50
cent, Lil' Jon & the Eastside Boyz tops all at the Annual Souce
Awards
Seeing that award circuit is in full swing around this time of
year, the 3rd Annual Source Awards
were handed out tonight and although the top honors went to Nelly
and Lil' Kim who each walked
away with the awards for Best Male
and Best Female Hip-Hop
Artists of the Year respectively, it was rappers 50
Cent and Lil' Jon
and the East Side Boyz who
was the top dogs on the night.
- 50
Cent won awards for Best Album
of the Year (Get Rich Or Die
Tryin) and Best Single
(In Da Club) while Lil'
Jon and the East Side Boyz
who won Best Group and Video
of the Year (I
don't give A feat: Mystical
and Krayzie Bone).
The ceremony which was held in Miami, was under heavy security due
to past ceremonies having been prone to violence. Other winners
on the night included The Neptunes
for Best Producers of the Year
and Clipse for Best
Group Single of the Year.
Here's the listing of all
the winners:
Album of the Year: 50
Cent - 'Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Artist of the Year, Male: Nelly
Artist of the Year, Female: Lil' Kim
Artist of the Year, Group: Lil' Jon
and the East Side Boyz
Single of the Year, Male: 50 Cent
- 'In Da Club'
Single of the Year, Group: Clipse
-'Grindin'
Single of the Year, Collaboration: Bone
Crusher featuring TI
and Killer Mike - 'Neva
Scared'
R&B/Rap Collaboration of the Year: Ja
Rule featuring Bobby Brown
- 'Thug Lovin'
Video of the year: Lil' Jon and
the East Side Boyz featuring
Mystical and Krayzie
Bone - 'I Don't Give A'
Producer of the Year: The Neptunes
Dancehall Reggae Album of the Year: Sean
Paul - 'Dutty Rock'
International Album of the Year: K-os
- 'Exit'
- Source - dotmusic.com
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Missy
testing other producers on 'This is not a test'
 'Missy
Elliot, the innovative hit topping rapper/producer
will test the waters with other producers than hometown stable
fixture Timberland for her
forthcoming LP, 'This is NOT a Test'.
The Virginia native will for the first time in her career put
the producing skills in the hands of another than herself or Timberland.
So who gets the dubious honor? Well several others as there will
be Soul Diggaz who produced
Mary J Blige, Pras,
previous collaborators Craig Brockman
and Nisan Stewart who's done
work with Beyonce, Tweet.
Meanwhile on the mic, guests
appearances include rappers Jigga
and Fabolous, dancehall don
Elephant Man, R&B sonstress
Monica and gospels The
Clark Sisters.
The first single will be
'Pass That Dutch', which will
go to radio in the coming weeks and released on November 10.
- Source: dotmusic.com
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3LW
rumored to sign with JD's So So Def label
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It's rumored that the newly
reformed R&B girl group 3LW
will leave the Sony stable for another label. Adrienne
Bailon, newest member Jessica
'J' Benson
and Kiely Williams will
ink a new label deal with....... So
So Def!
"OK, this is the
big news right here, we were just signed, so now we are definitely
[with the] So So Def [imprint] and [its distributor], Arista."
said newest member Jessica
'J' Benson
"That's right, we're
really excited with working with Jermaine Dupri. J.D. is actually
gonna be doing four or five tracks on the album. We are moving
to Atlanta for a certain amount of time to finish the album.
It's gonna be so much fun working with him." Adrienne
added
For fans who've been
tracking 3LW for the past few months, the announcement comes
as no surprise. The group, formerly signed to Epic Records,
has been negotiating with Dupri for some time now. A few months
ago, the producer/label exec said he wanted to sign the girls
because he saw their potential and thought all they needed
to really take off with the right team behind them.
Source: vh1.com
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Producer
on the rise - Kayne West
 You've
heard the name, you've heard of the associations and you've
probably heard his track 'Thru the
Wire (sampling Chaka Khan's
'Through the Fire') but
just who is Kayne West.
The 26-year-old Chicago native seems to have come out of nowhere
to work with the likes of Jay Z,
Common and Ludacris.
He currently has a slate of new projects in the works, including
an overdue solo effort. He's been in the studio lately with
one of (if not) the first artists he ever worked with Common
on his follow-up to last year's Electric
Circus
and has produced Alicia Keys
first single from her upcoming set 'The
Diary of Alicia Keys' called 'You
Don't Know My Name'.
And that's not all either,
in the upcoming weeks Kanye will hit the studio with none other
than Janet Jackson to work
on a song or two for her upcoming album. "I don't want
to talk about it before it comes out," he said coyly, "but
it'll be unbelievable.". His cliental is on the rise adn
so is his wallet. Be on the lookout for his upcoming projects.
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