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Sound And Vision: Why Hasn’t Tabloid Notoriety Turned John Mayer into a Total Joke?

posted: September 7, 2012

“John Mayer Gets a Haircut After Katy Perry Split!” As breaking news of the day goes, it’s not exactly groundbreaking. Still, there it was, in multiple variations, splattered across the online pages of E!, Us…
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Lupe Fiasco Addresses Chief Keef And Hints Retirement In Tweet Spree

posted: September 6, 2012

Lupe Fiasco has been taking on all comers ahead of the release of Lupe Fiasco’s Food And Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album, Pt. 1. First there were the cagey and contentious interactions with…
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Unreleased Comics From "Wu-Massacre" Leak Online, Are Awesome

posted: September 5, 2012

Talk about your wasted opportunities. Late last week, a few pages of the a comic book originally slated to accompany the Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, and Method Man collaborative album Wu-Massacre leaked online. The short comic…
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Deftones Announce Fall Tour In Support Of Upcoming Album "Koi No Yokan"

posted: September 5, 2012

Despite having been a band for over two decades, Deftones show no signs of slowing down. The pioneering metal outfit will be headlining a string of October dates running up to the release of their seventh studio…
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Is Bruce Willis Suing Apple Over Music Ownership?

posted: September 4, 2012

The tech-blog rumor mill was in high gear over the weekend when a number of outlets reported that action movie star Bruce Willis was planning on bringing suit against Apple over the ownership of his…
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Hip-Hop's Verse Problem: Who Is Writing The Rhymes?

posted: September 4, 2012

It shouldn’t be necessary to explain the importance of lyricism, historically speaking, in hip-hop. Sure, many could argue that, in today’s rap game, complex wordplay and internal rhyme schemes have taken a back seat to hashtaggable punchlines and…
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