Tis’ the season for slow news cycles:
- RIAA pledges to stop suing MP3 traders, plans to cut off their Internet access instead (online.wsj.com)
- Scarface becomes latest rapper to claim “retirement” (sohh.com)
- Quannum and Reebok team up for Darfur benefit (quannum.com)
- The Cool Kids draw “mixed results” in licensing ventures with Mountain Dew, Rhapsody (billboard.com via thedailyswarm.com)
- Will.iam uses “Yes I Can” Obama video to promote Black Eyed Peas’ upcoming album on Tavis Smiley’s talk show (hiphopdx.com)
- New Internet-ish: Grip Grand’s Chart Toppers (routinefly.com), Metermaids’ Nightlife in Illinoise (prefixmag.com), GLC’s Similar to the Letter (rubyhornet.com), Legend, DJ Nice and Green Lantern’s Back 2 The Basics (onsmash.com), Berlin Battery compilation with Ben Mono, others (berlinbattery.blogspot.com), Melo-X’s Mustafa’s Renaissance (moovmnt.com), DJ Wristspect’s Bridging the Gap (2dopeboyz.com), Khrysis & Rhettmatic’s On the Boards with the Heat (2dopeboyz.com), Dela’s Atmosphere Airlines Vol. 2 (rappersiknow.com)
