50 Cent

LehtMoJoe's Holiday Remix: 50 Cent, Paul McCartney, Free Agent

Moniker Deathmatch: Local Rapper Pikahsso Has Some Competition...

Video: MC Lars And Bowling For Soup's Jaret Reddick At The Double Wide

I missed a ton of good shows around town last week--Thanksgiving with the folks in Boston, y'know--but the one I'm probably most disappointed about missing, which probably says a lot about me, is the nerdcore show at the Double Wide on Saturday. MC Lars? MC Frontalot? ytcracker? These guys are t ... More >>

Today in Music News: KRS-One's Still Anti-Violence, Kurt Cobain's Still Worth It, Stereogum's Got The Goods And Wayne Coyne's Feeling The Spirit...

Your top national music stories for Wednesday, December 24, 2008: Remember back in '89 when no one knew we were in the midst of Hip-Hop's "golden age" and KRS-One schooled us on why non-violence is good with the ditty "Self Destruction?" Well, now the young pups of today can have their own ve ... More >>

Worst Lyrics of 2008

And now it's time for the "I love you like a fat kid loves cake" memorial Worst Lyrics of 2008, March Madness-style tournament, this year a terrifying mélange of appalling oral-sex requests, bargain-bin philosophies, grammatical atrocities, and cringe-inducing pillow talk. To elevate the drama, I p ... More >>

Today In Music News: Britney Tweets, 50 Cent Drinks, Lance Bass Dreams and Kelly Clarkson Beams

Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, January 6, 2009... Someone hacked into Britney Spears' Twitter account to let the world know that her cooter is four feet wide and has teeth. Yikes! TMI, Brit! 50 Cent has been signed by a liquor company to help market their cognac.&nb ... More >>

Today In Music News: Hear New Eminem, Save Amy Winehouse, See Jane's Addiction And Smile At Kanye's Karma.

Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, January 8, 2009... The alleged final version of Eminem's Dr. Dre-produced, "Crack a Bottle" has hit the world wide interweb. It features Fitty and Dre, each contributing a verse. The reclusive rapper even takes a jab at himself in reference ... More >>

Today In Music News: 50 Cent Mocks Kanye, Daft Punk Loves Obama

Your daily dose of national hip-hop news for Wednesday, January 21, 2009... Hip-hop beefs are nothing new--they've been around for years. But it seems that 50 Cent has now taken to creating controversies as his promotional tool. He still seems to think that Kanye West is his adversary for so ... More >>

Today In Music News: Andy Samberg To Record Album, Kanye To Cry Any Minute, Jay-Z To Include Three Blog Faves On New Album

Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, January 23, 2009...Hey, did you like the Andy Samberg and Justin Timberlake song "Dick In A Box" (see above)? It was pretty funny, right? Well, Samberg and his comedy writing partners are coming out with an album now...I guess Kanye West has let the ... More >>

50 Cent

Get Rich or Die Tryin' (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope)

Joe Budden

Joe Budden (Def Jam)

Today In Music News: Eminem and Flea Head To Hall Of Fame, 50 and Weezy Are Fueding and Jane's Addiction Offers Up Free Reznor-Produced Tracks

Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, March 23, 2009...Eminem and Flea are among the presenters for this years Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees. Em will induct Run-DMC; Flea will induct Metallica.It's funny how 50 Cent likes to take jabs at easy targets like Rick Ross, but, when it ... More >>

Rock the Mic Tour

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Letters

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Today In Music News: iTunes Launches Tiered Pricing, Conor Oberst Releases Free Doc, Weezy Joins Ross Against Fitty, And Don't Hassle The Hoff Tween Band.

Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, April 8, 2009... Good news if you're a fan of iTunes: Apple launched a tiered pricing system yesterday and discontinued the DRM on all downloads. Which is great news for people who don't read music blogs and get their songs for free. Free doc ... More >>

Our annual Death Pool: Which artists will croak in '09?

Who should fear the reaper this year?

Symbolyc One

Strange Fruit Project Presents: S1 Music Box (Spilt Milk)

G-Unit

T.O.S.: Terminate on Sight (G-Unit)

Sane in the Membrane

Despite drinking enough syrup to kill a small horse, Lil Wayne is actually quite calculated

Rapper's Caviar Dreams

Are the latest boastful rappers billionaires or boobs?

Bland on Bland Crime

September's CDs produce more beef than a Western Sizzlin'

50 Cent

Curtis (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope)

Kanye West

Graduation (Island Def Jam/Roc-A-Fella Records)

Diaspora Jammin'

Beats, rhymes and life rule this best-of list

Jingle Jam 2005

Saturday, December 17, at the Dallas Convention Center

Snoop Dogg, the Game

Friday, May 13, at Smirnoff Music Centre

Bowling for Soup, American Hi-Fi

Friday, May 6, at the Granada

Long-View

Mercury (Columbia)

Cooking With Class

Soon, Dallas students can learn the restaurant biz in school

The Game

The Documentary (Aftermath/G-Unit (Interscope)

Parental Guidance

Rating the year's hits with Mom and Dad

Wake Up!

A year-end rant or rave for the rap music industry

A Whisper in the Crowd

Hip-hop rediscovers minimalism, thanks to a sea of surprisingly great singles

Made With Love

Rosanne Cash is the friend who will say, or sing, what you can't

Bottle the Spin

The "40 best artists making music right now?" Nah.

