BMG is keeping two very important hip-hop staples alive: janky Family Guy cover art and jacked reggae beats. On “Special Request to All Nice and Decent Real Niggaz (Stop Hat ...

Mandy, Indiana producer and guitarist Scott Fair has announced the debut EP by Set Dressing, his new side project. I Can’t Be Alone Tonite comes out April 11 via Fire Talk. Ringing in that news is the ...

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D’Wayne Wiggins, a singer, guitarist, and co-founder of the new jack swing trio Tony! Toni! Toné!, has died of bladder cancer. The news was shared on Wiggins and the band’s official social media ...

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The imposing sequel Sheer Hellish Miasma II—95 minutes long, spread across two discs—certainly feels like the Drumm of a ...

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James was the early principal songwriter for the first British punk band to put out a single, release a debut album, and tour ...

After last year’s GEMINI!, the most star-studded release of his career, LUCKI has resurfaced with “Bad InFluence Freestyle,” ...

Roy Ayers, the pioneering jazz-funk composer, producer, and vibraphonist, died Tuesday, March 4, in New York after a long ...

Reality Blues wades into the mysteries of our uncanny world, trying to catch a vibe. Today, Meaghan Garvey explores the biggest rap beef of 2025 so far, a weird new chapter in diss tracks, reality TV ...