Evolving musically, placating existing fans, scooping up new ones all while avoiding the sophomore slump is really too much to ask of one band and one album. However, it’s exactly what Cage The Elephant is doing with their 2nd release, Thank You Happy Birthday.
Raphael Saadiq stays comfortably stuck in the past with his latest single, Radio. Is it boring nostalgia or should you dust off grandmas dancing shoes? Take a listen and tell us what you think.
By shelz. A few days ago Jazmine Sullivan retired from music to go find herself.
After two colossal concept albums, The Decemberists have pared the music down to its simplest form for their 6th studio album, The King is Dead.
This week’s edition of And The Beat Goes On features some impossible covers of timeless songs with differing results. “Smells Like Teen Spirit” nailed. “Imagine,” not so much. These and more in Planet Ill’s And The Beat Goes on.
Gucci, Waka and OJ Da Juiceman posse up to let you know exactly what they do. Take a listen and find out if money really makes the man.
LL Cool J’s Radio is a quarter of a century old this year. Find out how one adolescent upstart and his boom box changed the course of Hip Hop forever.
A rough draft of Kanye’s Monster mash is here and yes, its just as disturbing as you thought it would be.
Stalley pays homage to Pimp C and shoots down lying rappers with one song. Pimp C said stop embarrassing us. Stalley agrees. Oh, and Happy Birthday Pimp C!
Young Chris can’t seem to break away from that old Roc feeling on his latest track, “Trouble On My Mind.”