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Roc-A-Fella Records CEO Damon Dash put just a little more of a pimp stroll than usual in his confident swagger as he walked into the penthouse of Manhattan’s Hotel Giraffe Thursday night. Dash was about to show a handful of invited guests his trump card – the new Jay-Z album, The Blueprint, which features appearances by Eminem and, apparently, Michael Jackson. “I don’t want to say we’re the backbone of hip-hop, because that may sound arrogant, but it is what it is,” Dash said before playing seven songs from the LP, which comes out September 18 and features the single… Read more »

As Mariah Carey recovers from a nervous breakdown, the pop singer’s Virgin Records label said Thursday it had delayed the release of her new album, the first under a lucrative new contract. Carey, 31, was released from a Connecticut hospital Tuesday, having received a two-week treatment for what her publicists described as an “emotional and physical breakdown” as a busy schedule led to bizarre public behavior. She is resting with her mother at an undisclosed location. In a statement, Virgin said Carey’s new album, “Glitter,” would be released Sept. 11, instead of Aug. 21. The album doubles as the soundtrack… Read more »

Jamie Foxx will host the eighteenth annual “MTV Video Music Awards,” it was announced today by Van Toffler, President, MTV and MTV2. The “2001 MTV Video Music Awards” will broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center in New York City on Thursday, September 6th at 8:00PM (Live ET/Tape delayed PT). “Jamie Foxx first caught our attention as a host for the Video Music Awards with his comedic talents at MTVicon: Janet Jackson, in which he performed a comedic tribute to the singer,” says Van Toffler, President, MTV and MTV2. “Having already established himself as an actor and… Read more »

A federal court has upheld a December ruling by the U.S. Copyright Office that requires terrestrial broadcasters to pay to stream their signals over the Internet. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania said “it strains credulity to suggest that Congress intended to exempt AM/FM streaming, which is global in nature, while simultaneously limiting retransmissions to specific FCC-defined geographic areas.” Radio broadcasters are exempt from paying royalties to record labels for terrestrial broadcasts of their music, and had hoped to extend that exemption to cover webcasting. The ruling was a major defeat for operators of radio stations,… Read more »

Capitol Hill politicians supportive of getting tunes flowing on the Internet are expected to push legislation Thursday ordering music companies to offer the same price when cutting various deals with Web denizens. Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.), whose home state includes tech giant AOL Time Warner, is slated to hold an early morning press conference detailing the bill, which is being co-sponsored by Rep. Christopher Cannon (R-Utah). The recording industry is expected to launch a massive counteroffensive once the measure is presented in final form. Music execs said it is ridiculous to make a company cut a deal with one venture… Read more »

Wet Seal is teaming up with Epic Records for an in-store appearance by punk upstart Good Charlotte. Good Charlotte will be making a personal appearance at the Wet Seal store at South Park Center in Strongsville, Ohio on Thursday, August 9th at 1 p.m. The band will be signing autographs and CDs, as well as drawing names for prizes, including full-length CDs, posters and signed promotional photos. The in-store event will be supported through advertising on local radio stations. Earlier that day (on August 9th), a lucky winner from a Wet Seal-Epic Records promotion will have toured the Rock and… Read more »

Tragedy struck Smash Mouth this weekend when singer Steve Harwell’s 8-month-old son, Presley Scott Harwell, died of complications from acute lymphatic leukemia. The child had been ill with the disease for only a few weeks, a publicist for the band’s label said. The group had arrived at Minot, North Dakota, Friday afternoon, and was scheduled to play a show at the North Dakota State Fair the next day when Harwell received an emergency phone call that his son had been rushed to the hospital, according to TBA Entertainment promoter Robert Romeo. While Harwell returned home to Las Vegas, his bandmates… Read more »

The Beastie Boys, Alanis Morissette, the Dave Matthews Band and Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio are among the artists banding together in the “New Power Project,” an effort to fight President George W. Bush’s energy plan. The members of the coalition – which also includes Tom Petty, Jackson Browne and Blues Traveler – hope to use their Web sites, online fan mailing lists and tours to get their fans to petition Congress and the Bush administration to alter federal energy policy. “President Bush’s energy plan recommends drilling for oil in the biological heart of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, bringing back… Read more »

Mariah Carey has checked herself into a hospital for “extreme exhaustion,” her spokeswoman said Thursday. Cindi Berger would not say what Carey’s symptoms were or where she was, but said Carey’s busy schedule contributed to her illness and hospitalization Wednesday night. “She’s been working around the clock,” Berger told The Associated Press. In a separate statement, Berger said: “Carey has been hospitalized for extreme exhaustion after completing two movies, ‘Glitter’ and ‘Wise Girls,’ and simultaneously writing, recording and producing her album, the soundtrack ‘Glitter.”‘ Before going to the hospital, the Grammy-winning singer posted a message on her official Web site.… Read more »

MTV announced today the nominees for the “2001 MTV Video Music Awards.” Fatboy Slim tops the list with nine nominations for his video “Weapon of Choice,” which is directed by Spike Jonze and features actor Christopher Walken dancing. In addition, U2 and Alicia Keys will perform at the “2001 MTV Video Music Awards.” It was also announced that the eighteenth annual awards show will broadcast live from New York City’s Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center on Thursday, September 6, 2001 at 8:00PM (LIVE ET/Tape Delayed PT). Additional performers and presenters will be announced soon. Other top nominees tied with… Read more »