The Ghost in the Machine: The Evolution of Songwriting in Modern R&B

MMG is on the move...not only did Wale drop his Rihanna-assisted remix single "Bad" today, Rick also announced that a third installment of the Self-Made album series is on its way, and sooner than you think...August 6, 2013 is the day the MMG crew will

Wale gets the original "Bad Gal RiRi" (per Twitter) to handle the remix to his hit "Bad." She sings the hook and drops some flows that answer Wale's verse: " You got a think for a king, but you want a king," she replies.

J. Cole tooted a much anticipated TLC feature on his upcoming album "Born Sinner," and it comes today in the form of "Crooked Smile," the second single from the June 18 th LP.

Is the government on to 2 Chainz? If they are, the ATL rapper plans on putting on a show for them! "I'll be fresh as hell if the feds watching!" says the hook of Chainz's new single "Feds Watching" from his September 10 sophomore album.

For his upcoming album titled Mr. Guwop , Gucci Mane took a less ratchet approach to his cover art, and revealed a more Bob Ross landscape-type visual for the upcoming opus.

Kanye takes a page from the bootleggers handbook for the cover of his upcoming Yeezus album.

In conjunction with his sophomore album, "Born Sinner," dropping on June 18, J. Cole has commissioned a small tour called The Dollar and A Dream" tour to promote the disc.

Now that his first LP Excuse My French is officially out, follow French Montana during his whirlwind press tour the week it dropped.

With a little under three weeks before his sophomore album, Born Sinner , drops, J.

B.o.B goes backwards by releasing the visuals to "Chandelier," a track lifted from his sophomore album, Strange Clouds .