• AC/DC Blast Off Black Ice Tour
• Tedder Reacts to Clarkson/Beyoncé Dust-Up
• Guitar Hero 5: Complete Track List Revealed
• Investigators Seek Jackson Alias Records
• Grab a Piece of Pearl Jam’s Backspacer Art
• Green Day’s Idiot Musical Team Grows
• Q&A: Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine
• Anvil Hit the Studio, Grab Slash for Book
• Demi Lovato, Jackson Lead the [...]

July 29th, 2009 | Category: 4 | Leave a comment

MC says he’ll release rock/hip-hop LP once his Young Money label is in order.By Shaheem Reid

Lil Wayne

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Lil Wayne is in no rush to put out his Rebirth LP. The record’s release has been pushed back repeatedly, and no concrete date has been announced. Weezy says he’s been working on the LP, but [...]

July 29th, 2009 | Category: 4 | Leave a comment

‘I called you out, Chris Brown!’ Legacy jokes.By Steven Roberts

New Boyz Legacy and Ben J

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Every so often, a new dance craze comes along to captivate the hearts and minds of people all over the world. Whether it’s the Macarena or Soulja Boy Tell’em’s Crank That, the dance becomes a staple at summer barbeques, [...]

July 29th, 2009 | Category: 4 | Leave a comment

• Drugs, Computers Taken In Jackson’s Doctor Raid; Cause of Death Likely to Be Ruled Homicide
• Phish Announce Festival 8 In California
• Blink-182 Play First Night Of Reunion Tour
• Van Halen Recovering After Hand Surgery
• Jane’s Addiction Cancels Australian Tour
• Video: Juliette Lewis Goes Acoustic
• Video: Art Brut Unplug “Emily Kane,” More
• Michael Jackson’s Nurse [...]

July 24th, 2009 | Category: 4 | Leave a comment

The Dead Weather, “Treat Me Like Your Mother” [Diplo Remix]
Has Jack White heard this yet? And does he even like remixes? The whole thing seems antithetical to what we like to call “essential Jack-ness.” We’d like to think a Jack White version of a remix is simply setting his turntable to the wrong speed. Diplo [...]

July 24th, 2009 | Category: 4 | Leave a comment

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Following the raid on the Houston office of Michael Jackson’s personal physician Dr. Conrad Murray, court documents revealed that prescription medication, Rolodex cards, computer hard drives and much more were removed as investigators continue to search for “evidence of the offense of manslaughter,” CNN writes. Also among the removed items were a suspension notice [...]

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The reunited band is goofy, loud and self-effacing, but certainly not nostalgic.By James Montgomery

Blink-182 perform in Las Vegas on Thursday

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LAS VEGAS — “Motherf—, sh–, f—.” Those were Blink-182’s first words to the fans on Thursday night at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, two songs into the first show on their [...]

July 24th, 2009 | Category: 4 | Leave a comment

Plus: DJ Drama offers details on his new tape with Gucci Mane, in Mixtape Daily.By Shaheem Reid

Swizz Beatz

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Behind The Beats: Swizz Beatz, Part 1

What’s good, homies? For this section, we usually go hard in the studio with one of the top producers or DJs, but this is Swizzy — he always has a [...]

July 24th, 2009 | Category: 4 | Leave a comment

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