Eminem Announces 'Marshall Mathers LP 2' In VMAs' Beats By Dre Commercial

  









Eminem returns with "The Marshall Mathers LP 2" on November 5. The rapper announced the news through a Beats by Dre commercial which played during tonight's (Aug. 25) MTV Video  Eminen teased his announcement on Twitter earlier, tweeting: "Guess who's REALLY back? #VMAs"

Expect the first taste of "MMLP2," executive produced by Rick Rubin and Dr. Dre, on Tuesday (Aug. 27) with new single, "Berzerk. Earlier this month, Eminem's "Survival" debuted on the trailer for Call of Duty: Ghosts. It marked the first new song to be released by the famously reclusive rapper since “Recovery” single “Space Bound” in March of 2011.
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Drake: Kendrick Lamar Is 'Not Murdering Me, At All, In Any Platform' (Exclusive)

In the new Padua cover story, Drake says he's made it a habit to ignore all commentary about him online, positive or negative. On any of the numerous occasions when another rapper tries to goad him into a public contest, he's trying to let it roll off his shoulders.  

 "It just sounded like an ambitious thought to me," he says of Lamar's incendiary "Control" verse. "That's all it was"

So after hearing West Coast peer Kendrick Lamar's instantly incendiary verse on Big Sean's recent single "Control,"  in which Lamar goes for the jugular of every rapper he deems a threat, including Drake, the latter says he "went about my day, went and got dinner and kept it moving."


"I didn't really have anything to say about it," Drake says of the verse, which has so far inspired responses from A$AP Rocky, Joey Bada$$, former Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson and too many others to count. "It just sounded like an ambitious thought to me. That's all it was. I know good and well that Kendrick's not murdering me, at all, in any platform. So when that day presents itself, I guess we can revisit the topic."
Lamar has been making his rounds in the news circuit this week, finally speaking on his "Control" verse. The rapper told Power 105 that he "didn’t know there would be so much speculation, I just want to rap." He continued to say that calling himself the "King of New York" was misunderstood by many.
"The irony of that line is that the people who actually understood it and got it were the actual kings of New York, you know, me sitting down with them this past week, and them understanding, it’s not actually about being the king of whatever coast, it’s about leaving a mark as great as Biggie, as great as Pac," he said.

Sean Kingston Facing Lawsuit Over Alleged Gang Rape

A trial is set for November over an alleged 2010 incident which the singer reportedly claims was consensual.

Sean Kingston is facing a $5 million lawsuit over allegations of rape, according to TMZ.
Carissa Capeloto reportedly claims she was forced into sex with Kingston, his bodyguard and a band member in 2010 in Kingston's hotel room, following the musician's appearance at a Justin Bieber concert. She claims to have drank and smoked marijuana before the incident, becoming "obviously intoxicated, incapable of consent."
Criminal charges against Kingston in the matter were dropped in 2010, and he has reportedly filed documents claiming the sex was consensual. The trial is currently set for November.
Kingston didn't address news of the lawsuit directly on Friday, but he posted several tweets asking followers not to "believe the hype."

Big Sean, Juicy J and Alabama Tribute Heading for Top 10 on Billboard 200

Big Sean could reach No. 2 with his "Hall of Fame," with rock act Avenged Sevenfold set to bow in the top spot.

Rappers Big Sean and Juicy J, along with a new tribute album to country band Alabama, are headed for the top of the Billboard 200 albums chart next week.
Industry sources suggest Big Sean's new "Hall of Fame" may sell around 70,000 copies in the week ending Sept. 1, which should enable it to make a top three debut next week. It's the follow-up to his debut studio effort, "Finally Famous," which opened at No. 3 in 2011 with 87,000 (according to Nielsen SoundScan).
As previously reported, rock band Avenged Sevenfold is on its way to a second No. 1 album. Its new "Hail to the King" should bow in the top slot with around 160,000 to 175,000.
The new Billboard 200 chart's top 10 will be revealed on the morning of Wednesday, Sept. 4.
Academy Award winner Juicy J -- of rap act Three 6 Mafia -- should see his new album, "Stay Trippy," also bow in the top 10. It might sell around 60,000. It will easily mark the best week for any of Juicy J's solo sets. He's never gone higher than No. 93 on the chart, a peak reached with 2002's "Chronicles of the Juice Man: Underground Album."
(Juicy J won the 2005 Academy Award for Best Original Song. He co-wrote "It's Hard Out Here For a Pimp" from the film "Hustle & Flow.")
Finally, the fourth top 10 debut next week will come from the new tribute album "Alabama & Friends." The 12-song set, which features contemporary stars covering some of Alabama's biggest hits, might sell around 25,000.
The new collection also includes two new songs from Alabama itself: "That's How I Was Raised" and "All American."
Alabama has scored 33 No. 1s on Billboard Hot Country Songs chart -- the most of any group in history. The new tribute album includes eight of those No. 1s, as covered by the likes of Florida Georgia Line, Kenny Chesney, Luke Bryan and Jason Aldean.
On SoundScan's Building chart (below), Avenged Sevenfold and Big Sean are Nos. 1 and 2, respectively. The Building tally is a precursor to the final Billboard 200 ranking -- reflecting the first four days (Monday through Thursday) of SoundScan's tracking week as reported by six major merchants.
As for the rest of the top 10: Luke Bryan's current Billboard 200 champ, "Crash My Party," is No. 3; while Juicy J is No. 4. Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" sits at No. 5, while Justin Timberlake's "The 20/20 Experience" is No. 6. The latter is poised to make a return to the top 10, following his performance and multiple wins on the Aug. 25 MTV Video Music Awards. The album might see a weekly sales gain of 160%, rising to perhaps 40,000 copies for the week ending Sept. 1.
John Mayer's "Paradise Valley" is No. 7 on the building chart, while the Alabama tribute collection is No. 8. Bruno Mars' "Unorthodox Jukebox" is No. 9 -- again, set to rise due to exposure on the VMAs.

