Knowledge Drop: Fun.’s “We Are Young” Beat Was “An Inch” Away From Being On ‘Watch The Throne’

On March 8, Nine Inch Nails' The Downward Spiral celebrated its 26th anniversary. A massive commercial success, the extremely dark concept album dealt with ideas of death and morality. According to a 1997 interview with Rolling Stone, NIN’s Trent Reznor said that part of what inspired him was the unique location he was living while writing it: the home where star Sharon Tate was murdered by Charles Manson acolytes in 1969.

Scott Evans is starring in the new romantic comedy Almost Love and the trailer for the film has been released!

Neil Young has officially endorsed Bernie Sanders in the upcoming U.S. Presidental election.

50 Cent’s sophomore album, The Massacre, celebrates its 15th anniversary on March 3. But according to producer Scott Storch, the instrumental for the album’s biggest single almost went to one of 50’s biggest rivals.

On Thursday, February 27, his followers and said he was canceling an upcoming Good Morning America appearance because of a family emergency. At the time, he asked everyone to keep his mother and family in their prayers, but he didn't reveal any more details.

Stephen Amell joins Emily Bett Rickards on the stage for the Arrow panel during the C2E2 convention in Chicago over the weekend.

The deluxe release will include a film featuring footage from a 1971 concert in Connecticut

Roommates, less than 48 hours after she initially filed, Skai Jackson has been granted a temporary restraining order against Bhad Bhabie from the Superior Court of California in Los Angeles. As you’ll recall, earlier this week Bhad Bhabie said that she would “kill” Skai during video on Instagram live—a threat that Skai has obviously not taken lightly.

She's releasing her debut solo album on May 8

A woman who was swept away by floodwater during Storm Dennis has been found dead.

If you were on the internet during the last stretches of 2018, you might remember the frenzy surrounding Tumblr’s “adult content” ban. Netizens collectively bemoaned the supposed end of the site, and The Verge later reported that it lost 30 percent of its traffic by early 2019. Naturally, Tumblr regulars had a meme to send off the porn-friendly version of Tumblr: “Fingers in His Ass.”

Earlier this year, Talib Kweli had producer Zaytoven stop by his People’s Party podcast to talk about working with the likes of Gucci Mane and Migos, how cutting hair helped him get into producing, and the influence of the church on his music. One of the interview’s highlights was when Zaytoven recounted the making of his breakout hit, Gucci Mane’s “Icy” featuring Jeezy.

Kanye West’s seminal album, The College Dropout, turned 16 years old last week. The rapper was already well-known in the music industry for his work with rappers like JAY-Z, but the album marked Kanye’s first true artistic statement as a solo artist. The College Dropout went through several iterations before its 2004 release, and back in 2016, his frequent collaborator Consequence shared an early, handwritten version of the tracklist:

While Frank Ocean’s debut mixtape nostalgia, ULTRA, has played a central role in the mythmaking of his career, it turns out the project’s title came to the New Orleans-born singer in five minutes. Back in 2011, he delved into the backstory behind the 14-track work in an interview with Complex.

Kanye West released his seventh studio album, The Life of Pablo, four years ago today. One of the featured artists is Post Malone, a relative newcomer at the time who was best known for his breakout hit, “White Iverson.” In a 2016 verified annotation, the Texas-raised musician shared how he linked up with Kanye on “Fade,” which also features Ty Dolla $ign.