Def Jam’s leading boss Kanye West, fourth effort 808’s & Heartbreaks, has been leaking at a rapid rate. The latest track to leak, “Amazing” featuring, Young Jeezy is actually really good. I’m really anxious to get my hands on the actual album to experience what Kanye has put together. [...]

J Record’s recording artist Jamie Foxx has been working on his junior effort. Currently, the album is untitled and several tracks have surfaced. The most recent that has surfaced is, “Baby Baby, Damn.” Foxx, delivers a hot steamy filler. This is all my opinion. I don’t really see this [...]

Rich Boy and Polow Da Don bless this new track titled, “Drop.” It’s just a buzzer joint to help build awareness of Rich Boy’s upcoming sophomore effort. The beat is insanity with this ridiculous loop. Apparently, Polow & Diddy are going to be giving away money to fans who register to [...]

Def Jam’s leading lady Rihanna has everyone on edge waiting for her next album. Rihanna’s 2007, effort “Good Girl Gone Bad,” was the epitome of a pop album, and it’ll be Rihanna’s hardest effort to beat.  Def Jam has tons of songwriters, and producers sending tons of their best material in hopes [...]

Here is a new track from Beyoncé and Sasha’s upcoming album, I Am… Sasha Fierce, due in stores November 18th. Our friends over at Rap-Up recently confirmed there will be a remix with Kanye West but it won’t make it to the album due to timed scheduling. Well, I like the track and Kanye will [...]

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Here it is folks, the world premiere of Beyonce’s newest songs – “If I Were A Boy” (Prod. by Toby Gad) and “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It).” If you take a listen to “If I Were A Boy,” you’ll immediately denounce any relation to Ciara’s “Like A Boy” – 2 totally different genres, [...]

On September 26th Jive/SonyBMG released Britney Spears‘ latest single “Womanizer” to radio worldwide, NYC’s Z100-FM was one of the first radio stations to official debut the single. “Womanizer” is produced by Atlanta-based producer The Outsyders for Spears’ sixth studio album following Blackout, entitled Circus. The song appears to be a mix of Spears’ early works [...]

If you didn’t know Kanye West debuted a brand new song Sunday night at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards, then your ass must have been under the biggest rock ever known to man! So welcome to the world, my friend. Anyway, the MP3 of “Love Lockdown” – the first single from Kanye’s 4th album, [...]

T.I. has released his second single, “What Up (What’s Haapin’)”, from his upcoming album Paper Trail (Grand Hustle/Atlantic). It’s said to be a music video shot for the single already in his older neighborhood. T.I.’s Paper Trail is due in stores September 30th. Check out his latest single in the link below.
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In case you haven’t heard it, Ciara has a new official single for her upcoming album, Fantasy Ride, titled “Go Girl” featuring T-Pain. The track is a very expected but good track from Ciara. I can tell from all the leaked tracks that this compilation album will be a hot one. You can also catch [...]

New music from Keri Hilson and a possible track from the singer’s upcoming album In A Perfect World… (Mosley/Interscope). The title of the track is “Mic Check” and it features Akon. Check the link to listen to the track below. Keri’s album will be in stores September 23rd!

♫ LISTEN TO “MIC CHECK” f/ Akon

New music from the few hottest rappers in the game right now! Kanye West, T.I., Jay-Z & Lil’ Wayne have all decided to collaborate on one track titled “Swagger Like Us!” The track is sampled from M.I.A.’s “Paper Planes.” Can you even imagine the buzz … or hype this song will cause?! I’m not sure [...]

♫ Brandy – “Right Here (Departed)”
R&B songstress Brandy has returned with all new music, the Darkchild-produced “Right Here (Departed)” debuted on the singer’s Web site and MySpace page August 13th and is expected to make its way to radio stations later in the following weeks this month. “Right Here” would be the first single lifted [...]

Jay-Z is gearing up for his upcoming album The Blueprint:3 and this track is definitely a hit single! In case you didn’t know, this track, “Jockin’ Jay-Z”, is produced by Kanye West and I love his sampled artistry. It sounds hot everytime. Ya’ll have to listen to this! Check out the link to listen.
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Nelly has also contributed a track to the Team USA Soundtrack. The song, “Warrior”, was selected by Nelly on this soundtrack because it enbodies strength. This track will also be on his upcoming album Brass Knuckles (Derrty Ent./Universal). Listen to the track after the cut!

Chris Brown has recorded a track for the 2008 Olympics. This new track, “Dreamer”, will be found on the Team USA Soundtrack. You can buy the track now on iTunes! I like the track a lot and it fits everything surrounding the Olympics. Look out for more updates on the Beijing Olympics here on T2W. [...]

New music from T.I.’s forthcoming project! “Wish You Would” is pretty self-explanatory. I don’t know if it’ll be a single or not, but if so, this would be T.I. and Luda’s first collaboration on a single.
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Solange recently posted a new song on her blog (Hadley Street Journal) called “Fuck The Industry (Signed Sincerely)”. Here’s what she had to say about why she wrote the song:
When I heard Kanye’s “Everything I Am” I instantly fell in love. I felt my story somewhere in his. I felt his frustration yet acceptance of [...]