Rolling Stone — Snoop Dogg feat. Alicia Keys, “Snoop State of Mind” [Jay-Z Cover/Rework] If someone had suggested, 15 or so years ago, the possibility of Snoop singing a song extolling the virtues of the East Coast, that individual would have been either ridicul... more info

MTV.com News — 'You let the money change you, Jay,' Fif says in new track.By Shaheem Reid 50 Cent Photo: MTV News 50 Cent has officially called out Jay-Z. On Thursday night, the much hyped Beanie Sigel/ 50 Cent collaboration, "I Go Off," premiered on Phi... more info

VH1 News — 50 Cent and Beanie Sigel's new track, "I Go Off," premiered on the radio on Thursday, and in it, both rappers call out Jay-Z. more info

Guardian Music — Unsigned British bands could reach the top of the charts, through a new music download site that has won approval from the Official Chart Company to register its tracks as sales.Ooizit.com, which went live this week, costs £9.97 per month to bands... more info

Guardian Music — Eight summers ago, I saved up every penny I had to go and live in New York for a few months. The reason I starved myself, slept in dives and sold my body on the streets of Bed-Stuy was to hang out in the same bars, venues and alleyways as the Strokes... more info

Crazed Hits — Crazed Hits discovery Owl City (first highlighted by us in September 2008 while unsigned/unpublished), jumps back into the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 Charts with “Fireflies.” The song spends it’s second week on top of the charts, outse... more info

MTV.com News — Both singers have multiple singles currently at radio.By Gil Kaufman Chris Brown Photo: Elsa/ Getty Images It's a unique dilemma in modern radio history: How do you deal with programming multiple new singles from a former couple that were ... more info

MTV.com News — 'Everything that he does, he makes good decisions,' Wale says of his recent tourmate.By Steven Roberts Wale Photo: MTV News Wale released his debut album, Attention Deficit, this past Tuesday, but the new MC has also had the benefit of t... more info

Guardian Music — Last week was all about music inspired by too many taurine-based beverages. This time we want you to suggest songs that are begging for itWhen it comes to last week's thread, as the man once said, "I feel good". And as he also said, "yyyyyyyyyaaaaaaa... more info

Stereogum — From the moment it was heard in its live pre-Bitte Orca form, folks were comparing "Stillness Is The Move," aka the no. 1 song in Brooklyn, to Mariah Carey. (And, as a helpful full-disclosure, in the press release I wrote for the record I said the so... more info