Ghostface and his team of suits aren’t looking to lay back and accept any L’s on the legal front. On Wednesday, the rapper filed suit against Universal regarding unpaid Wu-Tang Clan royalties. Read the rest of this entry »

The Consumerist:

“Whether the arena be the Grammys, Oscars or freestyle rap battles, you don’t want to face Eminem as an opponent. That’s a lesson Universal Music Group learned when it took on the rapper in the Supreme Court, which refused to hear its appeal in a lawsuit over downloadable music. Read the rest of this entry »

It never dawned on me that albums ever went out of print until all my CD’s were stolen from my dorm room during my freshmen year of college. Between Best Buy and BMG, I didn’t have much problem replenishing my stock until I got to a particular infamous album, which played a part in Rawkus Record’s demise. And it was going for well over a resonable asking price on Amazon.

Now, an industry powerhouse is looking to do something about that.

Universal Music Group has partnered with CreateSpace, an Amazon.com company, to release classic out-of-print CDs using their disc on demand service. Read the rest of this entry »

Alicia Placencia

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Obama’s New $1 Billion Drug Center [Daily Beast]

Halle Berry’s Ex-Husband to Wed Prince’s Ex-Wife [PopEater] Read the rest of this entry »

Spoiler alert: Consequence’s Movies On Demand will go down as one of the best mixtapes of 2010. Nowadays, it’s not uncommon for the novice rapper to go over-the-top in the mixtapes for that undeniable buzz but the more established rhymeslayers generally resort to just rapping over popular beats and calling it a day. Well, apparently someone failed to tell Consequence that the vets weren’t supposed to care as much because his recent project G.O.O.D. Music, Nah Right & Universal Motown Present Consequence Movies On Demand sports material that most record labels couldn’t laud on their artist’s retail albums. Read the rest of this entry »

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Rookie rapper beware. Those not-so-obscure samples will come back to bite and stick their hands in your pocket at the same time. In light of his recent accomplishments, Drake has encountered a little problem. The song which propelled him to household name status from 2009′s So Far Gone allegedly incorporates a sample from Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds 1975 hit “Fallin’ In Love.” Read the rest of this entry »

Conceptually, this looks way too elaborate to be given away for free, but Dexter is a trooper and he isn’t so far removed that he doesn’t understand you have to give a little to get a lot in today’s game. Pay-per-view or not, tell the people it’s showtime as Cons The Don and premium channel Nah Right link up with the big starz including Rick Ross, Talib Kweli, Pharoahe Monch and Kanye West’s entire G.O.O.D. Music cartel. Read the rest of this entry »

Imagine if every time you were cruising your whip, getting down to a jam, the record label of said song sent you a subpoena saying you didn’t have the rights to sing-along. The word “appalled” comes to mind, or maybe even “dumbfounded.” Either way, that’s exactly what’s happening to Michael Jackson, or to his estate rather. Read the rest of this entry »

You have to tip your hat to the people at Apple. They’re always seeking out new ways on how to get your money business. In the battle to ween the 23-40 age demographic off buying physical music for the album artwork, they’re teaming up with EMI, Sony Music, Warner Music and the Universal Music Group to start packing digital booklets and music videos with every album you download from iTunes.

The labels and Apple are working towards a September launch date for the project codenamed “Cocktail”, according to people familiar with the matter. Apple is looking to attract larger purchases by creating a new type of interactive album material, including photos, lyric sheets and liner notes that allow users to click through to items that they find most interesting. Consumers do purchase large amounts of digital music, but they are buying individual songs rather than higher-margin full albums.

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Sandisk just unveiled their Sansa slotMusic Player Wednesday morning which will be compatible with their slotMusic media cards. The slotMusic microSD cards are availible now and the players will be hitting the shelves within the next few days.

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