Most people are highly offended by this, I'm not. allow me to explain why before you erase my site from your bookmarks and call me all types of uncle toms and hypocrites. I am offended, but only slightly. I'm offended as a parent because they used a child in this billboard instead of an adult. W... Read more...
As part of Billboard’s mash up series, Arizona-based rock band The Maine covered Outkast’s chart topper. The Maine (Myspace) The Maine (Twitter) Via: Read more...

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Major late Pass for him. Targeting sagging pants in 2010 is like targeting segregated water fountains. Hector Quinones didn’t amount to much in life, but he managed in death to make a powerful fashion statement. The statement boiled down to this: Don’t be a jerk like me. Not nearly enough ... Read more...

Pharrell was invited to give the key note speech at Midem, a music business conference held in Cannes, and it was in Q&A format with Rob Stone, Co-CEO of Cornerstone - who you might remember from Pharrell’s Billboard cover. In the 80’s there was Quincy, in the 90’s there was Dr. D... Read more...
SOOOO THEY'RE UPSET AT THIS AD^ BUT NOT THIS AD --> SMH New York (CNN) -- A billboard featuring President Obama that was erected three days ago will be coming down, according to a spokesman for the company that paid for the outdoor ad in Times Square. Weatherproof Garment Company, whic... Read more...
Earlier this week, Billboard complied a list of the decade’s best producers. Coming in at numero uno are Pharrell & Co. Better luck in the next 10 years, Just Blaze and Dr. Dre. LF via BBC Via: Rap Radar Read more...
Over at Wired.com, writer Eliot Van Buskirk’s “Inside Big Champagne’s Music Panopticon” provides an in-depth look at Big Champagne’s new dashboard-style music data analysis service. Now anyone who’s been paying attention to digital music news over the past few years should be familiar ... Read more...