Angel Haze’s debut Dirty Gold was not scheduled to drop until March, but the 22-year-old rapper is taking things into her own hands. She decided to leak the project three months in advance because she didn’t want to wait for her label. She fired off a series of angry tweets aimed at Island/Republic Records. According…

Casual, a founding member of the Hieroglyphics collective who dissed Eminem on “He Still Think He Rap God,” recently spoke with HipHopDX about why he addressed Marshall Mathers on wax. “Actually, He Think He Rap God, if they don’t know, was an album I dropped in 2011,” Casual said in an interview with HipHopDX. “I just…

Lost In Translation with Andrew Scheps provides an engaging, revelatory and humorous presentation of current audio format comparisons. The demonstration showcases the auditory differences of master recordings played back in different formats such as vinyl, CD, MP3, AAC and online streaming models….

UK’s The Guardian reports that British composers are concerned that “Synthesizers are killing film and TV music.” That sounds pretty dire to us. Here’s what they have to say about the situation: Two of Britain’s leading film composers warn that the quality of music for film and TV is suffering because synthesised sounds are increasingly…

Columbia Records is thrilled to announce a new partnership with GRAMMY® Award-winning singer/songwriter/producer Pharrell Williams. The internationally renowned artist’s new single “Happy,” featured on Despicable Me 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), will also be featured on Williams’ forthcoming Columbia Records full-length debut, set to be released in 2014….

Apple Inc. this week released its annual lists of best-sellers, as well as a handful of awards for songs, albums and podcasts that its editors handpicked. The lists are particularly interesting because of Apple’s market dominance, owning 63% of digital music downloads in the U.S. This year’s big winner is Justin Timberlake, who waltzes away…

Check out this article below; A lot of people use a variety of music services: SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube, etc..It can get hard to keep up with the multiple platforms, so Bop.fm hopes to help people share music with friends regardless of which service they use. via BB The founders of Bop.fm, a new company that…

First-time nominee Nirvana and some long-neglected icons — KISS, Linda Ronstadt, Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band — will be inducted as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s class of 2014 on April 10 at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. Nirvana, Kiss and Ronstadt will be joined by Peter Gabriel, Daryl Hall & John Oates and Cat…

The digital compilation includes recordings which have long been available as bootlegs but never been made legally available, including outtakes, demos and live BBC radio performances. The lack of fanfare surrounding the release suggests that the move is a response to recent changes in European Union copyright law. While the law was recently amended to…

Spotify has heard the critics and has responded in kind. In an announcement at an event earlier this week in New York City, the music streaming service made a number of significant announcements that could alleviate much of the criticism that’s been leveled at it, at least for the moment. One of the major issues…