• Madonna And Chance The Rapper Working Together? Both Artists Post Photos To Instagram

    It appears that Chance the Rapper is the latest artist to join Madonna's upcoming follow-up to 2012's MDNA. Throughout the process of recording the album, Madge has been posting photos of her collaborators to Instagram, including Nicki Minaj, Diplo, and Natalia Kills. Now Chance has joined that list. What's more, Madonna gave the Chicago MC an electric Razor Scooter.

  • Watch Notorious B.I.G's Son CJ Wallace Rap [Watch]

    Like father, like son. Christopher Wallace, known to most as Notorious B.I.G, is considered by many to be among the greatest rappers of all time, if not the greatest. He was taken from us too soon, but his legacy was passed on through his son, CJ Wallace.

  • Blur's "Parklife" Is Being Used To Mock Russell Brand On The Internet

    One of the defining traits of comedian Russell Brand is his heavy Cockney accent, and when coupled with his tendency towards rambling wordiness, it can often make for some incomprehensible sound bites, and least for American audiences. According to The Independent, however, one twitter user has come up with a perfect, succint way to mock the comedian: after anything he says, simply shout "Parklife!"

  • Kygo Previews New Song [Listen]

    There are few DJs / producers out there right now with the amount of hype as Kygo. His remixes on soundcloud have racked up millions of plays and have been championed by the likes of Diplo, Coldplay and Ed Sheeran. He took to his Facebook (via Dancing Astronaut) to show an all too short snippet of what an upcoming track would sound like.

  • Stream Bobby Shmurda's Debut EP 'Shmurda She Wrote' Ahead of November 10 Release [LISTEN]

    The Shmoney Dance. Everyone has heard of it, everyone has seen it, everyone knows it. Brooklyn native Ackquille Jean Pollard has stormed the Internet with his single "Hot N---a" and is now looking to show he is the real deal with a five-track, debut EP: "Shmurda She Wrote."The EP, which premiered on mtv.com, comes out as "Hot N---a" is only getting bigger every day. It has peaked so far at No. 8 on the "Billboard" Top 100 charts and has had an even bigger impact on pop culture. Everyone from athletes to musicians to celebrities have all been doing the Shmoney Dance. He has turned that Internet buzz into something legitimate, getting signed to Epic Records and nods from big-name rappers like Drake and Jay-Z.The EP, to be released Nov. 10, can now be streamed, is five songs long and includes the infamous "Hot N---a" and the now-"Billboard"-Top-100 track "Bobby B---h," as well as three new ones: "World Wide N---a", "Live Life" and "Wipe the Case Away." The three new tunes have features from Ty Real and Rowdy Rebel.

  • Kendrick Lamar Freestyle Raps Over Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off" [LISTEN]

    Kendrick Lamar and Taylor Swift's mutual admiration has been well documented this year. First the "Shake It Off" songstress danced awkwardly at the 2014 Grammy's to Kendrick Lamar's "m.A.A.d city"/ "Radioactive" mash-up performance with Imagine Dragons, then she told Rolling Stone in her cover story that Lamar's "Backseat Freestyle" is her preferred method of relieving stress.

  • Lil B to Lecture at MIT Later This Month

    Bay Area rapper Lil B has made quite a nice (and unexpected) side career for himself on the lecture circuit, giving speeches at colleges such as New York University, the University of California Riverside, and Virginia Tech. Today, the 25-year-old rapper announced his next speaking engagement via twitter, which will take place at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) later this month on Nov. 21.

  • FKA twigs Gives Stunning Performance of 'Two Weeks' on 'Jimmy Fallon' [WATCH]

    She may have missed out on the Mercury Prize, but FKA twigs’s star is still quickly on the rise. On last night’s episode of "The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon," the British R&B singer — and girlfriend of Robert Pattinson, it should be noted — performed her LP1 single “Two Weeks,” complete with a light show and stunning “air sculptures,” which "Pitchfork" noted were created by artist Daniel Wurtzel.You can check out FKA twigs’s "Tonight Show" performance of “Two Weeks” here:“Two Weeks” was the first single to be released from FKA twigs's debut album "LP1," which was released in August.

  • Taylor Swift Tops Digital Downloads Chart with 'Blank Space' while 'Style' Debuts at No. 8; Meghan Trainor Hangs On

    Taylor Swift absolutely dominated the Billboard 200 this week and she managed to top the Digital Downloads chart as well, although it took far less effort. "Blank Space" became the third track from 1989 to earn the "most downloaded" title (along with "Shake It Off" and "Out Of The Woods"), as the song moved 155,000 downloads, and that's not counting the nearly 1.3 million people who got the track along with the album.

  • Dave Grohl Calls Bands Who Perform Old Albums in Full 'Lazy,' Considers Re-Recording Foo Fighters's Debut Album

    Dave Grohl has long been a champion for authenticity in music, famously using his 2012 Grammy speech to celebrate "the human element of music," and in a recent "NME" interview, the Foo Fighters frontman was at it again, denouncing the recent trend of bands going on nostalgia tours to perform their old albums in full."F--k, man! I don't like it when a band's tour is just to play one past record," Grohl vented to "NME." "I f--king hate that. I don't like it when bands do that. It's presumptuous. It's lazy."The topic of these nostalgia tours came up when Grohl was discussing the Foo Fighters's plans for their upcoming 20th anniversary, which at one point included a re-recording of the band's self-titled 1995 debut album, which Grohl originally recorded by himself in a matter of days.
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