Judging by the photos above, it seems as though 18-year-old, 19-year-old, 20-year-old, or however the hell old he is, Bow Wow is immature in stature AND in mentality. Some people just don’t deserve the little cash that they have, lol. Here the young rapper can be seen (sans his “buddy” Omarion) waving some hundreds in the paps’ cameras in Beverly Hills, CA earlier in the week. He was rushed to the hospital the other day due to a combination on “stress and exhaustion.” He’s currently on tour with Omarion, Chris Brown, and Soulja Boy, and will be releasing an album with Omarion entitled “The Face Off.”

Numerous media sources are reporting that rapper Bow Wow, real name Shad Moss, was rushed to a Cincinnati hospital Thursday night immediately following his co-headlining performance on the Up Close and Personal tour with singer Chris Brown at the U.S. Bank Arena. On the road promoting the December 11th release of his new album Face Off (Columbia), Bow Wow is in good spirits and awaiting the doctors diagnosis which appears to be a combination of “stress and exhaustion.” Bow Wow will have to sit out his Chicago appearance tonight unfortunately, but promises his Chicago-area fans that “he loves them and will be sure to come back to Chicago soon!” Source(s): MTV News and SOHH.com

Mary J. Blige // Growing Pains » Growing Pains (Geffen) is the name of MJB’s new studio album which hits stores December 18 and includes the hit single “Just Fine” produced by The-Dream and Tricky Stewart. The album starts off as this big celebration with the first single “Just Fine” that kind of gave me this Jackson vibe, I still think she shoulda got them on the remix or something, that’s a hot joint right there! Anyway GP continues to mid tempo and then to some real nice downbeat, classic ol’ school joints to say it best, that’s what it sounded like to me. Guest appearances for this LP includes Ne-Yo, Ludacris, and you know Mary had to get Usher on this project — he ripped that shed! Yes you should go get this album, the arrangements and production are pretty solid and Mary delivers as always! Two thumbs up! My favorites are “Roses,” “What Love Is” and “Come To Me (Peace).” AND “WORK THAT!” <3.

Just Fine // Roses // Work That! // What Love Is CONTINUE READING

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The dynamic duo we all know as Bow Wow and Omarion (Bowmarion) visited MTV studios today for some healthy promo for their new album “Face Off.” I think they performed too… Anyhow, I haven’t been keeping up with the album like that, so I’m not sure what the release date is. Google it ’cause I don’t feel like it, Lol. Has it been pushed back? Inform me in the comments!!

Bowmarion recently premiered their video for their first single, “Girlfriend,” off the album Face Off. I thought I should post it for all the people who didn’t see it yet, so here you go!

Here is the official album cover to Face Off, which is also due out December 2007! THEY ARE A MESS!!! LOL, dope pic though! Click the cover above for best image quality! Urgh, I guess THIS ONE is the Deluxe Edition? I’m so confused!!! Btw, PhotoShop works WONDERS!

EDIT: Yep, ok guys, the Deluxe Edition is like a DVD bonus that will come with the CD I’m told.

Okay, this is surprisingly digestible - you know what - I’m not even gonna lie. I will admit, I was a little skeptical, about this whole Face Off ordeal at first. But so far, all of the recent material I have heard from these two are gold. It is highly likely this will push at least Gold status; citing how Bow Wow and Omarion’s debut collaboration, “Let Me Hold You,” did the equivalent anyhow. And with solid delivery like that, who can complain?

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Being a die-hard Trey Songz fan, he already was the “enabler”. So, in essence, I was ultimately looking forward to this kind of collaboration. Seeing how I am also a Jigga fan as well, I was floored. I have yet to believe such a collaboration is possible. Although with the type of production, backing with Jay’s flow, on this track is nothing to mess with, I kind of felt this continuity going in my mind with Trey’s voice so I was not surprise once he made his brief appearance. Usually [rappers] adding to a Hova’s rap is highly unnecessary and almost seems unfeasible in correlation with the beat. But Trey sort of hung in there and stuck it out with the arrangements - I did not get that vibe at all.

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PHARRELL WILLIAMS & SNOOP DOGG // ALL PHOTOS BY FRANK MICELOTTA FOR GETTY IMAGES

The 4th Annual VH1 Hip Hop Honors went down last night in NYC. It featured appearances/performances form Snoop Dogg, Diddy, Eve, Keyshia Cole, LL Cool J, Ciara, Nelly, and tons more. Check out the show when it airs this Monday at 10 PM EST. Check your local listings for more details. Peep the photos from the show below and after the cut!

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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

V-103’s Teen V-Jam presents Chris Brown Teen V-Jam at Center Stage on May 11, 2007 in Atlanta, Georgia. Monica and her fresh 2 deaf son Lil Rock was there and so was new artist Lil Mama. She performed before Chris. Click here to check out video clips of both Lil Mama’s & Chris Brown’s performances! You can also check out more pics of Chris, and some pics of Bow Wow at a concert in Detroit as a part of his “Price of Fame Tour.” CONTINUE READING