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Murs Says Don't Write Music If You "Don't Have Shit to Say"

In this week's issue, we profile Arizona-based rapper Murs. Some great stuff got left on the cutting-room floor, so in this installment of Outtakes, we'll crack open the tape recorder and let a whole bunch of good material that didn't make the print edition see the light of day. One of rap's great ... More >>

Snoop Dogg Lion Makes Hot Pocket Video, It's Awesome

Hot Pockets, the official sports food of geeks everywhere, has recently released a truly inspired advertisement. Snoop Dogg Lion has redone "Drop It Like It's Hot" into the Hot Pocket-friendly "Pocket Like It's Hot." See Also: --Don't Eat That: Vagina Onion Ring Found at Burger King is Now on eBay ... More >>

Top Five Phoenix Music Stories of the Week

The news waits for no one -- at least that's what we read somewhere -- so it's perfectly understandable that you, the reader, might have missed out on a musical tidbit, breaking news about your favorite venue, or one of our rants. So enjoy this digest-style sampling of some of our biggest stories f ... More >>

Just Announced Shows: Snoop Lion, David Bazan, Jimmy Vaughan, Nas, and More

You remember that infamous clip of Joaquin Phoenix on Letterman? The one where he announced to the world he was retiring from acting to pursue a career as a rap artist? Well, thank Baby Jesus, that turned out to be a hoax. But you know what isn't? Snoop Lion. "I want to bury Snoop Dogg, and become ... More >>

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.

15 Songs to Light Up to on 4/20

You never say an unkind word about the time. It's that time of year again. We hope you're stocked up on all of your supplies, namely munchies before you begin your 4/20 shenanigans. Whether you're lighting up at home or going to a party, we've got you covered with 15 songs about marijuana or gettin ... More >>

Finally, Snoop Dogg Is Going to Put Out a Lyric Book You Can Smoke

See also: Jackalope Ranch's Five Other Books We'd Like to Smoke Move over Gene Simmons -- the Snoop Dee-oh-double G is poised to eclipse you in terms of marketing gimmicks. You know all those times you've been chillin', wishing you could toke up using mock-handwritten lyric sheets of Snoop Dogg s ... More >>

Furious Styles Crew 18th Anniversary @ Yucca Tap Room

Happy Birthday Snoop! See You at the Fair Tonight.

​Today, Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr., better known to the world as Snoop Dogg, turns 40. He's scheduled to share his birthday in Phoenix, performing at the Arizona State Fair tonight. Both of these things say a lot about how rap has changed since Snoop's debut record, Doggstyle, hit record store ... More >>

Party Town

Not Guilty?: A List of Five Songs Inspired by the Casey Anthony Trial Verdict

This woman is not a murderer, according to FloridaTuesday was dominated with the news of the not guilty verdict in the Casey Anthony murder trial, the latest trial to gain such massive media attention. Anthony was acquitted by an Orange County, Florida jury fn the murder of her 2-year-old daughter C ... More >>

Bjork Releasing iPad App Album

Icelandic singer Bjork has taken after the Gorillaz. Her latest album has been partially recorded on an iPad, according to Consequence of Sound.On the other hand, she's also taking a page from the Flaming Lips in that listeners will have to piece the album together. Biophilia, which will be Bjo ... More >>

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 >>

Old School Jam

Zombies, Snoop Dogg, Jimmy Eat World, Daft Punk'd, Masquerave, and GTL Over the Weekend

​Downtown Phoenix Zombie Walk A zombie horde of hundreds didn't so much walk as lumber down the unsuspecting streets of Phoenix on Oct. 29 for the 2010 Phoenix Zombie Walk. Lead (and contained) by the Arizona Ghost Busters, zombies met up at Heritage Square walked through the Arizona Center, ... More >>

Nov. 1 In Blogs: Halloween, John Lennon, Pita Jungle, and Suicide

​​​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:

Snoop Dogg at Arizona State Fair Last Night

Snoop Dogg Veterans Memorial Coliseum at the Arizona State Fair Friday, October 29, 2010 Snoop Dogg gave the audience at Veterans Memorial Coliseum everything they wanted to hear (and then some) during his Arizona State Fair performance on Friday evening. Tha Doggfather busted out with all of h ... More >>

