Dr. Dre and Jay-Z under pressure

Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre were in attendance participating in batting practice, during Boston Red Sox's opening night to promote Dr. Dre's Red Sox edition of "Beat by Dre" headphones. During an interview with NESN, Iovine was asked what his at-bat song would be, Iovine responded,

"The new song Dre has in his pocket, called 'Under Pressure.' It's a brand new single by Dr. Dre and Jay-Z. That's the song I would use."

While there's no official word, "Under Pressure" is expected to be featured on Dr. Dre's long awaited "Detox" album.

Rihanna to hit the road with Ke$ha and Nicki Minaj

This summer Rihanna will be hitting the road with her "Last Girl on Earth" tour in efforts to promote her latest LP, Rated R. Ke$ha and Nicki Minaj will serve as the tours opening acts. The "Last Girl on Earth" tour is scheduled to begin July 2, hitting 25 cities including Los Angeles and New York.

Drake's album released date changed

Drake's upcoming debut album, "Thank Me Later" release date has been pushed back to June 15th. The original release date was scheduled May 25th. The reason for the album's setback is unknown.

T-Pain releasing gospel album

Rappa Ternt Sanga, T-Pain has plans to receive his first gospel album. In an interview, the auto-tune hitmaker stated,

"A lot of people don't know this about me," he said, "but I am a deeply spiritual person. Dude, I go to church just as much as I go to the strip clubs. That's saying something."

The album's title, "Even Heaven Got A VIP" and is set to be released September 9th on Jive/Nappy Boy Records.

WORLD PREMIERE

WAKA FLOCKA FLAME - O Let's Do It (Remix) featuring Diddy and Rick Ross

Usher "Raymond" to debut #1 after first day sales

Will the real Raymond stand up... Usher's new album, Raymond v. Raymond is expected to debut #1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart next week, based on 1st day sales, according to HITS Daily Double. With urban radio hit singles, There Goes My Baby, Hey Daddy (Daddy's Home), Little Freak and Top 40 pop driven, O.M.G., Raymond v. Raymond is expected to sell around 350K. Raymond v. Raymond is Usher's follow-up album, from his platinum album, Here I Stand released in 2009.

WORLD PREMIERE

Janet Jackson - Nothing

Rihanna hangs on to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100

This week Rihanna continues her reign for a third consecutive week at #1 with her latest, Rude Boy. Rude Boy also moves to #1 on the Radio Songs chart, making it her 4th appearance atop of the list. B.O.B. continues to hold tight at #2 with "Nothing On You," featuring Bruno Mars. Train's "Hey Soul Sister" reaches its peak climbing 7-3, also marking the groups highest appearance on the chart ever. Lady Antebellum remains at #4 with "Need You Now," while Lady Gaga and Beyonce fall two spots to #5 with "Telephone."

Rounding out the remainder of the top ten are appearances from Taio Cruz with "Break Your Heart" at number 6, The Black Eyed Peas' "Imma Be" falling to #7, Justin Bieber climbing to 10-8 with "Baby" featuring Ludacris, Young Money's "Bedrock" at #9, and Ke$ha's "Tik ToK" at #10.

This weeks Billboard Hot 100 Chart also saw new appearances from T-Pain "Reverse Cowgirl" at #75 and Young Money's "Roger That" at #86.

WORLD PREMIERE

USHER - O.M.G. (featuring Will.I.Am)

Justin Bieber continues to take over the "World"

Bieber Fever will be in full effect this week on the Billboard 200 album's chart as Justin Bieber occupies two positions within the top 5.

Justin Bieber's sophomore album, "My World 2.0" will debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 album's chart Thursday with 283,000 copies sold. At the age of 16, Justin Bieber will become the youngest male solo artist to appear in the top spot since Stevie Wonder 50 years ago at the age of 13. After 19 weeks, Bieber's debut album, "My World" jumps from 10-5 this week.

