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So there's a lot of ground to cover here so let's get right into it. Future is being blasted by a promoter for not showing up for a performance. The promoter claims Future was paid in full but was too scared to enter the venue. Hmm..I wonder what Future has to say about this. And I read that Janet Jackson has canceled the UK portion of her tour. Rumors are that tickets are not moving at all. Poor Janet! I kinda wanna see her this June if she still plans on coming here, then again she might cancel that too. I just think people are not too into her tour because its not like her other tours. Janet is basically just performing in one outfit and barely dancing. I don't think she's all into it at the moment to be honest. Still love her Janet though and her "Unbreakable" album was one of my favorites last year. Keri Hilson is back with a new album titled,"L.I.A.R." The acronym stands for Love Is A Religion. Personally I think she should of went with the f...

Take It appears on LL Cool J's upcoming album Authentic Hip Hop due February 12.

We are less than two months away from 2013. As far as music goes the first few months of the new year are typically slow music wise. It looks like things are changing however as several key artists plan to release new albums at the top of 2013. I have the exclusive scoop on each album. Check it out! Chris Brown - Carpe Diem Not content on taking a break from music(much like his girlfriend Rihanna); Chris Brown just released his new single Nobody's Perfect . The song is the first single off the upcoming album Carpe Diem which will be released sometime early next year. Remember the singer Karyn White? She is known for the hit song Superwoman ? Well anyway she just released a new album independently so a lot of people likely don't know about it. Guess what though? Her album is titled Carpe Diem . Is Christopher stealing album titles? Then again he probably didn't even know nor would anyone else until now! Ciara - One Woman Army Like many other R&B releases Ciara's On...

LL Cool J guest appeared on Jennifer Lopez's #1 hit; "All I Have"(which is a personal favorite of mine) and J-Lo returned the favorite a few years later with this song and video. A few years back J-Lo even came to the Soul Train Awards and honored LL Cool J. Wasn't that sweet? I remember back in the day artists would return the favor on songs but nowadays its not like that. It solely depends on the artists and their loyalty and friendships with other artists. ---------------- Now playing: Wiz Khalifa - Wake Up via FoxyTunes

"I Shot Ya Remix" was huge not only for the guest lineup but particularly Foxy Brown since this is one of her many breakthrough verses that gained her notoriety. In the 90s we saw a lot of videos like this; filmed in black and white. Check it out!

The movie that everyone is pretty much anticipating is the "Fatal Attraction" rip off "Obsessed" starring Beyonce and along with everyone else I do wanna see the movie even though its not exactly original. If I'm not mistaken this film has been in the works for quite a while. I remember LL Cool J being attached to this project long ago. Check out this exclusive clip of "Obsessed" which will be in theaters April 24. Music Biz: Either Mario or someone in his camp is deliberately leaking songs from the singer's upcoming album, "And Then There Was Me" in stores this June. Click here to hear his newest song, "Lonely Girl's Club" produced by Tricky Stewart[worked with Rihanna]. Trey Songz will release his new album, "Ready" sometime this summer. In the meantime click here to hear his newly leaked song, "Show Me Love". Christina Milian's original second single, "Zipper" featuring The-Dream finall...

We all know Jamie Foxx as the Oscar winner for "Ray" and a balladeer who drives the ladies crazy. Jamie is currently riding high with his hit single, "Blame It" featuring T-Pain. He is also the center of a huge scandal after comments me made about Miley Cyrus blew up. Jamie's rant about Miley led to this 'music feed' regarding Jamie's share of famous feuds he has over the years. It seems like Jamie's background as a comedian and host often gets him in trouble. Comedians have a history of saying things that offend people and Jamie is certainly on exception. You are hereby authorized to check out the list of Jamie and his famous feuds over the years. Kanye West - Two big egos collided reportedly before a performance of the hit song, "Gold Digger". Jamie reportedly made comments along the lines of "let me show you how a real performer performs". Afterwards at a BET win for their collabo the two seemed to have a bit of tension o...

