Week after week on American Idol, the judges always tell the contestants that their performance always comes down to song choice.  But what happens when the judges have to come up with a song choice for themselves? “It’s hard  to get four leaders of four countries together to agree on something, so that’s why I…

Once, years ago, I met an aspiring rapper who wanted to call himself Pen Ultimate. It wasn’t a good idea, and his other option — Filibuster Rhymes — was even worse, but since we have arrived at the penultimate column of this series, I was thinking of him. Before we wrap up with next week’s…

From Ken Burns’ 10-volume jazz odyssey to Ice Cube‘s 51-minute meditation on the L.A. Raiders, Netflix offers no shortage of excellent music content to stream immediately. Most of the rock doc classics (Don’t Look Back, Gimme Shelter, The Last Waltz, Wild Style) require you to utilize your DVD queue (or hit your local rental store),…

With active accounts on both Instagram and Twitter, 50 Cent was recently asked about his presence on social media during his appearance on BET’s “106 & Park.” While discussing social media, the Queens emcee was asked what he loves and hates about social networking. In regards to what he loves about social media, 50 revealed…

Passion For Sound from The Music Bed on Vimeo. At The Music Bed, we’re legitimately passionate about sound and all the ways audio contributes to film. We especially love using RØDE mics to capture quality sound… so we took our RØDE gear and a couple comedic pals from Moetic films out for some fun to…

When news broke on Thursday May 8 that Apple was in talks to buy Jimmy Iovine and Dr Dre’s Beats Electronics for a shocking $3.2 billion the deal’s closure seemed imminent. In fact Billboard’s sources repeatedly said late that day, the transaction would be announced the following Monday…“Tuesday, latest.” Well, Monday and Tuesday passed and…

Yes mothaf***kas. It’s happening. So world get ready!! Everyone. It’s real. This is what we shooting right now. #tazsangels Y’all about to see and experience something that you never seen before. Trust me!!! So much will get told about the girls. And how they really live and get down. All the rumors and bulls**t will…

Google has outdone Apple this year, The Internet giants value shot up by 40% and now considered to be the most valued company in the world worth $158.84 billion (£92 billion) compared to last year’s figures. Apples value fell by 20% and is now 2nd in the list of the Top 100 Brands. this year’s…

Asian music consumers hold the key to the music industry’s future. That’s the basis of remarks made by Universal Music Group International chairman/ceo Max Hole in his keynote speech this morning at Music Matters in Singapore, Asia’s leading music business conference. Asia accounts for 60 percent of the world’s population and yet music sales in…

Songs with philanthropic messages are typically somber, though triumphant, power ballads. But Chicago rapper Lupe Fiasco has instead created a booming, bold declarative hip-hop anthem “Mission” for those who have survived cancer or are still batting the disease. The first single from his fifth studio album, Tetsuo & Youth, due out this summer, tells the…