Madonna
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Madonna arrived in Malawi on Monday (April 16) with David Banda, the Malawian boy she is adopting, to continue her charity work in the country, Reuters reports. The visit is fueling rumors the singer wants to adopt a second child. ...

Jennifer Lopez hopes to tour in support of Como Ama Una Mujer, she told MTV Europe — and reveals that she'll have more music out before the year is up. "I have an [English-language] album that's coming out this year that I'm finishing up right now," she said. "First single in June, so it's a big musical year for me." ... Two Anna Nicole Smith diaries up for auction over the weekend failed to sell, ABC News reports. They're now available for a minimum big of $25,000 apiece at Dallas' Heritage Auction Galleries. ...

Senator Hillary Clinton isn't about to get embroiled in the Sanjaya Malakar hubbub, The Associated Press reports. When asked about the "American Idol" hopeful on a New Hampshire radio station, the Democratic presidential candidate diplomatically replied, "Well, you know, people can vote for whomever they want. That's true in my election, and it's true on 'American Idol.' " ... Kirsten Dunst, Tobey Maguire and other "Spider-Man 3" castmembers strolled down the red carpet at film's world premiere in Tokyo on Monday, Reuters reports. ...

Lil Jon even represents Atlanta on ice. He's currently blogging about his love for hockey's Atlanta Thrashers at NHL.com, and revealed that while it's his 8-year-old son that actually plays the game, Jon's got his own place on the NHL team. "[Atlanta goalie] Kari Lehtonen actually has my picture on the back of his helmet," Jon wrote in a recent post. "We always go in the locker room to say 'what's up' to him before a game." Jon admits that he hasn't been following the Thrashers' every move this season, but he's tuning back in for the playoffs — and hopes to see the team bring the Stanley Cup to ATL. The Thrashers are currently in the first round of playoffs, down 2-0 in a best-of-seven series. ...

M-1 of Dead Prez appeared on Fox News' "Your World With Neil Cavuto" on Friday afternoon to debate hip-hop's role in the Don Imus scandal. The political-minded MC said drawing a parallel between rap lyrics and the racially insensitive remarks that cost Imus his job is like "comparing apples and oranges." Cavuto countered, "If Imus uses the expression and then you use the expression, you've both said 'ho,' " but M-1 noted that he didn't use the word "ho" in his lyrics. The rapper added that there's "something wrong" with offensive language being used whether it's by Imus or in hip-hop, but asserted that there is a difference between Imus' words and rap lyrics due to the "historical relationship of oppression" between black and white Americans. ...

Barry Gibb, the former Bee Gee who in 2006 bought the Johnny Cash Tennessee house that burned down last week, says he and his wife will rebuild a new home nearby. "Linda and I have decided to build our own home on the higher ground surrounding the Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash home and the original foundations shall be kept intact and preserved for the people of Hendersonville and the people of Nashville," he said in a statement obtained by AP. ... A woman injured in a car crash involving Godsmack frontman Sully Erna has had her condition upgraded to serious, according to North Andover, Massachusetts' Eagle-Tribune. Lindsay Taylor, 25, was in a coma and on life support following Wednesday's collision. Taylor was a backseat passenger in a Toyota Camry that was struck from behind by a Hummer H3 driven by Erna, who was not injured in the accident. The crash remains under investigation by state police, but so far, no citations or charges have been filed against any of the drivers involved. ...

Nickelback have raised almost $400,000 for Amnesty International and International Children's Awareness Canada via their aptly titled new single "If Everyone Cared." ... Ben & Jerry's will be releasing a new ice cream inspired by Queen. Called Bohemian Raspberry, it's the latest in a series of music-themed flavors, including Phish Food and Cherry Garcia. Sales of the ice cream will benefit the Mercury Phoenix Trust, which was established to combat AIDS worldwide. ... DJ Clue, Ray J and Lance Armstrong were among the partygoers who helped Q-Tip celebrate his birthday in New York on Saturday. The surprise party was held at a downtown Manhattan loft. ... Richard Gere is getting some serious flak in India after kissing and hugging Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty at a recent AIDS-awareness event, AP reports. Angry throngs burned effigies of the American actor in New Delhi and Mumbai, while protests broke out elsewhere in the country. ...

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge warned prospective jurors in the trial of Phil Spector on Monday that the proceedings will not be a chance for them to have their "15 minutes of fame," AP reports. The prospective jurors were to be directly questioned by lawyers on Monday afternoon, with a focus on the questionnaire answers they provided when screened a month ago. ... The Village People's policeman is off the hook, AP reports. Victor Willis was arrested last month after his girlfriend accused him of choking and threatening her. Maria Velasquez, a spokeswoman for the San Diego City Attorney's Office, said the case would not be pursued for "evidentiary reasons." ... Don Ho, the man who came to personify Hawaiian music, died on Saturday in Honolulu at age 76. Ho, best known for his kitsch classic "Tiny Bubbles," with which he opened and closed each show, died as a result of heart failure, according to The New York Times. Ho was a tourist staple on Waikiki at the Ohana Waikiki Beachcomber hotel for more than 40 years, performing his signature song and telling jokes and hosting his own ABC variety series, "The Don Ho Show," from 1976-77. His daughter, Hoku, who released her own hit album in 2000, was often featured in his live show.

04.13.2007

Gwen Stefani as a brunette? The singer told Harper's Bazaar that she's considered coloring her hair brown — "Then I said, 'Nah, I'm gonna milk this blond as long as I can." The singer also spoke up on the future of her career. "Some days, I think there's no way to get away with this any longer," she said in an interview published in the magazine's May issue, on newsstands April 24. "I still feel like that sometimes, even though it's been 20 years. But then some days, I just feel really inspired and I really believe in everything. It's like the 15 minutes just keep getting longer." ...

Keeping up with the Joneses got that much more difficult Friday (April 13) with news from Steven Spielberg and George Lucas that Shia LaBeouf has officially been cast in the fourth installment of the "Indiana Jones" series. "We are excited about bringing Shia into our Indy family," Spielberg said in a post on IndianaJones.com. The announcement ends weeks of "Will he or won't he?" speculation, much of it fueled by LaBeouf himself. The 20-year-old "Disturbia" star had previously denied his involvement when news of the casting first leaked and recently told MTV News, "I haven't been presented with the idea. I haven't been approached." In the Friday post on IndianaJones.com, LaBeouf said, "I was hoping the rumors were true, so I couldn't be more thrilled. To be cast in an Indiana Jones film is like grabbing the brass ring and holding on for the ride. I can't wait to take that giant step in front of the Indy cameras." "Indiana Jones 4" will be released worldwide May 22, 2008. ...

