Associated artist: Jay-Z
Source: Launch
"Jay-Z and DMX are reported to have ended their business relationship, after the rapper left Def Jam." FULL STORY
posted June 26, 2006 at 12:00:00 AM Dame Dash Reflects On 'Reasonable Doubt'Associated artist: Jay-Z
Source: MTV
"Dame Dash said despite his breakup with Jay-Z, he, too, is celebrating the 10th anniversary of Jay's Reasonable Doubt, which was released June 25, 1996. "It's the only record we still own together, so it's cool," Dash said. "And I support it because those days made who we are now. I'm proud of "Reasonable Doubt" always."" FULL STORY
posted June 26, 2006 at 12:00:00 AM Jay-Z Edits Lyrics to Erase Cristal from Hip-hopAssociated artist: Jay-Z
Source: HipHopDX
""I gotta, let you niggaz know the time like Movado/My motto, stack rocks like Colorado/Auto off the champagne, Cristal by the bottle." Don’t expect to hear Jigga utter those exact bars at his performance this Sunday at New York’s Radio City Music Hall." FULL STORY
posted June 26, 2006 at 12:00:00 AMAssociated artist: Jay-Z
Source: AllHipHop
"Fans unable to get a ticket to Jay-Z’s sold-out concert on June 25 at Radio City Music Hall should have newfound hope. The Def Jam president has offered the public a new opportunity to see him execute at a special 'rehearsal performance' in celebration of his first album "Reasonable Doubt."" FULL STORY
posted June 23, 2006 at 12:00:00 AMAssociated artist: Jay-Z
Source: Pitchfork
"It's been a nice retirement, but all things must come to an end. Jay-Z's verses on the Rick Ross 'Hustlin' remix and Beyonce's 'Deja Vu', the recent statements announcing his Cristal boycott, and the sold-out Reasonable Doubt 10th..." FULL STORY
posted June 22, 2006 at 12:00:00 AMAssociated artist: Ne-Yo
Source: Billboard
"Rapper Snoop Dogg has assembled an eye-popping roster of guests for his next studio album "Blue Carpet Treatment". No release date has been announced yet for the project, Snoop's first under his own name since 2004's "R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece". FULL STORY
posted June 19, 2006 at 12:00:00 AMAssociated artist: Kanye West
Source: HipHopDX
""I see some greatness in there," said Kanye about the man best known as Diddy’s assistant. The College Dropout revealed to MTV he believes Bentley was going to be "one of the number one artists in the game." Bentley’s "C.O.L.O.U.R.S." is out September on West’s G.O.O.D. Music label." FULL STORY
posted June 16, 2006 at 12:00:00 AMAssociated artist: Kanye West
Source: AllHipHop
"Kanye West and Tool have been tapped to headline the 22nd Street Scene festival, which takes place outside the Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego. The festival takes place August 4-5..." FULL STORY
posted June 14, 2006 at 12:00:00 AMAssociated artist: Kanye West
Source: Billboard
"Kanye West and Tool will headline the 22nd Street Scene festival, to be held Aug. 4-5 outside San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium. Among the other acts confirmed to appear at the event include Wu-Tang Clan, Queens Of The Stone Age, Snoop Dogg, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Modest Mouse." FULL STORY
posted June 9, 2006 at 12:00:00 AM Gnarls Barkley Tags on More Tour DatesAssociated artist: Gnarls Barkley
Source: Pitchfork
"With their debut LP "St. Elsewhere" continuing to find crazy (sorry!) success on the Billboard charts, reaching #14 on the Top 200 and #1 on Top Electronic Albums (it's an electronic album?!), Gnarls Barkley's gotta be feeling rather saint-like these days." FULL STORY
posted June 9, 2006 at 12:00:00 AM