Kanye West

Top 10 Modern Hip-Hop Ad-Libs

Throughout hip-hop's history, rappers have sought to distinguish themselves through a variety of methods. While some have focused exclusively on lyrical content, others have focused on style and cadence. As of late, hip-hop has experienced a fundamental shift from an emphasis on substance to an emph ... More >>

Azealia Banks - Coachella - 4/21/12

See also: Our Complete Coachella Coverage by Rebecca Haithcoat One assumes that thousands of people shouting, "I guess that cunt getting eaten" in unison has never happened at Coachella before. Yet you could hear just that yesterday during Azealia Banks' set; it was afternoon, and most of us were ... More >>

Watch The Throne Tour with Jay-Z and Kanye West

Tuesday, December 6, at American Airlines Center

Austin City Limits Goes Mainstream

ACL Stage Banter: The Weekend's Funniest and Most Interesting On-Stage Quotes

Marco TorresAnd the award for ACL 2011's best stage banter goes to Kanye West.​Now that Austin City Limits Music Festival is in the rear view mirror, all we have are the memories. That is, unless you spent the weekend drunk and high, in which case you might not even remember who performed, let alo ... More >>

Ten Things You Can Expect to See At Austin City Limits 2011

Beats by Dallas' Own Hip-Hop Doctors

Play-N-Skillz Go Fully Electro, Release Free Download With Akon, Pitbull and Nelly Collabs

Steve VisneauPlay-N-Skillz​We've seen this coming for quite some time now -- that the Dallas-based, Grammy-winning hip-hop production dup of Play-N-Skillz was going to be taking things in a more electronic direction at some point.We saw it in the videos they've released, in their (highly successfu ... More >>

Tonight, Tonight: The Kills at the Granada, A-Trak at Trees, The Builders and The Butchers at Double-Wide and AgesandAges at Swiss House

Lots of musical action happening this evening. Kinda feels like half of the Pacific Northwest is in town tonight.

Play-N-Skillz To Produce Again For Lil Wayne: Duo Confirms That Tha Carter IV Will Feature Wayne, T-Pain Collaboration Over Their Beat.

Steve VisneauPlay-N-Skillz​Dallas-based hip-hop super-producers Play-N-Skillz have wasted no time making good use of their G4 Muzik label's freshly created blog. Over the past few weeks, they've shared some new music, revealed that they're shooting a music video with Bun B in town today, and, well ... More >>

Pazz & Jop 2010: Kanye Had The Best Album, Cee-Lo Had The Best Single. You're Surprised?

​ Late yesterday afternoon, our colleagues at the Village Voice up in New York City released the annual beast that is the Pazz & Jop poll, which, in short, accumulates the year-end lists of hundreds of critics from around the country and compiles them into a database that helps determine a cri ... More >>

Arbitrarily Grading The Year That Was: A Look Back At The Major Music Happenings of 2010.

Not quite an A . But 2010 was still a pretty good year for music.​If the '00s were dominated by hip-hop, this decade looks as if it's being dominated by electronic music. While electro-pop has had some resurrections over the years, it's now a mainstay of popular music. Look no farther tha ... More >>

By Our Count, Eight Or So Grammy Nominations Have Local(ish) Ties

​Last night, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for the 2010 Grammy Awards, as they tend to do around this time of year. The winners won't be announced until the live awards show, which will air on CBS on Sunday, February 13, 2011. But, thanks to a whole sle ... More >>

Today In Music News: Kanye Admits He's Juvenile, Weezy Pens Prison Letter And Gucci Mane Gets Busted

Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, November 3, 2010...Finally Kanye admits that he's basically a child.  But, a child that has an awesome sense of fashion.Weezy released a letter preceding his release from prison stating he was never "scared, worried, nor bothered" by his p ... More >>

Watch: Sore Losers and HelloeARTh Re-Imagine Kanye West's "Runaway"

Sore Losers​In this past week's paper, I muse on the state of Dallas hip-hop, something I'd been thinking about rather frustratingly for some time now--until, that is, I finally caught Sore Losers' live show on a bill at The Nightmare on Sunday, October 24. There, backed by the band HelloeARTh, So ... 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: Steve Albini Needs Your Help, Moe Tucker Will Tea Bag You And Kanye Sets Release Date

Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, October 5, 2010... Do you want to do your part and help a legendary sound engineer/producer pay his bills? Now you can!Velvet Underground's Moe Tucker supports the Tea Party?After his triumphant performance over the weekend on SNL, Kanye let us k ... More >>

Today In Music News: Kanye May Be Filming Movie, Neon Indian Goes Blue And Weezer Adopt-A-Song

Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, September 2, 2010...You can say what you want about Kanye's personality quirks. But, he's always trying to push his art to the next level. To that end, the rapper/producer is reportedly shooting a companion film for his new album.When you think ... More >>

The Problem With... Taylor Swift's "Mine"

​Taylor Swift's formula for charm makes her accessible to much of America. She's got a Rust Belt background that plays well with the country music audience, a girl next door vibe that pulls in all the young-uns, and a sense of humor that just warms your heart, doesn't it?However, one thing is stic ... More >>

