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Today In Hip Hop History: Kanye West Drops His ‘College Dropout’ LP 11 Years Ago

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The College Dropout, released in 2004, earned a Grammy Award for best Rap Album Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Eleven years ago on this date, Kanye West released his debut album The College Dropout on Roc-A-Fella Records. Recording began in 1999 and took four years to complete. West originally debuted his talents under the Roc […]

Chris Brown Breaks Silence In First Post Prison Interview With Billboard

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“Maybe I Was Out Of Control” Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Chris Brown has finally started talking.  After leaving prison in early June Chris Brown has let the music speak for him, but with the release of  his sixth album X coming on September 16th he has broken his silence and spoken to Billbaord Magazine […]

Amber Rose Twerking For Her Husband Is The Best Thing You’ll Watch All Weekend

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3rd time’s a charm Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Wiz Khalifa released his 3rd LP, Blacc Hollywood, on August 19th, and the following week it was announced that he had achieved his first chart topper.  Despite his first week tally being lower than both Rolling Papers and O.N.I.F.C., Wiz slid into the #1 spot safely. […]

French Montana Is Trying To Capitalize On Khloe Kardashian’s Fame, Khloe Really Isn’t Stressing About It

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When you’re the closest thing there is to American royalty, it’s good to be realistic about why people want to hang out with you. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information   In a recent interview with Billboard, French Montana commented on his relationship with reality star Khloe Kardashian in a controversial but refreshingly honest way. On the […]

The Game Signs New Deal With eOne Records

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Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information After a fruitful run with Interscope Records, The Game will be joining at indie label eOne. The Game announced his first album with eOne, Blood Money La Familia hits shelves September 16th. This month he will release two singles off the album “Or Nah” and “Bigger than Me”. Advertisement eOne records is highly […]

Kanye West’s Next Album To Be More Tamed ‘Yeezus’

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It’s a mark of a true genius and a musical innovator. when people are following the development of your next album step-by excruciating-step. There a few artists that this statement could be used to describe, but of course it is perfect for Kanye West. While he is getting ready to wed his longtime girlfriend, Kim Kardashian, […]

A Michael Jackson Hologram Performs “Slave to the Rhythm” At The 2014 BBMA’s

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Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information The King of Pop, Michael Jackson himself (sort of), took the Billboard Music Awards to a new level this past Sunday after a hologram performance caught everyone off guard. The song of the hour, complete with a moonwalk and all, was Slave to the Rhythm, off MJ’s posthumous Xscape album (which debuted […]

Kendrick Lamar Talks About His Sophomore Album & Black Hippy Freestyle(s)

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Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information The year of TDE Kendrick Lamar has been extremely scarce with details about his forthcoming sophomore album, the follow up to his debut, good kid, m.A.A.d. city, which garnered him 7 Grammy nominations and the international spotlight. His label head, Anthony Tiffith, better known as Top Dawg, revealed to Billboard […]

Pharrell’s Happy Reigns At #1 For A Ninth Week, Chris Brown Jumps Into Top 10

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Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information The whole word is very, very “Happy” Pharrell told Oprah he had no idea his G I R L single, “Happy”, was going to be a hit. Yeah, we don’t believe you, P. Advertisement The song, which was originally meant to help score the blockbuster animated film Despicable Me 2, […]

Jay Z’s Former Engineer Questioned By LAPD In Extortion Scheme

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Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information According to Billboard.com, Producer Chancey Mahan was questioned by LAPD after he allegedly tried to sell some of Jay Z’s master recordings. Mahan, who worked with Jay Z from 2008-09, allegedly told Roc Nation employees that he would auction off the master recordings unless they gave him $100,000 cash. They reportedly […]

Aretha Franklin Filing $10 Million Lawsuit Over Fake Story

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Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Last week, The News Nerd, a satirical publican, ran a story about R&B sensation Patti Labelle punching Aretha Franklin at an R&B/Soul concert.  Although The News Nerd intended to get a laugh from it’s readers, the R&B legend didn’t find it funny. The News Nerd has a disclaimer saying that news […]

There’s A Very Interesting OVO Billboard In Toronto

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Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Hmmm… Drake just got off the final leg of his Would You Like A Tour? tour, punctuated with three dates in London, and upon his return home, he’s been releasing music at an alarming rate. Most people know that Drake very rarely releases free music, so the fact that, much […]

Chris Brown: The King Of Rhythm & Blues?

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Looking back on the last decade in music, specifically R&B, we’ve seen the rise and fall of one too many “promising” superstars. Many have danced, sang and grabbed the attention of women everywhere but none have done it as effortlessly as Chris Brown. Dancing his way into our musical hearts in 2005 with his debut […]

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