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Kanye West
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Kanye Omari West is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, fashion designer, and entrepreneur. Intent on pursuing a career as a rapper, West released his debut album The College Dropout in 2004 to widespread critical and commercial success. He went on to pursue a variety of different styles on subsequent albums Late Registration, Graduation, and 808s & Heartbreak. In 2010, he released his fifth album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy to rave reviews from critics, West released his abrasive sixth album, Yeezus, to further critical praise in 2013. His seventh album, The Life of Pablo, was released in 2016, Wests outspoken views and life outside of music have received significant mainstream attention. He has been a frequent source of controversy for his conduct at award shows, on social media and he is the founder and head of the creative content company DONDA. His 2014 marriage to television personality Kim Kardashian has also been subject to media coverage. He has won a total of 21 Grammy Awards, making him one of the most awarded artists of all time, three of his albums have been included and ranked on Rolling Stones 2012 update of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list. He has also included in a number of Forbes annual lists. Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2005 and 2015, West was born on June 8,1977 in Atlanta, Georgia. His parents divorced when he was three years old, after the divorce, he and his mother moved to Chicago, Illinois. His father, Ray West, is a former Black Panther and was one of the first black photojournalists at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Ray West was later a Christian counselor, and in 2006, opened the Good Water Store and Café in Lexington Park, Maryland with startup capital from his son. West, was a professor of English at Clark Atlanta University, West was raised in a middle-class background, attending Polaris High School in suburban Oak Lawn, Illinois after living in Chicago. At the age of 10, West moved with his mother to Nanjing, China, according to his mother, West was the only foreigner in his class, but settled in well and quickly picked up the language, although he has since forgotten most of it. When asked about his grades in school, West replied, I got As. West demonstrated an affinity for the arts at an early age and his mother recalled that she first took notice of Wests passion for drawing and music when he was in the third grade. Growing up in Chicago, West became deeply involved in its hip hop scene and he started rapping in the third grade and began making musical compositions in the seventh grade, eventually selling them to other artists
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West performing at
Lollapalooza in 2011
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West performing in
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, April 2007
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West performing in
Austin, Texas, March 2009
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West performing with
Jay-Z on their
Watch the Throne Tour in 2011
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Yeezus
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Yeezus is the sixth solo album and seventh studio album by American rapper Kanye West. It was released on June 18,2013 by Def Jam Recordings, West gathered a number of artists and close collaborators for production on the album, including Mike Dean, Daft Punk, Noah Goldstein, Hudson Mohawke, Arca, and Travis Scott. Yeezus also features guest vocals from Justin Vernon, Chief Keef, Kid Cudi, Assassin, King L, Charlie Wilson, fifteen days before its release date, West enlisted the help of producer Rick Rubin to strip down the records sound in favor of a more minimalist approach. Yeezus has been characterized as Wests most experimental and sonically abrasive work and it draws from an array of genres, including industrial, acid house, electro, dancehall, punk, and Chicago drill. It also continues Wests unconventional use of samples, as on Blood on the Leaves, the release features no album artwork, and the physical CD edition of the album was released in a clear jewel box with only a strip of red tape and sample credits. Initial promotion of Yeezus included worldwide video projections of the albums music, West released two singles from the album, the song Black Skinhead in July 2013 and Bound 2 the following month. Yeezus received widespread acclaim from critics, many of whom named it among Wests best work and commended its brash direction, the album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 327,000 copies in its first week of release. It topped the charts of 30 other countries, including the United Kingdom, Yeezus was nominated in two categories at the 2014 Grammy Awards, including Best Rap Album. As of 2016, the album has sold 750,000 copies in the United States, following the release of his fifth album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, West collaborated with longtime friend Jay Z on Watch the Throne. In July 2012, producer No I. D, the album features additional vocals by Justin Vernon, Frank Ocean, Kid Cudi, Chief Keef, King L, Assassin and Charlie Wilson. West was influenced primarily by minimalist design and architecture during the production of Yeezus, a single Le Corbusier lamp was his greatest inspiration. West worked closely with the architect Oana Stanescu, and took trips to Le Corbusier homes. West also wanted a deep influence on the album. Alejandro Jodorowskys The Holy Mountain was also an inspiration for the album, in 2012, West began recording his seventh studio album with collaborators, including No I. D. and DJ Khaled. The first recordings were held in January 2013, in the room of his personal loft at a Paris hotel. West kept compositions simple in order to hear the more clearly. The beats emanating from the space, which sometimes lasted through the night. Reports emerged that he and his then-girlfriend Kim Kardashian had moved to the loft in order for West to begin work on the album, the atmosphere in the studio was described by contributor Evian Christ as very focused, and West once again brought in several close collaborators
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West first began work on Yeezus at his personal loft in Paris, and on numerous occasions visited
the Louvre (pictured) for inspiration.
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Kanye West enlisted
Def Jam Recordings co-founder
Rick Rubin to executive produce the album.
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Kanye West performing during The Yeezus Tour.
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Industrial hip hop
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Industrial hip hop is a fusion genre of industrial music with the rhythms or vocals of hip hop. The origins of hip hop are in the work of Mark Stewart, Bill Laswell. In 1985, former Pop Group singer Mark Stewart released As the Veneer of Democracy Starts to Fade, in the late 1980s, Laswells Material project began to take increasing influence from hip hop. Adrian Sherwood was a figure in British dub, as well as working with industrial groups such as Cabaret Voltaire, Einstürzende Neubauten, Ministry, KMFDM. Tackhead, a collaboration between Sherwood and the Sugar Hill band, picked up where Mark Stewart left off, the Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, from San Francisco, and Meat Beat Manifesto, from the UK, are also early representatives of the style. Industrial hip hop groups tend to take a deal of influence from Public Enemys intensity, volume. The industrial group 23 Skidoo, Miles Daviss album On the Corner, industrial hip hop was carried forward by figures from a diverse number of scenes. Perhaps the most unlikely adopters were Justin Broadrick and Mick Harris, previously known for their invention of the style of extreme metal. After participating in the jazzcore group Pain Killer with Bill Laswell, Harriss Scorn project delved into dark ambient, subsequently, Broadrick began to work with Kevin Martin, previously of God. The later work of Broadricks Godflesh, as well as his collaborations with Martin, Ice, Techno Animal, the last of these was also a collaboration with Alec Empire, from Berlin, who also participated in the style in a number of his albums. The German label Mille Plateaux developed the sound throughout their series of Electric Ladyland compilations, Ice and Techno Animal also collaborated at times with El-P and other representatives of the Def Jux label. DJ Spookys illbient style is related to these developments in industrial hip hop. Industrial rock band Acumen Nation adopts hip hop influences, as does the side project DJ. A few other bands that combine hip hop elements in their music are Rabbit Junk, The Mad Capsule Markets, and The Shizit. Atari Teenage Riot have also known to incorporate hip hop elements in some of their songs. In the electro-industrial/industrial metal genre there is Steril, notable for combining hip hop beats, dj scratches, the Kompressor, often uses vocal distortion in the style of many Aggrotech artists. The industrial super group The Damage Manual is known to incorporate hip hop with their music, in beats. Corporate Avenger the rap metal band, often does industrial hip hop in their music
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Meat Beat Manifesto live in 2008
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House music
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House music is a genre of electronic music created by club DJs and music producers in Chicago in the early 1980s. Early house music was characterized by repetitive 4/4 beats, rhythms mainly provided by drum machines, off-beat hi-hat cymbals. While house displayed several characteristics similar to music, it was more electronic and minimalistic. House music became popular in Chicago clubs in 1984 and it was pioneered by figures such as Frankie Knuckles, Phuture, Kym Mazelle, and Mr. Fingers, and was associated with African-American and gay subcultures. House music quickly spread to other American cities such as Detroit, New York City, Baltimore, in the mid-to-late 1980s, house music became popular in Europe as well as major cities in South America, and Australia. Since the early to mid-1990s, house music has been infused in mainstream pop, in the late 1980s, many local Chicago house music artists suddenly found themselves presented with major label deals. House music proved to be a successful genre and a more mainstream pop-based variation grew increasingly popular. House music has also fused with other genres creating fusion subgenres, such as euro house, tech house, electro house. After enjoying significant success in the early to mid-90s, house music grew even larger during the wave of progressive house. The genre has remained popular and fused into other subgenres, for example, ghetto house, deep house. As of 2016, house music popular in both clubs and in the mainstream pop scene while retaining a foothold on underground scenes across the globe. The song structure of music songs typically involves an intro, a chorus, various verse sections, a midsection. Some songs do not have a verse, taking a part from the chorus. The drum beat is one of the important elements within the genre and is almost always provided by an electronic drum machine rather than by a human drummer playing drumkit. The drum beats of house are four on the floor, with bass drums played on every beat, House music is often based on bass-heavy loops or basslines produced by a synthesizer and/or from samples of disco or funk songs. The tempo of most house songs is between 118 and 135 beats per minute, soul music and disco influenced house music. These artists produced longer, more repetitive, and percussive arrangements of existing disco recordings, early house producers such as Frankie Knuckles created similar compositions from scratch, using samplers, synthesizers, sequencers, and drum machines. Rachel Cain, co-founder of an influential Trax Records, was involved in the burgeoning punk scene and cites industrial
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An honorary
street name sign in
Chicago for house music and
Frankie Knuckles.
