Rap mogul Master P and his son Romeo (collectively here as the Miller Boyz) have set out on a journey to change the landscape of hip-hop through their new, clean-lyrics label, Take A Stand Records. With Hip-Hop History, the label’s first release, the duo prove once again that they are a force to be reckoned with. P’s self-reflective “My Life” lays much of the grand-work for the album while radio-friendly “Be Like U” bursts forth from the record with enough intensity to top the charts.

I know this is looooong overdo, but I’m a man of my word. So as promised, here’s our exclusive sit-down with Master P and Romeo, collectively known as “The Miller Boyz.” Click the link below to check out the interview! As always, you have the option of either reading the interview, or listening to it … or both! And comments are disabled on this post, so please leave all comments/feedback on the interview page.

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This is NLT’s video for “She Said, I Said,” from their upcoming debut album Not Like Them. The song was produced by King Logan of The Royal Court. Although BOY BANDS ARE O-V-A! (Justin Timberlake made that very clear!) I’m actually feelin’ these guys but, they are signed to Marques Houston’s TUG Entertainment, there is no hope for them – I might get their album because Timbaland’s on it….

VH1 is just getting ridiculous now, first Flava Flav, Perez Hilton,… and now Jim Jones? Watch the video for yourself!

Above is said to be the official album cover to J. Holiday’s 2007 debut Back Of My Lac. The LP will include the R&B smash “Bed,” written by The-Dream. Despite half of the album already leaked, I am very much anticipating its release, so far the material is solid. Back Of My Lac hits stores October 2 and if I stand corrected so is Mario’s album. In other R&B news, J. Holiday recently did a feature with Yahoo! Music’s WHO’S NEXT? Ch-check it out!

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Leaving your 2-month-old daughter with your cleaner for four days while you get hitched in Las Vegas doesn’t sound like great parenting skills, even by Hollywood standards. But that’s the claim made by the former housekeeper of Melanie Brown, who is involved in a rumored $9 million child support battle with baby-daddy Eddie Murphy. Tonia Lamere says Spice Girl Mel B left young Angel Iris with her while she eloped to Sin City with Stephen Belafonte.

“One evening of baby-sitting turned into four days!” Lamere tells Star magazine. “The child was sick, there was no nanny, and when Mel called, she never even asked about the baby.” Lamere also claims she was forced to buy food for baby Iris and her older half-sister (Phoenix Chi, 8) out of her own pocket during the four days Brown was away. Brown’s rep, however, says the whole story smells of green. “Melanie is a hands-on mother completely dedicated to the upbringing of her children and the well-being of her entire family,” she told us yesterday. “Any fictitious accusations to the contrary stem from greedy people looking to make a buck.” [ NY DAILY NEWS ]

Who do you believe? The maid or the mommy??

With Kanye West’s “Graduation” (Def Jam) having trumped 50 Cent’s “Curtis” (G-Unit/Interscope) in debut week sales, Def Jam honchos Antonio “L.A.” Reid and Jay-Z are celebrating. But they acknowledge West’s numbers (957,000) were bolstered by the competition, and that another sales war is not in their plans.

JAY-Z: We all know that the battle was a one-off. That’s not a template on how to do business. We know that we have challenges ahead of us [in regards to the industry's downturn] but we also know that the consumption of music is at an all-time high as well.

L.A. REID: I am really optimistic about the state of the industry. When you look at these numbers, if I add in [West's] catalog sales, he’s sold 1 million records in one week. That seemed to be a thing of the past and everyone had written it off, saying that people no longer bought albums in these numbers.

50 CENT: I am very excited to have participated in one of the biggest album release weeks in the last two years. Collectively, we have sold hundreds of thousands of units in our debut week. This marks a great moment for hip-hop music, one that will go down in history.

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We are all very aware of Beyonce’s love for blonde lacefronts, so when she tries something new (hence the photo above) it takes us all by surprise! Here she can be seen rocking a new dark hairdo at GQ Magazine’s 50th Anniversary Party in New York last week. Now, we must ask you, the readers: If you had the opportunity to tell Beyonce to her face how her new ‘do looked, would you tell her to STOP or would you tell her to GO? Leave your comments and take the poll!

It seems like everybody these days wants to get their hands on the perfume market. But if all of these recent reports I’m hearing about Usher’s perfume smelling worse than DOG SHIT ON A HOT SUMMER DAY are true … then Usher, homie, please stick to marrying men and making hit records! Mmk? Credit for the video goes to my homegirl Erika over at USHERFOREVER.COM!

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T.I. feat. Alfa Mega + Busta Rhymes » “Hurt” » LISTEN » (Full) » “Hurt” is T.I.’s third single from his latest album, T.I. vs T.I.P., the Danja-produced track features rappers Alfa Mega and Busta Rhymes. This was always one of my favorite tracks from the album, great production, great single choice! T.I. recently shot the video, we should have that pretty soon for y’all, so stay clicked!

Nicole Scherzinger feat. will.I.am » “Baby Love” » LISTEN » (Full) » Here is the HQ version of singer Nicole’s second single, featuring as well as produced by will.I.am, entitled “Baby Love”. It’s a nice stringy guitar ballad, I think this shows Nicole’s vocal range more than the previous singles she had, this was one of the few tracks I loved from her album. will.I.am was a nice addition as well, speaking of him, I did a crazy review on his latest (Songs About Girls), check it out HERE!

The-Dream » “Falsetto” » LISTEN » (Full) » This is a new track from writer The-Dream entitled “Falsetto,” wow I’m actually diggin this joint, it takes me back to those R. Kelly days (NO I’m not too young to know about R. Kelly)! Look out for the exclusive interview Dustin did with The-Dream in the upcoming week! Shouts go out to A HOT MESS, my other favorite blog, for the track! =p

Omarion feat. Bow Wow » “Hood Star” » LISTEN » (Full) » “Hood Star” is believed to be the first single lifted from the Face Off album with Omarion and Bow Wow. Hmm, this is pretty good, maybe a little better than “Designated Driver”. I can honestly say I have nothing bad to say about Bow Wow, I know, I’m surprised too! =-o

THE RUMORED COUPLE AT LUDACRIS’ 30TH BIRTHDAY PARTY // PHOTO COURTESY OF SPLASH NEWS

Sexy actress Gabrielle Union has a new hip-hop honey in the shape of birthday boy Ludacris. The rapper, who recently turned 30, and the “Bad Boys II” star have been dating for the last two months, according to friends. The new romance is Union’s first serious fling since she split from husband Chris Howard in 2005. Union, 34, was the rapper’s special guest at his recent birthday party, which he held at Cafe Martorano at the Rio hotel in Las Vegas on September 7. A source who attended the exclusive party tells In Touch Weekly magazine, “They were openly affectionate.” [ CONTACT MUSIC ]