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  No Trivia's Friday Five, Thanksgiving Edition: Let French Montana Be Great!

  November 21, 2012 – Switching it up this week (with three extra songs since I missed last week's Friday Five) due to Thanksgiving on Thursday. Of course, Friday is still Friday if you work any kind of service job where your day will be filled with dread as everyone still stuffed with turkey pigs out on purchasing drastically marked-down Blu-Rays and widescreen TVs. …
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  Labor Day Brings New Music From Lil Wayne and Gunplay (But Not Missy Elliott)

  September 4, 2012 – "You lazy bitches is fucking up the economy," Nicki Minaj raps over Kanye West's menacing "Mercy" keyboard plinks on a track from Lil Wayne's new Dedication 4. The mixtape, the latest in a cult-adored series that includes 2006's essential Dedication 2, was only one in a flurry of new hip-hop releases over Labor Day weekend. …
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  Songs and Prayers: Watch Whitney Houston's Funeral

  February 20, 2012 – Pop icon Whitney Houston, who died unexpectedly the night before the Grammy Awards, was laid to rest in Westfield, New Jersey, this weekend. Hundreds of invite-only guests — including Dionne Warwick (Houston's cousin, who hosted the service), Clive Davis, Kevin Costner, Stevie Wonder, Oprah Winfrey, Alicia Keys, Jennifer Hudson, Revs. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, Mariah Carey, and Mary J. Blige, according to E! …
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  Kanye West, Chris Brown, and Will.i.am Really Love Megaupload

  December 9, 2011 – There's the old adage, "Don't bite the hand that feeds you," but "Megaupload Mega Song" is more like "Shaking the hand that steals from you." Kanye West, Diddy, Will.i.am, Alicia Keys, and many more people who depend on the music industry to make a living have all participated in this "We Are the World"-esque tribute to Megaupload, one of the most popular sites people use to illegally download albums by all those talented people. …
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  Watch Patrick Stump Cover Jay-Z, Cee Lo, and B.o.B

  January 20, 2011 – Patrick Stump has been intensely focused on his solo debut Soul Punk, which is due out later this year. But the Fall Out Boy has found a way to blow off steam during recording sessions: recording a capella versions of some of his favorite pop jams. In a video uploaded to his YouTube channel, Stump filmed himself doing inventive versions of Eminem, Cee Lo, Lady Antebellum, and more. …
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  Pharrell on Neptunes LP, Lily Allen Engaged + More

  December 28, 2010 – Pharrell is shifting gears from N.E.R.D. to work on a new album from his production team Neptunes in 2011. "This new Neptunes record we're working on right now is vicious. It's definitely harder – it totally demands sweat," he said. [Exclaim] Lily Allen is engaged to her longtime boyfriend Sam Cooper, who reportedly popped the question over the holiday while the couple were on vacation in the Far East. …
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  Alicia Keys' Booty Call, Kings of Leon's Golf Addiction

  January 14, 2010 – Gaga super fans use a bathtub, laundry basket, and bubble wrap to recreate Lady Gaga's wild "Bad Romance" video. Their title: "Badder Romance"! [YouTube] Why just eat slaughtered baby calves when you can dance around in veal shoes, like Mika? [The Sun] Which is creepier: Charles Barkley as Alicia Keys, or the soul songstress booty-calling Andy Samberg's nerdiest character yet? …
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  New Albums from Animal Collective & More!

  December 15, 2009 – Here's a rundown of the essential albums available online and in record stores today: Animal Collective, Fall Be KindAlbum-of-the-year makers issue hazy yet solid EP.Read Review >> Alicia Keys, The Element of FreedomThe Bono of R&B stuck in a moment she can't get out of.Read Review >> The Willowz, EveryoneGarage punks pour some sugar on their songs. Read Review >>  …
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• Alicia Keys, 'The Element of Freedom' (J)

  December 9, 2009 – Alicia Keys' 2007 smash "No One" launched this once-precocious R&B singer to U2-level save-the-world-with-song status. So you can't really blame her for carbon-copying its charms in "Doesn't Mean Anything," the openly anthemic lead single from Keys' fourth studio set. …
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  Terrific Twitter Trio of the Week

  November 20, 2009 – Lots of musicians tweet -- but all that Twitters is not gold. That's why you'll want to check out SPIN.com every Friday to see whose tweets we're reading this week -- then update your TweetDeck! …
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