2009 American Music Awards Performances

The 2009 American Music Awards were last night and had plenty of memorable moments including Jennifer Lopez falling during her performance, Jay-Z taking a subtle stab at 50 Cent during an acceptance speech, and Taylor Swift taking home artist of the year over Michael Jackson (imagine the Kanye interruption on this one – excuse me Taylor Swift, I’ma let you finish but Michael Jackson is the greatest artist of all time!!!)  Jay-Z and Alicia Keys performed Empire State of Mind above.  Hit the jump for the videos of 50 Cent, Eminem, Rihanna, Timbaland, Lady Gaga, Alicia Keys (solo), Jennifer Lopez, Mary J. Blige, Whitney Houston, Black Eyed Peas, Janet Jackson, and Shakira’s performances.

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Timbaland Ft. SoShy – Morning After Dark

This is the official first single from Timbaland’s Shock Value II album.

Shakira Ft. Lil’ Wayne – Give It Up To Me Video

The official video for Shakira’s second single with Lil’ Weezy.  Download link below:

• Shakira Ft. Lil’ Wayne – Give It Up To Me (Produced by Timbaland)

Timbaland – Shock Value II Tracklist

Timbo’s new album Shock Value II is dropping December 8th but you probably didn’t even know.  That smooth Drake song Say Something that’s been playing on the radio is actually the lead single for this album.  He’s also got some interesting features outside of hip hop like Miley Cyrus, The Fray, Katy Perry, and others but where’s Rumors with Jay-Z and Keri Hilson?  The full tracklist is below:

1. Intro featuring DJ Felli Fell)
2. Carry Out featuring Justin Timberlake)
3. Loosing Control Featuring JoJo
4. Meet In The Middle Featuring Brand’Nu (aka Brandy)
5. Say Something Featuring Drake
6. Tomorrow In A Bottle featuring Chad Kroeger (of Nickelback) & Sebastian
7. We Belong To The Music featuring Miley Cyrus
8. The Morning After Dark Featuring Nelly Furtado & Soshy
9. If We Meet Again Featuring Katy Perry
10. Can You Feel It Featuring Sebastian
11. Ease Off The Liquor
12. Undertow featuring The Fray
13. Timothy Featuring Jet
14. Long Way Down featuring Daughtry
15. Marching featuring Onerepublic
16. The One I Love Featuring Keri Hilson, Chris Brown, & D.O.E.
17. Symphony feat. Attitude & Bran’Nu (aka Brandy)

Timbaland – Shock Value II Album Cover

Check out Timbo’s new album cover.  The new album is shaping up pretty nicely, the Drake song is hot and the Keri and Hov track is a club banger.

Timbaland Speaks on Drake’s “Off That” Verse

I guess Jay-Z really did hold back from letting Drake spite a verse on “Off That”.

Timbaland x Rockstar Games x Sony PSP

Rockstar Games teamed up with Timbaland to make the new “Beaterator” videogame exclusively for the Sony PSP.  Word on the streets is that Timbaland used this game to make the recent beats he gave Jay-Z for the Blueprint 3.

Updated Jay-Z – Blueprint 3 Production Credits

YN at Rap Radar confirmed these production credits to be final.  I’m sad to see no MGMT on the album but oh well.

1. What We Talkin’ About f. Luke Steele (prod. Kanye West & No. I.D.)
2. Thank You (prod. Kanye West & No I.D.)
3. D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune) (prod. No I.D.)
4. Run This Town f. Kanye West & Rihanna (prod. Kanye West & No I.D.)
5. Empire State of Mind f. Alicia Keys (prod. Al Shux)
6. Real as It Gets f. Young Jeezy (prod. The Incredibles)
7. On to the Next One f. Swizz Beatz (prod. Swizz Beatz)
8. Off That f. Drake (prod. Timbaland)
9. A Star is Born f. J. Cole (prod. Kanye West & No I.D.)
10. Venus vs. Mars (prod. Timbaland)
11. Already Home f. KiD CuDi (prod. Kanye West)
12. Hate f. Kanye West (prod. Kanye West)
13. Reminder (prod. Timbaland)
14. So Ambitious f. Pharrell (prod. The Neptunes)
15. Young Forever f. Mr Hudson (prod. Kanye West)

Jay-Z’s Blueprint 3 Production Credits

The Blueprint 3 Production credits have leaked and I like what I see.  Kanye West is producing the majority of the album but it’ll also include tracks from No I.D., Timbaland, Swizz Beatz, The Neptunes, and MGMT.

1. What We Talkin’ About (Feat. Luke Steele of Empire of the Sun) (Produced By Kanye West)
2. Thank You (Produced By No I.D.)
3. D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)” (Produced By No I.D.)
4. Run This Town (Feat. Kanye West and Rihanna) (Produced By Kanye West & No I.D.)
5. Empire State of Mind (Feat. Alicia Keys) (Produced By Kanye West & No I.D.)
6. Real as It Gets” (Feat. Young Jeezy) (Produced By Timbaland)
7. On to the Next One (Feat. Swizz Beatz) (Produced By Swizz Beatz)
8. Off That (Feat. Drake) (Produced By Kanye West)
9. A Star is Born (Feat. J. Cole) (Produced By Kanye West)
10. Venus vs. Mars (Produced By MGMT)
11. Already Home (Feat. Kid Cudi) (Produced By Kanye West)
12. Hate (Feat. Kanye West) (Produced By Kanye West)
13. Reminder (Produced By Timbaland)
14. So Ambitious (Feat. Pharrell) (Produced By The Neptunes)
15. Young Forever (Feat. Mr Hudson) (Produced By Kanye West)

2009 Forbes Hip Hop Cash Kings List

Forbes released their 2009 list of “Hip Hop Cash Kings”

Undiscovered move

A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash on dvd

Over the Hedge move

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