My Chemical Toilet — R Kelly is back, and he's still rather fond of boning people. more info

MTV.com News — Plus: Fabolous plays cable guy on Ghost's 'Guest House,' in Mixtape Daily. By Shaheem Reid, with additional reporting by Rahman Dukes Raekwon Photo: Universal The O.D.: A Mixtape Daily Exclusive Hail to the Chef. Raekwon will debut in S... more info

Persona Sauna — On November 17th one my favorite Swedish imports, Fredrik, will release a new album entitled Trilogi. Their electroacoustic composition and folk-infused musical form is delightful and delicious. Besides, this band is for reals attractive, c'mon now,... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — The following tickets are on sale now: Fucked Up performs The Chemistry Of Common Life featuring Andrew W.K. (Keyboards) / Vivian Girls (Backup Vocals) With Guests: Titus Andronicus / Katie Stelmanis at Brooklyn Masonic Temple on November 5. Tickets... more info

Rolling Stone — R. Kelly, Akon and Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em are among the slew of guest stars on Lil Jon’s long awaited solo debut Crunk Rock, the MC confirms to Rolling Stone. After missing its original release date by about three years, the Crunkmaster General says... more info

MTV.com News — Spokespeople for both singers deny participation in Austria concert.By Gil Kaufman Mary J. Blige Photo: Stephen Lovekin/ Getty Images The lineup for the all-star Michael Jackson tribute concert slated for September 26 in Vienna, Austria, h... more info

Guardian Music — Contrary to Jermaine Jackson's announcement, the R&B stars will not be performing at a tribute concert for the late singerA day after Jermaine Jackson announced that Chris Brown and Mary J Blige would sing at a tribute concert for Michael Jackson, re... more info

Stereogum — Baroque Swedish sextet and BTW Fredrik's second album Trilogi is out in a couple of months. It's made up of a previously self-released and extremely limited EP trilogy (hence the name). Some background: The three EP's bear the titles "Holm", "Ava" an... more info

MTV.com News — 'On the first Blueprint, he was a new producer, so he was just putting in the beats and moving out the way,' Jay tells the AP. By Jayson Rodriguez Jay-Z Photo: Jared Milgrim/ FilmMagic Jay-Z performed in Chicago on Tuesday night to promote... more info

411 Mania — I look at some examples of terrible lyrics in urban music. New tracks from Usher, Britney Spears, R Kelly, Diddy and Brian McKnight finish this off like fries in a KFC bucket! more info