L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Though it’ll be making it’s home in New York this year, traveling music workshop the Red Bull Music Academy is giving L.A. artists a sample of its uber-exclusive program of lectures and discussions this Saturday at downtown's L.A. Ultra Lounge. more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — First they brought you ‘The Goon Time Mixtape’ blasting from a late-night house party in a Parisian suburb. Then we saw our heroes getting endless grief from Deen’s overbearing mother in the Mrs. Whitter skit. That was all just a taste of thing... more info

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The Hip Hop Chronicle — The last we heard of First Serve it was 3am in a Parisian suburb at an out of control house party with ‘The Goon Time Mixtape’ blasting into the night. That was just a taste of things to come from De La Soul’s Plug 1 & Plug 2 present ‘First S... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Legendary producer Prince Paul, best known for his work on De La Soul's "Three Feet High and Rising," premieres a new episode of his Scion-sponsored Web series. more info

Metal Injection — Here is an awesome clip from the genius over at Scion A/V in which they sent hip-hop producer Prince Paul, known for his work with old-school rappers such as Slick Rick and De La Soul, as well as his own group Gravediggaz, out to explore other musica... more info

Metalsucks — Most metalheads probably aren’t familiar with Prince Paul but he’s a big deal hip hop name, having produced albums by De La Soul, Big Daddy Kane, Slick Rick and many others. To me he will always be most famous as a member of horror-core rap outfi... more info

ContactMusic — Damon Albarn was left red-faced at a 10th anniversary celebration of his band Gorillaz after forgetting the words to their biggest hit The British star marked a decade with the group on Thursday 01Dec11 with former Gorillaz collaborators De La Soul B... more info

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Guardian Music — Soul singer Bobby Womack reveals how a phone call from Gorillaz helped him rekindle his career, and TV presenter Jonathan Ross hails the unlikely cartoon groupThe roll-call of Gorillaz collaborators over the last decade includes Danger Mouse, Ibrahim... more info