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Building in New York City where the
Paradise Garage nightclub was located
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Swedish House Mafia performing in 2011.
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Roc-A-Fella Records
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Roc-A-Fella Records was an American record label founded by American recording artist Jay-Z, Damon Dash and Kareem Biggs Burke. It operated as a division of The Island Def Jam Music Group, the foundation of the label occurred in 1996, beginning as an independent outlet for rapper Jay-Zs first album. M. O. P. and DJ Clue, as well as producer Irv Gotti, hard Knock Life, saw him largely depart from his previous entourage and venture forth with producers Swizz Beatz, Timbaland, The 45 King and Jermaine Dupri. Though Da Ranjahz put in appearances on Memphis Bleeks first album, Coming of Age, in 1999, they soon parted ways with Roc-A-Fella Records. Jay-Zs 1999 album Vol.3. Life and Times of S. Carter continued Jays new affiliations with then-popular producers, in 2000, Jay-Z put out The Dynasty, Roc La Familia as a solo album. Rather than return to Timbaland or Swizz Beatz for production, Jay selected beats from a new crop of producers, Jonathan Chandler, Kanye West, Bink, The Neptunes, each beatsmith would go on to become consistently involved in future Roc-A-Fella Records projects. The new millennium saw Roc-A-Fella Records begin to expand one figurehead artist, Beanie Sigels The Truth had reached #5 on the Billboard charts in 2000, and DJ Clue released The Professional 2 in 2000. During this time, Jay-Z and Beanie Sigel were embroiled in a feud with Ruff Ryders Entertainment artists Jadakiss, Camron put out his Roc-A-Fella Records debut Come Home with Me in 2002 to platinum sales, and shortly signed his group The Diplomats to Roc-A-Fella Records, as well. From 2002 to 2003, Dame Dash signed several artists in response to Jay-Zs talk of retirement after his 2002 album The Blueprint2, The Gift & The Curse. He signed M. O. P. and Ol Dirty Bastard, gave Grafh a joint-venture deal, Dash, poised to take greater control in the company, began heavily promoting artists Camron, The Diplomats, State Property, Kanye West and Twista. In 2004, Kanye Wests album, The College Dropout, became a commercial and critical success, selling multi-platinum. The infamous split occurred when it was revealed that Carter, Dash and Burke had sold their 50% interest in Roc-A-Fella Records to The Island Def Jam Music Group, as President, Carter retained control of the Roc and his masters, ousting his two former partners. M. O. P. and Grafh also left Roc-A-Fella Records for Dame Dash Music Group, though both acts parted ways with Dash soon thereafter. Due to the 2004 death of Ol Dirty Bastard, Dash also brought with him masters of the project and promises to release the album, A Son Unique. It was stated by Memphis Bleek that Cory Gunz had signed, by the end of the year, Dash had split his label from Def Jam Recordings and Jay-Zs role overseeing his project, after asking for more money and a bigger role in the company. Dame Dash Music Group left Def Jam Recordings and was subsequently dissolved, in 2006, releases were largely limited to those of Roc-La-Familia, a Latino-geared label under Roc-A-Fella Records that followed the trend of Reggaeton. Both put out albums, and the label was home to New York rapper Tru Life, Jay-Z made his return that year with Kingdom Come, to mixed reviews. Freeways project received critical acclaim but not major sales, and contained comments aimed at Kanye West and Just Blaze for not supplying production and he later amended his comments, stating he desired to work with Just Blaze but the producer hasnt reached out
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Roc-A-Fella Records
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Def Jam Recordings
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Def Jam Recordings is an American record label, focused predominantly on hip hop and urban music, owned by Universal Music Group. In the UK, the takes on the name Def Jam UK and is operated through Virgin EMI, while in Japan. The label distributes various record labels, including Kanye Wests GOOD Music, Ludacris Disturbing Tha Peace, Def Jam was founded by Rick Rubin in his dormitory in Weinstein Hall at New York University and its first release was a single by his punk-rock group Hose. Russell Simmons joined Rubin shortly after they were introduced to other, according to one story. Another cites DJ Jazzy Jay as their connector, Rubin has said he met Simmons on the TV show, Graffiti Rock and recognized him then as the face of hip hop, He was five years older than me, and he was already established in the music business. And I had no experience whatsoever, the first single released with the Def Jam Recordings logo was T La Rock & Jazzy Jays Its Yours. The first releases with Def Jam Recordings catalog numbers were LL Cool Js I Need a Beat, the singles sold well, eventually leading to a distribution deal with CBS Records through Columbia Records the following year. A few years later, Russell Simmons and Lyor Cohen started a label called Rush Associated Labels to handle Def Jam. RAL became the home to Nice & Smooth and EPMD after both acts were acquired due to the folding of their former label Sleeping Bag Records, other acts under the RAL umbrella included Redman, Onyx, Flatlinerz, Domino, Warren G and Jayo Felony. As the decade drew to a close, the label signed Public Enemy, Lyor Cohen became president of Def Jam/RAL in 1988, after winning a power struggle with Rubin, who would shortly thereafter leave the company to form Def American Recordings. Rubin would take Slayer with him to Def American in its initial stages, by 1992, despite recent multi-platinum selling releases from Public Enemy, and EPMD, Def Jam ran into severe financial troubles and was faced with folding. However, in 1994, PolyGram purchased Sonys 50% stake in Def Jam Recordings — subsequently bringing the label into its fold, following PolyGrams purchase, Def Jam distributed the Violator Records-signed artist Warren Gs Regulate. G Funk Era album, which went triple platinum and brought much-needed revenue to Def Jam through its distribution deal with Violator, PolyGram acquired an additional 10% in Def Jam Recordings in 1996, further strengthening its ownership of Def Jam. Shortly thereafter, Rush Associated Labels was renamed Def Jam Music Group, the label remained profitable as its veteran star LL Cool J released his successful album Mr. Smith in 1995. The label later signed Foxy Brown, whose debut album Ill Na Na became a seller in 1997. In 1998, PolyGram was purchased by Seagram and merged with the MCA family of labels and it then purchased the remaining interest of Def Jam Recordings from Russell Simmons for a reported $100 million. UMG merged 14+ record labels including, Def Jam, Island Records, despite the formation of IDJMG, the Def Jam, Mercury, and Island labels continued to operate as separate imprints underneath the bigger umbrella. Lyor Cohen was appointed co-president of IDJMG, and Kevin Liles succeeded him as president of Def Jam, Def Soul also issued recordings by Musiq, Montell Jordan, Case,112, Patti LaBelle, and Christina Milian
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Def Jam Recordings
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Songwriter
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A songwriter is an individual who writes the lyrics, melodies and chord progressions for songs, typically for a popular music genre such as rock or country music. A songwriter can also be called a composer, although the term tends to be used mainly for individuals from the classical music genre. The pressure from the industry to produce popular hits means that songwriting is often an activity for which the tasks are distributed between a number of people. For example, a songwriter who excels at writing lyrics might be paired with a songwriter with a gift for creating original melodies, pop songs may be written by group members from the band or by staff writers – songwriters directly employed by music publishers. Some songwriters serve as their own publishers, while others have outside publishers. The old-style apprenticeship approach to learning how to write songs is being supplemented by university degrees and college diplomas, a knowledge of modern music technology, songwriting elements and business skills are necessary requirements to make a songwriting career in the 2010s. Several music colleges offer songwriting diplomas and degrees with music business modules, the legal power to grant these permissions may be bought, sold or transferred. This is governed by international copyright law, song pitching can be done on a songwriters behalf by their publisher or independently using tip sheets like RowFax, the MusicRow publication and SongQuarters. Skills associated with song-writing include entrepreneurism and creativity, songwriters who sign an exclusive songwriting agreement with a publisher are called staff writers. In the Nashville country music scene, there is a staff writer culture where contracted writers work normal 9-to-5 hours at the publishing office and are paid a regular salary. This salary is in effect the writers draw, an advance on future earnings, the publisher owns the copyright of songs written during the term of the agreement for a designated period, after which the songwriter can reclaim the copyright. In an interview with HitQuarters, songwriter Dave Berg extolled the benefits of the set-up, unlike contracted writers, some staff writers operate as employees for their respective publishers. Under the terms of work for hire agreements, the compositions created are fully owned by the publisher. In Nashville, young writers are often encouraged to avoid these types of contracts. Staff writers are common across the industry, but without the more office-like working arrangements favored in Nashville. All the major publishers employ writers under contract, songwriter Allan Eshuijs described his staff writer contract at Universal Music Publishing as a starter deal. His success under the arrangement eventually allowed him to found his own publishing company, so that he could. keep as much as possible, songwriters are also often skilled musicians. In addition to selling their songs and musical concepts for other artists to sing, songwriters need to create a number of elements for a song
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Songwriter and singer
Chris de Burgh.
