Questlove Relaunches Digital-Only Record Label Okayplayer
Questlove of the legendary Roots Crew today announced the relaunch of digital-only record label Okayplayer Records. Founded in 1999, Okayplayer has worked with some of the greats in the music industry including Common, Erykah Badu, D’Angelo, Mos Def and Jilly from Philly also known as Jill Scott. Since its initial launch Okayplayer has expanded into [...]
Read MoreSay Goodbye to Record Stores and Physical Albums [INFOGRAPHIC]
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Music is widely free on the Internet. In seconds, web surfers can access millions of song on YouTube or an unlimited live stream with digital services such as Spotify. With smartphone apps, free music is even available to-go. So, with free all-you-can-stream services, have people stopped paying for music? The numbers say yes. By 2016, record stores sales are [...]
Read MoreBeats Acquire Music Streaming Service MOG
It’s been confirmed that Dr. Dre’s Beats Electronics has acquired music streaming service MOG. GigaOm reports MOG was sold for approximately $14 million. There have been no reports on exactly how Beats will leverage MOG, but its expected to take Beats to another level. MOG founder and CEO David Hyman tells USA Today ”the addition of MOG’s music [...]
Read MoreSpotify Releases Quincy Jones Artist App
Spotify is releasing some pretty cool things. In addition to its new radio app, the music streaming platform released artist-branded apps that include the legendary Quincy Jones. The new artist apps categorize and organize Spotify’s tracks and educate music fans on various genres and subgenres. For example, the Quincy Jones app includes exclusive audio by Quincy [...]
Read MoreM.I.A. Releases “Bad Girls” Remixes Digitally On Gold USB
What do you think about artist releasing their music in USB drives? Well, hip-hop’s rebel M.I.A decided to release her new ‘Bad Girls’ remixes in a gold USB drive necklace. Pretty cool idea right? The USB drive holds 2 GB of data and it all comes on a 1/2″ gold snake chain. Three remixes produced [...]
Read MoreSpotify Launches Def Jam App Along With Other Record Labels
Spotify expanded its app section today by adding 12 new applications from record labels including Def Jam. The app allows users to browse a consolidated library of hip-hop, rap, R&B, and pop from Def Jam artists like Kanye West, Rihanna, Young Jeezy and more. The Def Jam Spotify app has numerous playlist users can subscribe [...]
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