A judge has granted C-Murder permission to attend his first book-signing event to promote his street-lit novel "Death Around the Corner." The rapper, currently under house arrest, will participate in the signing during the New Orleans Jazzfest on May 5 at the one of the city's largest black-owned bookstores, Community Book Center. ... A judge has delayed a custody hearing over Anna Nicole Smith and Larry Birkhead's baby, The Associated Press reports. The decision was made to allow the deceased model's mother, Virgie Arthur, more time to negotiate a private-visitation arrangement with Birkhead. In related news, two Smith diaries will be auctioned as scheduled on Saturday, despite her former partner Howard K. Stern's claim that they are stolen property. ...

Ozzy fans, be on the lookout: Select copies of his Black Rain album will contain a code giving the owners first chance at seats for Ozzfest. The specially marked copies will be available at retail stores May 22 but can be preordered in the meantime. The code is good for two tickets, with supplies limited, and will be effective four days before the general public has access to tickets on June 12. ... James Blunt is in the clear. The singer/songwriter will not be charged for allegedly driving over someone's foot after leaving a party in February, AP reports. ...

Fred Durst misses being the frontman for Limp Bizkit, and according to a blog post, he'd like to head out on the road and stage "a landmark event." Durst said, "I would love to do a tour with the original Limp Bizkit" lineup, which no longer includes guitarist Wes Borland, who left the band to launch his own project, Black Light Burns. Limp haven't toured the States since 2003. "Imagine that me and Wes could work things out together and be a band again, friends again," Durst wrote in the post. "We had so many wonderful times. I am proud to say that I have learned so much from my mistakes and it has taken a long time to evolve to this place where I finally let myself be healed. Without Limp Bizkit, I would have never gotten here. Without Wes, I wouldn't know what it is like to work with the best." ...

Julian Lennon, the eldest son of John Lennon, has sold his stake in his father's compositions for the Beatles, according to The Wall Street Journal. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but a source told the paper that the shares of the catalog were "significant." The deal for the songwriting income generated by the Lennon compositions was made with Primary Wave Music Publishing, which last year paid an estimated $50 million for a 50 percent stake in the music-publishing catalog of late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. ...

Muse frontman Matt Bellamy has spoken out against the Live Earth gigs, saying that it might be hypocritical to stage the event, aimed at raising climate awareness worldwide, when it could have an adverse affect on the climate. "Private jets for climate change, not sure about it, that seems to be a bit on edge really," he told the BBC. Ashok Sinah, a director of Stop Climate Chaos, responded to defend. "They have to reduce carbon emissions, we have to reduce carbon emissions, and in just the same way that we may look at a pop star and say, 'You use more carbon than I do,' people from Africa could look at us and think, 'We don't go flying around everywhere.' I have met people in Africa who haven't even made a phone call, let alone get on a plane." Sinah also noted that the concerts were just the beginning of a larger overall campaign. "We have got to make sure that the people that come to us post-concert are actively engaged and get involved in the campaign." ...

Trey Anastasio pleaded guilty to a felony charge of attempted criminal possession of a controlled substance on Friday, avoiding a possible 14-year prison term. AP reports that Anastasio, 42, accepted a plea deal in his felony drug case that will require the singer to serve 12-15 months in New York's drug court program, during which he'll make weekly court appearances, submit to drug testing and perform community service. The charges stem from a December arrest in which police claim he was found in possession of heroin and an anti-anxiety drug prescribed to someone else and was driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol. ... Heather Locklear's second rock marriage has officially ended. The actress' divorce from Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora was finalized Wednesday, according to an AP report. She filed for divorce from Sambora in February 2006 after 11 years of marriage, citing irreconcilable differences.

• Madonna
• Jennifer Lopez
• Lil Jon
• Dead Prez
• Godsmack

Dave Chappelle (file)
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There's nothing funny about Dave Chappelle's latest project. In fact, it's downright ambitious.

On September 18, the comedian will celebrate the music and culture of New York by throwing the Dave Chappelle Block Party, an old-fashioned neighborhood jam that'll include musical performances from an all-star lineup of his favorite hip-hop and R&B artists. Kanye West, Lauryn Hill, Talib Kweli, the Roots, Mos Def, Erykah Badu, Common and Dead Prez and are slated to take part, with Chappelle serving as master of ceremonies for the event.

"I'm glad to be a part of it. Dave just called me and broke it down," said Mos Def. "A lot of my friends and heroes are going to be there. It's very inspiring."

The party will be shot by acclaimed director Michel Gondry for a potential DVD release. Chappelle is hoping to re-create the vibe of Wattstax, a 1972 concert and subsequent film set in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles that featured performances by funk, soul and gospel artists like Isaac Hayes and the Bar-Kays.

Sources say Chappelle conceived the project by himself and is funding it out of his own pocket. He has sworn everyone involved in the project to secrecy on its location and other details of the event. Fans who register online are being bussed to a secret location in Brooklyn from another secret location elsewhere in the city. The concert is expected to take place all day.

"If all the surprises come through, this cannot be missed," said Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson of the Roots, who will serve as the event's musical director.

• Kanye West
• Lauryn Hill
• Erykah Badu
• The Roots
• Dead Prez

Dead Prez's M-1 (file)
Photo: Columbia

Stic.man, from the rap duo Dead Prez, was arrested for simple assault Sunday at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.

According to a spokesperson for the Chicago Police Department, the MC (otherwise known as Clayton Gavin) was arrested for causing a disturbance aboard a United Airlines flight — before the plane had even left the terminal. He continued to use a Walkman or similar electronic device after a flight attendant asked him to put it away.

Dead Prez's DJ Umi Bem Niilampti and another rapper, D-Don (a.k.a. Harris DeJesus), were arrested on the same charge.

Music emanating from at least one of the men's headphones was audible to other passengers, according to the police report. When they refused to remove the headphones after a flight attendant asked them to do so, a heated discussion ensued. The men were asked to leave the plane but did not, so the other passengers deplaned and police entered the cabin.

After the men were removed, the passengers re-boarded the plane and the flight continued on to its destination in New York.

All three men are scheduled to appear in misdemeanor court May 5. Dead Prez's label rep did not return calls by press time.

• Dead Prez

Janet Jackson's <i>Damita Jo</i>
Photo: Virgin Records

Janet Jackson's name hasn't been in the papers for a while, so we'll throw her a bone and mention that her new album, Damita Jo, arrives Tuesday, featuring the flirty first single "Just a Little While." Now, if only there was something she could do to get some publicity ...

Moving on, DJ Kay Slay’s The Streetsweeper Vol. 2: The Pain From the Game features songs by Eminem, 50 Cent, Cam'ron, Lil' Jon, David Banner, LL Cool J, Ghostface Killah and Scarface. And there's still more mixtape news: The first entry in The Trip, a new series of mix CDs compiled by guest musicians, is put together by Dirty Vegas, the group best-known for the dance single "Days Go By." The album includes U2's "Even Better Than the Real Thing," Tears for Fears' "Sowing the Seeds of Love," Run-DMC's "Walk This Way," Hall & Oates' "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" and Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On."

