Culture Desk
| Miles Davis's seismic 1970 double LP "Bitches Brew'' wasn't the first attempt to blend rock into jazz, but it was the one that caused a tectonic shift in the course of jazz. Suddenly everyone who wa...

The Books: Making Music Through Found Sound
| The experimental duo The Books has spent the last decade making music based on samples — snippets of audio that its members chop up and rearrange. Sample-based music is nothing new, but the wa...

Rosanne Cash Talks New Memoir, Relationship with Father
| As a resident of New York for the last two decades, readily admits that she's no longer up on the latest music coming out of Nashville. | � | But thanks to her 11-year-old son, Cash says she's kept ...

Chris Brown's 'Deuces' Tops R&B/Hip-Hop Charts
| Chris Brown is back on top of the charts. The singer has scored a #1 hit on Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop chart with "Deuces" featuring Tyga. The track is from the pair's mixtape, Fan of a Fan, which was ...

Lollapolooza is for lovers...and me
| I’m proud and not at all embarrassed to say that Lolla 2010 was my very first experience with one of the most popular music festivals of all time. Okay maybe just a little embarrassed. Regardl...

Raekwon Co-Directing 'C.R.E.A.M.' Movie
| 2010 is turning out to be a major year for Raekwon. After pulling off successful appearances with the rest of the Wu-Tang Clan at this summer's Rock the Bells Tour and jumping on a remix of Justin B...

Why do the CMAs keep snubbing Underwood for Entertainer of the Year?
| (EW.com) -- The 2010 CMA Awards nominations came out yesterday, and despite nine well-deserved nominations for Miranda Lambert, including Entertainer of the Year, most of the chatter was about the b...

Snoop Dogg To Have Song Featured in 'Rock Band'
| Rap and rock will collide once again - this time in a video game. | � | Fans of the hit game "Rock Band" will get a chance to jam to some hip-hop, thanks to . | � | He's the first solo rap artist to...

B.o.B. Breaks Through: A VMA Cheat Sheet
| B.o.B. isn't like most pop stars. He really isn't like most rap stars, either. But the guitar-strumming MC's mix of melodic rhymes and earnest songwriting has him up for a few Moonmen at the 2010 MT...

Art Institute of Pittsburgh's T-Rex goes Gaga
| So… Lady Gaga is playing in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania this weekend. To honour the great Gags’ visit, the Art Institute of Pittsburgh has “gaga-fied” their prized possession: t...

The Script Don't Forget!
03/09/2010 The Script's fantastic new single, For The First Time, will be out this Sunday! | Make sure you check iTunes out 1st thing Sunday morning to get your copy or check back to the official webs...

Cee Lo: I Wanted to 'Rock the Boat' with 'F**k You'
| C's viral smash, "Fuck You," may seem like it came out of the blue. But in reality, the singer had sat on the song for almost a year before it made its explosive arrival. | � | The track -- whose cl...

Snoop Dogg To Re-Team With Katy Perry
| Rapper Snoop Dogg is eager to reunite with Katy Perry in the studio, and has lined up the singer to appear on his next album. | The I Kissed A Girl hit-maker teamed up with Snoop on her internationa...

MTV VMAs: Backstage Is Where It's @!
| Everyone can watch the MTV Video Music Awards on MuchMusic Sunday September 12, 2010 @ 9PM ET but we’ve got a whole next experience just for you! Much is sending blogger extraordinaire and officia...

Nicki Minaj: Hip-hop's leading lady? If not her, who?
| /span>Nicki Minaj is hip-hop’s new leading lady. It’s been said many times in the past year, most recently in the subheadline of a reverential Paper magazine profile. The reason this has...

Eminem and Jay-Z rock Detroit with help from Dr. Dre, Drake, and so many more
| /span>Eminem and Jay-Z sharing a stage is an event in and of itself. But that wasn’t all the two rap titans had in store for the first night of their “Home and Home” mini-tour at D...

Terrific Twitter Trio of the Week
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Mighty Mouse (No 860)
| This London duo's 34-track opus invests disco with contemporary relevance, bringing together artists old and new Mighty Mouse ... disco dons sprinkling dust on to 70s classics | Hometown: London. | ...

How fast can Justin Bieber down a glass of milk?
| The question is simple: how fast do you think Justin Bieber can chug a pint of moo juice? As part of the “Make Mine Milk” campaign, Justin agreed to test his capacity to drink an entire ...

Ne-Yo says T.I. makes a lot of poor decisions
| LOS ANGELES — Ne-Yo says T.I. has had many chances — and it's time he gets his act together. | Ne-Yo told the Associated Press the fellow performer makes a lot of poor decisions when it come...

Snoop Dogg Becomes First Rapper Featured in 'Rock Band'
| Rap and rock will collide once again - this time in a video game. | � | Fans of the hit game "Rock Band" will get a chance to jam to some hip-hop, thanks to . | � | He's the first rap artist to be f...

Eminem and Jay-Z Headline Detroit Stadium Show
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WATCH: New B.o.B Clip Featuring Rivers Cuomo!
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Katy B: the girl on a mission to shake up the underground
| Hailed as the first lady of funky house and the last word in dubstep, Katy B is on the verge of great things. She tells us about chart success, her love affair with the underground, and why there ar...

Snoop Dogg Says Katy Perry Will Appear On His Next Album
| Snoop Dogg is in a "let's do it again" type of mood. | The rapper announced plans to work with Katy Perry again after the pair's "California Gurls" collaboration shot to the top of the iTunes single...

Ol' Dirty Bastard's Son Talks Touring With Wu-Tang Clan
| Fire Starter: Boy Jones | Just looking at 21-year-old Boy Jones, it's clear he's his father's son. Jones wears a T-shirt with an image of his pop, the late great , taking up most of the real estate ...

Eminem & Jay-Z joined by Drake, Dr. Dre, 50 Cent in Detroit
| What happens when the two biggest names in hip-hop come together? They bring the show of a lifetime. So was the case for fans of Eminem and Jay-Z, who gave the crowd at Comerica Park in Detroit last...

This week's Top 10 - Week of 9/11/2010
| This week presents a nice line up of the Top Summer Hits. They also feature songs that have charted simultaneously on the Pop/Adult/Rock and RnB/Hip Hop Charts.  Check it out below. | #1    Love...

Country duo Brooks & Dunn come full circle during last concert together in Nashville
| NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The first song Brooks & Dunn ever sang together has become their last. | The country music duo closed out a 20-year career at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena on Thursday night with ...

Is this the truth about women in hip-hop?
| A recent documentary offered female rappers the chance to tell their story in a bid to answer: where did all the women go? Missy Elliott ... 'a triple threat' because she writes, produces and perfor...

Add hip-hop to 'Rock Band' thanks to Snoop Dogg
| NEW YORK-Rap and rock will collide once again -- this time in a video game. | Fans of the hit game "Rock Band" will get a chance to jam to some hip-hop, thanks to Snoop Dogg. | He's the first rap ar...