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A rising star from Chicago’s South Side, Chance the Rapper, balances fame and the harsh realities of his violent hometown. [Real Talk NY]

Sony will replace its CFO, with Kenichiro Yoshida taking over from Masaru Kato on April 1. The conglomerate, led by CEO Kaz Hirai, announced the personnel change on Friday. Sony continues to look for cost-cutting measures after predicting a $1.1 billion loss for the financial year that ends this month and looking to return to…

Since midnight on Dec. 13, 2013, “pulling a Beyonce” has become shorthand for the music industry’s favorite new marketing tactic — issuing a “surprise” album with little or no prior fanfare. But has the strategy paid off for those who’ve tried their own spin on the stealth approach? The results thus far have varied, but…

A few weeks ago I posted the isolated vocal tracks from Heart’s classic hit “Barracuda,” which received a tremendous response. Today you’ll hear the isolated band tracks from the same song. The song, off their Little Queen album, was a big hit for Heart in 1977, and it’s still an classic rock radio staple. Here’s…

Pharrell Williams is a man in need of a nap. In a few hours, he’ll be shooting a music video with Hans Zimmer and Alicia Keys for a song from the soundtrack to The Amazing Spider-Man 2, and right now he looks great as always, wearing his big black Vivienne Westwood ranger hat, but he’s…

Share Tweet A sound comparison between 2013 and 2014 F1 cars on the pit straight at Albert Park as they complete the first lap. Combustion engines: 2013 – 2.4L V8 2014 – 1.6L V6 Turbo [Sound Works Collection]

Renowned author and sociology scholar Michael Eric Dyson, a university professor at Georgetown, explored the current state of hip-hop with iconic rapper Nas in Gaston Hall last night. James Peterson, director of Africana studies and associate professor of English at Lehigh University, moderated the event, “An Evening of Conversation with Nas and Michael Eric Dyson.”…

  The global press run continues for Future Hendrix, he sits down with Angie Martinez to talk about his upcoming album, single with Kanye West and the possibility of his son being a rapper. [Al Lindstrom]

A quick update on the litigation involving Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines,” one of last year’s biggest songs. Thanks to an agreement between the parties, Bridgeport Music is no longer a defendant as of Wednesday. That means that the lawsuit won’t be considering whether the Thicke hit is a copyright infringement of Funkadelic’s “Sexy Ways.” When…