November 15, 2024

Review Category : TMZ Music News

Eminem Revives Raw Raps On Tony Touch’s ‘Symphony In H’

Before Marshall Mathers became a multiplatinum rap juggernaut, he was an underground mixtape rap juggernaut. So with a new album release looming, Eminem makes a return to his roots on Tony Touch's "Symphony in H."

There's no catchy hook, or radio friendly beat. Instead, there is just a minute-and-a-half of unfiltered Slim Shady rhymes. The track will appear on Tony Touch's upcoming The Piece Maker 3: Return of the 50 MC's album when it drops on July 9, but on Tuesday night (June 18), Toca premiered it on his Shade 45 satellite radio show. "Don't ask me wassup with the hoes, I'm still working the kinks out/ Love stinks, that explains all this anger that's spilling out, and I ain't chilling out/ Got an Oscar, but I'm still a grouch/ I use as a door stop and a prop for the broken leg for the couch," Em begins his free-associative verse.

And it wouldn't be vintage Eminem if he didn't ruffle a few celebrity feathers. "Hell yeah I nailed J. Lo — to the railroad," he rhymed.

For his upcoming album, Touch promises contributions from KRS-One, Black Thought of the Roots and the LOX. "Nothing soft, no singy-songy, just straight to the gut hip-hop," Tony said on "RapFix Live" in May.

We're still not sure which direction Em is taking on his upcoming and as-yet-untitled LP, but his DJ Alchemist is promising some big things. "That's my boss. I DJ for him and I'm not at liberty to speak on much, but you know his caliber and what he does," the lauded ...

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Shailene Woodley, Miles Teller Find Love In Exclusive ‘Spectacular Now’ Trailer

Before they hop aboard the "Shailene Woodley and Miles Teller will find love in "The Spectacular Now."

Based on the novel by Tim Tharp and written for the screen by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber — whom you may know as the men behind the Joseph Gordon-Levitt charmer "(500) Days of Summer" — "The Spectacular Now" follows hard-partying high-school senior Sutter (Miles Teller), who's just living in the moment ... whiskey tumbler and all.

But as this MTV News exclusive trailer shows, things change for Sutter when he's dumped by his popular girlfriend (Brie Larson) and discovered by Aimee (Woodley) passed out on a stranger's lawn.

The two begin a tentative friendship (they do come from different social strata, after all), but as relationships of this sort are wont to do, it quickly evolves into so much more.

"Do you not see that I'm bad for you?" Sutter pleads with Aimee after she declares her love for the aimless teen. "You need to get away from me." Can a future exist for the young loves outside of the spectacular now?

Woodley and Teller have been garnering plenty of praise for their turns in this coming-of-age drama, including a Special Jury Prize for Acting at this year's Sundance Film Festival, where the movie debuted.

When we spoke with Teller and Woodley in Park City, Utah, they placed much of the credit with the story: one that captures the teen experience — warts and all.

"It's a tough time to be a kid," Teller said. "This is very real. You see the behind-the-scenes. It's great. ...

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Hunter Hayes Toasts <i>Encore</i> With ‘Crazy’ New York Show

NEW YORK — Grammy-nominated country star Hunter Hayes just dropped his new album Encore on Tuesday and celebrated the release in the best way possible — with his beloved Hayniacs. Fans lined up around the block and wore their 'I Love Hunter' T-shirts for the "I Want Crazy" singer, who performed a two-hour set at Webster Hall as part of MTV's Artist to Watch LIVE series. From fan art winners to Twitter questions AND a performance of almost the entire Encore album, fans went, well, crazy.

To kick things off, Hayes performed four acoustic songs, including "Somebody's Heartbreak," to screaming fans in the smaller studio part of the New York City venue before returning for his headlining set in the main ballroom. "I just felt like I wasn't done with this chapter," Hayes said in regards to Encore, which is the deluxe re-release of his self-titled 2011 album. "It's special to celebrate with a show."

