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Busta Rhymes celebrated a birthday on Tuesday, but it wasn’t the anniversary of the day he was born. It was the day he was reborn as an MC and businessman – the day his new album hit stores. “I named my album Genesis ’cause there was nowhere left to go after The Coming (1996), When Disaster Strikes (1997), Extinction Level Event (1998) and Anarchy (2000),” he said recently, sitting in the offices of J Records. “Sequentially it made sense to be at that point…. The only place left to go is just rebuilding a whole brand new whatever.” Part of… Read more »

While Ali G was insulting German celebrities in a naff bit of hosting in the country’s financial capital, many people were wondering why MTV had selected the less than musical city on the Main for this year’s event. Was it for the internet address, MTV.de, which was held by a local transit company until MTV announced that it had decided to come to Frankfurt? More probable is that the music television pioneer was trying to boost its visibility in Europe’s largest media market, a place where the locals are, in US parlance, kicking its ass. Viva Media, which is listed… Read more »

Linkin Park is in the process of organizing its own headlining tour, the first Projekt Revolution Tour, tentatively set for January of 2002. It’s being planned for U.S. arenas, and the lineup will be an eclectic mix of rock, rap, hip-hop, and electronic music. Guitarist Brad Delson said that the band is all about musical diversity. He revealed Linkin Park gets pigeonholed as a rock band, but they’re more eclectic that that. “The idea of the group, which really started in (singer) Mike (Shinoda)’s bedroom was to really create a hybrid between emo, techno, hip-hop, hardcore, everything, and really create… Read more »

Linkin Park has had a monster 2001, and the band will top the year by giving fans a DVD titled Linkin Park: Frat Party At The Pankake Festival. The release, due November 20, follows in the footsteps of two top five Modern Rock singles “One Step Closer” and “Crawling,” plus the quadruple-platinum album Hybrid Theory. The long-form collection was directed by Bill Berg-Hillinger and Linkin Park DJ Joe Hahn. It gives fans an up-close look at the band members and chronicles the band since the release of Hybrid Theory through interviews, behind-the-scenes footage, and lots of special hidden extras. It… Read more »

BMG Senior VP of Sales and Marketing Mike Mjehovich today announced the appointment of Larry Karpen to the post of director of marketing for BMG Special Products. The appointment is effective immediately. In his new role, Karpen will be responsible for all marketing activities for the company’s Premium and Incentive business, including print and online advertising, direct communication campaigns, sales collateral creation, web site management, new product development, public relations, market research, and end-user customer service. In addition, he will continue to spearhead marketing efforts for the company’s audio and DVD catalog business. Karpen will be based in New York… Read more »

For P.O.D. this week, Youth of the Nation (the tour) had to take a backseat to “Youth of the Nation” (the song). The spiritual rap-rockers canceled a gig in Madison, Wisconsin, Wednesday and flew to Los Angeles to shoot a video for the tune, the second single from Satellite. “Youth of the Nation,” a powerful number written the day of the Santana High School shootings in the band’s hometown of San Diego earlier this year, is scheduled to hit radio and video outlets next month, according to Atlantic Records. The track includes the verse, “Maybe this kid was reaching out… Read more »

The Washington Post yesterday reported that XM Satellite may alter its $40 million marketing campaign as a result of shortfall in cash and slower-than-expected consumer adoption of the service. XM (and rival Sirius) have been essentially dependant on the sale of new automobiles with satellite-equipped radio tuners installed, so the slumping economy is projected to hurt the sale of new cars as consumers stay away from buying expensive durable goods until the economy rebounds. In addition as a result of the staggering stock market, further investment both in stocks and in long-term bank loans are drying up, causing the company… Read more »

Superstar rapper DMX will launch Hoodstock, a free, 14-city tour Friday (October 12) to promote his fourth album, The Great Depression. The album is scheduled to be released on October 23. Instead of performing at nightclubs or amphitheaters, DMX’s shows will take place on an 18-wheel truck that transforms into a stage. The exact location and time for each show will be announced on local radio stations the day of the concert. DMX will perform songs from each of his albums. The artist recently released two singles from the new album, “We Right Here,” and “Who We Be.” The Great… Read more »

Fuel has now surpassed two more milestones with its second album, Something Like Human-it has achieved multi-platinum status for sales topping two million and has now been on the Billboard 200 album chart for one year. Fuel guitarist Carl Bell tells LAUNCH that their success is a far cry from the simplest goals of their early days. “I think at that time, we put the first record out, we were just, you know, ‘It’s a major record, we’re on a major record deal,’ and it was all cool, you know? After that it was just gravy, I guess, you know… Read more »

Linkin Park’s Hybrid Theory has been certified triple-platinum by the Recording Industry Association Of America for sales of 3 million copies. Meanwhile, “In The End,” the third single from Hybrid Theory, is poised to break big. The band’s first two singles, “One Step Closer” and “Crawling,” have already become staples on modern rock radio. The band performed “One Step Closer” at the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards ceremony last night (September 6) at New York City’s Metropolitan Opera House. Guitarist-songwriter Brad Delson told LAUNCH about being at the awards show and what it means to Linkin Park, “Well, it’s a… Read more »