SEYMOUR STEIN is stepping down from SIRE RECORDS after a half-century that included signing the RAMONES and MADONNA and—wait, do you need more info than that? OK, he signed ICE-T, too, meaning he is to LAW & ORDER what RICK RUBIN is to NCIS. One of the greats. Sire has long been part of WARNER MUSIC and, at age 76, Stein says he wants to stay in the business but return to his indie roots. Is QOBUZ hiring? Do CHANCE THE RAPPER or FRANK OCEAN want to take a meeting? Flashback to my notes on Seymour after hearing him and HENRY ROLLINS chat about his memoir last week... Did someone mention Chance the Rapper? After threatening, and then un-threatening, to release an album this week, he surprise-dropped four new songs Wednesday night... Are cassettes the new vinyl? They're cheaper and easier to produce, and what they lack in vinyl's pristine sound they make up for in unrivalled grass-rootsiness. And they've got avid fans from Chicago to Chile. MusicSET: "Rewind to the Future: The Unlikely Resurgence of Cassettes"... How long till someone starts an MP3-only label as a nostalgia play? Or is that sort of what BANDCAMP already is? Seymour Stein, think about it... This is from the first batch of presumably a lot of music 03 GREEDO will be releasing from the TEXAS prison that will be his home for the next five to 20 years. STEREOGUM and ROLLING STONE check in with major features on one of 2018's most intriguing rappers... Rap beef of the week: JAY-Z vs. Philadelphia Mayor JIM KENNEY... Gun-control beef of the week: TED NUGENT vs. himself... SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY is coming to NETFLIX in December. The Boss filmed invite-only shows Tuesday night and Wednesday afternoon for the streaming giant, then popped down the street to join BILLY JOEL onstage at MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. Billy's 100th (!) Garden show... Death metal grandma... Philosophical tweet of the week: "does ABBA exist in the MAMMA MIA universe?"... RUTH BADER GINSBURG, the album... I can't not (see what I did there?) post this: SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK! 2018: "DOUBLE NEGATIVE JUNCTION."