WORLD PREMIERE

Nicki Minaj - Massive Attack (featuring Sean Garrett)

First Listen

Finally, after weeks of anticipation... The world premiere.

Christina Aguilera - Not Myself Tonight

Usher covers "That Girl" Stevie Wonder

New Music

Nicki Minaj - Massive Attack (featuring Sean Garrett)

Friday Review:Erykah Badu- New Amerykah, Part II: Return Of The Ankh

Album Review Friday

Don't forget to check out our album review of Corrine Bailey Rae- The Sea. This coming Friday, we will give you a review of our new album review on Erykah Badu's- New Amerykah, Part II: Return Of The Ankh.

Cop!!!!!

The Art Never Dies.....Erykah Badu- Window Seat

Can anyone help us @Music Daily Dose to understand what the true meaning behind this

video ^^^ and song is really about? Thoughts, opinions and honesty welcome, speak your mind!"

Usher - Raymond vs. Raymond in Stores

Usher's latest album, Raymond v. Raymond arrives in stores today. The album includes hit singles, "Papers, There Goes My Baby, OMG, and Lil Freak featuring Nicki Minaj). To purchase the album click here.

Other Releases:

Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part 2: Return of the Ankh

Redman - Reggie

Drake sets date for "Thank Me Later"

Drake's highly anticipated debut album, "Thank Me Later" is slated to be released May 25th. The album features appearances from Lil Wayne, Jay-Z and Sean Garrett.

In an interview with Rap-Up Drake stated, “This is my first album and it takes a lot for me to commit to a song and be like, ‘I like this enough that I’m gonna put it on the album. It’s gotta be something that I feel is timeless and is better than anything that I’ve ever done."

WORLD PREMIERE

Fabolous - Body Ya

Christina Aguilera - Not Myself Tonight (snippet)

Rihanna performing Rude Boy at Nickelodeon's Kid Choice Awards

WORLD PREMIERE

Ludacris - My Chick Bad (remix featuring Diamond, Trina and Eve)

Nivea- Love Hurts

This song goes hard. PERIOD. I think it's raw and this is what the games missing. It feels authentic. Check it out.

Behind the Scenes

Janet Jackson - Nothing

Christina Aguilera, Bionic in stores June 8th

Yesterday, MusicDailyDose informed you about the return of Christina Aguilera. Today Christina's official website's countdown clock struck 0 again, as she released the album cover and release date for her upcoming album. Christina Aguilera's new album, Bionic will be released June 8th.

Today Aguilera's countdown clock restarted, as she will release a sneak peek of her new single , "Not Myself Tonight" Friday, March 26th. "Not Myself Tonight" was written and produced by Ester Dean and Polow Da Don. Fans will have the opportunity to hear the single in its entirety Monday, March 30th 6pm EST on Christina Aguilera's official website at www.christinaaguilera.com.

Lady Gaga continues record-breaking success

And the beat goes on...TechCrunch released a report on March 24th, stating Lady Gaga has become the 1st artist to reach over one billion online views. Lady Gaga's three videos: Poker Face (375 million views), Bad Romance (360 million views) and Just Dance (273 million views ) combined surpasses 1 billion views. The numbers came from Visibile Measures. Soulja Boy's Crank Dat still remains the #1 most watched viral video of all-time with a total of 722 million views.

Corrine Bailey Rae- The Sea

Corrine Bailey Rae- The Sea

Best Word To Describe “The Sea”- Nostalgic
Happiest Moment- “I’d Do It All Again” This song is so good, it doesn't seem real. Can one really feel this good????
Deepest Moment- “Love Is On It’s Way” The media might not like this song, but this is the prayer song for me.

Standout Tracks

“I’d Do It All Again”
“Feels Like The First Time”
“Closer”
“Love Is On It’s Way”
“Paris Nights/New York Mornings”

Reason To Cop-
I feel like everyone is tense and stressed. Nobody is relaxed too much, nobody is really let go. With cell phones, computers and the other vast amounts of gadgets, were always programming one way or another. This album is relaxing, loving, thought-provoking, nostalgic and magic all rolled into one.That equals REAL. Grammy Snub? I hope not.

