From early Lollapalooza to this year's Coachella, hip-hop has always had a place at major U.S. music gatherings.
By Gil Kaufman
Eminem
Photo: John Shearer/ WireImage
American music fans had to chuckle back in 2008, when former Oasis co-founder Noel Gallagher raised a giant stink about Jay-z headlining the venerable Glastonbury Festival. Honestly? Hip-hop doesn't belong at big festivals? C'mon, Noel.
Well, we'll see how much water that big cup of righteous indignation holds in the next few days as fans of Tennessee's Bonnaroo Festival weigh in on the news that not one, but two hip-hop legends — Eminem and Lil Wayne — will top a bill that features a dozen other rappers sprinkled in among the usual cadre of jam-friendly acts, indie faves and the usual classic rock big fish.
While Bonnaroo's organizers have long shunned the "jam-band" festival tag, the annual steamy gathering on a 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee,...
By Gil Kaufman
Eminem
Photo: John Shearer/ WireImage
American music fans had to chuckle back in 2008, when former Oasis co-founder Noel Gallagher raised a giant stink about Jay-z headlining the venerable Glastonbury Festival. Honestly? Hip-hop doesn't belong at big festivals? C'mon, Noel.
Well, we'll see how much water that big cup of righteous indignation holds in the next few days as fans of Tennessee's Bonnaroo Festival weigh in on the news that not one, but two hip-hop legends — Eminem and Lil Wayne — will top a bill that features a dozen other rappers sprinkled in among the usual cadre of jam-friendly acts, indie faves and the usual classic rock big fish.
While Bonnaroo's organizers have long shunned the "jam-band" festival tag, the annual steamy gathering on a 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee,...
- 2/15/2011
- MTV Music News
Music-rhythm title Scratch DJ will now be developed by Commotion Interactive. The game was previously developed by 7 Studios, which has since moved on to developing Activision's DJ Hero. A court case earlier this year ordered the return of assets and code of the original title from 7 Studios, which have yet to arrive. Fred Galpern, boss of publisher Numark Industries, (more)...
- 8/7/2009
- by By Matthew Reynolds
- Digital Spy
After Activision bought out the original developer of "Scratch," 7 Studios, the game was left in a kind of limbo. That ends today, as a new developer has been revealed for "Scratch." Commotion Interactive is a division of Bedlam Games, and is a development house focused on music and party games.
Trevor Fencott, CEO of Bedlam Games and Commotion, seems pretty enthusiastic about the project:
"Something that really excited us about working on the project was that we have the opportunity to work with Numark, who are the actual manufacturers of the products that are used in the [hip-hop] industry…that's the opportunity, to make something that's much more authentic and much more plugged in to modern hip-hop and the production side than it is like "Peripheral = Toy."
Numark is known throughout the music industry as a designer of high-end music hardware and DJ equipment. They've been attached to "Scratch" for some time,...
Trevor Fencott, CEO of Bedlam Games and Commotion, seems pretty enthusiastic about the project:
"Something that really excited us about working on the project was that we have the opportunity to work with Numark, who are the actual manufacturers of the products that are used in the [hip-hop] industry…that's the opportunity, to make something that's much more authentic and much more plugged in to modern hip-hop and the production side than it is like "Peripheral = Toy."
Numark is known throughout the music industry as a designer of high-end music hardware and DJ equipment. They've been attached to "Scratch" for some time,...
- 8/6/2009
- by Russ Frushtick
- MTV Multiplayer
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