• Spotify Reportedly Entering Web Video Business — Competing with YouTube?

    As streaming services become more and more ubiquitous across society, the more their moves will have an impact on the music industry and the tech world at large. Swedish streaming giant, Spotify, is reportedly plotting a move into the crowded web video business. According to reports, Spotify has been reaching out to several different media players about potential partnerships. Some of these companies specialize in creating content for YouTube and are looking to acquire content and co-create original video series.

  • Aphex Twin Deletes Cryptic Soundcloud Page, Uploads Demos to YouTube

    Aphex Twin always like to keeps thing interesting. Today without warning, Richard D. James decided to delete all of the demos he had uploaded to his cryptic soundcloud account, "user48736353001." The page is still live, but currently has no public music on, which could mean he deleted everything or made them all private. There is one message for the fans - "I AM NOT RICHARD" and links to YouTube playlist where the over 200 songs are now housed.

  • Chief Keef, Jeremih, Yung Berg In Studio Making "Hit Records"

    When Chief Keef announced his upcoming album, 'Tha Cozart,' he revealed that he has 300,000 songs. They may not all be done, but that is a pretty staggering number of tracks for one artist who can't even drink legally in the United States. It appears that he is adding some more songs to that tally. According to social media posts last night, Sosa is working in the studio with Jeremih and Yung Berg in the studio starting "hit records." Also joining them are noted producers Red Café and Hitmaka, who will give something from these three a higher level of production.

  • First Look: Quentin Tarantino's 'The Hateful Eight' Cast

    A handful of cast members from Quentin Tarantino's latest film, "The Hateful Eight," have been given a first-look feature on the cover of Entertainment Weekly. Three members of the bountiful, star-studded cast, Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell and Jennifer Jason Leigh garnish the magazine cover in promotion of Tarantino's movie.

  • Lorde's New Album Inspired by Robyn's 'Dancing on My Own'

    Lorde is in the midst of writing her second studio album, and it seems as though she's finding some inspiration from Robyn. Today (May 7), the "Yellow Flicker Beat" singer posted a lengthy note on her tumblr about her love of music and revealed that "Dancing On My Own" has inspired her Pure Heroine follow-up.

  • Chance The Rapper Talks Kanye West, TIDAL, Baltimore At Harvard Lecture

    Universities have been very open to hip-hop acts recently with artists like Lil B and Killer Mike lecturing at some the United States' finest institutes of higher education including MIT and NYU. Last week, Harvard invited Chicago's Chance The Rapper to speak at their Hiphop Archive & Research Institute. Chance touched on a variety of important and relevant topics related to his own music and world around him including Kanye West, the protests in Baltimore and how TIDAL compares to other streaming services.

  • Rich Homie Quan Teams With Migos' Offset For New Song "Trap House" Off 'The Leak' Mixtape [LISTEN]

    Although Migos members Quavo and Takeoff were recently released on bail, previously convicted felon Offset wasn't so lucky. He remains behind bars with even more charges slapped on due to a prison fight. However, new music has emerged from the incarcerated rapper on a track from Rich Homie Quan called "Trap House," which is featured alongside material from Young Thug, Yak and Birdman on DJ Dubble D and DJ Scooby ATL's upcoming mixtape, The Leak.
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