Reason Not To Cop-
Stop looking for reasons not to cop.

Stay Tuned for extended track by track review. Saturday March. 27, 2010

WORLD PREMIERE

Snoop Dogg - I Wanna Rock (King G-Mix) featuring Jay-Z

She's Back! ! !...... Christina Aguilera- Not Myself Tonight

After being absent from the scene for a little while, Christina Aguilera is finally stepping out of the shadows. With her new single "Not Myself Tonight" from the highly anticipated album 'Bionic' on the way, I feel the fans better get ready for a frenzy. Although she only released the lyrics, the anticipation is in the air. I'm pretty sure the naysayers are out in full force, but I'm feeling like she's going to kill the game all over again. As soon as we get our hands on the actual audio for the single, we will get it right to you! Until then, you can check out the lyrics, or stare at the single. Pick one. hahahaha Have a great day!

Justin Bieber takes over the "World"

On Tuesday, the teen phenom, Justin Bieber released his second album. In efforts to promote his new release, Bieber has made appeareances on The View, 106 & Park and MTV will premiere,"The Diary of Justin Bieber" Sunday. After a one day sales report, Justin Bieber's sophomore album, My World 2.0 is expected to debut next week at #1, selling around 250k. Justin's debut album, My World only sold 137k in its first week. To purchase the latest from, Bieber click here.

In related news, this week Monica released her sixth studio album, Still Standing. Driven by her BET reality series, "Still Standing" and R&B ballad, "Everything To Me," Monica is expected to debut #1 on the R&B/Hip Hop album charts with an estimated 190k in sales. To purchase Monica's "Still Standing" click here.

WORLD PREMIERE

USHER - LITTLE FREAK (featuring Nicki Minaj)

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Behind the Scenes

Ludacris - My Chick Bad (featuring Diamond, Trina and Eve)

Young, Black and Striving....Lil Twist reportedly signs $1.3 million deal.

Is it me or is money falling into size 14 jeans? Teen rap artist Lil Twist has been creating a little buzz over at YM/CM for a little while now. I like the guy and now, I really dig him. I guess playing your position pays off. Twist reportedly signed a deal worth a millie a millie! haha. $1.3 million! If this is true, make sure you handle your business Twist, your in a position a lot of younger guys dream about! Keep striving!!! Make them proud!! a millie, a millie!(sohh)

Classic.....Corrine Bailey Rae

You know when your getting older, you start criticizing the younger kids, your more aware of the examples your setting and you reminisce about memories, which usually translate into music. Even if that isn't your definition, I don't have to reminisce about anything when I listen to Corrine Bailey Rae. The feel of her music is so real, it almost seems too good to be true. I remember being in the movies, on this particular scene. The music always draws me in, but on this scene, Corrine's vocals sashayed out of the speakers right into my heart. I remember rewinding the "only to love you" lyric in my head for the rest of the movie. As soon as I got home, I googled and found out the name of the song was, "Like A Star", sung by none other than Corrine Bailey Rae. Every once and a while, someone comes along with such a raw feel, it sucks you in. That's exactly what happened to me so stay tuned, Friday as I will review her beautiful new album, "The Sea", and ask you to check it out for yourself.

Corrine Bailey Rae

"I'd Do It All Again"

Still Got It.....Stevie Wonder To Headline Hardrock Calling Festival

Sponsored by Livenation, this years Hardrock Calling Festival will be headlined by none other than Stevie Wonder. He will be joined by artist such as Corrine Bailey Rae, and James Morrison. Not only will he be headlining, he was also tipped to headline the Glastonbury Festival the same week! Stevie's been in the game for years, upon decades. Got to appreciate the people who made a way for us. (billboard)

Lady Antebellum returns to #1 on Billboard 200

Thursday, Lady Antebellum will make their return to the top spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart with their latest effort, Need You Know. This week marks Lady Antebellum 4th non-consecutive week at #1 with 91,000 units sold. This week also marks the first week this year, where the #1 album had sells under 100k.

