Diplo

Essential Track: Brazilian beat of M. Takara 3, 'Rei da Cocada'

2013-06-06 08:58:00

One of the blessings of listening to music for a living is the bounty of unexpected sounds that arrives from around the world, seemingly out of nowhere, on a daily basis. Yes, the inbox is filled with download links, .zip files and streams -- more than...

Coachella 2013: For Major Lazer and New Order, nostalgia is key

2013-04-21 09:24:00

Major Lazer, like many dance-hall and EDM artists, traffics in nostalgia via sentimental ’80s and ’90s samples. New Order, a band that helped forge the sound of dance music decades ago, traffics in the nostalgia of its own songs. At...

Snoop Dogg was gangsta; Snoop Lion is Rasta

2013-03-16 07:30:00

Snoop Dogg had come to Burbank to let loose the lion. Engulfed by a haze of marijuana smoke thick as London fog in a hotel suite high above the so-called Media Capital of the World, the gangsta rap superstar surrendered himself to a hairdresser's...

Five reggae jams that blow away Snoop Lion's new 'No Guns Allowed'

2013-03-21 06:05:00

On Wednesday morning, the artist also known as Snoop Dogg unveiled the newest work under his reggae pseudonym, Snoop Lion. The rapper from Long Beach announced last year that he’d decided on both a new name and style of music he’d be making...

Review: 'Reincarnated' gets personal with Snoop Lion

2013-03-14 18:16:00

First he was Snoop Doggy Dogg, then simply Snoop Dogg. Now, 20 years after the release of his debut single as a solo artist — the still-vibrant "Who Am I (What's My Name?)" — the laid-back rapper from Long Beach has altered his identity once...

New single from Psy due out next month

2013-03-09 13:41:00

He's baa-aack. Not long after his "Gangnam Style" video became the first on YouTube to be viewed 1 billion times, Psy revealed Friday that he's set to release a follow-up single on April 13. The Korean pop star made the announcement in -- what else? --...

Snoop Lion's 'Reincarnated' out April 23; documentary lands in March

2013-02-28 15:40:00

Snoop Dogg has been called many things over the course of his two-decade career -- Snoop Doggy Dogg, Bigg Snoop Dogg and Snoop D-O Double G are just a few of the monikers. When the multi-platinum rapper announced last summer that he’d been...

Dance meme alert: The Harlem Shake blows up, and so does Baauer

2013-02-13 09:16:00

If you're like us, chances are you've been itching for a new dance craze, and maybe even woke up Wednesday morning looking to try out a few new maneuvers. Good news: In the last couple of weeks a classic has been revived for a new decade: the Harlem...

Music in Vegas 2013: Zedd, Def Leppard, Diplo, Boys II Men, more

2013-01-07 16:25:00

Those looking for further evidence that electronic dance music has consolidated its power on the Las Vegas Strip need look no further than Monday's announcement of 2013 residencies at the Wynn Las Vegas. A veritable feast of electronic dance music...

Review: Alex Clare stays too far away at Fonda Theatre

2012-11-30 12:38:00

Is Alex Clare a singer or a song? In October this bearded Brit reached No. 7 on the Hot 100 with “Too Close,” a dubstep-inflected power ballad originally released on YouTube in early 2011. Co-produced by the cool-hunting hitmaker Diplo,...

Album review: Usher's 'Looking 4 Myself'

2012-06-12 16:38:14

Afrojack and Richie Hawtin on electronic dance music

2012-06-14 16:37:35

-raised producer born Marquis Gasque says the "fun and polished" sounds of Sean "Diddy" Combs' early hits are part of the reason his beats sound kinetic. The dark, near-Gothic undertones come from listening to his uncle's DMX CDs.

2013-02-19 13:51:17

Armed with a new album ("Master of My Make-Believe," due May 1), the impossible-to-classify singer brings her bombastic pop to Baltimore.

2012-04-15 00:00:00