Live Previews (Orange County Weekly)
Jay-Z walks the line: the Brooklyn rapper has been the wealthy king of pop-rap since before MTV switched to reality shows, and yet the man who calls himself the black Warren Buffet still has more street cred than a bus full of felons headed to the big house.
www.delawareonline.com ¦ The News Journal ¦ LIFE ¦ Expect a big Grammy night for Ray (Delaware Online)
If Grammy voters know one thing, it should be this: You can't go wrong with a dead man. Call it sentiment. Call it caution. And call it a big night for Ray Charles.
MORE BALLERSTATUS (BallerStatus.net)
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Punk Trio Has Its Day with New Generation (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
A few days ago, a colleague asked if it would be possible to get a Green Day poster for his 12-year-old daughter.
Punk Trio Has Its Day with New Generation (Yahoo! Launch News)
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - A few days ago, a colleague asked if it would be possible to get a Green Day poster for his 12-year-old daughter. "She's always listened to nothing but rap and hip-hop," the editor said, "but lately she's been obsessed with the Green Day album 'American Idiot."'
Smith levels series with timely century (Independent)
At last, South Africa remembered how to win last night. This time, despite a noble attempt, they did not fall in sight of the finishing line against England, this time they stumbled across it with five balls left.
New York Daily News - Home - Rock's in a hard place (New York Daily News)
Is rock dead? Not quite. But judging from its performance on the charts - and compared to its biggest bands and trends from a few years ago - it's wheezing.
MORE BALLERSTATUS (BallerStatus.net)
Looks like TLC is trying to comeback after the death of bubbly member, Left Eye . Yes, the remaining members of the group, T-Boz and Chilli , are searching for a new group member.
Backstreet's back (Yahoo! Launch UK & Ireland)
Backstreet Boys have finished recording their new album. Howie Dorough told MTV.com that the follow-up to 2000's "Black & Blue" is: "a more pop/rock direction, kind of us-meets- Matchbox Twenty/Goo Goo Dolls/Train ."
Backstreet Boys To Men On New Album (FMQB)
The boy band grows up with mature new material.