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Posted on September 30, 2010 at 03:23 PM
Gone are the days when a record label groomed and guided its artists' public images. The music business can't hide from the internet, and increasingly, artists are making videos that will carry their message to the web. CHRISTOPHER WEINGARTEN examines the benefits - and the costs.
Read more in Fuse.tv's exclusive weekly column, TAKE ON ME.
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Add to:Posted on September 30, 2010 at 12:02 PM
That Justin Timberlake can bring the rhymes is no surprise, but who knew that Jimmy Fallon could rock a mic? Check out the medley the two performed on last night's Late Night With Jimmy Fallon: it's a history of hip-hop that takes us from the Sugarhill Gang, through Run-DMC, the Beastie Boys, Digital Underground, Snoop, Eminem, and all the way up to "Empire State Of Mind." Might Jimmy Fallon start popping up onstage at high profile hip-hop shows?
Watch the amazing video, which features, of course, house band the Roots, after the jump.
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Add to:Posted on September 30, 2010 at 11:15 AM
Tuesday night's performance of "American Idiot" marked Billie Joe Armstrong's debut as a Broadway actor. The fan reaction? Suitably shrieky. Watch after the jump.
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Add to:Posted on September 30, 2010 at 10:08 AM
Hell hath no fury like a 'Ye scorned.
Due to an unauthorized leak of an unfinished song from Kanye West's forthcoming album, Kanye has called off this week's G.O.O.D. Friday track. Thanks, internet.
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Add to:Posted on September 30, 2010 at 09:00 AM
On the heels of the Alice In Chains' recent headlining gig at Madison Square Garden comes the latest video from the band's remarkable Black Gives Way To Blue. Watch after the jump.
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Love the series. I'm a producer and Hip Hop fanatic working independently in Miami, and would love to land a gig such as yours one day. Keep up the quality, and continue to represent the culture at its best. www.vimeo.com/douglasforte