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2011 MTV Video Music Awards Preview
The MTV Video Music Awards, which will broadcast live this Sunday at 9 p.m. EST, are the Academy Awards for music videos. Even though most viewers have only watched the nominated videos online, MTV still holds king over presenting artists with awards for the best music videos. We will be once again live blogging like last year during the show…
Rapper Machine Gun Kelly Arrested at Mall
A big entrance into the rap game is almost just as important as the quality of the rapper’s rhymes. The “street-cred” a rapper receives before they are introduced to a mainstream audience is vital. Snoop Dogg was a legitimate gangsta and drug dealer before being featured on Dr. Dre’s The Chronic. 50 Cent had been shot and taken nine bullets…
YouTube Charging Rental Fees for Viral Videos?
For a brief moment on Monday June 13, the world was forever changed due to Rebecca Black. This isn’t the first occasion that the “Friday” singer has impacted the world — the initial time being the release of the “Friday” video of course — but this time something happened without making major headlines. And before it made a huge impact…
Red Fang: “Wires” Video Review
One of the greatest things about bands releasing videos themselves on YouTube is that they can really stretch a budget if needed. Collect some cameras, a good idea, and then go shoot it. When it’s ready, simply upload it to YouTube. Bands no longer have to spend a ton of money on the production of a video because they no…
O Music Awards actually happens
A few weeks ago we wrote about a new type of awards show that MTV was creating called the O Music Awards. We hinted that although the PR for the event was a bit confusing and made it seem like MTV was now our uncool parents trying to use hip words they shouldn’t be using, the awards show was a…
MTV Creates New Online Awards Show; Sounds Like Your Mom Telling You What’s Cool
MTV used to be the innovator for all things music related. People went to the channel to see what was new and hip and who would be the next big name in the music industry. For the past few years, they have instead turned to creating reality celebrities whose only talents involve getting drunk on the beach, fighting in bars,…
Chris Brown Smashes Window With Chair
Chris Brown wants everyone to just forget all about the fact that he beat the hell out of Rihanna’s face in 2009, but the singer — and his temper — just reminded the world how no one is going to forget anytime soon after reportedly trashing a “Good Morning America” green room by smashing a window with a chair. The…
Jasmine V: “All These Boys” Music Video Review
Jasmine Villegas, a.k.a. Jasmine V, is an up-and-coming teen female sensation that is an impressive dancer — as is shown in her new video for “All These Boys.” Although the lyrics are a bit simple and the singing is over-produced — one wonders what her actual voice sounds like — the video and song are actually very enjoyable. The video…
ASCAP vs. YouTube: The fight for embedded videos
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) routinely make news headlines for the lawsuits it enacts against anyone using music without proper permission. And although we applaud them for their vigilance to make sure their members get adequately paid for use of their material in commercial formats, the ASCAP also engages in many frivolous lawsuits that target innocent…
Super Bowl Halftime: A time-honored tradition of suckiness
In what will be quickly forgotten as one of the most competitive and enjoyable Super Bowls ever, Super Bowl XLV will be remembered for Christina Aguilera messing up the lyrics of the National Anthem and The Black Eyed Peas ruining halftime. Sure, Aguilera sung the same lyric twice during the Anthem — which was only noticed by a handful of…
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