NEW Carl Thomas-Something Bout You

Brand new track from Carl Thomas, produced by Mike City. Props to Brandy who did her who really makes the song hot with her vocals in the background.



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NEW Faith Evans-Stay Home

This track is grown and sexy nice! I swear she is the most slept on vocalists in the game. Faith has never disappointed me. One of the best songs I've ever heard from Faith in a long time.

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New Busta Rhymes Exclusive

Brand new track from Busta, another hot one produced by the one and only Timbo aka Thomas Crown. This one's called "Get Down", and comes from Busta's upcoming album The Big Bang, which is due this summer.

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New Monica-A Dozen Of Roses (exclusive!!)

Brand new hot track from Monica, off her new upcoming album. The track was produced by Missy Elliott.

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Amerie new album news

Amerie hates to feel like she’s being boxed in. That’s why the amiable Washington D.C. song siren is calling her impending album None of The Above. “It’s called None of The Above because I feel like as people we never like to be in boxes and myself, I never like to feel like I’m categorized,” Amerie exclusively told Vibe.com, Tuesday night (May 23), at the Sprite Street Couture Showcase. “Everyone is always trying to put me in a box, as far as growing up, ethnicity-wise and racially like ‘What Am I?’ ‘What do I think I’m more of?’ “I feel like with this album, I really got to have fun and create a lot of different things.” Amerie also disclosed that None of The Above is close to being completed and should be ready for a Fall release. Although Amerie didn’t reveal any plans for possible features, she did say that she co-produced four songs on her new album. Before leaving the Sprite fashion showcase, Amerie kindly whipped out her iPod and let Vibe.com be the first outlet to exclusively preview three of her songs. The three cuts alone, revealed an array of musical tastes, ranging from up-tempo funk tracks to a mid-tempo ballad. “I mean I just create music. I just do my thing,” said Amerie. "It (the new album) goes from like ‘70s funk to the ‘80s music that we all grew up listening to and I just meshed it all together with my signature style.” A confirmed release date of Amerie's None of The Above hasn't been announced as of press time.


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New Bobby Valentino

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Nas To Drop Album This September

While performing with The Roots at Radio City Music Hall on Thursday night, Nas dropped the news that he will be releasing a new album in September. Nas finished his 15-minute set by telling the crowd, “I'm working hard for y’all. I got an album coming out in September.” The CD will reportedly be called Hip-Hop Is Dead, according to Billboard.com.

The album will be Nas' first for Def Jam, the label he signed with once he and Def Jam President Jay-Z ended their long-running feud. There is not much news circulating about what the album will sound like, but Black Eyed Peas leader will.i.am told Billboard.com that he was scheduled to record with Nas.

Back In February, Nas told MTV, "I'm ready to go — I'm ready to kick ass. The movement is bigger than what someone says about Nas for the moment. I've always had someone say something about me. I'm one of the most crucified artists in the game, thank you! This is what challenges me, what makes me go on." Jay-Z said of signing Nas, "We've been chosen as leaders. We have to lead. We can't follow people's perception of what this union is. I didn't sign Nas, I partnered with Nas. You can't sign an artist of Nas' stature, you can only partner with him."

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Busta Rhymes, Missy Elliott Lead BET Award Nominees With Four Nods