The 21-year-old hand-picked openers Ashley Monroe and Striking Matches, both up-and-coming Nashville, Tennessee, country artists. Monroe and Hayes will be reunited again for CMT's Let's Be Crazy Tour in Knoxville, Tennessee, this October.

Something that shouldn't surprise Hayes on the fall tour is the overwhelming support of his fans. In between songs at Webster Hall, Hayes always made sure to reply to the hordes of girls yelling, "I love you Hunter!" by saying, "Well, I love you too!" Though he may seem all calm, cool and collected onstage, Hayes admitted during the Twitter Q&A session with MTV's Christina Garibaldi that he still gets ...

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‘Anchorman 2’ Trailer: Salon-Quality Hair Is Back!

Nothing lasts forever, especially not polyester leisure suits, blow-dried bangs, cheesy mustaches or casual sexism. That's the message we all learned when the trailer for dropped like a dust- and cologne-covered disco ball on Tuesday.

In it, we see Ron Burgundy ((Will Ferrell),) Brick Tamland (Steve Carell), Brian Fantana (Paul Rudd) and Champ Kind (David Koechner) pack up the motor home and move from San Diego to New York to help launch a 24-hour news channel.

"I'm going to do the thing that God put Ron Burgundy on this Earth to do," says a rough-looking Burgundy. "Have salon-quality hair and read the news." And they're not alone, either.

Dim-witted weatherman Tamland has a new love interest in Kristen Wiig, who he woos with killer pick-up lines like, "Your hair looks like wet popcorn." He may actually have met his match, this times, since she responds, "I like the parts of your face that are covered with skin."

Burgundy realizes there's not enough Sex Panther in the world, though, to compete with another rising star at the network, devilishly handsome anchor James Marsden ("X-Men"). Among the returning faces are Christina Applegate, Vince Vaughn and Luke Wilson, as well cameos from Harrison Ford, Nicole Kidman, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jim Carrey, Liam Neeson, Kanye West
 and Tina Fey.

As if to prove that you can take the man out of the 70s but you can't take the 70s out of the man, the clip ends with Burgundy at a dinner with his new black girlfriend Meagan Good, explaining to her horrified family ...

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Nick Lachey’s Package Tour Highlight: ‘16,000 Women Screaming At You’

Much like the fans who show up night after night, Nick Lachey is having a blast on the Package Tour.

Since last month, the guys from 98 Degrees, Boyz II Men and New Kids on the Block have been bringing their boy-band fever to cities across the U.S. The highlight so far? The screaming ladies, of course!

"Well you know when you're onstage and there's 16,000 women screaming at you, it's just miserable. It's the worst working conditions," Lachey joked to MTV News. "No, it's amazing! Every night is a great new crowd, full of people who want to be there 'cause they love the music, they love the groups. A lot of people, obviously, it's the Package Tour so insert your own joke there, but it is a great package."

Lachey, host of new show shared that they are equally enthusiastic backstage during the meet and greets as they are onstage.

"It's hard to describe the amount of anticipation these women have for the moment they get to come and meet [NKOTB's] Donnie Wahlberg or meet [BIIM's] Shawn Stockman or meet Drew Lachey. It's a cool vibe going on backstage," he described. "There's a lot of women; there's a lot of tailgating and pre-partying going on, which we encourage. We always sound better when people have had a few drinks. But, no, it's just a lot of fun top to bottom, a great show and the crowd's been great."

But if you can't make it backstage, 98 Degrees have yet another way for you to meet them. "Well ...

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Danielle Bradbery Wins ‘The Voice’

"The Voice" season four crowns Danielle Bradbery as its youngest champion ever on Tuesday (June 18). After grueling weeks of battles and live shows including phenomenal final performances last night, Team Blake's country prodigy beat fellow teammates the Swon Brothers and Team Usher's Michelle Chamuel to win the coveted title.

