Yesterday, Beach House and Phoenix both dropped mindbending, huge-budgeted videos at basically the exact same moment; as soon as I got done writing up one of them, I had to launch into the next one…   Read Story »

Virtually the entire music-blogging universe (except me) is at CMJ right now, so you'll have to forgive the indie music universe for neglecting to drop too many videos in the past seven days. I…   Read Story »

Here's Nicki's new visual for Roman Reloaded highlight "I Am Your Leader," wherein Nicki, Rick Ross and Cam'ron hold down a neon-green-and-pinked-out version of a Looney Tunes setting. Cam'ron's…   Read Story »

Here's a Nicki Minaj megamix stitched together by Antye "AGF" Greie and Vladislav Delay, in which the pair of producers -- going by RyJ -- siphon out Nicki's notoriously chart-aiming pop hooks in…   Read Story »

2 Chainz and Nicki Minaj link up again in the video for "I Love Dem Strippers," a track from Chainz' new one Based On A T.R.U. Story. It features -- get this -- many strippers. It doesn't make up for…   Read Story »

Last night, BET broadcasted their BET Awards, a ceremony that went down at L.A.'s the Shrine Auditorium and featured a star-studded performance lineup as folks like Kanye West and G.O.O.D Music,…   Read Story »

Summer Jam, the annual stadium concert thrown by New York rap-radio giant Hot 97, has been a tradition around the city since 1994, when its lineup included Arrested Development, SWV, and Black Moon.…   Read Story »

Hot 97's annual Summer Jam concert, which went down last night in New Jersey, is an annual mega-circus and a highlight of the year if you're a particular sort of rap fan in the greater New York area.…   Read Story »

He may not have any readily identifiable talents, but oft-bellowing Miami personality DJ Khaled sure is good at convincing vast numbers of rap celebrities to show up in the same room at the same…   Read Story »

In the time since it first debuted, I've gone from absolutely despising Nicki Minaj's craven cheeseball dance-rap single "Starships" to kind of liking it, which means I'll probably love it before the…   Read Story »