Rihanna to Release “Rated R” album on Nov. 23

The pop star Rihanna is making headlines again, this time for the right reasons: on Tuesday, Island Def Jam Recordings said it would release her new studio album, “Rated R,” on Nov. 23. The album is her fourth full-length studio release and the first since an incident in February in which she was attacked by her companion, the R&B singer Chris Brown, during an argument. (Mr. Brown, who pleaded guilty to a felony count of assault, was given five years of probation.) In a news release, Island Def Jam said the album’s first single, “Russian Roulette,” written by the R&B singer Ne-Yo, would be available Tuesday on Rihanna’s official Web site. Other producers and writers on “Rated R” include Justin Timberlake, Stargate, Chase & Status, and The-Dream and Tricky Stewart.
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Gucci Mane to release album Dec 8, First single “Spotlight” featuring Usher

Two days after releasing a new three-part, 30-track mixtape, Gucci Mane has launched the campaign in support of his forthcoming sophomore effort, The State Vs. Radric Davis.

The Atlanta rapper unveiled both a December 8, 2009 street date for the So Icey/Asylum/Warner Bros. Records release, and the album’s official first single, “Spotlight” featuring Usher.

The song, produced by Polow da Don, follows the national radio success of Gucci’s warm-up single “Wasted,” featuring Plies.

Additional production credits on the album include Drumma Boy, Mannie Fresh and Sean Garrett, who, along with Gucci, contributed to singer Mario’s summer hit “Break Up.”
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Rihanna Releasing New Album on Nov. 23?

Rihanna is gearing up to release some new music, at least that’s what her recent Twitter post suggests.

“The Wait Is Ova,” she wrote, on Tuesday, presumably about her the follow up to her last studio album, 2007’s “Good Girl Gone Bad.”

Rihanna ended her post with a date — “Nov 23 09.”

Fat Joe Speaks on Album, Twitter, starting off Wack & Making Music for the Love!

Fat Joe speaks on his upcoming Album, J.O.S.E. 2 and the importance of people Tweeting about it. He also talks about starting out wack and why he doesn’t do rap for the money, but for the love. Jose - 2 drops October 6th with features from Akon, Wezzy, T-Pain, Ron Browz, and Swiss Beats.

Lil Jon to Release “Crunk Rock” in November

After a lengthy three-year delay, Lil Jon has finally set a Nov 24 release date for his first solo album, ‘Crunk Rock.’ Lil Jon told Rolling Stone that the long-awaited LP would be different from his signature work thanks to the help of several producers outside of his comfort zone, including DJ David Guetta, RedOne and Dr. Luke, who have created hit singles for the Black Eyed Peas, Lady Gaga and Katy Perry respectively.

Jon said that instead of his original plan to compose a half-rock/half-hip hop album, he decided to experiment a little more musically. “I kind of took Crunk Rock to another level,” he said. “It’s not just dealing with crunk music and rock — it’s basically a lifestyle. Living life to the fullest, getting crazy, getting crunk and just partying… I’m just trying to make everybody have fun and make ‘em dance again. Because in rap, people stopped partying.”
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Jay-Z’s Blueprint 3 Tracklist Revealed

With less than a month until the release of Jay-Z’s The Blueprint 3, Jigga has revealed the track list for his highly anticipated album on his official Website. Of the record’s 15 tracks, only three songs find Jay-Z going it solo — the rest boast a kind of hip-hop all-star team. In addition to contributions from Kanye West and Rihanna on “Run This Town” and the previously reported collaborations with Drake, Kid Cudi and Mr Hudson, The Blueprint 3 will also feature appearances from Alicia Keyes, Young Jeezy, Swizz Beatz and Pharrell. Kanye, who served as producer for a bulk of the tracks on BP3, will also appear on the track “Hate.”

Noticeably absent from the features listed on the Blueprint 3 track list are MGMT, who Jay-Z had previously said would be contributing to a song on BP3. (They still might serve as producers on one of the BP3 tracks.) Another notable name that has disappeared from the unconfirmed track list from June is Nas, who was rumored to feature on the track “Empire State of Mind.” The song remains on the album, only now it stars Alicia Keys. Luke Steele of Empire of the Sun, whose debut was one of our favorite albums from last year, appears on opener “What We Talkin’ About.”
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50 Cent’s Album Pushed Back to November

50 Cent recently revealed that his highly anticipated album Before I Self Destruct has officially been pushed back again, this time until November.

The G-Unit boss made the announcement during an interview backstage at the Coke Live Festival, in Cracow, Poland last night (August 22).

The last confirmed release date for the album had been September 29 and prior to that, September 11.

50, who has recorded and the re-recorded BISD, also revealed that a companion movie will come with the rapper’s fourth major studio album.
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Mariah Carey’s Album Delayed Until Sept. 29

Originally scheduled for an August 25th release date and then September 15th, Mariah Carey’s upcoming 12th studio album, “Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel,” has been delayed yet again. “Memoirs” will now arrive two weeks later on September 29th.

The singer has also pulled out of a string of appearances surrounding the album’s release, including “VH1 Storytellers,” the “Today” Show concert series, 2009 MTV Video Music Awards and her Hollywood Walk of Fame star ceremony.

According to a source at Def Jam, the label Carey is signed to, the reason for the delay is that the singer hasn’t completed the album and needs to return to the studio to record additional songs.
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Yung Joc to Release Free Album

Atlanta based Grammy nominated artist Jasiel Robinson better known professionally as Yung Joc has taken the unusual step of releasing his highly anticipated 3rd album titled “GRIND FLU” via his own successful imprint Swagg Team Entertainment this coming Tuesday, August 11, 2009 for FREE! “GRIND FLU” is also sponsored by Nuvo, Whynatte Latte, Steve Rayman Chevrolet, DTLR Fashions, Silver, Dagger and Music Business Politics. “GRIND FLU” will be available for download directly via Yung Joc’s website www.swaggteament.com beginning August 11, 2009. This is Yung Joc’s first release since 2007’s critically acclaimed “Hustlenomics.” The first single from the new album is also titled “Grind Flu” and features Montana Da Mac.

Says Yung Joc, “Fans all over the world have been eagerly waiting for me to release a new album and I felt the time was right at this very moment to release GRIND FLU for free, gift it to my fans and do things my way.”

The Full track listing is as follows:
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Pitbull to release ‘Rebelution’ on August 31

After becoming a free agent in 2008, leaving his longtime home at TVT Records, Pitbull is return to return to the mic with a new solo LP, titled Rebelution.

Following up the highly popular “I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)” single, which peaked at #2 on Billboard’s Hot 100 Chart, the Miami rapper follows up with another smash with his latest song, “”Hotel Room Service.”

Aside from the two hits, Pit is ready to deliver even more fire power thanks to production from beatmakers such as Play-N-Skillz, Clinton Sparks and Jim Jonsin, while he as wrangled guest spots from T-Pain, Akon, Lil Jon, Trick Daddy and Slim of 112.
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