beck, St. Vincent, Release Single 'Sometimes I Feel So Deserted' [LISTEN]

    After five long years, The Chemical Brothers are back with a new single and more importantly, a new album. The duo of Ed Simons and Tom Rowlands have been instrumental in pioneering big beat electronic music and bringing it to pop, notably in the UK with five number one albums. Following up their 2010 LP, Further, the pair breaks up the longest spell of their career without releasing a studio album with Born In Echoes. The LP will feature the likes of St. Vincent, Beck and Q-Tip. To go with the album announcement, they have released the lead single from the LP titled "Sometimes I Feel So Deserted."

  • Derrick Carter, Legendary House DJ, Speaks On Cultural Smudging In Dance Music

    Over the past week, the hip hop community has been embroiled in controversy and debate over "cultural misappropriation" or cultural smudging," notably directed at Iggy Azalea the new white chick on the block. Everyone from Azealia Banks (of course), to T.I., to Lupe Fiasco to Q-Tip have weighed in on the topic, 140 characters at a time on Twitter. Derrick Carter, one of the original house DJs from Chicago, is looking to start that dialogue in dance music. As reported by The Fader, Carter shared his thoughts on his personal Facebook about how dance music has become noticeably whiter since its days origins as a gay and black genre.
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