Darryl “DMC” McDaniels extends a mea culpa to Jay Z and Lil Wayne for inadvertently throwing them under the bus during a recent interview. While speaking with Metro’s Kim Carr last week, DMC commented on Hip Hop’s commercialism, blaming radio for tricking listeners into liking records. “Now you got the same 12 records on radio…

Hip Hop management firm Street Execs Management has announced plans to expand its media division with the addition of SeeTheSound.com. Launching on September 1, SeeTheSound is a media platform for and about the art of music production. The site will give producers and music enthusiasts a first-hand view into the creative process of some of…

Stuck making beats in your basement, wondering why you’re not popping off? Soak up DJ Burn One’s advice in the latest episode of A3C Festival’s Beyond The Booth series. Amidst preparation for this year’s highly-anticipated hip-hop extravaganza in ATL, Maurice Garland got to chop up game with Burn One about how he keeps his style…

The National Music Publishers Association. has filed a copyright infringement suit against Fullscreen Inc., a multi-channel network (MCN) operating on YouTube and largely comprised of independent artists playing cover songs allegedly without proper licensing or paying royalties. Fullscreen declined to comment on the lawsuit. “The problem of copyright infringement is endemic to the MCN industry,”…

Despite their lack of communication, Drake managed to bring Kanye do last night’s OVO Fest. Following the show, Aubrey spoke with Revolt TV on the experience and what it meant to him. Last night, Drake mentioned that Kanye inspired him to rap. In return, Ye said Drake is what motivated him and Jay to record…

Comcast Corp. is developing a new approach to fighting piracy in the U.S., and wants other major content companies and distributors on board. The owner of the nation’s largest cable operator has begun preliminary discussions with both film and TV studios and other leading Internet service providers about employing technology, according to sources, that would provide offending users…

George Duke, the Grammy-winning jazz keyboardist and producer whose sound infused acoustic jazz, electronic jazz, funk, R&B and soul in a 40-year-plus career, has died. He was 67. A representative for Duke said the performer died Monday night in Los Angeles. Duke was being treated for chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Duke’s son, Rashid, thanked his father’s…

One of punk’s most iconic band names has provoked a new lawsuit. Fans may be confused to see two different groups performing this year under the name of Hermosa Beach punk outfit Black Flag — one fronted by founding guitarist Greg Ginn, and another touring as Flag with Ginn’s former bandmates Keith Morris, Dez Cadena,…

Shhh. Listen. Nothing? Listen again. Note the sound of your computer’s fan amid distant sirens. Hear your spouse in the next room, playing the Bowie channel on Spotify while chatting on the phone with your mother-in-law. Farther off, a TV is tuned to the news and a stereo plays Bach, while a mouse skitters inside…

This video captures the ‘mother of all sequencers’ – the GenoQs Machines Octopus – controlling Ableton Live 8.  According to GenoQs, “User experience and musical creation are the centerpieces of the Octopus design: a no-compromise machine built from metal, wood, and modern real-time software technology. The thoroughly structured user interface, its stunning looks, the materials and our care…