Music From "The O.C.": Mix 1 features the TV show's theme song, "California" by Phantom Planet, as well as "Move On" by Jet, "Caught by the River" by Doves and "The Way We Get By" by Spoon. New Kids on the Block's lead hottie Jordan Knight assembles the Kids' greatest hits on NKOTB: The Remix Album. It's got "the right stuff," including "Hangin' Tough," "Please Don't Go Girl," "I'll Be Loving You (Forever)" and "Step by Step." Also this week, Menudo graduate Robi Rosa returns to the game with Mad Love.

Aerosmith's Honkin' on Bobo is a covers album of blues standards by such artists as Muddy Waters, Mississippi Fred McDowell, and even Fleetwood Mac (with one exception: the group's own "The Grind"). And in other blues news, Eric Clapton releases Me & Mr. Johnson, an album that covers bluesman Robert Johnson's songs.

J-Kwon makes the scene with Hood Hop, Dead Prez remain RBG: Revolutionary but Gangsta and Lil' Flip says U Gotta Feel Me. Meanwhile, Bob Dylan's Bootleg Series Vol. 6: Live at Philharmonic Hall drops alongside the Final Straw, Snow Patrol's latest LP.

Out Tuesday, March 30:

• Aerosmith - Honkin' on Bobo (Columbia)
  Read: "Blues Album Makes Aerosmith Feel Like Kids Again"
  Buy Now: Honkin' on Bobo (Columbia)
  
• Michael Bublé - Come Fly With Me (143/Reprise)
• Shirley Caesar - Be Careful of the Stones You Throw (Liquid 8)
• Eric Clapton - Me & Mr. Johnson (Warner Bros.)
• Clutch - Blast Tyrant (DRT)
• Dead Prez - RBG: Revolutionary but Gangsta (Columbia)
  Buy Now: RBG: Revolutionary but Gangsta (Columbia)
  
• Destiny - The Tracy Chapter (LifeForce/Victory)
• Dirty Vegas - The Trip (Family)
  Buy Now: The Trip (Family)
  
• DJ Kay Slay - The Streetsweeper Vol. 2: The Pain From the Game (Columbia)
  Read: "Mixtape Mondays: DJ Kay Slay, G-Unit, Usher, Kanye West, Brandy"
• Bob Dylan - Bootleg Series Vol. 6: Concert at Philharmonic Hall (Sony)
• Final Word - Fools Like You (Indecision)
• Fragile State - Voices From the Dustbowl (Bar de Lune)
• J-Kwon - Hood Hop (Arista)
  Read: J-Kwon Out To Shock With 'Tipsy' Remix, Rips Omarion For 'Stealing' Beat"
  Buy Now: Hood Hop (Arista)
  
• Janet Jackson - Damita Jo (Virgin)
  Read: "Janet Jackson Making Sexiest Album Yet, Producer Says"
  Buy Now: Damita Jo (Virgin)
• Jordan Knight - NKOTB - The Remix Album (Empire Musicwerks)
• Tracy Lawrence - Strong (DreamWorks Nashville)
• Toby Lightman - Little Things (Lava)
• Lil' Flip - U Gotta Feel Me (Sucka Free/Columbia)
• Charles Lloyd and Billy Higgins - Which Way Is East (ECM)
• Raul Malo, Pat Flynn, Rob Ickes and Dave Pomeroy - The Nashville Acoustic Sessions (CMH)
• Gordon McGilvery - All in the Family (Canyon)
• The Minus Tide - Anakuklosis (Action Driver)
• Gerry Niewod - Facets (Native Language)
• No Turning Back/The Deal - Split(Reflections)
• Noxagt - The Iron Point (Load)
• Omar - Best by Far (Spun)
• Pepper - In With the Old (Volcom Entertainment)
• Phat Phunktion - You and Me (Nardis)
• Pitbull Daycare - Unclean (Cleopatra)
• Robi Draco Rosa - Mad Love (Columbia)
• Runner & the Thermodynamics - Runner & the Thermodynamics (Ace Fu)
• Snow Patrol - Final Straw (A&M)
• Sometree - Moleskine (Magic Bullet)
• Soulfly - Prophecy (Roadrunner)
• Maylay Sparks - Graymatter (BBE/Rapster)
• Tanya Stephens - Gangsta Blues (VP)
• Talla 2XLC - Tranceology (Hypnotic)
• Clark Tenakhongva - Hear My Song, Hear My Prayer (Canyon)
• Texas Terri Bomb - Your Lips ... My Ass (TKO)
• Thug Lordz (Yukmouth and C-Bo) - In Thugz We Trust (West Coast Mafia)
• Trapt - EP (Warner Bros.)
  Buy Now: EP (Warner Bros.)
  
• UPO - The Heavy (Nitrus)
• Aaron Watson - The Honky Tonk Kid (EMM)
• Various artists - Africanism Vol. II (Defected/Africanism)
• Various artists - DJ Garth: Revolutions in Sound (Grayhound)
• Various artists - Fast Lane (Trouble on Vinyl/MRI)
• Various artists – "Home on the Range" soundtrack (Walt Disney)
• Various artists - L'Apericlub Saturday Night Sessions (Bar de Lune)
• Various artists - Music from "The O.C.": Mix 1 (Warner Bros.)
• Various artists - Park Hyatt Tokyo Airflow (Milan)
• Various artists - Pianostrings Tribute to Billy Joel (Tribute Sounds)
• Various artists – "The Prince & Me" soundtrack (Hollywood)
• Various artists - Pure Dance Party Vol. 2 (UBL)
• Various artists - Secret Life of Trance 2004 (Bulletproof/MRI)
• Various artists - Smooth Jazz Tribute to the Steve Miller Band (Tribute Sounds)
• Various artists - The String Quartet Tribute to Dido (Vitamin)
• Various artists - A Tribute to Counting Crows (Tribute Sounds)
• Various artists - A Tribute to Jonny Lang (Big Eye)
• Various artists - A Tribute to Stone Temple Pilots (Tribute Sounds)
• Various artists - A Tribute to Van Halen (Tributized)
• DVD: Shakira - Live and Off the Record (Epic)
• DVD: Simply Red - Home: Home in Sicily (Milan)
• DVD: Barbra Streisand - The Concert: Live at the MGM Grand (Columbia)
  
  April 6:
  • Barry Manilow - 2 Nights Live (BMG)
  • Paul Oakenfold - Greatest Remixes (Topaz)
  • Tamia - Still (Elektra)
  
  
  April 13:
  • Various artists - "Kill Bill 2" soundtrack (Maverick)
  
  
  April 20:
  • Hanson - Underneath (3CG)
  
  
  May 4:
  • Kimberley Locke - One Love (Curb)
    Read: " 'American Idol' Finalist Kimberley Locke Is Radio's '8th Wonder'"
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  ]]> http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1486043/20040329/jackson_janet.jhtml News Article http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1486043/20040329/jackson_janet.jhtml 29 Mar 2004 09:21:00 EST
  Mandy Moore
  Photo: Epic

  The third studio outing is typically difficult for established artists who often struggle between maintaining their fanbase and displaying artistic growth. Instead of penning a new batch of originals, Mandy Moore accomplishes both goals with Coverage, an album of cover songs. But don't expect a karaoke-friendly collection of instantly recognizable pop hits. In an effort to break out of her teen-pop mold, Moore has recorded songs that will be more familiar to viewers of VH1 than MTV. Tracks include Cat Stevens' "Moonshadow," Todd Rundgren's "Can We Still Be Friends?," and Joe Jackson's "Breaking Us in Two." The album also features passionate renditions of songs by Joan Armatrading, Elton John, XTC and the Waterboys.

