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Recommended Reading: André 3000 chats 'Jimi: All Is by My Side'
Recommended Reading highlights the best long-form writing on technology and more in print and on the web. Some weeks, you'll also find short reviews of books that we think are worth your time. We hope you enjoy the read. Billboard Cover: Andre 3000 Talks Playing Jimi Hendrix, His Seven-Year Disappearing Act and Outkast's Future by Lang Whitaker, Billboard It has been an eventful for year for André Benjamin. Perhaps better known as half of the hip-hop duo Outkast, Benjamin -- or André 3000 -- rejoined Big Boi on a globe-trotting festival tour this year for the pair's 20th anniversary performances. If that weren't enough, Jimi: All Is by My Side, the film where he stars as Jimi Hendrix, is set to hit theaters this weekend. The artist and actor opened up to Billboard on the role, life and rumored new album.
Smule launches AutoRap for iOS and Android, Engadget's editors drop some mad beats (video)
Sure, we're often mistaken for some of hip-hop's illest emcees in our day-to-day lives, but the sad truth is that Engadget's editorial team could use a little help with our flow. Thankfully, technology has come to the rescue, yet again -- this time in the form of AutoRap, the latest app from the people who brought you such mobile blockbusters as I am T-Pain and Songify. Those who've spent time with either of the aforementioned apps know what to expect from this latest addition to the Smule family: talk or rap into your iPhone or Android device, tap the button, and then wait for the magic. AutoRap will go to town, or as Smule puts it: "turn[ing] speech into rap and correct[ing] bad rapping." Talking and rapping are the two primary modes here. With the former, you simply speak into your phone, and the app chops your voice and buries it in a whole mess of autotuney goodness. There's a pretty broad handful of songs at present, including 30 premium tracks from the likes of Snoop Dog, the Beastie Boys, Outkast and Kid Cudi -- naturally, if you want access to those, you're gonna have to pony up some cash, or earn some credits doing things like watching instructional videos or filling out auto insurance quote forms. The free tracks mostly get the job done, however.
Billy Joel and Queen headline SingStore update
Another SingStore update goes live today in Europe. Check out the full list, via Three Speech:English Incubus - Drive Blur - Good Song Sherbet - Howzat Roy Orbison - In Dreams Modest Mouse - Ocean Breathes Salty Trace Adkins - Honky Tonk Badonkadonk Andreas Johnson - Sing For Me Billy Joel - Tell Her About It The Triffids - Wide Open Road Phyllis Nelson - Move Closer Helena Paparizou - My Number One The Fray - You Found Me OutKast - Roses Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water Trace Adkins - You're Gonna Miss This