When the lights dimmed and the announcement was revealed, a stunned Bradbery, who didn't "know what to think," broke into happy tears, unable to finish her solo "Born to Fly."

While the race was too close to call, the 16 year-old Bradbery was a front-runner from the start, turning all four coaches chairs, eventually landing on Blake Shelton's team. Leading his "dream team," Bradbery was often referred to by her coach as the "most important artist" in country music today, carrying the torch of the genre to the next generation. What's harder to believe is the fact that the young Texan had her first major performance on the blind auditions.

She faced stiff competition against another fan favorite — Michelle Chamuel. The adorable misfit, who received praise from the likes of Taylor Swift, held strong as the first runner-up, followed by the competition's underdogs, Oklahoma natives, the Swon Brothers.

The NBC ratings juggernaut did not disappoint either, leaving its rabid audience with a finale featuring a list of musical all-stars that seemed endless.

It was hard not to "Feel This Moment" as Mr. Worldwide a.k.a. Pitbull opened the show with the svelte Christina Aguilera. The fun-filled performance — chock full of confetti and dancers — ...

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Danielle Bradbery Wins ‘The Voice’

"The Voice" season four crowns Danielle Bradbery as its youngest champion ever on Tuesday (June 18). After grueling weeks of battles and live shows including phenomenal final performances last night, Team Blake's country prodigy beat fellow teammates the Swon Brothers and Team Usher's Michelle Chamuel to win the coveted title.

When the lights dimmed and the announcement was revealed, a stunned Bradbery, who didn't "know what to think," broke into happy tears, unable to finish her solo "Born to Fly."

While the race was too close to call, the 16 year-old Bradbery was a front-runner from the start, turning all four coaches chairs, eventually landing on Blake Shelton's team. Leading his "dream team," Bradbery was often referred to by her coach as the "most important artist" in country music today, carrying the torch of the genre to the next generation. What's harder to believe is the fact that the young Texan had her first major performance on the blind auditions.

She faced stiff competition against another fan favorite — Michelle Chamuel. The adorable misfit, who received praise from the likes of Taylor Swift, held strong as the first runner-up, followed by the competition's underdogs, Oklahoma natives, the Swon Brothers.

The NBC ratings juggernaut did not disappoint either, leaving its rabid audience with a finale featuring a list of musical all-stars that seemed endless.

It was hard not to "Feel This Moment" as Mr. Worldwide a.k.a. Pitbull opened the show with the svelte Christina Aguilera. The fun-filled performance — chock full of confetti and dancers — ...

Read More →

Danielle Bradbery Wins ‘The Voice’

"The Voice" season four crowns Danielle Bradbery as its youngest champion ever on Tuesday (June 18). After grueling weeks of battles and live shows including phenomenal final performances last night, Team Blake's country prodigy beat fellow teammates the Swon Brothers and Team Usher's Michelle Chamuel to win the coveted title.

When the lights dimmed and the announcement was revealed, a stunned Bradbery, who didn't "know what to think," broke into happy tears, unable to finish her solo "Born to Fly."

While the race was too close to call, the 16 year-old Bradbery was a front-runner from the start, turning all four coaches chairs, eventually landing on Blake Shelton's team. Leading his "dream team," Bradbery was often referred to by her coach as the "most important artist" in country music today, carrying the torch of the genre to the next generation. What's harder to believe is the fact that the young Texan had her first major performance on the blind auditions.

She faced stiff competition against another fan favorite — Michelle Chamuel. The adorable misfit, who received praise from the likes of Taylor Swift, held strong as the first runner-up, followed by the competition's underdogs, Oklahoma natives, the Swon Brothers.

The NBC ratings juggernaut did not disappoint either, leaving its rabid audience with a finale featuring a list of musical all-stars that seemed endless.

It was hard not to "Feel This Moment" as Mr. Worldwide a.k.a. Pitbull opened the show with the svelte Christina Aguilera. The fun-filled performance — chock full of confetti and dancers — ...

Read More →