It’s always fun when footage of pre-fame Kanye West emerges online. The latest example comes from DJ Eclipse, the former manager of legendary NYC record store Fat Beats, which before closing in 2010 was a pivotal New York rap hub and a mecca for hip-hop fans worldwide. Eclipse was poring through video of performances from [...]

Legendary Swedish pop band ABBA on Thursday were among the 12 first artists to join the Swedish Music Hall of Fame, which celebrates the country's rich pop tradition. "I think it's a nice thing to do, to create a Swedish Music Hall of Fame," 67-year-old former ABBA member Benny Andersson told AFP. As expected,...

Frontiers Records will release a special gatefold double-vinyl edition of Journey's latest studio album, 'Eclipse.'

ATL torchbearers Gucci Mane and Future lamp it up on boats, mountaintops and villas in the clip for Trap God cut “Fuck Da World.” Naturally, Gucci’s Trap God drops later tonight, hours after our Mixtape Of The Week window eclipsed. See you next week? Watch the video below. Trap God is out tonight.

Finnish dark melodic death metal icons BEFORE THE DAWN have signed to FrostByte Media for the North American release their seventh album, Rise Of The Phoenix, on September 25th. Before The Dawn released Rise Of The Phoenix in Europe on April 27th via Nuclear Blast.   Rise Of The Phoenix tracklisting: 'Exordium' &#39...