While we are all enamored with rising female rapper Tink and her sudden emergence as one of rap’s most buzzworthy rookies, no one has thought about Rick Ross‘ feelings toward her version of his single “Movin Bass” that released last week. We had our own speculation as to why Ross cut the song from his latest…

Earlier this year it was reported that the music industry is considering shifting to a global album release day in 2015. This makes sense, we live in the age of a global internet but are still trying to release albums on different days in different countries. Albums are released on Friday in Australia, Monday in…

Over a quarter century ago — when Human League topped the charts, Ronald Reagan was president, the Mac Plus debuted, and Compaq started building computers with blazingly fast 16MHz CPUs — the FireWire interface was conceived. It came into prominence (along with USB) in the mid-90s, is still current, and will continue to serve us…

I’d like to start by saying this: I am an honest-to-goodness Taylor Swift fan. I’ve purchased each of her albums, I’ve seen her live, I cheer when she succeeds and find myself, almost inexplicably, personally insulted when people are unkind to her in the media. I wanted to be clear that I’m not bashing this…

Jordin Sparks drops mixtapes?! The singer/actress’ #ByeFelicia, an ode to the Ice Cube line in the movie Friday dropped this afternoon. How Bout Now Remix, is the first single from the mixtape and it the track appears to take shots at Sparks’ former love interest Jason Derulo….

YouTube (owned by Google Inc.) is a remarkable platform for the sharing of videos and music by both fans and creators. Many artists have used it to start careers and achieve a form of stardom, which is wonderful. But what’s behind the curtain? How is the “monetization” income shared with content creators, filmmakers and musicians,…

Last night, as the world had its eyes on Ferguson, the grand jury announced that they would not indict officer Darren Wilson for shooting and killing an unarmed teenager named Mike Brown. Afterwards, as President Obama addressed the country, riots in Ferguson ensued—cars were lit on fire, bulidings burned, windows were broken. In cities across the…

Earlier this month Live Nation and Vice Media announced a co-branded site to fill a “big white space” in live music content on the web. The news of the currently untitled partnership, due to launch in 2015, is now getting a little added attention after Gawker stumbled upon a months-old, anti-Live Nation blog post by…

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Singing with a friend is a uniquely compelling experience. It’s like speaking in a language that’s both simplified and enhanced, making deeper communication instantly possible. Hayley Williams and Joy Williams, not related though they share a last name, have been friends for more than a dozen years, since Joy was a young star on the…