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After Baauer’s ‘Harlem Shake’ Goes Viral, Two Sampled Artists Go Unpaid

The rise of Baauer's "Harlem Shake" began innocently (albeit annoyingly) enough, but the consequences of a gazillion plebes going totally ham to that trap-rave track…
Chris Martins / March 12, 2013

Who Charted? Bruno Fire Sale Locks Thom Yorke Out of ‘Billboard’ Heaven

First! Well, this is a far better week for chart-watchers than the dreary downward spiral that preceded it. After nearly three months of elbow grease and…
Chris Martins / March 6, 2013

Stevie Wonder, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and More Round Out Hangout Fest 2013 Lineup

It's about to get Hotter than July (in May!) because the Gulf Shores, Alabama beachside bash known as Hangout Fest has just rounded out their…
Christopher R. Weingarten / March 6, 2013

‘Harlem Shake’ Miners Fired After Underground Video Surfaces

All right, Baauer's "Harlem Shake" is getting out of hand now. After gentrifying trap-rave, topping the Billboard's Hot 100 chart, getting a 17-year-old arrested, fueling…
Kyle McGovern / March 4, 2013

Watch the Simpsons Do Their Very Own ‘Harlem Shake,’ Homer Style

Well, this was an inevitability as Baauer's "Harlem Shake" slowly worms its way into the very fabric of the universe. As a side effect of…
Chris Martins / March 1, 2013

Who Charted? Mumford Are Still Winning and Baauer Is Still (Harlem) Shaking

First! Yeah, it's still Mumford and Sons on top, with Babel riding that Album of the Year Grammy high all the way to the bank…
Chris Martins / February 27, 2013

Reggaeton Voice Behind ‘Harlem Shake’ Sample Prays Over Suing Baauer

As George W. Bush so memorably put it, "Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists." Now, it looks like a line…
Philip Sherburne / February 23, 2013

‘Harlem Shake’ High Schooler Arrested for Starting Flash Mob

The "Harlem Shake" viral video phenomenon almost had its first martyr in a 17-year-old high school senior from Queens. Forest Hills student Arnis Mehmetaj was arrested…
Chris Martins / February 22, 2013

How Baauer’s ‘Harlem Shake’ Hit the Jackpot Under Billboard’s New Hot 100 Rules

Buoyed by a recent dance-video craze built around a 35-second snippet of the song, Baauer's "Harlem Shake" entered Billboard's Hot 100 chart in the No.
Philip Sherburne / February 21, 2013

Who Charted? Mumford’s Towering ‘Babel’ Gets Big Grammys Boost

First! SPIN hopes you're happy, America. You wanted "prissy shambling" and "polite hoedowns" all wrapped up in a "bland but biblically titled" package and boy, did…
Chris Martins / February 21, 2013

Baauer’s ‘Harlem Shake’: Gentrification Goes Viral

Baauer's "Harlem Shake," that squeaky, wubby trap-dance instrumental that has, over the past few weeks, gone full-on viral thanks to endless videos of people dancing…
Brandon Soderberg / February 19, 2013

Azealia Banks Tries to Ruin Career With More Deep Thoughts About Anti-Gay Slurs

Azealia Banks might've just reached for her Poland Spring bottle. Like supposed Republican savior Marco Rubio, who blew his State of the Union response less…
Marc Hogan / February 15, 2013

Just Blaze and Baauer Take Trap-Rave ‘Higher’ With Jay-Z Sample

It was only a matter of time before Just Blaze unleashed a track like "Higher," but it's still immensely satisfying that he's done it in…
Marc Hogan / January 18, 2013
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