Mike WiLL Made It would like to be known as St. Nicholas from now on (because he keeps dropping mixtapes in December, you see). His latest, Mike WiLL Been TriLL, serves as a recap of his world-dominating 2013 while throwing in some new collaborations on top for good measure. Read More »
What is it with big name stars and not clearing their samples?"Bound 2" , the popularly derided track off Kanye West's critically lauded latest album, has landed the rapper in hot water. According to NY Daily News, Kanye is being sued over the sample that serves as the backbone for the entire track. Read More »
It's no secret that superproducer Pharrell is a massive Star Trek fan. Hell, the name of his label is Star Trak. Still, I didn't expect Skateboard P's interview skills to be on par with his fandom when he sat down with Leonard Nimoy (Spock from the original series). Read More »
Ciara's fifth album Ciara, is an incredible, futurist jaunt through everything that is good about modern R&B. It is one of the best albums of 2013, no genre classifications. Full stop. Read More »
Need a healthy dose of surrealism in your Christmas Eve? Check out this video of holiday well-wishing from Iggy Pop. Read More »
So...Selena Gomez apparently wasn't selling too well in Australia. She's canceled the Oz leg of her Stars Dance tour, citing the same reason that every rich white girl gives for a European vacation after graduation. Ms. Gomez needs to "find herself." Read More »
I thought I had left Against Me! behind in the margins of my middle school composition books. However, the Gainesville punk rockers are making a strong case to be allowed back into my life with the two solid singles they've released ahead of their upcoming album, Transgender Dysphoria Blues. Read More »
Justin Bieber raps now. This is just something that we're going to have to accept (much like we did with Miley). The Canadian teenybopper, who already has a track called "What's Hatnin" under his belt, added another track to his rap oeuvre on the remix of Sage The Gemini's "Gas Pedal." Read More »
Chief Keef has had an incredibly troubling year, that wasn't made any easier to watch by the Chiraq youngster's release of two sub-par mixtapes. However, the rapper has taken steps to turn himself around, and that change in direction is reflected in the leaked tracks off his upcoming mixtape Bang Pt. 3. Read More »
Sadly, that Flaming Lips/Ke$ha crossover album will likely never come roaring to terrifying life. However, K-E-dollar sign-HA is not one to be discouraged so easily. She's already hard at work on a follow-up to Warrior and she showed off a few snippets of new material on her reality TV series My Crazy Beautiful Life. Read More »
Dev Hynes, more commonly known by his stage name of Blood Orange, put out one of the best albums of 2013 in Cupid Deluxe. Unfortunately, the last month has been terrible for Hynes. His longtime friendship with Solange Knowles fell apart publicly and, on December 16, his apartment caught fire, killing his dog Cupid and burning all of Hynes' earthly possesions. Read More »
UGGHHHH. Now, "FuckWitMeYouKnowIGotIt" was a pretty good song off of Jay Z's so-so Magna Carta Holy Grail, but it's safe to say HOV has returned Rosay's favor and then some on the new track "The Devil Is A Lie" from Rick Ross' upcoming album Mastermind. Read More »
You know how we previously reported that Angel Haze's Dirty Gold would drop in March? Apparently that wasn't quick enough for the quick-spitting femcee. After her label Island wouldn't bump up the release date, Haze leaked the album as a big ol' eff you. Surprisingly, instead of dropping the young, commercially untested rapper, Island caved to the demands of Haze and moved the release date to December 30. Read More »