Beyonce does it again! Not only does she have the #1 single("Single Ladies(Put A Ring On It") in the country she is also the Queen of magazine covers. If other artists had the machine Beyonce has behind her, a lot of them would be better off. Audio: Brandy - Locked In Love Bonus songs from upcoming "Human" album in stores December 9. I was going to wait and hear this songs until I bought the album but I couldn't hold off. Audio: Jamie Foxx feat. The-Dream & Kanye West - Digital Girl New song from "Intuition" album coming soon. I was surprised that Kanye and Jamie Foxx reunited. I swore they had a little falling out after doing "Gold Digger". Well obviously they have patched things up. I think Jamie Foxx has a really big ego though so does Kanye. I think that was partly the reason why Jamie Foxx had that feud with LL Cool J a few years back! Remember that?

Video: Mya - Paradise Check out Mya's new video! This new album will only be released overseas. Something tells me though American audiences will here it very soon. As we know Mya hasn't had much luck here. Her last album, "Liberation" was shelved after two lackluster singles. Now Mya has signed to Manhattan Records and will release her new album on December 2. Audio: J Holiday - Sing 2 U Here is another newly leaked track from the Capitol Records recording artist. This is an okay song. I haven't been feeling too many of J's latest leaked tracks. Audio: Ne-Yo - All Day Long Here is another newly leaked track from the new Babyface. I'm assuming that all these recently leaked tracks are leftovers from "Year Of The Gentleman" or an upcoming album in the works. I say this because Ne-Yo does release an album just about every damn year. Music Biz: The Grammy's Nominations Go Live! "The Grammy Nominations Concert Live! - Countdown To Music'...

Check out Brandy looking exquisitely modelesque for the cover of her new single, "Long Distance" which is currently impacting on Urban radio. It is the second single from her upcoming album, "Human" in stores December 9. First single, "Right Here(Departed)" got off to a slow start but is slowly starting to climb. If you haven't heard "Long Distance" yet it is a very good song. I think I like it better than "Right Here". I think "Long Distance" should of been released in favor of the first single and the second single should of been something more uptempo. Oh well! Too late for that. Video: Bow Wow's First Sex Scene This clip is from Bow Wow's appearance on HBO's "Entourage". Parental discretion is advised. The media was making a big deal about this when it was first reported. Now that it is here, what do you think? Video: Jadakiss - Who Run This New video. Jada's putting out quite a few vi...

With the holidays around the corner, there is such a huge overflow of music that hits the market. It is literally hard to keep up with every album that is coming out within the next two months. Anyway here is the latest album cover and tracklisting from Anthony Hamilton. The new album is lead by first single, "Cool" featuring David Banner. I can remember when Anthony Hamilton released his debut album there was a huge buzz surrounding him then. I haven't seen much promotion for this new album(yet) but hopefully that will change within the next month or two. 1. I Feel Like Fallin' In Love 2. Soul On Fire 3. If I Can Sing For You 4. Never 5. The New 6. Right When I Met You (We Fall In Love) 7. Cool feat. David Banner 8. Please Stay 9. All We Been Through 10. Do It All For You 11. For The Love 12. Diamond In The Ruff 13. She's Gone 14. The Point of It All 15. Right Before My Eyes 16. Do You Feel Me 17. Stone Cold 18. Life Has A Way 19. I'm Cool Video: Ashanti ...

Video: Fabolous Speaks Fab talks about his upcoming album and future projects. Music News: Eminem's new album is rumored to be titled, "The Empact" and will be in stores early 2009. My friend and I were just having a convo about Em. I was telling her how Em recently prank called LL Cool J on the radio and recited some of his most well known songs. It's been awhile since Em has dropped an album so it will be interesting to see what he comes with. I've noticed lately that a few artists who have been gone for awhile has had some trouble getting back on the scene. Do you think Em will have a problem?