  The second album by Dead Prez, Get Free or Die Tryin,' is a not-so-subtle reference to 50 Cent's Get Rich or Die Tryin' and it illustrates where the Florida rap duo's priorities lie. Like Public Enemy, D.P. are as political as they are musical, and express their inflammatory views in songs like "F--- the Law," "Scared to Die," and "Last Day Reloaded," which features the rap crew Onyx.

  Until now, Loon has been best known for backing P. Diddy, Usher, 3LW and Foxy Brown. This week, the rapper releases his full-length, self-titled debut. The album features guest performances by Diddy, Missy Elliott and Carl Thomas, which could help turn the suave rapper from an in-demand backing musician into a full-fledged star.

  Where were their heads at when Basement Jaxx recruited 'NSYNC's JC Chasez to guest on Kish Kash? Clearly, they wanted to do something different, and that desire shines through on the disc, which is less dance-house than their previous efforts and more based in a percussive funk that owes heavily to Prince. Other guests include Siouxsie Sioux and Dizzee Rascal.

  Several hot indie rock bands are dropping noteworthy albums this week. The act with the highest profile is the Rapture, whose second full album, Echoes, is a feast of crashing rhythms, dirty disco beats, engaging electronic melodies and vocals reminiscent of the Cure's Robert Smith. The debut album by the Canadian band the Stills, Logic Will Break Your Heart, is equally affecting, combining the emotional resonance of the Smiths with the pop songcraft of Echo & the Bunnymen. And the second disc by Albuquerque's the Shins, Chutes Too Narrow, is a sunnier offering that blends winsome pop guitars with plaintive vocals.

  For those who like much, much more technical proficiency, veteran Canadian power trio Rush will release their fourth live album, Rush in Rio, in the form of a triple-CD set that captures the final night of the band's Vapor Trails tour before a crowd of 40,000.

  Here's what else you have to choose from.

  Out Tuesday, October 21:

  • Josh Abrams - Cipher (Delmark)
  • Active Ingredients - Titration (Delmark)
  • All Out War - Condemned to Suffer (Victory)
  • Anadivine - Anadivine (EP) (SideCho)
  • Fred Anderson - Back at the Velvet Lounge (Delmark)
  • Anti-Flag - The Terror State (Fat Wreck Chords)
  • April Sixth - Mariposa Avenue (EP) (Elektra)
  • Ascii Disko - Ascii Disko (Metropolis)
  • Badlands - Hands of Time (Rebellion)
  • Bobby Bare, Jr. - OK, I'm Sorry (Bloodshot)
  • Barenaked Ladies - Everything to Everyone (Reprise)
    Buy Now: Everything to Everyone (Reprise)
    
  • Basement Jaxx - Kish Kash (Astralwerks)
    Buy Now: Kish Kash (Astralwerks)
    
  • Between the Buried and Me - The Silent Circus (Victory)
  • Big Noyd - Only the Strong (LSR/In the Paint)
  • Bleach - Astronomy (Tooth & Nail)
  • Blow - The Concussive Caress (K)
  • Jimmy Buffett - Live in Irvine, CA 9.27.03 (Mailboat)
  • Jimmy Buffett - Live in Mountainview, CA 9.25.03 (Mailboat)
  • The Buffseeds - Sparkle Me (EP) (Sanctuary/Fantastic Planet)
  • Paul Burch - Fool for Love (Bloodshot)
  • Nick Cannon - Nick Cannon (Nick/Jive)
    Read: "B2K, Nick Cannon 'Feelin' Freaky' On Collabo"
    Buy Now: Nick Cannon (Nick/Jive)
    
  • Carbondale - 'Cause 7 Ate 9 (Little Pond)
  • Clearlake - Cedars (Domino)
  • The Creatures - Hai! (Instinct)
  • Enrico Crivellaro - Key to My Kingdom (Electro-Fi)
  • The Crown - Possessed 13 (Metal Blade)
  • The Cruxshadows - Ethernaut (Dancing Ferret)
  • Danú - The Road Less Traveled (Shanachie)
  • Moot Davis - Moot Davis (Little Dog)
  • Death Machine - Death Machine (Sensory)
  • Destruction - Metal Discharge (Nuclear Blast)
  • Kevin Devine - Make the Clocks Move (TCR/Razor & Tie)
  • Dew-Scented - Impact (Nuclear Blast)
  • DJ Wally - Nothing Stays the Same (Thirsty Ear)
  • Dope - Group Therapy (Recon/Artemis)
  • Dose Hermanos - Bright Shadows (Gaff)
  • Drag-On - Hell and Back (Virgin)
  • Dream Theater - Train of Thought (Elektra)
  • The Durutti Column - Someone Else's Party (Psychobaby)
  • Esham - Repentance (Psychopathic)
  • Charles Feelgood - House Music (Topaz)
  • Fighting Jacks - The Dying Art of Life (Tooth & Nail)
  • Firewater - Songs We Should Have Written (Jetset)
  • The Format - Interventions and Lullabies (Elektra)
  • Funeral for a Friend - Seven Ways to Scream Your Name (Ferret)
  • Grandpaboy - Dead Man Shake (Fat Possum)
  • Great Jones - Seven Days from Saturday (Cheapshot)
  • Hamsa Lila - Gathering One (BRG/In the Pocket)
  • Beth Hart - Leave the Light On (Koch)
  • Her Space Holiday - The Young Machines (Mush)
  • Gary Hoey - Wake Up Call (Surfdog)
  • Vijay Iyer and Mike Ladd - In What Language? (Pi)
  • J Street Jumpers - Good for Stompin' (Severn)
  • Fruteland - Jackson Blues 2.0 (Electro-Fi)
  • Jennyanykind - Peas and Collards (MoRisen)
  • The Jessica Fletchers - What Ever Happened to? (Rainbow Quartz)
  • Joe - And Then ... (Jive)
  • Montell Jordan - Life After Def (Kela/Koch)
    Buy Now: Life After Def (Kela/Koch)
    
