What's the Big Deal With Alicia Keys?

Alicia Keys took the music world by storm in 2001 when she was discovered by music legend Clive Davis and released her first single Fallen.

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The story of The Mars Volta's upcoming album, "The Bedlam in Goliath," which will be released Jan. 29 on Universal Records, is as strange as it gets.

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In a December 29th post, Yorke says, with rabid capitalization, "we did not ask for a load of cash from our old record label EMI to re-sign.

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There's something about a lead singer that drives the ladies wild, even if the man is hideous. Someone like Seal, or even Lyle Lovett, who looks like an ill-fitting skin glove pulled over a hat rack, has more access to poozle than any of us could dream of.

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LOS ANGELES — Early this year, DJ Drama, a mixtape producer who made his name spotlighting new rap talents on his own line of compilation CDs, found himself in a Georgia jail cell after being arrested on charges of racketeering in connection with his recordings.

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We've been doing a lot of discussion about music here on the 'Vine and I just discovered one of my favorite bloggers' 2007 best of list. Of course, since its ThePublishingSpot, its all from the perspective of music to write to. Check it out...

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Ghostface Killah Album Review: The Big Doe Rehab

The new CD by Ghostface Killah The Big Doe Rehab is a prime example of factory-made rap music. While the Wu Tang Clan is not usually considered mainstream because of explicit content that makes its music unplayable on airwaves, the members are definitely not underground.

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M.I.A. Album Review: Kala

M.I.A. first appeared on the US radar in 2005 with her debut LP Arular. Many critics commended her for the exhibition of political undertones and genre ambiguity. With her obvious hip-hop influences, M.I.A. could arguably be a leading hip-hop artist in overseas markets.

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Whatever People Say I Am...: Arctic Monkeys Album Review

It took me a while to buy the 2006 release from the Arctic Monkeys "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not." I loved the first single, "I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor" but was convinced the fun of this hit couldn't last and that the rest of the LP wou …

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Hip-hop's latest battle between two of its biggest egos - Kanye West and 50 Cent - has been building like a title fight in Vegas.

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There was a time when all a record label had to worry about was making hits. Good hits paved the road to successful albums, and then the label got paid--really paid.

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Timbaland was knocked off the top spot of the UK single charts by Beyonce and Shakira's new duet, Beautiful Liar.

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Trent Reznor, of the alternative band, Nine Inch Nails wants you to take a crack at deconstructing his songs. That is quite a twist on how many musicians and their labels look at their copyrighted music. That is some radical thinking (genius but radical).

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Ragga Muffins Festival: A Return to the Ordinary

The 26th annual Ragga Muffins Festival in Long Beach marked a much needed return to the festival's roots, both musically and culturally - homogeneous merchandise not withstanding.

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Long Beach Ragga Muffins Festival: A Return to the Ordinary

The 26th annual Ragga Muffins Festival in Long Beach marked a much needed return to the festival's roots, both musically and culturally - homogeneous merchandise not withstanding.

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