West said of his new musical inspiration:

Everyone says all great art comes from pain but I think my greatest art comes from excitement and joy. It’s a completely different perspective about being extremely excited about stuff that is only cool to me. Like, when I tweeted, ‘What’s your credenza game?’ I was very excited about that credenza.

It was important to not be limited by the art form of rap but to have rap bring it to another level. Is it rap or is it poetry? Is it spoken word? Is it [a] speech?

Kanye West recently made surprise visits to technology powerhouses, Facebook and Twitter and magazines XXL and Rolling Stone’s headquarters.

The two lovers, played by Megan Fox and Dominic Monaghan, portray roles based on Em’s and Rihanna’s  troubled relationships of both Eminem and Rihanna in the Joseph Kahn directed video

Eminem and Rihanna’s No. 1 collaboration “Love the Way You Lie,” is the second single off Recovery.

Producer Lex Luger spoke on how the song track came together in an interview:

Spiff of SpiffTV reached out to me for the “Hard In The Paint” instrumental because Ross wanted that. Spiff directed the “O Let’s Do It Remix” video out in Atlanta’s Grand Central Station spot. People were bumping “Hard In The Paint” in a car and he was like, “What song is that?” This is before “Hard In The Paint” even blew up. It was just the streets was fucking with it. So he was like, “Who the hell did that?” So he got on the computer and searched, “Who produced this song.” He found me on MySpace and Twitter and hit me like, “I need some of this music.” And I told him, “I got it, but I got other stuff that’s way better.” I was sending Spiff 30 beats a day for seven days. I sent him a gang of beats and out of those beats was “B.M.F.” and “MC Hammer.”

Because I make so many beats, sometimes they’ll have names, but sometimes they’ll just be like 1-50. This batch of beats was just numbers. Spiff told me, “That beat 13, put that aside. Don’t give it to nobody.” And I did the same thing with “MC Hammer.” He said, “That beat, put it aside.”

Actually, I heard “B.M.F.” way after it came out. For real, I was working and I ain’t want to be bothered with no Internet, no TV, nothing. People was telling me about the song, but I didn’t hear it. But I heard it a week later. It blew my mind. Then, everybody started hitting me up on Twitter, that’s when I realized. They were saying it was a banger. I knew it was hot but I ain’t know the radio was ready for it because it’s a hard record, just like “Hard In The Paint.” But that’s what people want now.

Ricky’s latest album, Teflon Don, will be in stores on July 20th.

Ross said on about the track:

“I feel like it’s one of the best records I’ve been a part of in my career. Kanye produced it and we collaborated on it. It’s a phenomenal record. I’m just extremely excited.”

Shot and edited by Motion Family and Co-Produced by Sam Frank Productions, the three tracks that make up the video are “Yamaha,” “Nikki Pt. 2,” and “Abyss” .)

The album will be released in conjunction with promotional events and  appearances with Remy Martin thanks to his new endorsement deal with cognac powerhouse that will build on the success of their ‘Things are Getting Interesting’ marketing campaign.

The Symbolyc One (S1) produced track features Dwele vocals and an Ozzy Osbourne 21st Century Schizoid Man sample.

The track should be available on ITunes on June 8th according

Dr. PHIL-lips also weighed in on Kanye’s return..

The track is set to be on Drake’s upcoming debut album, Thank Me Later which is in stores June 15th.

The track will be on his upcoming album King Uncaged(Aug. 17th), F*ck A Mixtape (May 25th) and Takers hits theaters August 20th.

Def Jam enlisted the services of F. Gary Gray (Set It Off, Friday, The Italian Job) to direct the video which also features Ne-Yo on the hook.

Check out the behind the scenes footage as well…

Maliah Michel plays Drake’s love interest and dancehall artist Movado makes an appearance as his nemesis in the Anthony Mandler-directed mini movie.

The Teddy Riley-produced track features a collaboration with Snoop Dogg and Colombian bombshell Manuela Arbeláez is the object of Robin’s desire.

The long-awaited collaboration with Kanye West finally hit the Internet early Thursday morning through the Toronto MC’s web site although it has since been taken down due to bandwidth issues.

Drake filmed the video for “Find Your Love” a few weeks ago in Jamaica and will debut in a few weeks. Thank Me Later is due June 15.

The song is

Drake recently told MTV:

“I’ve shot a lot of videos before, but this is my first attempt to establish myself as Drake the artist. Shooting the other videos I’ve done has been great. I really don’t care what other people think about them, they were great experiences for me. I’ve learned a lot from them. Today, I’m shooting with somebody I really look up to and respect. I’m shooting with Anthony Mandler.”

Thank Me Later is scheduled for a June 15th release date.

The single is said to be from his new upcoming seventh studio album which is tenatively scheduled for an August release date.

After serving 10 months in a federal penitentiary, T.I. is scheduled to be released from a halfway house on March 26.

Boi-1da produced the track as well as “Best I Ever Had” and “Forever”. Thank Me Later is due out in May.

Drake said of his first single:

“It’s gotta be a real great song. It’s gotta be something that I feel is timeless and is better than anything that I’ve ever done.”

The video which is directed by Yolande Geralds features Sports Illustrated model Jessica White instead of the reportedly going with cameos from Teairra Mari, Shanell, and D. Woods.

Kanye West does not appear in the video which according to MTV is based on Kanye’s past relationship with his former fiancee’ Alexis Pfeifer and his late mother.

Monica stated that the Benny Boom-directed video will me more like a movie than anything else. Cincinnati Bengal Chad Ochocinco Johnson is co-starring alongside her as well.

The Dream stays consistent on the L.O.S. Da Mystro produced track and sticks to his formula.

The iconic singer’s new album is due to be released on February 9.

Jay-Z just recently released a video for “Forever Young” featuring Mr. Hudson just last week.

Apparently the video premiered over in United Kingdom first and the United States later.

“I get into the studio, this dude produces three tracks for me. It is absolutely crazy and I had to bow down. The way I got him on the track—’cause he wasn’t gonna get on the track—I just literally said, ‘Man, my people suffered for 500 years.’ I said, ‘You owe me this.’”