Soul Sides — Over the summer, I participated in the NEH/Vectors Summer Institute in the digital humanities and if you noticed why my post productivity took a dive…well, that’s partly why. The main fruits of that labor will reveal themselves later this fall (... more info

Guardian Music — Soul singer Syl Johnson claims rappers used 1967 song without permissionJay-Z and Kanye West may face legal action over an unauthorised sample on their latest album. Soul singer Syl Johnson is considering suing the rappers over a clip on Watch the Th... more info

Soul Sides — Here’s my Rock the Bells preview from the LA Times. Here’s my live blog of the festival from yesterday. And here are my “day after” thoughts… First off, I haven’t been to an all-day rap festival since 1993.1 It seemed strangely appropri... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Saturday night at the Troubadour, Cypress Hill took what the group s frontman, B-Real, described as a smoke break. No surprise there. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Cypress Hill: Cypress Hill celebrated 20 years as a group at an anniversary party at the Troubadour in West Hollywood. The set included vigorous renditions of early songs such as "Insane in the Brain" and "How I Could Just Kill a Man, but it became l... more info

ContactMusic — Rocker Slash joined hip-hop heroes Cypress Hill onstage in Hollywood on Saturday night (06Aug11). The guitarist was an unannounced special guest for the group at The Troubadour, where Cypress Hill hosted their 20th anniversary concert. Tweeting about... more info

ContactMusic — Rap stars Cypress Hill have emerged victorious in a long running legal battle with soul legend Syl Johnson after his copyright case against them was dismissed. The veteran musician filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the Insane in the Brain ... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Traveling hip-hop festival Rock the Bells is taking a page out of the genre's history books by focusing on a set of game-changing albums for this year's showcase. Traveling hip-hop festival Rock the Bells is taking a page out of the genre's history b... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Graeme Flegenheimer Cypress Hill @ House of Blues - Sunset Strip The line-up for the ROCK THE BELLS 2011 FESTIVAL SERIES--presented by Boost Mobile in association with GUERILLA UNION and powered by BlackBerry--will feature an array of semin... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Traveling hip-hop festival Rock the Bells is taking a page out of the genre’s history books by focusing on a set of game-changing albums for this year's showcase. Though still relatively downsized from lineups of the past, a who’s who... more info