Iggy and the Stooges announced thier new album, Ready To Die, in February on the 40th anniversary of their 1973 proto-punk classic Raw Power. Now, the new music from the Stooges is finally here and can be streamed in full via NPR. Read More »
French electro giants Daft Punk have one more accolade to add to their long, illustrious career. Their debut single "Get Lucky" off of their upcoming new album Random Access Memories now owns the record for most streamed track in a single day on Spotify. Read More »
Rihanna has been ill recently, forcing her to cancel four stops on her massive "Diamonds" world tour (and kicking up a storm of pregnancy rumors after the she got back together with Chris Brown). And it appears that no one understands the Bajan beauty's predicament more than fellow superstar recording artist and boyfriend Brown. Read More »
Azealia Banks days of Twitter beefing may be over. The "212" and "Yung Rapunxel" rapper tweeted that she had to "turn over her password" on Friday (it didn't specify to whom). Read More »
In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings and subsequent manhunt, Americans and in particular the people of Boston have banded together in the face of tragedy. You have stories of everyday people scrambling toward explosions to help bombing victims, a tear-jerking rendition of the National Anthem at the Bruins game, funny men showing off their patriotic pride... and now there's one more example, an electronic billboard off of I-93 that sends a straightforward message to the bombing suspects. "COWARDS," it says before changing to the message "Pray for Boston." Read More »
Talib Kweli has never been what you would call softspoken. The activist and concious rapper has always been more than willing to let his feelings be known on any number of subjects. In a recent interview with AllHipHop, he let his feelings be known about a number of recent news stories including the controversy of Beyonce and Jay-Z's Cuba trip and the scandal surrounding Rick Ross' questionable lines in Rocko's "UOENO." Read More »
Snoop Lion's full on rasta transformation (complete with new t-shirts, an iPad app and a documentary) has left many fans wondering what new Snoop will sound like. We've heard a few snippets here and there, be they all-in-the-family jams like "No Guns Allowed" or the Miley Cyrus duet "Ashtrays and Heartbreak", but we have yet to here the Dogg (sorry, Lion) in full. That all can change today as Reincarnated, Snoop's first album under the Lion moniker, is available to stream in full. Read More »
The buzz surrounding Daft Punk's new album Random Access Memories has reached a fever-pitch, and just in time the duo have released "Get Lucky", the Pharrell Williams collaboration/ lead single off of the album. They also gave the world a track-by track breakdown of RAM... to the magazine Le Nouvel Observatuer... in French. However, thanks to the wonders of living in the future (i.e. Google Translate), I can bring you the highlights from the break down. Read More »
While sources continue to say that Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth have postponed their marriage, it appears the situation may be more serious than we thought. Miley posted a pic to her Twitter that clearly shows her without her engagement ring once again. Read More »
The heavy metal icons of Black Sabbath are no stranger to the provocative. Ever since their inception, the group helmed by Ozzy Osbourne have invited and thrived upon controversy. And their latest foray back into the musical realm appears to be no different as they are offering a early peak at their new album 13 with the single "God is Dead." Read More »
Apparently, nothing anyone can say can sway Beyonce on her costume choices. In spite of the confusion (and in some cases, outrage) generated by Bey's golden-nipple costume in her Serbian Mrs. Carter Show world tour debut, she continued to rock another, similar costume at her Croatian show. Read More »
Rick Ross was recently booted by his sponsor Reebok for dicey lyrics that appeared to be about date rape on the Rocko track "U.O.E.N.O." The song caused its fair share of controversy among women's groups culminating in three apologies from Ross (one of them actually good!) and a decision by Rocko to axe Ross from the songs remix. However, after all of that,Ross buddy French Montana thinks that Reebok should have "Taken It Light" on Ross. Read More »
Even though Miley Cyrus has ridiculous amounts of Disney money stashed away, apparently her father still covers a few of her expenses. According to Miley's Twitter, Miley's dad Billy Ray Cyrus still pays her phone bills. Check out the tweet below: Read More »