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Some Music news... Ciara will release her long awaited album One Woman Army in June. The album features the newest single Body Party produced by Mike Will Made It. The song was written by Ciara and her boo thang Future. One Woman Army sports appearances by Rick Ross and Nicki Minaj. Remember the group Cherish? They released the hit single Do It To It. Now the group has reformed and plans to release a new single Going In Circles to be released on March 8 as well as another single Get That Boy available March 15.

Rasheeda has been bubbling under the radar for many years now but I think she is comfortable being under the radar. A few years ago she had a song called "My Bubblegum" that you may be familiar with. If you are not well check out this video featuring the group Cherish but it only looks like two of them instead of four. ---------------- Now playing: Public Announcement - John Doe via FoxyTunes

Keri Hilson is currently burning up the charts with her hit single, "Turnin Me On" featuring Lil' Wayne. Her oft-delayed album, "In A Perfect World" will be in stores March 24. Awhile back I posted the albums cover art and now courtesy of Amazon I have the albums official tracklisting. You can check it out below! 1. Intro 2. Turnin Me On ft. Lil Wayne 3. Get Your Money Up ft. Keyshia Cole & Trina 4. Return The Favor ft. Timbaland 5. Knock You Down ft. Neyo 6. Slow Dance 7. Make Love 8. Intuition 9. How Does It Feel 10. Hey Girl ft. T-Pain & Lil Jon 11. Alienated 12. Tell Him the Truth 13. Change Me ft. Akon 14. Energy 15. Where Did He Go Looking at this tracklisting I believe most of these songs have leaked prior to the albums release. That's not a huge surprise though. I'm sure some of these songs will be somewhat modified to appear somewhat new to those who have heard them before. Omarion has been pretty quiet lately but that is about to change...

Video: Joe Budden - Touch & Go From his upcoming album, "Halfway House" in stores 2009. I'm not a big fan of Joe's. One thing I can respect about him is that he does grind! I take my hat off to any artist who grinds! I mean really grinds! Audio: Cherish - Bump Like Some Speakers Produced by Timbaland. Music News: BET's Rap City Canceled! Popular hip-hop music video program “Rap City” has ended its run on BET after 21 years on the network.While SOHH first heard about the rumor last week, BET has announced the official word on their website earlier today. According to their Sound Off blog, “Rap City” will be replaced by “The Deal” hosted by DJ Diamond Kutz.The new hour long series will consist of old and new elements from “Rap City.” Hip-Hop videos will continue to play but now they will be accompanied by pop-ups with facts on the given artist/song. The Booth, which was a staple on “Rap City” for artists to showcase their freestyle skills, will also remain a seg...