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Fanny Wang Custom Colors Headphones
Looking for a cool holiday gift for a friend who loves music? Recently, Fanny Wang introduced its Custom Colors option for its premium headphone line. Whether you want to look good at the gym, on a plane or in the coffee shop, Fanny Wang is letting you personalize your unique style via its interactive website at customs.fannywang.com.
Music fans will be able to choose from an array of colors for seven different parts of the Fanny Wang headphone: outside band, inside… More »
Hull Announces Tour Dates
In support of their upcoming Beyond The Lightless Sky full-length, set for North American release on October 11, 2011 via The End Records, Brooklyn sludge rock conjurers HULL announced a near month-long U.S. tour. The journey is set to commence in Baltimore on October 23. HULL will be joined by The F*cking Wrath on select dates. More »
Gil Scott-Heron Dies at 62
Prolific musician, poet, author and hip-hop pioneer Gil Scott-Heron, who wrote The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, died in New York on Friday at age 62. Though the cause of death is unknown, Scott-Heron had been battling cocaine addiction and HIV infection for decades.
Considered the Godfather of Rap, Scott-Heron was a key figure in post-civil rights articulation of Black America, while his early works were a forerunner to modern hip-hop.
An outpouring of condolences hit Twitter from leaders in the… More »
Death Row Resurrects O.F.T.B.’s “Damn Near Dead”
Go old school with this upcoming album from Death Row.
O.F.T.B.’s “Damn Near Dead” was originally produced by Death Row in 1995/96, but never released. But now, Death Row Records is set to release the album July 12.
O.F.T.B’s music is uncut, hardcore rap — “even doing time in the vault could soften these tracks.”
Growing up in the Nickerson Gardens Housing Projects in the Watts area of Los Angeles is the main reason for the fierceness of the tracks. Moving out of… More »
Kanye West “Runaway” Video
Kanye West’s much-hyped short film “Runaway” has finally been made available to the public. The short is written by Hype Williams and directed by Kanye. The movie aims to promote the November 22 release of his fifth album – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.
The story features Kanye bringing home a Phoenix (played by Selita Ebanks) who falls to earth. He nurtures her and tries to help her fit into modern culture.
“I make her my girlfriend, and people discriminate against her… More »
Tennis Players Like Taio Cruz
In a survey conducted by the USTA of over 100 of the top tennis players in the world, the results were released of their favorite songs that get them pumped up before and during a match. These three below are the songs that some of the biggest names in tennis are listening to on their iPods before playing at the US Open or have requested the stadium crew to blast in between sets.
1. Taio Cruz – Dynamite
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Lifehouse “Smoke in Mirrors” Album
Yesterday, rock group, Lifehouse, released their fifth album, which is called Smoke and Mirrors. This newest album is a bit more upbeat than usual Lifehouse material. They have also released a digital deluxe version, which includes a re-recorded version of their song “Everything.” The song is originally off of their debut album, No Name Face. Most of the tracks on the newest album were written by Lifehouse’s frontman, Jason Wade. Jude Cole also provided… More »
Danny Gokey “My Best Days”
Former American Idol contestant, Danny Gokey, may not have won the competition, but he certainly is making music regardless. His debut album is called My Best Days and is being released tomorrow. Originally, the song “It’s Only” was supposed to be the first released track, however, they decided to release “My Best Days Are Ahead of Me.” In 2008, his wife passed away after complications arose while undergoing heart surgery. This was four weeks before Gokey auditioned… More »
Soulja Boy “Pretty Boy Swagg”
A new music video from Soulja Boy has been released. The video is for the song called “Pretty Boy Swagg.” It looks like the track is off of his upcoming album, “The DeAndre Way.” The album title refers to his real name which is DeAndre Cortez Way. Honestly, listening to the song and looking at the video, it just seems like a big joke. Is he being serious?! Maybe, it’s just me, but not only is… More »
Contest: Win Gift Certificates and More!
Who doesn’t love free stuff?! Well, if you happen to want to win some great prizes, be sure to enter this contest. All of these marvelous prizes are being given away by Gillette who have been running something called Gillette UNCUT, which is a digital documentary film series about some great musicians including Will.I.Am, Tim McGraw and more. What Could You Win? We have three items up for grabs! You have the chance to win an autographed Tyson… More »
Kanye West “Coldest Winter” Music Video
Kanye West has debuted the music video for his new single “Coldest Winter.” The song is off of his 2008 album, “808’s & Heartbreak.” The music video was directed by Nabil Elderkin.
Nabil said of the video, “It’s pretty minimalistic. It’s slow and very visual. I just wanted to catch the vibe of the song and not get too literal. Because the lyrics are very close to Kanye and go much deeper than the video goes, obviously hearing the song you… More »
Ke$ha’s “Blah Blah Blah” Music Video
It’s been hard enough to escape Ke$ha’s hit single “Tik Tok”, but new the singer has released the music video for yet another song.
Her newest single is called “Blah Blah Blah” and is off of her debut album Animal. The song features the vocal talents of 3OH!3.
The song was inspired by when she, Benny Blanco, Neon Hitch and Sean Foreman (of 3OH!3) were together. They guys were talking about how much girls talk, while she and Neon Hitch argued that… More »
Jennifer Lopez Splits From Record Label
Unfortunately it is being reported that Jennifer Lopez is parting ways with her record label, Sony Music Epic. Not to worry though, apparently the split was a mutual decision. The news was confirmed yesterday afternoon by the label’s CEO, Rob Stringer. He says, “Jennifer had a wonderful relationship with the Sony Music group, and they have shared many successes together, but the time was right to make a change that best serves the direction her career as an… More »
Timbaland Ft. Justin Timberlake “Carry Out”
The music video for “Carry Out” by Timbaland featuring Justin Timberlake has been recently released. The song is off of Timbaland’s newest album, Shock Value 2.
A music video for the song was initially created in December, showing footage of Timbaland and JT performing the song live. However, they decided to just go ahead with film this new version of the video, which is directed by Bryan Barber.
Timbaland has actually referred to this song as his favorite song off of… More »
Taylor Swift’s “Fearless” Music Video
On Wednesday, February 17th, Taylor Swift finally released the music video for her single “Fearless.” The song is the title track from her 2008 album and was originally released for digital download in October of that year, debuting at #9 on Billboard Hot 100. However, it has just recently been released for airplay. It has now been making it’s way back on to the Hot 100. Actually, the song broke a record for the first single to be… More »