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Azealia Banks is set to release her new mixtape, "Slay-Z" on February 7 according to the rapper. The mixtape features Banks' alter ego reportedly rhyming over a slew of Jay-Z beats. Remy Ma is rumored to make a guest appearance on the mixtape. My body is certainly ready for new Azealia music! How about you? Speaking of new music, Rihanna's new album, "Anti" finally got released leaked, first via TIDAL and now its on iTunes with three extra tracks. A physical release of the album is pending. The day before Rihanna's album was officially released, it was leaked on TIDAL. The first single, "Work" featuring Drake was also released on iTunes. If that's not enough new music for you, Lil' Kim has unveiled cover art for her new single, "#Mine" featuring Kevin Gates. No word yet on the actual release of this single and if its her first new single since reportedly signing back to Atlantic Records. We shall see! And certainly last but...

Hello all! I hope you all are enjoying your holiday weekend if you celebrate Labor Day. I have some updates for you and I start with Kid Cudi who's debut album will be released September 15. I actually heard the album's samples and I was pleasantly surprised. Rapper Max B sentenced to jail! And Mariah Carey finally reveals the track listing for her new album. Kid Cudi Talks Debut Album! At the beginning of the year, Kid Cudi threatened to quit the music industry because "the drama that comes with it is more overwhelming than the shit I was dealing with when I was piss-poor broke," he wrote on his blog. He says he felt pressured to top the success of his introductory single, "Day N Nite," which peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 -- and the expectations weren't helped by reports of a beef with fellow rapper and labelmate Consequence. But times have changed. On the eve of the release of his debut album, "Man on the Moon: The End of Day," du...