Tha Trapp will be dropping their mixtape, Block Music Soundtrack To The Streets, on August 21st. They are one of the rising stars out here on the west coast. Thier full album is expected to be released on WC's label Big Swang Records later this year. To check out tracks from the mixtape and to purchase it on the 21st, hit them up at www.myspace.com/thatrapp. info via: Illuminati2G.Com

Today August 14th, Ice Cube's independent imprint Lench Mob Records, will released "GUILTY BY AFFILIATION," the new solo album from west coast hip hop and rap icon and Westside Connection member, WC (aka Dub C). The label boldly hails "GUILTY BY AFFILIATION" as the best west coast album of the year and as exactly what fans expect from an Ice Cube-produced project -- 100% west coast gangsta rap with ...

The author of "Guerrilla Music Marketing Handbook" offers independent artists, managers, promoters, record label owners, and music service providers a Quick Access Guest Pass to his new indie music promotion resources web site, www.MusicMarketingInsiders.comThe start of the new year brings with it a new, power-packed way for independent artists, managers and promoters to get the music marketing ideas and tools they need to take their careers to the next level. ...

By K.C. Jones, Christmas Day brought a dramatic surge in online traffic to sites that offer music downloads. Hitwise, which monitors Internet traffic trends, reported a 413% increase in traffic to iTunes on the holiday in 2006 over 2005. The companyi attributed the ...

Andy Gould and Dan Dalton's Spectacle Entertainment Group has entered into a strategic alliance with Front Line Management, the Los Angeles-based firm headed by Irving Azoff and Howard Kaufman.Gould and Dalton established Spectacle Entertainment Group in 2005, following their departure from the Firm. With the alliance, Spectacle will tap into Front Line's relationships in the industry, Gould told Billboard.biz."To align myself with someone who is ...