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Perhaps Chris Brown figured there was no better time than when receiving major shade for being a terrible human being from the female cast of Glee to announce his new album? Breezy, who we were delusional enough to hope had gone into early retirement, was recently seen in a studio with  Jennifer Lopez , via a pic JLo tweeted out. Now it's been confirmed: Brown's sixth studio album is titled X ( we're telling Kylie Minogue right now) and it's slated for [...]

Beyonce has teamed up with designer label Gucci for the Chime for Change campaign and the accompanying concert in London. In addition to co-founding the organization with Salma Hayek and Gucci Creative Director Frida Giannini, Bey serves as Artistic Director and headliner for the June 1 Sound of Change concert. It's all part of a charitable initiative that works to raise funds and awareness for female empowerment. "Our goal is to call for change for girls and women in the loudest voice possible," Beyonce said at a press conference in London this morning (March 26). "I am [...]

It's finally here — almost . On Monday afternoon (March 11), iTunes made Justin Timberlake 's third solo album The 20/20 Experience available to stream in full, eight days ahead of its official March 19 release date. Up to this point, we'd really only heard the recorded versions of singles "Suit & Tie" and "Mirrors," plus a couple live renditions of "Pusher Love Girl." In its studio version form, "Pusher Love Girl" is an eight minute rock-and-soul jam, while "Don't Hold The Wall" finds Timberlake [...]

Last night (February 2) in New Orleans, Justin Timberlake marked his live return, debuting two new songs and bringing out Jay-Z to perform their new single "Suit & Tie." While suited up and backed by a 13-piece band, dubbed JT & The Tennessee Kids, Timberlake effectively rose expectations for the performances to come, and his third album The 20/20 Experience , out March 19 . This DirecTV Super Saturday night performance was Timberlake's first live solo gig in five years. The new [...]

Well, if Justin Timberlake 's "Suit & Tie" beat was the audition, it appears Timbaland got the part. Jay-Z announced on his Life + Times site that he has added the super-producer to his Roc Nation lineup for management (Timbo's still on Interscope for music). Hova's entertainment firm manages several big names, including Rihanna , Shakira and Santigold , as well as newcomers [...]

Justin Timberlake posted a few black-and-white shots from his recording sessions for The 20/20 Experience , the "first, exclusive glimpse of Justin in the studio recording" the album. So, further proof that it's actually happening. While he's not in his "Suit & Tie," in the gallery up top JT is working with Timbaland , strumming an acoustic guitar and laying down a vocal track. For a bit more footage of him in the booth on the mic, check out his comeback video .

Missy Elliott and Timbaland wasted no time after releasing "9th Inning" and "Triple Threat" off Missy's next album. The duo took questions from fans in a Ustream session (well, Timbo mainly sat there looking down and seemingly confused) and used the session as an opportunity to hype up the forthcoming release. Really hype up: Missy said "We wanted to change up the way music sounded, just kinda change the game, change music, change the format a little bit." If anyone can do it, it's the pair that [...]

And the saga continues. Super-producers Missy Elliott and Timbaland sat down with Hot 972s Angie Martinez yesterday to discuss new music and, of course, one of the topics included the [...] The post Missy Elliott: "No One Has Called Me About Doing An Aaliyah Album" appeared first on The Smoking Section .

Seven years after of Missy Elliott 's The Cookbook gave us our last taste of the rapstress' original material, she'll apparently be busting out not one, but two new singles in September. Elliott's longtime friend and collaborator Timbaland tweeted , "oh snapp yall my sista @MissyElliott is droppin her singles #9thinning and #triplethreat labor day weekend. watch it world we backk!!!" That's good news for fans who were disappointed when Block Party missed its June release date . It's [...]

We already know Cher 's upcoming album is said to feature the long-awaited Lady Gaga duet "The Greatest Thing" and two songs written by Pink . But the pop matron got Burlesque fans' bustiers into a knot by hinting that she'll also be pairing up with her former co-star Christina Aguilera . A fan asked Cher on Twitter why she doesn't record a song with Xtina. The singer responded: [...]

