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Exclusive Audio: Kanye West on Writing Rhymes on the Toilet, Johnny Cash | ARTICLE
Rolling Stone Associate Editor Austin Scaggs sat down with Kanye West for one-half of the magazine's current cover story to discuss everything from writing raps in the bathroom to Bob Dylan. Here's a few choice bits of...
September 11, 2007 4:35 PM ET -
Video Wrap-Up: Linkin Park, Kanye West, Snoop Dogg at the RS 40th Parties | ARTICLE
This weekend Rolling Stone celebrated its 40th anniversary with a series of blowouts at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Check out this video for all the raucous details, starring Kanye West (and special...
September 9, 2007 8:01 PM ET -
50 Cent and Kanye West, Part Three: The Future of Hip-Hop | ARTICLE
September 7, 2007 4:15 PM ET -
Kanye West and 50 Cent Go Behind the Feud: Watch the Rolling Stone Cover Stars Break Down the Showdown | ARTICLE
September 6, 2007 5:30 PM ET -
?uestlove Trying to Pin Down Justin Timberlake, Gritty Vintage Sound for New Al Green Record | ARTICLE
The Roots multitasker ?uestlove has spent three years working on Al Green's as-yet-untitled new album that's due next spring, and he tells MTV News that guests on the record will include D'Angelo, Corinne Bailey Rae, Anthony Hamilton...
September 5, 2007 6:13 PM ET -
50 Cent and Kanye West: Watch the Hip-Hop Titans Behind the Scenes at the Rolling Stone Cover Shoot | ARTICLE
September 5, 2007 3:41 PM ET -
Breaking Artist: The Go! Team | ARTICLE
Who: A lively mixed-race, mixed-sex crew of English kids who make a peppy, exuberant blend of rock, hip-hop, funk and TV-theme music that belies their band moniker (they're named after the workers who clear wreckage in the...
September 5, 2007 10:05 AM ET -
Our Next Cover: 50 Cent Vs. Kanye West | ARTICLE
Rolling Stone's next cover documents the hip-hop story of the year: Kanye West and 50 Cent, whose new albums are coming out on the same date, September 11th. Stay tuned this afternoon for an exclusive behind-the-scenes video...
September 5, 2007 8:02 AM ET -
Fall 2007 Movie Preview: Watch Peter Travers Take on "American Gangster," "Sweeney Todd," Steve Carell, Tom Cruise and More | BLOG ENTRY
Watch Rolling Stone's...
August 31, 2007 5:33 PM ET -
Tom Morello Looks Forward to Whupping Your Butt in "Guitar Hero" | ARTICLE
Fire up your plastic axe: Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello confirmed to us that he is indeed going to be a character in the upcoming Guitar Hero sequel, Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, which comes...
August 31, 2007 7:00 AM ET -
The Great Iraq Swindle | BLOG ENTRY
In the latest issue of Rolling Stone, Matt Taibbi reports on how President George W. Bush-appointed contractors in Iraq are exploiting American tax dollars. Here, Taibbi narrates a video exploring the grim details of the situation...
August 30, 2007 7:51 PM ET -
Lyle Lovett Meets Ghostface Killah: How Rock-Biopic-Spoof "Walk Hard" Got Its Theme Song | ARTICLE
This week, Lyle Lovett released his thirteenth album, It's Not Big It's Large. The title is indeed a joke, but probably not the first one that comes to mind. "We had done these arrangements with horn parts,...
August 30, 2007 6:19 PM ET -
From the RS Vaults: A First Look at the Ramones and Patti Smith Live at CBGBs | ARTICLE
As a final sendoff to CBGB founder Hilly Kristal, who passed away on Tuesday, we wanted to post a couple of Rolling Stone dispatches from the first bloom of New York punk: Charles M. Young's...
August 30, 2007 5:14 PM ET -
Common On Butting Heads With Kanye West, Being Called a Conscious Rapper: Audio | ARTICLE
Rolling Stone's Evan Serpick recently sat down with Common — who scored his first-ever chart-topping debut with Finding Forever earlier this month -- to talk about the ups and downs of working with Kanye West,...
August 30, 2007 4:21 PM ET -
The Doors' Lasting Legacy: A Photo Gallery | ARTICLE
It's been a year of fortieth anniversaries here at Rolling Stone, as we've looked back at the Summer of Love and the beginnings of the magazine in 1967. That year also marked the debut album from Jim...
August 30, 2007 1:05 PM ET -
Linkin Park Explain What Goes Into a Projekt Revolution Tour: Audio | ARTICLE
While backstage at this summer's eclectic Projekt Revolution tour, Rolling Stone contributing editor Christian Hoard spoke with My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way, as well as Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda and Chester Bennington. Here's a...
August 29, 2007 5:15 PM ET -
CBGB Founder Hilly Kristal Dies After Battle With Cancer | ARTICLE
After a lengthy battle with lung cancer, Hilly Kristal, the founder of legendary New York City punk club CBGB, has died at age seventy-five. Kristal, who founded and ran the East Village venue for thirty-three years, bitterly...
August 29, 2007 11:18 AM ET -
Breaking Artist: 1990s | ARTICLE
Who: Three rowdy Scotsmen who are veterans of both Glasgow's rich rock & roll tradition and its raucous party scene. The trio was discovered at a Franz Ferdinand afterparty and offered a record deal on the spot. Sounds...
August 29, 2007 10:21 AM ET -
Kanye West Unveils "Graduation," Badmouths All-Star Hip-Hop Jams | ARTICLE
Last night Kanye West officially previewed his new album, the excellent Graduation, to a lively, packed house at a midtown Manhattan movie theater across the street from his record label's offices. As usual, Kanye came close to...
August 29, 2007 2:02 AM ET -
Feist On "Letterman" With an Indie-Rock All-Star Choir: The Backstage Report and Photos From Rehearsals | ARTICLE
Last night Canadian singer-songwriter Feist and a choir of indie-rock all-stars hit a Winnebago in midtown Manhattan to rehearse for their performance of "1 2 3 4" on Late Show With David Letterman. For photos of the...
August 28, 2007 5:20 PM ET

