Best New Artist is one of those awards that can be hit or miss. It reminds me of our Emerging Hotties list – you stack your chips on the person you think is gonna break out big time and cross your fingers. I remember last year Beliebers almost rioted and murdered Esperanza Spalding when she won the award over Biebs. This year, Bon Iver took the hardware home o… Click to read more

50 Cent’s fifth studio album still has a lot of question marks surronding it but 2 days ago he leaked, “Girls Go Wild” the first single off the as yet to be titled record, which features Jeremih. 50′s garnered a lot of media attention lately, mostly for his intention to cut ties with Interscope but also for his very introspective (borderline suicidal) tweets. Give the new joint a listen and let us know what you think in the comments.

July 6th is 50 Cent’s birthday. On this day, the big guy turns 36. All things considered, it’s a safe bet to assume that 50′s going to have a drink or two and get a lot of loving from the ladies. The ladies love 50 and he loves them back. Just check his Twitter account, chicks are posted up on his ‘timeline’ just throwing their panties at him. But only a certain type of lady gets the magical “RT.” Check out our gallery of 50′s responses to his lady friends on Twitter after the jump.

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We’ve been pretty nostalgic here at COED lately. Earlier today, we showed you candid pics from the 61st and 62nd Academy Awards. In early February, we showed you yearbook photos of a former fat kid turned skinny rock star comedian and a beautiful blonde who went from hoodies to hot hand bras. Now, we turn our attention to the music industry with yearbook photos of 41 famous “rock stars”. While you may notice not everyone in our gallery can be categorized as “rock”, you have to admit they underwent a “rock star” transformation. Can you guess the identities without looking at the captions? See the pics after the jump!

Lady Gaga gets too much credit for merging pop and dance music. This combination can, in fact, be traced back to 2005, in which nearly electro-pop diva went for an ‘80s vibe, and Madonna, Depeche Mode, and New Order revisited their classic sounds. A playlist from five years ago wouldn’t be complete without a synthpop track or dance remix to give that 1980s-but-modern direction. Duran Duran might be dated, but the latest Madonna track? It was the ‘80s without the big hair. Check out this class’s suggested playlist after the jump.

In retrospect, 2003 is the year of reinvention of the pop star. No longer were Disney kids like Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera turning out cutesy songs for the under-17 set – or going through a “Can’t Be Tamed” phase. Instead, both Timberlake and Aguilera – as well as Beyoncé – knew that to have lasting careers, they need to produce songs to appeal to all ages – or at least to those under 30. In 2003, you didn’t need to be embarrassed to add “Crazy in Love” or “Rock Your Body” to your homecoming playlist alongside the latest trance track or The White Stripes. After all, everyone else had been listening to them all summer long, anyway. Check out this class’s suggested playlist after the jump.

Sometimes, a year in pop music ends up a disappointment. After the year of Timbaland that was 2006, 2007 kind of seemed to limp along. Electro acts, such as Groove Armada and Junior Senior, developed a taste for disco, while alternative rock, characterized by The Killers and Franz Ferdinand just a few years ago, went limp and soft. “Indie” might be more introspective, but does that mean less party-friendly, as well? Check out this class’s suggested playlist after the jump.

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Rappers all say or do pretty stupid things at times. Take a look at the picture above and that’s idiocy in a nutshell. Millions of dollars are going out to these performers who come up with the gems we are about to discuss. While at first you may think to yourself, “wow I love this song.” You soon start to ask yourself “but what the heck is he talking about?” We have listened to rap music for 30 years now and have narrowed the worst lyrics down to 14 biggest offenders.

You’ve heard the rumors and yes they are true. Google and Sony Music are a go tonight for the launch of their brand-spanking new music video service Vevo. We got the opportunity to speak with a Vevo Beta-tester this week and he gave the new service rave reviews. It’s essentially a “Hulu for music videos.”

50 Cent took over NYC last night with his MySpace album release show at Highline Ballroom. 50 rocked the crowd for over an hour performing his classic hits as well as songs from his new album Before I Self Destruct, he also welcomed special guests to the stage including his G-Unit crew and Beanie Sigel. Tonight MySpace will be airing the show so make sure you tune-in to myspace.com at 9PM ET/6PM PT.

50 Cent’s new album Before I Self Destruct has been dominating the iTunes charts this week and tonight MySpace will celebrate the release with a party to end all parties at Highline Ballroom in New York City. 50 Cent will be on hand performing his hits along with songs from his new album. It also turns out that this will be MySpace’s 50th album release show, how appropriate right?

A lot of complaints have been said about hip hop, about everything from its glorification of drugs, money, guns and violence to its degradation of women. But never has anyone argued that rap is just too, what’s the word?, gay. Until now. Our friends over at Cracked.com have put their journalism degrees to the test by investigating the dark world of unintentionally gay rap lyrics.

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