Days after Drake unveiled "Enough Said" , a new track that acts as a collaboration between he and Aaliyah , there are conflicting reports over the involvement of the late R&B-pop songstress' family in the project. Regardless, a new album featuring unreleased material by Aaliyah is definitely in the works, according to Drake. "People should be really excited. People thought it was my single; it's not my single," Drizzy told MuchMusic following Sunday's OVO Fest in Toronto . "It's all off [...]

Could it be? Have our pop prayers finally been answered? Could Justin Timberlake actually be working on a new album? Apparently so, claims producer Jim Beanz , who revealed to Digital Spy that Timberlake is already hard at work creating "crazy, crazy stuff" with his Justified and FutureSex/LoveSounds collaborator Timbaland . "When I get back to the States I'm going to be helping out on  Shock Value 3  with Timbaland and the Justin Timberlake project," said Beanz (who [...]

Kid Cudi , Wiz Khalifa and Missy Elliott & Timbaland (in a joint special appearance) are some of the big names slated to perform at annual hip-hop fest Rock The Bells 2012. Also on the lineup are J. Cole , Nas , Kendrick Lamar , Lupe Fiasco , A$AP Rocky and Mac Miller [...]

After a multi-year absence and a long battle with Graves' disease , Missy Elliott is ready to reign again. Last year the MC popped up on J.Cole's "Nobody's Perfect" , Demi Lovato's "All Night Long" and Katy Perry's "Last Friday Night (TGIF)" remix , and now MTV reports that Elliott's long-delayed album Block Party will drop this June. "Me and Missy are both coming with our albums at the same time, and it will be in June," her longtime collaborator and friend Timbaland told [...]

It's a new year, and that meant it was time for us to whip up our 12 Most Anticipate Albums Of 2012 list . Other pop happenings this week included the surfacing of two new Lana Del Rey tracks, Rihanna being named the best-selling digital artist by Nielsen SoundScan, Lady Gaga's revelation that she'll have another album out sometime in the next 12 months and Kelly Clarkson's album sales taking a dip, post-Ron Paul endorsement. See how our readers reacted to this flurry of music-related mayhem below! :: Jesse Perez [...]

Demi Lovato has revealed the track list to her new album Unbroken , and it looks like the 19-year-old 's newest release is all about introspection: song titles include "Fix A Heart", "Hold Up", and "Give Your Heart A Break". The 15-track LP also boasts quite a few guest stars — Dev, Iyaz and Jason Derulo cameo on the disc, with opening track "All Night Long" featuring both Missy Elliott and her right-hand-man Timbaland .View the whole track listing below. Unbroken hits stores September 20. [...]

It seems like everybody is watching Jiggaman's "throne" these days, vying for a piece of the pie. In the latest attempt of cracking Jay-Z's multi-million dollar safe, AllHipHop.com reports that Ahab Joseph Nafal is suing him and super-producer Timbaland for the usage of Baligh Hamdi's "Khosara, Khosara," in their smash hit "Big Pimpin'," along with Roc-A-Fella Records, Def Jam Records, Warner Music Group and Linkin Park (for remixing the track off their Grammy Award-winning album, Collision Course ). An original lawsuit was thrown out in 2007 after the court ruled that Nafal [...]

Over the past week, Rihanna debuted her "S&M" music video , which proved to be too hot for viewing in some countries . Meanwhile, Britney Spears unveiled her Femme Fatale album cover , Brandy popped up on a new Timbaland track and Chris Brown showed that he isn't slowing down his own musical output . Head below to see how our readers processed all this pop pandemonium. :: Zachary needed a little R&R after Rihanna Parodies [...]

Nearly a year after the release of Shock Value II , new-to-Twitter super producer Timbaland has announced his intention to release new music each week as part of "Timbo Thursdays." (Does this sound a little familiar to you ?) " So my brother told me kanye is puttin out a new song every friday call good fridays," Timbaland tweeted in the early morning hours. " swizz got mondays ... i dont know if they are on twitter but can [...]

TMZ reported that Timbaland's family feared he may take his own life after his $2 million Jacob & Co. watch was stolen from his Malibu home. But the rapper-producer called into Ryan Seacrest's radio show this morning to reiterate that he's not suicidal after losing an (extremely expensive) accessory. "People steal from me all the time," he told Seacrest. "Now why would I commit suicide? I could buy what was stolen." May we suggest you pick up a few Ke$ha-approved timepieces ? You can pretty much guarantee nobody will be interested in [...]