US rapper Kanye West is 'going backwards' with his new album.
West's upcoming record, which is due out before Christmas, will revisit the feel of his first album, The College Dropout.
Q-Tip, who worked with the 33 year-old on his new album, said the star knows what he is doing.
He told XXL Magazine: 'This album is, in a good way, going backwards. He knows exactly what he's doing - when he did 808s & Heartbreak, that was such a departure from College Dropout.'
He added: 'But now he's stepping backwards, so this album will be more of a sonic extension of College Dropout and Graduation but he is doing it with a new attitude.
'He's looking forward but reaching back, which is interesting - it's a calculated toe in yesterday's water, if that makes any sense at all.'
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Expect to see Lady Gaga in a lot more Armani from here on out. She has entered into a multimillion dollar partnership with the Italian designer who provided her Grammy outfits and "Alejandro" music video costumes.
Normally, celebrities who wish to be clad in Armani choose from the designer's runway collections. The designer's sleek style isn't exactly up Gaga's alley, however. His niece, Roberta, says:
It wouldn't be possible to give Gaga a look from the collection because she wears pieces of art. It's theatrical.
The collaboration began last year when Giorgio's niece Roberta got in touch with Gaga's stylist Nicola Formichetti to ask about the singer's interest in wearing Armani for the Grammy Awards. Giorgio created three outfits for Gaga to wear, and instead of picking just one, she wore all three! The rest is history.
Armani will be designing the costumes for Lady Gaga's next tour in December. Keep an eye out for more fantastical creations then!
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According to the Wikipedia page for RedOne — whose credits include songs for none other than Lady Gaga — the producer is at work on a track for Lindsay Lohan, who was sent back to jail on Friday (September 24).
But the "Bad Romance" producer tells MTV News you can't believe everything you read on the Internet. It turns out RedOne has never worked with the actress, and he also wanted to clear the air about another rumored collaboration with a certain reality-TV star.
"That's not true. It's a lot of lies out there," he emphasized. "They said I worked with Lindsay. They said Heidi Montag — all of these are just lies. Same thing with Lady Gaga: [Other people] say, 'I'm collaborating with Lady Gaga,' just to get headlines and I think the same thing for me when it comes to the producer."
So how does his name get linked to celebrities like Lohan and Montag?
"I have no idea," RedOne said. "I heard somebody [said I was working with] Lindsay and I'm like, 'Not that I know,' " he explained. "The same thing with Heidi Montag. I see that everywhere. It's not true. I'm not working on her album."
The producer added that there's a reason why he's quick to shoot down the gossip. "I don't want to work with everybody," he said. "I don't believe in fast food. I believe in a body of work, like focus on something and do it good instead of doing everything and just be on the charts. [Make] classics: That's my goal."
One person that RedOne can confirm he's working with is Gaga, and he teased that her next LP will be her "freedom" album.
"I think it's more of her freedom album. It's like freedom this album ... it's her album!" he told us. "To be honest with you, I think that this album that she's making is too precious to talk about. When it comes out you'll hear and you'll make your choice. I think you're gonna love it. But I think it's too precious for me to talk about it. It's crazy."
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Drake and Rihanna may have gone their separate ways when it comes to love, but the pair has reunited for a new collaboration. The Young Money rapper spilled the beans about their secret duet during a recent interview.
“I just did this great song with Rihanna so I hope we get to shoot a video for that too,” he revealed to MTV News backstage at his Miami tour kick-off this week. “I’m really excited about that song.”
Drake had reportedly written for Rihanna in the past, but the material did not make her album. He was careful not to give away too much about their latest collabo, which will likely appear on Rihanna’s new album Loud, due November 16. “I don’t know if I’m supposed to talk about that actually.”
The young stars were rumored to have dated in the past, but their brief relationship left Drizzy brokenhearted. “I was a pawn,” he told The New York Times. “You know what she was doing to me? She was doing exactly what I’ve done to so many women throughout my life, which is show them quality time, then disappear. I was like, ‘Wow, this feels terrible.’”
When asked earlier this year who she would like to work with, RiRi said Drake was at the top of her list. “He’s really, really talented, and I think he’s one of the illest lyricists out there right now, so I would love to work with him,” she told E!’s Ben Lyons.
Loud has already produced a hit with lead single “Only Girl (In the World),” which jumped 75-3 on this week’s Billboard Hot 100, selling 249,000 downloads in its first week.
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Florence & The Machine has announced plans to re-release her debut album, 'Lungs'.
The record will be released on November 15 as a two-disc special edition alongside the single 'Heavy In Your Arms'.
The track, produced by Paul Epworth, was included on the soundtrack to The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.
“'Heavy In Your Arms' I suppose is about the weight of love, and how sometimes it can be a burden between two people,” singer Florence Welch said.
“I felt a strong theme in the Twilight series was someone being rescued or being condemned, and is the love you carry bringing you down.”
The album re-issue, dubbed 'Between Two Lungs', will feature new cover art, sleeve notes by the singer and exclusive images.
A 10-track second disc will also include Welch's new single, as well her recent collaboration with Dizzee Rascal, ‘You Got The Dirtee Love’.
The 'Between Two Lungs' tracklisting is:
CD 1
'Dog Days Are Over'
'Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)'
'I'm Not Calling You A Liar'
'Howl'
'Kiss With A Fist'
'Girl With One Eye'
'Drumming'
'Between Two Lungs'
'Cosmic Love'
'My Boy Builds Coffins'
'Hurricane Drunk'
'Blinding'
CD 2
'Heavy In Your Arms'
'You’ve Got The Dirtee Love'
'Hurricane Drunk (The Horrors Remix)'
'Strangeness & Charm (Live from Hammersmith Apollo)'
'Swimming (Live From Hammersmith Apollo)'
'Dog Days Are Over (Yeasayer Remix)'
Florence & The Machine perform acoustically Live from The Roundhouse:
'Drumming Song'
'Girl With One Eye'
'Hurricane Drunk'
'Dog Days Are Over'
'My Boy Builds Coffins'
'Hospital Beds'
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