Black Eyed Peas Upcoming Album THE E.N.D.

Album to be Released on 060909 and The Black Eyed Peas are Migrating to Dipdive.com

THE COUNTDOWN TO THE E.N.D HAS OFFICIALLY BEGUN. It's been 4 years since the last album from The Black Eyed Peas! Thanks to all of our fans for making our 1st single, "Boom Boom Pow" a #1 song in countries around the world!

To show our fans that The Energy Never Dies, we will be revealing 1 song a week until June 9th and can't wait to hear what you think. Click here to start the countdown with "IMMA BE".
Also you can pre-order THE E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies) here now on Target or Amazon.

will.i.am posted the official album cover to the E.N.D. on his Dipdive blog. Read what he has to say, watch his webcam and check out the larger image!

With the upcoming launch of The E.N.D., the Black Eyed Peas are migrating to our new home at dipdive.com! The Peas have already been living on Dipdive and the new BEP Channel will launch soon with the Boom Boom Pow music video.

source: The Black Eye Peas

Eminem Freestyles During German TV Interview

"Cha Cha Cha." Not the famous rap song MC Lyte brought to life in the 1980s, the "Cha, Cha, Cha."

Eminem appeared on the German program "TV Total" earlier this week, and not only gave an interview, but kicked a freestyle over a beat host Stefan Raab called "Cha, Cha, Cha," while Raab and the house band played along.

"Here I go, lyr-ree-cal/ I have no idea what I'm doing, but I'm spir-rit-ual. ... I have no f---in' clue, what the f--- I'm doing," he reiterated in his rap before the talk show host sang.

Slim Shady also sat down for a interview, coming out in comical form, briefly wearing an anti-swine flu mask — and even began talking into the mic through it. He also learned several German swear words and heard about German rappers. Em also took some liberties with the loose broadcasting laws in Germany.

"I f---in' love it here! I can f---ing say anything. Hey look, it's raining d---s!" he yelled.

When the host asked him why he's been gone for the last four years, Em chalked it up to "drugs" and (less seriously) playing Ms. Pacman and, er, pleasuring himself.

Getting a little more serious, he talked briefly about his drug abuse.

"I went through a tough time with it — five, six years I struggled with it," Em said. "I'm a little over a year sober."

Em's new LP, Relapse, comes out on May 19 and on Thursday snippets of his video "Crack a Bottle" hit the Net. Preceding that clip were, of course, "We Made You" and "3 A.M."

Another single, "Old Time's Sake," was released to iTunes officially on May 5. The next song, "Beautiful," officially goes to the iTunes on May 12.

source: mtv.com

Dr. Dre Makes Rap Return

Renowned producer Dr. Dre has emerged from the shadows via Eminem's new song "Old Time's Sake" building anticipation for his long-awaited release, Detox...

While Dre doesn't directly refer to his upcoming album, the legendary producer uses Em's Relapse track to display his rhyming scheme and remind fans of his "hunger."



"I'm Dre from/Back in the day from," he rapped. "NWA from/Packin' the grey from/Choking a b*tch, to smackin' her face from/Stackin' up bodies to backin' the K's up/From rackin' up hits to stackin' them crates up/I'm still hungry and I'm back with a tape worm/And where what was happenin' and rappin' and tamin' me and Shady/Far as competition, f*ggot there ain't none...Now put your smoke up in the air and raise your Henny and coke/And if you really wanna get f*cked up just let me know/We can smoke 'til there's no more lighter fluid to do it/Let's get into it/You're smoking the tritest and truest/I got the mightest touch when it comes to rolling sh*t up/You motherf*ckers ain't smokin', you just rollin' sh*t up/Now here we go/Let's get up, get down/Hold up a blunt, I smoke the stuff that make the records go No. 1/'Cause if at first you don't succeed/Won't hurt to smoke some weed/It's just a little more personal for me/Seeing how I blew up from smoking those trees." ("Old Time's Sake")

Originally slated to debut today (May 5), the song was leaked online Monday morning.

The song wasn't supposed to drop until Tuesday, but you know how these things go. With such high-profile artists as Eminem and Dr. Dre, there's no such thing as releasing music on its proper date. The latest track off of Slim Shady's upcoming Relapse, "Old Time's Sake," has already leaked online. (MTV)

Aftermath/Shady's 50 Cent recently video recorded Dre from his studio promising Detox was on its way.

"Dr motherf*cking Dre in the background, look at that sh*t," Fif said. "There it is ladies and gentlemen, D-r-e. Live in Detroit, makin' 50 Cent's new record. This sh*t is gonna be crazy baby...Doing it, crazy, Detox, oh my God. You n*ggas better be ready. It's definitely going down. 50 cam, baby." (This Is 50)

Interscope head Jimmy Iovine previously said Dre's album was placed on hold due to Em's Relapse.

"We only tried to put [Em] out this year to replace Dr. Dre, but we got into a quagmire," Iovine explained. "Eminem was always coming next year. But what happened was, I lost Dr. Dre to Eminem. Dre had to stop making his album to finish Eminem's album. Eminem hit a streak, and when a guy like Eminem gets on fire, you stop everything. That's how we lost Dre." (Billboard)

As of today, there has been no word on when Detox will hit stores.

source: worldwideconnected

Jay-Z Says His Concert With Kelly Clarkson Shows Racial Unity

As odd as it may have been to see a bill featuring Kelly Clarkson, Third Eye Blind and Jay-Z, it's even stranger to see a blog post from Jay-Z.

Jay admitted that he doesn't use Twitter, but he managed to post a blog for RapRadar.com following his performance Thursday evening at the University of Arizona. The MC said he was caught up in the excitement of the moment, as well as the technical difficulties, and he missed the opportunity to say something important.

"On the show as well were Third Eye Blind and Kelly Clarkson ... I thought that had to be the oddest pairing ever, but soon realized it's what I've always professed. There's NO such thing as Black music or White music only Good or Bad music."

Jay said it was cool to like different things that are outside of your comfort zone. He said this also applies to the world around us and not just music.

"If you're African American you can have a Jewish friend." He brought up his own friendship with former Def Jam head/ current Warner Music CEO Lyor Cohen. "The Jew fro and the BLUEprint fro [Afro] are the SAME thing."

Jay added that he would like to see diverse concerts such as this happen more often, outside of the one or two festivals per year and big radio station summer concerts like Zootopia, held by New York's Z-100, among many others.

"I'm putting that into the universe," Jay blogged, adding, "Next up, [a concert with] Taylor Swift and Uncle Murda!"

source from MTV