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Kanye West feat. Chris Martin » “Homecoming” » LISTEN » (Full) » New track from your boy Kanye West, “Homecoming,” featuring Chris Martin (of Coldplay) from the album Graduation in stores September 11th. The song is basically a formal dedication to Kanye’s longing love for Chicago aka Chi Town! Ooh, ooh, ooh I can’t wait for this album to just drop already! This truly is torture, I believe that in my soul, but I can’t wait for Graduation to shit all over Curtis woooo!

Keyshia Cole » “Shoulda Let You Go” » LISTEN » (Radio Rip) » This is a radio edit of Keyshia Cole’s new single, “Shoulda Let You Go,” featuring . . . Amina (?); with production by Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins. This will be the second song lifted from the singer’s forthcoming album, Just Like You, set to release September 25th! And also the second song she letting shit go, she should just let a bat go into whoever car and call it an evening, but I do love this song though.

J. Holiday » “Suffocate” » LISTEN » (Full) » This is a real nice slow jam, Underdog production, from R&B crooner J. Holiday’s album, Back Of My Lac, set to drop later this Fall - check out the interview Dustin did with the new artist HERE. The song is nice, I think I like it a little more than “Bed” as far as the concept, but vocally it’s a lot weaker than “Bed”.

Trey Songz » “I Can’t Help But Wait” » LISTEN » (Full) » “Can’t Help But Wait” is set to be lifted as the second single, following the Danja-produced single “Wonder Wonder,” another solid Stargate production. What I want to know is . . . when the hell Trey’s album droppin? Please don’t let him be another “TBA” like Mario’s album PIT STOP, CONCLUSION, HALT, YIELD Go!

“Duffle Bag Boy” featuring Lil’ Wayne is featured on the upcoming DTP compilation album entitled Strength in Numbers, scheduled to be released September 18th, 2007.

“The Godmother” Lil’ Mo is back with her third studio album, Pain & Paper, set to release tomorrow! Album appearances include Da Brat, Jim Jones, Fabolous, and Trina. She also worked with producers Jazze Pha, Stargate and writers Sean Garrett and Ne-Yo on this latest project. The album will also include the first single lifted, featuring Jim Jones, entitled “Sumtimes I”. Lil’ Mo is definitely the one to bring that smooth R&B back to the game, for the most part most of the album is slow jams, it’s also some nice feel good club bangers on there to ride in the whip. I think it relates mostly to ladies on some REAL joints yo, a good one is “Sumtimes I” featuring Jim Jones, “Heartbeat” featuring Donny Roc and “Lucky Her”. Ladies and gentleman . . . “The Godmother” is here, now what are you waiting for? “GET UP ON THIS!!!”

Lil’ Mo feat. Jim Jones » “Sumtimes I” » LISTEN » (Full)
Lil’ Mo feat. Donny Roc » “Heartbeat” » LISTEN » (Full)
Lil’ Mo » “Lucky Her” » LISTEN » (Full)
Lil’ Mo » “Baby Please” » LISTEN » (Full)

WRECKAGE PHOTOS COURTESY OF TMZ.COM

TAKE HIS LICENSE AWAY … NOW! » The 17-year-old son of professional wrestler Hulk Hogan was seriously injured last night when he crashed a sports car while speeding along an interstate, police said. Nick Bollea, which is Hogan’s real last name, crashed the Toyota Supra after he lost control and hit a raised median. The car flipped around, and its back end hit a palm tree, Clearwater police spokesman Wayne Shelor said. Bollea and an unidentified male passenger were extricated from the car by paramedics, Shelor said. They were airlifted to Bayfront Medical Center in St.Petersburg. Their official conditions were not immediately available, but Shelor described the injuries of both as serious. Alcohol is not believed to have played a part in the crash, which appears to have been caused by excessive speed, Shelor said. [ NY DAILY NEWS ] CONTINUE READING

Here’s one more “catch up” post. I’m sure y’all remember “part one” of LAST WEEK’S RUNDOWN. Well after 1, comes 2 … right? Anyhow, check it out!

