The Hip Hop Chronicle — The highly anticipated mixtape from Fabolous has finally dropped. Features from Vado, Lloyd Banks, Paul Cain, Trey Songz and Lil Wayne.     Download Mixtape | Free Mixtapes Provided by DatPiff.com   Under the cut Fabolous speaks to Thisis50 a2a_li... more info

Guardian Music — (Jive)CChipmunk has come a long way since his debut radio appearance in 2007, clocking up top-charting UK singles, Mobo awards and public meltdowns along the way. "I've transitioned from a boy to a man," he asserts here, and his second album reveals... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Grimedaily caught up with Trey Songz when Mr. Steal Your Girl was in London.   a2a_linkname="Trey Songz Interview With GrimeDaily"; a2a_linkurl="http://www.thehiphopchronicle.com/2011/04/12/trey-songz-interview-with-grimedaily/"; a2a_hide_embeds=0; ... more info

VH1 Blog — As promised, popular write-in candidates for O Music Awards categories—a full nineteen of them—have been added to the official lists of nominees. Thanks to fan voting, all but two categories have new nominees. Three artists lead the additions: Ad... more info

VH1 Blog — At the tender age of just 26, Avril Lavigne has already sold over 30 million albums worldwide. She first exploded onto the pop scene back in 2002 with an abundance of both hooks and attitude, and now, almost ten years later, her skills as a singer an... more info

Guardian Music — Hammersmith Apollo, LondonIn the wake of Chris Brown's fall from grace in 2009, the music industry needed a replacement: a photogenic male singer appealing to teenagers and adults. Trey Songz, a hitherto third-tier R&B crooner, found himself filling ... more info

VH1 Blog — Last week, Jennifer Hudson’s sophomore LP, I Remember Me, hit the streets and moved an impressive 165,000 copies, good for second place on the Billboard 200. If it has been awhile since you last laid eyes on J-Hud, yes, that’s really her there on... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Diddy and Dirty Money release visuals to their remix to “Your Love” with Rick Ross and Trey Songz. a2a_linkname="Dirty Money – Your Love ft Rick Ross And Trey Songz (Video)"; a2a_linkurl="http://www.thehiphopchronicle.com/2011/03/31/dirty-money... more info

Guardian Music — By praising the Weeknd, indie-leaning music critics are once again getting R&B spectacularly wrongIt probably counts as some sort of triple whammy of music-critic idiocy: a sweeping proclamation about an entire genre, a blundering dismissal of that s... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Off Torch’s new mixtape.   a2a_linkname="Torch – My Eulogy ft Trey Songz"; a2a_linkurl="http://www.thehiphopchronicle.com/2011/03/18/torch-my-eulogy-ft-trey-songz/"; a2a_hide_embeds=0; a2a_show_title=1; more info