This video, embedded below, takes a behind the scenes look at Squarepusher’s music robots, the Z-Machines, which are featured on his latest EP.  “For me there has always been something fascinating about the encounter of the unfamiliar with the familiar”, notes Squarepusher. “I have long been an advocate of taking fresh approaches to existing instrumentation as…

Damn Homie.In recent weeks, Tony Yayo and Lloyd Banks have found themselves on the wrong side of 50 Cent’s interviews. While on Power 105.1  Fif likened the former G-Unit soldiers to expired milk. Yesterday on Hot 97, he called the duo Troy Ave’s hype men. Yayo reacted to the comments this afternoon via his Twitter…

Three notable lawsuits have ended after the parties got together to hash things out. Not every Hollywood lawsuit ends with a made-for-TV court ruling. Among the pieces of litigation that have been quietly put to bed in the past week are headline-making disputes over whether former Black Flag members could tour as “Flag,” Facebook’s use…

Back in 2007, Sean “Diddy” Combs teamed with Jay Z and 50 Cent to create a song titled “I Get Money: Forbes 1-2-3 Billion Dollar Remix.” Less than a decade later, rappers are closing in on ten-figure fortunes, and he’s the nearest of the bunch. Diddy leads the pack with an estimated fortune of $700…

With almost a half-century under his belt since starting in private practice, music and entertainment attorney Lee Phillips has seen it all, but even he is amazed at the transformation in the record industry over the past decade and a half. As senior partner at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, boasting a client roster that includes…

50 Cent discusses a lot including his baby, summer jam, Ja Rule, Rick Ross, Al Sharpton, Ciara, Worldstar and more on the Hot97 Morning Show. Check part two below….

The Kickstarter campaign to fund Neil Young‘s PonoMusic player reached its goal of $800,000 less than 10 hours after it went live. Now, the campaign has ended after earning nearly eight times that figure. It is officially the third highest-funded campaign in Kickstarter history. The campaign closed out at over $6 million on April 15th…

The first music video to debut on MTV was The Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star,” which landed on the network in 1981. That began a love affair with the medium, which would last for over 20 years, culminating with Total Request Live. Debuting in 1998, TRL was instrumental in the careers of artists such…

According to TMZ, Drake is being sued over the opening monologue on his Jay Z-assisted track “Pound Cake/Paris Morton Music 2” off Nothing Was The Same.  The liner notes on the album credit the opening 35 second monologue to a 1982 song “Jimmy Smith Rap” by jazz musician Jimmy Smith. Now, the estate of James Oscar “Jimmy”…

On May 2, 2014, The History Center in Tompkins County, NY, in partnership with the Bob Moog Foundation, will open a new exhibition Switched-On: The Birth of the Moog Synthesizer. The exhibit will explore the life of Dr. Robert Moog and the creation and evolution of the electronic instruments bearing his name. Based on new interviews with family members,…