New Music

New music from Janet Jackson titled, Nothing. We haven't heard Janet like this in a minute. This joint is reminiscent to the 90s Janet hit, Again. "Nothing" is the first single from Tyler Perry's "Why Did I Get Married Too?" soundtrack and will be available on iTunes March 30th. Check It Out.

Ludacris to take his music "Ludaversal" by end of the year

Only one week after having his seventh studio album, "Battle of the Sexes" debuting at #1, Ludacris has already begun planning for his follow up album. Ludacris spoke with Honeymag.com stating the album will be titled, Ludaversal. While the details surrounding the album are sketchy at the moment, the album is slated to be released between the end of 2010 - early 2011.

In related news, this year marks Ludacris' label, Disturbing the Peace 10th year anniversary.

Drake "Shut It Down" With The Dream

Over the weekend, a new song from Drake's upcoming "Thank Me Later" album leaked. Shut it Down, a new track featuring The Dream hit the internet. In the track, Drake and The Dream exchanges turns wooing the ladies in appreciation of their beauty. The Dream told MTV news, the collaboration came about organically, stating, "I don't know how these things just, you know, they just happen." Shut it down, is expected to appear on Drake's upcoming debut album, "Thank Me Later."

Diggy Simmons signs with Atlantic

Better known as the son of Rev Run, from the hit MTV reality show Run's House, the young and upcoming fashion/hip hop mogul, Diggy Simmons has signed with Atlantic Records. After releasing his mixtape, The First Flight, Diggy gained recognition from his freestyles on Nas' "Made You Look" and unleashed, "Flow Stoopid."

Remember, Music Daily Dose introduced you to "Young Greatness" before the deal. Click here to refresh your memory.

Usher - Little Freak (featuring Nicki Minaj) video snippet

New Music Tuesdays

In stores today:

Justin Bieber - My World 2.0

Monica - Still Standing

Plies - Goon Affiliated

V.V. Brown - Traveling like the light

Snoop Dogg - More Malice

The Process...Jay-Z's Songwriting Approach

I know, you've heard it a million times, new age rappers don't write a single thing down. Artist like Weezy simply step to the mic and create songs from scratch. Everyone know's Jay-Z is the originator of the concept right? Wrong, I'll avoid getting stones thrown at me, but I remember someone saying Big did it first. Whoever created it I don't care, Jigga is quite possibly the most known for the approach. Countless acts have tried it, and failed at it. In this video below, Jay-Z explains his approach in case you didn't know. It's almost funny to actually say this is his style of writing when he doesn't even write. This is 2010 anyway, who uses paper? (Low Key, ImGlobalNow)

Outkast No More......Big Boi signs with Def Jam

As if things couldn't get more random these days in Hip-Hop, word on the street was Big-Boi was supposedly signing with Def Jam. I heard it and laughed, it didn't seem like a fit, then I realized LA Reid had the reigns. I think LA was Outkast's old boss. Boss right? I don't see how they have a boss. Anyway, the truth comes to the light as the rap veteran posted the big news on his twitter. "THE INK IS ON THE PAPER!!! "BREAKING NEWS!!!!" It's OFFICIAL! BIG BOI signs SOLO album DEAL with DEF JAM!!! More details to come..." Not sure when exactly his new album is supposed to be dropping, but with a title like this>>>> Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty, I think it's going to pretty interesting. (Big Boi's Twitter, PP2G)

Nicki Minaj passes on XXL

XXL Magazine offered Nicki Minaj the opportunity to be a part of their 2010 Freshman 10 Issue. Nicki Minaj, just like her label mate Drake turned down the opportunity. Nicki Minaj felt her and Drake were overlooked and should've been a part of the Freshman class last year. Nicki spoke with MTV news stating, "With all due respect, we kinda had graduated from the freshman class." Nicki Minaj continued speaking on the topic stating, "They gotta pay for that."

