Usher, well respected R&B artist, had some nice things to say about hip hopster, Chris Brown.  Usher thinks that Chris Brown’s future will be similar to the way Usher’s success went.

“All of this young energy is great for the industry. Chris is the guy who dances and sings, which is a lot like I do and did as a young artist as well.  If time serves us correctly, and artists are continuing to better themselves, then hopefully he’ll follow the same path that I did.”

This may come as a compliment coming from someone as successful as he. Usher, now 29, was 15 years old when he released his debut album, and has been successful ever since. His newest song, “Love in this Club” has been on Billboard’s Top Ten singles charts for weeks and has peaked at the no. 1 spot.

Well, both of these men seem like they hope to follow Michael Jackson’s path because so much of their style seems inspired by him. What do you think? Will Chris Brown follow in Usher’s footsteps? Hopefully, Chris Brown will do well and we’ll see much, much more from him.

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Listen to this remix of Mariah Carey’s “Bye Bye” featuring Jay-z! The original song was released on her album “E=MC²” on April 14, 2008 in the U.S. What do you think about it?

I thought you should listen to this song “Dangerous” by Canadian hip hop MC, Kardinal Offishall featuring Akon. I don’t mind this song too much, but you can definitely tell that Akon put a stamp on it. It sounds similar to his other songs. Here’s it is.

Wow. It’s hard out here for pimp. Rapper Papoose is being sued after reportedly tricking an ambulance crew into being in his video for “Ambulance”. Rocky Robinson, founder of the Bed-Stuy Volunteer Ambulance Corporation said that they were tricked into appearing in his video.

“His people told us the video would be about the neighborhood and how we respond to save lives. We don’t want to be a part of something where somebody gets hurt.”

Robinson said that he will be filing a law suit and added that Papoose “probably hasn’t got much, but we’ll sue anyway. Our image is everything to us.”

What a mess. Do you think Papoose should be sued? I’ll let you see the video for “Ambulance” shown below.

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Timbaland remixed One Republic’s “Apologize” and I thought I should put the video up. I’m not sure if the remix was for the better, but I think it still sounds good. Check it out and tell me what you think!

Chris Brown’s song “With You” was released on December 4th, 2008 in the United States, but was released on March 28th, 2008 in the UK.  Here it is:

I thought we should celebrate Flo Rida’s success by putting up this video for “Low” which features T-Pain. The video for it reached the #1 spot on 106 & Park for 5 days and 22 days on TRL.

The song was featured in the the film Step Up 2 the Streets, and I must say that I like this song a lot. It’s great. Enjoy!

After his tremendous recent success and making history by selling 470,000 digital units in one week for his track “Low“, Flo Rida had a few things to say about it.

“To have an album out for the first time and to have it do so well, and prior to that getting like over four-and-half million ringtones sold, it was just unbelievable, a dream come true,” Flo Rida said. “It definitely let me know prayer changes things.”

When his sister passed away when he was 15 years old, Flo Rida said it gave him inspiration to work hard and stay focused.

“I recall my sister passing away and I was just like, Wow, you got to take advantage of every day,” he recalls. “I was like if I was going to do music that’s what I was going to stick to. There was really no plan B. I always just kept my eye on the prize, stayed focused and patient.”

His next single, “In The Air,” features will.i.am, and will hopefully do as well as “Low”. 

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Here is the video for “Big Dreams” by the Game. This song was released on March 18, 2008 and is a single on his third album, “L.A.X“. Check out the two remixes of the song below featuring Ya Boy and Juice.

Here is the original version of the song.

Listen to the remixes after the jump!

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