At 3 p.m. EST on June 14, Boston’s Clear Channel all-EDM radio station Evolution 101.7 (WEDX) abruptly switched formats to all-country 101.7 The Bull (WBLW). “We are excited to launch 101.7 The Bull, a fresh new take on Country music, for our Boston listeners. This station is for the new generation of Country music fans…

“Calm Down,” Busta Rhymes‘ frenetic, breakneck new track from his forthcoming album Extinction Level Event 2, finds the veteran rapper trading 60-bar verses with Eminem, whose rhymes range from the sublime to the sophomoric. It’s not the duo’s first collaboration — see 2006’s “I’ll Hurt You” — but for Busta, it represents the once-dominant strain of punchline- and…

Method Man chopped it up with the people during an online “Ask Me Anything” session. Reddit users were able to question the Wu-Tang Clan member about various topics including working with The Notorious B.I.G., his time filming How High, and what’s next as far as music releases. Check out some of the highlights below. What…

G.O.O.D. Music emcee CyHi The Prynce spoke on his relationship with fellow artist Kanye West, who will reportedly executive produce his upcoming studio album, during a newly-published interview with DJBooth TV. While speaking on Kanye, CyHi went on to detail the lessons he’s learned from the Chicago rapper. According to CyHi, who says he was…

Platinum and Grammy nominated producer Lee Major talks about creating the music behind Lil Wayne’s – D’Usse twitter.com/LeeMajorKid instagram.com/LeeMajorKid [BeatMakingVideos]

“Midnight Rider” director Randall Miller and producers Jody Savin and Jay Sedrish have been charged with involuntary manslaughter and criminal trespass in Wayne County, Georgia superior court following the death of camera assistant Sarah Jones, it was announced Thursday. Jones was struck and killed by a train last February on the Wayne County, Georgia set…

Iggy Azalea is making history on the charts. The Aussie rapper’s Charli XCX-assisted single “Fancy” tops the Billboard Hot 100 for a sixth week, giving her the longest-leading No. 1 by a female rapper. According to Billboard, she passes Lil’ Kim, who spent five weeks at No. 1 with her star-studded collaboration “Lady Marmalade” in…

Live sound engineers all say that the venue they hate to work in the most is one with a lot of reflections. It’s their worst nightmare, and you can hear both Dave Weckl engineer Dennis Moody and Blue Oyster Cult FOH man Steve La Cerra talk about it on my Inner Circle Podcast (Steve’s coming up in a few weeks). It doesn’t matter how big or…

Watch Joe Budden join Elliott Wilson and discuss his upcoming battle on the latest episode of THE TRUTH. [Real Talk NY]

BUENOS AIRES – Activist network Anonymous hacked Warner Music’s Argentine website Wednesday as a protest against the local government’s decision to block access to The Pirate Bay website Monday. The action was announced through Anonymous’ twitter account @YourAnoNews, which stated: “Warner Argentina hacked to protest the blocking of Pirate Bay: warnermusic.com.ar Don’t censor TPB if…