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Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo
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He has also produced several works from his record label Crydamoure with label co-owner Éric Chedeville. He and Chedeville formed the musical duo Le Knight Club, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo was born in the Paris, France suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine. He is of Portuguese descent, his great-grandfather was the writer and fascism advocate Homem Cristo Filho, in a video interview, Homem-Christo stated that he was given a toy guitar and keyboard at around seven years of age. He was eventually given a guitar at age 14. He has also stated that he uses a guitar when writing music, Homem-Christo met Thomas Bangalter when they were attending the Lycée Carnot school together in 1987. It was there that they discovered their mutual fascination for films and music of the 1960s and 70s, very basic cult teenager things, the two and Laurent Brancowitz eventually joined to form an indie rock trio called Darlin, in which Homem-Christo performed guitar. Bangalter felt that It was still more a teenage thing at that time. Its like, you know, everybody wants to be in a band, a negative review referred to their music as a daft punky thrash, which inspired Bangalter and Homem-Christos new name. The two soon became interested in dance music after going to a club in 1992. Homem-Christo is credited for designing the Daft Punk logo in the notes of Homework. Regarding Daft Punks creative process and working with Bangalter, Homem-Christo commented that hes more of the tech guy than I am. He added, Im more critical of everything we do, were two-halves of one solid combination. Theres balance there – completeness between us, yeah, de Homem-Christo is also a co-founder of the group Le Knight Club, along with Éric Chedeville from Pumpking Records. They are the founders of the record label Crydamoure, named after a variation of the French phrase cri damour or cry of love in English, Crydamoure also published works by Homem-Christos brother Paul de Homem-Christo, under the name Play Paul. In regards to Crydamoure, Guy-Manuel stated, Myself and Thomas have the same tastes in music, when I make records for Crydamoure its a different style than what may end up as Daft Punk music. I know what Thomas likes, and he knows what I like, Crydamoure is not so production oriented, even if its not too far from Daft Punk. The Daft Punk material is more orchestrated and slightly different, I may be working on a sample for Crydamoure, and maybe no one else can hear the difference, but we know. He produced Sébastien Telliers 2008 album titled Sexuality, in 2010, de Homem-Christo co-produced Kavinskys Nightcall EP with SebastiAn
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De Homem-Christo performing in
Italy in 2007 as one half of
Daft Punk
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Thomas Bangalter
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He has also recorded and released music as a member of the trio Stardust, the duo Together, and as a solo artist including compositions for the film Irréversible. Thomas Bangalter owns a music label called Roulé, outside of music production, his credits include film director and cinematographer. Bangalter lives with his wife, French actress Élodie Bouchez, Thomas Bangalter was born in Paris, France. He began playing the piano at the age of six, Bangalter stated in a video interview that his parents were strict in keeping up his practice, for which he later thanked them. His father, Daniel Vangarde was a songwriter and producer for performers such as the Gibson Brothers, Ottawan. As expressed by Bangalter, I never had any intention to do what my father was doing, Bangalters father is Jewish, but the family did not consider itself religious. Bangalter met Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo while attending the Lycée Carnot school in 1987 and it was there that they discovered their mutual fascination with films and music of the 1960s and 1970s, very basic cult teenager things, from Easy Rider to the Velvet Underground. They and Laurent Brancowitz eventually joined to form a rock trio called Darlin, in which Bangalter performed bass guitar. Bangalter felt that It was still more a teenage thing at that time. Its like, you know, everybody wants to be in a band, a negative review from Melody Maker magazine referred to their music as a daft punky thrash, which inspired Bangalter and de Homem-Christos new band name. Shortly before reaching the age of 18, Daft Punk grew interested in electronic music, in 1993 Bangalter presented a demo of Daft Punk material to Stuart Macmillan of Slam that led to their first single The New Wave. Daniel Vangarde provided valuable advice for the duo and he helped us by presenting to us what the situation was with the record industry and how it worked. Knowing that, we made certain choices in order to achieve what we wanted, in 1996, Bangalter was in a group known as Da Mongoloids, consisting of Armand Van Helden, Thomas Bangalter, and Junior Sanchez. They were under the record label Strictly Rhythm and they created the song Spark da Meth. Vangarde was thanked for his efforts in the notes of Homework. The title of the album is attributed to the fact that Homework was recorded in Bangalters bedroom. As he remarked, I had to move the bed into another room to make space for the gear, in the years following the 1997 release, Bangalter focused on his own record label, Roulé. The label released singles by Romanthony, Roy Davis Jr. Bangalters solo works were released on two vinyl-only EPs titled Trax on da Rocks in 1995 and 1998 respectively
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Bangalter performing in 2006 as one half of
Daft Punk
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Hudson Mohawke
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Ross Matthew Birchard, better known by the stage name Hudson Mohawke, is a producer, DJ, and composer from Glasgow, Scotland. A founding member of the LuckyMe label collective, he has signed to Warp Records. He has released two albums on Warp, Butter and Lantern, and has produced for a range of artists, including West, Pusha T, Drake. Birchard also makes up one half of the music duo TNGHT with Canadian producer Lunice. At the age of 15, Birchard was the youngest UK DMC finalist, during this period, Birchard formed the Lucky Me collective with childhood friends. He adopted the stage name Hudson Mohawke after seeing the name engraved on a statue in the hallway of his accommodation, Hudson Mo was also DJ/Producer for the now defunct hip hop group Surface Emp alongside MCs Dom Sum and sometimes 2 Can Dan. Surface Empire released the LuckyMe EP in 2005 on Far Cut Records, in 2008, Birchard met Canadian producer Lunice during the first LuckyMe Records tour of North America, with Hudson Mohawke performing at the Pop Montreal festival and Lunice playing support. Following a successful performance headlining Warp Records 2012 SXSW showcase, the collaborative project TNGHT debuted their TNGHT EP. His first official release to get major notice was entitled Spotted on the Rush Hour beat compilation Beat Dimensions Vol 1, in 2008 his 12 EP Ooops. on LuckyMe/Wireblock became an underground sensation, particularly once word spread of his recording contract with Warp. In 2009, Hudson Mohawke released his first studio album, Butter, in that year, he contributed a cover of a Jimi Tenor song, titled Paint the Stars, to the Warp20 compilation. He would follow with several EPs, including 2011s Satin Panthers and he produced the debut EP for UK band Egyptian Hip Hop at Club Ralph Studios in London, which was released in August 2010. One of his songs, 100hm, has featured as a track on the video game Grand Theft Auto V, while Fuse was featured in Sleeping Dogs. In 2012, Hudson Mohawke began a series of collaborations with Kanye West, on January 17,2013, it was announced that Mohawke had officially signed with GOOD Music as a producer, whilst remaining with Warp and LuckyMe as a recording artist. TNGHT announced their hiatus on December 27,2013, in 2015, he released his second studio album, Lantern. In 2016, he collaborated with singer Anohni on her 2016 album Hopelessness, following the formation of TNGHT, Birchard and partner Lunice attempted to strip down their production styles and avoid all over the place tracks. Albums Butter Lantern Ded Sec — Watch Dogs 2 EPs LuckyMe Choices Vol.1 Puzzles Secrets Polyfolk Dance Satin Panthers TNGHT Hud Mo 100 Chimes Singles Oops, star Crackout / Root Hands / Everybody Else Is Wrong Chimes Chimes ft. F. T. R. From King Push – Darkest Before Dawn, The Prelude A$AP Rocky - Everyday from At. Last. o. B - Satellite Gucci Mane - Party Animal Björk - Virus from Bastards Battles - Rolls Bayce from Dross Glop Jackson & His Computer Band - Vista from G. I
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TNGHT performing in 2013
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Justin Vernon
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Justin DeYarmond Edison Vernon is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter and producer. He is best known as the songwriter and frontman of indie folk band Bon Iver. Vernon is also a member of the bands Volcano Choir, The Shouting Matches, Vernon attended Memorial High School in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, graduating in 1999. He then attended college at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, Vernon majored in Religious Studies and minored in Womens Studies. In an interview with Stephen Colbert on The Colbert Report, he said that he was not ready to study music, justin Vernon founded the band DeYarmond Edison while attending high school and college in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, where he still resides. DeYarmond Edisons core consisted of Vernon, Brad and Phil Cook, the band saw varying line-up changes during its five years of existence. After playing in the Eau Claire music scene, the four band mates decided to leave their home and move to Raleigh. The band released two records themselves, the first self-titled and the second titled Silent Signs and an EP of unreleased material is available on their Myspace page, after nearly a year in Raleigh, Vernon left for Wisconsin after a breakup with the band and a girlfriend. The remaining members of DeYarmond Edison went on to form a new band called Megafaun, Vernon came to international prominence with For Emma, Forever Ago, his first album with Bon Iver. Vernon is a part of musical groups, including Volcano Choir, which consists of Vernon. The collaborative group Gayngs, which includes other established artists, including Megafaun, The Rosebuds and P. O. S. Vernon contributed to seven songs on Anaïs Mitchells 2010 album Hadestown, based on the Greek legend Orpheus and Eurydice. He is one third of The Shouting Matches, a rock trio, along with Laarks and Peter Wolf Crier drummer Brian Moen. They have recorded but not yet released a 5-track EP, Mouthoil. and released their album, Grownass Man. At The Shouting Matches 2013 shows in Milwaukee and Minneapolis, Mouthoil CDs were available as a limited release and he was also involved in Wests 2013 album Yeezus, contributing to I Am a God, Hold My Liquor, and Im In It. Vernon has on several occasions served as backing vocalist for West at his performances, notably at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in 2011. In 2009, Vernon collaborated with Aaron Dessner on the song Big Red Machine for the AIDS benefit album Dark Was the Night produced by the Red Hot Organization. He has produced albums for artists, including Land of Talks 2008 album Some Are Lakes
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Vernon performing with Bon Iver in
Gothenburg,
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Cyhi the Prynce
