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Top 6 Tracks Produced By Rick Rubin

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Rick Rubin has solidified himself as one of the best producers from the last 30 years. Being co-founder of the Def Jam, of course, he…

Top 6 Tracks Produced By Rick Rubin

Too $hort And Bow Wow To Check In With ‘RapFix Live’

2 Chainz will also be in the mix Wednesday at 4 p.m. ET on MTV.com. By Rob Markman Bow Wow Photo: Jerritt Clark/ Getty Images “RapFix Live” is about to put you on to game. Oakland, California, rap veteran Too $hort will appear on Wednesday’s show and chop it up with host Sway about his come-up in the 1980s, his upcoming No Trespassing album (his 19th solo LP!) and everything in between. Cash Money’s Bow Wow will also stop by to talk about his own career evolution. The now 24-year old rapper got his start in 2000 at the age of 13. Since then, the Ohio rap representative has grown from kiddie rapper to full-grown MC and amassed a gang of hits along the way. His upcoming album Underrated will mark Bow’s first release on Cash Money Records since signing with the powerhouse label in 2009. Speaking of power moves, 2 Chainz will also appear on Wednesday’s show to make a very special announcement concerning the next phase of his career. The Atlanta rap phenom made a name for himself as one-half of Playaz Circle, the group known best for their 2007 rap hit “Duffle Bag Boy” with Lil Wayne. He went by the name Tity Boy back then, but after a name change and a string of underground bangers, 2 Chainz has built a deafening buzz. His latest single, “Spend It,” spread like wildfire and has recently spawned an official remix and music video with T.I. Catch Too $hort, Bow Wow and 2 Chainz on “RapFix Live” Wednesday at 4 p.m. ET on MTV.com, and be sure to join the Twitter conversation using the hashtag #RapFixLive. Send your questions for the artists @MTVRapFiX! Related Artists Bow Wow

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‘King’s Speech’ Star Colin Firth Talks Awards-Season Love And ‘Dumb Luck’

2010 best actor nominee looks poised for another Oscar nod. By Eric Ditzian, with reporting by Josh Horowitz Colin Firth in “The King’s Speech” Photo: The Weinstein Company For the second year in a row, Colin Firth finds himself at the center of awards-season chatter. And after losing out on a best actor Oscar for “A Single Man,” the 50-year-old actor has again established himself as one of the frontrunners in that category, thanks to his turn as the stammer-afflicted King George VI on the verge of Britain’s entry into World War II in “The King’s Speech.” It seems Firth is an actor at the top of his game, but to hear him tell it, it’s as much a matter of good fortune as it is great talent. “It’s just dumb luck,” he told MTV News at the Toronto film festival in September. “That’s all: Just getting a crack at it. Sometimes you just take roles to stay in the game or pay bills and hope the good ones are going to come along. “I was never in a world of perfect choice, and now I feel like I’ve had a couple of real plums landing in my hand,” he added. It was at fall film festivals in Toronto and Telluride, Colorado, as critics first began to catch screenings of “King’s Speech,” that it became clear we’d still be talking about Firth’s performance come awards season. He’s been faithfully making the publicity rounds ever since, and as he told us when we chatted earlier this month in New York, he’s not bored with the experience. “Funnily enough, I find it easier than many things,” he said. “There are so many angles you can approach it from, to do with the way people are reacting to it to the surprises we’ve had along the way to nuances about the actual history itself. I think this has a lot of mileage in it. “It’s been very gratifying for audiences to have howls of laughter and be open to crying,” he continued. “To see that happening in the same film is a triumphant feeling. When you’re in Telluride, you can put it down to altitude — one glass of wine amounts to 10. So we had to test it at sea level as well to see if people enjoyed it, and they did.” Did you see Firth’s performance as King George VI? Give us your review in the comments below.

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‘King’s Speech’ Star Colin Firth Talks Awards-Season Love And ‘Dumb Luck’