Focus Music Notes. "Out of the Blues". Popular music through the decades

The Third World’s first superstar and arguably the most recognizable human being on the planet, reggae giant BOB MARLEY is celebrated this year in a film by award-winning director Kevin MacDonald (‘One Day In September’, ‘State Of Play’, ‘The Last King Of Scotland’, ‘Touching The Void’ and ‘Life In A Day’). ‘MARLEY’, which received a rapturous reception at its premiere at the Berlin Film Festival on Feb 12th, will be released in the UK on 20th April ’12 through Universal Picture s and features stunning live performances, intimate interviews with friends and family, and rare documentary footage, which tells the definitive story of the superstar who rose from the ghetto to become one of the greats of popular music before dying tragically young at the height of his fame. BOB MARLEY was born February 6, 1945 in rural St. Ann’s Parish, Jamaica, leaving home at 14 to pursue a music career in Kingston. A naturally gifted musician and singer he recorded his first track in 1962. In ’72 findi

US superstar in the making Tyga, whose number 1 monster hit “Rack City” introduced him as the latest superstar to emerge from Cash Money Records, the red-hot hip hop label and home to Lil Wayne, Drake & Nicki Minaj, has his eagerly anticipated debut album ”Careless World : Rise Of The Last King” released on March 12th. The album includes “Rack City” one of the biggest tracks of the year so far with well over 1 million downloads sold to date. Tyga, whose cousin is Travie McCoy from Gym Class Heroes, is joined on ”Careless World : Rise Of The Last King” by a stellar cast including Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, Chris Brown, Big Sean and J Cole. The album stormed in at number 1 on the US iTunes chart and European fans will have a chance to see Tyga live as he is close to confirming an extensive European tour during the month of May. Born in Compton 1989 Michael Stevenson - the same town as Hip Hop Legends Dr Dre, NWA, The Game & more, Tyga first came to prominence as one of the featured

WZRD is the alternative to everything because no one is doing what we’re doing. This album is something the world needs to hear,” says Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi of his new genre-bending album with long-time collaborator Dot Da Genius. The album kicks off with a full-instrumental track called “The Arrival” and then continues to take the listener through a journey of intricate sounds, as well as a standout acoustic record called “EFFLICTIM.” Right from the start, it’s evident that this project is a bold move, even for one of the most innovative musicians of the last few years. Cudi and Dot have came a long way since 2006, when the duo would record late into the night in Dot’s family’s East New York apartment. Cudi met Dot through a mutual friend while working at Abercrombie & Fitch and the two began crafting a spacey-melodic sound that was different, and a breath of fresh air for the hip-hop game. Cudi would hum melodies as Dot would construct beats around them, and songs soon came t