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Jay-Z Says Blueprint 3 Showcases Kanye West’s ‘Growth’ As A Producer

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‘On the first Blueprint, he was a new producer, so he was just putting in the beats and moving out the way,’ Jay tells the AP. By Jayson Rodriguez Jay-Z Photo: Jared Milgrim/ FilmMagic Jay-Z performed in Chicago on Tuesday night to promote his new album, The Blueprint 3, and delved into a new freestyle praising native son Kanye West while also firing off a lyrical salvo at friend-turned-foe R. Kelly.

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2009 VMAs Keep New York Theme Front And Center

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The show’s set, red carpet and on-air promos all pay homage to the city’s famous locations.

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Will Fabolous Make The Hottest MCs List?

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‘I’m my biggest critic,’ MC says. By Shaheem Reid Fabolous Photo: Def Jam John “Fabolous” Jackson, you’re looking huge out there! A #1 album with critics and fans saying that they aren’t mad at your Loso’s Way — Fab is having, well, a Fab moment. Talk about a Hottest MC?

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Boxer Andre Berto Wants To Get Jay-Z In The Ring

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‘I’ve been hearing stories that his left hook is all right,’ Berto says of the MC. By Shaheem Reid Andre Berto Photo: Thierry Gourjon/ Getty Images During an interview Tuesday with New York radio host Ed Lover, Jay-Z claimed he was very adept at sports.

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Janet Jackson Opens Up About Michael’s Death

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Singer talks at length about the tragedy in October’s Harper’s Bazaar.

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Kanye West’s VMA-Nominated ‘Love Lockdown’ — The Video You Almost Didn’t See

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We give you the details of the making of Video of the Year nominee “Love Lockdown,” in Behind the Lens. By James Montgomery Kanye West in “Love Lockdown” Photo: Roc-A-Fella Records If you think Kanye West’s sleek, stylized video for “Love Lockdown” is great, you should see the other version of the clip. It’s even better

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Whitney Houston Looks To #1 On Billboard

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The diva’s comeback seems secure, as I Look to You sells 311,000 in its first week. By Gil Kaufman Whitney Houston’s I Look To You Photo: Sony BMG After seven years off the charts, Whitney Houston has proven she’s still got it. The R&B diva will debut at #1 on next week’s Billboard 200 albums chart with her comeback album, I Look to You

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The 2009 VMA Red-Carpet Set Revealed

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‘Everybody deserves superstar treatment, no matter who is coming down that carpet,’ says designer Kevin Largent. By Kyle Anderson 2009 VMA red carpet rendering Photo: Largent Studios The 2009 Video Music Awards don’t just exist in a programming vacuum

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T-Pain Says He Has No Beef With Jay-Z

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Pain details the perceived snub he received from Hov, but says they’ve spoken. By Jayson Rodriguez Jay-Z and T-Pain Photo: Johnny Nunez/ WireImage Just a day after it was reported that T-Pain dissed Jay-Z while DJing in Las Vegas, he’s changed his (Auto-) tune and said there’s no beef between him and the Brooklyn rapper. T-Pain’s about-face stems not only from a recent conversation he said he and Jay had, but also from a radio interview Hov gave on Tuesday, where he responded to T-Pain’s taunts and said that his song “D.O.A

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Diddy, Wu-Tang Clan Help Raekwon Party For Cuban Linx II

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More than a decade after the first Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, the Chef has a reason to celebrate. Raekwon at his “Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II” album release party at Santos Party House in New York Photo: Jerritt Clark/ Getty Images NEW YORK — Wu-Tang Clan member Raekwon the Chef will be forever lauded, not just because of his lyrical exploits on proper Wu-Tang Clan LPs, but because his solo debut, 1995’s Only Built 4 Cuban Linx is one of the greatest rap albums ever. But nostalgia can only take you so far; you have to live in the here and now eventually

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