Wyclef Jean

Over The Weekend: Trae tha Truth, JMack and Big Hud at Trees

Trae Tha Truth, JMack, Big HudTreesAugust 13, 2011Better than: trying to act like Dallas has a hip-hop pedigree to compete with Houston.Trae Tha Truth​ There wasn't much of a build-up to Trae The Truth's entrance at Trees on Saturday night. After a particularly high-energy set from JMack and a fun ... More >>

Good Friday: Death Cab, Rock The Bells, Torche, Trae and The Rest of Your Weekend

Death Cab For Cutie​There was a time when Death Cab For Cutie would have Centro-Matic in the support slot of their regional shows. But those days are long gone. On Saturday, Death Cab will be at the Verizon Theatre in Grand Prairie with Frightened Rabbit. But if a Centro-Matic-less Death Cab doesn ... More >>

Listomania: The 15 Most Unexpected, Unlikely, and Downright Awkward Collaborations of All Time

Beck​Yesterday Beck announced that he had been "recording some tracks" with country singer Dwight Yoakam. And yeah, we guess we could kind of see that, as Beck has run the gamut of styles during his career, touching on hip-hop, electronic, folk, and mariachi. But, even though it makes sense when ... More >>

Picture Show: Super Bowl XLV Party Performer Round Up

Eric GarciaSnoop! Snoop!​So, the ice finally thawed. Honestly, the weekend was looking a little disappointing right around the Prince cancellation, but the warmer weather brought out the big Super Bowl parties on Saturday. Downtown was buzzing. So was Uptown. Hell, so was everything. Over ... 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 >>

Today In Music News: Wyclef Has Harsh Words For Sean Penn, Goldie's Son Is A Killer And Michael Edwards Killed By Agriculture

Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, September 8, 2010...Wyclef did the only thing he could think of after being denied a run for the Haitian presidency: accuse Sean Penn of being a coke head. The son of drum and bass icon, Goldie, has been sent to prison for killing a disabled ma ... More >>

Today In Music News: Man Kills Himself At Swell Season Show, 'Clef Won't Be President And Performer Kills Himself After Band's Set

Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, August 23, 2010...A man intentionally leaped to his death at a Swell Season show.Turns out Wyclef won't have to worry about what will happen to him if he were president. Charles Haddon jumped to his death after his band's set at the Pukkelpop festiv ... More >>

Today In Music News: Wyclef Told To Hold On, Manson Calls It Quits And Kings Of Leon Won't Sellout

Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, August 19, 2010...The Haitian government pulled a Lee Corso when they told Wyclef: not so fast my friend!Sometimes a love made in hell are not meant to last.Kings of Leon turned down licensing their music to Ugly Betty and Glee in fear of being ca ... More >>

Today In Music News: Kings Of Leon Gotta New Record, Wyclef IS Running For The Haitian Presidency And Aretha Breaks Her Ribs

Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, August 5, 2010...Kings of Leon aren't messing around and intend to capitalize on the success Only By The Night by releasing a new disc this fall.Sooooo... apparently Wyclef was serious about a Haitian Presidential bid. Aretha Franklin was forced t ... More >>

Today In Music News: Gorillaz Come To Dallas, Rihanna Will Sink Your Battleship And 'Clef May Run For Office

Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, July 28, 2010...Gorillaz have announced their North American tour date, and guess what? They have a Dallas date.Rihanna is going to star in the movie Battleship... based on the board game.So, Wyclef Jean may run for president of Haiti?

Throwback Staff Trax: The Replacements, The Fugees, Depeche Mode and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Welcome to Staff Trax, the weekly feature here on DC9 where we shed some light on the music we've been enjoying of late, regardless of the touring or album release schedules that tend to bear the focus of most of our coverage. Consider it a chance for you readers to get some more insight into ... More >>

The 15 Worst ...and Friends! Albums Of All-Time

​It's hard not to remember Santana's 1999 album Supernatural. Besides just the Rob Thomas collab "Smooth," which we've spent the past decade trying to erase from our memories, the album received a lot of attention at the time for being one of those records that featured a different collaboration w ... More >>

Good Friday: Shapes Stars Make, The Slack, Forever The Sickest Kids, The Slow Burners, Bobby Fisha, Telegraph Canyon, Nicholas Altobelli, Daniel Folmer, Coot Out, RTB2 and This Old House

We do what we like, and we like what we do.​Many apologies for the slow blog day today--hell the slow blog week, really. Things have been especially hectic this week, for reasons I won't bore you with. On the promising front, though, the weekend is here--and when the work-week kicks back up on Mon ... More >>

Haiti Benefit Concerts Scheduled In Austin And Dallas, And Paste 'Songs For Haiti' Downloads Include Fort Worth Band

Fort Worth's The Burning Hotels are among the artists available for download once you donate to Paste Magazine's Songs For Haiti.​Perhaps the best thing about the local music scene is how generous North Texas musicians are when it comes to benefit concerts and other ways of donating to worthy char ... More >>

Akon

Freedom (Universal)

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 Phat Lady Sings

Good Friday: The Lash Outs, Record Hop, Tree Wave, Bluesfest

Old 97's Holding Down with Hockey Fans

Sure Hope You Like Norah Jones

T.I. vs. T.I.P

T.I. vs. T.I.P. (Atlantic Records)

Last Caress

A terminal kid seeks a stroke of luck in One Last Thing...

Get Down With Dave

Chappelle returns with a raucous Block Party

Summer Camp

Demme goes for the knowing giggle in his Candidate overhaul

Truly in Love With Lionel

It may be easy as Sunday morning to dis Lionel Richie. But why do that?

Give Peas a Chance

Keepin' it real? The Black Eyed Peas would rather keep it fun.

Wyclef Jean

Masquerade (Columbia)

Mick Jagger / Paul McCartney

Goddess in the Doorway (Virgin) / Driving Rain (Capitol)

Mass N.E.R.D.er

Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo are revolutionary producers. Now they're doing it for themselves.

Open to All

Black Eyed Peas hope they're luckier in 2001 than they were last year

100 Bullets

MTV and Rolling Stone pick the 100 greatest pop songs ever, "from The Beatles to the Backstreet Boys." We demand a recount.

Up Beats

Platinum records reward workaholic Cypress Hill producer Muggs

Out There

Sinead O'Connor

Royal trix

Prince Paul used to be hip-hop's leading court jester. Now, he's dead serious.

My name is Weener

A Dallas supergroup forms to play...Weezer songs?

Throw your hands in the air

Beatin' down hip-hop in 1998 like a stepchild

Back in the game

At 38, Public Enemy's Chuck D goes 'where no age has gone before'

Roadshows