Over a year after the untimely death of the Godfather of House music, a Frankie Knuckles greatest hits album called House Masters: Frankie Knuckles will arrive next month. Proceeds of the album will go to the Frankie Knuckles Fund, which is overseen by the Elton John AIDS Foundation.
Less than 24 hours after taking to social media to launch their Kickstarter campaign, De La Soul reached their goal and will begin working on their new album. Congrats guys!
The Rolling Stones will release a deluxe edition of their classic album, Sticky Fingers, in May. The reissues will range from standard CD remasters to box sets.
DJ Trackstar, the Run the Jewels tour DJ has cleaned up the hip-hop duos latest, last year's modern masterpiece Run the Jewels 2 and made it safe for everyone to listen. El-P released the news on Twitter this morning:
if for some reason you want a copy of the clean version of RTJ2, here it is http://t.co/kckUIC1B4g
— el-p (@therealelp) March 31, 2015
"who the hell would want that, el???" DJs who work at places that don't allow uncensored music, for one. calm down.
— el-p (@therealelp) March 31, 2015
very awesome how many parents seem psyched to play the clean version of RTJ2 to their kids, although we take no responsibility for results.
— el-p (@therealelp) March 31, 2015