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Cydel Young, better known by his stage name Cyhi the Prynce, is an American hip hop recording artist from Stone Mountain, Georgia. In 2009, Young signed his first major-label contract with Konvict Muzik, in 2010, he signed with Kanye Wests GOOD Music label imprint. He was released from his Def Jam contract in August 2015, growing up in Georgia, Young played various sports including football, basketball, and track and field, in addition to singing in school choirs and participating in school plays and dances. He was raised Baptist by strict parents, who didnt allow him to listen to hip hop music as a youth, however, Young cites his parents methods as a foundation upon which he could build himself in character, especially growing up in the area that he was. In 2009, Young signed a contract with Akons Konvict Muzik label imprint. Young first gained attention in 2010 when he received a co-sign from fellow American rapper. Young reports that American singer Beyoncé, a friend of West and this culminated in Youngs inclusion on Wests weekly free music giveaway GOOD Fridays, and his fifth studio album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Young recorded his second mixtape, Royal Flush II, with producer CPK, League, No I. D. and Kanye West, as well as DJ Toomp, The Alchemist and Just Blaze. Young released his mixtape, Jack of All Trades, later in 2011. Young appeared on GOOD Musics compilation album Cruel Summer, released September 18,2012, on January 29,2013 he released his fifth mixtape, Ivy League, Kick Back. The tape features guest appearances from 2 Chainz, B. o. B, Travis Porter, Yelawolf, Childish Gambino, Trae Tha Truth, despite not being featured on Kanye Wests Yeezus album, Young has writing credits on all but one of the albums songs. CyHi is continuing to prepare his debut studio album Hardway Musical for release, as of August 2015, CyHis album had yet to receive a release date. Frustrated with his situation and having dropped from Def Jam Recordings, he released a diss track called Elephant In The Room. Music, its owner Kanye West, Pusha T and Teyana Taylor, CyHi would later clarify that the track was not in fact a diss. Rather it was similar to the insults that Eminem would inflict on Dr. Dre. An upcoming album to be titled L. I. O. N. was announced amid this increase in media attention, Music imprints logo, further indicating that CyHi was still with the label, and on good terms. No Dope On Sundays Reverbnation. com Nanci O Is Hip Hop Interview With CyHi The Prynce
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Cyhi the Prynce performing in June 2014
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Fonzworth Bentley
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Derek Watkins, better known as Fonzworth Bentley or Farnsworth Bentley, is a musician and author. He is perhaps best known for being Sean Combs former personal valet and assistant, as first seen in Making the Band 2 and he was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He first appeared rapping on Da Bands 2002 album Too Hot for TV, in the track Cheers to Me, in 2003, Bentley was featured on the Good Day, Good Sir skit on OutKasts Speakerboxxx/The Love Below. In 2004, he had a role in the video of Kanye Wests The New Workout Plan. His debut album, C. O. L. O. U. R. S. was released via iTunes on April 26,2011 and he was also featured, playing the violin in the Yes We Can music video in support of Barack Obamas 2008 presidential campaign. Bentley was a producer for Borrow My Crew in 2005, in which he allowed one boy, Cory Cole. Since 2008, he has been hosting the MTV series From Gs to Gents, in 2007, Bentley authored an etiquette book, Advance Your Swagger, How to Use Manners, Confidence and Style to Get Ahead. In May 2009, Bentley hosted one of the parties following the White House Correspondents Dinner in Washington. In 2007, Bentley contributed to KnowHow2GO, recently, Bentley sang as a member of the chorus for We Are The World, a remake of the original for Haiti, in February 2010. From Gs to Gents Top Ten Gentlemens Club Confessions of a Celebrity Assistant VH1 Fashion Rocks All Shades of Fine,25 Hottest Women of the Past 25 Years P
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Bentley in December 2010
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Bentley in March 2005
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Capleton
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Clifton George Bailey III, better known by the stage name Capleton, is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall artist. He is also referred to as King Shango, King David, The Fireman and his record label is called David House Productions. He is known for his Rastafari movement views expressed in his songs, Bailey was born in Islington in St. Mary in 1967. As a youth, he was given the surname of a popular St. Mary lawyer and friend of the family, Capleton, as a nickname by his relatives, Capleton rejects the name given to him at birth, given its European origin. He now prefers King Shango, given its roots in the Yoruba language, as a teenager, he sneaked out of his home to catch local dancehall acts, eventually leaving St. Mary for Kingston at the age of 18 to work on his career as a dancehall deejay. In 1989, he got his first big international exposure, stewart Brown, owner of a Toronto-based sound called African Star, gave the untested artist his first break, flying him to Canada for a stage show alongside Ninjaman and Flourgon. When Capleton first arrived on the scene in the late 1980s, slackness, the pre-Rasta Capleton had a string of hit songs from Bumbo Red to Number One on the Look Good Chart and No Lotion Man. He recorded the song began to establish his significant place in Dancehall. The tune became a big hit in the dancehall, followed up immediately by Music is a Mission, by 1993, he was voicing tunes which became increasingly conscious, such as Prophet and Cold Blooded Murderer. Tunes such as Tour and Wings of the Morning earned him a deal with Russell Simmons Def Jam Recordings, in 1999, Capleton headlined Reggae Sumfests dancehall night, to much fanfare. The performance, which led to a subsequent headliner placement the following year, is credited with re-bussing, or creating a comeback for, the 1999–2000 period elicited a string of hits, many of which can be found on the album More Fire. Nonetheless, he scored hit singles over one of the most popular riddims of 2004, after a hiatus from the label, Capleton returned to VP Records in 2010 with the release of I-Ternal Fire. After headlining a U. S. tour which included Romain Virgo, Munga Honorable, stops included Gambia, Senegal, South Africa and multiple dates in Zimbabwe. In December 2012 the music Unite Cape Town International Reggae Festival saw Capleton, reggae and dancehall artists like Black Dillinger, capletons annual A St Mary Mi Come From live show has raised funds for several charities since it was first staged in 2000, including local schools and hospitals. Capleton makes reference to Bobo Ashanti, one of the mansions of the Rastafari movement. Yet he frequently mentions theres no separation between the mansions of Rastafari as he sees it and he stated in an interview on TraceTV that he doesnt eat meat of any kind, consume dairy in any form, or even eat anything from soya. He also touches on the subject of his lyrics regarding fire, saying they are references of purification. Capleton has faced criticism for lyrics in some of his songs though homosexuality remains illegal in his native Jamaica
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Performance in Spain 13 November 2008
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R.D. Burman
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Rahul Dev Burman was an Indian film score composer, who is considered one of the seminal music directors of the Indian film industry. Nicknamed Pancham, he was the son of the composer Sachin Dev Burman. From the 1960s to the 1990s, Burman composed musical scores for 331 films and he was mainly active in the Hindi film industry as a composer, and also provided vocals for a few of compositions. Burman did major work with Asha Bhosle and Kishore Kumar, and he also scored many songs sung by Lata Mangeshkar. He served as an influence to the generation of Indian music directors. Burman was born to the Bollywood composer/singer Sachin Dev Burman and his lyricist wife Meera Dev Burman, initially, he was nicknamed Tublu by his maternal grandmother although he later became known by the nickname of Pancham. According to some stories, he was nicknamed as Pancham because, as a child, whenever he cried, it sounded in the note, G scale. The word Pancham means five in Bengali, his mother tongue, another theory says that the baby was nicknamed Pancham because he could cry in five different notes. Yet another version is that when the veteran Indian actor Ashok Kumar saw a newborn Rahul uttering the syllable Pa repeatedly, Burman received his early education in West Bengal. His father S. D. Burman was a music director in Bollywood. When he was nine years old, R. D. Burman composed his first song, Aye meri topi palat ke aa, which his father used in the film Funtoosh. The tune of the song Sar jo tera chakraaye was also composed by him as a child, in Mumbai, Burman was trained by Ustad Ali Akbar Khan and Samta Prasad. He also considered Salil Chowdhury as his guru and he served as an assistant to his father, and often played harmonica in his orchestras. Some of the films in which Burman is credited as the music assistant include Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi, Kaagaz Ke Phool, Tere Ghar Ke Samne, Bandini, Ziddi, Guide. Burman also played organ for his fathers hit composition Hai Apna Dil To Aawara which was featured in the film Solva Saal. In 1959, Burman signed up as a director for the film Raaz. However, the film was never completed, the lyrics of this Guru Dutt and Waheeda Rehman-starrer film were written by Shailendra. Burman recorded two songs for the film, before it was shelved, the first song was sung by Geeta Dutt and Asha Bhosle, and the second one had vocals by Shamshad Begum
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RD Burman (left) with
Asha Bhosle
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Record producer
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A record producer or music producer oversees and manages the sound recording and production of a band or performers music, which may range from recording one song to recording a lengthy concept album. A producer has many roles during the recording process, the roles of a producer vary. The producer may perform these roles himself, or help select the engineer, the producer may also pay session musicians and engineers and ensure that the entire project is completed within the record companies budget. A record producer or music producer has a broad role in overseeing and managing the recording. Producers also often take on an entrepreneurial role, with responsibility for the budget, schedules, contracts. In the 2010s, the industry has two kinds of producers with different roles, executive producer and music producer. Executive producers oversee project finances while music producers oversee the process of recording songs or albums. In most cases the producer is also a competent arranger, composer. The producer will also liaise with the engineer who concentrates on the technical aspects of recording. Noted producer Phil Ek described his role as the person who creatively guides or directs the process of making a record, indeed, in Bollywood music, the designation actually is music director. The music producers job is to create, shape, and mold a piece of music, at the beginning of record industry, producer role was technically limited to record, in one shot, artists performing live. The role of producers changed progressively over the 1950s and 1960s due to technological developments, the development of multitrack recording caused a major change in the recording process. Before multitracking, all the elements of a song had to be performed simultaneously, all of these singers and musicians had to be assembled in a large studio and the performance had to be recorded. As well, for a song that used 20 instruments, it was no longer necessary to get all the players in the studio at the same time. Examples include the rock sound effects of the 1960s, e. g. playing back the sound of recorded instruments backwards or clanging the tape to produce unique sound effects. These new instruments were electric or electronic, and thus they used instrument amplifiers, new technologies like multitracking changed the goal of recording, A producer could blend together multiple takes and edit together different sections to create the desired sound. For example, in jazz fusion Bandleader-composer Miles Davis album Bitches Brew, producers like Phil Spector and George Martin were soon creating recordings that were, in practical terms, almost impossible to realise in live performance. Producers became creative figures in the studio, other examples of such engineers includes Joe Meek, Teo Macero, Brian Wilson, and Biddu
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Alan Parsons in an
ESO 50th anniversary video.
