Music News
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Plies Talks New Video, 'Emotional' Records 'I just opened up my whole life,' rapper says of songs on Da Realist.
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Biggie Took Coogi Sweaters From 'The Cosby Show' To The Clubs Hip-hop stylist Groovey Lew says the Notorious B.I.G. 'opened the 'hood up' to the colorful look.
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Nas, Kelis Reportedly Expecting Their First Child 'They are so excited,' a source told Us Weekly about the hip-hop power couple.
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Run-DMC, Metallica Headed To Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Metal and hip-hop acts will be inducted in April 4 ceremony.
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Taylor Swift Says She 'Can't Believe' Fearless Is Still #1 'I spent two years making this album ... and putting everything into it,' singer says of Billboard sensation.
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DMX Says He'll Become A Pastor After Doing Time In interview from Arizona jail, rapper also discusses gospel album, reality-show plans.
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Jennifer Hudson To Sing National Anthem At Super Bowl Singer has not performed live since October murders of her mother, brother, nephew.
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Taylor Swift Tops Billboard Chart For Fifth Week In A Row Animal Collective fail to chart due to lack of reporting by indie record stores.
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Aubrey O'Day Confesses: She (And Her Dog) Are 'Obsessed With Miley Cyrus' Ex-Danity Kane singer even dresses her dog in 'Hannah Montana' gear.
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Jonas Brothers, Coldplay Join Grammy Performers List Kenny Chesney also joins roster that includes Lil Wayne and Katy Perry.
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'American Idol' Judge Kara DioGuardi Hits Her Stride In Season Premiere The fourth judge bonds with Paula and Randy, and even gets along with Simon.
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Exclusive: Mark Hoppus Announces Solo Plans, Puts +44 To Bed 'I've been in the studio every week writing songs with the intention of putting out a record of my own,' former Blink-182 member tells MTV News.
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What Are Miley Cyrus And Other Female Pop MVPs Up To In 2009? 'Twilight' star Kristen Stewart, Katy Perry and other queen bees are keeping busy to stay on top this year.
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Taylor Swift Talks About 'Emotional' New Video For 'White Horse' 'It's ... sort of a new thing for me,' singer says of crying in the clip.
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One Week With 'The Best Album Of 2009,' In Bigger Than The Sound Does Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavilion live up to the hype?
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More 2009 Rock Rookies, Including Pete Wentz's Answer To Paramore Hey Monday call Fall Out Boy bassist 'an awesome guy'; Friday Night Boys say they can 'out-drink any band.'
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Check Out 'American Idol' Expert Jim Cantiello's Premiere Live-Blog! Make sure you didn't miss a thing with Jim's minute-by-minute recap.
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'Twilight' Star Jackson Rathbone Moves Beyond Jasper Hale With 100 Monkeys MTV News caught actor's improv-heavy band at a West Hollywood, California, show.
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Faith Evans Says She'll 'Certainly' Work With Diddy On Next LP Notorious B.I.G.'s widow says she's 'been hesitant to get into any type of record-deal situation.'
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Lil Wayne To Perform At The Grammys Source close to the February 8 awards show confirms Weezy's appearance.
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Katy Perry Tells Media To 'Stop Looking For A Story' Singer's onstage remarks in L.A. were interpreted as comments on breakup with Travis McCoy.
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Lady Gaga Gears Up For Pussycat Dolls Tour The electronic-pop artist launches her own U.S. tour in March.
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Taylor Swift Lands Guest Role On 'CSI' She'll play a 'teenaged girl whose family runs a seedy Vegas motel' in episode to air late February or early March.
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Hilary Duff Returns To TV As A Teen Lawyer In 'Barely Legal' Actress/singer also wants to guest-star on 'The Office' and '30 Rock' as part of her production deal with NBC.
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Katy Perry Talks About Breakup With Travis McCoy ... For Real This Time The singer declares she's 'over' breakup with Gym Class Heroes frontman onstage in L.A.
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Jermaine Dupri Says Island Def Jam Chief L.A. Reid Was 'Jealous' Of Him Producer explains why he left his post as president of Island Records Urban Music.
