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 Few artists have managed to shock, inspire, and entertain the world quite like Ozzy Osbourne . From his beginnings in the smoky streets of Birmingham to becoming the global face of heavy metal, Ozzy’s life has been a mix of chaos, brilliance, and undeniable heart. Whether you know him from the bone-crushing riffs of Black Sabbath , his solo hits like Crazy Train , or the hilarious family moments on The Osbournes , one thing is certain: Ozzy is a legend who refuses to fade . From Birmingham’s Streets to Heavy Metal’s Throne Born John Michael Osbourne in 1948, Ozzy grew up in a working-class neighborhood in Birmingham, UK. Life wasn’t glamorous — factory jobs, petty troubles, and a constant fight to stay afloat. But music was his escape. In 1968, fate introduced him to Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward. Together they formed Black Sabbath , a band that would invent a new genre — heavy metal . The sound was darker, heavier, and more unapologetic than anything the world had...

The pic above is the the new artwork for Madonna's new album 'Rebel Heart'. What better way to gain attention than by creating a little controversy. So this is what the queen of pop did. She launched a campaign on Twitter and Instagram with the hashtag #RebelHeart. She started to photoshop her cover artwork onto famous personalities and took it a bit too far when using images of Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King and also people like Bob Marley. There is also a pic of 'Christ the redeemer' from Brazil. Onto which she photo shopped her artwork. Calling all of them Rebels -- which is true to a large extent. All of them wanted to beat the system and bring about a change. It cost them dear and took a lot of pain and sacrifice. Almost always was a lifetime's worth of work. Seems a little pretentious comparing herself to 'True hearts'. [ Madonna on Instagram -- Madonna on Twitter ]

If you do not wish to keep U2's Songs of innocence on your iTunes and music library. Apple have released an App to get the job Done. Please click here to go to the app.  

By Ilan Nassimi of Fueled Written by the editors at Fueled , an agency thatmakes stunning iPhone apps . You’ve got talent, great ideas, and plenty of ambition. You know that it’s just a matter of time before you’re entrepreneurial spark catches fire and ignites an explosion of consumer interest. Still, even the best young entrepreneurs need to keep their spirits up when things are challenging. These songs will keep you going as you build on your concepts and develop your business. 1.     Billionaire (Travie McCoy) This song captures the heart of the entrepreneur’s dream. McCoy sings about everything he would do if he were a billionaire, about how that fantasy is always lurking, always driving him “every time I close my eyes.” It’s a great inspirational song because it encourages you to keep a vision of what you want your life to be no matter what happens, and to set goals for what you’d do with your success. 2.     Mean (Taylor Swift) When you’re on your journey to the business big lea...

The latest music video by Psy is a masterpiece called 'Gentleman'. The Gangnam style star whose video became the most watched video on YouTube has done it again. Gentleman was uploaded on April 13th, 2013. The month is not yet over and the video is fast coming up to 250 million views. This is in less than a month. Following the success of Gentleman - parodies and flashmobs covering the song are being uploaded to YouTube. Here are a a few of the best and will definitely not be the last. proving once again that Psy is successful on the interwebs and the internet people love him and his music. The parodies and flashmobs will keep rolling out with people rocking to KPop music. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASO_zypdnsQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yTeK340hTs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypZbfZLq0s0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsUS6xQYAf4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6OnPAjOFZw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S8oZB-eSGQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHuYtcz2wk8

2Cellos is a Croatian cello duo consisting of Luka Šulić and Stjepan Hauser. The two got together and uploaded  a cello cover of Michael Jackson's Smooth Criminal. Which did receive a fair amount on YouTube video views online. Since then there has been no turning back for the talented duo. The idea of this post came about because their cover of Nirvana's 'Smells like teen spirit' has made it to the front page of Reddit and has already received about 500 comments. Their debut studio album covers a lot of rock songs but nonce has received as much recognition as 'Smells like teen spirit'. The 2 cellos have done a fantastic job of covering the hit Nirvana single that critiques say defined the music style of an entire generation. So check the video out below and leave a comment with your feedback on 2Cellos. Check out the post on Reddit here . 2Cellos Official Website and Official YouTube channel . An original post by Sociolatte

