Tickets for the 2010 Coachella Festival go onsale Friday. Pretty solid line-up.

Full press release after the jump. (more…)

Speaking of Jay-Z…

Nardwuar is now on WFMU.

Ticketholders for the Jay-z show in Columbus at the Schottenstien Center have nothing to worry about. Jay is still performing in Columbus tonight.

According to several sources including Thisis50.com, the Jay-z and Alicia Keys World Series duet will take place tomorrow because the weather in New York is Iffy today.

So Columbus, you can go see Jay-z at the Schott and then hit up the Whud-up Wednesday’s afterparty at Club Icon.

Amazon is selling the new Jay-Z album for only $3.99. Since moving to New York last week, this has been the soundtrack, for better or worse. It blasts out of cars, buildings, everywhere.

Jay-Z filled in for Beastie Boys at All Points West this weekend….

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Salute. Black Nationalism is the new Patriot Act.

 Today marks the official beginning of Barack Obama’s presidency.  The above video is of Young Jeezy’s “My President is Black”  being performed live in  Washington, DC on the eve of this historic day. The album verison of “My President” has Nas. But once again Nas lost; Nasir  didn’t make it DC, I guess. Jay-z raps instead,  jokingly saying “My president is black but he is infact  half-white. So even in a racist’s mind he is alright.” I still love Jeezy’s verse though for the line, “Be all that you can be. Don’t that sound like some dumb shit.”

 Congrats America. You can look at yourself in the mirror for the first time in awhile.

Normally I would never advocate being involved with politics. And I would especially never advocate downloading a political mixtape that involves Jay-Z. But if Mkkkain wins we will be forced to hear a bunch of coward liberals complaining all the time about shit they have no intention of doing anything about. So I want Obama to win so that I won’t have look at most the political people around me as lazy, uninteresting and impotent. I am also voting for Obama because he got Young Jeezy’s endorsement. And Jeezy is about his people, his paper and proper mental health. Sidney Portier, what it do. Russell Simmons, and Green Lantern prolly have other reasons. So they put this tape together.

Green Lantern+Russell Simmons-Barack Obama:Yes We Can Mixtape

1. Intro 
2. David Banner,Busta Rhymes,Talib Kweli “Black President” Rmx pt1 * 
3. Barack Obama “Stand Up”* 
4. Nas Speaks on Politics 
5. Styles P and Cassidy “Make It Out”* 
6. Jay-Z Speaks “The American Dream” 
7. Barack Obama “One Mic, One People” 
8. Russell Simmons Speaks on Obama 
9. Joe Budden,Twista,John Mayer “Waiting on the World to Change 2008? 
10. Angie Martinez “Yes We Need A Mixtape!!” 
11. Kanye West,Malik Yusef “Promised land 
12. Wale,Rhymefest,Christina K, Royce 529 “Black President” RMX Pt2* 
13. Barack Obama “My Life”* 
14. Jay-z “Lick a Shot”* 
15. Russell Simmons on Change 
16. Wyclef “Obama for President” 
17. Charles Hamilton “The Moment” 
18. Find ur Dreams (interlude) * 
19. George Bush’s Highlight Reel 
20. Mikkey Halsted “King George” * 
21. Obama on Hip-Hop 
22. Joel Ortiz feat Dante Hawkins “Letter To Obama” * 
23. Akon , U.M. “Aint No Sunshine” * 
24. Qadir, Dwayne (Invasion) “Its My Time 
25. Johnny Polygon (Invasion),Amanda Diva “Colorblind” * 
26. Mavado “We Need Barack” * 
27. Jay-Z / Gabe Real “What We Need” (Speech) 
28. Qadir “Yes We Can” Outro

Well according to a XXL Magazine report, Jay-z has stepped down as Def Jam’s President. Joe Buddens, Cam’ron, Method Man, LL Cool J and a zillion other New York artists have been clamoring about Jay-z’s percieved selfishness for sometime. According to XXL, Jay-z will stay on Def Jam subsidary Roc-a-Fella Records as a recording artist.