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The release date of Jay-Z’s ‘The Blueprint 3’ got bumped up and I didn’t even know until after the album dropped! The rapper’s album, featuring collaborations with Rihanna, Kanye West and Alicia Keys just to name a few, dropped yesterday. The album was originally scheduled to hit stores on September 11th, marking the eight year anniversary of the release of 2001’s ‘The Blueprint’. I have a feeling that the release date switch had to do with the entire album leaking out onto the internet recently. They could at least try to fool everyone else who hasn’t heard about the leak.
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Ashlee Simpson has announced some very important dates! Her new single, “Little Miss Obsessive,” which features Tom Higgenson of Plain White Ts, will be digitally released on 3/11. Then, her full-length Bittersweet World will hit stores and be available digitally on 4/22. Ashlee collaborated with some major players on this album including Timbaland, The Neptunes’ Chad Hugo, and Kenna. She felt “very lucky to work with people who are at the top of their game.”

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Kanye West makes his first public statement since the unfortunate passing of his mother. He recently posted a new blog on his official website. It was about his way of coping, I guess: Connect Four.

“When I was in Europe I would play this game for hours and hours… it helped me zone out. Everybody would get involved,” he says. He talked about how a lot of people on tour beat this guy or that. But when asked who the champion is, people would say that it was Beyonce. So even at Jay-Z’s Las Vegas club 40/40 with all the Black Jack tables and slot machines, he and Beyonce played Connect Four where he got beaten 9 times in a row.

Gina released her debut album “In Search of Cleo” with some very special shows at The Box in NYC. Not sure if you are familiar with any of the tracks from the record, but here is the MP3 for “Pretty Girls On Prozac”. Its got a dark, edgy feel that is totally unique…I think you’ll dig wiredset.com/media/ginagershon/03%20Pretty%20Girls%20On%20Prozac.mp3

Gina’s keeping it real and doing this release independently so the only places to purchase the album are from her official site:
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