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Kanye West (photographed above) performs “Stronger” at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards, held at the Staples Center last night in LA. Towards the end of the performance, recording artists Daft Punk made a special cameo appearance. The show featured a lot of performances, and even though we posted the majority of them throughout the night as they came in, a few slipped through the cracks. Here are the remainder of the photos that we didn’t get to post last night. More can be found after the cut.

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Jay-Z, Beyonce, Kanye West, and Ne-Yo (pictured above) chilling backstage at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards. Here are a few candid shots of some of the celebrities who attended the show. More can be found after the cut.

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P!NK // I’M NOT DEAD PLATINUM EDITION

Awhoo! Go P!nk! So far the pop-singer’s 2006 album I’m Not Dead (LaFace), a follow-up to 2003’s Try This (Laface), has been certified platinum in the U.S. and has done extremely well Australia, becoming the best-selling album of all time, certified 8x’s platinum, thus leading to the the most successful tour in the nation! Wow, you rock, Pink!

You guys can get your copy of I’m Not Dead Platinum Edition in stores now, the album will include all new bonus material, including four stellar new tracks and a DVD set of all videos from the album. If your wondering, all of this was released around December of last year. So yeah, I’m like a year late, but technically not — two months late! Hey, I loved this album ok! I think out of Ashlee, Lindsay, and P!nk’s latest albums I’d have to say P!nk rules out of the three. I went through all sorts of emotions with I’m Not Dead, I think that was the album that really related to me more so than the others.

Anyway my new favourites from this album has to be “I Have Seen The Rain” and “Fingers,” becos it reminds me of Britney Spears’ “Touch of My Hand”. But really, I love all of the new songs, matter of fact, the whole album! “Runaway,” “Cuz I Can,” “Who Knew,” “I Got Money Now,” all of them … “Runaway” probably the most. Any type of rebellion: I’m for. Even with N*E*R*D’s Fly or Die (Virgin) album — I was so ready to run away — I must have ran away 500 times in my mind already.

Pink – I’m Not Dead – page link
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YING YANG TWINS // DROP

The dynamic duo known as the Ying Yang Twins, who have brought you monster hits like “Salt Shaker” and “Wait (The Whisper Song),” have returned with all new material; starting with the club banger “Drop” produced by Isaac ‘Ike Dirty’ Hayes III! The song itself has already reached an amazing count of 11 million plays on MySpace, so is it possible the Ying Yang Twins have another hit on their hands? You decided! Listen to it below. Your feedback is vital!

Ying Yang Twins – Drop – page link

MAROON 5 // IT WON’T BE SOON BEFORE LONG. LIMITED EDITION

Whilst all the promotion of Maroon 5’s latest single release, ‘Goodnight, Goodnight’, they will be releasing a limited edition version of their platinum-selling album It Won’t Be Soon Before Long (Octone) released last year.

The limited edition M5 LP will include all sorts of new material and bonus (US, UK, iTunes) tracks for your listening pleasure like ‘Wake Up Call’ featuring Mary J. Blige. If you liked the original version of M5’s It Won’t Be Soon Before Long then I definitely recommend you downloading/picking up the limited edition. I said it before and I’ll say it again: Maroon 5 is frickin’ gold platinum in my book! They are possibly just one of my favorite bands out there and I’m sure they well accumulate a conglomerate of brand new fans in the coming year, with their tour, and the release of this album especially.

The new material, no different from the old, covers all the stress and abyss that comes with relationships. The production is melodic and alternative – which I adore – the sound M5 is famous for. I love all of the newly added bonuses but my ultimate favourites would definitely have to be ‘Infatuation’, ‘Losing My Mind’ and ‘Story’.

You know the drill, bitches!

‘Nine In The Afternoon’ is Panic At The Disco’s first single from their second album called entitled Pretty.Odd. (Decaydance). Flawless.

Before I call it a night and take my ass to bed (I have class in the morning and it’s damn near 1 AM lol). I just have one burning question: Did Prince, Rihanna, and Alicia Keys share the same hair stylist for the night?

KANYE WEST PERFORMS STRONGER / HEY MAMA »

Well I have to say it has been a great evening/night for me with this year’s 50 Annual Grammys, especially with memorable performances like Kanye West performing “Stronger” and then giving a sincere tribute to his mother with the song “Hey Mama”. Other great performances at this year’s 50th Annual Grammy awards included Rihanna, Morris Day and The Time, Alicia Keys with Frank Sinatra, and of course Beyonce and Tina Turner. You can view all of these performances after the cut!
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I thought this was a pretty dope performance too! Beyonce, another artist I stan for, shared the stage with the legendary Tina Turner last night at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards. The performance opened up with the “Deja Vu” beat, and Beyonce lip-synched a nice little intro to some of the women (in music) she looks up to. A nice touch. Then Tina Turner came out and did her thing with “What’s Love (Got to Do With It)” and some song I’ve never heard of (lol – sorry, all I know of Tina Turner is “What’s Love” and “Proud Mary” – plus a few songs from the movie with Angela Bassett & Lauwrence Fishbourne). She thanked the crowd, and out came BEYONCE! They both showed out with an amazing rendition of “Proud Mary.” Another unforgettable performance of the night. I swear, Youtube, Dailymotion, and all of those other video sites, are gonna crash tonight! Check out more photos from this performance after the cut. Be sure to check back periodically throughout the day for more exclusive Grammy coverage! – Photos, videos, reviews … the works!

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