Dr. Dre

There's a Special Place in Dallas' Hip-Hop Heart for Snoop Dogg

Eight Music-Themed Gifts You Never Knew You Needed

Ah, the holidays, that time when you frantically try to figure out what exactly to give whoever you got stuck with in the secret Santa drawing. Maybe you got lucky and selected a music fan; maybe you think you want to give that music fan something that's not just the latest Pitchfork-blessed album, ... More >>

Why The Chronic is the Greatest Album in Rap History

Five DFW Rap Songs To Close Out the Summer

See also: The North Texas hip-hop sampler, 2012 1/2 edition Summer is coming to an end and for those of us in Texas, that means we get three months of non-90-degree days and the return of our beloved football. So, in the spirit of summer and all the mischief it brings, we present the five best rap ... More >>

In Defense Of... Rita Ora's "How We Do (Party)"

At first glance, British pop star Rita Ora is a dead ringer for her Roc Nation label mate Rihanna. They may even have the same stylist as Beyoncé. I guess Hova and I have similar tastes, because I like these women all the same. Rita Ora's recent single "How We Do (Party)" sounds like this year's a ... More >>

Ben Folds Plays With the Fort Worth Symphony

The Problem With.... Kreayshawn's "Gucci Gucci"

In spite of what I think of some rappers, the truth is that most of them have something to contribute to the scene. Kanye brings good production chops and high class. Eminem has tight alliterative flows. And Drake... well, he's Canadian, which has to count for something, I imagine. To this end ... More >>

Legendary Dallas Rapper D.O.C. Starts His Return To The Top

Avi Buffalo

Friday, August 5, at Dada

The Problem With... Dr. Dre's "I Need A Doctor"

I've been thinking for a while, trying to pin down what I like and loathe about Eminem's writing. I think I finally got it.

Dallas-Born The D.O.C. Speaks Out Against Dr. Dre, Shares Insight Into Death Row's Launch

​It's easy, sometimes, to forget who the greatest rapper Dallas ever spawned is -- especially when considering that, for the past 20 years, he's worked in a largely behind-the-scenes role, ghost-writing for other rappers and working closely as a mentor to genre luminaries Dr. Dre and Eminem.But, n ... More >>

Devin The Dude, Dem Southernfolkz

Wednesday, December 29, at Granada Theater

Listomania: The 10 Best Albums That Were Supposed To Come Out, But Never Did, in 2010

​Albums get delayed all the time. (Cue Chinese Democracy joke). Sometimes it's because of the close relation of creativity and procrastination. Other times, business overtakes art. More often than not, though, it's just a sheer mystery. So, in looking back at the year, we decided to think about al ... More >>

Q&A: N*E*R*D's Pharrell Williams Talks Social Commentary, T.I.'s Recent Arrest and Producing The Game's New Disc.

It may not seem like it, but N*E*R*D has been around for almost 10 years now, playing their genre-defying style of urban crossover rock. Featuring Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo and Shay Haley, the band brings its experiences from the mega-successful Neptunes and puts it into a unique rock experience ... More >>

Today In Music News: Dre Doesn't Believe In Paying Bills, Jon Bon Jovi Gets Pissed And The Cars May Get Back Together

Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, July 27, 2010...I thought hip-hop guys had people in their posse to do everything from roll joints to fetch dry cleaning...you would think Dr. Dre has someone who can remember to pay his bills.Really, Jon Bon Jovi was pissed because he wasn't on Fo ... More >>

Today In Music News: Dre/Hova Collab Hits The Web, People Love Them Some Drake And Thurston Moore Decides To Be Cool

Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, June 17, 2010...The Dr. Dre/Jay-Z "collabo" has leaked to the interwebs.  From the sounds of it Dre has been listening to a lot of Paul van Dyk lately.Is Drake really "riot worthy?" Apparently some people think so...Thurston Moore is workin ... More >>

Today In Music News: Lolla Releases Line-Up, Dre And Kanye Set Up Releases And Jack White Hates The Internets

Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, April 7, 2010...The full Lollapalooza line-up is out and it's pretty impressive.Looks like Dr. Dre and Kanye West are set to release albums this year. But, if Kanye's album really is gonna be called Good Ass Job, his title wins hands down.Jack ... More >>

Today In Music News: Dr. Dre Confirms New Song, Some People Shouldn't "Sing" And What If God Loved Auto-Tune?

Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, April 6, 2010...Dr. Dre picks the oddest places to announce his new songs...Further proof that actress/dancers don't need to become "singers."If God isn't a fan of auto-tune, he/she/it better hurry up and become one... fast.

Echoes and Reverberations: Decadent Dub Team, Fracturing the Mash-Up

DDTers Jason Wolford, EZ Eddie D and Jeff Liles​ The puke green exterior made the Mitchell Building in Deep Ellum look like a frightening industrial shop of horrors. Far from being accidental, that's by design -- the place was actually a weapons manufacturing facility during Word War II.In the ear ... More >>

Today In Music News: Adam Lambert Is Racy, Dr. Dre Helping Us Out And Blink-182 Head To The Studio

Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, November 24, 2009...Adam Lambert is a bit miffed that his lip-lock with his male keyboardist and head shoving of a male back-up dancer into his crotch was edited out of the west coast feed of last night's American Music Awards.  Good to know ... More >>

Today in Music News: Dr. Dre Loves The 23 Flavors, Rihanna Will Testify, and Dave Gahan Has Tumor Removed

Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, May 29, 2009... The latest installment of Dr Pepper's "Trust Me I'm A Doctor" campaign may be the only time we will get to hear anything off of Dr. Dre's long in-the-works Detox... for now.  It's always nice to see how art and commerce come to ... More >>

Eminem

Relapse (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope)

Today in Music News: NIN Shares Video, Zeppelin Ain't Performing, Phish Sets A Tour, and Dre Gets Leaked

Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, January 9, 2009... If you have a lot of bandwidth and extra time on your hands you can download HD footage for Nine Inch Nails shows and make your own concert video! I should've joined the high school A.V. Club when I had the chance... I gues ... 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: Drugs On Dre's Son; Manson On Trial; Slipknot Frontman Goes Solo

Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, January 5, 2009... A coroner found that Dr. Dre's son died of an overdose of heroin and morphine.  Brian Warner Marilyn Manson wants Trent Reznor and ex-wife Dita Von Teese to testify on his behalf. Manson is being sued by his forme ... More >>

Echoes And Reverberations: Hitchhiking Along Post-Industrial Boulevard

Noise is not for everybody. Some people hear a jackhammer on the street corner and promptly cover their ears; others hear a subsonic melody and random harmonic movement in the staccato repetition of mechanized machinery. “Industrial music” is the umbrella term used to describe artists who e ... More >>

Billboard Runs A Ruthless Records Retrospective, Calls The D.O.C.'s "No One Can Do It Better" One Of The Label's Seminal Hits

Thug Life

Jay-Z

Kingdom Come (Roc-A-Fella)

The Game

The Documentary (Aftermath/G-Unit (Interscope)

Electric Six | Junior Senior

Fire (XL/Beggars) | D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat (Crunchy Frog/Mercury)

Still Doing It Better

The D.O.C. is the best coach in the rap game

Straight Outta Left Field

The Dallas Morning News says N.W.A. was "militant." The real answer? N.O.

Ash

Free All Angels (Kinetic Records)

Eminem

The Eminem Show (Aftermath)

Mission Accomplished

Wrapping up the North Texas New Music Festival; plus, The Beat turns one

Forgot About D.O.C.

The D.O.C. is ready to take on the world. And he's bringing Dallas with him.

Out & About

Snoop Dogg

Bilal / Usher / Chocolate Genius

1st Born Second (Interscope) / 8701 (Arista) / Godmusic (V2)

Out & About

Cave In

Out & About

Snoop Dogg

Five for Fighting

Selected Notes on Music, 2000

Up Beats

Platinum records reward workaholic Cypress Hill producer Muggs

The other F-word

Eminem's mind-blowing Marshall Mathers LP promises to spark feverish free-speech debates

Summer suns and some aren't

Going steady with the singles of the summer

Dead man rapping

"The D.O.C." returns with a new record and a score to settle

The Dr. is out

Dre and Snoop Dogg, the boys who cried wolf, cancel yet another Dallas show

Out There

Out There

Star maker

Can Interscope do for four local bands what it did for Nine Inch Nails and Snoop Dogg?