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Bizzy Bone Robbed By Anti-Gang Worker, Los Angeles Police Say The on-again/off-again Bone Thugs-N-Harmony member was allegedly beaten and robbed at an L.A. hotel last week.
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Kelly Clarkson's 'My Life Would Suck Without You' Hits Radio Early The new single, which debuted on New York's Z100, is a clear throwback to 'Since U Been Gone.'
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Exclusive: Aubrey O'Day Talks About Her Nude Photo Shoot For Playboy Singer says of Markus Klinko session, it was 'one of the most liberating things that I've done as a woman.'
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Our 2009 Rock Rookies: Lil Wayne's Favorite Singer, Pharrell's Dynamic Duo Kevin Rudolf says 'Let It Rock' is more than a 'party record'; Chester French take credit for 50 Cent's abs.
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Our Male Pop Rookies Plan Music-Industry And Hollywood Takeover In 2009 Lucas Grabeel, 'Twilight' star Jackson Rathbone and a 'Bonus Jonas' are among the double threats who'll make it big this year.
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RZA: Wu-Tang Clan Trying To Get Past Differences To Make New Music 'Once we're talking, it's a dialogue going,' rapper says of the group.
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Jadakiss Worried That His Biggie Tribute, 'Letter To Big,' Might Be 'Corny' MC says he might do a remix with Jay-Z, the LOX or Junior M.A.F.I.A.
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Fergie's Mom Dishes On Daughter's 'Amazing' Wedding To Josh Duhamel 'It was an amazing show,' Terri Jackson told Ryan Seacrest of the wedding and its performers.
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'American Idol' Auditions Are Better (And Worse) Than Ever We got a sneak peek at some tryouts, and you'll need to brace yourself for a few of them ...
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Amy Winehouse's Husband To File for Divorce Singer was seen with another man over the holiday.
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The Biggest Rock Albums Coming Your Way In 2009 Green Day and U2 drop new LPs this year, along with promising young guns like Paramore, Tokio Hotel and more.
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Lil Wayne Says He 'Ain't Rapping No More': Mixtape Monday Plus: Bishop Lamont forms West Coast supergroup.
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The Notorious B.I.G.'s Signature Accessories From the Jesus piece to Coogi sweaters, the late rapper had a style all his own.
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Exclusive: Mark Hoppus Talks Blink-182 Reunion 'The future is wide open,' Hoppus tells MTV News in part one of a two-part interview.
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Britney Spears' 'If U Seek Amy' Poses Censorship Problems For Radio Scare some stations might not play the third Circus single, due to its not-so-subtle profanity.
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The Female Pop Rookies Of 2009: Who'll Be The Next 'It' Girl? Miranda Cosgrove, Taylor Momsen, Camilla Belle and other up-and-comers kick off MTV News' Pop Week.
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50 Cent Dares Lil Wayne To Respond To New Dis Record, 'Play This On The Radio' MC also goes after Kanye West in new song.
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Fergie And Josh Duhamel Married Black Eyed Peas singer and actor tie the knot in Malibu.
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Lil' Kim Talks New LP, Slams 'Notorious' Former Biggie protege says her next LP is coming 'soon, really soon.'
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Katy Perry Talks About Her Split From Travis McCoy ... Sort Of Singer says she's putting all her 'energy and efforts' into upcoming tour.
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Ciara Says New Single With Young Jeezy Is About 'Letting Go' 'Never Ever' producer Polow Da Don says he and Ciara are the new Timbaland and Aaliyah.
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Fall Out Boy Bury Beef With Blender Magazine 'This whole thing is stupid,' frontman Patrick Stump writes about clamor over mag's FOB cover story.
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Kanye West Says He'll Pose Naked And 'Break Every Rule Of Hip-Hop' In an interview with Vibe, the MC longs for 'the freedom of having less fans.'
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R. Kelly's Divorce Finalized Singer was married to wife Andrea for 11 years
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Jermaine Dupri Reportedly Leaves Island Records Urban Music Gig Producer is out as president of department, Variety reports.
