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What do you think of the new “Tupac” single, “Pac’s Life” from the upcoming album? The track features T.I. and Ashanti and has been made available by ThugLifeArmy.com, a site dedicated to keeping Pac’s memory alive.

As previously reported, the set is scheduled for a November release.
AUDIO: “Pac’s Life” feat. T.I. and Ashanti

On a recent jaunt to South Africa, power couple Beyonce and Jay-Z were forced to charter an extra plane just to carry their baggage.

At the check-in desk in New York City the duo was told by airline staff there was not enough room on the Johannesburg-bound flight for their luggage.

According to SFGate.com, a witness said, “The trip only lasts two weeks but it looked like they were emigrating.”

The couple then chartered another plane. As one person pointed out, Aaliyah’s life would have been saved had she done the same.

Beyonce and Jay-Z recently returned from rocking West Africa as headlining acts for the inaugural Thisday Music Festival in Lagos, Nigeria, on October 7.

Now that Jay-Z is officially out of retirement, he’s foraying into the world of television series.

According to Production Weekly, Hova is developing a scripted boxing series for sports network ESPN, called “Hit Men.”

The pilot episode follows a diverse group of struggling athletes with one thing in common. They train at the Hit Men Boxing Club, an inner-city gym run by former boxer Frank Cerrones.

The series focuses on the lives of the fighters inside the ring, outside the ring, and will film on location in Louisiana starting early December.

Gary “Big G” Glenn, Jonathan “John John” Rasboro, Tim “Timzo” Cameron and Jimmy Gates, otherwise known as Silk, return to their baby-making music ways on their seventh album, Always And Forever, an ode to classic slow jams.

The quartet’s debut release on Shanachie Entertainment drops today and features the foursome known for new-jack swing/hip-hop/R&B jams such as “Freak Me” pimping songs like Switch’s “There Will Never Be,” Michael Jackson’s “Lady In My Life,” Blue Magic’s “Sideshow” and more.

“It all comes full circle on this album,” Gary Glenn shared. “A lot of these songs were ones we were already familiar with so it was easy for us to step in and emulate people we have a lot of respect for.”

Our reviewer thinks they did a good job of presenting the tunes and it seems their fans do, too. More…
Always And Forever review
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Trick Daddy fans better watch out, because the multi-platinum rapper is about to pull a double Halloween whammy.

Not only is his new album “Book of Thugs Part II” scheduled to drop October 31, his new straight-to-DVD movie Trick Daddy: “The Real Entourage” is also slated to drop the same ghoulish date.

The DVD offers a glimpse into the life of the rapper who says he’s “for the kids” as he engages in various activities such as playing craps, cooking, talking to the ladies and freestylin’, while offering interviews with his friends, homeboys, his father POPS and Trick Daddy himself. Trick actually discusses his mother’s sex life. The DVD also includes four Trick Daddy music videos.

VIDEO: Trick Daddy: “The Real Entourage” Trailer Windows|Real

Fresh on the heels of his smash single “Chain Hang Low,” Jibbs is dropping his next tune, “King Kong,” featuring Chamillionaire. The songs are both off the upcoming album Jibbs Feat. Jibb, in stores October 24.

AUDIO: Windows|Real
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Also new music this week is the latest from Young Jeezy titled “I Luv It.” The track’s from his upcoming sophomore album, The Inspiration, due in stores December 12.

AUDIO: Windows|Real 
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Finally, check out the hot new video by Cherish “Unappreciated,” the title track from their new album.

VIDEO: Windows|Real|Quicktime

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2006 BET Hip-Hop Awards nominations were announced today and heading the pack is ATL’s T.I., with eight nods, including “Hip-hop Video Of The Year.” Right behind him is Busta Rhymes (six) and Chamillionaire with five.

Confirmed live performances include Snoop Dogg, Ludacris, T.I. & Young Dro, and Young Jeezy, while the host of the show, scheduled to air Wednesday, November 15 at 9 p.m., is potty-mouthed comedian Katt Williams.

