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Posted: 22 Nov 2011 02:34 AM PST


Rihanna's New Album: It's Out!
It has been scientifically calculated by experts--many of whom are tall, intelligent and undoubtedly better looking than most of us--that this week, this single week, is the one week in which more people will buy record albums than any other! Likewise, a stunning number of people will likely Google the term "record albums" to ascertain [...]

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 07:35 PM PST


Pie: The Playlist
Mmmmm..... Pie time is almost here! Most of us don't eat pie but a few times a year. But one occasion where most of us throw caution to the wind is Thanksgiving. I always look forward to pie on the fourth Thursday in November. And there are usually two, or three different types of pie [...]

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 04:29 PM PST


Boyz II Men's Wanya Says 'They Recruited Me Without Me Knowing'
Boyz II Men, one of the best male singing groups of all time, debuted in the top 20 last month when they released their anniversary album, "Twenty." In an exclusive interview with Yahoo! Music, group member Wanya Morris explained how the group's original five members formed: "Nate, prior to group that you know as Boyz [...]

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 03:43 PM PST


Incarcerated Ja Rule Tells Horror Story Of Teenage Inmate's Suicide Attempt
Ja Rule, who began serving a two year jail sentence for attempted gun possession in July, is opening up about his experiences on lockdown by releasing a series of candid letters he's written. In a letter dated July 11, 2011, Ja Rule mainly reflects on a 18-year-old man assigned to a cell next to him.

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 02:58 PM PST


Do You Remember 1991? Albums Celebrating Their 20th Anniversary, Part Two!
Just as promised Part Two is everything Part One wasn't. Twenty-five albums not listed in the previous installment, proving that 1991 was a year that consisted of more than just U2's Achtung Baby and Nirvana's Nevermind. Yep, there were other albums and I can't wait for the 20th Anniversary Edition of that Fatima Mansions album.

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 02:58 PM PST


Here's Mick Jagger Singing on the New Will.i.am Single
Diehard Rolling Stones fans might prefer to pretend that 2011 never happened. Sure, the 'Some Girls' reissue is coming out, but that doesn't cancel out the serious missteps Mick Jagger has taken this past year. First, there was his not-quite-Lulu-but-still-bad side project SuperHeavy, then his name was used for the chorus of 2011's most bothersome [...]

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 01:26 PM PST


Harvard Wu-niversity: GZA Brainstorming With Smart Kids For New Album Inspiration
Harvard University, not content with sitting idly while Georgetown and their Jay-Z course were packing classrooms, has entered the 36 Chambers to offer their own hip-hop-oriented class. Instead of just teaching a class on Wu-Tang, however, the Ivy League school has gone one step further by actually recruiting GZA, a.k.a.

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 12:39 PM PST


Britney Spears, Framed
Welcome to Framed, the blog where the good times roll, week-in and week-out! And great news, readers: we've got Britney Spears' new video, "Criminal," this week, so tell everyone that Y! Music is the place to be! Britney's no stranger to our blog; we've featured her videos three or four times previously, but — this [...]

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 11:53 AM PST


T.I.'s New Album Named After a Marvin Gaye Song
While Kanye West and Jay-Z recently evoked the spirit of Otis Redding for 'Watch the Throne', T.I. has been seeking inspiration from another soul legend as the rapper works on his latest post-prison album: Marvin Gaye. Last time we heard from Tip, he was still deciding whether to call his upcoming LP 'Kill the King' [...]

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 10:18 AM PST


2011′s Worst Song Is Now 2011′s Worst Commercial
It's Christmas time again, the season of pretty lights, Santa Claus, and overbearingly annoying and incredibly overplayed TV commercials. Last winter, we were all nearly Pomplamoosed to death, and now we're already being threatened by this ad from Kohl's, featuring the worst song of 2011, Rebecca Black's "Friday." It's not even Thanksgiving yet!

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 08:41 AM PST


Beyonce: It Was "Harder to Breathe" Performing While Pregnant
With her baby due this February, Beyonce's bump is completely bonafide and undeniable these days -- but, back in mid-August, when the superstar's pregnancy was still under wraps, but she worried the evidence was already obvious. Beyonce performed four sold-out, intimate shows at NYC's Roseland Ballroom, and strutted her stuff in a skimpy, sequined mini-dress [...]

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 08:41 AM PST


This Is What Radiohead Sounded Like in High School
Not that many people have heard of the band On a Friday. The group, which consisted of a handful of British boarding school students, formed in 1985 in their native Oxfordshire, played a few venues around town, and recorded a few demo tapes in their five years performing under the On a Friday moniker.

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 07:04 AM PST


Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Returning in 2012 With New Album, Tour
The E Street Band is back! For the past six months, the future of Bruce Springsteen and his longtime backing band was in doubt following the death of the Big Man, saxophonist Clarence Clemons. However, with rumors of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame crew from Asbury Park plotting something next year, Springsteen and [...]

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 05:30 AM PST


The Rock's Backpages Flashback: Freddie Mercury, The Queen Bee of Rock
Two decades after his untimely passing, Queen's Freddie Mercury remains a brilliantly vivid figure in the rock pantheon. With his bright star in the ascent, Caroline Coon interviewed the former Farrokh Bulsara for Melody Maker in late 1974——Barney Hoskyns, Editorial Director, Rock's Backpages There's nothing like a dearth of hero-stars to make a media industry [...]