  • Joy Electric - The Magic of Christmas (Tooth & Nail)
  • Khanate - Things Viral (Southern Lord)
  • King Diamond - The Puppet Master (Metal Blade)
  • Libby Kirkpatrick - Goodnight Venus (Heart Music)
  • Christine Lavin & the Mistletones - The Runaway Christmas Tree (Appleseed)
  • Lexicon - Youth Is Yours (Spy Tech)
  • The Limit - The Limit (HMG)
  • Loon - Loon (Bad Boy)
    Read: "Loon Prepares To (Finally) Drop Debut, Rap And 'Ball' On Broadway"
    Buy Now: Loon (Bad Boy)
    
  • The Lovethugs - Playground Instructors (Rainbow Quartz)
  • Lucky Boys - Confusion Commitment (Elektra)
  • Gene Ludwig - Hands On (Blues Leaf)
  • Carmen Lundy - Something to Believe In (Justin Time)
  • Peter Malick - Chance and Circumstance (Koch)
  • Malow Mac - Second Look (Thump)
  • Man with No Name - Interstate Highway (Dragonfly)
  • Delbert McClinton - Live (New West)
  • Moonspell - The Antidote (Century Media)
  • Mandy Moore - Coverage (Sony)
    Read: "Mandy Moore Digs Up Pop Obscurities For Coverage"
    Buy Now: Coverage (Sony)
    
  • Van Morrison - What's Wrong with This Picture? (Blue Note)
  • My Ruin - The Horror of Beauty (Century Media)
  • Mylene - Mylene (Fast Horse)
  • The Nadas - Transceiver (Authentic)
  • Neurosis & Jarboe - Neurosis & Jarboe (Neurot Recordings)
  • Salim Nourallah - The In-Crowd (EP) (Paisley Pop)
  • Operatica and Maureen O'Flynn - Christmas Classics (E-Magine)
  • Parsley Sound - Parsley Sounds (Mo Wax)
  • Parts and Labor/Tyondai Braxton - Rise, Rise, Rise (Narnack)
  • D. Alex Paterson - Journey Into Paradise (Topaz)
  • Pigeon - John Is Dating Your Sister (Basement)
  • Sarah - Pillow Remixes (Buckyball)
  • Pinhead Gunpowder - Compulsive Disclosure (Lookout!)
  • Plastikman - Closer (novamute)
  • Project Pat - Mix Tape: The Appeal (Hypnotize Minds)
  • Snooky Pryor - Mojo Ramble: Live in Concert with Mel Brown and the Homewreckers (Electro-Fi)
  • The Rhinos - The Year of The Rhinos (Rainbow Quartz)
  • Jason Ringenberg - A Day at the Farm with Farmer Jason (Yep Roc)
  • Roc Raida - Champion Sounds (DMC/Razor & Tie)
  • Rope - Widow's First Dawn (Family Vineyard)
  • Josh Roseman - Unit Treats for the Nightwalker (Enja/Justin Time) Robb Roy - Days of Pride and Hunger (Pure Recordings)
  • Raphael Saadiq - I>All Hits at the House of Blues (Pookie)
  • Ryuichi Sakamoto - Mototronic (Sony Classical)
  • Scraps and Heart Attacks - 8 Million Stories (Triple Crown)
  • Brian Setzer Orchestra - I>Boogie Woogie Christmas and Nitro Burnin' Funny Daddy (Surfdog)
  • Slipstream - Transcendental (Hidden Agenda)
  • Solas - Another Day (Shanachie)
  • Something Corporate - North (Geffen)
    Buy Now: North (Geffen)
    
  • Space Cadet - Greatest Hits (Satellite/Trauma)
  • James Lee Stanley - Traces of the Old Road (Beachwood)
  • Rod Stewart - The Great American Songbook: Vol. II (J)
  • Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros - Streetcore (Hellcat)
  • Suicide Commando - Axis of Evil (Metropolis)
  • Switchhitter - Fer-de-Lance (54º40' or Fight!)
  • The Tannahill Weavers - Arnish Light (Green Linnet)
  • Malachi Thompson and African Brass - Blue Jazz (Delmark)
  • Tidfall - Nucleus (Nuclear Blast)
  • Too Short - Married to the Game (Jive)
  • Tragedy - Still Reporting (Solid)
  • Turk - Raw and Uncut (Koch/In the Paint)
  • Ulu - Nerve (Harmonized)
  • Universal Honey - Can't Stop Thinking About Christmas (41 Records)
  • Chucho Valdes - New Conceptions (Blue Note)
  • Kristine W. - Fly Again (Tommy Boy)
  • Josh Wink - 20 to 20 (EP) (System)
  • Yo La Tengo - Today Is the Day (EP) (Matador)
  • Zebrahead - MFZH (Egg/Columbia)
  • John Zorn, Bill Laswell and Tatsuya Nakamura - Buck Jam Tonic (Ion)
  • Various Artists - Back to the Future '80s, Volume 2 (Topaz)
  • Various Artists - Beachwood Christmas (Beachwood)
  • Various Artists - Bird Up: The Charlie Parker Remix Project (Savoy Jazz)
  • Various Artists - Brother Bear soundtrack (Walt Disney)
  • Various Artists - Buddyhead Presents: Gimme Skelter (Buddyhead/Nettwerk)
  • Various Artists - Dragonfly Classix II (Dragonfly)
  • Various Artists - Eye of the Beholder, Vol. 3 (Tract)
  • Various Artists - Mystic River soundtrack (Malpaso/Warner Bros.)
  • Various Artists - Punk Goes Acoustic (Fearless)
  • Various Artists - Radio soundtrack (Hip-O/UME)
  • Various Artists - Taken soundtrack (DreamWorks Nashville)
  • Various Artists - Tropical Hot Dog Night (Myutopia)
  • Various Artists - Very Special Acoustic Christmas (Lost Highway)
  • Various Artists - Warren Haynes Presents ... (Sanctuary)
  • Various Artists - Wig in a Box - Songs from Hedwig & the Angry Inch (Off)
  • DVD: "The Journey" (Aspyr)
  • DVD: "Live from Bonnaroo 2003" (Sanctuary)
  • DVD: "Steve Earle - Just an American Boy" (Artemis)
  • DVD: "The Loud Family - Live 2000" (125)
  • DVD: "Millencolin - ... And the Hi-8 Adventures" (Burning Heart)
  • DVD: "Rush In Rio - (Anthem/Coming Home/Zoë)
  • DVD: "The String Cheese Incident" - Live at the Fillmore (Sanctuary)
  • DVD: Audio: Sammy Hagar and the Wabos" - Hallelujah (Silverline)
  • DVD: Audio: Widespread Panic - Ball (Silverline)
  • SACD: Vijay Iyer - Blood Sutra (Artists House)
  • SACD: Ludacris - Chicken & Beer (Def Jam)

  October 28:

  • R.E.M - In Time: The Best of R.E.M 1998 — 2003 (Warner Bros.)
  • The Strokes - Room on Fire (RCA)
    Read: "Strokes Album Preview: Gideon Yago Tours Their Room On Fire"
    Buy Now: Room on Fire (RCA)
    
  • Triumph the Insult Comic Dog - Come Poop With Me (Warner Bros.)

