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What got lost in all the hullabaloo about Jay-Z writing a book in which he translates his ever-so mystifying lyrics into layman's terms, was that Q-Tip has also inked a book deal with Random House. Perhaps not a multiple-volume situation...
nOvaMatic | 07/16/2009 at 11:00 AM | Comments (4) | Permalink
Those of you old enough to remember when "urban" radio reflected music that people in surrounding urban areas wanted to hear as opposed to what was dictated to them may recall, there used to exist a wonderful melange of music...
ill Mami | 03/16/2009 at 11:00 AM | Comments (5) | Permalink
We understand, painfully, that the music industry is first and foremost a business. Art typically comes dead last in the traditional label structure. BBC News recently published a report entitled "Music Industry Scrambles for Cash," which basically points out that...
nOvaMatic | 01/21/2009 at 1:00 PM | Comments (8) | Permalink
Do you remember last year when the FCC and radio broadcasters agreed to abide by The Future of Music Coalition's "Rules of Engagement," which sought to end the dirty tactics associated with payola? Remember the way we all laughed and...
nOvaMatic | 10/24/2008 at 4:00 PM | Comments (1) | Permalink
This latest album news from Amerie will either be met with a happy dance or a blank stare, but the geniuses over at her old record company (Sony BMG) have decided to finally bless the public with the heretofore unreleased...
Butta | 09/24/2008 at 12:30 PM | Comments (19) | Permalink
When Warner pulled Estelle's single "American Boy" from iTunes several weeks ago in a futile attempt to increase sales of the entire album, it only accentuated the music industry's desperation to return to the glory days of dictating to the...
Ro | 09/16/2008 at 3:00 PM | Comments (1) | Permalink