Although Nicki Minaj and Drake will not appear in XXL as part of the freshman class, they will appear in the edition in another light.

The roster for the 2010 Freshman class was released and consists of the following artists:

OJ Da Juiceman, J. Cole, Freddie Gibbs, Big Sean, Nipsey Hustle, Jay Rock, Donnis, Pill, Fashawn and Wiz Khalifah.

WORLD PREMIERE

Robin Thicke - Rollacoasta (featuring Estelle)

Janet Jackson on Jay Leno

Beyonce "Heats" things up away from music

What is there left to do once you've been the lead singer of the most successful girl group of all-time, sold over 100 million records, have three #1 debuting multi-patinum solo albums, 16 grammy awards, an established trend setting clothing line, million dollar endorsement deals and have earned the prestige honor of being named Billboard's Female artist of the decade at the age of 28?

Just coming off her World Tour," I Am... Yours" Beyonce just heated things up another notch with the release of her fragrance Heat. Released only a month ago, Heat has grossed over $3 million, selling over 72,000 bottles in one hour, according to Macys. Bey is definitely on her nathan. To all the ladies interested in catching the fever this spring season, you can purchase your bottle by clicking here.

Jay-Z, Beyonce and Swizz Beatz joins Alicia Keys in New York

Wednesday night Alicia Keys' Freedom Tour made it's stop in New York City at the Madison Square Garden. The show begin with performances by opening acts Jermaine Paul, Melanie Fonia and R&B crooner, Robin Thicke.

Later Alicia Keys emerged onstage singing tunes such as Love is Blind, Diary, Caged Bird and You Don't Know My Name. After the second outfit change, Keys performed her new single, Put It In A Love Song where she covered the first verse and surprised the crowd introducing Beyonce. Beyonce appeared from a stairway joining A.Keys during the second verse with the performance ending with a dance routine featuring the two along with A.Key's background dancers. As if the show couldn't get any bigger with surprises, later that night, Alicia Key's was joined on stage with Swizz Beatz and Jay-Z as they covered the New York Anthem, Empire State of Mind.

Young Greatness, America Meet Diggy Simmons

ill. That's one word to describe newcomer Diggy Simmons. With a legendary father, two entrepreneur sisters, and a iconic uncle, the 15 year old is really starting to turn heads. With interests in fashion, and a fresh sound in rap, he's surely on his way to the top. Check out his freestyle to Nas's "Made You Look."

These States Aren't United....Color isn't the blame

This is a music news blog, but sometimes, things are just repeatedly wrong and I feel the need to express. I just watched some excerpts from Barack Obama's interview with Bret Baier. It reminded me of the Frost/Nixon event. In the same manner. Yes, Barack is charismatic and a true leader, the kind of leader that can sway millions of people with ease. My main issue with this interview is about people's beliefs. Every president almost instantly divides a nation. I know as a true fact, that there are people who strongly believe, people who don't, and people who do but are afraid to voice there opinion. Let's bring some facts to light. Barack is clearly the face of the United States. Just like an artist has his manager and writers and producers, there's no way it's all Obama. I don't want to criticize Mr. Baier, I just want to thank him. He showed me that yes, you can have someone in leadership of you, but you don't have to respect them(smh). Regardless of what he was speaking of, it's not what you do most times, it's how you do it. When President Bush was in office, the media bowed at his feet. There were many times he came up to speak and made a fool of himself, but I never once remember an interview where he was disrespected and interrupted blatantly. To watch people applaud the aggressor is natural. Lions take the meal, Hyenas eat what's left. That's understood, but your President is Barack Obama. It's always going to be a give and a take. Learn to help each other, learn to show love for your brother/sister. We all are in need, and it's about time for us to take a real stand.