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A
Danish recording session
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Mixing Console
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Daft Punk
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Daft Punk are a French electronic music duo formed in 1993 by Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter. The duo were managed from 1996 to 2008 by Pedro Winter, the duo released their debut studio album Homework through Virgin Records in 1997 to highly positive reviews. The duos next album Discovery was even more successful, driven by the release of the hit singles One More Time, Digital Love, in March 2005, the duo released their third album Human After All to mixed reviews. However, the singles Robot Rock and Technologic achieved considerable success in the United Kingdom, Daft Punk toured throughout 2006 and 2007 and released the live album Alive 2007, which won a Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album. The duo later composed the score for the Disney film Tron, Legacy in 2010, in January 2013, Daft Punk left Virgin for Columbia Records, and released their next album Random Access Memories in 2013 to worldwide critical acclaim. The albums lead single Get Lucky became a success, peaking on top 10 charts in 32 countries. Random Access Memories won five Grammy Awards in 2014, including Album of the Year, Daft Punk later gained their first number one on the Billboard Hot 100 with the song Starboy, a collaboration with The Weeknd. Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo met in 1987 while attending the Lycée Carnot, the two became good friends and later recorded demo tracks with others from the school. This eventually led to the formation of the group called Darlin with Laurent Brancowitz in 1992. Bangalter and de Homem-Christo played bass and guitar, respectively, while Brancowitz performed on drums, the trio had branded themselves after The Beach Boys song of the same name, which they covered along with an original composition. Stereolab released both tracks on a multi-artist Duophonic Records EP and invited the band to open for stage shows in the United Kingdom, Bangalter felt that The rock n roll thing we did was pretty average, I think. It was so brief, maybe six months, four songs, a negative review in Melody Maker by Dave Jennings subsequently dubbed the music a daft punky thrash. Instead of dismissing the review, they found it amusing, as de Homem-Christo stated, We struggled so long to find Darlin, and this happened so quickly. Darlin soon disbanded, leaving Brancowitz to pursue other efforts with Phoenix, Bangalter and de Homem-Christo formed Daft Punk and experimented with drum machines and synthesisers. In September 1993, Daft Punk attended a rave at EuroDisney, the demo tape given to Macmillan at the rave formed the basis for Daft Punks debut single, The New Wave, a limited release in 1994. The single also contained the final mix of The New Wave called Alive, Daft Punk returned to the studio in May 1995 to record Da Funk. It became the duos first commercially successful single the same year, after the success of Da Funk, Daft Punk looked to find a manager. The duo eventually settled on Pedro Winter, who promoted them
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Daft Punk at the premiere of
Tron: Legacy in 2010. From left:
Thomas Bangalter,
Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo
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Muzik magazine cover feature in February 1997
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Daft Punk performing in
Berkeley, California on 27 July 2007
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Daft Punk in
DJ Hero
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Travis Scott (musician)
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Jacques Webster, Jr. better known by his stage name Travis Scott, is an American hip hop recording artist and record producer from Houston, Texas. In 2012, Scott signed a deal with Epic Records. In November of the year, Scott signed a deal with Very GOOD Beats. In April 2013, it was announced he signed with T. I. s Grand Hustle imprint and he released his first full-length project, a mixtape titled Owl Pharaoh, in May 2013. He then released his second mixtape Days Before Rodeo in August 2014 and his debut album Rodeo, was released on September 4,2015. His sophomore album, Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight, was released on September 2,2016, jacques Webster, Jr. was born on April 30,1992 in Houston, Texas. He grew up in Missouri City, a suburban area bordering southwest Houston. Scott stayed with his grandmother in the hood from ages one to six, but later moved to the suburbs, Scott attended the University of Texas at San Antonio before dropping out to fully pursue his music career. At the age of 16, Scott began his career as a record producer. He subsequently entered his first partnership with his friend, Chris Holloway. In 2008, the duo released their untitled first EP on Myspace, the following year, both Scott and Holloway formed with OG Chess, and formed a group, entitled The Classmates. The Classmates released two projects with Buddy Rich in 2009 and Cruisn USA in 2010, Scott mainly handled production work on both projects. Later in the year, personal conflicts and financial disputes lead to the disbanding of the group, after Scott left college, Scott moved from Houston, Texas to Washington, New York, where Scott began work with friend Mike Waxx, who owned the music website Illroots. Eventually frustrated in New York, Scott moved to Los Angeles, rapper T. I. subsequently listened to one of Scotts produced songs, entitled Lights. While in Los Angeles, T. I. s rep contacted Scott, during the meeting, T. I. freestyled over Animal, one of Scotts instrumental productions. His first project, titled Owl Pharaoh was set to be released as a download for 2012. However, the project was delayed, and was announced to be slated for the 2012 release, Scott released his track, called Blocka La Flame, a remix of fellow GOOD Music signee Pusha Ts single Blocka. The song was produced by Young Chop, with the production by Scott himself
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Scott performing in 2014
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Scott performing in 2013.
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Scott performing in 2014.
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New Slaves
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New Slaves is a song performed by American hip hop recording artist Kanye West, taken from his sixth studio album Yeezus. It was produced by West and Ben Bronfman, with production from Mike Dean, Travis Scott, Noah Goldstein, Sham Joseph. The song features vocals from American recording artist Frank Ocean, whom West previously collaborated with on Watch the Throne, the song discusses slavery and segregation as well as racism in general, materialism, and stereotypes of African Americans in the United States. The song, despite not having been released as a single, charted in Canada, France, the United Kingdom, the songs conclusion features Ocean singing over a sample of Gyöngyhajú lány by Hungarian rock band Omega. Prior to the release, it was played at 66 locations whilst a black-and-white video of West performing it was projected on various buildings in various countries. Locations where it was projected include Wrigley Field as well as the Royal Ontario Museum, miriam Coleman said the simplicity of the video provided a striking context for the rappers searing lyrics on race and materialism. Two projections in Texas were dismissed by police prior to commencing due to a lack of permit, the song also generated early interest when it was performed multiple times by West at venues such as the Met Ball, the Governors Ball Music Festival, and Saturday Night Live. On May 17, West unveiled the previously unreleased song through video projections in 66 assorted locations, New Slaves was performed along with Black Skinhead on May 18,2013 on Saturday Night Live. New Slaves received widespread acclaim from music critics, farber of the Daily News said the song has a heavy metal girth that still swings and called the sampling of Gyöngyhajú lány by Omega the most cool, and obscure, sample on Yeezus. Robert Christgau cited New Slaves, along with Hold My Liquor, on June 26,2013, Time Magazine named New Slaves the Best Song of 2013 and later on December 20,2013 placed it first on its The 25 Best Songs of 2013. On December 2,2013, Complex named New Slaves the best song of 2013, dave Bry commented saying, Plenty of artists sold more records than Kanye West in 2013. No one did anything near to as artistically powerful, New Slaves is the best song of the year. NME ranked the song at number 36 on their list of the 50 best songs of 2013 and it was named the second best song of 2013 by Pitchfork Media. They elaborated saying, New Slaves is the cartilage of Yeezus. There isnt a wasted breath or unnecessary word, every single thought cleaves through meat, yes, Kanye is a wealthy man, and yes, the particulars of his rage might be convoluted, involving his lack of access to the upper reaches of the fashion industry. But its source comes from an acute, unwavering awareness of a fact, Even in the elite corridors of power where he now walks. On New Slaves, he transforms into the hordes demanding entry, to paraphrase the words of his one-time mentor, The whole industry could hate him, hell flail his way through. The check was not cashed, and Presser filed a lawsuit against West, just two days before West was slated to be deposed in the case the hip-hop impresario reached an out-of-court deal with Presser on 20th of March,2017
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Projection of "New Slaves" on the
W Hotel in
Los Angeles.
