Hip Hop

The Distance - Cake

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:45:54 GMT

Best-known for their ubiquitous hit "The Distance," Cake epitomized the postmodern, irony-drenched aesthetic of '90s geek-rock. Their sound freely mixed and matched pastiches of widely varying genres -- white-boy funk, hip-hop, country, new wave pop, jazz, college rock, and guitar rock -- with a particular delight in the clashes that resulted.

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Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:41:18 GMT

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Tom Waits - Real Gone

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:22:55 GMT

Alphabetical Listing Home : CD reviews : Americana : Tom Waits Tom Waits - Real Gone - Tom Waits is a master of American music.

New Divide - Linkin Park

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:45:59 GMT

After years of waiting, Linkin Park is finally resurfacing with a new album. Watch an amazing performance of their new single "What I've Done" plus see "Breaking The Habit" and more!... Linkin Park - Play All Lyrics "1stp Klosr " Break... More Songs Biography Although rooted in alternative metal, Linkin Park became one of the most successful acts ...

What You're Doing This Weekend 7/

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:20:35 GMT

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA: Head down to the front of the Art Museum to celebrate America with a free concert by The Roots and Sheryl Crow .

Independence Day fireworks; more

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:04:20 GMT

Trianglewide Independence Day fireworks Fire department-approved venues - Two hundred and thirty-three years after a group of men declared that all men are created equal, that promise is closer to being upheld as we celebrate our Independence Day with a black president.

Obsessed - Mariah Carey

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:41:48 GMT

Mariah Carey returns to the music scene with a brand new single, "Obsession" off her 12th album Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel.

No Doubt dazzles Palace crowd

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:35:52 GMT

No Doubt hasn't released a new album since 2001. The band hasn't toured in five years, and doesn't even have a comeback single to promote on its current tour.

Read the story

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:12:45 GMT

Queen Latifah, in New Orleans for the 15th annual Essence Music Festival, says she's excited about her latest project - her first rap album in a decade that will be released in August.

Queen Latifah's latest rap album drops in August

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:30:57 GMT

Queen Latifah, in New Orleans for the 15th annual Essence Music Festival, says she's excited about her latest project - her first rap album in a decade that will be released in August.

Daily backgrounder

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:54:47 GMT

Deere & Co. says about 800 salaried workers will leave the farm machinery maker under a voluntary program announced in April.

Suncoco Welcome America! Events for Saturday, July 4

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:46:25 GMT

Independence Day Ceremony 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Independence Hall 520 Chestnut Street Join Mayor Michael A. Nutter and other dignitaries at Independence Hall for a ceremony filled with performances honoring America's 233rd birthday.

Pittsfield Cultural

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:30:39 GMT

A local bruin looks forlornly at the birdfeeders far from her reach in Joyce Harsch's back yard.

Anthony Cook: Spiritually sound - Anniston Star

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:42:00 GMT

I grew up listening to rap music. Not just rap music, and not all rap music. But, yes, the stuff the kids nowadays call "old school hip hop" was the fresh new stuff for me and my friends when we were growing up. There was a record shop just off the ...

Mid-Hudson celebrates the Fourth - Daily Freeman

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:06:00 GMT

Saugerties: A three-day celebration continues today with a carnival at Cantine Field, food and craft vendors, carnival rides and Battle of the Bands competitions. Today Ellenville: Arts and crafts at 9 a.m. at Liberty Square; parade steps off at noon ...

'Ripped: How the Wired Generation Revolutionized Music' tracks events ... - Chicago Tribune

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:52:00 GMT

In 2000, U.S. record sales peaked at 785 million albums. It was the beginning of the end for the record industry as the world knew it. During the next eight years, album sales fell 45 percent and the pain spread throughout the business. After decades ...

Seminar focuses on the business of hip-hop, R&B

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:23:50 GMT

Wild Wayne of Q93.3 FM. Wild Wayne is pumped about Monday night. "It's the tail end of Essence, so we're expecting some big things from this one," he said.

