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New Year's Eve is always a great opportunity for a fresh start. It's a chance to get get rid of negative vibes and tell yourself that this year will be your year. Or if you've had an awesome year, it's a time to celebrate and party like it's 1999. Whatever you're mood may be, we want you to welcome 2012 with open arms. So we've compiled a list of songs that will set the mood just right this...
Without a doubt, 2011 was a year of great music. Wrapping up the year is no easy task, especially with so many new emerging artists hitting the indie scene and settled greats releasing records as good or better than their efforts decades prior. Our picks for the Top 20 Albums of the year cover a lot of ground, ranging from Indie Beard Rock to Spaghetti-Western, Rockabilly to Hip-Hop, and...
It’s that time of year again, when the meaningless award system known as “The Grammys” begins to dole out awards to people like Katy Perry and the Foo Fighters. The awards show won’t air until February 12, 2012, but the nominations were announced last night, during a concert which featured two performances by Lady Gaga (go ahead and sigh loudly right here).
Syl Johnson, soul legend and blues icon, is suing Kanye West and Jay-Z for sampling his 1967 song "Different Strokes" on their album Watch the Throne without permission and failing to give Johnson proper credit. Rolling Stone reports that Johnson filed a lawsuit against the klepto rappers in Illinois federal court on Friday, stating...
We "heard 'em say" (lots of pun intended) that the Kanye West and Maroon 5 will be performing at Victoria's Secret's Runway Show on November 29th, which will air on CBS. Get ready for people wearing lingerie while listening to "Runaway" and "Never Gonna Leave This Bed"--oh wait...well, get ready to watch people wear lingerie live, we suppose.
Sexual reproduction—homo sapiens have been using this process of meiosis and fertilization to genetically further our species since we first originated in Africa some 200,000 years ago. It is a method of reproduction that has generated such historically and culturally significant human beings as Gandhi, Napoleon, Alexander the Great, William Shakespeare, Adolf Hitler, Mother...
Aziz Ansari is everywhere these days—in addition to starring in NBC's Parks and Recreation, and showing up in the new flick 30 Minutes or Less (dig our compatriot’s review here), the comedian is now popping up in the video for Jay-Z and Kanye’s (a.k.a., Watch The Throne) new song, “Otis.”
Jay-Z has had a nice year so far, having released the insanely popular The Throne as part of his Watch the Throne collaboration with Kanye West, and now he’s rocketed to the top of another chart—Forbes Magazine’s top hip hop earners of the year.
Just in case you haven’t received your fill of Kanye West team-ups today (apparently, Kanye is joining forces with the likes of Hitler and Michael Jordan—go figure), his collaboration with Jay-Z, Watch the Throne, released their first record today, cleverly titled—you guessed it—The Thorne. And while full reviews have yet to start pouring in, the initial and early reactions...
Hey, remember when six million European Jews were systematically executed during World War II, and that one guy who ordered said Holocaust into action? You do? Hitler, right? Ok, good. And do you ever accidentally confuse him with a modern, egomaniacal pop star who likes to blog in all caps and wear goofy sunglasses? Oh, you don’t? Hm. Maybe someone should...
For reasons known only to them at this point, Jay-Z and Kanye West have pushed back the massive tour in support of their new album, Watch The Throne, from September and October to November and December. Whether or not it’s because they just need to run backstage and vomit has yet to be determined.
Well, it’s official—Jay-Z and Kanye West are teaming up to form a duo called The Throne, with the resultant clash of egos likely to destroy everything from here to Alpha Centuri. So you probably wanna catch them before that happens.
Katy Perry's fourth single from Teenage Dream, "E.T.," recently took the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100, and as of today, March 31, it's got an appropriately sci-fi themed music video to boost its popularity even further. Sure, the space romance theme may be lifted directly from Lady Gaga, but it's not like Katy...
South by Southwest is officially underway in Austin, Texas, and while the festival so far has been dominated by tech stories and film screenings, we're all waiting for the major music acts to begin taking the stage. As always, a dream lineup has been put together, featuring everyone from major names to obscure, hip artists. Read on to see what acts will be...
It's been a great year for music, but this roundup is about looking forward to the future. With potentially successful collaborations on the way, a major 21st century act returning to the stage, and a rich heiress trying desperately to remain relevant, audiophiles will have a lot to talk about in the coming months. Let's take a peek and see what's in store for us...
Say what you want about Kanye West--he certainly says what he wants about himself--but the man knows how to record a popular rap album, and unlike so many other major stars who struggle under the so-called burden of being labeled an "artist," he's extremely prolific, constantly at work on a solo project or collaboration.
That's a quality which shows no sign of waning in West; it's only been...
Okay, so it's exciting that Kings Of Leon, Arcade Fire and Kanye West have been announced as headliners for Coachella 2011, but the three days in the desert will feature a mighty collection of other, equally, if not more, exciting acts.
The Black Keys, Bright Eyes, Erykah Badu, Animal Collective, The National, Duran Duran,...
For fans of hip-hop, the collaboration between Kanye West and Jay-Z is nothing short of a dream come true. These two are modern legends, and although we find it kind of difficult to believe that Kanye would ever want to work with anyone other than himself, we must say that fans of this genre of music probably have a lot to look forward to. A lot of skeptics were probably silenced last night,...
Kanye West might be a lot of things these days—rapper, producer, walking sound byte generator, all-around jackass (hey, the president said it, not me)—but one thing he is not is Quincy Jones, at least according to, well, Quincy Jones.
The most anticipated record of the year dropped today - Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Ever since Mr. West debuted his 30-minute film, he's been getting praises from other artists left and right. La Roux's Elly Jackson was impressed by Kanye's choice in collaboration, to the point that she hails his latest as 'amazing,' 'massive,' and...