Rihanna gets "Rude" at #1 on Hot 100

This week Rihanna's Rude Boy rules the Hot 100 at number one. This marks Rihanna's sixth appearance at number one. Jumping 4-1, Rude Boy replaces Rihanna's label mate Taio Cruz's, Break Your Heart dropping 1-3. Last time Rihanna was atop of the Billboard Hot 100 was back in 2008 when she joined forces with T.I. in the hit single, "Live Your Life." This is good news for Island Def Jam Music Group, replacing #1 singles back to back - last time this was done by IDJMG was September 17, 2005, when Kanye West's "Gold Digger" replaced, Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together."

Lady Antebellum remains strong at the number 2 spot with "Need You Know," while Black Eyed Peas' "Imma Bee" regains strength moving up 5-4. Other appearances in the top ten this week are B.O.B's "Nothing On You" jumping 16-5, Train's "Hey, Soul Sister" 7-6, Young Money's "BedRock" tumbling 3-7, Ke$ha's "Tick Tok" dropping 6-8, Lady Gaga and Beyonce' with "Telephone" rising 11-9 after the video premiere this week and Jason DeRulo's "In My Head" falling 8-10.

Ludacris and Jamie Foxx teams with CDC to build HIV Awareness

Ludacris and Jamie Foxx teams with CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) and other African American leaders to promote "i know". i know, is a media effort created by the CDC, committed to breaking the silence of HIV and influencing African American young adults to take control of the conversation. Celebrities will use social networking sites such as FaceBook and Twitter to promote this cause and obtain participation. The idea behind this movement is to influence young adults to communicate with each other and speak freely about the different diseases killing our community.

Alicia Keys, The Black Eyed Peas and John Legend to Kick off World Cup Celebration

On June 10th, Alicia Keys, The Black Eyed Peas and John Legend will come together with a host of South American and African musical acts for the FIFA World Cup Kick Off Celebration Concert.

The concert will take place at the newly renovated Orlando Stadium in Johannesburg Soweto township, one day before the tournament begins. This marks the first time the FIFA has planned a multi-act kick off concert with many other artists to join in the coming weeks.

Ludacris wins "Battle" to debut #1 on Billboard 200

As predicted, Ludacris' new album, Battle of the Sexes will appear #1 on this weeks Billboard 200 Chart with 136K in sales. Battle of the Sexes, is Ludacris' seventh album and marks his fourth visit at the top of the albums chart. Battle of the Sexes includes hit singles, "How Low" and "My Chick Bad" featuring Nicki Minaj and the remix featuring Trina, Diamond and Eve.

Justin Bieber headlines North American Tour

Newcomer/pop teen sensation, Justin Bieber will embark on his first ever headline tour this summer. Bieber's My World tour will take place at a mix of arenas and state fairs throughout North America, starting in Hartford, CT on June 23. The tour will be in efforts to promote Bieber's debut album, My World and his upcoming album, My World 2.0, in stores March 23.

Here are a few dates:

June 23, Hartford, CT

June 24 Trenton, NJ

June 26 Cincinnati

June 27 Milwaukee (Milwaukee Summerfest)

June 29 Minneapolis

June 30 Des Moines, IA

July 2 Moline, IL

July 3 Omaha, NE

July 5 Grand Prairie, TX

July 6 Tulsa, OK

July 8 Broomfield, CO

July 10 W. Valley City, UT

He’s Not Done Yet.....Michael Jackson estate signs record breaking $250 million/10 album deal!!!

Jay-Z has no reason to complain. He’s signed a $150 million dollar deal. I figured that could hold the pinnacle of music deals for a long time. But just when you thought all the Michael Jackson publicity had died down, The King of Pop, moonwalked right back into record-breaking success. Not only did he top Jay-Z’s gargantuan deal, he did it by $100 million dollars. The deal was settled with his estate, of course and it extends his contract with Sony through 2017. SonyCorp is expected to release new material this coming November. Long live the King of Pop!

