MTV VMA 2011 WINNERS

The Mtv Video Music Awards for 2011 are over!!! The show featured perfomances from Lil Wayne, Kanye West, Jay-Z, Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj, Bruno Mars, Adele, Chris Brown, Pitbull, Ne-Yo and Beyonce who also announced her pergnancy!!! Here are the winning videos of the MTV VMA 2011:

ALBUM REVIEW: "WATCH THE THRONE" - JAY-Z & KANYE WEST

November 2010: Kanye West releases “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” album and immediately announces that he is preparing an album together with Jay-Z!!!

January 2011: 2 songs leaked: “That’s My Bitch” and “H.A.M.”, which would later be the first single!

July 2011: “Otis” is released as a second single, but no further details released about the album… “Otis” takes a sample from an Otis Redding song and his voice and Ye with Jay rap about diamonds, cars and champagnes… Is this what we all waited all year long? Certainly not…

August 2011: “Watch The Throne” album released!!! Finally we get the chance to listen to one of the most anticipated albums of the year.

JAY-Z & KANYE WEST - "OTIS" VIDEOCLIP

 Here it is! They first released a single ("H.A.M.") then they dropped a joint album, then they opened a pop-up store for their album!!! Now they 've released the first videoclip from the "Watch The Throne" album: "Otis" is here. Watch it below and enjoy!

RIHANNA, KANYE WEST & JAY-Z AT RIHANNA'S LOUD TOUR

Rihanna's US leg of her LOUD  tour came to an end at her show at Boston. There she was joined by Kanye West to perform "All Of The Lights" and "Run This Town". She was also joined by Jay-Z during her tour and they performed "Run This Town" together. Here is the footage from both events:

Rihanna on WhoSay

JAY-Z & KANYE WEST ARE NOW A GROUP AND RELEASE TOUR DATES!!!

Jay-Z joined forces with Kanye West on their album "Watch The Throne" and they are now a group!!! Its name? "The Throne". Their joint album will be released exclusively to iTunes on August 8. On August 12 the physical version of the album will be available!!! They have also decided to take a tour. Tickets will be available on August 8 and here are the tour dates and locations:

Sept. 22 – Detroit, MI – Palace of Auburn Hills

Sept. 24 – Toronto, ON – Air Canada Centre
Sept. 25 – Montreal, QC – Bell Centre
Sept. 27 – East Rutherford, NJ – Izod Center
Sept. 28 – East Rutherford, NJ – Izod Center
Sept. 28 – Washington, DC – Verizon Center
Oct. 4 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center
Oct. 6 – Chicago, IL – United Center
Oct. 7 – Chicago, IL – United Center
Oct. 8 – Minneapolis, MN – Target Center
Oct. 10 – Denver, CO – Pepsi Center
Oct. 13 – Tacoma, WA – Tacoma Dome
Oct. 14 – Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena
Oct. 16 – San Jose, CA – HP Pavilion
Oct. 17 – Sacramento, CA – Power Balance Pavilion
Oct. 19 – Los Angeles, CA – Staples Center
Oct. 20 – Los Angeles, CA – Staples Center
Oct. 21 – Las Vegas, NV – MGM Grand Garden Arena
Oct. 25 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center
Oct. 26 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center
Oct. 29 – Atlanta, GA – Philips Arena
Oct. 30 – Greensboro, NC – Greensboro Coliseum
Nov. 1 – Baltimore, MD – 1st Mariner Arena
Nov. 3 – Boston, MA – TD Garden 

NEW MUSIC: "OTIS" - JAY-Z & KANYE WEST

This is the 2nd single out of the "Watch The Throne" Kanye & Jay 's joint album. It is Called "Otis" and you can listen it here:

http://lifeandtimes.com/otis

SONG OF THE WEEK: KANYE WEST & JAY-Z - "H.A.M"

After a week without a "Song Of The Week" here we are again with this week's song...!!! It is Kanye and Jay-Z this week with their lead single "H.A.M" out of their upcoming joint album "Watch The Throne". Enjoy just by clicking on the track cover at the sidebar of our page or on the image above!!!

TRACKLIST: KANYE WEST & JAY-Z - "WATCH THE THRONE"

We've seen the cover, we know we can pre-order it and now we are about to find out what songs will be featured in it!!! So here is the tracklisting of the album rumoured to drop August 2:

1. “No Church in the Wild” feat. Frank Ocean
2. “Lift Off” feat. Beyoncé
3. “Niggas in Paris”
4. “Otis” feat. Otis Redding
5. “Gotta Have It”
6. “New Day”
7. “Prime Time”
8. “Who Gon Stop Me”
9. “Murder to Excellence”
10. “Welcome to the Jungle”
11. “Sweet Baby Jesus” feat. Frank Ocean
12. “Love You So” feat. Mr Hudson

13. “Illest Motherfucker Alive”(bonus)
14. “H.A.M”(bonus)
15. “That’s My Bitch”(bonus)
16. “The Joy” feat. Curtis Mayfield(bonus)

JAY-Z & KANYE WEST'S "WATCH THE THRONE"

"Watch The Throne" album from Jay-Z and Kanye West is available for orders!!! you can pre-order the album here: http://www.islanddefjam.com/watchthethrone/. The cover of the album has also surfaced the public today but no further details are released on the album debut date!!! Rumors say that there will be a new single sometime next week featuring Beyonce and Bruno Mars

KANYE WEST & JAY-Z'S "WATCH THE THRONE" RELEASE DATE?

