Archive for January, 2011
Listen to The Game Rap About Last Week’s Mixtape Success in New Song
January 31st, 2011
The Game's "Trend Setter" One benefit of writing and releasing music at the breakneck pace the Game has set in the past month is that he can put out a song today boasting about the success of his Purp and Patron mixtape last week Though "Trend Setter" a selection from his...
Digest: DJ Kool Herc Needs Help With Medical Bills; Kings of Leon Cancel March Tour Dates
January 31st, 2011
Hospitalized DJ Kool Herc Needs Help With Medical BillsAccording to DJ Premier hip-hop pioneer DJ Kool Herc is hospitalized with a serious illness and is need of financial assistance in paying off his medical bills Premier did not get into the specifics of Herc's condition but he did provide a...
New Kid on the Block Jonathan Knight Comes Out of the Closet
January 31st, 2011
He had millions of crazed weeping female fans screaming his name in the late Eighties but New Kid on the Block Jonathan Knight has an announcement He's gay The singer who is about to hit the road with his boy band mates plus the Backstreet Boys spoke up for himself...
James Bond Composer John Barry Dies at 77
January 31st, 2011
John Barry the composer best known for writing the iconic music for 11 movies in the James Bond series has died at the age of 77 Over the course of his career he won five Oscars a Grammy and a BAFTA award Photos Die Another Day James Bond at Twenty In addition...
Chris Brown Graduates from Domestic Violence Program and Asks to Lift Protective Order
January 31st, 2011
Chris Brown will no longer be required to appear in court every three months now that he has completed a domestic violence education program The R&B singer finished the year-long course in December as part of his sentencing for assaulting his ex-girlfriend Rihanna in 2009 Photos Rihanna and Chris Brown's...
Exclusive Listen: John Legend and the Roots Perform the Grammy-Nominated ‘Shine’
January 31st, 2011
Click to listen to John Legend and the Roots' "Shine" from iTunes Live from Soho John Legend & the Roots John Legend and the Roots performed at the Apple Store in Soho on the day their album WAKE UP! came out last year — and tomorrow the performance will be released...
Digest: Slipknot’s Corey Taylor May Be Velvet Revolver’s New Singer; Demi Lovato Leaves Rehab
January 31st, 2011
Slipknot Singer May Join Velvet RevolverSlipknot singer Corey Taylor is being coy about rumors that he is the most likely candidate to replace Scott Weiland as the frontman of Velvet Revolver When contacted by Billboard Taylor refused to confirm or deny the reports but strongly hinted that an announcement was...
Bruno Mars to Plead Guilty to Drug Charges
January 31st, 2011
The seven-time Grammy nominee Bruno Mars will plead guilty to felony cocaine possession in order to avoid jail time according to E! News PHOTOS Stars at court In September Mars was busted at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas on suspicion of narcotics possession The "Grenade" singer born Peter ...
Leaked Memo Reveals Britney Spears Album Release Date
January 31st, 2011
According to a leaked Jive Records memo Britney Spears' seventh album is scheduled to be released on March 15th The as-yet untitled record will include her Number One single "Hold It Against Me" and multiple collaborations with writer/producers Dr Luke and Max Martin the man behind her breakthrough hit "Baby...
Animal Collective’s Panda Bear Reinvents His Sound on New Album
January 31st, 2011
It’s hardly obvious at first listen but Animal Collective's Noah Lennox aka Panda Bear intended his third fourth solo record to be “a guitar attack” “I wanted to do something simple and powerful” he says But the end product is more like an attack on his guitar which Lennox warped...