Urban Music 2000 - New Music Releases - Week of November 25, 2008

The ten-time Grammy Award® winning musical phenomenon, rapper, producer, and now singer embarks on a new musical journey taking his audience to new heights. Kanye West returns with his fourth album 808s & HEARTBREAK. His highly anticipated new album set for release on November 25th, featuring the heart pounding first single LOVE LOCKDOWN which premiered live for the first time on the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards. LOVE LOCKDOWN quickly exploded at radio with the video premiering nationwide on the Ellen Degeneres show. "Heartless," the second single, is next up to hit the airwaves further amplifying the story behind the musical direction for 808s & HEARTBREAK.

John Legend - Evolver

The album Evolver features superstars Kanye West, Andre 3000 and Estelle. The album's first single 'Green Light' impacted Urban & Rhythm formats August 19th, 2008.

1. Say You Will
2. Welcome to Heartbreak
3. Heartless
4. Amazing
5. Love Lockdown
6. Paranoid
7. Robo Cop
8. Street Lights
9. Bad News
10. See You In My Nightmares
11. Coldest Winter
12. Pinocchio Story

1. Intro
2. Undisputed
3. Wish You Would
4. One More Drink
5. Call Up The Homies
6. Southern Gangsta
7. Everybody Hates Chris
8. What Them Girls Like
9. Nasty Girl
10. Contagious
11. Last of A Dying Breed
12. MVP
13. I Do It for Hip Hop
14. Do the Right Thang

Ludacris is gearing up for a multi-tiered and mutli-faceted plan to introduce his newest release to his fans. There are plans to rollout consecutive new singles and videos leading up to the November 25th release of THEATER OF THE MIND, the most important album ever recorded by Disturbing Tha Peace CEO and DTP/Def Jam recording artist Ludacris.

A West Coast phenomenon whose previous seven albums reached the R&B/Hip Hop top 10, E-40- rap pioneer in the hyphy movement- made his gold major label debut in 2006 with 'My Ghetto Report Card.' Suddenly, E-40 became a sensation as the album debuted #3 Pop and #1 R&B/Hip Hop and went platinum. Now the innovative E-40 returns with his most polished product to date, the imaginatively titled 'The Ball Street Journal,' featuring superstar guests from Snoop Dog and Ice T to The Game and Akon. This is the parental advisory edition

1. Ambassador
2. I'm on One
3. Break Ya Ankles
4. Got Rich Twice
5. Pain No More
6. Tell It Like It Is
7. Giver Her the Keys
8. Hustle
9. Wake It Up
10. 40 Water
11. Poor Man's Hydraulics
12. Recipe
13. Hood Boy
14. Earl
15. Sliding Down the Pole
16. I Can Sell It
17. Big Time
18. Alcoholism
19. Pray for Me

1. Anything
2. Put That Woman First
3. Just In Case
4. Fabulous
5. Everytime I Think About Her
6. The Chosen One
7. Could It Be
8. Diamond In Da Ruff
9. Looking for Love

Jaheim's first two albums, Ghetto Love and Still Ghetto, were smash hits, double platinum and platinum, respectively, and each Top 5 R&B/Hip-Hop and Top 10 Pop. 2006's Ghetto Classics debuted at #1 Pop and R&B/Hip-Hop and earned gold. Though the sexy, soulful R&B crooner with the hardcore hip-hop edge has moved on to Atlantic Records, the best of Jaheim, including several memorable Top 10 R&B/Hip-Hop and Top 30 Pop hits, can now be heard on one album, Classic Jaheim, Vol. 1.