Rolf Harris Hit With Underage Sex Abuse Charges

Rolf Harris, the feted Australian-born, British-based entertainer, will face court next month to answer numerous charges relating to sexual abuse with youths.
British police have charged the 83-year-old with nine counts of indecent assault and four counts of making indecent images of a child. Most of the charges carry maximum sentences of five years, while some carry a maximum of 10.
Harris, who sang such memorable songs as “Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport,” was initially interviewed by officers from “Operation Yewtree,” set up to investigate the Jimmy Saville sex scandal. He was questioned last November, 0 Comments, and is set to appear in the Westminster Magistrates' Court on Sept. 23.
On Thursday, the Crown Prosecution Service, said it had authorized police to lay the charges against the veteran entertainer after reviewing the “sufficient evidence” that had been gathered.
The sordid claims have been rumbling on the social networks for months now, but news of the legal escalation will be a shock to Harris’ many fans around the world. Until now, he’s had a squeaky-clean reputation. The Guinness World Records book of British Hit Singles described him as a "lovable Australian musician, artist and presenter."
Harris is a household name in the country of his birth, and in the country that he’s called home for more than 40 years.
Originally from Perth, in Western Australia, Harris rose to fame as a broadcaster, painter and singing star. He enjoyed a string of U.K. chart hits including "Two Little Boys" (Columbia), which has the distinction of being the very last No. 1 in Britain in the 1960s. “Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport” reached No. 9 in Britain back in 1960, and he had a No. 3 hit with “Sun Arise” in 1962. He enjoyed another U.K. top 10 in 1993, when his cover of “Stairway to Heaven,” a spin-off from the Australian TV show “Money or the Gun,” reached No. 7.
Harris also has an impressive collection of British titles. He’s an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) and a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) and in 2006 was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Earlier this year, Harris was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO), in recognition for his distinguished service to the performing and visual arts, to charitable organisations and to international relations through the promotion of Australian culture.
In 2005, Harris was commissioned to paint a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II for her 80th birthday.
Neither Harris nor any of his representatives have issued any comment on the latest allegations.

Liberace’s One-Time Las Vegas Mansion Sells For Just $500,000

A 15,000-square-foot Las Vegas mansion once owned by Liberace was sold for $500,000 in cash to a British businessman who said he learned to play the piano after being inspired by the flamboyant performer.
The buyer - Martyn Ravenhill - closed the deal on Aug. 23 for $29,000 below its list price and about $3 million less than it was sold for seven years ago.
"I grew up thinking Liberace was wonderful," Ravenhill told the British publication Get Surrey. "I thought he was much more than just a camp figure. He set trends that continue today."
The two-bedroom, 10-bathroom home was built in 1962 and sits on a half-acre lot in an aging neighborhood near the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Surrounding homes are small and sell for $80,000 to $150,000, which dragged down the value of the home, said real estate agent Brad Wolfe, who represented Ravenhill in the deal.
 

