RapCaviar reminds me of Hot 97 in the early ’90s. When Hot 97 played ‘Protect Ya Neck’ by the Wu-Tang Clan, that was it. It went all over the country. RapCaviar has that influence right now. A song goes in RapCaviar and everyone pays attention. | | | | Gustavo Dudamel conducting the LA Philharmonic in New York, May 20, 2010.
(Hiroyuki Ito/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “RapCaviar reminds me of Hot 97 in the early ’90s. When Hot 97 played ‘Protect Ya Neck’ by the Wu-Tang Clan, that was it. It went all over the country. RapCaviar has that influence right now. A song goes in RapCaviar and everyone pays attention.”
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| | rantnrave:// News broke overnight of the death from cancer of GRANT HART, who as drummer and co-singer/songwriter for HÜSKER DÜ changed a lot of worlds, mine included. I'll have more to say tomorrow. For now, tears, memories and big windows to let in the sun... "SPOTIFY is the new street," says YO GOTTI. Which is exciting or maybe a little frightening, depending how you look at it. Fantastic, immediate distribution. Low (or no) pay, constant hustling. And driving the industry like a BABY. VULTURE's CRAIG MARKS lays out the flowchart between the record industry, specifically the hip-hop biz, and Spotify, specifically TUMA BASA, as clearly and completely as anyone has. (And still, what I most want to know is what he's leaving out, or not being told.) Basa's ladder of playlists, from MOST NECESSARY up to RAPCAVIAR, is essential to hip-hop hitmaking in 2017, and Marks' "How a Hit Happens Now" is this week's essential music-biz read. You can count LIL UZI VERT's bank account growing as you read it. But. Wait. What about the publishers? What about the left-behind rock and rollers? TOM PETTY, the BLACK KEYS and, um, ANTHONY HOPKINS are among the A-listers who went to court this week saying they're not having Spotify's proposed $43 million class-action settlement with songwriters and publishers. To them, that's a global corporation trying to settle a major claim at back-of-a-car prices. Also under attack: Spotify's legal argument that it doesn't necessarily have to pay mechanical royalties. As huge, influential and necessary as streaming is, it may still be in the "street" phase of its life cycle, with plenty of growing pains still to come... That all said, it's still teenage girls who actually run the business... My weakness for art-pop sometimes surprises even me. This throwbacky (and wonderfully titled) new SPARKS song, for example. Through glam, disco, synth-pop and beyond, RON and RUSSELL MAEL have spent five eccentric decades on pop's outskirts, occasionally infiltrating the center, and more than occasionally achieving art-damaged greatness. MusicSET: "Sparks: The Little Art-Pop Engine That Could (And Still Can)"... You've had 24 hours to see this, which means you've already seen this, but just in case: CHER x FUTURE x AUTOTUNE x THE GAP... ESPERANZA SPALDING is still ruling the internet with slash chords, complex harmonies and the best live video feed in the history of studio recording... RIP JESSI ZAZU. | | | - Matty Karas, curator |
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| In this, the year hip-hop won the music business, one of its defining hits was released more or less by mistake. Back in February, Lil Uzi Vert, a charismatic, septum-pierced 23-year-old rapper out of Philadelphia who'd become internet famous with a frenetic outpouring of digital singles, EPs, and mixtapes, was on his first tour of Europe, opening a string of shows for the Weeknd. | | |
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 | Rolling Stone |
| As the burgeoning musical format kicks off its 18th AmericanaFest, some question if the community is as inclusive as it should be. | | |
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 | Billboard |
| In September 1997, Capitol Records made history by releasing Duran Duran's "Electric Barbarella" as the internet's first-ever digital single, heralding a massive shift in how the music industry operates. | | |
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 | AnOther |
| With her breakthrough album "A Seat at the Table," Solange Knowles is inspiring a new generation -- Lynette Nylander talks to the artist about identity, prejudice, positivity and pride | | |
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| In 1979, Hart formed the post-hardcore punk band Husker Du with Bob Mould, and became an underground icon in the decade that followed. He has had his share of ups and downs over the years, but his first album in 10 years showcases the endurance and continued viability of a surprisingly underappreciated punk icon. (Originally aired Feb. 17, 2010.) | | |
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 | Pitchfork |
| If his bizarro Detroit concert-rally last night is any indication, announcement of his Senate run is just a matter of “when”-not “if.” | | |
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| Through glam, disco, synth-pop and beyond, brothers Ron and Russell Mael have spent five eccentric decades on pop's outskirts, occasionally infiltrating the center, and more than occasionally achieving art-damaged greatness. (Just ask Morrissey.) | | |
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| Charting the best metal is a lot harder than it used to be. That's in large part due to the sheer volume of it. | | |
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| When Sony Music announced the promotion of Joe Gallo to vice president of sales last month, it was telling that it listed in the press release the company's retail partners as "Apple, Amazon and SoundCloud," in place of what was once Tower Records, Musicland or Camelot Music. | | |
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| This past March in Amsterdam, Oddisee--a D.C. rapper whose music often wrestles with sociopolitical themes--had a surreal experience. During a performance, he spotted a white man rapping along to his music, but between songs the man shouted something that startled the rapper. | | |
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 | Pigeons & Planes |
| We spent time with the man behind No Jumper in Los Angeles to find out how he made it from BMX videos to interviewing rising rap stars. | | |
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 | The Tennessean |
| “I’m basically doing the same thing I’ve been doing over the years,” he shrugs. “Maybe people finally caught on to it.” | | |
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| Billboard |
| Her manager says 'All Your Fault Part 3' will drop later this year. | | |
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 | The Undefeated |
| On Dr. Dre’s order, an Academy Award-winning visual effects studio spent weeks designing a virtual Makaveli. | | |
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 | The Boston Globe |
| The Newport Contemporary Music Series boasted a star-studded lineup, but it cratered amid charges of broken promises, rank amateurism, and more than $100,000 in unpaid musicians fees. | | |
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 | Chicago Reader |
| Riot Fest launches an online magazine--because sometimes Twitter just isn’t enough. | | |
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| Rolling Stone |
| He couldn't stand watching his idol be knocked down, so he took to YouTube to bare is soul -- and changed the Internet forever. | | |
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 | Music Business Worldwide |
| David Joseph says Universal's investment in audiovisual content can't be matched elsewhere. | | |
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| Taking a look at every time a director has used Barry White's Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up in film history. | | |
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 | The Spectator |
| If you were to compare Mozart to a bird it wouldn't be the starling. Possibly the wood thrush or nightingale, with their beautiful, haunting songs; or maybe the lyrebird with its astonishing ear for imitation; or perhaps the composer would find his match in the exotic rarity of the ivory-billed woodpecker or giant ibis. | | |
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