CHS hosts summer drama camp - Corvallis Gazette-Times

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:52:00 GMT

Blue-eyed Cella Allen, 7, is an actor who wants to perfect her craft. The second-grader already has performed as one of the munchkins and as an Irish dancer in the Corvallis High School production of The Wiz. Thursday morning she honed her dancing ...

Cross-Dressing Carey 'Not Emulating Eminem' - femalefirst.co.uk

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:26:00 GMT

Mariah Carey's husband Nick Cannon denies the superstar has taken a swipe at Eminem in her latest music video by dressing as the rapper - insisting she wouldn't waste her time. Carey trades in her usual glamorous look to dress as a thuggish man in ...

Queen Latifah's latest rap album drops in August - WLOX

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:19:00 GMT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Queen Latifah, in New Orleans for the 15th annual Essence Music Festival, says she's excited about her latest project - her first rap album in a decade that will be released in August. Entitled "Persona," she says the release ...

'Music can change lives,' choral director believes - South Coast Today

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:50:00 GMT

Pauline Brazil DeBalsi doesn't make music, she lives it. From 1979, as piano accompanist for the New Bedford Public School music department, to the present day, as choral director at New Bedford High School, Brazil-DeBalsi has shared her passion for ...

Faith Alive: Donna Bearden, member, Fourth Street Missionary Church - Ledger-Enquirer

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:53:00 GMT

Did you grow up in Columbus? Yes. I graduated from Columbus High in ?07. Now I?m at Mercer and about to be a junior. What are you majoring in? Christianity and psychology. What do you plan to do with it? Youth ministry and counseling. After ...

Michael Jackson's Music Had Impact Around The Globe - Post Chronicle

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:57:00 GMT

Michael Jackson went from being Gary, Ind.'s most talented kid to one of the most recognizable human beings on the planet. While his worldwide album sales were astounding, that wasn't the sole reason for his fame. His ascendancy went far beyond the ...

Knowing Michael

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:30:38 GMT

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Fiscal monitor bids to be opened Monday - Post-Tribune

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:02:00 GMT

GARY -- The Board of Public Works and Safety will open bids for the hiring of a state-mandated fiscal monitor in an 11 a.m. Monday meeting. The board met Thursday morning and recessed its meeting until Monday after handling other matters. Deputy ...

Man with L.V. ties worked closely with Michael Jackson - Allentown Morning Call

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:43:00 GMT

James Straite of Allentown knew his son Elliot was a successful singer, songwriter and record producer who worked with some of the biggest names in the business. But when his son told him in a 2001 telephone call he wanted his father to speak to ...

New Taboo partners plan to reinvent club - Register-Guard

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:08:00 GMT

Ownership of the downtown Eugene nightclub Taboo is changing. And the new partners say major changes are in store. Owner Jeff Lowe said he?s buying out his two partners, Stevan Jaffe and Jeffrey Gaulton, and taking on two new partners: DJ Tekneek ...

Brother Michael Jackson by L. King about Singer Michael dead. (See ... - PR Inside

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:34:00 GMT

2009-07-03 07:39:43 - Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 ??? June 25, 2009) was an American recording artist, entertainer and businessman. More and video see worldnewsww.nl/story.php?title=jacksons-brother-speaks-out The seventh child of ...

'Hip-hopera' slams conventions - Post-Star

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:27:00 GMT

The Adirondack Theatre Festival and playwright Sean C. Lewis are hoping that if they rap it, they will come. "I Will Make You Orphans," a one-man show combining hip-hop and slam poetry, isn't the type of show audiences expect from the Glens Falls ...

Records with the greatest airplay and sales gains this week have ... - Billboard

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:37:00 GMT

Billboard offers full coverage of breaking music news and music chart toppers to music executives and fans alike. Billboard is the best print and online music magazine for in-depth music business news and access to an array of digital music, business ...