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Eminem is known for many things: intense, often inflammatory lyrics; cutting humor; and the ability to rock the mic with lightning speed as he displayed in "Rap God" in 2013.
In that song, Em paid homage to the all-female LA rap outfit, J.J. Fad, of the 1980s by taking their hit "Supersonic" and doing it one faster.
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Dream Theater kicked off their 40th Anniversary Tour 2024-2025 with a barrage of 18 tunes off nine of their previous albums.
Along the way, the prog metal masters treated the sold-out audience Sunday (10/20) at the O2 Arena with a live debut of "Night Terror" from their forthcoming LP, Parasomnia.
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When we were young... our parents took us... to the city... to see The Black Parade.
18 years ago the soon-to-be emo giants My Chemical Romance got in the studio with Grammy-winning producer Rob Cavallo who helmed Green Day's Dookie and out came The Black Parade, a staple in the cd collection of many a millennial back in the day.
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Dua Lipa sang with two music legends last week, the first was Elton John at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
The 29-year-old superstar covered John's "Cold Heart" near the end of her show at the 153 year-old British venue. It was the second time the pair had sung the tune from John's The Lockdown Sessions album. The live debut was at his last of three gigs at Dodger Stadium in 2022.
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Jelly Roll might say he's not ok, but the evidence points to the contrary.
In the week following the release of his 10th studio album, Beautifully Broken, he's been a busy boy with appearances on TV, on podcasts, and most recently: on stage, streaming.
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There are many levels of creepiness.
This list, hopefully, hits several of them.
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Kesha hopped on stage with Charli XCX and Troye Sivan for two tunes at the Forum in Inglewood on Tuesday (10/15).
One of them was the debut of the Charli/Kesha collab "Spring Breakers," and what a perfect time to unveil it than two weeks before Halloween.
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Wanna feel old? Eminem is about to be a granddad.
His little girl Hailey, who he's referenced more than 20 times in his rhymes, is 28 and expecting.
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David Gilmour debuted a gentle song about questioning spirituality and what's next for the planet, Monday night (10/14), at the historic Royal Albert Hall.
The Pink Floyd guitarist is currently on a tour supporting his fifth solo album, Luck and Strange,
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In what is the last four-day US rock festival of the year, Aftershock stacked the deck with loaded nights of top notch hard rock and heavy metal at Discovery Park in Sacramento, California.
Headliners Slayer, Slipknot, Iron Maiden, and Mötley Crüe were on the same bill as legends like Judas Priest, Tom Morello, Cypress Hill, Pantera, Anthrax, Evanescence, Ministry and the Eagles of Death Metal.
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Thirty years ago yesterday Quentin Tarantino's breakthrough film Pulp Fiction hit the movie screens. Which means 30 years ago today hoards of people rushed to the record stores to buy the music that helped make the movie so compelling.
What was great about Pulp Fiction, and what remains true for so many of Tarantino's films, is the music is often handpicked from the director based on what he was listening to either while he was writing the screenplay or what he assumed the characters would be vibing.
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Don Toliver kicked off his Psycho Tour last week in the pacific northwest, but it might have been one of the supporting acts on the bill who has gained the most attention online so far.
Toliver is three shows into the tour that also features Florda's Ski Mask The Slumpgod, Molly Santana, and Monaleo.
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