Philips is celebrating the 50th anniversary of  the Compact Cassette, which the company introduced in Europe on August 30th, 1963 at the Berlin Radio Show. Although there were other magnetic tape cartridge systems, Philips’ Compact Cassette became dominant as a result of Philips’ decision in the face of pressure from Sony to license the format…

2 Chainz capped off his release week with a visit to Power 105.1’s “The Breakfast Club” on Friday. The Atlanta rapper, who celebrated his 36th birthday this week, sat down with Charlamagne Tha God, Angela Yee, and DJ Envy to discuss his new album B.O.A.T.S. II #METIME, tour bus standoff, his friend Gucci Mane’s Twitter…

The groundbreaking partnership between Clear Channel and Warner Music Group isn’t the end of the performance right debate. In fact, the deal, which gives Warner a share of broadcast and digital revenue as well as promotional considerations, has sparked a renewed outcry for a broadcast radio performance right for record labels and artists. Thursday’s announcement…

KRS-One recently addressed mainstream radio stations during an interview where he was asked why he “never went mainstream.” “If the radio ever played my music, I would sue them,” KRS-One said in a recent interview with whomag.net. “And they know it, which is why they don’t play my music. If you play KRS, I’ll sue…

You might say Steven Greenberg is the mayor of Funkytown. Back in 1979, Greenberg was just another young musician and producer in Minneapolis. Then his group Lipps, Inc. recorded a song that would come to dominate the dance floors and airwaves in the summer of 1980, and for a long time afterward. “It’s been 33…

It appears that Madison Square Garden Company (MSG) is shopping its music-oriented Fuse cable television network, and that J.P. Morgan Chase has been retained to facilitate the sale, according to several published reports. The sale, should it happen, is expected to be in the $300 to $400 million range. In my post of a few…

Daft Punk’s ‘Random Access Memories’ has become Amazon.co.uk’s best selling vinyl album since the online retailer launched in 1999. The French dance titan’s fourth album is not only the best-selling vinyl album on the site of 2013 so far, but has also become the overall vinyl best-seller since 1999, overtaking Adele’s ’21’. Other albums in…

Ray Dolby, who invented some of the technologies that revolutionized film and sound recording, died at age 80 today in San Francisco. Even if Ray Dolby doesn’t ring a bell, you have undoubtably come upon his name in the movie theater or along the edge of a cassette tape. You’ve also heard his work: He…

50 Cent stopped by Hot 97 to speak with Funkmaster Flex about a few things. He first talks about the delay of his new album, Floyd Mayweather and his upcoming fight, Kendrick Lamar’s “Control” verse, Nas, Steve Stoute, beef between Cassidy and Meek Mill. He also spoke on the downfall of New York Hip-Hop, Jay-Z…

We all love reverb, especially the natural kind. Live chambers like the ones that Capitol Records Studios are known for are beloved and high on the list for every software reverb programmer’s to try to emulate. Walk into any large room, hall and gymnasium and the first thing many musicians and engineers do is clap…