• Junk Mail: 'Empire' Season 1 Original Soundtrack Review

    The Empire Original Soundtrack works great as a soundtrack to a musical soap opera. Outside of the show's context, most of the songs wouldn't have much commercial viability in today's market. So the show could definitely benefit from following current production trends in today's mainstream. The songs that are able to stand on their own usually don't blatantly follow the show's storyline. However, the vocal performances shine through on each song, proving that these cast members have a lot of musical talent.

  • Hillary Clinton Used Private Email for 'Convenience,' Not Deception

    After days of scandal swirling around her, Hillary Clinton finally decided that it was in her best interest to address the scandal surrounding her email head-on today, March 10. She has conceded that it would have been in her best interest to only use her governmental email account while serving as U.S. secretary of state, but also insists that she did nothing to compromise security or her position by using a different server. It has been confirmed that she has turned more than 55,000 pages of documents for scrutiny to see exactly which details were shared over an unsecured server. She said she used the private email for "convenience," not deception.

  • Damon Dash Wants To Work With Kanye West On Anything But Music

    Damon Dash, the first man to sign Kanye West as a rapper to Roc-A-Fella Records is now looking to work with Yeezy on anything other than music. Speaking to Page Six, he said that he plans to rival major Hollywood directors and hopes that West will join him in some creative capacity.

  • A-Trak Genius Annotations: "Push" DJ Says He Introduced Kanye to Daft Punk

    The relationship between A-Trak and Kanye West goes a long way back. The "Push" DJ was Kanye's touring DJ back in the mid-2000s and scratched on 'Graduation' and 'Late Registration.' Adding to the intrigue, A-Trak went on Genius, the crowd-sourced lyric website that provides backstories and context for songs, to give his side of the story for how records were made when he was directly involved with Kanye, including the fact that he introduced Kanye to Daft Punk's music.

  • Modest Mouse Planning 'Stranges to Ourselves' Follow-Up Already: New Album Could Be "Strange"

    Modest Mouse waited eight years between releasing its albums We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank and Strangers to Ourselves, and now it seems like the band's fans will never have to wait that long again. In recent interviews, the "Lampshades on Fire" band admitted that the follow-up to its upcoming album is already under works - and get ready, because things could get a little weird with it.
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