Since 2002, Skillz has “rapped up” the year for all of us touching on every issue that is of some importance to us from that year. Now that we’re only a day away from 2010, Skillz has released his “09 Rap Up” and he…
Riding the popularity of New Wave music during the early 80s, British group DEPECHE MODE never quite achieved the popularity as with some of its peers during the time. However, the band still made an impact on both sides of Atlantic with its melancholy…
Earlier this year, before Michael Jackson embarked on his planned summer tour, news of King of Pop’s passing stunned the world and devastated countless fans. Following the death of our generation’s music icon, a tribute film, “This Is It” named after its eponymous closing…
FUTURA LABORATORIES has teamed up with Japan’s music and visual creative group, OILWORKS, to produce a limited edition box set which went on sale just a day after Christmas. The limited edition box set consists of a specially crafted black and white cube featuring…
The constant replay of different versions of the same Christmas tunes is festive, but like all wonderful things in life, too much of the same thing can be unnerving. To soothe those holiday nerves, Snoop Dogg and Soulja Boy wants you to “movie it,…
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2009 may not be an excellent year for companies and dreaded financial reports, but it is a stellar one for pop-princess Lady Gaga. With The Fame and multiple hits that are simple, danceable and just pure glittery addictive, the mademoiselle of electro-pop…
Scheduled to be released in March of 2010, Distant Relatives, is the album that Nasir Jones and Damian Marley have been working on together. This is arguably the most anticipated collaboration album since Jay-Z and R.Kelly put together The Best of Both Worlds. While…
Last Wednesday, Japanese group m-flo had their debut London performance at the Monocle x BlackBerry Christmas Concert. The quintessential magazine of art, design and everything worthy of mention hosted m-flo for a 70 minute set, right after the group just had their 10th anniversary…
Jay-Z’s The Blueprint 3 featured a number of new artists including G.O.O.D. Music’s Mr Hudson, who lended his voice to Hov’s “Forever Young” track. The two hooked up on this Kanye West produced record that samples Alphaville’s “Forever Young”. The music video was shot…
We are convinced that Lady Gaga can’t stop, won’t stop and will never stop. After releasing her album, most celebrated doyenne of electro-pop immediately takes off for a world tour, sang the to Queen recently and is going to put out the Monster Pack…
The Mighty Mos Def has been on a roll of late. Capped off by a Grammy nod for his album “The Ecstatic,” Mos Def has enjoyed critical success, and he keeps releasing more heat, like this track called 24 Hour Karate School. Mos tackles…
Lil Wayne’s new Rock album, Rebirth, has been pushed back to February but the album’s newest leak is sure to have fans eagerly anticipating the release of the album. Lil Wayne has stated that his dream collaboration is to work with Eminem and that…
As 2009 approaches to the end, NITRO MICROPHONE UNDERGROUND continues its 10-year celebration as a major driving force within both Japanese music industry and urban culture. The “super group”, which consist of 8 members (BIGZAM, Dabo, Deli, Gore-Tex, Macka-Chin, Suiken, S-Word, XBS’ 8M), has…
Music maven Timbaland’s long time collaborator Attitude (aka Timothy Clayton), along with a star-studded crowd, which include Justin Timberlake, Interscope Records Chairman Jimmy Iovine (see above), and Carlos Beltran of the NY Mets, gathered last evening at the exclusive Hudson Terrace in New York…
With a recent Grammy nomination for best hip-hop album, Mos Def - a true hip-hop veteran, is enjoying some well-deserved success. After releasing critically-acclaimed records over a decade ago on the Rawkus label, Mos Def has made three major label albums, and his most…
