Jay-Z Adds Big Names to Made in America Festival, Becomes Executive Producer of NBA 2K13
Jay-Z’s new Made in America festival already boasted a pretty good line up. Joining Jay-Z, Pearl Jam, Passion Pit and others at the September 1/2 festival in Philadelphia are Drake, Chris Cornell, The Hives, DJ Shadow, and Run-DMC (via Consequence of Sound). There’s still tickets on sale, so go grab one – it’s a killer line up.
You would think that being a new father, owning an NBA team, and running a festival would keep most people more than busy enough. Jay-Z isn’t most men, and won’t stop until he gets zero hours of sleep. Adding to his list of tasks – a new reality show with Carrot Top executive producing the NBA video game NBA 2K13. Couldn’t he have worked on NBA Jam instead? I’d LOVE to hear Hova say “Boom shakalaka!” And no, this doesn’t mean you’ll see Beyonce as a cheerleader (damn!) or Jay-Z appearing as the new point guard for the New Jersey Brooklyn Nets.
Jay-Z will be picking the soundtrack for the video game (via Consequence of Sound). Oddly, the soundtrack consists of 95% Jay-Z songs, 4% Beyonce songs, and 1% Kanye West songs. Actually, that doesn’t sound too bad. In reality, it does feature a lot of Jay-Z and Kanye West songs, as well as Coldplay, U2, Nas, Daft Punk, Santigold, Puff “Where have you been” Daddy, and Dirty Projectors. The game is out October 2, and check out the full tracklist below.
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Songs Pulled From Radio in Light of Sandy Hook School Shooting
Just like what happened after 9/11, a selection of ‘offensive songs’ with potentially harmful lyrics have been pulled off of the radio due to the recent school shooting at Newtown, Conn., USA. The song that’s being pulled that’s getting the most buzz is Ke$ha’s Die Young, which features an offensive title (via Hollywood Reporter).
Ke$ha took to Twitter and said “I understand. I had my very own issue with ‘die young’ for this reason. I did NOT want to sing those lyrics and I was FORCED TO.” That’s the problem when you don’t write your own lyrics and sing what’s put in front of you! Ke$ha also said, “I’m so so so sorry for anyone who has been effected by this tragedy and I understand why my song is now inappropriate. words cannot express.”
Also getting the boot from the radio is Foster the People’s Pumped Up Kicks, which has a line “All the other kids with the pumped-up kicks/You better run, better run, outrun my gun … better run faster than my bullet.” So is this over the top or totally necessary? And does this mean most rap won’t get played on the radio any time soon?
Stereophonics Announce March 4 as Release Date for Graffiti On the Train
Welsh rockers, Stereophonics, will release their 8th studio album this upcoming March 4 (via Gigwise). The new album will be called Graffiti On The Train, and should inspire a generation of street
vandalsartists. The first track we heard from the album was Violins and Tambourines, followed by new single In A Moment. Excited or unmoved?Click for more Morning Music Notes
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Jay-Z Adds Big Names to Made in America Festival, Becomes Executive Producer of NBA 2K13
Jay-Z’s new Made in America festival already boasted a pretty good line up. Joining Jay-Z, Pearl Jam, Passion Pit and others at the September 1/2 festival in Philadelphia are Drake, Chris Cornell, The Hives, DJ Shadow, and Run-DMC (via Consequence of Sound). There’s still tickets on sale, so go grab one – it’s a killer line up.
You would think that being a new father, owning an NBA team, and running a festival would keep most people more than busy enough. Jay-Z isn’t most men, and won’t stop until he gets zero hours of sleep. Adding to his list of tasks –
a new reality show with Carrot Topexecutive producing the NBA video game NBA 2K13. Couldn’t he have worked on NBA Jam instead? I’d LOVE to hear Hova say “Boom shakalaka!” And no, this doesn’t mean you’ll see Beyonce as a cheerleader (damn!) or Jay-Z appearing as the new point guard for theNew JerseyBrooklyn Nets.Jay-Z will be picking the soundtrack for the video game (via Consequence of Sound). Oddly, the soundtrack consists of 95% Jay-Z songs, 4% Beyonce songs, and 1% Kanye West songs. Actually, that doesn’t sound too bad. In reality, it does feature a lot of Jay-Z and Kanye West songs, as well as Coldplay, U2, Nas, Daft Punk, Santigold, Puff “Where have you been” Daddy, and Dirty Projectors. The game is out October 2, and check out the full tracklist below.
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iTunes Match is Now Operational (Like the Death Star) – in the USA (Unlike the Death Star)
Apple’s iTunes Match program, which lets your match up your music collection with that in the iCloud, is now accessible to users….in the United States of America (via Slash Gear).
For the annual cost of 25 beers on one dollar beer night ($25 for those of you who are poor at math or non-alcohol and ignored the math), you can subscribe to the iTunes Match service.
“At the moment only users in the USA are allowed to use the service, but users around the world can download the new version of iTunes via Apple’s iTunes 10.5.1 download page. This service will allow you to import all of your music to the iCloud where iTunes will either provide the highest-quality version of the tracks available or will use the version of the music file you uploaded when no match can be made. With this service, you’ll have your whole music library wherever you go with the opportunity to purchase as much physically represented music as you want to add to your library any time you want for no additional charge.”
No word when this will hit Canada and other
inferiorequally awesome countries.