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Mannhattan-based label TufAmerica is suing Jay Z over an alleged bit of uncleared sample use. The lawsuit filed by the label claims that Jigga used samples from the 1969 Eddie Bo track "Hook and Sling" in his 2009 Rihanna collaboration "Run This Town." heyguysdidjahearslowpoke.jpg Read More »
You remember that brawl involving Frank Ocean and Chris Brown earlier this year? Like most of the negative parts of Breezy's life, it keeps rearing it's ugly head. Ocean's cousin pressed charges against the "Fine China" singer earlier this year and (because Brown doesn't seem to understand the idea of public perception) Brown is countersuing, claiming that he was kicked and punched by the suit's filer. Read More »
Yuck continue to prove themselves to be a resilient bunch of mothers. After their lead singer/main songwriter bailed following their self-titled debut, Yuck moved away from the tweegaze of their first album and released the excellent follow-up Glow And Behold. Read More »
As was expected, Kanye West plead "not guilty" to battery charges stemming from an incident outside LAX earlier this year. After a photographer hassled West, he can be seen on video stepping toward the pap and reaching for his camera. Read More »
Good news for folks in the Midwest and west-west. Chance the Rapper is extending his Social Experiment Tour with eight more stops. The man behind the frontrunner for mixtape of the year Acid Rap will bring his strange croon to the fly-overs and beyond. Read More »
After catching some flack for collaborating with Eminem (whose lyrics have been, at times, anti-gay), Sia has decided to donate all proceeds from her MMLP2 deluxe edition track to a charity that benefits homeless LGBT youths. Read More »
"Too Much", the collaboration between Young Turks-signee Sampha and Drake off Nothing Was The Same, was definitely a standout from a so-so album and the best part of the track didn't hail from Toronto. Read More »
Sweet infant Jeebus, this is awesome. Busta Rhymes, Kanye West, Lil Wayne and Q-Tip have teamed up for an incredible crossover between the two biggest collectives in hip-hop, YMCMB and GOOD Music. The resulting track is the excellent throwback "Thank You" which features Tip and Busta Buss trading lines like it's "Scenario." Read More »
Stop me if you've heard this one before. Chief Keef is heading to a court-ordered detention. The "Love Sosa" rapper will spend 90 days in a treatment program after failing multiple drug tests (which are a violation of the young rapper's probation stemming from multiple offenses over the last two years). Read More »
The long-awaited M.I.A. documentary is finally back on track, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The inside-look at the Matangi rapper was set to be a companion piece to her new album, but got derailed when director Steve Loveridge bailed on the project in July. Read More »
Details surrounding Britney Spears' latest album Britney Jean have been relatively sparse, so it's nice to hear any news surrounding the project. Producer William Orbit recently spoke on the new album (and his contribution "Alien") to NME. Read More »
If you haven't heard the plinky, bouncing pop of Thao & the Get Down, Stay Down, the music video for "Feeling Kind" is a pretty nice place to start. The title track off of The Feeling Kind EP, a five-song effort that contains covers of the Troggs and Yo La Tengo, holds the honor of being the first video to film on the San Francisco's Bay Bridge- with lead singer Thao Nguyen marching across the newly opened structure. Read More »
David Blaine is all set to blow some celebrity minds with his upcoming TV special, Real Or Magic. The stunts are said to be a move away from the major spectacles that Blaine has performed over the last several years, with Blaine showing off his tricks in the homes of A-listers, including Yeezus himself, Kanye West. Read More »
