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American Music Awards recap: Jay-Z’s subliminal message to 50 Cent? (Plus J.Lo’s slip, and Adam Lambert)

The best performance of the AMAs was Lady Gaga’s flaming piano in a box, in my humble opinion. Worst? That was probably a tie between Shakira’s drumline, Rihanna’s wooden, Jeezy-less “Hard,” and Fergie’s sour notes. But while the core AMA viewership was probably still giddy about all of Taylor Swift’s wins….hip hop fans were debating Hov’s [...]

50 Cent’s Media Blitz: talking Hov with Funk Flex, joking with Conan, humoring Tavis, and more

50 Cent went on a BISD promotional assault unlike any I’ve seen since…well, since Hov and Blueprint 3. They didn’t make the same stops, but certainly the volume is similar. 1) The 50 Cent x Funkmaster Flex interview was most amusing to me, because Flex knows how to nudge 50 to the edge of appropriateness [...]

New Music/Videos: Slaughterhouse, Fabolous, Lil Twist, and Maino

1) Slaughterhouse “Microphone” 2) Fabolous feat. Kobe “Imma Do it” video (spotted on Nahright) 3) Young Money’s Lil Twist released his new mixtape feat. Nicki Minaj, Soulja Boy, New Boyz, etc. Truthfully, after seeing The Carter documentary, all I can think of is that cringeworthy studio session when Weezy grills Twist on the state of his virginity, [...]

More shots fired… Beanie Sigel “How I Can Kill Jigga Man” (CDQ) + “Think Big”

Update: Beanie Sigel “How I Can Kill Jigga Man” (CDQ) (props to Splash) Update: Beanie Sigel “Think Big” (props to Nahright) I’m pretty sure this is the other joint Cosmic Kev played…   Mikey: A few hours ago on Philly’s Power 99 radio station, DJ Cosmic Kev broke two more Jay-Z diss tracks by Beanie Sigel, while AHH reported one of the [...]

Gucci Mane x Miss Info Pt.2: The ATL politics behind Usher’s 2008 “Love in the Club”

Gucci Mane Talks Working With Usher For The 3rd Time from LowKey on Vimeo. Lowkey posted this latest clip from that my sit-down with Gucci Mane, over at his BET Soundoff blog. In it, Gucci reveals that “Spotlight” is in fact, not his first collabo with Usher, it’s his third. He was the original rapper on [...]

SPOTTED: WHITNEY HOUSTON & RAY J HEADING TO DINNER AFTER THE AMAs

A very happy Whitney Houston and singer/reality star Ray J were spotted heading to dinner after attending the ‘09 American Music Awards on Sunday (November 22) in Los Angeles. Whitney performed and was presented with the ‘International Artist’ award. In related news, Ray J revealed in recent interview that he and Whitney are just “good & [...]

EVENT PICS: ‘09 AMAs (PERFORMANCE, AUDIENCE, BACKSTAGE PICS + VIDEO LINKS)

The 2009 American Music Awards was held on Sunday night (November 22nd) at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles and boasted numerous performances from the top stars of today; including: Janet Jackson, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Whitney Houston and more. Peep the photos below, check out the winners list here and and if you missed it, [...]

WHO ROCK’D IT BETTER: BEYONCE or MELODY

For this edition of ‘Who Rock’d It Better’ we have singers Beyonce and Melody Thornton wearing the same Sass & Bide Higher Ground dress during recent events. Beyonce rock’t the black version of the dress when she accepted her awards at the ‘09 MTV Europe Music Awards earlier this month and Melody rock’d the white version [...]

EVENT PICS: ‘09 AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS (ARRIVAL PICS)

Singer Rihanna arrives to the 2009 American Music Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Sunday (November 22) in Los Angeles, California. Also pictured above are singer/rapper Drake, Keri Hilson and Mary J. Blige. Peep more ‘ARRIVAL’ photos below. ( Photos: GETTY IMAGES )

MUSIC VIDEO: JANET JACKSON - “MAKE ME”

Here’s the new video from Janet Jackson for “Make Me”, the bonus track from her second greatest hits compilation, Number Ones, released last week. A bit reminiscent of Scream, the video is directed by Robert Hales.