2010 Census

OUTSIDE OF MUSIC NEWS:

The 2010 Census forms have begin arriving and Music Daily Dose would like to remind every one to take the initiative, complete the form and mail it back. The is one of the most important forms you will fill out this decade. The information the census collects helps determine how more than $4oo billion dollars of federal funding each year is spent on infrastructure and services like hospitals, job training centers, schools, emergency services, senior centers, bridges, tunnels and other-public works projects. The form asks you simple questions such as your name, age, race, ethnicity, gender, living arrangements and home ownership. The information is kept confidential under federal laws. This ten-question form will make a big impact on the next ten years of your life. In 2000, 72% of U.S. households returned their forms. Let's get those numbers up this decade.

Fill out the form and Make a difference. It's in our hands.

Lady Gaga's Fame Monster set to land in North America

Yesterday, Lady Gaga's team released a press release about her upcoming North American tour in support of her sophomore album, The Fame Monster. The tour is set to begin June 28th in Montreal, QC at the Bell Centre.

Critics raved about the first leg of the tour; The Sun called it "Breath-taking stuff" and "The best live show you will see this year"- Lady Gaga described it as, "the first ever pop-electro opera."

The 31 arena tour will make stops in New York, Detroit, Los Angeles, Philadephia, Toronto, Vancouver, Houston and Las Vegas, to name a few.

Lady Gaga made a promise to make the North American leg of her tour more theatrical and explosive. Last week, Lady Gaga premiered her new single, telephone featuring Beyonce. Citi Cardmembers and Virgin Mobile customers will have access to pre-sale tickets beginning today at 10am.

The Monster Ball Tour will be sponsored by Virgin Mobile.

Click here to get the tour dates.

WORLD PREMIERE

Trina - Million Dollar Girl (featuring Diddy and Keri Hilson)

Ray Charles Musical Hits Broadway

Ray Charles music will never be forgotten and now, his story won't either. Set to hit Broadway on Nov 7, Producer Benjamin Stewart(Produced the movie Ray) will be making sure the show is on point. The show will also feature a book by Pulitzer Prize winning Suzan-Lori Parks. Sheldon Epps will be directing.

Lloyd moves past The Inc.....Inks with Interscope.

RnB crooner Lloyd reportedly inked a deal with Interscope Records. After parting ways with the label that built his career, The Inc. rumors we circulating that the RnB star has signed with Young Money/Cash Money. After singing the hook to the smash hit, "Bedrock", people were sure he had signed. According to Lloyd, that's not the case. "Baby and Wayne were definately the first people to reach out to me. I talked to them about a deal. The problem is that YM/CM is exclusive to Universal Motown. That's where I did my last two albums. I wasn't excited about going back." After signing with Interscope, Lloyd stated he was in no rush to release an album. After appearing on "Bedrock" and Drakes mixtape, Lloyd' is still right here with us. Can't wait to see what he has coming out next.

Check it out:

Lloyd
Pusha ft Lil Wayne

Successful....Jay Z breaks ground in Brooklyn Baby!!!!

Men lie, Women lie, Numbers don't!! Jay Z recently broke ground in Brooklyn for the Barclays Center, future home of the New Jersey Nets. Besides balancing one of the world's biggest check books, and performing for sold out crowds, Jay managed to squeeze in time to let his presence be known. I know it's not really about that, but I mean, look how far hip-hop has come!

Did the people like We Are The World 2010?

After the devastation in Haiti, Wyclef Jean got his friends together for a remake of
"We Are The World." Even the rappers got in on this song as the who's who of music
royalty graced the song. Produced by Quincy Jones and Lionel Richie, the song was
released a little while ago.I liked the song, but I have a question, did you really like it?

Let us know the full truth, be honest in your comment, and remember how much positivity this remake brought forth.

