Clubs picks of the week
Home-clubber. Illustration: Jon & Mick/moderntoss.com The Big Ten Inch, London | Despite sounding like a night dedicated to Carry On-style family-friendly smut and constant calls of "oo-er missus" com...

Dizzee Rascal: Fight to the top
| He may have put his bad-boy days behind him, but he still knows how to operate, both on the street and in the music business 'Where I come from, fighting settles a lot of things. It's taken a lot of...

Wiz Khalifa Was Working On Atlantic Deal 'For A Minute'
| Last year, Wiz Khalifa parted ways with Warner Bros. and hit the independent scene hard. This year, after selling out shows and boosting his Taylor Gang following with the standout mixtape Kush & OJ...

Rapper Bun B remembers deceased friends "Right Now"
Rappers have a propensity for christening themselves with royal titles to promote their standing in hip-hop (e.g., King of the South, Prince of Rap). But for Bun B, the less-regal handle Trill OG was ...

Freddie Gibbs prefers his rap "Str8," no chaser
| NEW YORK (Billboard) – Freddie Gibbs has nothing against rap artists who embrace catchy hooks to land on pop radio, but that's not his style. He didn't need a hit single to draw attent...

Freddie Gibbs prefers his rap "Str8," no chaser
Freddie Gibbs has nothing against rap artists who embrace catchy hooks to land on pop radio, but that's not his style. He didn't need a hit single to draw attention to both of his 2009 mixtape...

T.I. Weds
| Rap superstar T.I. has wed his longtime girlfriend Tameka 'Tiny' Cottle after exchanging vows in a courthouse in Miami, Florida on Friday. | The "Live Your Life" hitmaker, real name Clifford Harris,...

Chace Crawford Talks About Working With 50 Cent On 'Twelve'
| Chace Crawford and 50 Cent are teaming up. No, the "Gossip Girl" star isn't kickstarting his hip-hop career by collaborating with the rapper. Rather, the MC is continuing his Hollywood takeover in C...

Sting plus strings equals excitement
| Sting first came to Boston in late 1978 with the Police. The trio played a multinight residency at the Rat, the dingy Kenmore Square basement punk club, and stayed at a cheap Kenmore Square hotel. W...

5 Ways Kanye West's Life Is Better Than Yours
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Black Eyed Peas Rock 'Good Morning America'
| NEW YORK - "Good Morning America" drew its biggest crowd yet its Summer Concert Series in Central Park Friday morning (July 30) for a performance by the Black Eyed Peas. | The audience was brimming ...

Paloma Faith New York ft Ghostface Killah
30/07/2010 Paloma's new single New York feat. Ghostface Killah is released on Sunday (August 1st) - a new version of the album favourite, updated to include a rap from legendary Wutang Clan MC Ghostfa...

Morrissey to Sing at Katy Perry's Wedding?
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At VooDoo Lounge, veteran rappers Snoop Dogg and Ice Cube show why they have staying power
More News | Slain at 25 in 1996, Tupac Shakur will remain forever young to his fans. The icon's name was ritualistically invoked Thursday at the VooDoo Lounge by hip-hop star Snoop Dogg. | While Tupac...

EXCLUSIVE: Unreleased Queens of Stone Age Track
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WATCH: Of Montreal Rock 'Late Night'
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Terrific Twitter Trio of the Week: Lollapalooza Edition!
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The National Deliver Big at SPIN25 Live Concert!
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Friday's Music Roundup
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Inception brings the trend for slow music to the big screen
| Composer Hans Zimmer's ultra-slow manipulation of an Edith Piaf song displays the beauty in bringing the BMP right down Down with the BMP ... Inception's soundtrack is so slow it sent cast members t...

Big Boi of OutKast overcomes hurdles with debut CD
| ATLANTA-Despite his success with the Grammy-winning, multiplatinum group OutKast, Big Boi felt artistically stifled when he tried to step out on his own as a solo rapper. | But after his recently re...

Field Day: Free download and ticket offer
| Field Day has firmly cemented its place in the UK festival calendar with a plethora of aural delights and rustic merrymaking including sack-racing, splat the rat and their world-famous tombola. With...

Lil B Is Taking The Net By Storm, One Freestyle At A Time
| Fire Starter: Lil B | Hip-Hop has always been filled with eccentric, over-the-top personalities. Acts like ODB, Kanye West and even Lil Wayne have drawn plenty of "oohs" and "ahhs" with their rhymes...

Big Boi of OutKast overcomes hurdles with debut CD
| ATLANTA – Despite his success with the Grammy-winning, multiplatinum group OutKast, Big Boi felt artistically stifled when he tried to step out on his own as a solo rapper. | But after his rec...

Big Boi of OutKast overcomes hurdles with debut CD
Despite his success with the Grammy-winning, multiplatinum group OutKast, Big Boi felt artistically stifled when he tried to step out on his own as a solo rapper. | But after his recently released alb...

Mark Wahlberg Gets His Walk of Fame Star
| Getty Images | He started off as a ripped rapper, then became a lusted after underwear model, before finally settling into a respectable career in Hollywood that's been capped with a star on the Wal...

Music critics' picks
| Philadelphia Daily News | staff POP . . . plus | Our scene opens in Topeka, Kansas, where a teenage Andy McKee starts taking guitar lessons at Steam Music, then a year later takes over as teacher. A...

Here's the music lineup on Philly stages tonight & in the coming week
| Philadelphia Daily News | staff Live music and more, tonight through Thursday, compiled by Shaun Brady, Tom Di Nardo, James Johnson, Sara Sherr and Jonathan Takiff. | POP . . . plus | Cyndi Lauper: ...

Hot Tix: Cirque offshoot Cavalia, Gorillaz, Drake and more
| Cavalia is a Cirque du Soleil offshoot closely following the path of its main branch. The Montreal company, started in 2003 by Cirque co-founder Normand Latourelle, will bring "A Magical Encounter B...

Armatrading's new CD is strictly rock
| On Joan Armatrading's new rock album, "This Charming Life," the songwriter plays everything except the drums. (Getty Images file photo ) | A few years ago, Joan Armatrading had the blues. This year ...

Nas, Damian Marley not so 'Distant'
| Nas, son of a jazz musician, and Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley, son of a reggae legend, merged their talents and styles on a recent album and now are on tour together. | At the House of Blues...