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Hip-hop outfit Jurassic 5 will release its first album in four years, "Feedback," July 25 via Interscope. The set is led by the single "Work It Out," which features the Dave Matthews Band, while "Where We At" boasts a guest turn by Mos Def. Production was supplied primarily by DJ/producer...

Award-winning radio and mixtape DJ Clinton Sparks will welcome some of the biggest names in hip-hop to his SIRIUS Satellite Radio program in June. Sparks hosts and DJs the weekly program Smashtime Radio, a live mix show broadcast Thursdays from 8 pm to midnight ET on Shade 45, the uncensored...

The soundtrack to the action thriller "Waist Deep," starring R&B singer Tyrese Gibson and rapper the Game, will be issued June 13 via Def Jam. The album features appearances by Ice Cube, Ghostface Killah, Redman, Nate Dogg and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, among others. The Game will make his acting...

Chamillionaire's "Ridin'" featuring Krayzie Bone maintains the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for a second week. Daniel Powter's "Bad Day" holds at No. 2 on the chart but reclaims the top spot on the Pop 100, where Rihanna's "SOS" falls to No. 5. The Powter track also remains atop the Adult...

Gnarls Barkley's phenomenal hit 'Crazy' will be deleted this week, ending a phenomenal run of nine consecutive weeks at the top of the UK charts. The decision to delete 'Crazy' was made to ensure that the focus of the Gnarls Barkley campaign now falls on the second single, 'Smiley Faces'...

When you think of hip hop, the city of Baltimore might not come to mind. Ok! Let’s be real, it’s nowhere near our thought process. Growing up I always remembered the “Chocolate City” as being a “go-go” area. That is until now. B-More has a few up and comers who can handle their own on the M-I-C...

E-40 comes from the Bay Area and is the “Undisputed King of Slang”. At this time 40 is very complacent with his accomplishments in the music industry. Since the beginning of his career and also being the legend that he is now, many rappers have absorbed his style and his use of slang...

You know your song is big when ESPN sportscasters reference it during baseball highlights. And that song has lifted Chamillionaire from Texas mixtape king to chart-topping rapper. "With 'Ridin,' it's a street concept. We're rapping faster. It's not the average single," Cham said last week from...

Don't know what to get Beyoncé for her birthday? That's OK, because the singer is more in the mood to give than receive this year. She's got three offerings on the way — a new album, movie and division of her clothing line. Beyoncé is releasing B'Day, the follow-up to 2003's multiplatinum...

Mariah Carey's a little annoyed that she's going to travel by bus instead of plane on her upcoming tour — but not for the reasons you might expect. The singer actually prefers ground transit: Air travel is too dehydrating, and sleep is easier on a bus than on a jet. So what's her...

A Detroit-area prosecutor ruled Tuesday (May 30) that the bouncer who shot and killed Proof on April 11 acted in his cousin's defense. Mario Etheridge was charged only with weapons violations three days after the nightclub shootout, but Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy kept murder charges a...

For months, we've heard Busta Rhymes talking about how he must "secure the win" for his team with his upcoming comeback album, The Big Bang. It simply means that he can't be a flop critically, the streets have to embrace it, he must sell a boatload of records and can't make Dr. Dre look bad for...

Rihanna and Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz are red carpet pros — they've both been interviewed and photographed on a number of them in the past year. But during this year's MTV Movie Awards pre-show, they'll be working the red carpet in a completely different manner. Read The Whole Story

Like his musical influence Prince, you just can’t seem to put his music into a box. Is it R&B, is it Neo-Soul or is it Pop? Van Hunt is an artist that has been able to fuse all 3 sounds into 14 tracks of musical staccatos. Not wanting to be labeled a Neo-Soul artist Hunt feels, that genre does...

Rapper Foxy Brown, accused of assaulting two nail salon workers in a fight over payment for a manicure, will go on trial in July, a judge said today (May 26). Brown, 26, whose real name is Inga Marchand, is charged with misdemeanor assault in the Aug. 29, 2004, incident. Prosecutors allege she...