Erykah Badu is sharing her soul
| Erykah Badu is in her songwriting prime so Splore audiences are in for a treat with her as the headline act, writes Scott Kara. | Erykah Badu is "exquisite", thank you very much. Given the hip-hop-s...

Tour news: Guetta hits the decks
| He might be in his 40s, a father of two who's been producing, mixing, playing and releasing records for 22 years. But there's no more influential man in how pop music sounds in 2012 than David Guett...

Album review: Lana Del Rey, Born to Die
| Having a millionaire for a father doesn't make your music good, neither does a controversial back story. And a couple of wobbly talk show performances don't make your music rubbish either. So settin...

Beyonce proves she's already crazy in shape just one month after giving birth to Blue Ivy
| BEYONCE Knowles may have given birth to her daughter just four weeks ago, but you wouldn't know it judging by these red-hot photos. | The 16-time Grammy Award winnermade her first public appear...

Jay-Z Orchestrates a Historic Night at Carnegie Hall
| “I always wanted to say this in Carnegie Hall,” Jay-Z said last night, midway through the second of his two charity shows this week at the hallowed New York institution. “Is Brooklyn in the ho...

Grammys '12: Who Should Win the Categories You Actually Care About
| The 54th Annual Grammy Awards are but days away! And, like we said, we'd sincerely love to help you with your office pools and living room side-bets with some sure-thing, professionally insightful, ...

Watch Fred Durst Rap His Own Song at Karaoke
| It looks like Fred Durst has snapped out of the funk of that insane juice cleanse debacle. The Limp Bizkit frontman seemed a sight more encouraged last night as he busted out some pretty ballsy kar...

Dubstep Phenom Porter Robinson on His 'Preposterous' Success
| In April, electro-house and dubsteb wunderkind Porter Robinson will be making his rock festival debut at Coachella, but the 19-year-old producer-DJ didn't initially understand the impressiveness of ...

7 Must-See Moments From Jay-Z's Carnegie Hall Gigs
| "All those lines that divide us, we gonna step on them." That was Jay-Z at Carnegie Hall on Monday night, as quoted by the New York Times, and by all accounts, smashing boundaries was what Shawn Car...

First Spin: Grab Plants and Animals' 'Song for Love'
| During a show at Pop Montreal in September, Plants and Animals introduced a fiery cover of Wolf Parade's "I'll Believe in Anything" thusly: "This is by one of the first bands that ever took us out o...

Alabama Shakes Bowl Over Conan in TV Debut
| The Alabama Shakes were on our list of 30 Acts You Can't Miss at CMJ last fall, and so far they're living up to expectations. Though the Athens, Alabama, blues busters don't drop their debut full-le...

First Spin: Stream Nite Jewel's Slinky 'In the Dark'
| Ramona Gonzalez takes one step further out of the bedroom on the second track released from the L.A. electro-funk singer-songwriter's forthcoming sophomore album, One Second of Love (due out March 6...

In the Studio: The Temper Trap Follow the Sun
| When the Temper Trap buckled down to write last winter, the Aussie expats knew they'd have to get away from London, their comparatively dour home of the past four years. "We had a little studio room...

Q&A: Imperial Teen on Indie Living and Pube Dyeing
| Sixteen years into their career, timeless sugar high Imperial Teen remains one of the most immediate and appealing bands in the alt-rock cosmos. The quartet has never sounded better than on their ju...

Lady Gaga Wants You to Pay Attention to Her Tour News Now
| A full week of nonstop Madonna press seems to have given Lady Gaga the vapors. While the Queen of Pop was on a media blitz promoting new single/video "Give Me All Your Luvin', " her Super Bowl halft...

Cassidy Ft. Big Pun “Do It Big” (Mp3)
| Yesterday marked the 12th anniversary of the infamous Big Pun’s death. You may have noticed #RIPPUN trending on twitter or the many shout outs of respect from various artists, producers, fans ...

Iggy Azalea - Dim Mak Studios - 2/7/12
| Rebecca HaithcoatSee also: Meet Iggy Azalea, the Street Smart Blonde Bombshell Behind "Pu$$y" | Iggy Azalea | Dim Mak Studios | 2/7/12 | The rumbling began in September when Perez Hilton posted the ...

Spielgusher (No 1,203)
| Put a veteran music critic together with an art rocker and a punk, and what do you get? Sixty-three tracks of scatology and skronk Different Spiel … Rock critic Richard Meltzer gushes under a new ...

Rick Ross “Yella Diamonds – Trailer” (Video)
| Rick Ross is about to flex the power of the MMG with the official release of his Yella Diamonds video, later today! Until then, cancel all your plans, scrap your appointments, check out the trailer ...

D-Black To Kickoff Senior High School Hip-hop Tour
Rapper, D-Black is set to kickoff a new and exciting tour in 5 regions, 5 cities and 5 High schools, in pure hip-hop style, under the theme of Drug Abuse Awareness. | Aimed at reaching the masses unde...

Foo Fighters and Deadmau5 to collaborate at Grammys
| Foo Fighters and Deadmau5 will collaborate at the Grammy Awards. | Foo Fighters singer Dave Grohl | The rock group with be paired with the Canadian DJ to perform his remixed version of their track '...

Portishead's Geoff Barrow readies hip-hop album
| Quakers, a side project comprising more than 35 members, will feature contributions by Dead Prez, Prince Po and Aloe Blacc Quakers meeting … Geoff Barrow's hip-hop project gathers more than 35 mem...

Flo Rida Calls Former Assistant's Lawsuit 'Ridiculous'
| Rapper Flo Rida has hit back an allegations he underpaid a former assistant, insisting the woman was a volunteer he gave "an opportunity out of the goodness of my heart." |   | Mahogany Miller ...

Plan B announces new album 'iLL Manors'
Plan B has announced the title and release date of his new album. | iLL Manors marks the singer and rapper's third studio album. It will be released through Atlantic Records on May 7. | Discussing the...

Plan B to release new album in May
| Rapper and singer says Ill Manors is 'light years ahead' of his previous effort, The Defamation of Strickland Banks To the ill manor born … Plan B to release third album in May. Photograph: Ben Pr...

PREVIEW: Adele set to shine at Grammys
| Los Angeles - It's notoriously hard to predict the outcome of the Grammy Awards - which are decided by the approximately 20,000 members of the National Academy of Recording Arts. After all, musician...

Waiting in the Wings
[This Day] Afro Hip Hop singer Jibola Toriola is a week away from dropping his debut album after a short but prolific music spell, writes Adewole Ajao | ...

David Guetta wants house to be as big as hip hop
| David Guetta hopes he can make house music as big as hip-hop and rock music in America. | David Guetta | The DJ and producer has been a key figure in bringing commercial dance to the US charts throu...

Kanye West wanted to be big as Jackson
| Kanye West once declared he would be 'the next Michael Jackson.' | Kanye West | The 'POWER' hitmaker is renowned for his outspoken nature and even in his early days as a young rapper he was given to...

Lil Wayne's 'Mirror' music video fails to impress
| 'Mirror' is the latest video from Lil Wayne's Tha Carter IV. The song features a chorus from Bruno Mars. The song is Wayne looking back on his life through the old cliche of looking in the...

Nicki Minaj to release new single 'Starships' next Monday
Nicki Minaj has announced a new single, along with her plans for her performance slot at the 2012 Grammy Awards. | The 'Marilyn Monroe' rapper will perform 'Roman Holiday' from her forthcoming LP Pink...