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Truth Hurts warns she’s about let loose a fistful of music to build excitement for the June 11 release of her debut, The Truth Hurts. She’s finishing up her official second single with Dr. Dre and labelmate Shaunta, she’s putting out a duet with R. Kelly and she also has a remix of her current hit, “So Addictive.” “Dre did the remix without me,” she said. “I walked in one day after he was finished; I was so excited I started jumping up and down. I don’t get that excited over my own songs – he really took it to… Read more »

“The Osbournes” have not only captivated you, your bleeping grandma and your bleeping hairdresser, but probably your favorite bleeping rock star as well. The most popular series in MTV history, with nearly 8 million viewers a week, has acquired a particularly loyal audience in perhaps the only people who can truly relate to the madness – other musicians. Incubus, for example, fell so hard for the show they asked their management to record it when they are on the road and send them copies for tour bus screenings. Singer Brandon Boyd said when “The Osbournes” is on, his eyes are… Read more »

Brad Arnold doesn’t like to sit still. After ending a marathon tour that kept him on the road for 16 of 19 months, the 3 Doors Down singer rested only a few weeks. Then he became consumed with following up the band’s multiplatinum debut, The Better Life (2000). Arnold has penned 12 songs since October, when the exhausting trek concluded and he had five tunes in the can. He and his bandmates – Matt Roberts (guitar), Todd Harrell (bass) and Chris Hendersonplan to hit a Seattle studio with producer Rick Parashar (Pearl Jam, Nickelback) and A Perfect Circle drummer Josh… Read more »

The members of Default have suddenly found themselves with downtime due to the cancellation of their tour with headliners Creed after a car accident injured Creed frontman Scott Stapp last week. “The band is getting some time off, which is a good thing,” says a spokesperson for Default. They are back home in Canada to “spend a few days with their families.” However, the break looks to be a short one. LAUNCH has learned that Default will likely head out on the road again in support of its TVT Records debut album, The Fallout, in the coming days; either to… Read more »

New music from the Dave Matthews Band and Counting Crows plus a bizarre collaboration between David Bowie and Adam Sandler highlight the RCA soundtrack to Sandler’s forthcoming film, “Mr. Deeds,” due June 11. As reported today, the first single will be Dave Matthews Band’s “Where Are You Going,” which will also appear on the group’s forthcoming RCA set “Busted Stuff.” Counting Crows’ “Go to Town” is a new song not slated to appear on the group’s forthcoming Geffen release “Hard Candy.” The set also sports a rerecording of David Bowie’s 1969 gem “Space Oddity” featuring a vocal introduction by Sandler.… Read more »

Hundreds of Web broadcasters went silent on Wednesday in an organized protest against proposed U.S. royalty rates they say would undermine the industry and stifle innovation on the Internet. The Web radio stations started their protest at dawn to oppose rates recommended in February by a Copyright Royalty Arbitration Panel working for the U.S. Copyright Office. Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the Librarian of Congress is required to set sound recording performance royalty rates for Web radio stations by May 21. The arbitration panel recommended Webcasters pay recording companies a rate of 14/100ths of a cent per listener per… Read more »

If C-Murder had any hope of ever posting bond in his second-degree murder trial, it’s gone now, as a Gretna, Louisiana, judge revoked his $2 million bond on Monday because of witness safety concerns. Prosecutors accused the rapper, whose real name is Corey Miller, of having smuggled into the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center a cell phone, which may have been used to call friends and have them “harm or influence” witnesses. “We don’t really know what the purpose of [the phone] was,” said Conn Reagan, the Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, district attorney’s office’s chief of trials, “but the state’s position is… Read more »

The “boogeyman of rap” is busting his gun, pistol-whipping one of his cheating mate’s lovers, contemplating other grisly forms of violence and taking a leak on the White House lawn – and that’s just by the midpoint of The Eminem Show. Yes, ladies and gents, “Shady’s back,” as he proclaims in his first single, “Without Me,” and Eminem still has a lot to vent. As soon as the curtain opens on Em’s third solo album, it’s clear all of the rapper’s frustrations that have been building up over the last two years since The Marshall Mathers LP are going to… Read more »

Look out NOW. Totally Hits 2002 is movin’ in. Pink, Alicia Keys, Outkast, Alanis Morissette and P.O.D. are just a handful of acts on the fifth volume of the Totally Hits series, which comes out June 4. Totally Hits 2002 features 20 radio hits from a wide variety of rap, R&B, pop and rock artists. Fat Joe (featuring Ashanti) leads off the disc with “What’s Luv?” and Jaheim (featuring Next) closes things out with “Anything.” In between, Brandy, Fabolous, Faith Evans, the Calling, O-Town, Jewel and others provide over an hour of listening. Track List For Totally Hits 2002, According… Read more »

Busta Rhymes and David Bowie are among the artists set to join Moby on the Area2 tour, the sample-lover’s second foray into the world of eclectic summer outings. The three-week trek is scheduled to begin July 28 in Bristow, Virginia, and cover Eastern seaboard stops before heading West, according to the event’s publicist. The trek draws to a close August 16 in George, Washington, with Moby and co. visiting 12 North American cities in all. Last year’s Area:One was notable for its varied lineup, which included Outkast, the Roots, Incubus and Nelly Furtado. In choosing this year’s roster, Moby employed… Read more »