eminem Reviews, Interviews & More

News Roundup: Grimes Defends Beyonce, Psy and Mariah Carey, Eminem To...

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Futuristic singer Grimes, a.k.a. Claire Boucher, spoke out on behalf of Beyonce, Korean pop singer PSY and Mariah Carey this week. She wrote a thoughtful post on why these people matter. Also, Eminem is definitely releasing a new album this year. According to his label's president, it's coming very soon (like right after Memorial Day soon). All that and more...

News Roundup: Eminem Announces New Album On Hat, Avett Brothers Pay...

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Eminem has said he's prepping his next album, but until now hadn't revealed when exactly his follow-up to Recovery would be released. This week, we got that confirmation... on a hat. The rapper announced that his next record would arrive in 2013. Also, the lawsuit filed against Britney Spears was finally thrown out due to insufficient evidence. And the Avett Brothers...

50 Cent Announces New Album, Releases New Single

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50 Cent’s fifth record is finally set for release, as the long gestating album has just been given a release date of November 13th.  Following in the footsteps of his other, equally subtle album titles—Get Rich or Die Tryin’, The Massacre, Curtis, and Before I Self Destruct—the new album is called Street King...

Pop Music Sweeps The People's Choice Awards 2012

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The People’s Choice Awards of 2012 were held last night in Los Angeles, and, in addition to actually handing an award out to Kim Kardashian for “Best Celebrity” (seriously), the awards ceremony further pointed out its obsolescence and pointlessness by doling out best music awards to such illustrious musicians as Maroon 5, Demi Lovato, and, of course,...

Halloween Special: Top 10 Musicians To Dress As For Halloween

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It’s that time of year again, when you get to spend the weekend dressed up as your favorite pop culture figure, or gals can dress up as a sexy cat, a sexy nurse, a sexy tomato, a sexy pocket calculator, or whatever else you can wear a short skirt and fishnets with.  We thought we’d take a moment here at Beatcrave to offer up a few last minute suggestions for those of you...

Lollapalooza Celebrates Twenty Years With a Virtual Time Capsule

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Lollapalooza, the music and arts festival conceived by Jane's Addiction frontman Perry Farrell, will be celebrating its twentieth anniversary this year. The festival itself is still months away--it runs from August 6-8 in Chicago's Grant Park--but Babble is reporting that a virtual time capsule has been created on the official website to commemorate two decades of musical...

Eminem Becomes Most Popular Star on Facebook. Ever.

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We used to measure popularity in sales, but with the Facebook generation slowly taking over, it seems that "likes" are just as significant as dollars these days. If that's so, then it's big news for one star. Forget The Beatles, Madonna or Elvis. According to Facebook, Eminem is the biggest star of all time.

Eminem Outpaces Lady Gaga As Facebook's Most 'Liked' Artist

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Proving that glowering and squinting a lot –because you’re just so tough!—as well as the fact the Empire is truly burning to the ground around us, MTV reported the questionable news that Eminem has now superseded Lady Gaga and is nipping at Michael Jackson’s heels as Facebook’s most ‘Liked’ living artist, probably because such living artists as Don DeLillo, Paul McCartney, and...

Bonnaroo Announces 2011 Lineup! It's Pretty Good!

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With music festival season on its way we've been getting a lot of news lately about the lineups of the various shows, but what we heard regarding Bonnaroo had generally been little more than rumor and hearsay. Luckily the wait is over and the official lineup for this year has been announced. Read on to see who made the cut...

Lollapalooza to Feature Muse, Foo Fighters and Eminem?

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It's a few months off, but a valid source--The Chicago Tribune--seems to believe we've already identified a few artists who will be headlining the Lollapalooza music and arts festival this year. According to the article, none other than the Foo Fighters, Muse and Eminem will be taking the stage between August 5 and 7.

Eminem Will Appear In Lipton Brisk Super Bowl Commercial‎

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Eminem is partnering with Lipton Brisk Iced Tea for a TV spot that debuts Sunday during the first quarter of Super Bowl XLV between the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Reportedly paid a cool $1 million for appearing as a claymation character, Eminem (aka Marshall Mathers) was provided a heavy dose of creative freedom to help develop the idea...

The Best Concerts of 2010

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Even when it seems as though half of the music you hear these days has been processed and auto-tuned to death, the fact is that there are still plenty of artists out there with raw talent, and the best way to recognize this is to catch their live shows. 2010 was a great year for concert-goers of all tastes. Whether you like country-pop, rap, indie rock, and whether you prefer festivals, concert...

Eminem and Rihanna's Sequel to Love the Way You Lie Leaks Online

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Odds are, you've heard Eminem's hit song "Love the Way You Lie" featuring guest vocals by Rihanna. Released as single from the album Recovery, the tune landed on the top spot of 23 different charts and managed to hold that position for weeks in most cases. Well, love him or hate him, Eminem sure knows how to write a hit, and he's a pretty smart businessman. When you've got something...

Eminem Goes on '60 Minutes' And Sounds Like A Changed Man

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Love him or hate him, you can't deny Eminem has talent. The rapper appeared on last night's  episode of "60 Minutes" where he was interviewed by journalist Anderson Cooper. Eminem talked about his life story which most of us have read about a few times, only here he goes into serious detail about the events that made him the man he is today. Check out some highlights...

MTV VMAs 2010 Video Roundup: Taylor Swift, Kanye West, Florence And The...

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MTV VMAs 2010 Video Roundup: Taylor Swift, Kanye West, Florence And The Machine and More
Another year has gone by and and another batch of unnecessary awards shows have also occurred to capitalize on the teen market who ave no clue the "M" in  MTV used to stand for Music Television. Honing in on reality shows such as the filthy Jersey Shore and getting the best B-list celebrity talk show host to talk smack about A-list celebrities (via Chelsea Handler)...

Eminem To Open The MTV Video Music Awards

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With eight nominations in hand, Eminem will open Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. You could spend a good deal of time arguing whether or not the annual awards show is worth the fuss, but the VMAs continue to roll mightily along, with no problems attracting plenty of heavyweight entertainers. Eminem might not be at the...

Jay-Z and Eminem Kick Off 'Home To Home' Tour, Empire State of Mind Is...

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Jay-Z and Eminem Kick Off 'Home to Home' Tour, Empire State of Mind Is Focus of Glee
Jay-Z and Eminem have reunited once again. They said they were going to do it in a big way and that's exactly what they last night. To kick off their "Home to Home" tour - a few select dates where they will perform four concerts together - they took over Detroit's Comerica Park last night with guest appearances. According to Hip-Hop Wired, guests from the...

Katy Perry Knocks Eminem From Number 1 Spot

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Last week, Katy Perry released her latest album Teenage Dream, which debuted at number one of the Billboard 200 chart. She knock summer mainstay Eminem down a peg with the disc that sold 192,000 copies. Granted that's nothing compared to what Em or several other artists did their first week out the gate but it was good enough to claim the crown -- for this week at...