Guardian Music — Our writers are picking their favourite albums. Here, Emma Warren bounces along to OutKastAquemini was the album that turned me into a raving OutKast fan, a position consolidated by subsequent albums Stankonia and Speakerboxxx/The Love Below. I consi... more info

Guardian Music — New project launches in US, inspired by Venezuela and based on the principle that classical music can be a force for goodWhat do the sardine-packed, poverty-riven barrios of Caracas and the classical music elites of Los Angeles, Cambridge, Massachuse... more info

XLR8R — This is our first time hearing LA production duo The Two.Fifteens, but for a couple of anonymous newcomers with a small number of self-released tunes, they seem to have their identity figured out. We were sent "Extra Cheese Slapp" with the dubious de... more info

TMZ — Filed under: Shaquille O'Neal, Shaunie O'Neal, Celebrity Justice Shaquille O'Neal is embroiled in a criminal case in which 7 gang members allegedly kidnapped, beat up and robbed a man who claimed to have a tape showi... more info

Guardian Music — Florida wants to ban sagging and Obama hates it too, but can anything stop blokes wearing their jeans below their pants we ask. Plus, some habitual 'saggers' tell us why they wear their trousers slow-slungFlorida's attempt to ban young men from "sag... more info

DrownedInSound — The entire project smacks of the type of non-specific, tacky fare that directors of noisy American blockbusters consider futuristic and edgy. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Topix — 'Rapped about the stuff I knew' Updated: Tuesday, 19 Apr 2011, 2:20 PM EDT Published : Tuesday, 19 Apr 2011, 2:20 PM EDT MIKE HOUSEHOLDER,Associated Press "Ice: A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption - from South Central to Hollywood" , by Ice-T: A... more info

Altsounds — Chances are you've encountered *South Central *by now. The pair, Brighton noise manipulators Rob and Keith, have been increasingly in demand as a live draw over the past year, opening for *Pendulum* and *The Prodigy *across the globe, DJing to* Rage ... more info

VH1 Blog — Sean’s boredom with the Elgin Charles Salon is inversely proportionate to my boredom with the Elgin Charles Salon. We begin this episode of Beverly Hills Fabulous admiring Lolita’s new haircut. Like Elgin, she lives her job. The staff of Elgin C... more info

TMZ — Filed under: Suge Knight The guy Suge Knight chased down on a casino floor in Vegas last Saturday -- fists FLYING -- tells TMZ, the Suge showdown wasn't a fair fight ... and now he wants a rematch. Tobias Bell from Sout... more info