Idolator — At some point in the last year, my home state decided we just don't care for the hip hop music. (Perhaps the tensions started simmering when Public Enemy put out "By The Time I Get To Arizona"?) First, a bouncer at a Tempe club hit one of the guys fr... more info

Idolator — Tonight in Orem, Utah, concertgoers will be able to take in a historic double bill of Vanllia Ice and MC Hammer; the Salt Lake Tribune preview is loaded with great quotes from Vanilla Ice, and when I checked the wires for a recent picture of one or b... more info

Guardian Music — The musical world has changed radically since 1995, when Tricky released his groundbreaking, trip-hop-inventing debut, Maxinquaye. Britpop died, then returned, while dance music has fractured into innumerable sub-genres. However, after exile in Ameri... more info

Pop Bytes — good morning! i am loving this week's mashup selection from DJ paul v. which takes on one of my favorite tracks of all-time - suzanne vega's hit song tom's diner which has been remixed and mashed in so many different ways - i never grow tired of it... more info

AllHipHop — The seminal Bomb Squad production team will bring their influential sound to New York City's famous Webster Hall on March 19.   Currently comprised of brothers Hank and Keith Shocklee, the original 5 member Bomb Squad is responsible for many of Hip... more info

Guardian Music — "Anger can make you old … Anger destroys your soul," warns Marvin Gaye on, er, Anger. But no one listens to you after you're no longer here, so his words were unable to prevent the tide of musical rage, from angst-fuelled adolescents to righteo... more info

Pitchfork — Before BET cancelled Rap City, unbearable goofball host Q45 spent an entire episode wandering around Harlem asking random passers-by if they'd seen Cam'ron anywhere. This was more than a year ago, and other than a few brief glimpses (including the b... more info

JamBase — Adam Deitch debuts Break Science Adam Deitch This past weekend Adam Deitch debuted his latest project, Break Science, doing a few dates with Sound Tribe Sector 9 and Pretty Lights. It all jumped off in Boston (Paradise Rock Club), then on to Phill... more info

Stereogum — We were finally set to do some first-hand Langerado coverage this year, but then Wall Street imploded. Citing slow ticket sales and "a very tough decision in a dismal economy," Langerado has called off this year's fest, which promised sets from DCFC,... more info

Pitchfork — Looks like the recession just took its first major music festival victim. The 2009 Langerado Music Festival, which was to take place March 6-8 at Miami, Florida's Bicentennial Park, has been cancelled due to poor ticket sales. As previously repo... more info