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T.I. Compares "King Uncaged" to Tupac's "Eyez": Inside the Album | ARTICLE

T.I. is setting the bar high for his post-prison album, King Uncaged, comparing it to Tupac's 1996 classic All Eyez on Me, which was released months after 'Pac got out of prison. "This is the most significant...
April 16, 2010 11:04 AM ET
50 Cent's Path of Destruction Bears Down on Jay-Z | ARTICLE

When Rolling Stone caught up with 50 Cent for a Close-Up in our current issue (dated December 10, 2009), the Queens MC was having some of his signature tattoos lasered off his arms to benefit...
December 2, 2009 8:58 AM ET
Africa Unite: The Singles Collection | ALBUM REVIEW

Most people know exactly fourteen Bob Marley songs — the ones on the 1984 hits collection Legend, which has sold 10 million copies to date. This new twenty-track compilation shares eleven songs with Legend, dropping "Stir It...
November 29, 2009 12:00 AM ET
21st Century Punk Explosion | ARTICLE

An hour before showtime at Philadelphia's Spectrum, Billie Joe Armstrong is telling a joke: "How do you get a dog to stop humping your...
August 20, 2009 6:35 PM ET
Dave Matthews Shares the Stories Behind "Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King" | ARTICLE

At the Dave Matthews Band's recent two-gig stand at Boston's Fenway Park, the concession stands were packed with Red Sox jerseys bearing saxophonist LeRoi Moore's name and the number "41," the 1996 DMB track that showcased...
June 10, 2009 11:28 AM ET
"3 Feet High and Rising": De La Soul's Track by Track Guide to Groundbreaking 1989 LP | ARTICLE

June 3, 2009 9:00 AM ET
Producer Says Eminem Was in "Rare Creative Form" for "Relapse" | ARTICLE

Everyone knows Dr. Dre produced Eminem's new Number One album, Relapse, but he didn't do it alone. Among the Aftermath staff producers who helped put together beats and hooks for the album is Dawaun Parker, who...
May 28, 2009 12:51 PM ET
Phish Frontman Trey Anastasio, Dreadlocked Fans Join Baltimore Symphony Orchestra | ARTICLE

Dreadlocked dudes with hackey sacks, scalpers and enough one-hitters to win a Cy Young Award surrounded the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall Thursday night as Phish frontman Trey Anastasio joined the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra for the East Coast...
May 22, 2009 2:25 PM ET
On the Road: Fleetwood Mac Bury the Hatchett in D.C. | ARTICLE

Two hours before Fleetwood Mac take the stage in Washington, D.C., for the fifth show on their massive U.S. tour, Stevie Nicks cuddles...
April 2, 2009 1:25 PM ET
T.I. Counts Down Days Until Jail on MTV's "Road to Redemption" | ARTICLE

As his March 29th court date approaches, T.I. is hurriedly rushing to finish the 1,000 hours of community service a judge ordered him to compete in exchange for a shortened sentence of one year on felony gun...
February 2, 2009 10:24 AM ET
U2, Bruce Springsteen and Eager Nation Kick Off Inaugural Celebration | ARTICLE

On Sunday, dozens of the world's best-known entertainers gathered on the site where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream Speech" 45 years ago to offer an exuberant welcome to President-elect Barack Obama....
January 19, 2009 9:30 AM ET
Dan Deacon Talks New Album "Bromst": "It's Not Dance Music" | ARTICLE

On his last album, Spiderman of the Rings, Baltimore electronic-music maven Dan Deacon threw a giddy neon dance party — sort of like kids' music for very hip kids, complete with Woody Woodpecker samples. On the follow-up,...
January 7, 2009 3:55 PM ET
M.I.A. Breaks Hiatus to Pay Tribute to K-Swift | ARTICLE

Radio and club DJ K-Swift, who passed away earlier this year in a swimming pool accident, tirelessly championed her hometown's bombastic brand of hip-hop/dance music known as Baltimore club. Swift's longtime record label, Unruly Records, will release...
December 4, 2008 1:09 PM ET
The Roots, Gym Class Heroes Fire Up Big Jams, Political Messages at Baltimore Tour Kick-Off | ARTICLE

On Friday, the Roots opened their co-headlining tour with Gym Class Heroes at Baltimore's Ram's Head Live, testing their rep as the best live act in hip-hop with a jam-laced set short on hits and heavy on...
October 6, 2008 11:55 AM ET
Behind "The Recession": Young Jeezy on Black Presidents, Blue Lamborghinis | ARTICLE

Young Jeezy recently checked in with Rolling Stone from Miami, where he's shooting the video for "Vacation," the second single from his forthcoming album The Recession, out September 2nd. "I'm having a fuckin' ball," he says. "I'm...
August 18, 2008 1:05 PM ET
LL Cool J Welcomes 50 Cent, Richie Sambora on New Album, Declares It a "Summer Blockbuster" | ARTICLE

LL Cool J would totally buy his new record Exit 13, which comes out August 5th. His last few? Maybe not. "This is a record that I actually, honestly believe from the deepest part of my soul,...
June 30, 2008 5:41 PM ET
At "Guitar Hero" Launch, Aerosmith Say They're Headed to the Studio | ARTICLE

Aerosmith took the stage at New York's Hard Rock Café on Friday, not to play music, but to announce the launch of Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, the latest installment of the massively popular game and the first to...
June 30, 2008 4:41 PM ET
EMI Layoffs Begin at Label Home of Coldplay, Beastie Boys | ARTICLE

It appears that the massive layoffs long expected at EMI have begun. The major label, which previously announced plans to fire up to 2,000 employees — about one-third of its work force — as part of a...
June 25, 2008 1:20 PM ET
Inside T.I.'s Upcoming "Paper Trail" | ARTICLE

If T.I. sounds more reflective than usual on his new album, Paper Trail, there's a good reason. The Atlanta MC wrote and recorded tracks for the disc at home while on house arrest in the past year,...
June 19, 2008 9:45 AM ET
Nine Inch Nails Release Free Album Online | ARTICLE

On Sunday, May 4th, Trent Reznor was putting the finishing touches on a new Nine Inch Nails album in his Los Angeles studio....
May 29, 2008 1:55 PM ET