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Rap and the discordant collapse of a Beethoven quartet are to feature in a provocative trio of television advertisements aimed at shaking up perceptions of BBC Radio 3.

The deliberately shocking short films, to be broadcast from Friday, feature new work specially created for the radio station and include unconventional jazz sounds created by rapper and saxophonist Soweto Kinch, modern poetry from Alice Oswald and the deconstruction of a Beethoven late quartet into abstract electronic notes, courtesy of composer Matthew Herbert – also known as Doctor Rockit.

They are intended to highlight new work commissioned by the station, which turns 70 years old on Thursday. The adverts conclude with the simple phrase, “Commissioned by Radio 3”.

“I was nervous but excited when I first saw these films,” said Alan Davey, the station’s controller. “We are demonstrating things about us that younger people don’t know. They are very bold, arresting films and if some Radio 3 listeners complain about them I am just going to say this is what Radio 3 has always been about, pioneering sounds, right from when it started in September 1946 as the Third Programme.”




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With the supremely funky rhythm section of Marcus Miller (bass), Lenny Castro (percussion) and Omar Hakim (drums) propelling his piano most of the way -- the other ringers on a few tracks aren't bad either -- you would think that Joe Sample couldn't miss on this solo outing, Spellbound. Indeed, his distinctive piano cannot be mistaken for anyone else's, free of the usual mainstream influences and always a pleasure to groove to. And yet there is something too comfortable, too settled, too automatic about the musicmaking here, as if the grooves are being smothered by a warm, snuggly electric blanket. Another problem is the material; not much leaps into your memory banks. Nor is it meant to, perhaps, since the gently sustained electronic textures suggest that this is, above all, high-class background music. Al Jarreau, Michael Franks and Take 6 -- all Warner Bros. signees, natch -- put in characteristic cameo vocal appearances on one track apiece, and a background choir sings "Luna en New York" in Spanish.

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Q-Tip paid tribute to Mobb Deep's Prodigy on his Beats 1 radio show with a two-hour play list dedicated to the rapper's classic tracks. Prodigy died Tuesday at the age of 42.




Rapper Prodigy died at the age of 42, but his legacy of mixing street-level grit with emotional heft lives on

"We lost a big one. I'm about to take y’all through the zone…you know what it is. Prodigy from Mobb Deep. Rest in peace. Rest in power to the brother…his whole family. The whole Johnson Family and all that. Celebrating the life and the legacy of Mobb Deep’s Prodigy. We love you, baby."

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Thirty Seconds to Mars will celebrate the 4th of July with a video project that relies on fans' footage to create "a filmed portrait of the country."



He was a wild child who became an Oscar winner — and with 'Suicide Squad,' the screen's most iconic, anarchic supervillain

The "A Day in the Life of America" project will "capture 24 hours in the life of our country on Independence Day," frontman Jared Leto said in a trailer for the film.

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Gwen Stefani is facing a lawsuit from a fan that broke their leg during one of the singer's concerts. Live Nation is also listed as a defendant in the lawsuit, which seeks compensatory and punitive damages.




In the federal complaint filed Friday, Lisa Keri Sticklin accuses the No Doubt singer of causing a "crowd rush" at a Charlotte, North Carolina gig in July 2016 that resulted in Sticklin suffering several injuries including a broken tibia.
According to Sticklin, Stefani encouraged fans sitting in the lawn portion of the PNC Pavilion to rush into the reserved seated half of the amphitheater, Courthouse News reports.

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Jay-Z's 4:44 "debuted" at Number One on the Billboard 200, a week after the rapper's latest LP went instant platinum but was ruled ineligible due to chart rules.




4:44, Jay-Z's 14th Number One album, sold 262,000 total copies – and 174,000 traditional copies – after the album's weeklong Tidal exclusivity expired and the LP popped up on other streaming services, digital music stores and compact disc.

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For his fourth album, Steve Aoki, one of EDM's great showmen, has teamed with some of the biggest names in hip-hop. On Kolony, he abandons the trademark electro-house pulse of his Neon Future albums, instead diving into a booming and colorful trap-centric sound alongside modern stars like Migos, Gucci Mane, 2 Chainz, Lil Yachty and more. Rolling Stone caught up with Aoki to talk about the Kolony project, working with rap's newest generation and how the worlds of EDM and hip-hop continue to bridge.

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