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2013 Grammy Nominations: Frank Ocean, Black Keys, Kanye West and fun. Make for a Manly Affair
We could've sworn we heard women sing stuff and play music this year—and surely the 2013 Grammys will ultimately reflect that. But it's a man's world tonight, with Kanye West, Jay-Z, fun., the Black Keys' Dan Auerbach, Frank Ocean (who's...
Tags: Music Industry, The Truth (music group), MSNBC (tv network), Florence and the Machine (music group), Carney (music group)
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Rock the Bells 2013 books Tyler the Creator, Big Krit, Wu-Tang Clan
When Rock the Bells sets up in San Bernardino this fall, the traveling hip-hop festival will feature two of hip-hop’s most revered – and dead – voices: Wu-Tang Clan’s uproarious fallen member Ol’ Dirty Bastard and godfather...
Tags: Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Travel, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Common, OFWGKTA (music group)
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The Y.N. Rich Kids might be the best rap group ever, you guys
RedEyeNot even trying to mince words here: If you haven't accepted that the Y.N. Rich Kids are the best rap group doing it yet, you're doing yourself a terrible disservice, and I hope you stub your toe later today. For those of you who missed the boat, the...Tags: Mystikal, MTV (tv network), Entertainment, 2 Chainz, Music
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North Coast Music Festival 2013 lineup announced
Now in its 4th year, the North Coast Music Festival announced what might be the strongest lineup to date. Highlights include the Wu-Tang Clan performing their seminal album "Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)" from front to back, rap legend Nas, Mac Miller,...
Tags: North Coast Music Festival, Entertainment, Wu-Tang Clan (music group), JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound, Music
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Remembering Kris Kross' Chris Kelly, and the power of 'Jump'
In 1992, “Jump” was nearly impossible to escape. The debut single from 1990s rap duo Kris Kross was light-years from becoming a go-to crowd mover for party DJ’s when it cemented its place in pop history. It was a remarkable feat...Tags: Music Industry, Entertainment, Michael Jackson, Music
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Album review: LL Cool J's 'Authentic'
Somewhere between Grammy hosting duties, starring on a hit CBS cop drama and thwarting home burglars, LL Cool J has completely lost touch with what launched him into superstardom: rapping. That startling disconnection is what bogs down his 13th album,...
Tags: Fitz and the Tantrums (music group), Brad Paisley
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Coachella 2013: Rapper Nas revels with Hennessy before ruling world at midnight
The Coachella 2013 party scene opened Friday with burgers, tacos, rapper Nas and free-flowing Hennessy. Behind a large shopping center just off Washington Boulevard in Palm Desert, party-goers spilled out of large white vans. The makeshift party...
Tags: Google+, Entertainment, Limes, Tacos, Foods and Beverages
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SXSW 2013: The music stories to watch
On the final night of the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas, last year, a young folk-rock trio from Denver took the makeshift stage at a church a few blocks away from the main action down on 6th Street. The church was about half full,...Tags: Sleigh Bells (music group), Music Industry, Tom Petty, OFWGKTA (music group), NPR
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In hip-hop, violence is taking on a diminishing role
Among the most important rap albums released over the last year or so, one contains a song about Nas' complicated relationship with his teenage daughter. Another has a track in which Killer Mike outlines President Reagan's contribution to the prison-...
Tags: Entertainment, Tipper Gore, Gaming, Savages (movie), Chris Rock
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Donald Byrd dies at 80; jazz trumpeter was a funk-fusion experimenter
Jazz trumpeter and band leader Donald Byrd, whose clean, elegant phrasing made his reputation in the 1950s and '60s before he began experimenting in the '70s and '80s with jazz-funk-R&B fusions on discs such as "Black Byrd" and "Thank You ... for F.U.M.L....
Tags: Miles Davis, Howard University, Entertainment, Sonny Rollins, Washington, DC
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Grammys 2013: Drake's 'Take Care' wins in rap album category
Drake’s critically lauded “Take Care” took home the prize for rap album at the 55th Grammy Awards on Sunday. For his second album, Drake could have employed a surefire strategy of platinum producers, staggered singles and aggressive...Tags: Kanye West, Staples Center, Eminem, Entertainment, Grammy Awards
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Grammy snubs and surprises include a shutout of Justin Bieber
Don't "Believe" in Bieber Justin Bieber laughed off his bout of indigestion at a recent concert, but his Grammy lockout might be an even tougher swallow. He's one of the biggest stars in pop, and his new album "Believe" was universally acclaimed for its...
Tags: Allergies, Gotye (music artist), Chris Brown, Lionel Richie, Fiona Apple
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