• Taylor Swift and '1989' Still on Top; Pentatonix Still Challenging, AC/DC Debuts New Album 'Rock Or Bust'

    Taylor Swift keeps on trucking following the Thanksgiving sales binge, keeping her no. 1 spot for 1989 for a fourth week with 244,000 equivalent sales. All told, Swift has been atop the Billboard 200 for 29 total weeks through her career. The only women ahead of her are Mariah Carey wit h30 weeks and Whitney Houston with 46, and it seems Swift could catch the former act next week if 1989 keeps its sales up.
  • Death Grips Share Weird 'Inanimate Sensation' Music Video from Upcoming Album 'Jenny Death'

    Even though experimental hip-hop group Death Grips broke up in July, they still have yet to release "Jenny Death," the second half of their double album "The Powers That B." Today, Dec. 10, however, they have shared the first track from Jenny Death, titled "Inanimate Sensation," along with its unusual music video, which you can check out below.The entire video is bizarrely shown through a crashed jumbotron lying in the middle of an empty basketball stadium and features images of Death Grips frontman MC Ride — occasionally wearing huge googly eyes — rapping the song intercut with psychedelic, computer-generated visuals. As for the song itself, "Inanimate Sensation" is a sprawling six-minute track with typically abrasive and unsettling electronic production and should satisfy Death Grips fans while simultaneously horrifying everybody else.You can check out the music video for Death Grips's "Inanimate Sensation" here:
  • Highest Paid Musicians 2014: Dr. Dre Tops The List (Duh) but Beyoncé, One Direction and Justin Bieber Make Bank as Well

    Hip-hop might be the genre that puts the most emphasis on dollars earned but we'd be kidding ourselves if big acts from every scene had their eyes on their wallets. And so do we as fans...just Google an act and see "net worth" doesn't come up as a popular search term. Forbes released its annual list of the Top 30 highest earning musicians from the previous year and you probably guessed who took the top spot: Dr. Dre.
  • Diddy Reportedly Fought Drake Over '0 to 100/The Catch Up' Beat

    News emerged over the past few days that Diddy punched Drake and hospitalized him, but nobody actually knew why the Ciroc brand ambassador and Toronto's finest decided to get into an altercation that ended in fisticuffs and Drake in the hospital.Now there is a new report out by "TMZ" that attempts to clarify the situation. According to unnamed sources, the two got into it over Drake's song "0 to 100/The Catch Up" because Diddy says the beat was also given to him. The track "0 to 100/The Catch Up" was nominated for two Grammys this year in Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song.The source details that Boi-1da had given Drake and Diddy the song to use, but Diddy sat on the song while Drake was eager to use the beat and record it, so he did it on his own and apparently this made Puff angry.
  • Above & Beyond Releases #ABGT100 Recap, Taking You Behind the Scenes at Madison Square Garden [WATCH]

    Above & Beyond has released the aftermovie for the landmark performance at Madison Square Garden Oct. 18. A celebration of the 100th episode of their rebranded radio show "Group Therapy" and 550th episode overall, #ABGT100 was a six-hour extravaganza that featured three of their preferred label mates: Mat Zo, Andrew Bayer and ilan Bluestone. The aftermovie does not show many clips from the night because they recorded the video and audio for their set and put it online, but follows the trance super-trio in the lead-up to the actual show.We follow them as they go around New York, taking care of many different media engagements before ending up in Times Square at night, where they premiered the video for the lead single "We're All We Need" featuring Zoë Johnston from their upcoming artist album "We Are All We Need." The aftermovie includes a preview of a new song with Zoë Johnston made appropriately just for the occasion, titled "Fly to New York."
  • Jay Z Cleared from Lawsuit Regarding One-Syllable-Sample on "Run This Town" with Rihanna and Kanye West

    Jay Z is undefeated in court this week as a judge threw out the case from label TufAmerica that claims Jay Z and his crew used an illegal sample for its 2009 hit "Run This Town." The lawsuit received many a narrowed eyebrow over its claims that the song sampled the phrase "oh," specifically the "oh" featured on the Eddie Bo recording "Hook & Sling Part 1," versus any other "oh" uttered by any other performer in the history of recorded music.
  • Nicki Minaj Premieres 'Big Daddy' Featuring Meek Mill On Philadelphia Radio [LISTEN]

    Nicki Minaj has previewed "Big Daddy" from her upcoming highly anticipated artist album The Pinkprint featuring Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill. The "Anaconda" rapper decided to premiere the song on Power 99, a hip-hop radio station in Philadelphia. The decision to play the song on Philadelphia radio must have been influenced by Meek Mill's recent stint in jail and his release only a week ago. He was unable to play a homecoming gig recently due to his jail time, so this acts as small payback to his local fans