Hello all! The last two days my internet was playing up. I think now everything is cool. I was about to snap today if it wasn't. The cable company was about to have an angry customer on their hands. Anyway I have some music news for you all. Some of you may already read a lot of this news already. Usually I compile my news and videos I share on Notepad and just post them when I'm ready to. So like I said some of these news is new but at the same time old because most people probably already know it especially if your online all the time like myself! Music News: Queen Latifah is returning to her Hip Hop roots with a new album set to drop this winter. Read below for more details! Grammy award-winning rapper Queen Latifah has teamed up with major producers Dr. Dre and Swizz Beatz amongst other hip-hop superstars for her seventh studio album. According to Rolling Stone, the rapper-turned-actress has been putting the finishing touches on her latest untitled effort. Admitting she rec...

Music News: I think people were concerned for a minute if Janet was actually going on tour. Well she is still is in fact embarking on her "Rock With U" tour. Matter of fact I see commercials here for the concert. Anyway LL Cool J has been announced as Janet's opening act. I'm a little surprised by this. LL is a legend hisself. I was assuming a lesser known act would open but apparently not. Jazmine Sullivan is riding high with her single, "Need U Bad" feat Missy Elliott which recently went to #1. Meanwhile the singer will join Maxwell on his first tour in 6 years. I can't believe Maxwell hasn't toured in 6 years. I wonder how he was getting income then. I figured since he hasn't had an album out in 7 years he was still touring. Apparently not. Obviously he gets royalty checks so I guess he was living off of that. My girl Monica's new album, "Still Standing" has been pushed back to early 2009. Aww shucks! I am really looking forward ...

1. It’s Time For War 2. Old School New School 3. Feel My Heart Beat (Feat. 50 Cent) 4. Get Over Here (Feat. It’s Ya Girl Nicolette, Jiz, Lyrikal & Ticky Diamondz) 5. Baby (Feat. The-Dream) 6. You Better Watch Me 7. Cry (Feat. Lil’ Mo) 8. Baby (Rock Remix) (Feat. Richie Sambora) 9. Rocking With The G.O.A.T. 10. This Is Ring Tone M… (Feat. Grandmaster Caz) 11. Like A Radio (Feat. Ryan Leslie) 12. I Fall In Love (Feat. Elan of The DEY) 13. Ur Only A Customer 14. Mr. President (Feat. Wyclef Jean) 15. American Girl 16. Speedin On Da Highway / Exit 13 (Feat. Funkmaster Flex) 17. Come And Party With Me (Feat. Fat Joe & Sheek Louch) 18. We Rollin’ 19. Dear Hip Hop Video: Estelle - Pretty Please Music News: It has been revealed that Ciara's lead single for her upcoming "Fantasy Ride" album is titled, "Go Girl" featuring T-Pain. The original lead single, "High Price" featuring Ludacris was pulled due to it leaking early. Ciara's "Fantasy Ride...

Check out LL Cool J and Nas on the latest issues of Source Magazine. Wow! I can't remember the last time I picked up let alone read Source magazine. I only buy magazines if someone I really like appears on the cover.

Audio: Mariah Carey feat LL Cool J - I'll Be Loving U Long Time Remix No one does a remix quite like Mariah Carey. This is a pretty pleasant remix but her remixes as of late don't compare to her 90s heyday. Enjoy! Audio: Monica feat Ludacris - Still Standing[snippet] Supposedly this is the lead single from Monica's upcoming album. Personally I think she needs to try again or she will have another "Everytime The Beat Drops" on her hand. This saddens me because I am looking forward to Monica's new album but I don't like this. Music News: Amerie is making sure her Def Jam debut album will be a success. The singer has enlisted Will.I.Am, Bryan Michael Cox, The Neptunes, No I.D., and Bangladesh[worked with Kelis]. I am an Amerie fan so I am looking forward to her new album when its released. Bobby Valentino has snagged a distribution deal through EMI which will release his new album, "The Rebirth" due later this year. Times are not only hard in regula...

Video: Solange - T.O.N.Y.[live] I posted this awhile back. I am posting it again for another blogger who was looking for it. If you haven't checked this out the first time, here is your chance. The video also features Estelle & Ledisi. Music News: Another one bites the dust. LL Cool J finds his upcoming album, "Exit 13" pushed back to September 9. The album is led by hit single, "Baby" featuring The-Dream.