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MCs To Watch In 2009: Kid Cudi 'I'm just, like, a regular guy. I'm not into the whole fame of things,' down-to-earth rapper says.
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Taylor Swift Still 'Can't Believe' That She'll Be On 'SNL' 'It feels like everything the past couple of months has been a dream,' singer tells us from rehearsals.
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New 'American Idol' Judge Kara DioGuardi Insists She Fits In 'It took a minute to be yourself,' she says of adding to the three-person panel.
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Asher Roth Says Guitarist, Not Him, Subdued Would-Be Bomber 'He's a hero,' MC says of Chris Llewellyn.
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Dr. Dre Detox Track, Featuring 50 Cent And R. Kelly, Hits The Net Source says Dre is furious over leak of the song, labeled 'Could Have Been You.'
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Chris Brown And Rihanna's First Real Duet Leaks The twosome collaborates on 'Bad Girl,' a track on the 'Confessions of a Shopaholic' soundtrack.
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Travis Barker, DJ AM Rock Las Vegas Shirtless Barker's burn scars from plane crash were visible during show.
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50 Cent's Pontiac G8 Sports Truck Falls Victim To Poor Economy GM announces it won't be selling the 50-endorsed El Camino wannabe.
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Jonas Brothers Look Forward To Grammy Awards With 'Fear' Jonas boys are nominated in Best New Artist category.
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MCs To Watch In 2009: Charles Hamilton 'As long as I'm alive, there's always going to be Charles Hamilton music,' eclectic rapper promises.
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Asher Roth Helps Subdue Would-Be Plane-Bomber MC and his bandmates are among passengers who helped restrain man who claimed he had a bomb.
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Fall Out Boy Fall Out With Blender Magazine Over 'Sensationalist' Cover Story 'We stand by our reporting,' magazine responds.
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Soulja Boy Tell'em Gets Animated In New Cartoon Series Online show co-stars "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" sidekick Alfonso Ribeiro.
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Aubrey O'Day Talks About Her Future With 'Making The Band' 'I think there's a lot of misconceptions based off of Puff's portrayal of me as a person,' former Danity Kane star says.
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Cindy Crawford Doesn't Ban 'Hannah Montana,' Rep Insists Rep says stories that the model won't let her 7-year-old watch the show are false.
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New Year's Resolutions Of The Stars (Not Really), In Bigger Than The Sound Britney Spears eyes a new 'comeback,' Lil Wayne promises consciousness and more fictional 2009 plans.
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Taylor Swift Dominates Billboard Chart Again, Kanye West Climbs Back To #3 Slow New Year's sales week with few new album releases finds little changed in the top 200.
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MCs To Watch In 2009: Asher Roth 'I'm very honest with my music and I think people appreciate that,' the suburban rapper says.
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Timbaland Responds To False Shock Value 2 Reports 'That's just bogus,' Timbaland says of erroneous reports that Timberlake, Stefani will appear on LP.
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Apple Announces iTunes Pricing Changes Songs will now be available at three price points: 69 cents, 99 cents and $1.29.
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Jaydiohead DJ Says He'd Love Feedback From Jay-Z Or Radiohead 'I would be speechless if I heard from any of them,' Minty Fresh Beats tells MTV News.
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Eminem's New Song, 'Crack A Bottle,' Featuring Dr. Dre And 50 Cent, Hits The Web Song's release follows close on the heels of 50's premiere of 'I Get It In.'
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'The Hills' Stars Share Their New Year's Resolutions 'I'm trying to be nice to everyone,' Spencer Pratt says.
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Lil Wayne Predicts Super Bowl Winner! MC makes his prediction on ESPN's '1st and 10.'
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Kelly Clarkson Reveals Provocative Cover Art For New Single, 'My Life Would Suck Without You' Song's lyrics about dysfunctional relationship also hit the Web.
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50 Cent Premieres New Single, 'I Get It In,' Featuring Beat Dr. Dre Recorded For Eminem Second single from Before I Self Destruct gets Funkmaster Flex stamp of approval in New York radio debut.
