Often, when our favorite artists get popular, their come-up gets obscured behind their explosion onto the scene. But the truth is, your favorite artist was hustling long before their “overnight success.” In The Ed Lover Show‘s “Behind The Hip Hop” segment, you get a close look into the hustle of today’s hottest artists and how they […]
Arriving via Def Jam, the reissue will be cut from the original masters, and comes almost 30 years after its original release date, Nov. 15, 1986.
Before Dev Hynes went solo, he played as a member of London dance-punk outfit Test Icicles. It wasn’t until 2007 that he moved to NYC as Lightspeed Sound and eventually became Blood Orange. After dropping visuals for “Sandra’s Smile” – a somber ode to Sandra Bland – the singer/songwriter/producer is gearing up to release his third Blood Orange album, Freetown Sound. He shared the album artwork […]
The next episode for the Star Trek franchise was released today. J. J. Abrams, who directed the latest Star Wars flick, is at the helm of the new Star Trek reboot. Today we see the first visuals from the Star Trek Beyond trailer featuring the Beastie Boys’ “Sabotage.” We are starting to believe that J.J. Abrams loves […]
The Beastie Boys are giving a place special to them to future musicians. According to Billboard, the two surviving members of the Beastie Boys have signed a deal with NYU’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music that will allow students access to the group’s famous Oscilloscope studio. In a statement, NYU said that the access will be used […]
We salute and wish a Happy Birthday to the late Adam “MCA” Yauch of The Beastie Boys! Born in Brooklyn, New York, MCA started his musical career in 1981 as the bass player in a punk-rock band called the Young Aborigines – the group that would eventually transform into The Beastie Boys with Michael “Mike […]
In a $1.7 million dollar lawsuit that reached its verdict last June, the Beastie Boys were awarded an additional $668,000 in legal fees earlier this week. Monster Energy used five of the Beastie Boys songs in promotional videos without the permission from the group. This attorney fee falls wells short of $2.4 million dollars asked […]
Rick Rubin explained his early inspirations into the music game came from an unusual place. Usually when you say the name Rick Rubin, you think of the Zen-master in the studio. In his interview with Rolling Stone magazine he explained that early on he was inspired by professional wrestling. He is a massive pro-wrestling fan, a lifelong […]
My partner Kebran always comes up with these crazy hypothetical questions. At first I dismiss them because they are so random, but eventually I end up engaged in the foolishness. So here is one of his favorites: if you are stranded on an island, like Tom Hanks in Castaway, and you only had access to […]
The Muppets rock. Period. They’ve always gotten down with the best musicians, including Prince, Cee-Lo, and the Beastie Boys. But then this happened. The…
Don’t play with the Beastie Boys’ money! The legendary New York group is wanting an additional $2.4 million from Monster Energy on top of their original $1.7 million lawsuit filed against them. The Beastie Boys sued the multi-million dollar company for using one of their songs in the background of a video without permission. Monster didn’t deny using the […]
The Beastie Boys released their last album, Hot Sauce Committee Part Two, nearly four years ago in May 2011. One of the release’s biggest draws came courtesy of a Nas feature…