Gorillaz Leader Damon Albarn on Pacific Ocean Garbage, Pop Music and (Not Knowing Who) T.I. (is)

​There really is a plastic beach. Not with Lou Reed and a bunch of cartoons making hip-hop music -- that's just a fictional backdrop for the third Gorillaz record -- but in the Pacific Ocean, where a soupy mixture of oceanic garbage has massed together to form something scientists have named the ... More >>

Oct. 11 In Blogs: Arizona Fetish Ball, Lady Gaga, Chocofin, and Mayor Phil Gordon

​​​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:

Celebrity Parents Bring Success to Their Kids... Sometimes

​So many children of celebrities get sucked into the music business by their famous parents. For example, Jada Pinkett and Will Smith's nine-year-old daughter Willow Smith released her very first single earlier this month. Right after its release, Jay-Z signed Willow to Roc Nation.Even though Will ... More >>

Kings of Leon Announce Track List for Upcoming Album

​Kings of Leon is preparing to take over the world on October 19 with the release of their upcoming album, Come Around Sundown.According to Spinner, the album has 13 tracks, with the song "Radioactive" as the first single.Fans will be able to view the music video for "Radioactive" when the band pr ... More >>

Snoop Dogg Performs at Phase 54 Tonight

The Snoop double dizzle visits Chandler tonight.​I'll admit it, this one caught us off guard. If we had to pick a spot in Phoenix where Snoop Dogg was going to do a surprise show, Chandler wouldn't be at the top of the list. Such will be the case when Tha Doggfather is scheduled to perform tonig ... More >>

MURS

Richard Cheese and Lounge Against The Machine

Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine

Hip-Hop Artists Invade the PHX During All-Star Weekend

Snoop Dogg is scheduled to appear at Scottsdale nightspots Club Rain and Barcelona during All-Star Weekend. If we learned anything from the hullabaloo over last year's Super Bowl in Glendale, it's that the actual sporting event is almost secondary to the slew of celebrations that take place. It s ... More >>

Snoop Dogg uses MTV to Release New Album

Rap star and Mary Jane-toker Snoop Dogg will bring his new variety talk show "Dogg After Dark" to MTV at 7 p.m. Tuesday, February 17. The new weekly variety show, which will air on MTV for seven weeks, was filmed in an LA nightclub and features Snoop chatting up celebs and musicians as well as ske ... More >>

Snoop Dogg's All-Stars cream AZ team 33-14 in Snoop Bowl VI; Matt Leinart chills on sidelines as Snoop coaches his heart out.

Snoop Bowl ’08 at Hamilton High School

PHX Hold Em

Ice Cube

Welcome back, rapper

Digable Planets

Back like dat

Top 10 Selling CDs at Circles (800 North Central Avenue)

Chart-toppers for February 7 through 13

T.I.

Urban Legend
(Grand Hustle/Atlantic)

Merry Christmas, Beeyotch!

Forget caroling. Here's a few hip-hop jammy-jams to warm your Yule log

Top 10 selling CDs at Circles Records & Tapes (800 North Central Avenue) for December 6 through 12

BEST HIGH-CONCEPT RESTAURANT

Cheba Hut Toasted Subs

Projekt Revolution Tour

Linkin Park's festival-style show still standing after Lollapalooza's summer bummer

THE NIGHT:Standard at Elixir

THE DJ:Translator

Will to Power

Mr. Ferrell comes into his glory in Old School

Snoop Dogg

Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo$$ (Priority/Doggy Style)

Tales From the Crips

Bones goes to the 'hood and digs up every horror cliché it can find

Best Hip-hop Radio Station

KKFR-FM 92.3

That Other '70s Show

Soul Jam with The Stylistics, The Chi-Lites and more

Rap and Roll (and Fold)

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

A Dogg's Life

Rapper Snoop Dogg comes to terms with his violent past and pleads for peace in his autobiography

Snoop Doggy Dogma

Going to the Doggs