Busta Rhymes, Missy Elliott, Jamie Foxx and Mary J. Blige lead the pack of BET Award nominees with four nods a piece, which were announced on Tuesday morning (May 16) at Los Angeles' Renaissance Hotel.Coming in after was Kanye West, Chris Brown and Beyonce who boasted three nods a piece, while Mariah Carey, Keyshia Cole and Ne-Yo all garnered multiple nominations.Busta Rhymes, Three 6 Mafia, Keyshia Cole and Ne-Yo were all in attendance at Tuesday's press conference to help announce the nominees before the press. This year's event ha moved from its regular home of the Kodak Theater to a bigger venue at The Shrine Auditorium.Nominated for the two featured categories were Harry Belafonte with the BET Humanitarian Award, and Chaka Kahn with BET's Lifetime Achievement Award. Kahn, who is currently in the studio working on a new album, is honored to be recognized for all her hard work."I'm beside myself with honor 'cause these are my people," Kahn told reporters during the press conference. "I was happy [when I first heard]; I was ecstatic."The host of this year's ceremony will be veteran actor/comedian Damon Wayans, who will be taking on the duties for the first time. Wayans promised to make the 2006 awards one to remember."I'm not just happy, I'm thrilled [to be hosting]," Wayans said on Tuesday. "I'm really happy and honored to be here. I don't know what I'm gonna do, but I'm at my best when I'm unpredictable. It's gonna be balls to the wall; we gonna let it all hang out."The 2006 BET Awards will air live on June 27th at 8 p.m. ET.

Below is a full list of this year's nominees:

Best Female Hip-Hop:
Missy Elliott
Lil' Kim
Remy Ma
Shawnna
Trina

Best Female R&B:
Beyondé
Mary J. Blige
Mariah Carey
Keyshia Cole
India.Arie

Best New Artist:
Chris Brown
Chamillionaire
Ne-Yo
Rihanna
Paul Wall

Best Male Hip-Hop:
50 Cent
Busta Rhymes
Common
T.I.
Kanye West
Best Male R&B:
Chris Brown
Jamie Foxx
Anthony Hamilton
Ne-Yo
Prince

Best Gospel Artist:
Yolanda Adams
Kirk Franklin
Mary Mary
Smokey Norful
CeCe Winans

Best Collaboration
Beyonce featuring Slim Thug, "Check on It"
Bow Wow featuring Ciara, "Like You"
Busta Rhymes featuring Mary J. Blige, Rah Digga, Missy Elliott, Lloyd Banks, Papoose & DMX, "Touch It" remix
Jamie Foxx featuring Ludacris, "Unpredictable"
Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx, "Gold Digger"

Best Group:
Black Eyed Peas
Destiny's Child
Floetry
Mary Mary
Three 6 Mafia

Video of the Year:
Beyonce featuring Slim Thug, "Check on It"
Mary J. Blige, "Be Without You"
Busta Rhymes featuring Mary J. Blige, Rah Digga, Missy Elliiott, Lloyd Banks, Papoose & DMX, "Touch It" remix
Missy Elliott featuring Ciara, "Lose Control"
R. Kelly, "Trapped in the Closet"
Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx, "Gold Digger"

BET J Cool Like That:
Eric Benet
Anthony Hamilton
Heather Headley
Kindred
The Family Soul
Corinne Bailey Rae

BET.com Viewers' Choice:
Chris Brown, "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)"
Busta Rhymes, "Touch It"
Mariah Carey, "Don't Forget About Us"
Keyshia Cole, "Love"
Ne-Yo, "So Sick"
T.I., "What You Know"

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New Joe Budden Album Coming in October

After months of being shelved, rapper Joe Budden's sophomore opus The Growth will finally see the light of day later this year. "The album will be out in October...It's crack," an excited Budden told AllHipHop.com. "The music is definitely nuts. The people will forget I was even gone. I been gone for so long I done worked with just about every producer there is, from Cool & Dre to Swizz to Timbaland, the list can go on and on." Budden may have been off the mainstream radar for awhile, but the Jersey-bred rapper has remained busy on the mixtape circuit. Until his official return, he plans to tide fans over with another underground offering. "I'm actually gonna put Mood Muzik Part 3 out before [The Growth ]," said Budden. "I gotta do that." The Growth will feature production from Just Blaze, as well as Dub B (aka White Boy), who handled the majority of tracks on Budden's self-titled debut. The new offering will be released under Def Jam. But while Budden's love-hate relationship with his label has been well documented, the rapper continues to remain diplomatic, simply stating "I love Def Jam." Despite his solid rap career, fans may be surprised to learn of Budden's initial entry into the world of entertainment. "I did used to sing long ago," Budden admitted. "I was twelve or thirteen years old when my mom used to make me go in the choir to keep me out of trouble." But don't expect Budden to exercise his singing pipes anytime soon. "I smoked too much weed and all types of stuff to have that going on today. No more singing," he said. "There's no chance of me singing. I don't think I sound as good as I used to. I used to be nice though."