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Bon Iver
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Bon Iver is an American indie folk band founded in 2007 by singer-songwriter Justin Vernon. Vernon released Bon Ivers debut album, For Emma, Forever Ago independently in July 2007, the majority of that album was recorded while Vernon spent three months in a cabin in northwestern Wisconsin. Bon Iver won the 2012 Grammy Awards for Best New Artist and Best Alternative Music Album for their album Bon Iver, the name Bon Iver is derived from the French phrase bon hiver, meaning good winter, taken from a greeting on Northern Exposure. After the breakup of his band DeYarmond Edison, the ending of a relationship, and a bout with hepatitis, Vernon left Raleigh, North Carolina. He spent the winter months at his fathers cabin in Dunn County. According to Vernon, it was during this time that the Bon Iver moniker first entered his mind, while bedridden with mononucleosis, he began watching the 1990s TV series Northern Exposure on DVD. One episode depicts a group of citizens in Alaska, where the show is set, emerging from their homes into the first snowfall of the winter and wishing one another bon hiver. Vernon did not intend to write or record any music during the time, eventually a record began to evolve during this cathartic time of isolation. He had recently finished helping the band The Rosebuds do some recording and had with him some basic recording gear when he made his move to the cabin, Vernon played all the instruments during recording and each song was heavily edited with a large number of overdubs. Vernon wrote the lyrics for the album by recording a word-less melody, in an interview, Vernon said, Words like decision and intention arent words that float in my head because I just went, Vernon explains. I left North Carolina and went up there because I didnt know where else to go and I knew that I wanted to be alone and I knew that I wanted to be where it was cold. In another interview, Vernon describes what he used to record the album, I had a very light set-up, a small recording set-up, a Shure SM57. I had my brother drop off his old drums, some other small things – things I would make or find lying around. The record was almost not released and was intended as a group of demos to be sent out to labels. But after getting very encouraging reactions from a number of his friends, according to his manager Kyle Frenette, an initial run of 500 CDs were pressed. The original CD release show took place at the House of Rock in Eau Claire, Justin played an earlier all-ages show and an evening 21+ show to release the original pressing of the album in its card stock CD case. Of the 500 copies issued,17 were sent to press, the first significant attention the album received was from My Old Kentucky Blog in June 2007, after which point it snowballed, according to manager Frenette. Another further breakthrough came when, in October 2007, the received a very positive review from influential indie internet publication Pitchfork
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Bon Iver performing in Stockholm, Sweden (2011)
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Vernon performing with Bon Iver in
Shepherd's Bush,
London,
UK.
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From left to right: Noyce, Carey, and Vernon performing at
The Fillmore in 2009
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Seeta Aur Geeta
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Seeta aur Geeta is a 1972 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film directed by Ramesh Sippy. The story is by Salim-Javed and the music by R. D. Burman, the story is about identical twins who are separated at birth and grow up with different temperaments. Hemas two partners in the movie are played by Dharmendra and Sanjeev Kumar, manorama plays the evil aunt who changes her tune after her arm is twisted. Furthermore, Hema Malini was noted for the novelty of her role as Geeta where she is rambunctious and this theme has been repeated in other movies before and after. A prior movie on this theme was Ram Aur Shyam starring Dilip Kumar in the dual role. Remakes in other languages include the Telugu film Ganga Manga and the Tamil film Vani Rani, Hema Malini won her only competitive Filmfare Best Actress Award of her career. P. Vaikunth won the Filmfare Best Cinematographer Award, in 1976, the film was shown in Soviet Union where it was a success. Seeta and Geeta are twin girls who were separated at birth, Geeta, a feisty girl is raised in a poor neighborhood and is a street performer, while Seeta is raised by her cruel aunt Chachi and meek uncle. Chachi treats Seeta like a servant, despite the fact that the family is living off her parents money. Seetas only consolation is her old grandmother, one day, Seeta decides life is not worth living and runs away to commit suicide. She is saved but is mistaken for her identical twin Geeta and is taken to Geetas home, meanwhile, Seetas aunt and uncle are frantically searching for her and find Geeta. They attempt to force Geeta to go with them but, using some of her tricks, she escapes them. She then meets Ravi and, though he also mistakes her for Seeta, Ravi is surprised by this Seeta and the Seeta he had met previously. Geeta realizes the cruelty that Seeta has been living under and vows to teach her aunt a lesson, meanwhile, the real Seeta is living in Geetas house. Her surrogate mother has attributed her new attitude to shock. Here, Seeta meets Raka, Geetas friend and fellow performer, Raka is also surprised by Geetas sudden gentle nature and desire to do housework. When he tried to coax her into performing, she is unable to do so, Ravi meanwhile falls in love with Geeta. At home, Geeta begins to set everything on a proper course and she resumes control of the money and restores her grandmother to the head of the household, where she belongs
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Film poster
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R. D. Burman
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Rahul Dev Burman was an Indian film score composer, who is considered one of the seminal music directors of the Indian film industry. Nicknamed Pancham, he was the son of the composer Sachin Dev Burman. From the 1960s to the 1990s, Burman composed musical scores for 331 films and he was mainly active in the Hindi film industry as a composer, and also provided vocals for a few of compositions. Burman did major work with Asha Bhosle and Kishore Kumar, and he also scored many songs sung by Lata Mangeshkar. He served as an influence to the generation of Indian music directors. Burman was born to the Bollywood composer/singer Sachin Dev Burman and his lyricist wife Meera Dev Burman, initially, he was nicknamed Tublu by his maternal grandmother although he later became known by the nickname of Pancham. According to some stories, he was nicknamed as Pancham because, as a child, whenever he cried, it sounded in the note, G scale. The word Pancham means five in Bengali, his mother tongue, another theory says that the baby was nicknamed Pancham because he could cry in five different notes. Yet another version is that when the veteran Indian actor Ashok Kumar saw a newborn Rahul uttering the syllable Pa repeatedly, Burman received his early education in West Bengal. His father S. D. Burman was a music director in Bollywood. When he was nine years old, R. D. Burman composed his first song, Aye meri topi palat ke aa, which his father used in the film Funtoosh. The tune of the song Sar jo tera chakraaye was also composed by him as a child, in Mumbai, Burman was trained by Ustad Ali Akbar Khan and Samta Prasad. He also considered Salil Chowdhury as his guru and he served as an assistant to his father, and often played harmonica in his orchestras. Some of the films in which Burman is credited as the music assistant include Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi, Kaagaz Ke Phool, Tere Ghar Ke Samne, Bandini, Ziddi, Guide. Burman also played organ for his fathers hit composition Hai Apna Dil To Aawara which was featured in the film Solva Saal. In 1959, Burman signed up as a director for the film Raaz. However, the film was never completed, the lyrics of this Guru Dutt and Waheeda Rehman-starrer film were written by Shailendra. Burman recorded two songs for the film, before it was shelved, the first song was sung by Geeta Dutt and Asha Bhosle, and the second one had vocals by Shamshad Begum
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RD Burman (left) with
Asha Bhosle
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Manna Dey
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Prabodh Chandra Dey, known by his stage name Manna Dey, was an Indian playback singer. He debuted in the film Tamanna in 1942, by this song Upar Gagan Bishal composed by his paternal uncle K. C. Dey, the Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri in 1971, the Padma Bhushan in 2005 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2007. Dey sang in all the major regional Indian languages, though primarily in Hindi and his peak period in Hindi playback singing was from 1953 to 1976. Dey was born to Mahamaya and Purna Chandra Dey on 1 May 1919 in Kolkata, besides his parents, his youngest paternal uncle, Sangeetacharya Krishna Chandra Dey highly inspired and influenced him. He received his education in Indu Babur Pathshala, a small pre-primary school. He started doing shows in school since 1929. He attended Scottish Church Collegiate School and Scottish Church College and he participated in sports events like wrestling and boxing in his college days, taking training from Gobar Guha. Dey began taking lessons from Krishna Chandra Dey and Ustad Dabir Khan. During this period, he stood first for three years in three different categories of inter-collegiate singing competitions. In 1942, Dey accompanied Krishna Chandra Dey on a visit to Bombay, there he started working as an assistant music director first under Krishna Chandra Dey, and then under Sachin Dev Burman. Later, he assisted music composers and then started to work independently. Dey started his career in singing with the movie Tamanna. The musical score was by Krishna Chandra Dey and Manna sang a duet named Jago Aayee Usha Ponchi Boley Jago with Suraiya which was an instant hit, but it was only in 1943 that he got his first solo break with Ram Rajya. Incidentally, the producer of the film Vijay Bhatt and its composer Shankar Rao Vyas had approached K C Dey with an offer for playback in the film. When K C Dey refused the offer on the grounds that he would not lend his voice to other actors, they spotted Manna Dey sitting in the corner of the room and offered him the opportunity. Shankar Rao Vyas taught Manna Dey the songs and he chose to sing them in his uncle’s distinct style, and thus started the illustrious career with the first song “Gayi tu gayi Seeta sati“. He sang for first time songs composed by Sachin Dev Burman, Upar Gagan Vishal and Duniya Ke Logo in the 1950 movie Mashal and its lyrics were written by Kavi Pradeep. In 1952, Dey sang for a Bengali and a Marathi movie with the name and storyline
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Manna Dey at the event of Dadasaheb Phalke Award, 2007
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At the celebration of 50 years singing life at
Netaji Indoor Stadium,
Kolkata.
