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 Perry was the most original star in the first place.
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Anyway, if you’re curious, read on to check out the music video for yourself.
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 worth checking out later this week…
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 a couple months since his massively successful release My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy hit shelves, and he says he’s already working on another album for a summer release.
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, the New Pornographers and – hello! – a reunited Big Audio Dynamite are just a notable handful of the 100-plus acts on the bill.
The festival runs from April 15-April 17 at the Empire Polo Fields in Indio, Calif.
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, when the duo debuted the first single from their collaboration on Facebook, Rolling Stone reports.
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 ‘a great hip hop record.’