 It features touches reminiscent of Liberace, including chandeliers, a mirror bar etched with his signature, and a room with tile piano keys in the floor.
"Opening the door felt like home," Ravenhill told Get Surrey. "There was a strange feeling of nostalgia to me. You could feel the history in the place as well."
Ravenhill didn't immediately respond to a request for comment sent by The Associated Press through his Panama-based business, Lloydshare Ltd.
Liberace, whose extravagances were legendary, became the best-paid entertainer on the planet during his heyday from the 1950s to the 1970s. His career was revisited in the recent HBO film "Behind the Candelabra," which details his secretive romance with the much-younger Scott Thorson.
Liberace's former home does need a little TLC. It doesn't have a working kitchen and is in a state of "functional obsolescence," said Wolfe, adding that a previous owner converted the space into a commercial kitchen but later left it without appliances.
Liberace bought the home in 1974, according to property records. His foundation later sold it to a married couple - Vance and Jan Turner - in 1989, two years after the performer died of an AIDS-related illness.
In 2006, during the heady days of southern Nevada real estate, the couple sold the home to Terrance Lee "Dez" Dzvonick for $3.7 million.
JPMorgan Chase seized the property through foreclosure in February 2010, and Dzvonick sued to get it back, saying the bank had wrongfully foreclosed. The legal tug-of-war ended in December, when U.S. District Judge Gloria M. Navarro dismissed the case.
When the home went on the market earlier this summer and garnered media attention, the listing agency was getting 100 calls a day from curiosity seekers and possible buyers the world over, Wolfe said.

French Bakers Ask Croissant-Craving Kanye West to Have Patience

The Association of French Bakers is upset with lyrics from "I am God," in which West raps "In a French-ass restaurant / Hurry up with my damn croissants."So they penned him a tongue-in-cheek letter begging him to reconsider his stance.

In the letter, the bakers stress that a croissant can't be rushed, as it is akin to a work of art. They also say they would let the slight pass, but they take his lyrics seriously.

"From the other lines in the song, we have come to understand that you may in fact be a 'God.' Yet if this were the case — and we, of course, take you at your word — we wonder why you do not more frequently employ your omnipotence to change time and space to better suit your own personal whims," the letter reads.

Yes. This is for real.

Read the letter below.

Regarding Croissants in "I am a God"

Association of French Bakers
900 Rue Vielle du Temple
Paris FRANCE

To Monsieur Kanye West:

Congratulations on the birth of your daughter, Nord! This is a truly auspicious time for you — and so it is with great sadness that we must lodge a formal complaint against the song "I am a God" from your new album Yeezus.

Our organization represents bakers across France, many of whom have taken great offense at this particular rhyming couplet:

In a French-ass restaurant
Hurry up with my damn croissants

Assuming you, as a man of means, dine exclusively at high-end restaurants and boulangeries during your voyages to Paris, it could not be possible that the delay of your "damn" croissants originated from slow service. And certainly, you are not a man to be satisfied with pre-made croissants from the baked goods case reheated and tossed out on a small platter. No — you had demanded your croissants freshly baked, to be delivered to your table straight out of the oven piping hot.

And it was with great joy you ordered croissants  — not crêpes or brioches — because only croissants can proudly claim that exquisite combination of flaky crust and a succulent center. The croissant is dignified — not vulgar like a piece of toast, simply popped into a mechanical device to be browned. No — the croissant is born of tender care and craftsmanship. Bakers must carefully layer the dough, paint on perfect proportions of butter, and then roll and fold this trembling croissant embryo with the precision of a Japanese origami master.

This process, as you can understand, takes much time. And we implore the patience of all those who order croissants. You may be familiar with the famous French expression, "A great croissant is worth waiting a lifetime for."

"We know you are a busy man, M. West, but we believe that your patience for croissants will always be rewarded."
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We could easily let this water pass under the bridge, as they say, but we take your lyrics very seriously. From the other lines in the song, we have come to understand that you may in fact be a "God." Yet if this were the case — and we, of course, take you at your word — we wonder why you do not more frequently employ your omnipotence to change time and space to better suit your own personal whims. For us mere mortals, we must wait the time required for the croissant to come to perfect fruition, but as a deity, you can surely alter the bread's molecular structure faster than the speed of light, no? And with your omniscience, perhaps you have something to teach us about the perfect croissant. We await your guidance and insights.

We appreciate your continued patronage of French culture. (Your frequent references to menageperhaps speak an interest in the structure of the French household?) We hope from the deepest recesses of our hearts, however, that in the future you give croissants the time they need to fully mature before you partake. With that, we say, adieu. And our member Louis Malpass from Le Havre wants you to know that he loves "Black Skinhead."

Salutations cordiales

Bernard AydelotteAssociation of French Bakers

Craig Morgan's 'Journey' Meant Revisiting Past Hits for New Album

In his decade-plus career, Craig Morgan hasn't covered any other artists on record. However, on his new album "The Journey: Livin' Hits" (Sept. 3), the singer re-imagines quite a few tracks that have been recorded before -- from himself.

