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schuetz-mediendesign / Pixabay Cheesemaker Beat Wampfler has teamed up with researchers from the University of the Arts in Bern to see if music can change the taste of cheese. His Emmentals are being blasted with a mixture of rock, classical, and hip-hop music. They will be tested in the new year to see if the […]
YouTube’s latest streaming music initiative may be off to a rough start, but it’s determined to step up its game. The service has confirmed months-long rumors that it hired Spotify’s hip-hop programming head Tuma Basa (pictured at left) to become its urban music director. The music industry veteran will use his “deep knowledge” to help […]
A monk intones a parable about life and death over a bubbling keyboard, his words a somber portent of what is to follow. The simple walking bass line builds momentum, programmed beats punch out a lolloping reggae skank, and Cam — one of the three-man Ho Chi Minh City hip-hop crew Hazard Clique — kicks […]
Frazer Harrison/Getty For the first time, hip-hop surpassed rock as the most popular genre in the US last year, according to Nielsen’s year-end report. Eight of the top ten most popular artists came from the hip-hop/R&B genre, with Drake and Kendrick Lamar taking the first and second spot, respectively. Nielsen noted that the growth of […]
Kevin Winter/Getty Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons has been accused of sexual misconduct, and the allegations involve filmmaker Brett Ratner. Model Keri Claussen Khalighi told The Los Angeles Times in a report Sunday that in 1991, when she was 17, Simmons sexually assaulted her. Another woman, Tanya Reid, alleged that Simmons asked her to give Ratner oral sex, and that Ratner later […]
Yesterday, on-the-rise rapper Russ – whose debut album There’s Really a Wolf recently went gold – took a moment to tweet his 1.24 million followers a shout-out to Nicki Minaj: People needa put more respect on @NICKIMINAJ name pic.twitter.com/gyPWpgZ6hg — Russ (@russdiemon) October 25, 2017 Minaj took the praise to heart, not only thanking Russ, […]
When Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA made the move from film acting and soundtrack work to directing, the project was unsurprising: The Man With the Iron Fists, a grindhouse-style martial arts flick of the variety he’d been sampling musically since, oh, the very first Wu-Tang records. He next sat in the director’s chair for an episode of […]
Amar “Baghdaddy” Ibrahim had his doubts. In late 2011, the Iraqi-born music producer was introduced to Samuel “Ne$ $ ” Murrain at a Christmas party in Brooklyn’s DUMBO neighborhood. Ne$ $ , a veteran emcee and Brooklyn transplant from north Philadelphia, had an idea for an ambitious, dystopian rap concept titled EYE2025. The charismatic wordsmith […]
My ears are basically bleeding as Quách Cẩm Lê cranks up the volume on her new single, “Yolo Smokin’ Weed.” Rage and rebellion explode into my skull. The tatted-up rapper, who takes her cues from hip-hop goddesses like Lil’ Kim, taps her army-grade Doc Martens as she busts out rhymes at a million miles an […]
The past few years have seen a burst of TV shows set within the volatile world of the music industry, be it country (Nashville), classical (Mozart in the Jungle), or rock ‘n’ roll (Vinyl, Roadies). But the most compelling new series centered on the creation and the business of music have come from the world of […]