Today In Music News: Carlos D Hates Playing Bass, Kanye Working With Bon Iver? And Arcade Fire Show Indie Bands Can Make It

Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, August 13, 2010...Carlos D quit Interpol because he hated playing bass.  Bad choice of instrument to hate for a bands bass player.Are Kanye West and Bon Iver collaborating?Apparently Arcade Fire show us why you can still make it as an indie ba ... More >>

Today In Music News: Even Nick Cave Knows It Can't Rain All The Time, Weezy Gets Mashed And Kanye Debuts At Facebook

Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, July 29, 2010...This gives me hope the new Crow movie will be better than the crappy sequels: Nick Cave is writing the remake of the original Crow movie. Weezy gets his own mash-up album vs. the soundtrack to (500) Days of Summer, titled... (500) ... More >>

Check The Artwork For Kanye's Just-Released "Power" Single, Produced By DFW's Own Symbolyc One.

​ Earlier this week, we showed you Kanye West's performance of his new Symbolyc One-produced single, "Power," at the BET Awards on Sunday night. Well, this morning, DFW-produced single earned its release via an exclusive iTunes arrangement. And it's doing OK, too, currently sitting at No. 5 on iTu ... More >>

Today In Music News: Top 10 Gay Songs, Lady Gaga Continues Her Inappropriateness And Kanye Loves The Kids

Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, June 10, 2010...Can you really "out" a song and peg it as gay when most of the songs on the list are by gay artists?  It's like shooting fish in a fabulous barrel, right?Good thing Lady Gaga knows to dress appropriately for a graduation.Some ... 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 >>

Year in Review: Sampling the Best DJ and Dance Music of 2009

The past year brought the worst economy since the malaise of the 1970s, and like that era, it also saw dance music sweep the nation. Lady Gaga, the Black Eyed Peas, Beyoncé and Sean "P. Diddy" Combs all dabbled in the sound. Even Michael Jackson was said to be working on a dance album with the Peas ... More >>

Today In Music News: Snoop Wants Some Blood, Faith No More May Tour and Kanye's Death Hoax Is Disrespectful

Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, October 22, 2009...Snoop Dogg wants to be a vampire on HBO's True Blood. But how will he translate to the 30-something horny housewife demo?Faith No More is planning on bringing its reunion to the States... at some point.Kanye West's girlfriend s ... More >>

Today In Music News: Kanye Gets Dramatic, Animal Collective Wants To Save Seals and Kings Of Leon Gets Its Own Exhibit

Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, October 21, 2009...I guess rockers just feel the need to save something. If it's not Liam Gallagher saving honey bees, then it's Animal Collective trying to save seals.A drunk and obnoxious Kanye West Spike Jonze = We Were Once A Fairytale.Kin ... More >>

Today In Music News: Obama Still Loves Jackson and Kanye Becomes A Director

Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, July 6, 2009... Americans can sleep easier tonight: President Obama still has Michael Jackson songs on his iPod. Now, how about that universal health care, sir? Kanye West now has something else he's the best in the world at: being a music video di ... More >>

Today In Music News: Bret Michaels Is Unhappy, Axl Rose Can't Make Up His Mind, and Kanye Tours With Lady Gaga

Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, June 11, 2009... Unlike everyone else who saw him run into a stage prop at the Tony Awards, Bret Michaels is not happy about what happened--and he feels that the award show and host Neil Patrick Harris didn't take his injury seriously.  ... More >>

Today In Music News: Courtney Love Gets Litigious, Rappers Get Fragrances

Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, April 9, 2009...Courtney Love is suing anyone she can think of because she says Kurt Cobain's estate has been "looted." I'm going to go out on a limb and say she spent all the the money on a bender and just forgot about it.Apparently fragrances ar ... 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 >>

T.I.

Paper Trail (Atlantic)

Introducing Estelle, Britpop's Latest Crossover

With "American boy" leading her excellent American debut, Estelle is the latest British star to make a go at the States

The Game

LAX (Geffen)

The Rap Up: The Beat Behind Damaged Good$

Reunion Arena is Dallas' New X Spot

Bland on Bland Crime

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

Kanye West

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

Kid Rock's Gonna Screw Up My Cowboys-Bills Game

Rhymefest

Blue Collar (J/Allido)

Ne-Yo | K104 Summer Jam

Friday, July 21, at Purgatory | Saturday, July 22, at Smirnoff Music Centre

A-Trak

Thursday, May 25, at the Gypsy Tea Room

Get Down With Dave

Chappelle returns with a raucous Block Party

Behind the Muzak

You didn't keep score while watching last week's Grammys? We did.

Reform School

The College Dropout rethinks his stance on education in the year 2010

Kanye West

Late Registration (Roc-A-Fella)

Legend in the Making

As a teenager, John Legend was already recording with Lauryn Hill. Seven years later, he's only gotten bigger.

Last Call

In which we discuss the highs, the lows--and all the crap that came between

God Save the Scene

Sassy Brits, hoochie mamas and a dude named Beans attempted to invigorate a stagnant year for hip-hop.

Kanye West

The College Dropout (Roc-A-Fella)