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The Game's new album release delayed

There are conflicting reports on whether The Game’s second album "THE DOCTOR’S ADVOCATE" will be out this year. The earliest that it will be out currently is August 29 but there are also reports that it will be delayed until next year. Dr. Dre’s highly anticipated album "Detox" as well as Bishop Lamont’s Aftermath debut "The Reformation" are scheduled for a Summer/Fall of 2007 release. It’s currently being decided which of those two albums will be released first. Eve’s Full Surface/Aftermath debut is planed for a winter of 2006/ early 2007 release and will feature production from Dr. Dre, Swizz Beatz and Scott Storch. Busta Rhymes’ "The Big Bang" and Stat Quo’s "Statlanta" are confirmed for release this year. Dre has finished his production duties for Busta and Stat’s Aftermath debuts and is currently working on "Detox", "The Reformation" and Snoop Dogg’s "The Blue Carpet Treatment".

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A Goldenchild Entertainment Favorite

My favorite off this album. You can't deny that this track is hot. I've had this song in my head almost every time I'm spending with my girl. This track has that nice laid back feel to it that I really like.


Bobby Valentino featuring Smoke and Lil Fate-Table Dance
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Kelly Rowland Album Bumped To 2007

The release of Kelly Rowland's sophomore solo set for Columbia/Sony Urban Music, "My Story: Kelly Rowland," has been moved from July to first-quarter 2007. Manager Mathew Knowles says more time is needed to properly set up the project. "We want to make sure our marketing strategy is a multi-tiered approach that capitalizes on the synergies afforded by her other projects," Knowles tells Billboard. Asked if more songs will now be recorded for the pushed-back set, Knowles says, "If she finds a better song or songs to add, we'll use them. But that's not the reason for changing the date. [Everyone] is pleased with the record Kelly made."As for Rowland's "other projects," she co-hosted the fifth annual MTV Asia Awards ceremony May 6, where she premiered her new single "Gots to Go" for a worldwide audience. Tomorrow (May 13), the Destiny's Child co-founding member will be in Atlanta to kick off the five-city Soft Sheen-Carson/Vixen Model Search for women of color.Rowland previously said the upcoming album is more personal than her 2002 solo debut "Simply Deep," which bowed at No. 12 on The Billboard 200 and has sold nearly 600,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

"This album is very different from the last record. It was so alternative and this record is urban," she said last month during a playback of the new set for members of the media. "I wanted to go back to my roots [because] that's where I started and that's what feels natural to me."

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New Lloyd Banks produced by Timbaland

Brand new track from Lloyd Banks, titled "My House", first single off new album titled Rotten Apple (due in stores July 18th), produced by Timbaland.


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New Shareefa featuring Ludacris-Need A Boss (produced by Rodney Jerkins)

Brand new track from DTP R&B singer Shareefa featuring Ludacris. This track here is HOT. This chick reminds me of Nicole Wray with a twist of Syleena Johnson and a dash of Mary J. Click on the link below and download and feel free to post your comments on this song.

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R&B Singer Joe Planning Hip-Hop Friendly Album

