Guardian Music — RZA of the pioneering hip-hop collective discusses his directorial debut, playing Glastonbury and the next generation of Wu talentIn 1993, way before most members of current gonzo rap collective Odd Future could even walk, New York City's Wu-Tang Cla... more info

Guardian Music — Award-winning singer deconstructs hit song in cinema ad for new Hewlett-Packard laptopHewlett-Packard is giving a very British twist to its (very) American campaign promoting the "music inside" laptop – a TV campaign featuring rapper Dr Dre – by ... more info

VH1 Blog — Dr. Dre cruises around Los Angeles in a Chrysler 300S playing an instrumental track through the sedan’s Beats by Dre speakers in a television spot that premiered on Sunday during the NBA finals. HipHopDX is reporting that the instrumental is the be... more info

ContactMusic — Rapper DR. Dre has ended a legal battle over digital sales of his iconic album The Chronic after settling on the amount of damages he is owed. In April (11), a U. S. district judge ruled label executives at Death Row Records were selling Dre's 1992 d... more info

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Guardian Music — Now Wave, ManchesterIt's not that DJ/promoters Wesley Killerbee and Jonathan Paul Wickstead don't like old music, but the raison d'être of their Now Wave brand is to showcase only new stuff, which they do at weekly cross-genre club nights and gigs a... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — News trickles out of Dr. Dre's Aftermath compound in sporadic, unreliable bursts, but Friday yielded a rare little dispatch. To refresh your memory, "Detox" has been "almost done" for a decade, and half of its original collaborators are probably plan... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Game spoke to Mikey Fresh over at Vibe about his new album. He revealed that Dr. Dre is on the album but is rapping.   “I think the people will appreciate the collaborations. Dr. Dre is actually rapping on this album. This is the first album that ... more info

Detroit Free Press — "What we're accustomed to hearing from Dr. Dre is the brand new, next best everything. ... He knows that. So he's a perfectionist and until he gets that he's not gonna release it 'cause he doesn't want the scrutiny of people ... more info

Guardian Music — As Snoop Dogg prepares to perform his 1993 debut album in full, we remember why it was such a rap game-changerIt proved that rappers could reinvent themselvesSnoop had been part of going-nowhere rap group 213 before he handed a tape of his own work t... more info