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Lauryn Hill's The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill,  Radiohead's 1997 smash OK Computer, the Doors' eponymous 1967 debut, Joan Baez' Joan Baez, Cole Porter's Kiss Me, Kate from 1949 and more are being entered into the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry. Variety ...

If you just caught up with Allan Kingdom in the wake of him joining Kanye West onstage at the Brit Awards to perform "All Day," let us catch you up. The Winnipeg-born, St. Paul-bred Kingdom raps like someone who digested the genre-warping opening salvos from the likes of Kid Cudi and Chance the Rapper, but warped them through his own lens, pushing the form to be as kinetic or as moody as

Transformation naturally comes with time. And if you're a rapper lucky enough to have cameras capture the longevity of your career, chances are you've got some dope throwback moments. These are the awesome, hilarious (and sometimes embarrassing) back in the day pics of when rappers were just starting out in the studio or arriving on their first big red carpet. Fas...

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Madonna wants to date Drake. Yes you read that correctly. According to Us Weekly, the icon's dream date is the "6 God." “The lifelong ambition I still want to fulfill is to go on a dream date with Drake — and only kiss him,” she said. Drizzy does have...

Fresh off their SXSW trip and concerts gigs, Rome Fortune—who was recently in jail—links with Tunji Ige for "Spotlight." Philly meets Atlanta for this hypnotizing Ben Pramuk & Noah Breakfast-produced record. The wavy atmosphere "Spotlite" has sets a mellow mood, but the baseline adds a kick to the record that adds more than ambience; you can turn up to this. "Shorty bu

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Mr. Wonderful is the title of an obscure 1968 Fleetwood Mac album featuring a shirtless, lanky individual on the cover. Nearly 50 years later, Action Bronson appears on the scene as the well-over 300 pound antithesis. The origins of the former chef-turned-rap-phenomenon are well-documented in the canals of viral myth via unintentionally hilarious interviews and painfully truthful autobiographical

A$AP Rocky has been in the news lately in his role as actor, fashion kingpin and mourning friend, but he's once again grabbing headlines in the lane he first occupied: as a rapper. In an interview with GQ, the Harlemite announced the title for his second major label album, At.Long...

For ABC's Dancing With the Stars this week, Patti LaBelle danced to 50 Cent's "In Da Club." LaBelle almost didn't make it to her performance due to a knee injury, but when the lights came on, she was there to strut her stuff. "This week is my jam Monday, so I chose "In Da Club" by 50 Cent," said the icon on why she chose Fif's single...

Empires crumble and fall, but also they sue each other over naming rights. Fox's runaway hit show, Empire, has been a hit with audiences, but it has ruffled the feathers of Empire Distribution Inc., a major music distributor based in San Francisco. The...

The 2015 Lollapalooza line up has been announced. Check out the full schedule here. The list of performers are a pretty random mix, which means the Chicago music festival will be quite the turn up. Headlining the event will be The Beatles legend Paul McCartney, alongside Metallica and Florence & the Machine. McCartney ha...