Morgan has re-cut six songs that were hits for him during his prior stint on Broken Bow -- something that he said is a rare move for an artist. 

"Most artists don't normally get an opportunity to do that. When they put out a Greatest Hits album, they just utilize the original tracks. Very seldom do you go back in and re-record. Because I'm on a different label, we had to go back in and re-record them."

Morgan stated that it was interesting for him as a singer to re-visit his catalog, and approach his hits from a different place. "If everybody had the opportunity to do that after singing them live for a few years, they will do them a little bit different. Vocally, I get to do what I've been doing out on the road, plus you've been doing them for so long that you're confident in the song, because they are hits. It's different than when you're singing them for the very first time and you're hoping that it's going to be a hit."

here is the video link of his hit song;

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JoabRpeGC2I#t=0

When asked about specific cuts that he enjoyed revisiting, he didn't miss a beat. "In 'Redneck Yacht Club,' there's a lot more confidence in my vocal than there was in my vocal when I first recorded it. I think that the majority of the people won't notice a whole lot of difference, but there will be people who will think it feels different," he said.

The collection also contains four new cuts, with the lead single "Wake Up Lovin' You." Morgan feels the single has the potential to be a career song. "I've heard that a bunch," he admits. "I remember when 'Almost Home' came out, and everyone said 'That's the song of your career.' Then, people said that about 'That's What I Love About Sunday,' or 'Redneck Yacht Club.' But, the reason I feel so strongly about this song is that I have been at a certain level in my career for a little while now, and I feel this is a song that will elevate my profile to the next level. I really believe this song and this album will do that."

The singer goes as far to say "If this label, this album, and this song doesn't do it, I'm out of the record making business for record labels. That's how confident I am in this song. I believe in this song so much, and if I can't do it with this song, label, or album, then I don't know if I can do that. I'll still make records, but I'll sell them myself -- and make a whole lot more money."

One song that will no doubt make an impact on Morgan's fan base is the touching "If Not Me." It sounds like one the Army veteran would have penned himself. Instead, it was written by Tom Douglas and Lee Miller. "The hardest thing as an artist – writer is finding songs that are who you are. I'm a writer first, so I feel like I should write everything, but when you find a song that is so perfect that you think you wrote it, you'd be an idiot not to record it. It's one of those songs where every line feels like it was something that I had written. It was a no-brainer to record it."

Morgan, who is gearing up for his annual Craig Morgan Charity Weekend, held September 14 in Dickson County, TN, is celebrating another career milestone in 2013 – five years as a member of the Grand Ole Opry. "That is the highlight of my career, and always will be," he says

Selena Gomez on Taylor Swift's One Direction Diss

The pop star shut down a reporter who asked about Taylor Swift's mouthed VMAs remark on the boy band, which includes Swift ex Harry Styles.

 

Did Taylor Swift really utter an expletive to Selena Gomez when One Direction and former love interest Harry Styles took the stage for the MTV Video Music Awards?
Don't ask Selena Gomez.
Swift's seemingly foul-mouthed reaction shot lit up social networks and became an instant GIF. But Gomez reprimanded a reporter who asked what Swift said at the premiere of Gomez's new film, "Getaway," on Monday. "Don't try that with me," Gomez told him. The young star later said that she's protective of her friends.

"I think girls need to be more supportive of each other. I definitely agree with that. I'm all about that," she said. "Taylor has been one of those girls. We have been friends for five years. She is very strong. She doesn't care what people think and she inspires me."
Gomez won best pop video for "Come & Get It" at the ceremony Sunday and said she didn't expect to win.
"So I am watching the beautiful boys, One Direction who are not bad to look at, then they said my name. I looked at Taylor ... it was surreal. Because I do put so much work into my music. There's so much talk of everything. But I did put my heart and soul into it so I was really excited. It was great."

 

Miley twerked up some of backlash last night during her MTV showing with Robin Thicke.

Many things are up for debate when it comes to last night’s VMAs, who dressed the best. Whose voice soared the highest. Things of that sort. But what’s for certain is who walked away as owner of the evening’s biggest WTF?!? moment. That goes to Miley Cyrus, for her trippy, sex-charged performance with grown man R&B stud Robin
Thicke.

 So, yeah. There’s Miley, 20, in a nude two piece twerking and grinding all up on a willing Thicke. All in good fun, sure. But was it in good taste?
The Parent Television Council took exception to many of the VMAs’ performances. In a press release. PTC Director of Public Policy Dan Isett went at Cyrus specifically, saying, “MTV continues to sexually exploit young women by promoting acts that incorporate ‘twerking’ in a nude-colored bikini. How is this image of former child star Miley Cyrus appropriate for 14-year-olds?"