Weekend Roundup: Erykah Badu, Dove Hunter, Jimmy Buffet, Johnny Hiland Band, 50 Cent and Fall Out Boy

Erykah Badu at Good Records on Saturday, April 18 Happy belated birthday, Bill Wisener! The owner of Bill's Records on Lamar Street celebrated his 65th birthday and National Record Store Day with the eccentric First Lady of Neo-Soul and Dallas-native Erykah Badu (among others) at Good Records.  ... More >>

Love Sevy's Like A Fat Kid Loves Cake? Or Just Love Cake?

Getting some free cake is a lot easier today during lunch at Sevy's. I love you like a fat kid loves cake. -50 Cent, "21 Questions"As wise a philosopher as Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson may be, it's not just fat kids who love cake. As anyone who's ever worked in an office can tell you, love of cake--part ... More >>

Today In Music News: Sinatra Gets A Biopic, Kajagoogoo Gets It Together, And You Can Get "Rare" Eminem

Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, May 15, 2009... Martin Scorsesse is set to direct a feature film biopic of a music legend: Frank Sinatra, baby. Kajagoogoo are reuniting for the first time in 25 years. Something tells me it's not to promote a greatest hit collection. Wanna taste ... More >>

Today In Music News: Crystal Castles Show Stopped, Jigga And Oprah Are BFF and Jacko's Movie Being Released

Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, August 11, 2009...Police shut down an all-night rave when fans of opening band Crystal Castles jumped from balconies onto the floor.  Well, at least they played this show. Jay-Z is Oprah's newest favorite thing?  I smell a 50 Cent diss tr ... More >>

Year in Review: The Worst Lyrics of 2009 Aren't Trying for Funny, But Get There Just the Same

​The lowest common denominator having been achieved in 2005 with the release of the Black Eyed Peas' Monkey Business, popular musicians have had to work extra hard in recent years to find new and inventive ways to be inane. They found great success in 2009, with artists as varied as Lady Gaga, Bru ... More >>

Year in Review: 2009's Best Proves the Stars Are Shifting in Latin Music

It's been a year of surprises in Latin music. Reggaetón continues fading, albeit slowly, and the industry's mainstays aren't garnering the attention they used to. Case in point: Don Omar's summer release iDon (no relation to your phone), which remained quiet after its first single, "Virtual Diva." ... More >>

Today In Music News: Dead Weather Are Back, Gaga Offended Someone Else And 50 Cent Continues To Diss

Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, March 26, 2010...It's official, The Dead Weather are coming back... soon.Lady Gaga and Beyonce have gone and done it now... they've upset the wrong Mormon has-been pop-star.So how exactly does 50 Cent pick out his diss targets?  I'm assuming th ... More >>

Today In Music News: Eminem Announces New Album, What A Concept And Rufus Wainwright Speaks About Fitty

Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, April 15, 2010...Eminem scraps Relapse 2 album for fresher, newer album not named Relapse 2.It's time to start up the age old debate of the best concept albums against the worst concept albums.  Guess which list KISS landed on...Soooo... if 5 ... More >>

Today In Music News: Weezy Gets Busted, More Beatle Stuff Is Sold And M.I.A. Keeps Opening Her Mouth

Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, May 13, 2010...A "prison rat" tipped off officials at Rikers Island that Lil' Wayne was in possession of contraband. Time for Weezy sharpen up that toothbrush and get some prison justice!Is there anything that is associated with The Beatles that p ... More >>

Today In Music News: Van Halen To (Maybe) Tour Again, Rob Zombie Has New Cinema Project And 50 Cent Has A Way With Words

Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, October 6, 2010...AVan Halen may be returning to the road next year. Or so Live Nation is telling their stockholders. Yeah, yeah yeah Rob Zombie has some albums he's touring on, blah, blah blah... but, he has a new horror movie he's writing and ... More >>

Listomania: What Scents Would Be Most Appropriate For The Future Perfumes and Colognes of Today's Biggest Music Icons?

OK, here she probably smelled like blood and semen...​According to fragrance industry insiders, Lady Gaga has requested that Monster, the perfume she is developing, smell of "blood and semen." Frankly, that's a head-scratcher for us -- it sounds more like a Bloodhound Gang scent, or perhaps a Load ... More >>

Beyonce Releases Official Video For Symbolyc One-Produced "Best Thing I Never Had"

​Unlike the subject of Beyonce's new single, "Best Thing I Never Had," we're thinking that it hardly sucks to be Dallas' Own Symbolyc One right now.It was back in April that the local product, also a member of The Cannabinoids and Strange Fruit Project, revealed to us that, in addition to acts suc ... More >>

Chingo Bling

Sunday, July 31,at the House of Blues' Cambridge Room

Nine Musicians Whose Deleted Tweets We'd Love To Peruse With Undetweetable

​Here's the thing about musicians: Many of them are loud, messy, and opinionated. Social media has given them yet another outlet for their rantings and ravings, and we, as fans, eat it up whenever our favorite musicians go on Twitter and mouth off.  This is, tweets are deletable. Always have ... More >>

Symbolyc One Explains How He Came Up With Kanye West and Jay-Z's "Excellence" Joint

Symbolyc One's on fire.​In this week's paper, you'll find a heads up of sorts about what's really going on in Dallas hip-hop these days -- essentially it's no longer the rappers making waves so much as it's the producers. And that's not just fluff. As noted in the article, in the past couple of ye ... More >>