After not hitting its initial April release date Billboard Magazine is reporting that Lil Wayne’s rock inspired album The Rebirth will finally hit stores on December 15th. The album will be packaged alongside Young Money’s “We are Young Money” CD as a double disc.

Rebirth features Wayne playing guitar on various tracks and though he has stated in the past this is not a full rock album, reports say that very few rap tracks will make the cut. The set will feature appearances from Fall Out Boy, Lenny Kravitz, Drake, Travis Barker and Lenny Kravitz. Infamous, Andrew Correra, Cool & Dre and Develop are among the many producers who contributed to the project.

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Beyonce cleaned up at the 2009 MTV Europe Awards last night in Berlin, Germany. The pop icon took home three of the biggest awards; Best Female Artist, Best Song for “Halo” and Best Video for “Single Ladies.” During her acceptance speech Beyonce thanked her husband Jay-Z for “putting a ring on it.”

Beyonce also graced the stage for the awards performing her single “Sweet Dreams.” American fans will have a chance to view the awards later this month. mtvU and MTV2, will air a one-hour version of the Awards on Sunday, November 15; 12:00 AM on MTV2 and 8:00 PM on mtvU.

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Sha Money XL caught up with 50 Cent at the Macy’s event for 50’s new scent Power. He asked Fif about the rumored Beanie Sigel to G-Unit Records deal but and he had this to say:

“I had a meeting with him today. First we gotta start with the music —where’s the music? Then we have to get into what it would take to bring him over to G-Unit as a record company. You can’t sign a deal in a conversation — it’s a process. We’ll see what happens…I would listen to what he has. His skills haven’t diminished. Nine times out of 10, he’ll have something workable already on deck. When you’re dealing with artists who have been established longer than you, it’s a process. You have to figure out exactly where they are at before you commit to being a part of those projects, because they have habits and they’ve been conditioned for something different. You have to figure out exactly what that is before you dive in.”

Beans better come with some heat and Fif better secure a distribution deal for G-Unit Records.

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After dropping “Krazy” and “Better Days” Game announced via twitter that his upcoming album, The R.E.D. Album is being pushed back to February 16, 2010. Game suggested that Interscope is delaying the album so he can work with former mentor Dr. Dre.

Dre and Game had not worked together since Game’s 2005 debut album. The duo has since worked on Dr. Dre’s long awaited album Detox.

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If there was ever a doubt that Michael Jackson is, was and always will be the King of Pop it should be cast aside. MJ’s latest album This is It debuted at number one on Billboard’s Top 200 chart. Selling a whopping 373,000 copies, this is Jackson’s 6th number one album, his first since 1995’s HIStory.

The concert film This is It also topped the box office, raking in $21.3 million domestically and over $100 million worldwide.

Other artist appearing in Billboard’s top 20 are Jay-Z’s Blueprint 3 at number 10, Black Eyed Peas The E.N.D at 13 and Tech N9ne’s K.O.D. at 14.

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The Western Union Company announced yesterday that they will be kicking off the holiday season with Grammy-Award winning international superstar Wyclef Jean. On Monday November 9th, Jean will perform at a press event held in New York’s Times Square. Clef is lending his star status to a campaign Western Union is unveiling entitled “Random Acts of Giving.”

It would be nice If Clef could give the fans a random gift of a new Fugees album. It’s almost holiday season. We can wish right?

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It has been nearly two years since Pimp C passed away in Los Angeles, CA. Since his untimely death his memory has been represented by UGK partner Bun B. Bun is taking Pimp’s legacy one step further by compiling vaulted material into Pimp’s 2nd official solo album solo album The Naked Soul of Sweet James Jones. “We had enough vocals, but it wasn’t just about taking whatever vocals I had available,” Bun B told XXL. “It was about constructing songs. It wasn’t about just throwing all the Pimp C I had out there. I had to really try to make an album.”

At press time no release date or tracklisting had been revealed on the upcoming project.

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On Friday November 13th, The University of California Riverside, Palm Desert campus will present a performance titled Uncovered: A Pageant of Hip Hop.

The performance is said to recreate classic hip hop album covers through the use of the tableau vivant theatrical technique. Some of the artists that will be including are Run DMC, Queen Latifah, LL Cool J, Salt ‘N Pepa, Biggie and Jay Z according to a University press release.

Recreations of each album are accompanied by a mix of songs while dancers display moves that were popular during the album’s release. This is something VH1’s Hip Hop Honors should have thought of.

The performance is scheduled to start at 7 pm and admission is free.

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If you have been paying any attention to the Jay-Z vs. Beanie Sigel beef then you have heard former Roc-A-Fella CEO Dame Dash’s name mentioned here and there. In recent interviews Beans has accused Dash of misappropriating funds and all kinds of other shady business. Dame spoke with MTV and essentially says he wants no part of it.

“I love Jay, I love Beans — what’s the reason for beef? That’s stupid. What’s the reason for beef? People die, people don’t feel good — I want people to laugh. I was surprised. I was hurt for him, more or less, because I know that ain’t him. But I don’t want to speak on that. Whatever [Beanie's] going through where he’s got to do that … I could understand where he may look at things and feel that way. I can see that. He’s probably got a lot of people around him and nobody to really tell him what’s going on. It was a different environment for Roc-A-Fella back then. I feel bad for those cats. I love those cats. I hate that they struggle. I hate it. I hate to see anybody struggle. I don’t embrace that. I’m not one of those dudes that get happy when I hear something bad about somebody I had a bond with. I really loved those dudes.”

Is it us or does Dash sound like a backpedaling hippy?

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Lil Wayne’s heavily anticipated mixtape No Ceilings was liberated before the expected Halloween release date. The Gangsta Grillz release marks the first time the famed DJ and self proclaimed greatest rapper alive have collaborated on a full project since 2008’s Dedication 3.

Wayne’s Young Money crew is all over the CD (sans Drake) alongside their boss spitting over some of the hottest beats from 2009. Tracklisting and download link are below.

Download No Ceilings Here.

01. Swag Surfin’
02. Ice Cream Paint Job
03. D.O.A.
04. Interlude
05. Wasted
06. Watch My Shoes
07. Break Up (feat. Short Dawg & Gudda Gudda)
08. Banned From TV
09. Throw It In The Bag (Remix)
10. I Think I Love Her (feat. Tyga & Shanell)
11. Interlude #2 (feat. Shanell)
12. Wetter
13. I’m Good (feat. T-Streets)
14. Poke Her Face (feat. Jae Millz)
15. Run This Town
16. I Gotta Feeling
17. Outro

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