Full list of BET Hip-Hop Awards Nominees:

HIP-HOP VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Busta Rhymes f/ Mary J. Blige, Rah Digga, Missy Elliott, Lloyd Banks, Papoose & DMX – Touch It Remix
Common – Testify
Lupe Fiasco – Kick, Push
T.I. – What You Know
Yung Joc- Goin’ Down (more…)

The 6th (yes sixth) posthumously released Tupac album is set for a November release. Titled pac’s Life, the set marks the ten year anniversary of his still-unsolved murder and, according to ThugLifeArmy.com, features guests such as T.I. and Ashanti.
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Vibe reports that while rapper Cassidy has regained consciousness after a near-fatal accident, members of Danity Kane have allegedly been involved in a separate car crash.
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India.Arie will be releasing the original version of her smash hit “I Am Not My Hair” on iTunes. Available October 23, the version features pop star Pink whom Arie says helped inspire the song when she decided to cut her pink hair. “We both had something to say with this song, and we wanted to work together,” Arie said. “This duet should have been the original version on my album, but it fell through the cracks.” Billboard also reports the track, also inspired by Melissa Etheridge, will be featured on beginning the Lifetime Television movie, “Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy.”
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R&B crooner Case has left Def Soul to sign with an independent label, Skeleton Key Entertainment, that offers artists greater control over their projects. His as-of-yet-to-be-announced set is due the first quarter of 2007.
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The new Justin Timberlake’s released the video to his latest hit, “My Love,” feat. T.I. today.
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“VH1 Hip Hop Honors Week” kicked off yesterday and will continue for a week with a number of scheduled events. Check the official calendar.
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Prince will unveil a new track called “The Song of the Heart” as the first single on the soundtrack for the upcoming movie “Happy Feet.” Scheduled for a October 3 release, the album also features songs from Patti LaBelle, Pink (who covers Rufus and Chaka Khan’s “Tell Me Something Good”), and Fantasia.
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Finally, a great wrap-up of the VH-1 Hip Hop Honors can be found here.

A UK survey seems to think so.

A recent study out of London’s University of Leicester suggests fans of hip-hop music have more sex than fans of other types of music, namely country.

The psychologist conducting the testing, Adrian North, seeks to link musical tastes to behavior.

The results also say that 50 percent of both hip-hop and dance music listeners have admitted to committing a crime. In addition, the ongoing testing shows 1/4 of classical music have smoked marijuana, while 12% of opera listeners have consumed hallucinogenic mushrooms.

Source: Reuters

After garnering massive success in the secular world of music, Grammy-nominated artist Kelly Price has returned to her gospel roots for her upcoming this is who i am.

The former Ron Isley protegee, known for her guest vocals on hits such as Mariah Carey’s “Fantasy,” The Notorious B.I.G.’s “Mo Money Mo Problems,” P. Diddy’s “No Way Out” and Whitney Houston’s “Heartbreak Hotel,” dropped her debut Soul Of A Woman in 1998 and enjoyed immense success with the track “Friend of Mine.” The anthem broke chart records by reaching Billboard’s top spot twice without the help of a music video. Her last album, Priceless, was released in 2003.

this is who i am will be the Queens native’s first gospel album. The singer who started writing at the age of seven was once told by record executives “No one wants to look at a fat girl or buy her records, no matter how good she sounds.” She went on to prove them wrong by collaborating with the likes of Aretha Franklin, Brian McKnight, LL Cool J, Mary J Blige, Brandy, The LOX, Donnie McClurkin, The Williams Brothers, Faith Evans, George Michael, Karen Clarke-Sheard, Yolanda Adams, MASE, Mary Mary, R. Kelly, Eric Clapton, Wynona Judd, Gerald Levert, Angela Winbush, The Isley Bros and her mentor Ronald Isley, who helped her get her first big break.
this is who i am is due in stores October 24.

Preorder this is who i am

AUDIO: “Healing”

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