Dr. Dre

Best of Coachella Weekend Two: Sunday, April 22

See also: Our complete Coachella coverage By the third day of Coachella's second weekend -- the sixth and final day of this year's festival -- folks had more or less learned to ignore the dust and the heat. Here are our intrepid writers' favorite things about the final hours of the 2012 event.

Holiday Gifts for Your Hip-Hop Cousin

​Alright, slacker. There's no more denying it: the holidays are here, and you need to get on that shopping list. Luckily, Up on the Sun has caught gift guide-fever, and over the course of this week we'll be offering you suggestions for the entire family. Yo yo yiggity yo, son. Christmas is u ... More >>

Furious Styles Crew 18th Anniversary @ Yucca Tap Room

Ellie Elmore, What Are You Listening To?

Ellie Elmore: The interior designer and Zumba fitness instructor. Teaches at Diverse Elements Dance Studio in Phoenix Monday nights. For more information on her classes, go here.  When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? Lately, 97.5-FM ha ... More >>

Tony Morales, What Are You Listening To?

Tony Morales​Tony Morales Morales is the pit master at Big Earl's BBQ and owner of Desert Smoke BBQ. Cheer him on at the Arizona Barbecue Festival this Saturday, March 26 at the Scottsdale Waterfront. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? ... More >>

Activision To Discontinue Guitar Hero and DJ Hero

​The Guitar Hero franchise has officially been canceled by video gaming publisher Activision, according to Blabbermouth.The decline in the game's popularity was significant enough to make the company pull the plug. The DJ Hero franchise will also be coming to an end.Activision Publishing CEO Eric ... More >>

Man Invents Grand Piano With 102 Keys

​An Australian craftsman has taken things up a notch and designed a grand piano with 102 keys, according to NPR Music.Wayne Stuart, the man behind the design, claims that the 14 additional keys will set the bar higher for pianos to come: none can go as high, and very few can play notes as low as t ... More >>

Air Supply and the Other Greatest Dude Duets of All Time

Pale Comparison

Everlast and Everything You Need To Know About White Rappers Explained

Nov. 19 In Blogs: Pot, Harry Potter, Snoop Dogg, Beer, and DMX

​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

Dr. Dre ft Akon & Snoop Dogg - Kush

​Song: Dr. Dre ft Akon & Snoop Dogg, "Kush"Context: Dre's new single really is a pile of shit. I can't believe we waited a decade to hear single that has Akon's overplayed ass on it. If all of Detox is this bad the Doctor needs to keep it unreleased. Dre Dre ft Akon & Snoop Dogg - K ... More >>

Kings of Leon: Taking it a Little Too Far For Their Upcoming Music Video?

​Kings of Leon has stooped to a new low by bringing a potentially offensive yet interesting idea to the table, according to NME.The band posted an ad in an effort to recruit "characters with scars, pockmarked skin, physical abnormalities or deformities" for their next music video.In the ad, Kings ... More >>

Eminem Recording New Tracks With Dr. Dre

​Eminem has confirmed he's recording with Dr. Dre again, according to MTV News.Marshall announced on Satellite Radio that he and Dre are brewing up something good, saying that he might rap over one of Dre's new beats.After one more single gets released from his latest album, Recovery, Eminem plans ... More >>

Yelp Has Buckled to Pressure, But It Ain't Enough

Dr. Dre: What Happened After N.W.A. and the Posse?

​This is an installment in The Posse Project, a 12-day series in which www.PHXmusic.com catches up with all 12 guys pictured on the cover of N.W.A's first album, N.W.A. and the Posse. Today, we continue with Dr. Dre the superstar rapper/producer who has had the most success since this photo w ... More >>

Krazy D: What Happened After N.W.A. and the Posse?

​This is an installment in The Posse Project, a 12-day series in which www.PHXmusic.com catches up with all 12 guys pictured on the cover of N.W.A's first album, N.W.A. and the Posse. Today, we continue with Krazy D -- the mysterious Mexican guy in the front row. To read the other installment ... More >>

Kid Disaster: What Happened After N.W.A. and the Posse?

​This is an installment in The Posse Project, a 12-day series in which www.PHXmusic.com catches up with all 12 guys pictured on the cover of N.W.A's first album, N.W.A. and the Posse. Today, we continue with Kid Disaster, a member of the rap group C.I.A. with Ice Cube and Sir Jinx. To read th ... More >>

MC Ren: What Happened After N.W.A. and the Posse?

​This is an installment in The Posse Project, a 12-day series in which www.PHXmusic.com catches up with all 12 guys pictured on the cover of N.W.A's first album, N.W.A. and the Posse. Today, we continue with MC Ren, a rapper/writer who joined N.W.A just before the group's meteoric rise and st ... More >>

N.W.A. and the Posse: Where Are the 12 Guys from N.W.A's First Album Cover Now?

​The cover of N.W.A. and the Posse, does not look like something released by the most important rap group of all time.Actually, just looking at the photo, who would believe that some of the guys in this alleyway would change the course of popular music forever less than a year after the flashbulb ... More >>

Arabian Prince: What Happened After N.W.A. and the Posse?

​This is an installment in The Posse Project, a 12-day series in which www.PHXmusic.com catches up with all 12 guys pictured on the cover of N.W.A's first album, N.W.A. and the Posse. Today, we start things off with Arabian Prince, a producer who was an original member of N.W.A. To read more about ... More >>

Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine

Is The Game Over?

Yo, Stephen Hawking Raps

The world already has its share of ridiculous ring tones, but now, thanks to a company called FunMobility, you can hear the voice of famed physicist Stephen Hawkings rapping "Baby Got Back" whenever that special someone calls your cell phone.

The Wisdom of the Metal Gods Vs. The Meditations of Hip-Hop MCs

I just received a book titled Time Flies When You're In a Coma: The Wisdom of the Metal Gods (A Plume Book), a funny little tome filled with lyrical adages from the world of heavy metal music. Edited by Mike Daly (formerly of alt. country band Whiskeytown), the book is divided into four sections: Me ... More >>

Black Milk

Caltroit
(Music House)

Turnin' Tricks

N.W.A

The Best of N.W.A: The Strength of Street Knowledge (Deluxe Edition CD/DVD)
(Priority Records)

Matmos

The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast
(Matador)

The Project

Eazy-E

Gangsta Memorial Edition
(Priority)

Rap Regifted

Looking back at an original G

Boyz N the Studio

Pimping ain't easy

Digable Planets

Back like dat

Snoop Dogg, and The Game

Now pushing ear candy

50 Cent

The Massacre
(Shady/Aftermath/G-Unit)

The Game

The Documentary
(Aftermath/G-Unit/Interscope)

50 Cent

Rapper's celebrity is criminal

Various Artists

Anticon Giga-single (Anticon)

Rap and Roll (and Fold)

Thanks to Dr. Dre and his partners in crime, smoking dope looks cool again

'F' Wordsmith

Eminem's new album sparks a heated free-speech debate

Dr. Dre

Chronic 2001
(Aftermath/Interscope Records)

Eve of Destruction

Dissed by Dre, rapper Eve teamed up with the Ruff Ryders and struck gold with her solo debut

Snoop Doggy Dogma

96.Rant

Going to the Doggs

Recordings

Recordings

HIP-HOP SITCOM BOOM? BAH!

DRE MATTER

HIS HOME AND PERSONAL LIKE SMOLDER, AND DR. DRE STILL PLAYS WITH FIRE

WHY DO YOU THINK THEY CALL IT DOPE?

HIP-HOP IS GOING TO POT. LITERALLY.