Pitchfork - Forkcast — In last week's Playlist review of Brooklyn electro-pop singer MNDR's BNM'd "I Go Away", it was mentioned that she was working with producer Mark Ronson. Almost as if on cue, here's the space-age-meets-European-TV-show video for the fruits of their la... more info

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Brooklyn Vegan — Bad Brains @ Vice Halloween 2009 (more by Tim Griffin) Bad Brains will be one of the bands headlining Afro-Punk 2010 happening in Fort Greene's Commodore Barry Park (a new location) from June 25-27 (Flushing Ave & N Elliot, Brooklyn).... more info

AllHipHop — One month out from the release of a new album, Black Sheep’s Dres surprised fans this week with a Native Tongues reunion single entitled “Birds of a Feather.” The song was released yesterday and features founding Native Tongues members Dave (Tr... more info

MTV.com News — 'They say I was the abomination of Obama's nation,' West raps on new single.By Shaheem Reid Kanye West Photo: Kevin Mazur/ WireImage While many were sleeping Thursday night, Kanye West was declaring that his hiatus is over as his new singl... more info

Stereogum — Kanye’s been doing his Good Ass Job for a bit down on The Island — it was originally announced as the follow-up to Graduation, until he ran into an 808 and a heartbreak. So ostensibly the next step in Ye’s educational/corporate-evolution titula... more info

MTV.com News — Symbolyc One got a text saying, 'Kanye is loving your stuff, he said he's about to change your life.'By Jayson Rodriguez Kanye West Photo: MTV News Kanye West has aligned a murderer's row of producers for his forthcoming album, including Pe... more info

Pitchfork — MP3:> Black Sheep: "Birds of a Feather [ft. Q-Tip, Dave & Mike Gee]" In the late 80s and early 90s, the loosely affiliated Native Tongues crew brought a playful bohemian warmth to hip-hop, helping to expand the genre's boundaries. And now Black Shee... more info

Nialler9 — What are the chances? If any uppity young producer have-it-all was unlikely to be featured here any time soon it was probably Mark Ronson. The man responsible for the most ubiquitously annoying covers album going in Version and the pretty awful yet w... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — A radio rip of a new Mark Ronson song from his upcoming album Record Collection has surfaced via The Fader. Of course it came from a Radio 1 Zane Lowe show. The song is “Bang Bang Bang”, and it features Q-Tip and MNDR, otherwise known as Amanda W... more info