50 Cent’s ex-girlfriend Shaniqua Tompkins, who lived in the Long Island house owned by 50 that burned to the ground early this morning, told reporters that 50 threatened her last night and that she thinks he’s “obsessed” with the house. More »
50 Cent’s ex-girlfriend Shaniqua Tompkins, who lived in the Long Island house owned by 50 that burned to the ground early this morning, told reporters that 50 threatened her last night and that she thinks he’s “obsessed” with the house. More »
A pair of questions: If you’re Edgar Bronfman, do you pay through the nose to keep Metallica, just to temporarily halt the parade of artists leaving the company? If you’re Metallica, do you sign the paper, cash the check, and stick it out with Warner’s sinking ship or go out on your own with crazed pricing and delusions of grandeur?
Ed. note: Chris “dennisobell” Molanphy, our resident chart guru, looks at the upward, downward, and lack of movement on this week’s Billboard charts:
As I look at this week’s charts, I recall a 1994 interview in which Paul McCartney assured the world that the highly anticipated, ultimately anticlimactic 1995 Beatles single “Free as a Bird” would have a “grungy” guitar sound.
As with so many things, Sir Paul was just ahead of his time–14 years later, one of the Fab Four’s most cherished chart records would be nearly equaled by a dude who can make anything, even “Eleanor Rigby,” sound like grunge.
That record is for most songs on the Billboard Hot 100 by a single act. It was set on April 11, 1964, by the Beatles, who were credited on 14 of that week’s 100 songs. The Fabs still hold this record, for now.
But thanks to a confluence of chart-tabulation quirks, this week a former bartender from Missouri–who until now had never appeared on any Billboard chart–comes close to tying it, placing 11 songs on the Hot 100 all at once. In so doing, David Cook sets a new, blowout record for most debuts, comes within spitting distance of the Fabs’ record, and generally makes the chart grungier than it’s been since Paul gave that interview.
By now, you’ve probably heard that Prince put his own spin on Radiohead’s “Creep” at Coachella last month. However, any recorded evidence of the cover has been removed from the Internet faster than you can say Prince and the New Web Sheriff Generation. (One copy might remain below the cut.) But does Prince actually have the right to ask for removal of the clips?
The new Miley Cyrus video is going to be directed by Brett Ratner. This puts the odds that it’ll be a four-minute-long goof on those cleavage-flaunting MySpace pics somwehere around 4-5. But tasteful, people, tasteful! More »
“U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice may have attended just four rock concerts in her life, but the rock band Kiss apparently thinks she is pretty cool. More »
ARTIST: Rick Ross
SONG TITLE: “Get Down (feat. Pharrell)”
WEB DEBUT: May 27, 2008
Radio phoenix WOXY held its yearly countdown of the top 500 songs that are still in its playlist over Memorial Day weekend, and its many quibble-worthy points (“Feel The Pain” makes the cut while “The Wagon” doesn’t? Is “Supernova” really the only Liz Phair song that’s better than “Are You Gonna Go My Way?”) are topped by the fact that heading the list up is Radiohead’s “Creep.” But I thought people were into Thom Yorke et al for their innovations! Anyhoo, Radiohead placed nine songs on the countdown, which seems to be the biggest single-band total on the list, a feat for which they’re tied with R.E.M. Also of note: Hum’s 1995 song “Stars” debuted on the list this year, for which they can likely thank Cadillac. The long, long list after the jump.