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Can You Top Katy Perry? Submit A Video Of Yourself Singing With Her For 'My Grammy Moment 2009' Fans have until February 9 to upload videos of themselves and appear in the Grammy telecast.
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Stooges Guitarist Ron Asheton Found Dead In Michigan Home Cause of death is still unknown for guitarist, who founded Stooges with Iggy Pop in 1967.
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Lindsay Lohan Blogs That She And Samantha Ronson 'Did Not Break Up!' Rumors of the actress and DJ's split emerged after alleged New Year's Eve fight.
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Aubrey O'Day Opens Up About Her Sexuality: 'I Think It's Funny That So Many People Care' Ex-Danity Kane star will have big news to announce next week!
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MCs To Watch In 2009: Wale 'Every day I just wake up and figure out how I can make myself better,' D.C. rapper says.
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Eminem, 50 Cent, U2, Black Eyed Peas Top The Most-Anticipated Albums Of 2009 Even Paula Abdul could put out an album this year!
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Jim Jones Says He's 'Lucky' To Be Free After Alleged Fight With Jay-Z Associate 'All I know is I was shopping,' rapper tells MTV News of altercation in a Louis Vuitton store.
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Jay-Z And Radiohead Collide On Jaydiohead Mash-Up Album Minty Fresh Beats pairs songs from Jay's Black Album and American Gangster with a host of Radiohead tracks.
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Check Out An Exclusive Preview Of The Latest 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer' Comic! We have five pages from 'Season Eight' in our Splash Page blog.
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Is Lupe Fiasco Fronting A 'British' Indie-Rock Band Called Japanese Cartoon? Japanese Cartoon frontman sounds eerily similar to the 'Superstar' MC.
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Jim Jones Turns Himself In To Police After Alleged Fight With Jay-Z Associate Rapper appears at NYPD precinct on Monday following incident at Louis Vuitton store.
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Katy Perry And Travis McCoy Reportedly Split Before New Year 'We fight every night, now that's not kosher,' say Main Source lyrics the Gym Class Heroes frontman posted on his blog.
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'Notorious' Inspires Our Fantasy Biggie Playlist: Mixtape Monday DJ Drama, DJ Khaled and more name their Frank White faves; Lil' Cease takes us back to B.I.G.'s beginning.
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MCs To Watch In 2009: B.o.B. Unusual Atlanta rapper doesn't fit in with any of the eclectic city's hip-hop subgenres, and that's just fine with him.
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MTV News Staff Picks Of 2008: Rihanna, Girl Talk, 'Slumdog Millionaire,' Lil Wayne, 'Iron Man' And More We list our favorite movies, pop stars, horror flicks, albums, underground punk acts and more in the Newsroom.
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Taylor Swift Makes It Three In A Row Atop Billboard Albums Chart Kanye West, T.I., Katy Perry and other big names see holiday sales boosts.
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William Balfour Indicted By Grand Jury For Hudson Family Murders Defense attorney says Jennifer Hudson's estranged brother-in-law has been charged because he 'was the convenient person to go to.'
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Kanye West, Young Jeezy And More Go-To Guest Artists Of 2008 (Who Aren't Lil Wayne Or T-Pain) Ludacris, Ne-Yo and Jay-Z also improved songs with their notable cameos.
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DMX Pleads Guilty To Multiple Charges In Arizona The rapper pleads guilty to various charges dating back to April of this year.
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Jay-Z Raps On DJ Khaled's 'Go Hard' Remix -- Check Out A Clip Here! Rap was a holiday present for Khaled: 'I got the verse on Christmas Eve!'
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E-40 Comments On Denver Club Shooting 'E-40 and [his] camp are unable to control the poor and tragic choices that other adults choose to make,' rapper's manager says.
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T.I.'s 'Swagger Like Us' Collabo And More Top Underground Songs Of 2008 Big Boi, Shawty Lo and Joe Budden also make the list.
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'American Idol': The Best Of 2008, By Jim Cantiello On the eve of the new season, we take a look back at our favorite 'American Idol' videos of 2008.