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Asha Bhosle
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Asha Bhosle, is an Indian singer. She is best known as a singer in Hindi cinema. Bhosles career started in 1943 and has spanned six decades. She has done playback singing for over a thousand Bollywood movies, in addition, she has recorded several private albums and participated in numerous solo concerts in India and abroad. Bhosle is the sister of playback singer Lata Mangeshkar, apart from Hindi, she has sung in over 20 Indian and foreign languages. In 2006, Asha Bhosle stated that she had sung over 12,000 songs, in 2011, she was officially acknowledged by the Guinness Book of World Records as the most recorded artist in music history. The Government of India honoured her with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2000, in 2013, she made her debut as an actress in the film Mai, and received critical acclaim for her performance. Asha Bhosle was born in the hamlet of Goar in Sangli. Into the musical family of Master Deenanath Mangeshkar, who belongs to Marathi-speaking Gomantak Maratha Samaj and her father was an actor and classical singer on Marathi Musical stage. When she was nine years old, her father died, the family moved from Pune to Kolhapur and then to Mumbai. She and her elder sister Lata Mangeshkar began singing and acting in films to support their family and she sang her first film song Chala Chala Nav Bala for the Marathi film Majha Bal. The music for the film was composed by Datta Davjekar and she made her Hindi film debut when she sang the song Saawan Aaya for Hansraj Behls Chunariya. Her first solo Hindi film song was for the movie Raat Ki Raani, at the age of 16, she eloped with 31-year-old Ganpatrao Bhosle, marrying him against her familys wishes. In the early 1960s, prominent playback singers like Geeta Dutt, Shamshad Begum, and Lata Mangeshkar dominated the singing for the female lead, Asha used to get the assignments they refused, singing for the bad girls and vamps, or songs in the second-grade movies. In the 1950s, she sang more songs than most playback singers in Bollywood, Most of these were in low budget B or C-grade films. Her earliest songs were composed by A R Qureshi, Sajjad Hussain, and Ghulam Mohammed, singing in Sangdil, composed by Sajjad Hussain, she got reasonable recognition. Consequently, film director Bimal Roy gave her a chance to sing in Parineeta, Raj Kapoor signed her to sing Nanhe Munne Bachche with Mohammed Rafi in Boot Polish, which gained popularity. O. P. Nayyar gave Asha a break in C. I. D and she first achieved success in B. R. Chopras Naya Daur, composed by him
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Asha Bhosle - 2015
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Bhosle in 2008.
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RD Burman and Asha Bhosle at
Mood Indigo in 1981
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Bhoslle at
Sunidhi Chauhan 's wedding reception
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Rick Rubin
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Frederick Jay Rick Rubin is a Jewish-American record producer and former co-president of Columbia Records. Along with Russell Simmons, Rubin is the co-founder of Def Jam Records, with the Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, Public Enemy, and Run–D. M. C. Rubin helped popularize hip hop music, in 2007, MTV called him the most important producer of the last 20 years, and the same year Rubin appeared on Times 100 Most Influential People in the World. Frederick Jay Rubin was born in Long Beach, New York and grew up in Lido Beach and his father, Michael was a shoe wholesaler and his mother, Linda, a housewife. While a student at Long Beach High School he befriended the schools audiovisual department director Steve Freeman who gave him a few lessons in playing and songwriting. Their biggest claim to fame was being thrown off the stage at CBGB after two songs for brawling with the heckling audience and these hecklers were friends of the band instructed to instigate a confrontation so as to get the show shut down and create a buzz. Somewhat anecdotally, this story was confirmed in an interview with music journalist Zane Lowe. Although he had no authority in New York City, Rubins father traveled from Nassau County, New York, during his senior year, Rubin founded Def Jam Records using the schools four-track recorder. He moved on to form Hose, influenced by San Franciscos Flipper, in 1982, a Hose track became Def Jams first release, a 45 rpm 7 vinyl single in a brown paper bag, and no label. The band broke up in 1984 as Rubins passion moved towards the NYC hip hop scene, having befriended Zulu Nations DJ Jazzy Jay, Rubin began to learn about hip hop production. By 1983, the two men produced Its Yours for rapper T La Rock, and released it on their independent label, Producer Arthur Baker helped to distribute the record worldwide on Bakers Streetwise Records in 1984. Jazzy Jay introduced Rubin to concert promoter/artist manager Russell Simmons in a club, Simmons and Rubin edged out Jazzy Jay and the official Def Jam record label was founded while Rubin was attending New York University in 1984. Their first record released was LL Cool Js I Need a Beat, Rubin went on to find more hip-hop acts outside The Bronx, Brooklyn and Harlem including rappers from Queens, Staten Island and Long Island, which eventually led to Def Jams signing of Public Enemy. Rubin was instrumental in pointing the members of the Beastie Boys away from their roots and into rap. 1985s Rock Hard/Partys Gettin Rough/Beastie Groove EP by the Beastie Boys came out on the success of Rubins production work with breakthrough act Run–D. M. C, which previous recordings were produced by Russell Simmons and Orange Krushs musician Larry Smith. His productions were characterized by occasionally fusing rap with heavy rock, Rubin tapped Adam Dubin and Ric Menello to co-direct the music videos for the Beastie Boys Fight for Your Right and No Sleep till Brooklyn, effectively launching the bands mainstream hip hop careers. It was the idea of Rick Rubins friend Sue Cummings, an editor at Spin magazine, to have Run–D. M. C. and this 1986 production is often credited with both introducing rap hard rock to mainstream ears and revitalizing Aerosmith. In 1986, he worked with Aerosmith again on demos for their forthcoming album, in the same year, Rubin began his long musical partnership with Slayer, producing Reign in Blood, considered a classic of the heavy metal genre
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Rubin, September 14, 2006,
Abbey Road Studios, London, working with
U2
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Barclays Center
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Barclays Center is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The arena is part of a $4.9 billion future business, the arena is currently home to the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association and the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League. The arena also hosts concerts, conventions and other sporting and entertainment events and it competes with other facilities in the New York metropolitan area, including Madison Square Garden in Manhattan and Prudential Center in Newark. The global recession of 2009 also caused financing for the project to dry up, as a result, the start of construction was delayed until 2010, with no secure funding for the project having been allotted. Groundbreaking for construction occurred on March 11,2010, and the arena opened to the public on September 21,2012 and it held its first event with a Jay-Z concert on September 28,2012. The arena and the Brooklyn Nets are currently owned by Mikhail Prokhorovs American holdings, the arena was conceived by Bruce Ratner of real estate developer Forest City Ratner Companies, the New York division of Forest City Enterprises that Ratner founded. The move had marked the return of league sports to Brooklyn. The arena was initially projected to open in 2006, with the rest of the Pacific Park Brooklyn complex to follow, due to these legal and financial troubles, the development deal seemed headed towards failure or collapse. Frank Gehry, an involved in the projects initial designs said, in March 2009, I dont think it is going to happen. The New York Supreme Court ruled in favor of Ratner on May 16,2009, a hearing for the appeal was scheduled for October 14,2009, with a decision to be issued no sooner than November 25. Russian businessman Mikhail Prokhorov agreed to a $200 million deal on September 23,2009, to become an owner of the Nets. The Nets played two games at Prudential Center in October 2009. The two preseason games were successful, and a deal that would have the Nets play at the Prudential Center for the 2010–11, negotiations nearly fell apart, when the New Jersey Sports and Exhibition Authority refused to release the Nets from their lease at Izod. Negotiations resumed, and on February 18,2010, the Nets finalized a deal that would move them to the Prudential Center in Newark, the New York Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the state using eminent domain for the project on November 24,2009. Empire State Development Corporation Vice President Warner Johnston indicated that the agency is committed to seeing the project completed, another potential roadblock to this development resulted from the Appellate Courts negative decision regarding a similar eminent domain case, brought against Columbia University. This landmark case could have new life to the case being brought by the community group Develop Dont Destroy Brooklyn. Groundbreaking for the project occurred on March 11,2010, the first concrete was poured into Barclays Centers foundation on June 29,2010. The arena began construction on November 23,2010, with the erection of the first steel piece
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The western entrance of Barclays Center, taken from the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Flatbush Avenue.
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Barclays Center
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Barclays Center during construction June 19, 2011.