Joe Thomas, simply known as Joe, has a new single and is set to release his untitled sixth album in August on Jive Records.The debut single off the forthcoming album is "Where You At," featuring Flipmode's new protégé' Papoose."It's an up-tempo, really good, club record," Joe told AllHipHop.com of the single, which will soon the airwaves.There are a slew of other rappers featured on the project, including Fabolous, Nas, Chamillionaire and Young Buck.The R&B heartthrob said that he was open minded in selecting guests for his album, which contains production by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Brian Michael Cox, Sean Garrett, Cool and Dre and newcomers Tim Kelly and Bob Robinson."It's a great mix of producers," Joe continued. "It's a beautiful album but the expectations are so huge at the label right now with this record because it's well put together."Joe signed to Jive Records in 1997 and produced his, debut, album All That I Am, which included hit singles like "All the Things (Your Man Won't Do)", "Don't Wanna Be a Player," which was produced by Rodney Jerkins.The singer also has an entrepreneurial side, as he is planning his own Tequila brand called Sojo and clothing line J Thomas."It's a real upscale couture line," Joe said. "We're gonna start with the men's line for now and then later on we'll bring in the women."

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Joe-Should I Stay (produced by Tim & Bob)

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Keys Wants Two Johns — Mayer And Legend — For Next LP

Album will likely be influenced by her recent trip to Africa, she says.


Alicia Keys says she hopes to follow in the footsteps of legendary entertainers like Frank Sinatra and Barbra Streisand, who were lauded for both their acting and music.

For now, though, Keys' game plan is to tackle one at a time, so she didn't do any music for her first film, "Smokin' Aces," with Ben Affleck. But how about making some music for her second feature, "The Nanny Diaries," which stars Scarlett Johansson?

"Probably not," Keys said Tuesday on the movie's Brooklyn set. "You never know, but even with the other movie, it wasn't about doing the music for the movie. I think later on I'll try getting into acting as well as doing the entire soundtrack. But right now I want to focus directly on the acting."

Still, music isn't entirely on hold. She's already mapping out her next LP.

"I'm in the studio now," she said. "I'm actually taking a different approach for this album. I'm taking the approach of writing everything first, kind of old-school style. Before cats stepped in the studio, the song was written, the music was done — that kind of thing. The idea of it was already developed. I want to do that.

"I want to write a lot, sit at the piano a lot and get all these things out that I'm going through and experienced. I just got back from Africa. I've been seeing things in my life that changed my whole perspective on everything."
Specifically, Keys said, she witnessed firsthand what extreme poverty is like.

"The way government takes advantage of people, there's so much disconnect, segregation — the way it's set up to just destroy the human spirit," she said. "So many things I've witnessed and felt and seen, I'd never seen before."
The Grammy winner already has an idea of who she wants to work with. Here's a hint: It will be out of the norm.


"Me and John Mayer are gonna write some stuff together," she said. "I love his writing style. He's funny, very witty. I think we'll do some writing together. Linda Perry, our styles combining would be very interesting — a soulful rock-blues thing. John Legend would be an interesting collaboration. We were on tour together but we never sat down and vibed and wrote. I want to do some interesting collaborations, things that are different, and see where it leads."


— Shaheem Reid, with reporting by SuChin Pak


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For His Next Album, Jamie Foxx Wants To Get In Your Bedroom

