MTV.com News — 'That was the first joint I played him,' Polow says of Fif instantly loving the beat.By Jayson Rodriguez, with reporting by Shaheem Reid 50 Cent Photo: Michael Caulfield/ WireImage If at first you don't succeed, try, try (and try and try a... more info

Guardian Music — Judging by the complete absence of new material in This Is It, we may have to wait years until Jackson's vault of unheard songs is openedPerhaps it was inevitable that This Is It would be a huge disappointment. In fact, the documentary prompts more q... more info

MTV.com News — 'You know Young killed it,' Dream says of rapper's verse on Rated R track.By Shaheem Reid Rihanna Photo: Kevin Mazur/ WireImage EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey — Rihanna's Rated R will come out November 23 and feature new collaborations wi... more info

MTV.com News — Fif takes aim at Game and Young Buck on the album, which wasn't supposed to drop until November 23.By Shaheem Reid 50 Cent Well, at least 50 Cent knows people are dying to get their hands on his album. Unfortunately, Fif definitely didn't w... more info

Live Daily — With four nods each, Beyonce [ tickets ], Maxwell [ tickets ] and Keri Hilson [ tickets ] lead the pack of nominees of the 2009 Soul Train Awards, which will be handed out next month. Grammy winner Beyonce is vying for the trophy in four categorie... more info

Perez Hilton — We hope so, because we really aren't feeling the first single! Chuck Harmony, one of Rihanna's producers along with Ne-Yo for "Russian Roulette", is doing damage control singing Rihanna's praises and her "growth as an artist" calling her the Madonna ... more info

MTV.com News — 'She's more comfortable in her skin now,' singer says of Rihanna's more mature work on Rated R. By Jocelyn Vena Ne-Yo Photo: Kevin Mazur/ Getty Images While they did work together on her forthcoming album, Rated R, Ne-Yo said fans shouldn'... more info

VH1 News — Ne-Yo talked to us about working with Rihanna on her new album, Rated R. "She's more comfortable in her skin now," he said of the singer. more info

VH1 News — Ne-Yo talked to MTV News about how he and Rihanna came up with the somber tone and theme of her new single, "Russian Roulette." more info

Unreality Music — I had to print the cover for Rihanna's latest single, Russian Roulette, in the biggest size the blog would take. Pretty sexy, eh? And is that a barbed wire bra she's wearing? Anyway, enough about Rihanna's agressively airbrushed cover photo, let's t... more info