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Says Rolling Stone,

Fear of God 2 builds pretty naturally on the mixtape you put out earlier this year. What was your goal for the follow-up?
My goal was actually just to put the body of work together. The new record was going to be just things that I leaked to the Internet, but I figured that the fans should get it in a better way, rather than just having to download the whole record from off of HulkShare. This is just street music. It’s for the street, it’s for the fans. As soon as the records are done, I usually just give them out anyway, to keep the energy and the intensity going.

My full-length album is coming out at the top of the year and up until then, I feel like people should just hear music, hear me, hear me with my peers, people that they respect. And it’s my solo project. In the Clipse, we were always snobby in regards to working with other people. People never really heard us with a slew of other features. I took this opportunity to give the fans the opportunity to hear me with some of their favorite artists, favorite rappers and new guys coming up, and people who have a presence in different genres of hip-hop.

You’ve got a long list of collaborations, including Kanye West, Tyler, the Creator, Young Jeezy, Rick Ross and Juicy J. Is there one that stands out to you?
I really like the “Body Work” record. People don’t always understand that I’ve always been so pro lyric-driven hip-hop – they would be surprised at some of the people that I’m fans of. People just don’t guess that Pusha is a Juicy J fan. People don’t guess that.

It’s not necessarily expected.
It’s not. I feel like Juicy J’s cadence is one of the most remarkable things in rap, and the way he rides the beat. The aggression and the simplicity of what he does is, like, you know he means it. You can’t just say half of this shit that he says and in that way. He really means it. He really feels it. This is like feelin’ music. I’m just really happy that it came out the way that it did.

One of the standouts is definitely “Amen” with Kanye and Jeezy. How did that track come together?
It was something that Jeezy had. These collaborations had a lot to do with fans and fan demand. Everybody, for some reason, wants to hear Clipse and Jeezy. Everyone wants to hear Clipse and Rick Ross. Who knows why? I’m gonna say I don’t know, actually. [laughs] But everybody wants to hear the spin on it, man. This project was so much about me giving people what they wanted and showing people the alliances and the affiliations. I’ve never been a solo artist, so I sort of felt like I needed to be ushered into the solo realm of music and compete with the best. These guys really came through for me.

Any idea when your full-length will come out next year? Are you done with it?
No, no, I’m not done with it. I’m definitely not done with it, but what we’re dropping first is the G.O.O.D. Music compilation. I’ve done at least seven songs for my full-length, and for the G.O.O.D. Music record, I’ve done four. I don’t know what’s going to land and what’s not going to make it on, I’ve done four thus far, and I’m pretty sure I’m doing more. Fear of God Part I and Fear of God Part II, is just the prelude.

You’ve also talked pretty recently about the likelihood of doing another Clipse album with your brother, Malice. Is that something that you two have talked about?
For sure. People don’t even understand the reason that I’m not doing a Clipse album right now is because Malice said he wanted to write a book. That’s really what happened, he’s like ‘No, I’m not doing a record right now I’m about to write this book, don’t you want to do your solo project? Well, go.’ So I was like ‘Oh, okay, all right. I’ll holler at you.’

Dealer: Rolling Stone

Donald Glover aka Childish Gambino is set to drop his debut LP, Camp, on November 15th. The actor/comedian has comprised a project that will surely astonish those unfamiliar with his mic skills. But don’t take my word for it, go check out the album stream below and become a believer. You can read the review of Camp in the new issue of The Source on newsstands nationwide November 15th.

Album Stream: Childish Gambino – Camp

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Check out the tracklist for Aubrey’s sophomore offering, Take Care. Looks pretty promising. November 15th it’s sweater weather.

1. Over My Dead Body

2. Shot For Me

3. Headlines

4. Crew Love (Feat The Weeknd)

5. Take Care (Feat. Rihanna)

6. Marvin’s Room / Buried Alive Interlude

7. Under Ground Kings

8. We’ll Be Fine

9. Make Me Proud (Feat. Nicki Minaj)

10. Lord Knows (Feat. Rick Ross)

11. Cameras / Good Ones Go Interlude

12. Doing It Wrong

13. The Real Her (Feat. Lil Wayne & Andre 3000)

14. HYFR (Hell Ya Fu**in Right) (Feat. Lil Wayne)

15. Look What You’ve Done

16. Practice

17. The Ride

Bonus:

18. Hate Sleeping Alone

20. Untitled (Feat. Lil Wayne)

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Says MTV,

The world will finally get to hear the music Amy Winehouse was working on before her unexpected death earlier this year. According to a press release from her English label, a posthumous collection of unheard studio tracks, Lioness: Hidden Treasures, will be released on December 5.

The 12 tracks on the disc were put together by Winehouse’s longtime collaborators, producers Mark Ronson and Salaam Remi, and will include songs she recorded before, during and after the releases of her two studio albums, 2003’s Frank and her smash 2006 breakthrough Back to Black. “It was said by all who worked with Amy that she never sang or played a song the same way twice,” read the release announcing the disc. “It quickly became apparent to Salaam and Mark that they had a collection of songs that deserved to be heard, a collection of songs that were a fitting testament to Amy the artist and, as importantly, Amy their friend.” – MTV

So it look as though Birdman’s predictions were right and Jr. was able to break the milli mark in one week with Tha Carter IV. If the numbers prove solid when they’re officially verified tomorrow, TC4 will be Weezy’s third No. 1 album and he’ll be only the second rapper to go platinum on two different album debut weeks, the other being Eminem.

Drake spoke to HipHollywood on the BMI Awards red carpet recently and gave an update as to the progress of his sophomore album Take Care. Drizzy says the album is about 80% complete and expresses that he’s heavily confident in the music being made thus far.

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After giving the great free LP 1977 this week, it appears that The-Dream may have another gratis project in store for us. Terius Nash took to Twitter to announce his tentative plans.

If it sounds anything like 1977 then this is definitely welcome news.

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Drizzy and Rozay sat down with MTV News and spoke on each other’s upcoming albums. Drake’s Take Care will be out on October 24th and Rozay’s God Forgives, I Don’t is coming soon with a release date TBA.
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RapUP TV spoke with Detail at the BMI awards where the producer gave away some clues that he would have some placements on Kanye West’s next album. He also speaks on T-Pain’s upcoming single.

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Rap-Up TV caught up with singer/songwriter Miguel at the VMAs and got some details about his upcoming sophomore album and talked about writing for Usher. The ETA on Miguel’s next LP is set for 1st quarter 2012. Below is a brief description of the direction he plans on going with the project.

“Think electronic hip-hop meets classic rock meets great songs,” he explained. “I’m excited to discuss a few topics outside of the romantic experience, but still keep it very relatable.”

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