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February 2012
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Brooklyn
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Brooklyn is the most populous borough of New York City, with a Census-estimated 2,636,735 residents in 2015. It borders the borough of Queens at the end of Long Island. Today, if New York City dissolved, Brooklyn would rank as the third-most populous city in the U. S. behind Los Angeles, the borough continues, however, to maintain a distinct culture. Many Brooklyn neighborhoods are ethnic enclaves, Brooklyns official motto, displayed on the Borough seal and flag, is Eendraght Maeckt Maght which translates from early modern Dutch as Unity makes strength. Since 2010, Brooklyn has evolved into a hub of entrepreneurship and high technology startup firms. The history of European settlement in Brooklyn spans more than 350 years, the neighborhood of Marine Park was home to North Americas first tidal mill. It was built by the Dutch, and the foundation can be seen today, however, the area was not formally settled as a town. Many incidents and documents relating to this period are in Gabriel Furmans early compilation, what is today Brooklyn left Dutch hands after the final English conquest of New Netherland in 1664, a prelude to the Second Anglo–Dutch War. The English reorganized the six old Dutch towns on southwestern Long Island as Kings County on November 1,1683 and this tract of land was recognized as a political entity for the first time, and the municipal groundwork was laid for a later expansive idea of Brooklyn identity. On August 27,1776 was fought the Battle of Long Island, the first major engagement fought in the American Revolutionary War after independence was declared, and the largest of the entire conflict. British troops forced Continental Army troops under George Washington off the heights near the sites of Green-Wood Cemetery, Prospect Park. The fortified American positions at Brooklyn Heights consequently became untenable and were evacuated a few days later, One result of the Treaty of Paris in 1783 was the evacuation of the British from New York City, celebrated by residents into the 20th century. The New York Navy Yard operated in Wallabout Bay for the entire 19th century, the first center of urbanization sprang up in the Town of Brooklyn, directly across from Lower Manhattan, which saw the incorporation of the Village of Brooklyn in 1817. Reliable steam ferry service across the East River to Fulton Landing converted Brooklyn Heights into a town for Wall Street. Ferry Road to Jamaica Pass became Fulton Street to East New York, Town and Village were combined to form the first, kernel incarnation of the City of Brooklyn in 1834. Industrial deconcentration in mid-century was bringing shipbuilding and other manufacturing to the part of the county. Each of the two cities and six towns in Kings County remained independent municipalities, and purposely created non-aligning street grids with different naming systems and it later became the most popular and highest circulation afternoon paper in America. The publisher changed to L. Van Anden on April 19,1842, on May 14,1849 the name was shortened to The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, on September 5,1938 it was further shortened to Brooklyn Eagle
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Clockwise from top left:
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn brownstones,
Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch,
Brooklyn Borough Hall,
Coney Island
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Currier and Ives print of Brooklyn, 1886.
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Brooklyn Museum - Hooker's Map of the Village of Brooklyn
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A typical dining table in the Dutch village of Brooklyn, c. 1664, from
The Brooklyn Museum.
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New York City
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The City of New York, often called New York City or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States. With an estimated 2015 population of 8,550,405 distributed over an area of about 302.6 square miles. Located at the tip of the state of New York. Home to the headquarters of the United Nations, New York is an important center for international diplomacy and has described as the cultural and financial capital of the world. Situated on one of the worlds largest natural harbors, New York City consists of five boroughs, the five boroughs – Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, The Bronx, and Staten Island – were consolidated into a single city in 1898. In 2013, the MSA produced a gross metropolitan product of nearly US$1.39 trillion, in 2012, the CSA generated a GMP of over US$1.55 trillion. NYCs MSA and CSA GDP are higher than all but 11 and 12 countries, New York City traces its origin to its 1624 founding in Lower Manhattan as a trading post by colonists of the Dutch Republic and was named New Amsterdam in 1626. The city and its surroundings came under English control in 1664 and were renamed New York after King Charles II of England granted the lands to his brother, New York served as the capital of the United States from 1785 until 1790. It has been the countrys largest city since 1790, the Statue of Liberty greeted millions of immigrants as they came to the Americas by ship in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and is a symbol of the United States and its democracy. In the 21st century, New York has emerged as a node of creativity and entrepreneurship, social tolerance. Several sources have ranked New York the most photographed city in the world, the names of many of the citys bridges, tapered skyscrapers, and parks are known around the world. Manhattans real estate market is among the most expensive in the world, Manhattans Chinatown incorporates the highest concentration of Chinese people in the Western Hemisphere, with multiple signature Chinatowns developing across the city. Providing continuous 24/7 service, the New York City Subway is one of the most extensive metro systems worldwide, with 472 stations in operation. Over 120 colleges and universities are located in New York City, including Columbia University, New York University, and Rockefeller University, during the Wisconsinan glaciation, the New York City region was situated at the edge of a large ice sheet over 1,000 feet in depth. The ice sheet scraped away large amounts of soil, leaving the bedrock that serves as the foundation for much of New York City today. Later on, movement of the ice sheet would contribute to the separation of what are now Long Island and Staten Island. The first documented visit by a European was in 1524 by Giovanni da Verrazzano, a Florentine explorer in the service of the French crown and he claimed the area for France and named it Nouvelle Angoulême. Heavy ice kept him from further exploration, and he returned to Spain in August and he proceeded to sail up what the Dutch would name the North River, named first by Hudson as the Mauritius after Maurice, Prince of Orange
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Clockwise, from top:
Midtown Manhattan,
Times Square, the
Unisphere in
Queens, the
Brooklyn Bridge,
Lower Manhattan with
One World Trade Center,
Central Park, the
headquarters of the United Nations, and the
Statue of Liberty
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New Amsterdam, centered in the eventual
Lower Manhattan, in 1664, the year
England took control and renamed it "New York".
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The
Battle of Long Island, the largest battle of the
American Revolution, took place in
Brooklyn in 1776.
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Broadway follows the Native American Wickquasgeck Trail through Manhattan.
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Rolling Stone
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Rolling Stone is an American biweekly magazine that focuses on popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner, who is still the publisher. It was first known for its coverage and for political reporting by Hunter S. Thompson. In the 1990s, the magazine shifted focus to a readership interested in youth-oriented television shows, film actors. In recent years, it has resumed its traditional mix of content, Rolling Stone magazine was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and Ralph Gleason. To get it off the ground, Wenner borrowed $7,500 from his own family and from the parents of his soon-to-be wife, Jane Schindelheim. The first issue carried a date of November 9,1967. Some authors have attributed the name solely to Dylans hit single, At Gleasons suggestion, Rolling Stone initially identified with and reported the hippie counterculture of the era. In the very first edition, Wenner wrote that Rolling Stone is not just about the music, in the 1970s, Rolling Stone began to make a mark with its political coverage, with the likes of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson writing for the magazines political section. Thompson first published his most famous work Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas within the pages of Rolling Stone, where he remained a contributing editor until his death in 2005. In the 1970s, the magazine also helped launch the careers of prominent authors, including Cameron Crowe, Lester Bangs, Joe Klein, Joe Eszterhas, Patti Smith. It was at point that the magazine ran some of its most famous stories. One interviewer, speaking for a number of his peers, said that he bought his first copy of the magazine upon initial arrival on his college campus. In 1977, the magazine moved its headquarters from San Francisco to New York City, editor Jann Wenner said San Francisco had become a cultural backwater. During the 1980s, the magazine began to shift towards being an entertainment magazine. Music was still a dominant topic, but there was increasing coverage of celebrities in television, films, the magazine also initiated its annual Hot Issue during this time. Rolling Stone was initially known for its coverage and for Thompsons political reporting. In the 1990s, the changed its format to appeal to a younger readership interested in youth-oriented television shows, film actors
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Cee Lo Green,
Adam Levine,
Christina Aguilera, and
Blake Shelton, on the cover of the February 1, 2012, issue of Rolling Stone
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NME
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New Musical Express is a British music journalism magazine published since 1952. It was the first British paper to include a singles chart, in the 1970s it became the best-selling British music newspaper. It started as a newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s and 1990s. An online version of NME, NME. com, was launched in 1996 and it became the worlds biggest standalone music site, with over seven million users per month. With newsstand sales falling across the UK magazine sector, the paid circulation in the first half of 2014 was 15,830. In 2013, the list of NMEs The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, NME magazine was relaunched in September 2015 as a nationally distributed free publication. NMEs headquarters are in Southwark, London, England, the brands editor-in-chief is Mike Williams, who replaced Krissi Murison in 2012. The paper was established in 1952, the Accordion Times and Musical Express was bought by London music promoter Maurice Kinn, for the sum of £1,000, just 15 minutes before it was due to be officially closed. It was relaunched as the New Musical Express, and was published in a non-glossy tabloid format on standard newsprint. On 14 November 1952, taking its cue from the US magazine Billboard, it created the first UK Singles Chart, the first of these was, in contrast to more recent charts, a top twelve sourced by the magazine itself from sales in regional stores around the UK. The first number one was Here in My Heart by Al Martino, during the 1960s the paper championed the new British groups emerging at the time. The NME circulation peaked under Andy Gray, Editor 1957–1972, with a figure of 306,881 for the period from January to June 1964, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones were frequently featured on the front cover. These and other artists appeared at the NME Poll Winners Concert. The concert also featured a ceremony where the winners would collect their awards. The NME Poll Winners Concerts took place between 1959 and 1972, from 1964 onwards they were filmed, edited and transmitted on British television a few weeks after they had taken place. The latter part of the 1960s saw the chart the rise of psychedelia. During this period some sections of pop music began to be designated as rock, in early 1972 the paper found itself on the verge of closure by its owner IPC. Alan Smith was made editor and in 1972 was told by IPC to turn things around quickly or face closure, according to The Economist, the New Musical Express started to champion underground, up-and-coming music. NME became the gateway to a more rebellious world
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Cover featuring
Patti Smith for the week of 21 February 1976
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Blur vs.
Oasis issue in August 1995.
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Logo of the 2006 NME Awards Tour.
