The tracklisting for Lil Wayne’s Rebirth is finally here. The album is set to drop on December 21.
1. “American Star” (feat. Shanell)
2. “Prom Queen” (feat. Shanell)
3. “Ground Zero”
4. “Da Da Da”
5. “Paradise”
6. “Get a Life”
7. “On Fire”
8. “Drop the World” (feat. Eminem)
9. “Runnin” (feat. Shanell)
10. “One Way Trip”
11. “Knockout” (feat. Kevin Rudolf)
12. “The Price is Wrong” (feat. Nicki Minaj)
Mariah Carey is planning to re-release her current album, Memoirs of An Imperfect Angel, do to poor sales. The album is set to for a February 2010 release, and will feature remixes of all the original songs.
The album will also feature new collaborations with Swizz Beatz, Christopher “Tricky” Stewart, Trey Songz, R. Kelly, T-Pain, Gucci Mane and OJ Da Juiceman.
“We wanted to do an album that was really personal, and if you love Mariah Carey, you can put it on and listen to it all day…but at the same time, if you like the hot Mariah when she’s doing the features, we want to give people that option too, so that they can put on whichever one they choose,” Stewart said. (Rap-Up)
The album will be available exclusively at Target.
Carey was recently featured in the movie Precious, which is in theaters across the country.
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Grammy winning artist Sade Adu will be releasing her sixth studio album, Soldier of Love, after a ten year hiatus form the music industry.
Not much is known about the album as of now, but it is scheduled to be released on February 8, 2010.
This album will be the follow-up to Sade’s 2000 triple platinum LP, Lover’s Rock.
Sade is best known for her 1984 hit single “Smooth Operator” off of her debut album, Diamond Life.
The Clipse recently partnered with fashion retailer DTLR to design and exclusively sell an “I’m Good” t-shirt.
Pusha (one half of the duo), said that they decided to create the shirt in order to give fans something they could “rock for a long time.”
“We wanted to create a partnership with a lifestyle retailer that directly struck a chord with Clipse’s core fan base in an innovative way,” said Anthony Ellis, Vice President of Marketing, Sony Music. (HipHopDX)
Aside from the t-shirt partnership, The Clipse will also be launching a tour with DTLR, which kicks off in Atlanta, GA on November 27, and continues through Norfolk, VA and Baltimore, MD before wrapping up in Calumet City, IL on December 12.
The Clipse’s third studio album, Til’ The Casket Drops, will hit stores on December 8.
G-Unit’s youngest soldier is back with another banger. Check it out below:
The mother of slain rapper Dolla, Dawnee Robinson revealed during a recent interview with Hip Hop Wired her son’s debut album will be released through Akon’s Konvict Music label and according to her they’re waiting on her approval for the “go ahead with the project.” (Hip Hop Wired)
Last May, the 21 year-old emcee was gunned down outside of the Beverly Center in Los Angeles, Calif. hours after arriving in the city to work on his debut album, A Dolla & A Dream.
Just weeks after Rihanna sat down with Diane Sawyer and came forward with the details of the incident between her and Chris Brown, he has now decided to do the same in a tell-all interview with ABC’s Robin Roberts.
The interview, which is set to air two weeks from now on Good Morning America, will give Chris Brown the opportunity to respond to Rihanna’s previous tell-all interview with Diane Sawyer.
Brown will follow-up the interview with a performance of a few songs off of his upcoming album Graffiti, which is in stores December 8.
Update: Brown will no longer be performing on GMA, but he will be giving an interview which will conclude on 20/20.
The official artwork for Mary J. Blige’s Stronger with Each Tear has been released. The album is set to drop on December 22, but no word on the tracklisting.
The promotion for 50 Cent’s new album, Before I Self Destruct, was in full force but it still wasn’t enough to keep the rapper afloat when it comes to the numbers.
50’s fourth studio album debuted with the lowest opening week sales of his career, ranking #5 on the Billboard charts and selling only 160,000 copies. This low debut is followed by 50’s 2007 album Curtis, which raked in 500,000 in it’s first week.
The albums low sales are most likely due to the fact it was leaked weeks before the initial debut, which lead 50’s label to moving up the release date.
5o recently sat down with DJ Green Lantern for his Sirius satellite radio show, and there is no question he was already well aware that the album wasn’t going to break any sales records.
“For myself, I’m asking myself, ‘What did you expect, bro? Your fans got it when it was available, at the first available opportunity.”
“For me this album is a prequel — it’s full circle. When the energy around a project is the way this is, you can’t really feel like it’s a failure. Like, I look at the numbers and am like, ‘What is this?’ I’ve already assessed that the album has been out a month before its actual release period [due to an online leak, and the album's early digital release due to the leak]. So when you got that, you go, ‘Well, what did you actually expect?’ ” 50 said. (MTV)
5o Cent recently announced he wrote a screenplay for a movie called “The Gun,” which he plans to star in alongside Val Kilmer. Production is scheduled to start in 2010.
BET will be airing a Rihanna Concert Special tonight in honor of her newly released album Rated R.
The footage set to air is of Rihanna’s recent concert in London on November 20, which included guest appearances by Jay Z and Young Jeezy.
The show premieres tonight (November 25) at 7:30 on BET.
Rated R is now in stores everywhere.