  November 4:

  • Wyclef Jean - The Preacher's Son (J Records)
    Read: "Wyclef Jean Nabs 'All-Ghetto Cast' — Including Tom Jones — For Album"
    
  • Stone Temple Pilots - Thank You (Atlantic)
  • P.O.D. - Payable on Death (Atlantic)
    Read: "P.O.D. Sound So Alive With New Guitarist, New Single"
  
  
  November 11:
  • Pink - Try This (Arista)
    Read: "Pink Didn't Have To Try Too Hard To Make Try This"
    Buy Now: Try This (Arista)
    
  • Ruben Studdard - Soulful (J Records)
    Read: "R. Kelly, Missy Elliott Working On Ruben Studdard's Soulful Debut"
  
  
  November 18:
  • Blink-182 - Blink-182 (Universal)
    Read: "Blink-182 Tone Down Pranks, Get Down To Real 'Action' On Next LP"
  
  
  November 28:
  • Jay-Z - The Black Album (Roc-a-Fella)
    Read: "Jay-Z Strays From His Blueprint For Black Album"
  Related Artists
  • Mandy Moore
  • Nick Cannon
  • Loon
  • Dead Prez
  • Raphael Saadiq
  ]]> http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1479844/20031020/moore_mandy.jhtml News Article http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1479844/20031020/moore_mandy.jhtml 20 Oct 2003 09:01:00 EDT Controversial duo drop second mixtape October 27.
  By Shaheem Reid

  
  Dead Prez's <I>Get Free or Die Tryin'</I>
  Photo: Dead Prez

  Name: Dead Prez

  Mixtape: Get Free or Die Tryin': Turn Off the Radio: the Mixtape, Vol. 2

  Hometown: Florida and Brooklyn

  Joints to check for: "F--- the Law," "Tallahassee Days," "Last Days Reloaded" and "Paper, Paper."

  Previous mixtapes:Turn Off the Radio: the Mixtape, Vol.1

  The 411: Technically, it's been three years since Dead Prez released an official album, the controversial but lauded Get Free. But the duo of M-1 and Sticman have been anything but stagnant, putting out the mixtape LP Turn Off the Radio last year and gearing to drop their follow-up on October 27.

  "Actually, we call it a mixtape as a marketing strategy," the group's M-1 said about his latest project. "We're letting people know that we're going to be consistently dropping music. [The mixtape] is a mix of our ideas and our crew, the People's Army. We call it a mixtape, but for all intents and purposes, it's a full album.

  "We're basically motivated by a mind state and a love for 50 Cent's album, how it hit the community the way it did," he continued about playing off of 50's Get Rich or Die Tryin' title. "Understand that we too are soldiers, soldiers for the people."

  Almost prophetically, the first song released off the mixtape is called "F--- the Law" and finds the "Revolutionary But Gangsta" rap clan striking back at abusive boys in blue. In real life, the group is getting ready to file a lawsuit against the NYPD for police brutality. A couple of weeks ago in Brooklyn, the two say, they were roughed up by the police for no reason.

  "We knew what was going to go down," M-1 said about allegedly getting mistreated by the authorities after the record dropped. "It happened to me two years ago, one block from where the police f---ed with us a month go."

  Later in the mixtape, the DPs team with another group that knows a few things about bumping heads with the law, Onyx. The two factions collaborate for an updated version of the Queens trio's powerfully poetic "Last Dayz," from the 1995 LP All We Got Iz Us, where they rhymed about the angst of ghetto warfare and frustration with the police and government.

  "We did that [song] using the old 'Last Dayz' beat," M explained. "Fredro, Sonny Caeser and Sticky re-laid their verses. They revamped them. We love 'Last Dayz.' That sh-- was crazy; they made you feel what they was talking about. It talked about so much of what we been on. We came in the game influenced by records like that. The jewel of the whole [new] song is with Sticky's last verse."

  Dead Prez already have plans to put out their next mixtape, tentatively titled The Game or the Gospel, in December. If negotiations go right with Columbia Records, the group's next official LP, Revolutionary But Gangsta, will be released sometime in 2004. The group recorded with peers like Jay-Z, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and Erykah Badu for the album, but the project has been on the shelf because the group severed ties with Columbia.

  Dead Prez said that Bad Boy, Shady Records, G-Unit Records and Roc-A-Fella are all trying to sign them to deals. They are looking to ink a contract somewhere by the end of the year.

  "I'm seeing a swing," M said of the direction of hip-hop. "People want reality. What we're doing is no different from what Ice Cube was doing or what [Public Enemy] was doing."

  As part of their deal with Landspeed Records, Get Free or Die Tryin': Turn Off the Radio: the Mixtape, Vol. 2 will be released to stores on October 27.

  For other artists featured in Mixtape Mondays, check out Mixtape Mondays Headlines.

  For a full-length feature on the role of mixtapes in the music industry, check out "Mixtapes: The Other Music Industry."

  Related Artists
  • Dead Prez
  ]]> http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1479843/20031020/dead_prez.jhtml News Article http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1479843/20031020/dead_prez.jhtml 20 Oct 2003 06:45:00 EDT New EP/mixtape guest-stars Queen Latifah, Lenny Kravitz, Dead Prez, Angie Stone.
  By Shaheem Reid

  
  Erykah Badu
  Photo: MCA

  Name: Erykah Badu

  Mixtape: Worldwide Underground

  Hometown: Dallas

  Joints to check for: "Bump It," "Danger," "Love of My Life Worldwide" featuring Queen Latifah, Bahamadia and Angie Stone.

  Previous mixtapes: None, but she does have a bunch of acclaimed LPs under her belt.

  The 411: OK, there are no shout-outs, no scratching, no blends, and Ms. Badu isn't even a DJ. So how, you ask, does Erykah justify calling her new EP, Worldwide Underground, a mixtape? Well, there's the obvious answer — because she said so — but Andre 3000's ex does have some evidence to back her claim: Like some other mixtapes, the album doesn't have any real concept and the songs play into each other, going from groove to groove, in sequence, without breaking up. And a few of the tracks run really long, way past the standard three minutes and 30 seconds.

  The longest track clocks in at over 10 minutes and is called "I Want You." On it, we find a love-struck E.B. frantically expressing her emotions. "I, I, I, I, I, I, I, want, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you," she cries before asking, "What we gonna do?" As the song progresses, Ms. Badu claims she's got it so bad that not even drinking holy water, fasting for 30 days or practicing yoga can help her.