No Church In The Wild is now trending on Twitter and after you watch the video you will not be surprised, as to why. The video by Kanye West & Jay-Z featuring Frank Ocean & The-Dream draws inspiration from all the Occupy Wall street and other protests that have made international news. Last October Kanye West appears in the Occupy Wall street protests in Manhattan and although there for a brief time the experience must have shown him what happens when people and police clash. The title of the song itself has a lot to say. When you out there and protesting anything can happen. Innocent people can get pepper sprayed and a lot of others can get hurt. The video itself shows damage caused by both protesters and cops.  The video was shot in Prague and shows both protesters and cops at war. The clip is quite savage and depicts what happens when the cops and protesters clash. The video does not take sides and has over 200 extras divided into cops and protesters. The video was released ...

MTV has a brand new feature that is being rolled out slowly and it is being called Artists.MTV. This site will feature artists and they will have to maintain their own space. The reason we are calling it space is because each artist is given their own profile and if you look at their profiles it is like an old MySpace profile. You have Blog Posts, videos, photos, lyrics and more. So with each profile there are whole lot of options to browse and find out more about your favorite artist. Each profile is generated automatically and it is up to the artist to maintain their profile. Once the profile page is generated there is also the ability to earn money from it for the artists. MTV has partnered with Topspin which will essentially allow artists to sell music, merchandise etc and earn money and fame from their profiles, they can also participate with in-ad revenue and get a share from the ads that are displayed on their profiles. If it would work then this would become a popular destinati...

This Windows software comes in handy for musician's who want to play around with their recordings. This handy little app once downloaded will be able to slow down you music or speed it up without altering the pitch. This is especially good if you are a student and want to learn a piece of music at your own pace, with no compromise on music quality. Comes in handy when you want to learn each note in the awesome new lead you want to play on your guitar. This Audio Editing software will let you really work on your music and adjust the tempo, pitch, audio mix and equalizer settings on your piece of music. You can play around with your music track as much as you like and still maintain the original sound quality. Audio editing is not just about cutting out a piece of music from the original track but actually adjusting the volume, pitch temp beat and equalizer settings for optimal sound and more so for the desired sound effect. Once your download BPMinus you can then add all the songs y...

With all the verbal exchanges happening between Israel and Iran over the Iranian nuclear program. Most Israelis are worried that their PM Benjamin Netanyahu might launch a strike against Iran in the near future. To make their voice heard, there is a Facebook page asking their PM to delay any attack plans till after the 29th of  May. If you click the about link on the page this is what is says: Netanyahu, No! no to war with Iran, untill Madonna's tour visit to Israel in may 29th. Clicking on the Info link on the page you get this message: War of any kind is bad, we call or leaders, prime minister Netanyahu and Barak, to avoid any attack of any kind against Iran or whatever, at least until Madonna's tour visit in Israel. god save the queen.  The page is quiet simple and has not been able to get a large number of 'Likes'. As of now it is  179 likes and has 10 people talking about it. There is however a lot of conversation happening and each post has a lot of comments. The ...

Image Credit: inquisitr After the Golden Globes 2012 the world was left with words from Sir Elton John and his husband David Furnish. Both of them criticized Madonna. This spat has been going on for some time now. In fact from 2004. Elton John had said, 'Madonna winning the award - no f---ing chance. when she did win the award for best original song. Elton John did not look too pleased. In fact David Furnish took to his Facebook page to post this as his status update. "Madonna. Best song???? F**k off!!!" it did not stop there as he continued - "Madonna winning Best Original Song truly shows how these awards have nothing to do with merit. Her acceptance speech was embarrassing in it's [sic] narcissism. And her criticism of Gaga shows how desperate she really is." Check the video out below for more.  An original post by Sociolatte

Facebook has launched a new feature using its open graph initiative, called 'Listen with', allowing all Facebook users to listen to music with their friends. This is a real-time feature and if when your on your Timeline and you see a music icon next to a friend's name in the chat sidebar. You can click on that icon and listen to music with your friends. You can also chat about the song as it's playing. This is a brand new feature and gives people connected to each other to listen to music together and enjoy the song at the same time.  How to listen to music together with your friends on Facebook? 1. Login to Facebook 2. Look for the music icon next to your friends name in the Chat Sidebar.  3. Hover over their name in the chat sidebar or the story appearing in ticker Click the Listen With (Friend's Name) button that appears beside their name with the speaker icon If you haven't already opened the same music provider as your friend, click the Open button on the n...