WORLD PREMIERE

LADY GAGA - TELEPHONE (featuring Beyonce)

After weeks of anticipation, Lady Gaga's new video "Telephone" featuring Beyonce has arrived . At the beginning of the video Lady Gaga's goes in on the rumors and sets things straight. Check it out.

Battle of The Sexes...Ludacris 1-Ladies 0

On Tuesday (March 9) the one and only Ludacris dropped his new album "Battle of the sexes." The album features a male/female point of view features guest appearances from Monica, Lil Kim, Trina amongst others. Fueled by his platinum selling hit "How Low" and the more recent "My Chick Bad" Luda is on fire right now. I haven't had a chance to listen to the album in it's entirety, but from the first two singles, Luda has clearly grown in his artistry. The album is projected to sell 120k first week. Big ups to Ludacris who still continues to represent growth.

Check out "How Low"

Ciara makes cameo in Usher's new video

Yesterday, Usher shot the video for his new single, Little Freak featuring Nicki Minaj. Ciara makes a cameo, but the details are unknown at the moment.

Usher pleads "Guilty" with T.I.

Usher and T.I. collaborated on a track titled, "Guilty" which will be on Usher's upcoming album, Raymond vs. Raymond in stores March 30th. Check it out below:

Lady Antebellum dethrones Sade after three weeks on top

After spending three weeks at number 2, Lady Antebellum's "Need You Know" returns to the top spot on the Billboard 200 chart. Lady Antebellum saw a 6% increase in sales totaling 126,000. It's been a year since an album has returned to the #1 spot after a three week absence. In the wake of Lady Antebellum's return atop, Sade's latest effort, Soldier of Love fell one slot to number two with 79,000 copies (-37%).

Among those two, remaining put in the top ten are Lady Gaga's album "The Fame" slipping to number 7 and The Black Eyed Peas' album "The E.N.D." dropping to number 8.

Six new albums arrived this week on the Billboard 200 - Black Shelton's "Hillbilly Bones," an American Idol third place finisher - Danny Gokey's debut album "My Best Days," Alice In Wonderland's soundtrack "Almost Alice," Raheem DeVaughn's album "The Love and Masterpiece," Lifehouse's "Smoking Mirrors," and country singer Easton Corbin self titled album "Easton Corbin."

The debut album from Jason DeRulo just missed the top ten with a total of 42,000 copies sold.

Chris Brown reaches out to fans for help

Recently, Chris Brown went to his SayNow page to seek help from his fans.

On his page, Chris stated the following:

I ain’t never really did this but right now I need all of my fans help. A lot of radio stations aren’t playing my records. They are not being that supportive and I wouldn’t expect them to. It’s on the fans and what you guys do in your power to bring me back. That’s all I need is you guys and nothing else will do that except for the fans.

I don’t know what else to say. It’s nothing else that I can do. I’m doing everything that I need to do. I’m doing me as a person and I’m a better guy.

It’s on ya’ll. My singing and my music I do it for you guys and everything else but it won’t be possible if I’m not relevant on the radio and it wouldn’t be possible for me to be an artist if I don’t have the support. I can’t be an underground mixtape artist. That’s where we are. I just want all my fans to help me. I love ya’ll. Peace

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Bow Wow Readies New, Edgy, Double Disc Album

Rap Veteran Bow Wow, a.k.a Shad Moss says he's working on a new album. The 23 year old veteran hints at a more edgy release for his current demographic, new fans and of course the ladies. After signing to Cash Money Records in 2009, he's taking his music to another level. "People forgot I was running with snoop at 6, I was cussing and all that. So it's like another person inside me who wants to make a rap album that I could never make." The new album will be split between the girls and the gents and will contain actual songs he wants to share with his fans. More recently, he's been gaining momentum in the rap community with the guys who used to write him off as a gimmick. With his greenlight series gaining buzz and being downloaded like crazy (over 71,000 downloads) he's slowing putting together a platform to claim his spot amongst rap's elite. The album is yet to be titled.

Here's Bow Wow's Greenlight 2 Mixtape Link