Hiphopen och jag har glidit isär lite senaste åren. Periodare som jag är växlar mitt musiklyssnande över tid, utan att det egentligen finns någon medveten rörelse eller tanke med mina förflyttningar i sidled eller tidsresemässigt bakåt. Under större delen av nittiotalet och en bra bit in ...

The video for Chris Cornell's "Part Of Me" made its way to the Internet a month ago, but I just happened across it today; it's a Timbaland-produced track that sounds like a wan take on Nelly Furtado's way superior "Say It Right," and its lyrics tell the tale of a man who's had many a regrettable imp...

A little light reading for those of you stuck at work, or in front of your computer, today (some stories may even give you anecdote material for your New Year's socializing): • Stephen Holden recalls the career of Eartha Kitt, who passed away at age 81 on Thursday. [NYT] • Kelefa Sanneh em...

Over at Eric Beall's Berkleemusic.com blog, there's some discussion of Hall and Oates' suit against their publishing company, Warner/Chappell Music, which they claim has failed to protect "Maneater" from emulation and copying by other artists. If that sounds like a strange charge to you, well, it is...

ARTIST: Chris Cornell TITLE: "Long Gone" WEB DEBUT: July 17, 2008 ONE-LISTEN VERDICT: In theory, I'm fine with the idea of Timbaland producing Chris Cornell's forthcoming solo album. Timbaland has said that he wants to make Cornell "the first rock star in the club," while Cornell called their collab...

  Damn, could this be true? Madonna is really desperate to get Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears on the same stage…together…singing..lalala.  A source has told The Sun: “Madonna is always trying to raise the bar and Britney and Timberlake on the same stage would be perfect. They h...

Following an intimate church ceremony that was so casual, the bride and groom wore sweatpants, Timbaland and Monique Idlett (who's also the mother of his infant daughter Reign) had a big-ass formal wedding in Aruba yesterday. Guests included Jimmy Iovine and collaborators past and present: Missy Ell...

I get the distinct feeling from this song, Elevator by Flo Rida featuring Timbaland, that Timbaland is pissed that he didn’t get to play any part in the release of last year’s biggest song, Umbrella by Rihanna (pictured below). As soon as I heard Timbaland’s part in the song, his r...

Ben’s back in town to perform at Mary’s Attic this Friday and Saturday and we highly recommend the show. We chat with Ben about his FAME moment when he started posing for “artistic” photos and wound up naked with only his ukelele to cover his manhood. Madonna’s was awfu...

Just try to admire how nice she looks from about the thighs up. Block out the rest like I did when that older kid molested me behind a tree on summer vacation. He didn't even buy me dinner. Bastard. Here's the lovely Jennifer Hudson out and about and pushing the limits of fashion. She has a new albu...