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Here’s some new tracks from Usher’s new album ‘Here I Stand’ due out later this month. DOWNLOAD:: ECHO by USHER DOWNLOAD:: THIS AIN’T SEX by USHER DOWNLOAD:: FLASH by USHER FT PHARRELL DOWNLOAD:: TRADING PLACES by USHER

Here’s the a sneak peek at the new N*E*R*D video for ‘Everybody Nose’ off their new album ‘Seeing Sound’ due out early June.

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I gotta give much respect to those who took a risk for this year’s Costume Institute’s Gala. Christina Ricci took it up a notch with her…well I don’t really know how to describe it…but it was definitely hot! Amber Valetta rocked a metallic Versace, with metallic accents – head-to-toe, with a cape to match. Love it!! Diane Kruger (fashion icon) also took a risk – one of the only women to wear a mini!! She sported a textured mini with pink peep-toes.

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Common reveals some tracks from his upcoming eighth album, “Invincible Summer,” is shaping up to be an electro-tinged departure from the MC’s previous lyric-driven albums.

“I created this music for the summer time, it’s about feeling good,” Common tells Billboard.com. “This is the type of music I felt was missing from my body of work.”

“Invincible Summer,” which Common has been hard at work on for the last two months, is tentatively scheduled for mid-July. The high-energy track “Universal Mind Control (U.M.C.)” is likely be the first single, due by the end of May. The Neptunes and Outkast producer Mr. DJ produced the album. Kanye West, who helmed the production on Common’s last LP, 2007’s “Finding Forever,” did not contribute any tracks this time around.

“Kanye was focusing on his ‘Glow in the Dark’ show, so he hasn’t been able to make it to the studio to weigh in,” Common says. “But it worked out well, organically. The Neptunes & Mr. DJ came up with a fresh sound for me.”

Cee-Lo and The Neptunes’ pop group, Chester French, guest on the album, but Common says singer-MC Santogold is “one of my favorite artists right now” and adds that he’s awaiting a verse from her for the track “Runaway,” which draws its guitar riff from Pat Benatar’s ‘Love Is A Battlefield.”

“Invincible” features techno-inspired drums on “Universal Mind Control (U.M.C.),” spongy futuristic chords on “Make My Day” featuring Cee-Lo, and fuzzy kazoos on “Punch Love.”

Common will also appear this summer in the June 27 film “Wanted,” which co-stars James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie and Morgan Freeman.

“Invincible Summer” comes approximately one year after “Finding Forever,” which has sold 549,000 units to date, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Here is the preliminary track list for “Invincible Summer”:

“Universal Mind Control (U.M.C.)”
“Make My Day” feat. Cee-Lo
“Punch Love”
“What A World” feat. Chester French
“Changes”
“Party Shit”
“Dreaming”
“Runaway” feat. Santogold

Here a video of Kanye working in the studio that revolves and the music that is playing is Gnarls Barkely No Time Soon off The Odd Couple. Enjoy!!!

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Coldplay released “Violet Hill” on their official website earlier today and it has been confirmed that this is also the first single off of their upcoming fourth album, titled Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends. Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends is scheduled to be released in the US on June 17th and on June 10th in the UK.

Ronnie Fieg designed the new Saucony Courageous model for the Run Away pack. The shoes are limited to 144 pairs made.