Music

Performing live at the Nassau Coliseum in Long Island, New York, revered Brit band Sade reportedly gave the crowd just what they wanted; a thorough show spanning their older, classic material and newer releases such as Soldier Of Love, including “The Moon and The Sky,” “The Sweetest Taboo,” “Is It A Crime,” “Love Is Stronger [...]

Many an aural crush Cee Lo Green has pulled out of Rihanna’s Loud tour, it has been announced, due to hectic scheduling and other commitments. “A rep for Cee Lo’s management told The New York Times that the Lady Killer’s hectic schedule including coaching gig on NBC’s hit show The Voice and preparations for a [...]

As the days get longer and the nights shorter, the need for much tranquil, relaxing music is necessary for those lazy, exhausting early evenings. Fortunately New York producer/beatsmith Jinesis is something of an aficionado when it comes to providing such a project. Bouncing and flipping samples around until left with a smooth new product, Jinesis’ [...]

Tyrese takes some time out from killing the blockbuster movie circuit and hits up the studio to release some brand new music. Taking to twitter earlier today he released “I Gotta Chick”, the brand new song sees the actor/singer join forces with the R&B veteran R. Kelly and Young Money rapper Tyga for an ode [...]

Last night Young Money’s own, Drizzy Drake took time out of his busy schedule to present Songwriters of the Year awards to his longtime collaborators Boi-1da and Noah “40″ Shebib at the ASCAP’s 24th Annual Rhythm & Soul Music Awards, held in Beverly Hills. The Canadian producers were presented with awards primarily due to the extensive [...]

Music legend Prince met with The Guardian’s Dorian Lynskey in a Parisian restaurant for an exclusive interview in which he discussed the the concept of age ["Time is a mind construct... It's not real"], his disdain for press exaggeration, fame, creative control, religion, touring and other subjects with wit and conviction. The writer comments, “You [...]

In what could be described as one of, if not the most random Hip Hop power move of 2011, Hip Hop legend Busta Rhymes has welcomed fellow veteran emcee N.O.R.E to his Conglomerate family. Bussa Bus made an official announcement [via Twitter], that N.O.R.E. had joined the collective. [...]

It was 15 years ago that Shawn Corey Carter first publicly introduced the world to his alter-ego whose name would forever shake and inspire the genre of Hip Hop. Jay-Z’s Reasonable Doubt was the debut album from the enigmatic Brooklyn emcee, released on June 25 in 1996 on Roc-A-Fella records. For a first outing, Reasonable [...]

It beggars belief that today will make it two years since Michael Jackson passed. It’s no less shocking even after all this time. Once in a while I’ll get a hankering to listen to one of the three classic albums he made with Quincy Jones between the late 1970s and late ’80s. Recently it was [...]

G.O.O.D. Music emcee, Big Sean has come a long way since the release of his first mixtape, Finally Famous: The Mixtape. From being a virtually unknown emcee to last year earning a spot on XXL’s much talked about Freshman cover to now being three days away from releasing, what has become, one of Hip Hop’s [...]