The emo/pop-punk group had a lot to live up to after its successful debut, and there was extra pressure because frontman Andrew Jordan wanted to make something original. "We actually wanted to contribute to the evolution of music," he said.
The Nettwerk Music Group has spoken out against the RIAA's file-sharing lawsuits and offered to pay the legal fees and fines for a family that has been sued. "Suing music fans is not the solution, it's the problem," said CEO Terry McBride.
At a press conference Wednesday, Cam'ron said his track "You Got It" isn't as out-of-the-blue as it may seem. He claims that although Jay-Z didn't go at him at the "I Declare War" show last year, he had planned to and was digging up dirt.
Rockstar Games and Take-Two Interactive were sued on Thursday by Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo for allegedly violating California's business code by hiding explicit sexual material in "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas."
The St. Louis quartet couch their liberal views in fiery torrents of punk, hard rock and alt-rock. "Socially aware issues are what inspire me to write songs and what move me to ... scream my head off," singer Lillian Berlin said.
"My whole life, everything I did was dedicated to Jay," Bleek said. "Maybe if I would have took a little bit of time to care a little bit about something on my own, I could have been bigger than this. But everything happens for a reason."
Jack Johnson will compete against Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder, Seal and Rob Thomas for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. "It's something I never expected. I just hope I get to hang out with them backstage," he said.
Swizz Beatz says his friend Cassidy — who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter on Tuesday — will have a new LP out by the summer. "He wants 200 beats," Swizz said, adding, "He has a lot of stuff to get off his chest."
Fiddy happened to be at the studio on the day Marsha Ambrosius and Dr. Dre were working out a song for her upcoming solo album, so he spat some lines for her. The Floetry singer said it's not clear yet whether the song will be on her LP.
In late 2004, Mariah Carey was sure she had an album that would catapult her back to multiplatinum status. But her label boss wanted a little more: "You and Jermaine Dupri make magic together," he told her. "Why aren't you in the studio?"
Death Cab for Cutie went with Ace Norton, a director with a penchant for claymation who'd never made a big-budget clip before, to helm their "Crooked Teeth" video. They shot a clip based on Peter Gabriel's 1986 stop-motion fest "Sledgehammer."
The game, which hits U.S. shores on April 17, might be better described as a "daily IQ test." Along with "Nintendogs," the game made the top of the Japanese sales charts a list of games that had nothing to do with winning and losing.
"It's kind of boring for [Usher] to just be sitting around," Dupri said. The hitmaker — who has a horde of up-and-comers waiting in the wings — is also setting up joints for Bow Wow, Ludacris, Monica, Da Brat and LL Cool J.
Warrant's Jani Lane, Deborah Gibson, Poison's C.C. Deville and Night Ranger's Jack Blades turned out Saturday for the premiere of "Rock of Ages," a tongue-in-cheek musical that looks back at life on the Sunset Strip in the 1980s.
The rapper, who could serve nearly two years behind bars for involuntary manslaughter, spoke out from Philly's Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility Monday, saying he was eager to resume his recording career and see his family again.
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