  As much as she's twisted up over her man, however, Badu is clearly more enthralled with hip-hop. As her alter ego, MC Apples, the singer turns rapper, flipping verses alongside Queen Latifah, Bahamadia and Angie Stone. "My name is apples and I'll rock your world," she rhymes with an old-school flow. "Worldwide, do your math/ 30, 26, 36 and a half/ I hope that you will re-a-lize/ I got the hazel eyes to make your nature rise."

  Lenny Kravitz also guest stars on the EP, playing on "Back in the Day." There, the album's star longs for the simplicity of yesteryear. Meanwhile, Dead Prez give their militant two cents on the hustle game in "The Grind."

  Badu's artistic instincts haven't impeded the grind of her record label, however. While she’s comfortable labeling the project a mixtape because of its feel, her label isn't peddling it on the street like one. You have to go to your local record store to cop Worldwide Underground just like a regular album.

  Aside from the verses from her guests, Badu wrote the entire EP and produced the record with her production team, Freakquency.

  DJs also have their say this week. DJs Green Lantern, Vlad and Dirty Harry just released 2Pac's Rap Phenomenon, a record that pieces together 'Pac's vocals from old material (see "Wave Of New Tupac Material Hitting Stores And Streets"). Then there's DJ Pudgee-P with his hodgepodge of street ditties on Riot Squad Part 3.

  For other artists featured in Mixtape Mondays, check out Mixtape Mondays Headlines.

  For a full-length feature on the role of mixtapes in the music industry, check out "Mixtapes: The Other Music Industry."

  Related Artists
  • Erykah Badu
  • Queen Latifah
  • Lenny Kravitz
  • Dead Prez
  • Angie Stone
  ]]> http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1478229/20030915/badu_erykah.jhtml News Article http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1478229/20030915/badu_erykah.jhtml 15 Sep 2003 05:27:00 EDT Mos Def, Fat Joe, Ashanti, Dead Prez also involved in fighting mayor's
  By Jon Wiederhorn

  
  Jay-Z
  Photo: Def Jam Records

  They may have valued P.E. and D.M.C. over Ph.D.s and B.A.s when they were in school, but Jay-Z, Ja Rule, Mos Def, Fat Joe, Wu-Tang Clan, Ashanti and Dead Prez have joined the protest against New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposed $1 billion in education cuts.

  On June 4, one day before the mayor makes his final budget proposal to the city council, the rappers plan to gather at City Hall alongside Russell Simmons, minister Benjamin Muhammad, Al Sharpton, "Sex and the City" star Cynthia Nixon and thousands of students, teachers and parents to voice their objection to Bloomberg's plans.

  During the event, dubbed the Mobilization for Education, the performers are expected to make brief speeches, a rally spokesperson said, adding that the hip-hop community has such an active interest in the event because the proposed cuts would have a devastating effect on inner-city schools.

  "We are mobilizing the hip-hop community to join with the United Federation of Teachers and the Alliance for Quality Education because education is a vital issue for hip-hop," Simmons said in a statement. "I visit schools all the time, and I'm tired of hearing about kids sharing books and having no desks of their own. I'm tired of the debate of 'Who will manage the schools?' when the real issue is 'Who will prioritize the funding of our children's education?' The elite have abandoned the war on poverty and education, and it's up to us, the hip-hop community, to stand up. No one else will. Our elected officials have failed us."

  In addition, Jay-Z, Sharpton, Nixon and Simmons have recorded public service announcements that are airing on local hip-hop stations.

  "On June 4 at 2:30 p.m.," Jay-Z says on one, "I want you to get up, walk out of class and meet me at City Hall in protest of the more than $1 billion cut from the school budget the city wants to make."

  Others who have pledged their support to the campaign include Nas, the LOX, Charli Baltimore, Lady May, Megahertz, Rah Digga, the Rev. Run and Chuck D.

  Related Artists
  • Jay-Z
  • Ja Rule
  • Wu-Tang Clan
  • Mos Def
  • Fat Joe
  ]]> http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1454586/20020530/jay_z.jhtml News Article http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1454586/20020530/jay_z.jhtml 30 May 2002 09:17:00 EDT Rapper hopes to bring message to the masses that there's more to life than ice, rims.
  By Soren Baker

  
  Masta Ace
  Photo: JCOR

  Even though rap dominates sales charts, radio and video play and has infiltrated the fashion and film industries, some hip-hop artists are less than pleased with the typically myopic, materialistic message of many chart-topping songs.

  "I feel like the average hip-hop fan is not well-rounded at all," said Masta Ace, whose recently released Disposable Arts album makes keen, pointed observations about the current state of hip-hop. "Their musical diet is not a balanced one. It's a problem and it's unfortunate. There's nothing wrong with having some fun on a given night — I have fun like the next man. But it needs to be about more than that at the end of the day, but unfortunately not enough of our people have figured that out yet. My job in this is to be one of the providers of balance."

  Indeed, the follow-up to 1995's Sittin' on Chrome exhibits the balance that such hip-hop acts as KRS-One, Outkast, Talib Kweli, Dead Prez, Mystic and the Coup provide. Disposable Arts contains several interwoven storylines that include one in which Ace enrolls in IDA, the Institute of Disposable Arts, where he studies hip-hop. Through skits, Ace's journey at the school is detailed, while the songs feature Ace's signature brand of clever phrasings, punchline-heavy lyrics, gripping tales of ghetto life and insightful political commentary.

  Greg Nice delivers the chorus on the festive hip-hop commentary "Don't Understand," while the somber "Dear Diary" has Ace questioning his place in hip-hop's pantheon. The latter is a rare hip-hop moment, one where an artist portrays himself as vulnerable and confused. "Eh, yo, Ace/ Don't tell me you thinking about a return," Ace raps on the cut, assuming the role of his diary. "I'm kind of concerned/ When will you old cats ever learn?/ It's time to hang it up."

  "It was self-analyzation," Ace said of "Dear Diary." "The lyrics on that song are the way I feel some days when I wake up. 'Why are you even considering making records anymore? Nobody's really checking for it anymore. You're wasting your time. There's maybe 10 cats that are going to buy your record.' I wake up sometimes and I feel that way. I'm being honest about my feelings and maybe saying some stuff that people might be saying."

  Looking back at his career, which includes collaborations with Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Marley Marl and others, Ace offers the thankful "No Regrets," a reflective history of sorts where he gives praise to all of those who contributed to his better musical memories.

  On a less explicit narrative line, Disposable Arts explores the relationship between Ace's character and his roommate at IDA, portrayed on the album by MC Paul Barman, a white, Jewish, Prince Paul affiliate. Some of the interaction between Ace and Barman was inspired by Ace's own trip to college. He graduated from the University of Rhode Island and interacted with many Maine and Vermont natives who had never been around black people and had a cursory knowledge of hip-hop, at best.

