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Stop playing ‘Carter III’ fans and just admit that this album should have been named the Carter 808. I knew this album was going to be huge since all the kids that run around with their boxer shorts outside of their pants have been bumping ‘Lollipop’ when they roll into the 7-11 parking lot (my day job). The one thing I have learned about record sales and great albums is that the inverse relationship usually applies. The ‘Carter III’ follows this formula. This record might sell 2 million units by the time the summer is over and it still won’t allow Lil’ Wayne to transcend into the pantheon of great rappers. I pulled the album down from the Napster FREE listening service. Thank goodness too, I saved my hard drive from being wasted. This album was like listening to the future when rap music is played on lite F.M. stations and rap fans are starting to get their social security checks. There are so many R & B songs on this album including joints where Wayne sings the hooks himself. I t...

Coming in at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 is Whitney Houston's "I Look To You." LOS ANGELES, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Jay-Z's "The Blueprint 3" is No. 1 on the album chart for a second week, Billboard.com reported Wednesday. Coming in at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 is Whitney Houston's "I Look To You," followed by Muse's "The Resistance" at No. 3, Kid Cudi's "Man on the Moon: The End of Day" at No. 4 and Miley Cyrus' "The Time of Our Lives" at No. 5. Rounding out the top tier are Drake's "So Far Gone" at No. 6, Lil Boosie's "Superbad " at No. 7, Taylor Swift's "Fearless" at No. 8, Megadeth's "Endgame" at No. 9 and the Black Eyed Peas's "The E.N.D." at No. 10.

Season 9 of "Dancing with the Stars" premiered Monday night. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- Singer Mya said on her Twitter page she suffered a "deep cut" on her hand shortly before she was to debut on "Dancing with the Stars" in Los Angeles. "Went2the hospital late last night2get stitches," Mya wrote on her Twitter page Monday. "Deep cut from glass. Only caught 2hours of sleep but feel great. Must be adrenaline." "She went to grab a glass for something to drink late last night and it just broke and shattered in her hand," a source told People.com. "She went right to the hospital and got stitches and got it taken care of. ... She feels great, she's doing fine. ... She's excited for the show and this will not affect her performance in the show." Season 9 of "Dancing with the Stars" premiered Monday night.

"New Moon" hits movie theaters November 20, and its soundtrack is due exactly one month earlier on Chop Shop/Atlantic Records. Tuesday, September 22, 2009 NEW YORK (Reuters) - The soundtrack for "New Moon" -- the second movie installment of the "Twilight" vampire series -- will feature songs by the likes of Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke and the Killers. The track list was posted Monday on "Twilight" author Stephenie Meyer's Web site. The album's lineup is more indie-minded than the first "Twilight" soundtrack, which featured Paramore, Collective Soul and Linkin Park. Death Cab for Cutie scored the lead single for the "New Moon" soundtrack with "Meet Me on the Equinox." "New Moon" hits movie theaters November 20, and its soundtrack is due exactly one month earlier on Chop Shop/Atlantic Records. The original "Twilight" soundtrack was released in November 2008, debuted on the Billboard 200 at...

"This Is It" opens to the general public on October 28 for a limited two-week run. Tuesday, September 22, 2009 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Michael Jackson movie "This Is It" -- based on footage from concert rehearsals before his death in June -- will have simultaneous premieres in more than 15 cities around the world next month, the studio behind the film said on Monday. "This Is It" opens to the general public on October 28 for a limited two-week run. While Hollywood movies often have several premieres around the world, they rarely happen at the same time. But for "This Is It," more than 15 cities, including New York, Rio de Janeiro, London, Berlin and Seoul will host simultaneously premieres with a red carpet event in Los Angeles on October 27, said Sony Pictures, which paid $60 million for rights to the rehearsal footage. Names of the other premiere-night cities were not released. The opening events will feature satellite transmissions of Holl...

The star studded lineup includes: Chris Brown, Fabolous, Keri Hilson, The-Dream, Trey Songz, Mario, Day26 and Ginuwine. Wednesday, September 23, 2009 (New York, September 23rd, 2009) � Power 105.1 (WWPR-FM), New York�s R&B, Hip Hop, & Back in the Day Joints, will host its Power 105.1�s Powerhouse concert on Tuesday, October 27, 2009, at the IZOD CENTER, East Rutherford, NJ. The star studded lineup includes: Chris Brown, Fabolous, Keri Hilson, The-Dream, Trey Songz, Mario, Day26 and Ginuwine. The announcement was made at 6pm by Power 105.1�s DJ Clue. Tickets will be sold exclusively to Power 105.1�s Power Playaz via Ticketmaster starting Friday, September 25th at 3pm-11pm. To register to be a Power 105.1 Power Playa and receive the special password, log on to www.powerhouse.power1051fm.com. Remaining tickets will be available through a public on-sale starting Saturday, September 26th at 10am via www.ticketmaster.com and Ticketmaster Charge by Phone ONLY. Tickets will n...

This coming Monday, September 28, social figure Reverand Al Sharpton will make one of his most surprising appearances yet - on WWE's Monday Night Raw. The civil rights leader will host the 9pm live taping from Albany, New York's Times Union Center. The appearance prefaces Sharpton's four-city tour with former Speaker of the House of Representatives Newt Gingrich and Education Secretary Arne Duncan, who will be stopping in Philadelphia, New Orleans, Baltimore in Atlanta in an effort to reform public education. Monday Night Raw airs at 9pm on the USA network.