Apparently John Legend isn't adequately occupied with his singing career. Dude is all about producing now. News came out this morning that Legend is executive producing a "hip-hop" comedy for NBC, in which a Philadelphia street rapper learns that he has a teenage son who is being raised by a white family in the suburbs. Predictably, the rapper decides he wants to connect with the son, and that's what the show is about. Expect an episode where the rapper teaches the white people to add "izzle" on to the end of words (probably). Who knows if this show will make [...]
During a recent conference call to promote the upcoming TV premiere of the US version of the X Factor, Simon Cowell revealed a list of songs that he never wants to hear again at an audition. The snarky reality TV talent show judge lists R Kelly's "I Believe I Can Fly", Etta James' "At Last", The Righteous Brothers' "Unchained Melody", Jason Mraz's "I'm Yours" and John Legend's "Ordinary People" as songs that have been over used in auditions that he never wants to hear someone do it again. Make sure you take note of that if you're planning to audition [...]
Regular readers may be a little surprised by this post. A rising R&B superstar who's written for and worked with the likes of Beyonce, Jay-Z and Kanye is a little detached from the usual smaller scale hip-hop artists we tend to feature. However the mantra at HMCMB has never had anything to do with an artists reputation, focusing solely instead on the quality of music they produce, if we like it, we share it, regardless. In fact the only real question to be asked here is just why it's taken us so long. Frank Ocean hooked us way [...]
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Et bien voilà, il semblerait que nous y sommes enfin, Tha Carter IV est tombé dans les bacs. Un 15 titres sur lequel je bavais d'impatience, il faut dire qu'avec ses deux prédécesseurs Tha Carter IV pouvait être attendu, 2008 , Tha Carter III est l'album le plus attendu de l'année d'après le magazine XXL, des titres de cet LP raisonne encore en soirées, Mrs Officer , Lollipop ou encore A Millie ont marqué l'histoire. Il y a quelques semaines c'est donc le quatrième volet de [...]
Fare for your Wednesday: ► Arrica Rose & the ...'s celebrate the release of their new album "Let Alone Sea" with a date at the Bootleg Theater's bar, supported by Chop Love Carry Fire . [Previously on Rose ; previously on CLCF .] Also at the Bootleg, The du Bouchet Center for the Performing Arts presents a night of musical comedy, with tunes from Army Navy . ► Wallpaper plays a surprise show (free, 7 p.m.) at Bardot. ► Shannon Hurley celebrates [...]
It's a crime of culture, really, and one that happens all too often: a bad sequel to a truly great predecessor or two. From The Godfather Pt. III to Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey (I jest), it happens to the best of 'em. But it takes a truly desperate artist to take a successful trilogy and then throw all artistic integrity to the wind and crap on in the entire series (see: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Alien Resurrection, or any installment in the Star Wars prequel [...]
I know this video came out AGES ago now but there's never NOT a good time to do an Estelle post, right? " Break My Heart " is the official second single taken from the UK R&B songstress's third album, All Of Me , featuring American rapper Rick Ross . The single was released back in May when it peaked at #33 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs [...]
ke$ha x skeet x katy perry Skeet Skeet (Trevor McFedries) is self-proclaimed "the tightest guys you'll ever meet on the internet." Hailing from city of angels and being in the music game requires a certain level of cockiness which Skeet is not lacking. Skeet mixes and matches electro beats, pop vocals, and rap verses to create said Trap-House. His music, which is definitely party oriented, sounds like something we'd hear on the radio except for a certain dirtiness that he manages to underlay in his tracks. Besides creating sick [...]
Lil Wayne ft John Legend - So Special. Lyrics included below. "Freedom of speech, Weezy a beast, Open her up like a book, read it and weep" Track 11 off Weezy's Carter IV. Read the full Lil Wayne "So Special" Lyrics after the jump. Lil Wayne - So Special Lyrics [John Legend - Intro] Ohhhhhhh So special girl, So special So special girl, So special Ohhhhhhhhhhh So special girl, So special [...]
It's a full-speed-ahead Friday: ► Z-Trip (pictured) brings his Rock Boxx Tour to the Palladium, with De La Soul, Nosaj Thing and Daddy Kev. ► Death Cab For Cutie is back for a second night at the Greek Theatre, with Frightened Rabbit opening. ► Silver Lake indie quartet Le Switch plays its farewell show at the Satellite, with the World Record, the Mallard and the Mid Cities as support. ► Minneapolis rockers Motion City Soundtrack kick off a seven-city "album show" tour, playing [...]
Friday Five : \'frī-(,)dā,-dē 'fīv\ : On the sixth day of every week, I hit the shuffle button on my iTunes, then share the first five tracks and thought for each track. Sometimes there is a playlist involved, occasionally we'll have a guest, but most of the time it's just me. The rest is up to you, our friends and readers! Fire up your media player of choice and share the first five random track of your shuffle in the comments. The Five: "Look Sharp!" by Joe Jackson (from [...]
Lil Wayne's long-awaited Tha Carter IV hits stores on August 29th via Young Money. According to Amazon.co.uk , the album features 15 tracks with guest spots from John Legend, Drake, Nas, Rick Ross, Tech N9ne, Bun B, Busta Rhymes and more. Scan the tracklist in all its glory below; also check out streams for the album's already released cuts, "6 Foot 73 and "John (If I Die Today)". "6 Foot 73 "John (If I Die Today)" [...]
Photos by Steve CohenSade with John LegendAugust 9, 2011Target Center, Minneapolis"I've been told Minneapolis is one of the coldest towns in the whole world," Sade told the Target Center crowd last n
Sade remains a singular talent with few imitators, and this riveting concert made a convincing argument for her longevity.
Photo by Todd OwyoungSade at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis last FridaySubdued and sultry soul singer Sade has spent the last couple of decades out of the limelight, which makes the positive revie
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Welcome, welcome... I hope you are in desperate need of some feash melodies, because this roundup will dig in your brain 26 chunes deep. With more and more submissions its getting tough to keep up, but I've been burning the midnight oils to bring you RR Vol. 49. (Almost 50!) Don't forget TBE was one of the first to bring remixes in the roundup format. Don't forget to show us some love and as always GET NURDY as all hell. For more jams or by any of these artists [...]
Beats To The Vibes 2 by Djfyo on Mixcloud Our favorite Japanese Dj "DJFYO" hit us up once again with his excellent Beats To The Vibes, representing over 6 months of some of the best that WIB had to offer, amongst some other tracks...a must, to set those weekend vibes correct. DJFYO: " As last year, I made another Beats to the Vibes with the [...]
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Un taxi viejo que recorre las calles de Londres. Sus pasajeros son Bon Iver , Brian Wilson , My Morning Jacket , The Flaming Lips y Mumford & Sons , entre otros. En eso consiste The Black Cab Sessions que desde 2007 invita a artistas para que interpreten sus canciones mientras recorren las calles de la capital inglesa. Ahora llega la versión norteamericana que contará con la participación de [...]
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