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Kanye West At The Macy’s Day Parade

Watch Kanye West perform “Lost In The World” aboard the Big Apple float at the Macy’s Day Parade here.

His new album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, is on track to sell between 525-575k units.

Eminem Cracks Three Million

Eminem‘s release this year, Recovery, is the only album all year to crack three million sales. Congratulations!

New Girl Talk Album Download

Girl Talk‘s new album All Day is available for free download over at Illegal Art’s (Girl Talk’s label) website.

J. Cole Releases New Mixtape

With his debut studio album Cole World a month away from release, J. Cole has released a new mixtape entitled Friday Night Lights. Download the new mixtape on his website here and check out the tracklisting after the break.

Friday Night Lights Tracklist:
01. Friday Nights Lights
02. Too Deep For the Intro
03. Before I’m Gone
04. Back to the Topic
05. You Got It (feat. Wale)
06. Villematic
07. Enchanted (feat. Omen)
08. Blow Up
09. Higher
10. In the Morning (feat. Drake)
11. 2Face
12. The Autograph
13. Best Friend
14. Cost Me a Lot
15. Premeditated Murder
16. Home for the Holidays
17. Love Me Not
18. See World
19. Farewell
20. Looking for Trouble (feat. Kanye West, Pusha T, Big Sean, Cyhi the Prynce)

New Gorillaz Album By Christmas

In a new interview with NME, Damon Albarn talked about a new Gorillaz album and label pressure to release Plastic Beach before it was ready. “I’ve been recording a new record on the road, which I’m going to try and put out before Christmas. It’s a studio album made in hotel rooms across America,” he told the interviewer. According to Albarn, the album will sound like “an English voice that has been put through the vocoder of America” and was recorded using his Apple iPad.

Kanye Says No

Kanye West, continuing his ongoing feud with the “Today” show, will no longer be performing at the Macy Thanksgiving Day Parade.

You can watch the Kanye West – Matt Lauer interview here.

The Kanye West Interview On “Today”

You can now watch the popularized Kanye West interview with the “Today” show’s Matt Lauer below. The interview includes questions and comments about the controversial Kanye West – George Bush issue, leading to several uncomfortable and rather awkward moments.

Lupe’s First Single + Modest Mouse

Lupe Fiasco has released the first single for his upcoming album Lasers. The new song, entitled “The Show Goes On”, is produced by Kane Beatz and samples Modest Mouse‘s “Float On”. Listen and purchase the track from Lupe’s website here.

Kanye Is Looking For Trouble

Kanye West has released “Looking For Trouble”, the latest song from his G.O.O.D. Fridays series on his website. The new track features Pusha T, Big Sean, Cyhi the Prynce, and J. Cole.

“Maniac” On Fallon

Watch Kid Cudi, St. Vincent, and Cage perform “Maniac”, a new song from Kid Cudi’s upcoming album, on Jimmy Fallon here. Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager will be released on November 9, 2010.