Weak year in hip-hop? Cnet buys Metacritic. iTunes to jack up prices? Doom on your iPod.

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Different Kitchen on the lack of solid hip-hop this year / Byron Crawford give his take

Cnet acquires Metacritic (Please keep Prefixmag CD reviews up)

Coming soon...higher prices at iTunes? (Bad idea)

Play Doom on your iPod? (via: Gizmodo) (Insane.)

Village Voice on Sufjan Stevens / Pelican /  Antony and the Johnsons

Man vows to go to every single Starbucks (Great PR for Starbucks.  5,715 total Starbucks, he claims to have gone to 4,775.  Well, he's farther along than Sufjan and the states thing.) 

Mark Cuban goes after  "digital Joe McCarthy"

John Vanderslice interview

Businessweek ponders if using strikethroughs on blogs are real corrections ("This what I read: Pitchfork is looking for some new lackeys interns") (The answer is obvious)

Kevin Devine signs with Capitol

Proof talks about his new album Searching for Jerry Garcia ("I called his estate, and I couldn't believe they gave me permission [to use the name]!" says the rapper. "They didn't ask for money. So I'm like a disciple, preaching the gospel of Jerry Garcia. The dude is phenomenal.") (Rappers give the best quotes)

Nigeria cracking down on email scams (I haven't gotten one of those in months)

The new Big Air competition thought up by Danny Way at this year's X-Games is insane (I don't know how, but skateboarding continues to get bigger and also more technical every year)

Searching for Amazon.com and iTunes customer service phone numbers (I can't speak on iTunes, but it's a pain it's a real chore to find out Amazon's number)

Q: How do I become a millionaire?  A: Start a search engine. (" Indeed.com has sold a minority stake in its company for $5 million")

Odds on the next major leaguer to get caught for 'roids (Giambi is the favorite)

CBGB's shows not sold out!

NY Times: Germany's Rap Music Veers Toward the Violent

Vaginas R Us (L.A. is weird)

M.I.A. at Summerstage (via: Brooklyn Vegan / One Louder)

iLounge reviews Shure's E4c Sound Isolating Earphones (Only $299 people)

Across the Narrows tix ($55 for one day or $100 for both days or $250 for VIP) (Brooklyn Vegan / Central Village / One Louder / Yeti Don't Dance)

Hot97 agrees to stop its smackfest contest (Never heard it, but the news piece says "women slap each other for prizes".  WTF)

Google's Firefox toolbar jacking links