Concerthotels.com developed this great chart on the vocal ranges of some of the world’s most well-known vocalists. It’s an interactive chart, so when you hover over a singer, it will tell you the highest and lowest note and attribute it to a song. You can also find who has the highest and lowest range as…

“When ‘Cop Killer’ hit, I got blackballed for a minute,” Ice-T says about his most infamous song. “People didn’t wanna fuck with me. Everybody was nervous.” With everyone from the Los Angeles Police Commission to the president issuing statements against the track, the scrutiny around the record prompted Ice-T to leave Warner, taking Body Count with…

This video, via sonicstate, takes a look at the Mutable Instruments Yarns MIDI-CV Converter, a module for Eurorack synthesizers.  Yarns offers 4 channels and Arpeggiator, Sequencer and Euclidean sequencer. See the Mutable Instruments site for more details on Yarns. [Synthtopia]

Hey, where the party at? It was at Power 105. And now that they have reunited, Jagged Edge began their radio run with their Breakfast Club debut. Along with Jermaine Dupri, they spoke on their new So So Def deal, their upcoming J.E. Heartbreak Too, the single “Hope“, the state of R&B, Atlanta, and more….

How many people does it take to write a hit song? If you’re Pharrell, one. If you’re Pitbull or Jason Derulo, probably eight — or more. Billboard’s recent Hot 100 chart reflects a group of hits mainly showcasing songs written solely by an act and an additional songwriter or those with seven or eight songwriters,…

The Recording Association makes a long-overdue rule change. The 57th Annual Grammy Awards (scheduled for February 8, 2015) will feature a number of new, streamlined categories, along with a major rule change: samples or interpolations of previously written songs are now recognized in all songwriting categories. Previously, this was only the case with Best Rap…

On the heels of reports that Apple Inc. has become dissatisfied with its advertising, two of the company’s top executives are going public with how much they love a new ad by Beats. Apple has announced plans to buy Beats Electronics and Beats Music for $3 billion. Founded by music mogul Jimmy Iovine and rapper…

The Beastie Boys might be finished producing new music, but the hip-hop group isn’t done with copyright law. Amazingly, Michael Diamond, Adam Horovitz and the late Adam Yauch appear poised to score their third big legal win this year. Just last week, the Beastie Boys crushed Monster Energy at a jury trial, winning $1.7 million…

Kendrick Lamar has confirmed that Dr. Dre will be working on his new album. Dre, who executive produced the US rapper’s 2012 album ‘Good Kid, MAAD City’, is returning for Lamar’s third studio LP. “Dr Dre is focused like he always been. He focused on music, man,” commented Lamar to KUBE 93 – via Rap…

Last week, fresh off the $3 billion Beats/Apple deal, Dr. Dre traded up to to brand new $40 million mansion formerly owned by supermodel Gisele Bundchen and Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. Now that leaves his old place, which he purchased in 2011 for a relatively humble sum of $15.4 million, vacant. Today, as Curbed reports,…