Yahoo! Music — AP - When T-Pain and his synthesized vocals made their debut with the songs "I'm Sprung" and "I'm N Luv (Wit A Stripper)" three years ago, most people dismissed the hits as novelties and expected the self-proclaimed "rappa ternt sanga" to b... more info

AllHipHop — Now that his third album Thr33 Ringz is in stores, T-Pain seems to be abandoning his circus motif.   The self-proclaimed ringleader of the urban music industry has announced that he will be auctioning off his massive collection of top hats.   The... more info

MTV.com News — 'It's a movement, man,' Atlanta-based MC says of new record.By Shaheem Reid Ludacris Photo: Charles Eshelman/ Getty Images "I feel like this album is a collectors' item," Ludacris said about his November 24 release. "Not only do I feel it'... more info

Guardian Music — You get a sample, loop it, ask somebody to shout "throw your hands up in the sky" over the top and "that's 80 per cent of it right there". Kanye West no longer finds making hip-hop challenging, he told a gathering of hacks at an Argentinian steakhous... more info

The Newsroom — Eighteen-year-old country sensation Taylor Swift delivers her sophomore album, 'Fearless,' T-Pain proposes to music fans with 'Thr33 Ringz' and recent 'American Idol' runner-up David Archuleta releases his self-titled debut. (Nov. 11) more info

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Pitchfork — The tracklist for Lil Wayne's previously mentioned and oft-discussed Dedication 3 mixtape has surfaced via an MTV.com interview with DJ Drama, Wayne's partner on the Dedication mixtapes. Hey, maybe that "You guys, I'm releasing a new Carter III with ... more info

Pitchfork — The tracklist for Lil Wayne's previously mentioned and oft-discussed Dedication 3 mixtape has surfaced via an MTV.com interview with DJ Drama, Wayne's partner on the Dedication mixtapes. Hey, maybe that "You guys, I'm releasing a new C... more info

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Rolling Stone — Photo: Getty Pop country phenom Taylor Swift’s Fearless leads the way in this week’s slate of new releases. Jody Rosen calls Swift “a songwriting savant with an intuitive gift for verse-chorus-bridge architecture that, in singles like the surgi... more info