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With his original idea being banned, Kanye had to settle for something different for My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy cover. Some of you might have seen this already, as it was the original artwork for the “Runaway” single. Down below is the tracklisting for the album, which will include “See Me Now” as an iTunes bonus.

01. Dark Fantasy
02. Gorgeous (feat. Raekwon & KiD CuDi)
03. POWER
04. All Of The Lights
05. Monster (feat. Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj & Bon Iver)
06. So Appalled (feat. Jay-Z, Pusha T, CyHi Da Prynce, Swizz Beatz & RZA)
07. Devil In a New Dress
08. Runaway (feat. Pusha T)
09. Hell Of A Life
10. Blame Game (feat. John Legend & Pusha T)
11. Lost In The World
12. See Me Now (feat. Beyonce & Charlie Wilson) [iTunes Bonus Track]

NOW THIS IS WHAT HIP-HOP HAS BEEN MISSIN’ FOR A LONG TIME!! WE HEAR ALOT OF SONGS ABOUT MONEY, CARS AND MATERIAL THINGS IN LIFE BUT NOT TOO MANY DARE MAKE A SONG ABOUT LOVING ONE ANOTHER AS HUMAN BEINGS!! LABYRINT DID REAL GOOD ON THIS ONE!! WELL DONE MY BROTHERS! I THINK BLACK EYED PEAS SAID IT BEST “WHERE IS THE LOVE”??

FEEL BLESSED AND SPREAD LUV,
//CONTé

Nicki Minaj and will.i.am are turning Japanese in the Harajuku-inspired video for their joint single “Check It Out.” Taking the stage on an international talk show, the Young Money raptress holds it down next to the Black Eyed Peas frontman as Asian letters pop up around them. After rocking for a small audience for a minute, will.i.am flips for Nicki—literally—as he raps on the ceiling and gets animated.

“We’re doing almost like an ode to Japanese culture and Japanese anime,” Nicki told MTV News. “I’m obviously a big fan and I’ve joined forces with like the only boy that I know that’s also able to capture that culture.”

The King’s album title has officially been caged. Following his 11-month prison sentence, T.I. has decided to change the name of his forthcoming album.

The rapper’s seventh studio effort, previously titled King Uncaged, will now be called No Mercy. “It ain’t King Uncagedno more. We had to change the title,”

The project was originally set for release in August and wasdelayed so he could promote his No. 1 film Takers. This occurred prior to his arrest for felony drug possession in Los Angeles in September. He has since been sentenced to 11 months behind bars for violating his probation, but was not charged for the drug offenses.

He had recorded over 100 songs and had to narrow them down to 14 which will make the final cut. He shared his struggles with Chris Brown on “Get Back Up,” one of the songs expected to appear on No Mercy.

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Lady Gaga is the first recording artist to hit that milestone with Justin Bieber nipping at her heels and expected to cross that mark in just a few days.

She took to Twitter and thanked her fans dubbing her “little monsters” as she calls them the Kings and Queens of YouTube.