…CHANGE THE DAMN ALBUM DATE! Not only are you releasing his LP around the same month as Britney Spears, Alicia Keys, and Celine Dion … but on the same day as Nas and Jay-Z, with heavyweights like those, that boy will FLOP. And lawd knows I ain’t buying three albums cos two is enough … I might even just buy Jay-Z’s since I heard he was taking it back to Reasonable Doubt.

Here’s the other part I forgot to mention … Denzel Washington recently contacted Jay-Z and asked if he could do him the honor of appearing on the AMERICAN GANGSTER soundtrack and Jay-Z was like Naw … I’ll just do a whole album. Now that’s a helluva favor for a best friend!

Word has it that this movie will be BIG and with a cast of Common, Cuba Gooding Jr., Russell Crowe, and T.I. … why wouldn’t it be? Hell, I was speechless after seeing that minute TRAILER …

Another thing … CHANGE THAT WHACK ALBUM COVER! I heard, “Chris picked it” … ? Since when was he allowed to pick anything!? Forget what he likes this is about supply and demand here! And don’t you dare give me that, “this isn’t an album cover contest” – of course it’s not! Just ask your girl Fantasia, her album was going off rip, but her record sales were low because of her album cover! You have to realize your putting out a product!

And please don’t give me that, “as long as the music is good” JIVE, cos if his album sounds anything like the material I’ve heard . . . I don’t really see the “maturity” as you clam … just “horny high school boy”. Call me a “hater” whatever, I have nothing but love for Chris, but somebody need to tell him THE TRUTH! Not the “pretty” truth neither but the truth that’ll make folks angry and wanna do somethin’!

And I mean nothing intentional by this letter, just think of it as constructive criticism to motivate you, I yet to have given up on Chris Brown. Hopefully you will use that time to promote a brother right and switch to a better album cover!

Above is the official album cover of As I Am by Alicia Keys, the LP is set to be released November 13, I’m so excited that the album is finally finished! See some recent promos of As I Am over at our kin folk ALICIA KEYS ONLINE

This is the world premiere video of Ne-Yo’s “Can We Chill”. Ugh, this was unexpected, I thought it was going to be more of a grown-and-sexy-restaurant thing … Although the video isn’t that bad, I wonder where this was shot…

JAY-Z – “BLUE MAGIC”

Here it is, Jay-Z’s brand new single, off the studio album AMERICAN GANGSTER in stores November 6. The track is called “Blue Magic”, it features Pharrell (who also produced), I’m just happy everybody is back! MUCH love to ESKAY for the exclusive and DJ Noodles for making my day – wooo! (Don’t waste your time fighting the light, skate your course, and you’ll understand… – Pharrell)

Denzel: “Blue Magic” … That’s a brand new, like Pepsi, that’s a brand name. I stand behind it. I guarantee it. They know that – even if they don’t know me more than they know the jam in the General Mills…

Jay-Z: … My man