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Exclusive: Young Jeezy Talks Shawty Redd Collabo On Next Album

Jeezy says Thug Motivation 103 will be ‘special.’ By Shaheem Reid Young Jeezy Photo: MTV News Young Jeezy said getting Plies on his new record “Lose My Mind” is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to guest spots on his upcoming LP, Thug Motivation 103. “I was hoping ‘Lose My Mind’ was gonna have people on [their toes], because there was no telling what I’m gonna do,” Jeezy said. “Let it be known, this album will be special and have some special features on it. I don’t wanna let the cat out the bag. “But June, by the way,” he said of the LP’s release date. “That’s what I’m thinking. If you the boss, you can talk like that. I’m thinking June. I wanna own the summer. If you coming out [with an album] in June, you might wanna think about that, bruh. TM103, I will be there.” Young has had sessions with producers from Kanye West to Swizz Beatz, but he promised that he’s going to have one of the guys who helped build the foundation of his sound: Shawty Redd. Redd was arrested on New Year’s Day for murder, but the producer’s legal problems have not stopped him from working with Young. “Ah, man. I don’t like to give it up,” he said when asked to explain one song on the album. “I got this song with Shawty Redd called ‘Let Me Handle My Business.’ The beat is … matter of fact, I’m not going to sell it like that. Shawty Redd, Young Jeezy, you know what it is. I’m just going in, basically handling my business. I gotta say what’s on my mind. But I’m not here to sell you on no album. Like I said, June, you will be surprised, homie. That’s real talk. I been working on this. I been back in the lab. … I got you.” Jeezy is currently on the road with Jay-Z and Trey Songz for the Blueprint 3 Tour. On Tuesday night, Jeezy stole the show, bringing out Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj and Drake as surprise guests.

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Swizz Beatz Has Pharrell And Q-Tip To Thank For Justice Sample

The hip-hop heavyweights urged Swizzy to check out the French electronic duo, whom he sampled for Jay-Z’s ‘On to the Next One.’ By Steven Roberts Swizz Beatz Photo: Full Surface Even before Jay-Z’s Blueprint 3 dropped, fans had already gravitated to the Swizz Beatz-produced “On to the Next One.” The popular three-second sample loop on the hook leant itself to a head-nodding and sound-system-bumping experience. And ever since the video kicked off the new decade , the song’s hook has been on repeat on radio.

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Swizz Beatz Says He’s Scoring A Movie ‘Bigger Than ‘Avatar’ ‘

‘It’s forcing me to take everything to the next level,’ he tells MTV News during Hip-Hop and R&B Week. By Shaheem Reid Swizz Beatz Photo: Full Surface Swizz Beatz is coming off the heels of producing the epic charity song “Haiti Mon Amour (Stranded)” for Jay-Z, Rihanna and U2’s Bono and The Edge , but he said he has something even bigger up his sleeve. James Cameron, look out.

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Watch Lil Wayne Forget His Lyrics In This Exclusive Video

Plus, original ‘Banned From TV’ duo Swizz Beatz and Noreaga give Weezy love during Hip-Hop and R&B Week. By Shaheem Reid Lil Wayne Photo: Thaddeus On Sunday night, millions tuned in to watch Lil Wayne go to work. Weezy, Eminem and Drake illuminated the 52nd annual Grammy Awards with “Drop the World” and “Forever.” While he knows how to ignite the stage, Wayne’s favorite workplace is still the studio

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Alicia Keys: Engaged to Swizz Beatz?

Rumors on the Internets suggest that Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz are secretly engaged. Anyone believe that gossip?

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Swizz Beatz Urges Viewers Of Haiti Telethon: ‘You Should Donate’

The producer of the Jay-Z, Rihanna, The Edge and Bono collaboration ‘Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)’ encourages global participation. By Shaheem Reid, with additional reporting by Sway Calloway and Gil Kaufman Swizz Beatz backstage at the “Hope for Haiti Now” telethon Photo: MTV News According to Swizz Beatz, helping out the devastated nation of Haiti is not only positive, but necessary. “I think the important reason to donate to this cause, no matter how much money is being raised or has been raised ..

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MGMT’s Congratulations: Fuzz, Dancing And Russian Surfing In 2010

The group returns with a new album this year, but without any single releases. By Kyle Anderson MGMT Photo: Sony/Columbia It’s hard to believe that Oracular Spectacular, the breakout album from Brooklyn psychedelic dance duo MGMT , originally came out way back in 2007, simply because it still remains inescapable today. Andrew Van Wyngarden and Ben Goldwasser have spent the past few years riding the wave of their infectious, fuzzy grooves to platinum success, and the irresistibility of the smash singles “Time to Pretend” and “Kids” has brought them major spots on high-profile festivals, a pair of Grammy nominations and praise from bloggers and soccer moms alike.

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Swizz Beatz Contemplates Tracks For Upcoming T.I., Shyne Albums

Super-producer tells Mixtape Daily he wants to make the ‘best records’ for his friends after their jail time.

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Jay-Z Talks Eminem, Movies, ‘Mind-Blowing’ Meeting With Obama

The MC sits down with Interview magazine to discuss film influences, meeting with presidents and more. By Jayson Rodriguez Jay-Z on the February issue of Interview magazine Photo: Interview magazine It’s been said that Jay-Z paints pictures with his rhymes, so after delivering one of the most visual albums of his career with The Blueprint 3, Hov sat down to talk to noted film critic Elvis Mitchell in the new issue of Interview magazine. The Roc Nation superstar graces the cover of the February issue in a story titled “Jay-Z: Made in the U.S.A.” The Brooklyn lyricist was as witty as ever in a long-ranging interview that touched on his movie influences, the trappings of Eminem’s and Kanye West’s fame and having pals in the Oval Office

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Swizz Beatz Bringing New ‘Worldly’ Sounds To Jay-Z’s Next Album

‘I wanna be a major contributor to the change of the sound for the new decade,’ he tells Mixtape Daily. By Shaheem Reid Swizz Beatz and Jay-Z Photo: alltheparties.com The O.D.: A Mixtape Daily Exclusive Back in September, before the official release of The Blueprint 3, we brought you the exclusive news that Jay-Z was already in the lab putting together his next opus

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