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Wow! What an ACTION-PACKED PLAYLIST!!!! There are so many HOT SONGS here, that you really just want to click PLAY and let it be the soundtrack for your weekend! My partner J.Write would be mad if I didn't mention to pay special close attention to the new T-Pain ft Ludacris, "Chopped & Screwed!" Alicia Keys is in the lineup with Jack White as they recorded the newest James Bond theme. Mary J. Blige jumps on a track with Musiq Soulchild, Kanye re-releases "Love Lockdown," and vocal powerhouses and American Idol alums Jennifer Hudson and Fantasia are on the SAME TRACK! These are just SOME of the HITS in this list. JUST PRESS PLAY!!! Have a great weekend!

Tomorrow, Ne-Yo will release is 3rd album on Def Jam, titled "Year of the Gentleman." Can we stop speculating on this man's sexuality and actually focus on the music? I don't believe it's any of our business unless we are personally involved with him intimately, right? The name of the track below is called, "Lie to Me" and is supposed to be part of the album. After really enjoying his first single "Closer," I was pleased that he is willing to take risks and not keep on re-hashing the same formula. Support this artist by getting his album in stores tomorrow!

It's a shame that the number of Grammy nods doesn't dictate where the actual ceremony is held, if that was the case, Atlanta would definitely be the spot for the 50th annual Grammy Awards taking place this weekend in L.A. Check out the ATL artists (some native and others new) that will be repping hard on Sunday.

The list doesn't stop here, be looking for mega-producers DJ Toomp and C. "Sticky"Stewart to also be repping hard for the A in the Record of the Year and Album of the Year categories. Also shout outs to Gnarles Barkley and Outkast, they are definitely nominated as well. For a complete list of this year's nominations visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50th_Annual_Grammy_Awards

R&B sensation Ne-Yo sued the promoter of R. Kelly's tour for firing him after two shows as the opening act for Kelly because the audience and the critics liked him better, court papers obtained on Wednesday show.

Ne-Yo, whose real name is Shaffer Smith, and Compound Touring Inc. filed the suit Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court against Georgia-based Rowe Entertainment Inc., alleging breach of contract and violation of the right of publicity.

Compound Touring and Smith are seeking unspecified damages, but the suit maintains he was to be paid $785,000 for 25 shows opening for Kelly's "Double-Up Tour" that began Nov. 14 and is still owed $735,000.

Compound Touring, based in Los Angeles, provides the services of Ne-Yo for concert tours.

Smith was allowed to perform during the Nov. 14 and 15 tour dates, then was fired prior to the scheduled Nov. 19 show, according to the suit.

"Plaintiffs ... allege ... that an unknown representative of R. Kelly urged Rowe to terminate Smith from the tour given the audience's and critics' more favorable reaction to Smith than the reaction to R. Kelly," the suit states.

Compound Touring spent "substantial monies in preparation for the tour and turned down other touring and performance opportunities for Smith in reliance on Rowe's agreement that Smith would perform on the tour," according to the suit.

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The BRiSON poll closes tonight so make sure you rep hard for your favorite male R&B singer! So far Chris Brown is getting it on and poppin in the lead, but Usher and Neyo don't seem too far behind. A few artists left off the poll, but that continue to get votes, are T-Pain, R.Kelly, and Akon; we didn't intentionally leave them off the list, but feel free to add them in the space marked as other. Make sure you tune in Monday to hear who YOU voted the best R&B singer of 2007!!!