Rumor has it that Jay-Z and Kanye West's joint album is on his way to the stores on July 4. If that is true, we are only 5 days away from listening to it. Although many people claim that this is the release date for the album, no oficial confirmation is out, so don't get to excited!!! All we have to do is sit back and wait until then!!!

KANYE WEST IS ON FIRE!!!

LMFAO's Redfoo recently revealed that the electro-hop duo is working on a project with Kanye West! Kanye is also working on his next solo album, which is going to be ready this summer, as he tweeted on February. He is also working on the collaboration album with his mentor Jay-Z: "Watch The Throne", which is going to get a release date sometime this year. Although we know about the working projects Kanye is on, there are no further details... We 'll just have to wait and see!!!

SONG OF THE WEEK: "REMINDER" - JAY-Z

After voting you have chosen Jay-Z's "Reminder" as the song for this week. The song doesn't have a videoclip, but it is on the "Hangover II" movie soundtrack! "Reminder" is from Jay's latest album: "The Blueprint III". You can check it out on the top right corner of our site under the "Hit-Hot Music" title. Enjoy!!!

KANYE WEST - "MONSTER" VIDEOCLIP FT JAY-Z, NICKI MINAJ, RICK ROSS

Here we are with another controversial video. Kanye finally released his "Monster" video wich features dead dolls, zombies and vampires!!! Rick Ross, Jay-Z and Nicki Minaj also appear in the video, with the last stealing the show. The videoclip appeared some months ago but it was never officially released. Here is the video, but do you have what it takes to watch it? enjoy...

10 MOST ANTICIPATED ALBUMS OF 2011

1. Dr.Dre - Detox

Dr. Dre's Detox album finally made it to an official release this year. After 10 years of talking and rumors about it Dr. Dre decided to release the album in 2011. There are allready 2 singles from detox: "Kush" ft SnoopDogg and Alex Da Kid's produced: "I Need A Doctor" ft Eminem and Skylar Grey. Today Dr.Dre tweeted that the album is coming soon

2.Kanye West & Jay-Z - Watch The Throne

Kanye West and Jay-Z joined forces to create the album "Watch the throne". The rocafella lp is said to be finished but an official released date is yet to be announced. "H.A.M." is the first single from the cd and sounds great!

3. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter IV

Lil Wayne has allready prepared the "carter III" succesor "Tha Carter IV". The Young Money captain will release his 4th album from "Tha Carter" series on 21 June. We 've already heard the single "6 foot 7 foot" ft Corey Gunz and Wayne recently stated that he is preparing the sequell to "Lollipop" song featured on "Tha Carter III". Is he the best rapper alive? "Tha Carter III" showed that he is capable of a lot. Let's just wait and see...

4. Drake - Take Care

After his exceptionally good debut "Thank Me Later" album, Drake comes hungrier a year later with his sophomore album.“For Take Care, I’m trying to find a way to make my raps shorter but catchier. I’m trying to condense my thoughts down to 16 bars. And it’s coming out more potent,” said the Young Money artist. We are waiting to listen to it and we want an official release date!!!

5. Jennifer Lopez - LOVE?

J Lo is ready for a dynamic comeback with her album "LOVE?". She claims that we will be surprised by the vocals on the songs. The first single "On The Floor" ft Pitbull had great reception from the listeners. Lopez is now reading the videoclip of her 2nd single with Lil Wayne while the album is set for an 3 May release

6. Beyonce - Untitled

Beyonce is ready for her 4th album. After finishing the "I Am" album Beyonce showed everyone that she has matured and is a completed artist. Now she has released the first single "girls". The album is yet to be titled and get a release date

7. Ludacris - Ludaversal

Luda is in the early stages of recording his eighth LP Ludaversal, only a year after his latest release "Battle Of The Sexes". The DTP artist told 102.7 KIIS FM’s Ryan Seacrest: “I’m just getting started on it, so hopefully by the end of this year”

8. Eminem & Royce Da 5'9 - Bad Meets Evil EP

Over a decade after their first collaboration Eminem and Royce Da 5'9 now join forces to release an EP this summer. The duo said that originally there weren't plans of recording an EP. They just started making songs, but as time passed it became something more than just songs and they finally decided to create an EP. The EP shares the same name as their first collaboration ("Bad meets evil" - Eminem ft Royce Da 5'9 - The Slim Shady LP 1997)

9. Kanye West - untitled

Kanye tweeted that his next album is coming this summer allready, following the late 2010 release of "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy", but no more further details are available yet

10. Slaughterhouse - Back on the Scene

The group formed in late 2008 after Crooked I, Joell Ortiz, Royce Da 5'9", and Nino Bless appeared on the song "Slaughterhouse" from Joe Budden's album Halfway House. They decided to form a group, minus Nino Bless, and named the group after the song. after releasing an album and an EP came 2011 when Eminem signed them to Shady Records. The groud is currently preparing the album and it seems that Eminem is heavily involved in the project