Ugly Duckling is a group that we here at 4080 have covered before.  In fact, I even went so far as to say this:
Ugly Duckling is one of the the dopest hip hop groups around. They definitely don’t get anywhere near enough credit, often being disregarded as “silly”. As three dudes from Long Beach who definitely don’t take themselves too seriously, I think they’re exactly what hip hop needs to appeal to a wider audience.
With all of that still being said, I must say with some trepdiation that the new …

I can’t tell you how much I love the internet.  It’s the eternal time-waster, but it also lets me get exposed to things I never would have seen otherwise.  Playing for Change is just one such example.
This movie (brought to me courtesy of Metafilter) is fascinating.  The filmmaker went to a variety of different countries all over the world, and had different musicians sing/play along to the song Stand By Me.  He then layered the tracks together and created a pretty amazing song.  Check it out below.

Lifehacker has run a post on a program called LastSharp.  At a glance, LastSharp will let you download those Last.fm tunes that you so greatly admire.
Not that we endorse it, of course.
Use it here.

As a quick update to a previous post, reporting that Death Row Records had been sold at auction, it turns out that the sale has been annulled.  AllHipHop.com is reporting that the deal failed after a lawsuit by trustees of the label and members of Suge Knights estate.
I guess the argument is that the company that promised to buy the label hasn’t yet paid anything, and instead has just been asking for extensions.
The crazy part of the story is that shortly after the judge granted the annullment of this contract, …

In following our various other posts about online mixtapes and such, we want to bring MixTurtle to your attention.
In the same vein as some of the other sites out there, you are able to search for the songs/artists you want to add, and the simple and smooth interface will do the rest.  Once you enter a search (it even prompts you for things you may be trying to type) it lists all the tracks in can find that match.  A simple click of the ittle plus sign next to it …

If you remember, way back in April, we briefly covered the presumptive presidential candidates favourite music.  At that time, John McCain had not really let any kind of full list go.  Now we have it.  Blender Magazine (the unloved offspring of Maxim) has compiled a list of the candidates’ own choosing.
Check it out below.
John Mccain’s Top Ten
1. Dancing Queen ABBA
2. Blue Bayou Roy Orbison
3. Take a Chance On Me ABBA
4. If We Make It Through December Merle Haggard
5. As Time Goes By Dooley Wilson
6. Good Vibrations The Beach Boys
7. What …

I know, product placement blows, but I think this one’s okay since I highly date anyone’s going to run out and buy a Zune because of it.
Still, I think this is a pretty wicked commercial, and thought I’d give y’all a chance to see it.

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In the latest of our string of posts about ways to listen to music online for free, 4080Records proudly presents Deezer.
As far as we can tell, Deezer is a french website that lets you stream popular music from a variety of wicked bands.  For example, click here to check out Portishead’s album Third, which was only released a month or so ago.
So far, it’s on the up-and-up.  Deezer has negotiated with the French version of RIAA and have somehow worked out a deal to stream this content.  Record companies seem …

The lineup for this festival looks unreal.  It goes on August 22nd – August 24th.  If you’re ANYWHERE near the area, you better be going.
The Outside Lands Festival is like Rock the Bells for alternative music.  They’ve got some huge names playing, from Radiohead and Beck, to Tom Petty.  For the hip hoppers, they’ve got Lupe, Little Brother, the Cool Kids, and Canada’s own K’Naan.
There are craploads more too.  Broken Social Scene will be there, Stars, even Ben Harper and Jack Johnson.  A one-day ticket will cost you $85, and …

In Iraq there is a whole genre of music designed to extol the virtues of fighters for Muqtada al-Sadr.  It’s gotten so popular that the Iraqi government has actually banned distributing it or even playing it in public.  NPR Radio has run a report on this little fiasco and it’s a fascinating read.  The man you see pictured above is the creator of a song called “taste the IED” a ridiculous and awful homage to these militamen.
The fear is that this type of music will obviously fuel hatred and encourage …