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| Jeremih will release new album, "All About You" on September 28. The album features the first single, "I Like" featuring Ludacris which is a favorite of mine right now. The album also features 50 Cent on the song, "Down On Me". It seems to me like Jeremih has better success at songs about sex; it might just become his stock in trade. Music Biz: Ciara Talks Collaboration With N.E.R.D.! Ciara and N.E.R.D. blazed the stage when they performed the band's sultry single "Hot-N-Fun" at this year's MTV Video Music Awards. When MTV News caught up with the ATL princess on the show's white carpet, she dished that fans could be rocking to a white-hot collaboration between CiCi and the hip-hop crew in the future. "We're talking about doing a couple of things. We've been in the studio a little bit too, just, like, talking about things and stuff," Ciara said. "In the future, it's very possible that you'll be...

Pharrell stops by to talk to two students after a performance with N.E.R.D. He talks about his ever expanding sound and the future of N.E.R.D. Check it out! Not a big fan of N.E.R.D. but I hear Neptunes is working with Brandy on a new album! Yay! Music Biz: Ciara Tops Chart! CHART BEAT BITS: With the debut of "Fantasy Ride," Ciara becomes the third female this decade to start her career with at least three top three albums on both the Billboard 200, where the set arrives at No. 3, and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (No. 1). She joins Alicia Keys and Beyonce, who began with four and three No. 1s, respectively, on each chart ...

Audio: Pleasure P feat Static Major - Patience One of my favorite songs right now! Music Biz: The Neptunes Not Broken Up! The word comes swiftly! I can tell you that The Neptunes have not broken up. One of the homies went to the N.E.R.D and Common show about a 3 weeks or so ago in Anaheim, CA and Chad was at the show. He did not come out when N.E.R.D. performed, but he came out when Common did his thing. But, even more than that, I got the official world from way up at StarTrak and they let it be known. So you know, The Neptunes produced like half the tracks on Common’s new LP coming out soon. Chad and Pharrell were even popping and doing the robot to one of the new songs that the did with Com Sense. Maxwell Returns! After a nearly six year hiatus R&B/neo-soul veteran Maxwell is happy to be back in the game.While a listing of producers has not been confirmed, Maxwell has been in talks with Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest. According to the NY Post he is also hoping to put in some time...