411 Mania — Slash and Axl, Whitney Houston is sick, Nicki drops Ke$ha and Rihanna, Lindsay Lohan is still hot, Dr. Conrad’s defense, Erykah Badu naked, Detox is coming and more! Plus, Aubrey O’Day vs. Katy Perry in Battle of the Babes, the Rain... more info

VH1 News — Erykah Badu called her nude "Window Seat" video "performance art." "I expected it to provoke dialogue, and it's an important statement to make," she told MTV News. more info

411 Mania — Some funny Badu videos and a live performance on Kimmel... more info

MTV.com News — 'We're moving on it, man,' Coodie of Creative Control tells Mixtape Daily. By Shaheem Reid and Steven Roberts, with additional reporting by Yemi Bamiro Jay Electronica Photo: MTV News The O.D.: A Mixtape Daily Exclusive Jay Electronica i... more info

MTV.com News — 'I expected it to provoke dialogue, and it's an important statement to make,' she tells MTV News.By Shaheem Reid Erykah Badu Photo: Bryan Bedder/ Getty Images "I thought it was a move for women and men and children who feel they weren't goo... more info

411 Mania — Justin Bieber can't beat off Usher, plus Erykah Badu and Alan Jackson come hard with their latest albums... more info

MTV.com News — Singer knocks protégé Justin Bieber to #2, while Erykah Badu debuts at #4.By Gil Kaufman Usher Photo: Christopher Polk/ Getty Images Apparently the wait was worth it. After several delays, Usher's Raymond v. Raymond finally made it into s... more info

DrownedInSound — Erykah might have mellowed out, but the lessons from last time round have been learnt, rethought and reapplied. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

MTV.co.uk News — Controversial soul singer Erykah Badu recently revealed that she wishes she had written the Biggie Smalls track Warning. Badu borrowed one of Biggie Smalls' hardest lines and made it fit in a love... more info

Idolator — You can stop spinning the Lollapalooza wheel of fortune, as the official lineup has been announced for the 2010 fest at Chicago’s Grant Park. The three-day event will take place August 6 – 8, and for it Soundgarden will reunite for their first pe... more info