T-Pain 'Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin')' Takes Over The Airwaves!
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Konvict/ Jive Records) - Konvict/Jive Records recording artist T-Pain dominates the music airplay and ringtone charts with his break out single "Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin')" from his upcoming sophomore release Epiphany. This week "Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin')" beats out ...
| Hip Hop Meets Videogames On Random's Newest Project
PHOENIX, AZ. (Top40 Charts/ RAHM Nation Recordings) - Hip-Hop artist, producer and educator Random is preparing his latest release, the theme project 'Mega Ran.' This album will contain samples of music from the Capcom Mega Man video games from the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) console, and is ...
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When the African Buena Vista Social Club Meets the Rap
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Boucarou Lounge PR) - For years, Rap Music has been associated with violence in general, and violence against women in particular. Shemshey, is a refreshing change from the "old hat" images and messages associated with Rap Music. He presents, tonight, his first music video ...
| The Super Freak Returns: New Rick James CD & Tell-All Book Due In May
Los Angeles, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Stone City Records) - Just when you thought the dance floors were safe comes a tidal wave of funk from the super freak himself: Rick James. The King of Funk had just finished recording Deeper Still at the time of his passing. The album will finally be released May ...
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Paul Wall Stays True to Virgin Mobile and Signs on to 'First Dibs' Program
WARREN, NJ. (Top40 Charts/ Virgin Mobile USA) - Rapper, hip-hop artist, DJ and jeweler, Paul Wall is the latest artist to join Virgin Mobile USA's exclusive "First Dibs" ringtone program. Virgin Mobile has joined forces with the SwishaHouse/Asylum/Atlantic Records artist to offer its customers exclusive ...
| DJ E-Rock Presents Renz Julian's 'Legal Crack' Mixtape
Oakland, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Sirius Radio/ Sick Wid It 3030 Records)-DJ E-Rock of Sirius Radio/Sick Wid It 3030 Records, and featured DJ on MTV's Sucker Free, presents Renz Julian with "Legal Crack" the mixtape/street album. The Oakland rapper debuted in 2006 with the single "Clap, Clap" ft. Clyde ...
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Al Kapone Returns To Ardent Studios For New Album
Memphis, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Ardent Studios) - Al Kapone, one of the originators of the Memphis underground rap explosion and known as a pioneer of the Dirty South Crunk/Buck style of Hip-Hop, has been mixing at Ardent Studios with engineer Jason Latshaw. Kapone, who is a 2006 Critic's Choice Award-winner, ...
| Is Young Buck Splitting From G-Unit? Hip Hop Weekly Has an Exclusive Report....
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Hip Hop Weekly) - The latest issue of Hip Hop Weekly hits stands this week with an exclusive interview with Young Buck after 50 Cent publicly distanced himself from him in a recent radio interview. Hip Hop Weekly also gives a full report on the latest controversy surrounding ...
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50 Cent's New Album, Curtis, Takes Hip-Hop to the Bank
SANTA MONICA, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Interscope Records) - On Curtis, his third major label album, rapper 50 Cent gives no quarter. As hard and brutally honest, yet musical and entertaining, as his first two albums - each of them No 1 Pop, No 1 R&B/Hip-hop and at least seven times platinum - 50 Cent (aka ...
| Lethal Bizzle's All Over The Shop
London, UK. (Top40 Charts/ V2 Music) - Unless you've had your head in the sand for the past few weeks, you would have seen that Lethal Bizzle is out and about in preparations for his upcoming new album. Bizzle joined Pete Doherty on stage at his stint at the Hackney Empire and was snapped in many a ...
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DJ Strong Releases First Ever Shiekh Shoes Mixtape for Free Download and in Store Play at 90 Shiekh Shoes Locations
Los Angeles, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Shiekh Shoes Mixtape) - DJ Strong, after winning best regional mixtape dj duo at the 10th annual Justo's mixtape awards and bringing you mixtapes with Ice Cube, Dogg Pound, Game, and Lil Eazy E, brings you a successful collaboration between one of the West Coast's biggest ...
| Macy Gray Performs on Jimmy Kimmel Live - Free Show!
Los Angeles, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Geffen Records) - Macy Gray will be performing on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Thursday, May 3, 2007. Tune in at 12:05 am for the show and catch her performance! Or better yet... Go to the show and watch it live, for free! Jimmy Kimmel Live is looking for die hard Macy Gray ...
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Mandisa's First Single Out 5/22; Debut Album Coming 7/31
Brentwood, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Sparrow Records) - Mandisa, a favorite Top Ten finalist from season five of American Idol, will release her first single, 'Only the World,' to retail outlets on May 22 via Sparrow Records. The powerhouse vocalist's debut album will follow on July 31. Entertainment Weekly ...
| Nadine Sutherland's Call My Name In Stores Now
KINGSTON, Jamaica (Top40 Charts/ Eight76 Records) - 2007 is shaping up quite well for Nadine Sutherland. Her live performances at key high-profile events like Cricket World Cup opening weekend and Jamaica Carnival have won her rave reviews. Her 1993 hit with Terror Fabulous, "Action", was named No 19 ...
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African Hip-Hop Album And Documentary Film Covers Political Change In West Africa
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Nomadic Wax) - The compilation African Underground: The Depths of Dakar furthers Brooklyn label Nomadic Wax's mission statement of uncovering, recording, and distributing new talent from Africa, but to catalog the disc as a mere label sampler would be misleading. Released ...
| The Super Flight Chron Brothers Embark On Emergency Powers: The World Tour
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Green Streets) - Emergency Powers is a record about the forks in the road. It's a record about fear and love, freedom and prison, drugs, alcohol and more dugs. It's a record about wars; the ones far away, the ones at home and the wars we fight with ourselves. Emergency Powers ...
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Paula DeAnda to Perform Worldwide Live Concert Event in Virtual 3-D Universe Second Life May 21st
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Arista Records) - Paula DeAnda, a 17 year old musical artist whose ubiquitous debut single "Doing Too Much" and recent hit "Walk Away" introduced the world to her musical talent, will be performing a live concert in the Second Life online world on May 21st. An avatar or ...
| Mario Ready to 'Go' In Stores On July 31, 2007
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ J Records) - Multi-platinum R&B sensation MARIO returns with his highly anticipated third album, Go (J Records), in stores July 31. The first single, "How Do I Breathe," produced by Stargate, is a lovesick anthem full of the signature crooning that has earned Mario the reputation ...
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Paul Wall's New 'Chopped & Screwed' Album In Stores On April 17, 2007
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Atlantic Records) - Houston's hip-hop heavyweight Paul Wall will release a "Chopped & Screwed" remix version of his sophomore album, "GET MONEY - STAY TRUE," that will hit stores April 17 on SwishaHouse/Asylum/Atlantic. The original release recently debuted at No 1 on the ...
| Snoop Feature on XXLmag
Los Angeles, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Geffen Records) - The past two months have been problematic for Snoop Dogg. Last week, he pleaded guilty on two felony counts of gun possession, stemming from an incident at Bob Hope Airport in October 2006. Last month he was scheduled to perform with Diddy on the British ...
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