• Billboard To Include Streaming & Digital Downloads In Top 200 Album Chart

    It has been a long time coming, but Billboard will finally add streams and digital downloads to their calculations for the top 200 album charts. The magazine, which has not made such a large change to the Top 200 Album Chart since 1991, is finally looking to the future of music listening, which is heading online and increasingly happening through streaming. It is the biggest change since Billboard started using Nielsen Soundscan data to calculate its formula for the top 200 chart.

  • George Clinton Talks Production, Funk Pioneer Calls Pharrell 'The Best' And Makes Comparison To Rick Rubin

    George Clinton has been in the music business long enough to see trends come and go. The legendary funk pioneer has also been keeping an ear to the street on which artists and producers have maintained their popularity and longevity while putting out quality music. Clinton recently talked production, naming his favorite beat makers, calling Pharrell "the best" and making comparison to Rick Rubin.

  • Flying Lotus Shares Doom Collaboration 'Masquatch' From 'Grand Theft Auto V' [LISTEN]

    Just yesterday, experimental hip-hop producer Flying Lotus shared a new track from the upcoming re-release of Grand Theft Auto V called "Medication Meditation," featuring Krayzie Bone. Today, FlyLo is back with "Masquatch," another weird yet incredible song from the soundtrack, featuring underground hip-hop visionary DOOM (a.k.a. MF DOOM, a.k.a. Viktor Vaughn, a.k.a. King Geedorah). The track's extremely brief running time (it comes it under two minutes) is reminiscent of DOOM's classic Madlib collaboration Madvillain, and its abstract, hookless production wouldn't sound out of place on their Madvillainy LP.

  • Beach Boys Singer Mike Love To Release Memoir In 2016

    2016 will mark the 50th anniversary of the Beach Boys' classic single "Good Vibrations," and to celebrate, singer Mike Love will be releasing a memoir titled Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy. According to Rolling Stone, the memoir is being co-written with author James S. Hirsch and will cover Love's entire life, beginning with his "early childhood and family story."

  • Relive Ultra Europe 2014 Through Stunning Festival Aftermovie [WATCH]

    It seems as though all of the big late summer dance music festivals decided to release their aftermovies this week. Now today, not to be outdone by its festival peers, Ultra Music Festival decided to release the aftermovie for the third edition of its European festival, Ultra Europe. Taking place on the island of Split at Stadium Poljud, the festival takes full advantage of Croatia's stunning scenery and vast expanses of ocean-front property.

  • Armin van Buuren Partners With Thalmic Lab's New Myo Movement Detecting Armbands To Control Live Performances

    Live performances are changing every day with the development of brand new technologies and Dutch DJ / producer Armin van Buuren is at the forefront of that. Van Buuren has partnered with Canadian technology company Thalmic Labs on their new gesture control armband, Myo. The technology, which has been customized to his own live set up by Haute Technologies, allows Armin van Buuren to control his own lighting and stage effects hands free.

  • Timbaland Breakfast Club Interview: Producer Talks Aaliyah Biopic, State of Music, And New Artist Tink [WATCH]

    Timbaland stopped by Power 105.1's The Breakfast Club to talk about his disappointment with the poorly received Aaliyah biopic, which Wendy Williams recently defended. Timbaland doesn't do many interviews, but he took this opportunity to speak on the film about his former collaborator and friend. That wasn't all he spoke about, however. He also touched on what his standards are for working with other artists, the current state of music, and a new artist named Tink who has "saved my life."

  • Ghostface Killah Shares Gritty New Track - "Double Cross" Featuring AZ - From Upcoming Album '36 Seasons' [LISTEN]

    Ghostface Killah's new album, '36 Seasons,' is set to drop in a few weeks, but in the meantime, the legendary rapper has shared another one of the album's tracks, "Double Cross." The track features a guest appearance from Brooklyn rapper AZ (one of his five appearances on '36 Seasons') who slyly references Wu-Tang Clan's classic single "C.R.E.A.M." in an absolutely stellar verse. Ghostface totally delivers as well, and the gritty production from The Revelations is a dream for die-hard fans of classic '90s hip-hop.

  • One Direction, Nicki Minaj, Charli XCX Will Be Final Musical Guests on 'Saturday Night Live' for 2014

    "Saturday Night Live" has some big things planned for the end of 2014. Not only will James Franco, Martin Freeman and Amy Adams be hosting the final three episodes of the year, but they will be joined by Nicki Minaj, Charli XCX and One Direction. Fans can expect holiday hijinks the entire month of December, especially the Dec. 20 episode with Adams and "Story of My Life" singers 1D.The group performed on the show last December, joining host Paul Rudd (below), "Billboard" noted. Minaj made her last SNL appearance in 2011, when she guested on The Lonely Island's song "The Creep." Dec. 13 will mark XCX's first time on the show.December 20, Amy Adams returns to host #SNL for the 2nd time, and is joined by musical guest @onedirection! #SNL40 pic.twitter.com/x6lbCsFVJl — Saturday Night Live (@nbcsnl) November 20, 2014
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