8/1 — 50. Max Richter – Waltz With Bashir OST49. Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Pt II48. Dan Auerbach – Keep It Hid47. Bruce Springsteen – Working On a Dream46. The Black Crowes – Before the Frost…45. Cate... more info

Rollo & Grady — MOJO Magazine – Top 50 Albums of 2009 50. Max Richter – Waltz With Bashir OST 49. Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Pt II 48. Dan Auerbach – Keep It Hid 47. Bruce Springsteen – Working On a Dream 46. The Black Crowes – Before the Frost... more info

Rollo & Grady — Mos Def and Dan Auerbach The Black Keys along with Damon Dash are set to release their debut album entitled BlakRoc featuring MC’s such as RZA, Mos Def, Q-Tip, Ludacris, Pharoahe Monch & Raekwon on Black Friday. I’m not sure what to make of... more info

Guardian Music — Our series of oblique angles on the muscial decade continues, with a look at how hip-hop's vigour and invention at the start of the noughties has made the last five years of rap seem staleA month or so ago New Yorker pop critic Sasha Frere-Jones wrot... more info

MTV.com News — Mos Def, RZA, the Black Keys can be found collaborating at the hip-hop mogul's new art gallery/ music studio.By Steven Roberts The Black Keys Photo: Nonesuch Damon Dash recently took MTV News on a tour of his new Lower Manhattan art galler... more info

Nialler9 — Blakroc is The Black Keys along with rappers Mos Def, Jimmy Jones, Raekwon, RZA, Q-Tip, M.O.P, Pharoahe Monch and a posthumous contribution from Ol’ Dirty Bastard. They have teamed up thanks to Damon Dash, to release a modern “blues”... more info

MTV.com News — Former Roc-A-Fella mogul drops latest album from the Black Keys on his new label this month.By Shaheem Reid Dame Dash Photo: MTV News Dame Dash isn't worried about rumors; he's just worried about how he looks in the photos that accompany t... more info

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Big Apple Music Scene — Mariah Carey is playing a Madison Square Garden show on New Year’s Eve and Matt Pinfield has added a second Holiday Extravaganza with David Gray and Pete Yorn (the first features Phoenix and Passion Pit and is sold out). On sale now: Jack White’... more info

Altsounds — Rap connoisseur, Raekwon [The Chef] releases new video for Catalina feat’ Lyfe Jennings, taken from the Critically acclaimed ‘Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Pt. II’ album. Following the UK release of the ‘Only Built... more info