Jamie Foxx said when he's traveling to promote his Unpredictable LP — as he was recently in the U.K., Paris and Germany — round bottoms keep him down to earth."I bring pictures of girls with real big booties with me because ... it keeps me grounded when I see a real big ass," he laughed while stopping in England to talk to MTV Europe.On the serious tip, the singer/actor said he really missed his family."What I miss the most when I'm away from home is my daughter, my dogs — I just got two new pit bulls, man," he said. "I miss them badly, and that's about it."The last time Foxx was in Europe was to promote his movie "Any Given Sunday." He said going abroad always gets his creative juices flowing."When you travel and you see different people, it makes you want to come up with other things, and that's what it was about," he said. "That's what Ray Charles was talking about, that's what Quincy Jones was talking about: going outside your borders. Going over to Europe and just traveling and just meeting new people and getting fragments and pieces of personalities and putting them together in music."The first two singles from his album are the sexy "Unpredictable" and "DJ Play a Love Song." But Foxx said when the time comes for him to hit the bedroom, he doesn't listen to his tracks. Well, the ones people know, anyway."I actually don't get it on to the music on my record," he said. "But some of the songs that I don't release, I actually do it to those songs. It's a little too much on the nose when you are playing your own record, but I have got some songs that didn't make the album that are, like, real great bedroom songs, and I'm going to re-release [Unpredictable with] those."But what I believe is this — is that music is two different things," he continued. "It either gets you in the dance club or it gets you in the bedroom. Everything else is either 'save the trees' or 'peace and good life' and all that. I want to give people a bedroom record because it's been a long time since they had a bedroom record where you can say, 'Let's slow the music down and see what's going on in there.' "News on the Unpredictable re-release is scarce, but Foxx did say to look for one of the greatest MCs of all time on the set (see "The Greatest MCs Of All Time")."We got some re-releases that myself and LL Cool J — we're just going to knock the top of your head off," he boasted. "[We have] a few things that we have up our sleeve, so it's going to be something to look forward to this year."Foxx's plate also includes the release of the films "Miami Vice" and "Dreamgirls," as well as a tour in support of Unpredictable. Down the line, the Oscar winner said, he wants to return to his comedy roots and take that show on the road as well."I'll keep doing the music, I will go out with a music tour, but there is going to be a point — like maybe a year and a half, two years — when myself and Chris Rock — we've already talked about this — we're going to go out and talk about our past five or 10 years of our lives," he said. "My tentative title is 'Where Do I Start?'"You never lose that thirst of doing comedy," he continued. "I think once you lose that, you start to kind of, like, fade away or get behind your big gates or your big house. So we got that on the back burner. As soon as we get [these albums and movies] out of the way, then we crack open those jokes."For more on Jamie Foxx, check out the feature "The Metamorphosis Of Jamie Foxx."

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Tweet collaborates with Whitney Houston

Tweet and Whitney Houston collabo It's been a little while since we heard from the Southern Hummingbird singer (a year to be exact), but I got some inside info that Tweet has been recording for a new album since early this year. She has recorded a duet with Whitney Houston (can't wait to hear to this) for Whitney's new album and another one slated to appear on Tweet's. The song for Tweet’s album is titled "Another Day". Not too long ago, Tweet was seen leaving the studio with Timbaland and Chili of TLC, which could most likely mean a Chili/Tweet collabo on Chili’s new album or on Tweet's. Tweet has written two songs for Monica's new album and also for Fantasia, and will wrap up studio recording sessions this fall.

New Tweet songs

Cool Breeze written by C. Keys, N. Stewart, C.X. Brockman, C. Bereal (produced by Craig X. Brockman, Nisan Stewart, and Charlie Bereal)

Another Day written by C. Keys, C. Bereal, M. Elliott, N. Stewart, W. Millsap (produced by Walter Millsap, Missy Elliott and Charlie Bereal)

The Only One I Feel written by M. Elliott, N. Stewart, C.X. Brockman (produced by Missy Elliott, Nisan Stewart, and Craig X. Brockman)

Faith Evans to Release New Album in Fall

Faith Evans to Release New Album in FallR&B artist Faith Evans is hard at work on her follow-up to her debut album on Capitol Records, "The First Lady". The new album has yet to be titled but Faith has been recording tracks for the new set scheduled to hit stores this fall. Last week faith was in New York with producer Chucky Thompson laying down tracks for the new album. Chucky is best known for working with Faith on her debut album as well as her latest album "The First Lady". Other producers include Jazze Pha, who's laced hits the last two years for Ciara, T.I., and Field Mobb. Rapper T.I. is said to appear on the set, however at this time T.I. and Faith have not recorded together for the album. Word is T.I. is scheduled to appear on a track produced by Jazze Pha. Other producers for the set will be announced at a later date. The album according to Faith's camp will be real street, but of course that doesn't mean fans won't be treated to classic R&B ballads, something the First Lady is known for. Expect Faith's new single from the new album before the summer is out. Faith has also recorded with artists Coko and Lil' Mo the three have recorded a new version of "Endow Me", originally recorded by The Clark Sisters. The song will appear on Coko's up-coming Gospel release, due this August.