Guardian Music — Beyoncé's headline show at Glastonbury wowed millions – but not BBC host Zane Lowe… Our critics bravely admit their misjudgment daysImmediately after Beyoncé's blistering gig at Glastonbury (loved by most of the 2.5 million watching on TV if t... more info

VH1 Blog — MISSY ELLIOTT SPEAKS ON HER BEHIND THE MUSIC EPISODE: “I THOUGHT, ‘LET ME REINTRODUCE MYSELF’” Missy Elliott talked to Gerrick D. Kennedy at Pop & Hiss about her ongoing collaboration with Timbaland, the legacy of Aaliyah, and her Behind the ... more info

Guardian Music — Six-year wait for new album from the groundbreaking rapper down to problems with the autoimmune and thyroid conditionThe reason for the six-year wait for a new Missy Elliott album became clear yesterday, when the groundbreaking rapper and producer re... more info

Perez Hilton — Many of you might not remember, but Nelly Furtado and Timbaland had been locked in a legal battle with Kernal Records over a copyright dispute for their song Do It. Well, the good news for them is that the $20 million dollar lawsuit has been thrown o... more info

ContactMusic — Producer Timbaland and singer Nelly Furtado have been cleared of any wrongdoing in a two-year old copyright lawsuit. Bosses at Finnish label Kernal Records launched a legal battle against the stars, alleging the duo stole elements of one of their art... more info

Altsounds — Urban hitmakers like Nicki Minaj, Drake, Ne-Yo, Jay Sean and Timbaland have played a massive role in the making of “Urban Hype” – a new release from the Prime Loops team in London and your one-stop for all things Urban. ... more info

Sky News — Shoemaker Tmberland has been bought by VF Corp, the owner of The North Face and Wrangler jeans, in a multi-billion dollar deal. more info

Guardian Music — 25 August 2001: Number 42 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of R&B and hip-hop musicUntimely death is always tragic, but the timing of Aaliyah's passing at 22 was doubly poignant because it occurred months after the release of her gre... more info

Guardian Music — Move over Timbaland. Glasgow producer Ross Birchard is conjuring all kinds of strange sounds right nowFor his 2009 full-length debut Butter, Glasgow's Ross Birchard, aka Hudson Mohawke, created a weirdly pitched take on American R&B. It was a thrilli... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Jay-Z is facing a lawsuit over his 2000 hit ”Big Pimpin”. According to TheHollywoodReporter, the rapper and Timbaland are said to have illegally sampled “Khosara, Khosara,” composed by Egyptian Baligh Hamdy. Now a Federal Judge has granted... more info