Anybody can do the stuff Gucci used to do. Can y’all copy living how I’m living? Can y’all copy getting y’all life together? | | | | | Gucci Mane in Brooklyn in 2010. (Jason Persse) | | | | |  | “Anybody can do the stuff Gucci used to do. Can y’all copy living how I’m living? Can y’all copy getting y’all life together?”
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| | rantnrave:// BOB LEFSETZ asks, "What kind of crazy f***d-up world do we live in where KATY PERRY’s OLYMPIC anthem is exclusive to APPLE MUSIC yet freely available to stream on YOUTUBE/VEVO?" That's a good question that raises so many additional questions for so many competing parties that I don't even know where to begin. While I ponder that, I will offer the floor to the GUARDIAN's EAMONN FORDE, who notes that while artists and labels complain that YOUTUBE is "anti-artist and anti-copyright" and "slowly killing the music industry," they "wouldn't dream of releasing a new record without YOUTUBE involved in its launch." So. Seriously. What kind of crazy f***ed world is this, and who's going to be the one to explain it to the aliens circling overhead, just looking for a reason to attack?... Headlines I decided not to share yesterday and that I am not linking to today, all from major sites: "Fine, OK, Let's Talk About TAYLOR and KANYE." "Criticizing TAYLOR SWIFT Isn't About Negativity Towards Successful Women, It’s About Vindication." "The KARDASHIAN WEST-SWIFT Beef Says Nothing About Us, but It Says Everything About Them." In order: No, let's not. No, it isn't. No, it doesn't... Yo SPOTIFY, when we ask for personalization and emotional connection, this is not what we mean. But if it helps you turn that $8 billion evaluation into an actual $8 billion when you go public, then, um, OK, I guess. But please remember us when you get there... GUCCI MANE's talks about getting sober, changing his life and making music in prison in his first interview since getting out, and it's a must-read... THIRD EYE BLIND!!!... Seriously reconsidering my KARAS-TWO, aka KRS-TWO, nickname... During the couple of months they technically existed, TEMPLE OF THE DOG never got around to touring. They will correct that this fall. | | | - Matty Karas, curator |
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 | The New York Times |
| Perhaps no rapper has had more near-misses than Gucci Mane, now a decade and a half deep into a fits-and-starts career. He is one of hip-hop’s most prolific and admired artists, and also one of the least predictable. | | |
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 | Motherboard |
| In 2005, Noel Lobley-then a DJ and anthropology graduate from Oxford University-made an astonishing discovery. By sheer fluke, he stumbled across a neglected collection of over 1,000 hours worth of sound recordings of theBayaka -a hunter-gatherer community in the rainforests of the Central African Republic. | | |
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 | The Guardian |
| Spotify have announced two new shows with presenters. Is this an attempt to steal a march on Apple’s Beats1 and Red Bull’s RBMA Radio -- or is it the savviest way of guiding listeners round an endless landscape of music? | | |
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 | Bloomberg |
| Spotify Chief Executive Daniel Ek has persuaded more people to pay for music online than anyone besides Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos. On Wall Street, his business may be a tougher sell. Spotify aims to go public in the second half of next year, say five people familiar with the plan. | | |
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 | Vulture |
| Rap fandom is a peculiar pathology because it forces listeners to compartmentalize worlds of real and hypothetical violence, to revel in one while still finding the other jarring and unacceptable. | | |
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| The New York Times |
| Placido Domingo is the latest classical star to shoot a cameo for the Amazon show at a time when TV opportunities for artists have dried up. | | |
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 | MEL Magazine |
| The Black Keys versus The White Stripes? Sinead versus Miley? Steven Hyden explains why these fights are a waste of time | | |
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 | The Ringer |
| The rap-rock supergroup Prophets of Rage hits Cleveland. | | |
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 | The Independent |
| 'Heavy metal music is often associated with death, but listening to it is helpful against death-related thoughts,' say researchers. | | |
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 | Thump |
| If there was a Record Digging Hall of Fame, British DJ, radio host, and label owner, Gilles Peterson, would be an obvious inductee. Throughout his storied career "searching for the perfect beat" (as his Twitter bio describes his pursuits), the 51-year-old has always worked to play, present, and release records that feel like they've traveled the globe to get into your headphones. | | |
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 | Radio Survivor |
| Next year it will be 50 years since the Government first attempted to rid itself of Radio Caroline. The lady herself has no plans to leave just yet. | | |
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 | The Howard Stern Show |
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 | Cuepoint |
| By working anonymously for established artists, new artists actually reduce their odds of cutting through the noise. | | |
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 | Forbes |
| George Howard posits that Pokemon Go's success can be attributed to an adherence to a "Social, Fun, and Competitive Framework" he devised, and that the music industry should follow its lead. | | |
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 | Downtown Magazine NY |
| For three decades, Jamie Lincoln Kitman has been the President of The Hornblow Group USA, an artist management company currently based in Nyack. He has guided the careers of multiple artists that have won Grammys and sold millions of albums. | | |
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 | Billboard |
| The station's award-winning program director chats about shaping rock radio in New York City. | | |
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 | MTV News |
| On the lo-fi ’80s sounds of the Atlanta singer’s "Princess" EP. | | |
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 | Quartz |
| The music streaming company announced a first-of-its-kind partnership with ad tech company Rubicon Project, which will give the latter group access to Spotify's data troves—including an individual listener’s age, gender, and specific music preferences—that it’ll then use for automated advertising. | | |
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 | Noisey |
| Robyn is one of the finest pop stars around. That's just a fact. We've seen her through many stages-a teen singer, a label with a punk rock heart, a purveyor of edgy electropop as much as some of the most poignant songs around. | | |
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 | The Vinyl Factory |
| Seasoned sufferers, messengers of imminent doom, Suicide articulated contemporary fears that have only since multiplied. With news that frontman Alan Vega has left us, Vivien Goldman argues the band’s distinct sound of fear also had a side of hope. | | |
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