Dupri heads Island Record Urban Music
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Hit producer and sometime rapper Jermaine Dupri has been named president of Island Record Urban Music, a newly created division of Island Def Jam Music Group.
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To capture what he says is the underserved urban market, Damon Dash of Roc-A-Fella records is launching a new line of MP3 players and other consumer gadgets.
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By CAROL SIMMONS STAFF WRITER  Island MetroPark's 2007 series of free concerts in the park's band shell kicks off today with a contemporary gospel show presented by WFCJ (93.7-FM).
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Making Records: The Scenes Behind the Music, By Phil Ramone
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Country radio has had a rough go of it in the big city.
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Birds living in cities are performing a form of "avian rap" to counter urban noise, a study suggests.
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The musical voice of downtown is happily at home in the suburbs.
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No introspection for me on Friday night. I went out for the big beat. The post-midnight set was Spank Rock, a rapper who misspells out his obsession in one song, &#8220;Bootay.&#8221; He relied on old-school school electro, rapping with bursts of doubletime the way his acknowledged idols 2 Live Crew, another group of posterior connoisseurs, [...].
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NEW YORK - Everyone wants to be part of Nelly's clique these days - and who can blame them? The man who put St. Louis on the map has sold an astonishing 15 million copies of his first two albums, and on Tuesday released not one, but two separate albums - "Sweat" and "Suit" - on the same day...
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New releases from 50 Cent, Animal Collective, Simian Mobile Disco and Cupid.
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Can we get a hey ya! OutKast is finally coming out with a new   album.
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Singer-actress Lindsay Lohan is set to record her second album this summer and says it will have urban pop sound.
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Composer Bharadwaj has come up with a foot-tapping album.
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Playaz Circle, "Supply & Demand" (DTP Records/Def Jam)
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Bewafaa has catchy as well as unexceptional tunes.
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From clothes to kicks to the liquor they sip, rappers are label connoisseurs. With their attention to trends in both play and work, it's no surprise that they are record label conscious too.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - It's been some time since Queen  Latifah found herself behind the mic.