Proving the latest batch of NARAS nominees is less a momentary fluke of good taste and more a concerted effort to Matter In 2009, the Grammys are blowing out this year's show with the most self-consciously hip advertising campaign to date. What that means, alongside subway posters of Lil Wayne and Chris Martin, is a TV ad in which Thom Yorke of ...

Fiery Atlanta MC Killer Mike is on the verge of signing to Grand Hustle, T.I.'s imprint of Atlantic Records, according to a HipHopDX report. In an interview with the website, Mike said, "I'd love to get [the deal] done by [Barack Obama's] inauguration...but quicker if possible," so nothing is finalized yet. Still, if this leads to another "Never...

Jay-Z and Santogold put on for their borough with triumphantly brassy production by Kanye West on a track reportedly intended for the soundtrack to upcoming Notorious B.I.G. biopic Notorious. What "Brooklyn Go Hard" boasts in bloggability, though, it mostly lacks in originality. Jay's "Hello Brooklyn" was one of the weaker songs on American Gang...

We told you about the songs that came out supporting President-elect Barack Obama and, to an admittedly lesser extent, Sen. John McCain in the months before last Tuesday's election (man, was that really only a week ago?). In the days immediately ahead of the vote, other musicians continued to send in their ballots, including Usher, who put out a...

Coldplay's previously reported, Jay-Z-featuring remix of "Lost!", from the UK band's recent Viva La Vida LP, has surfaced, apparently thanks to Ryan Seacrest. It's not really such an odd pairing, given that hip-hop has been trying this kind of bombastic, festival-ready stuff for a little while now, most recently on tracks like T.I.'s Timbaland/T...