Thoughts About Music

Def Jam Executive President No I.D. On Music Biz Woes — “The Tech Companies Are Taking the Money.”

The Downside to Music Going Digital

How do you remember things that you can’t hold on to?

I’m in the process of compiling a bunch of old blog entries I did for a popular music website into what may eventually become an anthology.

The Dumb Silly Reason Why the “Blurred Lines” Verdict is Actually Good for the Music Industry

Is Conscious Rap Dead?

The evolution of a once-mighty genre of music.

17 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Sean “Diddy” Combs

There is more to the man than Ciroc and…

How the Beats Made Cam’ron’s “Purple Haze” Great

The Real Reason Why There Are No Platinum Albums This Year (Hint: Beyonce’s Involved)

Did “Illmatic” Save Nas, or Did “It Was Written?”

It was Nas’ second LP that really put him over the top.

Time is Illmatic is a good documentary—definitely worth seeing—but as I wrote in my Billboard review, I thought there were…