  Barman's character actively pursues hip-hop, though. In fact, he's even performing a freestyle rap when Ace first meets him in their dorm room.

  The interaction between Ace and Barman is sometimes tense and always entertaining. Like the songs on Disposable Arts, these skits provide a riveting story of their own. "When people spend their $15 or $16.99 to buy a CD, I think they want to feel like they bought something that's valuable, that something was a good purchase, that somebody actually took time and put together a project," Ace said. "They didn't just put anything together, throwing some songs back to back and put a label on it. I really respect the buyer, the fan, the listener because I'm one and I know that I want to be entertained. I try to look at it from that perspective and try to make a record as if I was going out and buying it."

  As a fan of hip-hop, Ace hopes to encourage fans to respect the art form and its architects. When he attended a recent Run-DMC concert, he was disappointed with the lukewarm response fans gave the legendary Queens trio.

  "They deserve a certain amount of energy, a certain amount of love," Ace said. "They should be made to feel like they are some of hip-hop's pioneers. When people talk about them or when they're mentioned, people that really know give it up, but a lot of people could care less.

  "I look at rock and roll and I see cats that don't do an album for 10 years and then tour and sell out stadiums," he continued. "I feel like we need to reach that point in hip-hop. Fans need to embrace their past heroes, still uphold and respect music that was from 10, five, three years ago."

  Masta Ace, who has released albums in three different decades, hopes that Disposable Arts as well as other releases from like-minded artists will help hip-hop regain its balance. Coming from an era where such disparate artists as Biz Markie, Public Enemy, N.W.A, Too Short and the Geto Boys were all popular, Ace knows that it can happen.

  "We have to reach a point where people want to hear more than one thing," Ace said. "From a fan's perspective, people are just feeding more into the pursuit of ice, platinum, cars and rims, and that's all that it's about.

  "Sometimes I get depressed and wonder, 'What's wrong with people?' We all would like a nice car and jewelry, but you want people to be a little more well-rounded than they are."

  Related Artists
  • Masta Ace Incorporated
  • Biz Markie
  • N.W.A.
  • Public Enemy
  • Prince Paul
  ]]> http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1450967/20011115/masta_ace_incorporated.jhtml News Article http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1450967/20011115/masta_ace_incorporated.jhtml 15 Nov 2001 11:41:00 EST Documentaries on hip-hop, punk, electronica also to debut at HIQI Film Series.
  By Corey Moss

  
  Radiohead's Thom Yorke
  Photo: Capitol

  Radiohead's "Live in Dublin" concert video will have its theatrical U.S. premiere this fall as part of a traveling film festival that will also include documentaries on hip-hop, early punk and electronica.

  The HIQI Film Series, which kicks off September 14 in New York, consists entirely of music films, documentaries, shorts and videos.

  Along with "Live in Dublin," which was filmed November 2000 for an MTV special, the festival will show Radiohead's video for Amnesiac's "I Might Be Wrong."

  The HIQI (pronounced "hickey") festival will also premiere "Word," a New York hip-hop documentary featuring Eminem, Dead Prez, Company Flow and MOP, and "Try This at Home," a documentary on Olympia, Washington's indie-rock scene focusing on Elliott Smith, Sleater-Kinney and Quasi.

  Electronic-music visionaries including Carl Cox, Sven Vath and Orbital will hit the big screen in a documentary on the desert rave scene titled "Synergy: Visions of Vibe."

  HIQI will also revive several classic films on the tour, including "The Blank Generation," a 1976 documentary on New York's punk and new wave scenes featuring performances by Talking Heads, Television, Ramones, Blondie and Patti Smith shot at the legendary club CBGB.

  The 1978 film "Rockers," considered reggae's "A Hard Day's Night," includes music by Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer, Burning Spear and Inner Circle.

  "Driver 23," a documentary on Dan Cleveland's Minnesota metal cult band Dark Horse, and its sequel, "The Atlas Moth," will both be shown, along with the metal favorite "Heavy Metal Parking Lot."

  Festival shorts will include the Dandy Warhols' "The End of the World as We Knew It" (starring Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland), "Monkey Vs. Robot," "Secret Asian Man" and "Rolling Man." New Order's "Crystal" video and Bob Marley's "I Know a Place" clip will also be shown.

  Details of the HIQI Film Series have been announced for only about half the cities it will hit. The event's Web site (www.hiqi.com) will post information in coming weeks about stops in San Diego; Sacramento, California; Olympia; Seattle; Miami; Washington, D.C.; Detroit; and Madison, Wisconsin.

  HIQI Film Series dates, according to the festival's spokesperson:

  • 9/14-27 - New York, NY @ Pioneer Theater
  • 9/21-10/4 - Los Angeles, CA @ Regent Showcase
  • 9/21-10/4 - Atlanta, GA @ Cinefest
  • 9/28-10/4 - Minneapolis, MN @ Sound Unseen
  • 10/5 -11 - Portland, OR @ Clinton Street Theater
  • 10/5-11 - Austin, TX @ Landmark Dobie
  • 10/19-25 - San Francisco, CA @ Red Vic
  • 10/26-11/1 - Chicago, IL @ Landmark Century
  Related Artists
  • Radiohead
  • Eminem
  • Elliott Smith
  • Dead Prez
  • Company Flow
  ]]> http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1448532/20010830/radiohead.jhtml News Article http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1448532/20010830/radiohead.jhtml 30 Aug 2001 02:29:00 EDT Dead Prez - Summer Time

  Summer Time

  • Artist: Dead Prez
  • Label: Boss Up, Invasion Music Group
  • Director: Tao Ruspoli
  • Album: Pulse of the People
  ]]> Videos http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?artist=30065&vid=412453 http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?artist=30065&vid=412453 23 Jul 2009 12:00:00 EDT Dead Prez - Till We Get There

  Till We Get There

  • Artist: Dead Prez
  • Label: Koch Entertainment/Sotti Records
  • Director: Juan Carlos
  ]]> Videos http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?artist=30065&vid=218480 http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?artist=30065&vid=218480 25 Mar 2008 12:00:00 EDT Dead Prez - 1 Nation

  1 Nation

  • Artist: Dead Prez
  • Label: Affluent Records
  • Director: Oscar Sanchez/Chezi K Walker
  • Album: Can't Sell Dope Forever
  ]]> Videos http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?artist=30065&vid=116289 http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?artist=30065&vid=116289 30 Oct 2006 12:00:00 EST Dead Prez - Hip Hop

  Hip Hop

  • Artist: Dead Prez
  • Label: Loud
  • Director: Brian Beletic
  • Album: Lets Get Free
  ]]> Videos http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?artist=30065&vid=8453 http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?artist=30065&vid=8453 13 Feb 2004 12:00:00 EST