This is a really cool and smart web app to help you find and play Arab India Music. If you have never listened to genre of music below you have been missing out on something. It is one thing to listen to rock but a whole other thing when it gets the middle eastern touch.  The App has been developed by Beshr Kayali as a weekend hack project and therefore has it's limitation. You cannot keep track or save history of music and songs that you're listened to.It works only on Google Chrome and Safari. There is also no way to let the app know what genre you want to listen to.  The Amazing thing about it though is the really cool middle eastern ,music you get to listen to. Sawt is fully compatible with iOS Safari (iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad). The App is fantastic as it brings to the international scene, music that would have otherwise have gone unnoticed. The App also has an upload link for musicians and bands which fall into this category to upload their music and share it with the...

Looks like I still remember all my notes You know how difficult it is to practice reading sheet music. Every person who want to learn music will need to first get used to these staff notes. Web App music notation training comes to the rescue. If you need to practice your music notations you can do so here. The idea is to keep practicing even when you not playing and it's only that that you will be able to get your , e.g.b.d.f and f.a.c.e  right. With this app which is also available for the iPhone and iPad, you get to see the music notations on the stave and there is a space below each note you you to type in the corresponding music note. If you type the right note in the app shows you it's correct and if you type the wrong note then the app will display the correct one. This is one good way to get a hang of music notations. You can also change the clef from treble to bass. Check it out now if you need a little help with speed reading music notes.  Notationtraining.com An origi...

Snoop Dogg has overtaken Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's founder and CEO to become the third most followed person on Google+. Of course in Google+ parlance it would be the third most popular person circled in Google+. With this Snoop has only two more people to overtake to become the most circled person on Google+. The two people above him are Britney Spears and Google' chief Larry Page. Snoop Dogg broke the news on his G+ account with the words.  ay  + Mark Zuckerberg  told ya i was comn for ya spot! . Snoop also posted a image of the same showing his growing popularity on Google+. His team is very active on the service with constant updates for all his fans. In fact Snoopy's team is quiet cool and quick to embrace new media out there. They also have a Hotbox room on Chill. We have already covered Chill and you can read about it here .   It has been noted by many writers that it was celebrities and starts that make social networks like Twitter popular. That might be true to ...

The battel between Google and Apple have now been pushed to a whole new level. With Google launching their music store , which for now is available only in the US. Google has singed-up with most record labels in the US expect Warner Music. The reason Google's store is not available outside of the US is because they have not signed deals with music labels outside of the US.    Song prices range from 69c to 99c and $1.29, the same prices you find on Apple's iTunes. Not having a tie-up with Warner Music will mean that music from band's like Led Zeppelin will not be available. Music from the store will be available to Andriod devices running version 2.2 and above and to help get the service off the ground one free song will be available for download everyday. In an official post regarding the service Google had this to say: The store offers more than 13 million tracks from artists on Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, EMI, and the global independent rights agency...

Justin Bieber's YouTubeVEVO channel is the first to cross the 2 billion mark. This makes him the first person to have so many views and the first artist to cross the 2 billion milestone. Lady Gag was the previous artists who achieved the  1billion total uploaded views no YouTube. Justin now holds the record for crossing the 2 billion mark. This sudden surge of views was because of the release of his song release of the singer's Christmas son 'Mistletoe'.  This record is not all that rosy because some of his videos have made it to the most 'Disliked Videos on YouTube' in this record he stands second only to Rebecca Black and her song 'Friday' which received way more dislikes that likes. In fact Justine's video 'Baby' has a .488 like to dislike ration, which means that for every like there are two dislikes. Many of his videos attract trolls who simply like to hate whatever he does. There are enough hate 'Justin Bieber' pages on Facebook...