Tagged: universityofchicago

While making his rounds around the city, Wale stopped at the University of Chicago Saturday and surprised the crowd with bringing the NBA's MVP Derrick Rose on stage. How about those Bulls? RR .

Your average college student more than likely has one of Ben Folds ' up-beat songs somewhere in their Itunes collection, and YouTube features countless college a cappella groups covering his songs. So it's no wonder that for Folds' newest release, Ben Folds Presents: University A Cappella! , he enlisted help from some of the country's most talented collegiate a cappella groups. University A Cappella! is a 16 song greatest-hits album that takes you through perfectly arranged (beat-boxing and all) songs such as "Jeasusland," [...]

On Tuesday, Ben Folds released Ben Folds Presents: University A Cappella! that features the University of Chicago a cappella group Voices in Your Head on the track "Magic" (from the album The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner ). The album features 14 groups from universities and colleges across the country. Folds picked from over 250 student group videos submitted to YouTube as auditions to make what's essentially a greatest hits compilation. Makeshift studios, made up of just six area [...]