Rumors Confirmed: Jay-Z Will Appear On First Single Off Dr. Dre's New Album
We reported that Dr. Dre's first album of the millennium would drop in 2008. And here we are two years later, still waiting... read more
Found in: Music, NewsDownload Nas' Remix of Gil Scott-Heron's "New York is Killing Me"
Download Nas’ remix of “New York is Killing Me” by Gil Scott-Heron. The original appears on Scott-Heron’s new album, I’m New Here. (Thanks to Vulturescott-heronsn.html for the tip.)... read more
Found in: Blogs, Free MP3Poultry Emotion: A 20-Piece Bucket o' Classic Chicken Songs
In honor of golden-throated Kentucky chicken farmer Kevin Skinner, who won the million-dollar grand prize on America's Got Talent last week, we offer this squawkingly great list of songs about the animal this new pop-cultural phenomenon used to spend so much time looking after... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayNas & Damian Marley Release Trailer for Distant Relatives
Nas and Damian Marley have had a collaboration album in the works for a few months now, although the dynamic duo have been tight-lipped on the details. The project seemed to hit a snag recently when Nas pushed the release back indefinitely, citing the stress of his divorce and the expected birth of his son next month. Well, we can all breathe as easily as Nas and Damian in a reefer-clouded studio booth because the first official trailer for the album, titled Distant Relatives, has just been revealed.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsRock The Bells
Hip-hop tours are notorious for low production values and distorted sound... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesNas and Damian Marley collaboration album on the way
The mutability of hip-hop is old news in 2009, with the genre's best and brightest tripping over themselves to ditch their 808s and cross sonic boundaries. So, no surprise that nasty Nas is cooking up a collaboration album with reggae giant Damian Marley.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsSundance 2009: Music Round-Up
Cee-Lo is best known by hipsters these days as the vocal half o Justin Nozuka Justin Nozuka is a name that you will be hearing a lot in the coming months. A Canadian of Japanese and American descent who’s still just 19 years old, he comes across as a bizarre blend of Michael Jackson and Jeff Buckley...in a good way. His set at Tatou was a stunner, and certainly a harbinger of great things to come. Nozuka has a gift of being sensitive without cloying, pleading without whining. His vocals have a beautifully immediate quality; there’s no artifice to be... read more
Found in: Blogs, Festivus, Film FestivalTVotR, The Roots, Cee-Lo, more re-imagine Nat King Cole
Recently, Pitchfork announced that Capitol/EMI and King Cole Partners & Productions are set to release a new disc of reworkings of Nat King Cole tunes by some of music's heavy hitters. And with that the tradition of tribute albums for recently deceased greats (sup, Elvis, Cash, Biggie and Waylon) continues. ... read more
Found in: Music, NewsMichael Eric Dyson to edit book about Nas' Illmatic
As hip-hop goes, calling Illmatic seminal is more than a simple understatement. Released in 1994, Nas' grim portrayal of his hardscrabble Queensbridge upbringing defined modern rap, and laid the groundwork for East-coast sound. Nasir Jones had changed the game at only 19 years old.... read more
Found in: Books, NewsDr. Dre says Detox will come out this year (no, seriously)
Dr. Dre has not had an album this millennium.Since Dre's Chronic follow-up 2001 (which, against the rules of logic, actually came out in 1999), the world's population has risen by approximately 80 million people, and assumedly at least half of these people have released a mixtape with a Lil Wayne feature by now.... read more
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