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This article about genres is long overdue. First off, we're tired of all the blanket genre labels that keep popping up. Take the genre "electro," for example. Wikipedia lists so-called "electro" artists such as DMX Krew, Kraftwerk, Afrika Bambaataa, Cylob and even Cat Stevens as artists related to the genre. Electro isn't listed under any of Cat Stevens' main Wikipedia page genres , and rightfully so. Apparently he dropped some album called "Was Dog a Doughnut," that was allegedly a precursor to the "electro music genre of the 19802s." [...]

Well-known hacker organization Anonymous decided to strike back after the Megaupload shutdown earlier today. The twitter account @AnonOps seems to be claiming responsibility for the attacks on several websites: 'One thing is certain: EXPECT US! #Megaupload'. Anonymous attacked the websites for the Department of Justice, Universal Music Group, the Recording Industry Association of America, and the Motion Picture Association of America. A representative from the Department of Justice told CNN Money : "We are having website problems, but we're not sure what it's from".

. No big deal.. Swizz Beatz was the CEO of MegaUpload.. Yep. Dude was the CEO of MegaUpload. Feds shut them down yesterday. MegaUpload is no more. "Super producer Swizz Beatz is in hot water with Universal Music Group over the promotion of his website Megaupload.com, according to reports that resurfaced today. As CEO of the online storage and file-sharing site, Beatz asked buddies Diddy, Kanye and Will.i.am to spread the buzz in a promotional video, the "Megaupload [...]

Snow Patrol Fallen Empires Universal Music Group [2012] Fire Note Says: Snow Patrol swing for the big singles on sixth LP Fallen Empires . Album Review: Snow Patrol are back with their sixth album Fallen Empires and it once again finds the band trying to recreate the magic of their 2006 hit "Chasing Cars". I thought that Snow Patrol moved away from this on [...]

Of Monsters And Men Into The Woods [EP] Universal Republic Records [2011] Fire Note Say s: The Into The Woods EP offers up strong support for a spring debut to check out from Iceland's Of Monsters And Men. Album Review: My guess is that Iceland's Of Monsters And Men will start gaining some hype here in [...]

Like the way this turned out! Best song from the record.

Late last week Citigroup announced that they have officially finalized the sale of EMI 's music label to Vivendi / Universal Music Group for upwards of $1.91 billion. The label's publishing division, EMI Music Publishing , is set to be sold off to Sony. With the sale, Vivendi / Universal Music Group get a huge array of artist to add to their catalogue including Pink Floyd , Coldplay , Beastie Boys , and the biggest of all the Beatles . The [...]

Vivendi and Universal Music Group (UMG) to Purchase EMI Music London, Paris, New York – Vivendi and its subsidiary, Universal Music Group (UMG), announced today that they have signed with Citigroup Inc. ("Citi") a definitive agreement to purchase EMI's recorded music division for a total consideration of £1.2 billion representing 7 x EBITDA prior to synergies. (continued after the jump below) PLUS: CEO Roger's Faxon's Letter To EMI Staff On Sale To Universal [...]

The music industry's big four may soon be the music industry's big three. As Billboard reports, Universal Music Group has announced a "definitve agreement" to purchase EMI's recorded-music division for $1.9 billion dollars. EMI, which has been in existence for 114 years, is home to The Beatles and Pink Floyd's discographies, in addition to big name acts like Coldplay, Katy Perry, and Beastie Boys. The EMI umbrella also includes subsidiary labels like Capitol and Astralwerks, as well as distribution deals with DFA and Mute. Billboard also reports that Sony Corp. has agreed to [...]

For fans of Robbie Williams, some goos news has just arrived. After his stint back with his mates from Take That, Robbie is going to work on his solo career again, which has given us many great hits and ditties. He has signed a new record deal and is set to bring his beats back to us. "I'm really thrilled to be joining the Universal family at what I think is the most exciting time in my career." he said. Filed under: Beats , Brit Brit Brit Tagged: emi , [...]

Nirvana Nevermind [Super Deluxe Edition] Geffen/Universal Music Group [1991; re: 2011] 4CD/1DVD Set Fire Note Says: Happy 20th Birthday! Album Review: September 24, 1991 will always be a date that is remembered in rock history as it represents the release date of Nirvana's Nevermind . It is a record that completely shifted musical tastes by ending a long era of hard rock/hair metal and was the overnight introduction [...]

Ghostface and his team of suits aren't looking to lay back and accept any L's on the legal front. On Wednesday, the rapper filed suit against Universal regarding unpaid Wu-Tang Clan royalties. According to Billboard , The rapper claims that "UMG only holds a 25% stake in Wu Tang Clan songs, not a 50% copyright interest as has been asserted" and Ghost's suing to recover royalties withheld. While making the courthouse rounds, Starks' legal team also filed a motion to have dismissed the previously mentioned Supreme Clientele lawsuit by [...]

Ghostface Killah filed a lawsuit on Wednesday alleging Universal Music Group violated a contract and owes him royalties due to the alleged contract violation. Ghostface claims UMG hold a 25% stake in Wu Tang Clan songs and not the 50% stake for which they received royalties for. At the same time, Jack Urbont, the man who composed the"Iron Man Theme" for the 1960's cartoon show The Marvel Super Heroes , is suing Ghostface and Sony Music for the way they sampled pieces of the "Iron Man Theme" for Face's 2000 record, "Supreme Clientele". I don't know much [...]

I think with an album review for Lady Gaga, the enigmatic 21st century pop star, you have to consider the social context of the work. I was requested to write a review for Born This Way and it has taken me a lot of time to mull over, to weigh in contextual factors with musical qualities (because, let's face it, Lady Gaga is not just a musician). Gaga is an image, some might say a beacon of light for those left of centre in society and Born This Way is one whole hour dedicated to the fringes of the social [...]

Universal Music Group is prepping the launch of a Spotify powered music playlist service. The new service, called Digster , is set to go live later today (7/27), reports Billboard . Digster will allow fans to easily create and share various playlists through Spotify , allowing users to discover new music by viewing other public playlists. According to Billboard , the service will also allow users to stream entire playlist through Spotify , with the ability to click a "+Subscribe" button to add a playlist [...]

INgroove's ONE Digital division has replaced Universal Music Group's existing digital music supply chain in North America and assumed responsibility for all online and mobile deliveries to retailers like iTunes, Amazon and Verizon. The world's largest music group, UMG made a substantial strategic investment in INgrooves several years ago, but had limited digital distribution to third-party labels including the Disney Music Group, Concord Music Group and its Fontana independent label division. "It is no small task to provide the world's largest music company with a customized enterprise software platform that combines robust functionality with cost [...]

Rochelle started singing as child trying to emulate what she saw from 902s RNB acts such as Aaliyah, Kelis, Nicole Wray, TLC, 702 and Missy Elliot. Pursing this dream as a teenager landed her a by chance meeting with Toronto Producer "D103 who happens to be the same producer that produced Drake out of Toronto. D10 offered Rochelle the chance to sing backup for another rising star at the time Keisha Chante. That experience made Rochelle realize that she could really do the same thing and started making the transition from backup to lead. [...]

A close look at the profit and pitfalls of the major music labels.

Billionaire Len Blavatnik, won the bid to buy Warner Music for $3.3billion Some major shifts are happening as we speak to the big 4 in the music industry...two of them, Warner and EMI, where for sale to the highest bidder...and Warner was just acquired by billionare Len Blavatnik. Now British owned EMI is up for grabs and expected to go for sale later this year...And everyone is fighting hard to get their hands on it. It's good to finally see some change, in this broken label driven music industry. [...]