Archive for June 16th, 2011
Rick Ross on Success, Summertime and Smoking
June 16th, 2011
By the time this summer ends Miami rap titan Rick Ross will have released a Top Five posse album (Maybach Music Group's lf Made Vol 1 which hit the charts in June) spent 40 nights rocking arenas with Lil Wayne on his monster I Am Still Music Tour and will...
The Game Teams Up With Lil Wayne, Rick Ross and Busta Rhymes For ‘Bottles & Rockin’ J’s’
June 16th, 2011
Click to listen to The Game's 'Bottles & Rockin' J's' The Game assembled some of the biggest names in hip-hop for "Bottles & Rockin' J's" a Lex Luger-produced banger from his forthcoming long-awaited RED Album The track which features verses from Lil Wayne Busta Rhymes Rick Ross Fabolous DJ Khaled and...
25 Things You Don’t Know About ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic
June 16th, 2011
"Weird Al" Yankovic 51 (his new CD Alpocalpyse is out June 21st) shares the 25 things you don't know about him with Us Weekly 1 My social security number is 547-26-8624 2 The alarm code to my front door is 475309-[enter] 3 The PIN on my City National Bank ATM is 5731 4 The...
Christina Aguilera Makes As Much As Other ‘Voice’ Judges Combined
June 16th, 2011
Christina Aguilera Earns Far More Than Other 'Voice' JudgesAccording to the Hollywood Reporter's sources Christina Aguilera is paid as much as all her fellow The Voice judges put together Apparently Aguilera pulls in more than $225000 per episode whereas Cee Lo Green Adam Levine and Blake Shelton all make around...
Artist to Watch: Visionary Beatmaker Clams Casino
June 16th, 2011
Who Best known for the emotive hypnotic hard-hitting beats he's whipped up for Soulja Boy ("All I Need") and Berkeley oddball Lil B ("Motivation") 24-year-old Clams Casino got his break when he contacted B on MySpace and sent him some instrumentals In March in the face of mounting requests for...
Dave Grohl Explains Foo Fighters’ Hilarious 52-Page Tour Rider
June 16th, 2011
The Foo Fighters have been known to sneak jokes into their backstage riders on past tours but they’ve topped themselves this year The hilarious 52-page list of demands for venues on the Foos’ 2011 world tour – complete with coloring book pages word searches and more – went viral this...
Watch My Morning Jacket Rock at Mountain Jam
June 16th, 2011
My Morning Jacket have spent the past decade building a reputation as one of rock's best festival acts If you haven't caught the band in concert yet you can get a taste of their impressive performance in this video filmed earlier this month at the Mountain Jam festival in Upstate...
Kanye West Says ‘Mama’s Boy’ Leak is a Fake
June 16th, 2011
Def Jam records has released a statement on the behalf of Kanye West declaring that the version of "Mama's Boy" – also known as "Mama's Boyfriend" – that leaked to the internet earlier this week is "entirely bogus and unsanctioned" Photos Kanye West's Career Highs — and LowsAccording to West...
Sly Stone Pleads Not Guilty to Cocaine Charge
June 16th, 2011
Reclusive funk legend Sly Stone has pleaded not guilty to possession of cocaine in a Los Angeles court yesterday Stone – who has a history of drug abuse – was arrested in April after police pulled over a van he was in for a minor traffic violation Rocks of cocaine...
Cover Contest Finalists Compete in Jimmy Fallon’s Battle of the Instant Bands
June 16th, 2011
Choose the Cover contest finalists Lelia Broussard and the Sheepdogs faced off in a special edition of Battle of the Instant Bands on last night's episode of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon In this version of the segment which usually involves two bands comprised of musically inclined audience...