HOT ITEM: JUANITA BYNUM INVOLVED IN DOMESTIC DISPUTE »

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Televangelist Juanita Bynum was reportedly beaten by her Bishop husband following a dispute in an Atlanta hotel restaurant. Bishop Thomas W. Weeks is charged with one count of aggravated assault and one count of terrorist threats against Bynum, according to police spokesman Ronald Campbell. She was apparently attempting to reconcile with her estranged husband at a restaurant in the Renaissance Concourse Hotel last Wednesday when he attacked her in the hotel parking lot.

“She was pretty upset about the incident,” Campbell said. “At this point, she is at an undisclosed location trying to stay away from him. He began to choke her, he pushed her down and started kicking on her and stomping her,” Campbell said. “The bellman of the hotel actually witnessed the incident and pulled Mr. Weeks off of her.”

Wow! . . . We didn’t get to post this last week, so if you’re just now hearing about it, TMZ posted on the 24th that he had TURNED HIMSELF IN. We’ll keep you updated!

ALL 5 PEOPLE WHO HAVEN’T SEEN THE “R KELLY” TAPE WILL FINALLY BE ABLE TO »

R KELLY AT “TRAPPED IN THE CLOSET” PREMIERE // PHOTO BY BRIAN ACH FOR WIREIMAGE

With R. Kelly’s child pornography trial less than a month away, prosecutors are saying the veins in his hands will prove that Kelly is indeed the man featured having sex with an under-aged girl in the now infamous videotape. During a pre-trial motion last week prosecutors said they hope to bring in an expert witness who has examined the vein patterns of the man’s hand in the videotape, which they believe is consistent with Kelly’s hand. Defense attorneys scoffed at the tactic, calling it bad science and not as conclusive as using fingerprints. Judge Vincent Gaughan temporarily put off a ruling on the prosecution’s motion to bring in this witness.

The judge also ruled that both the jury and media will be allowed to view the entire 26-minute video that allegedly shows Kelly, among other things, urinating on an under-aged girl. Lawyers for the prosecution apparently asked the judge to reconsider the decision, alleging that it may re-victimize the girl in the video. But judge Gaughan upheld his decision, saying the young woman that prosecutors say is featured on the tape has denied it is her.

HOT ITEM: JOHN SINGLETON INVOLVED IN FATAL SUV ACCIDENT »

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“Sumtimes I,” featuring Jim Jones, is the first single lifted from Lil’ Mo’s latest LP, Pain & Paper, in stores tomorrow peeps so please go out and support! Also, watch Wyclef Jean’s new video for “Sweetest Girl,” featuring Akon, Lil’ Wayne, and Niia, after the cut! CONTINUE READING

POLOW DA DON ON HIS INFATUATION FOR WHITE GIRLS »

“Just the ‘King of the White Girls.’ I ain’t self proclaimed but I run with it. [Laughs] There was a stage in my life where I went crazy with dating white women. I have nothing against black women, but they’re raised differently. White women are raised to respect and serve their men. Black women are taught to question [their men]. Black women look at submission as being weak. White women look at submission as being a woman. And anyone who has a problem with this statement is ignorant. Just look at the divine order: it goes God, man, woman, child.”

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PHOTOS BY FRANK RIVERA FOR THINK2WICE

If you parked your tails here last night (like we told you to suggested) you know that our off-site correspondent and our very own Jeff Lopez was live-blogging at the MTV studios up in New York City. We have him to thank, and of course Mr. Frank Rivera - the photgrapher, for the EXCLUSIVE photos we posted of the guys after the show this morning! In the photo above you can see Jeff posing with the guys, and Frank just sent me a few more photos, so you can check those out below!

QWANELL & WILLE BACKSTAGE AFTER THE FINALE! // PHOTO BY FRANK RIVERA FOR THINK2WICE

“Drivin’ Me Wild,” featuring Lily Allen, would happen to be Common’s third single lifted from the album Finding Forever. The song was produced by Kanye West and contains a sample from “Love Has Fallen on Me” by Rotary Connection. The video was directed by, the great, Chris Robinson.

As promised, here are the rest of the promos from the big-name performers who will take the stage at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards! If you recall, last week we posted up KANYE’S photo taken by photographer David LaChapelle, and now you can check out the promos for Rihanna, Chris Brown, Fall Out Boy, and the Foo Fighters! And if you take a look at the image at the very end of the post, you’ll see that if you put all of the pictures together it makes one big photo. That’s pretty damn dope if you ask me! Lol.