Chris Brown’s legal issues keep piling up: the R&B singer was sued yesterday for assault and battery stemming from a January altercation between his entourage and Frank Ocean’s, The Associated Press reports. Sha’keir Duarte claims he was attacked by a member of Brown’s entourage during a confrontation between Brown and Ocean, which occured on January 27th in the…

Ever since J. Cole came on the scene, comparisons have been made between him and Queens Rap legend Nas. In an interview with VIBE, the two emcees spoke about what the comparison mean to them. Nas explained that he didn’t pay too much attention to the comparisons. “I wanted to make my own opinion,” he…

The numbers are in for Yeezy as his 6th solo effort, Yeezus, goes gold. According to the RIAA, Ye’s album exceeded the gold cap for reaching 500k units. For those who are familiar, June 18th was also the same release of Grown Simba’s Born Sinner, Mac Miller’s Watching Movies With The Sound Off  & also,…

Big cities like New York and Los Angeles have more music industry jobs, but you’re more likely to have a neighbor in the biz in Nashville. In today’s DIY music business, people can perform their jobs from just about anywhere. But as economist Richard Florida pointed out in 2009, the trend in music industry jobs…

In this clip from www.artistshousemusic.org – Jerry Moss, cofounder with Herb Alpert of the legendary A&M label, discusses the highlights of his career at length. He discusses his own entry into the music business, the founding and building of A&M, his thoughts on entrepreneurship and management and the end of his relationship with A&M, and…

Yoko Ono‘s Plastic Ono Band’s next album Take Me to the Land of Hell (due September 17th) features big-name collaborations with Questlove and Wilco guitarist Nels Cline, among others. One of the most anticipated team-ups — “Bad Dancer,” a track recorded with surviving Beastie Boys Ad-Rock and Mike D — has now surfaced over at…

Renowned session guitar player, Tim Pierce, joins Dave and Herb on the 125th episode of Pensado’s Place! [Pensado’s Place]

YN is back with The Truth. While digging in the crates at the A1 Record Shop in NY, Earl Sweatshirt discusses his album Doris and experience working with the RZA. Hear it all on August 20. [Rap Radar]

Wait.. Doesn’t everybody say record companies are a dying business? Not Marc Geiger, head of Worldwide music at WME. It might sound like a bold statement but when you have the music industry resume like Marc’s, what you say is taken seriously. In this clip, Geiger talks about new and different sources of income for…

As it leads Billboard’s Nielsen BDS-based Mainstream Top 40 chart for a sixth week and Rhythmic for a seventh frame, Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines,” featuring T.I. and Pharrell, climbs 3-1 on Adult Top 40. (The song marks the first No. 1 on the lattermost chart for all three acts.) The Adult Top 40 coronation of…