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lineups

Nas, Tribe Called Quest, Pharcyde To Rock The Bells This Summer

This summer's edition of the Rock The Bells tour—which will make stops in 10 cities including Chicago, Philadelphia, and Vancouver—will be headlined by A Tribe Called Quest, Nas, Rakim, and the reunited Pharcyde; each of the shows will be hosted by Supernatural and B-Real. The lineup will change from city to city, with artists on the ever-rotating undercard including Santogold, Method Man & Redman, Wale, Dead Prez, and Kid Sister. Confirmed lineup after the jump. More »

4:45 PM on Tue Apr 22 2008
By Maura Johnston
470 views, 5 comments

Latest by natepatrin: @owenmeany: So which of those laughable demographics do you not fit in? more »

liner notes

Liner Notes: Paul Wall Devises A New Way To Cause Car Accidents

- Paul Wall introduces a line of cubic-zirconia adornments for cars and SUVs. We're expecting him to become a Home Shopping Network fixture by July. [AllHipHop]
- Did Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke come out of the closet in a Guardian interview? [Guardian Unlimited Music, via Towleroad]
- Poor Mos Def: It's never good when your label's publicist, when asked if your record was released, responds, "It did and it didn't." [MTV via the not-as-crash-prone VH1 via Nah Right]

1:35 PM on Mon Jan 8 2007
By mjohnston
47 views, 3 comments

Latest by FionaScrapple: As long as he doesn't make anymore "music". more »

mp3

Leak Of The Week Day: 9th Wonder Goes To Crooklyn

It's got an annoying radio-announcement loop throughout the track, but this is producer 9th Wonder's new single, "Crooklyn Dodgers Part 3," taken from his upcoming Dream Merchant Vol. 2 album (thanks to Nah Right for the heads-up). Featuring guest-turns from Mos Def, Memphis Bleek and the great Jean Grae, "Part 3" marks the third time an ad-hoc supergoup has taken the Crooklyn Dodgers handle; if you don't know the full history—and we're not pretending to be experts—check out the summary at Prefix. More »

10:59 AM on Tue Oct 3 2006
By Brian Raftery
52 views, Comment

liner notes

Liner Notes: Would You Buy A Used Brazillian-Funk Beat From This Man?

-Kevin Federline signs a deal with Sony BMG for his debut album, Playing With Fire. It will be released on Halloween, just one of 365 days a year in which Federline dresses up as an ass-clown. [AllHipHop]
-Mos Def was arrested yesterday while performing an anti-Bush song in front of the VMAs. Thanks to Bloomberg, you can't even steer a slow-moving flatbed truck down the streets anymore without getting hassled by the man. [MTV]
-British music fans are now just as obnoxious as British sports fans. [The Guardian]

1:40 PM on Fri Sep 1 2006
By Brian Raftery
82 views, Comment