15 Unexpected Musical Collaborations

By Riley Ubben at 8:49 AM on June 23, 2011

The news of Lou Reed and Metallica making an album together elicited many different reactions, from Velvet Underground fans crying, “Sell out!” to Metallica fans asking, “Who’s Lou Reed?”...  read more

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Kanye West Leaked Song is a Fake

By Riley Ubben at 11:05 AM on June 16, 2011

Island Def Jam has released a statement on the recent leak thought to be “Mama’s Boyfriend,” a song that was left off of Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. According to West’s label, the song is not produced by the rapper—someone simply got ahold of the rapper’s vocal track and made their own version of the tune. West is apparently “deeply disappointed” that a song so dear to his heart was released by someone else....  read more

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Hear a New Song from Kanye West

By Riley Ubben at 10:28 AM on June 15, 2011

A track that didn’t make it onto Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy leaked onto the web yesterday, prompting G.O.O.D. Music Blog to post a free download of the song....  read more

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Kanye West, Jay-Z Watch the Throne Tracklist Released?

By Andrea Kszystyniak at 5:45 PM on June 7, 2011

A tracklist for Jay-Z and Kanye West’s collaboration Watch The Throne hit the Internet recently. Hopefully the dynamic duo will bring better offerings than the sloppy verses on not-so-epic first single, H.A.M. which is quite notably missing from this final list....  read more

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Kanye West Releases Finished "Monster" Video

By Riley Ubben at 12:30 PM on June 6, 2011

Kanye West released his gruesome music video for “Monster” on his website yesterday. The grisly clip, which kicks off with a shot of a hanging female corpse, was found by many to be offensive to women after an unfinished version leaked back in December....  read more

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Artists Remember Gil Scott-Heron

By Caitlin Peterkin at 6:00 PM on June 2, 2011

The world lost one of the pioneers of hip hop, rap and neo-soul when Gil Scott-Heron passed away on Friday, May 27, at the age of 62....  read more

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Summerfest Announces Complete 2011 Lineup

By Andrea Kszystyniak at 12:45 PM on June 2, 2011

Milwaukee’s Summerfest is the big kahuna of music festivals. The 11-day event boasts over 700 bands shared between 11 stages, and it’s been rightfully tagged the world’s largest music festival. This year’s festival will run from June 29-July 10....  read more

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Download Kanye West's Coachella Set

By China Reevers at 4:00 PM on May 11, 2011

Most have already seen Kanye West’s Coachella set online, but now the audio is available for download....  read more

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The 20 Best Hip-Hop/Rock Collaborations

By Max Blau at 9:10 AM on May 2, 2011

Last week, Big Boi unexpectedly revealed that he's been working together with Modest Mouse on the band's forthcoming record. Here's a look back at some of our favorite hip-hop/rock collaborations throughout the past several decades.  read more

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Iron & Wine, Kanye West, Lykke Li To Play Flow Festival

By China Reevers at 9:30 AM on April 22, 2011

A few of our favorite artists will be heading to Finland to perform at the eighth annual Flow Festival. Lykke Li, Iron & Wine and Kanye West have been confirmed to appear at the three-day music festival to be held in the capital city of Helsinki....  read more

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