MUSIC NEWS: ALICIA KEYS ALBUM DELAYED / TIMBALAND REVEALS SHOCK VALUE 2 COVER / REBIRTH + YOUNG MONEY COMPILATION RELEASE DATE

October 26th, 2009

Seems as though Alicia Keys will also suffer from a push back this time around, with her fourth studio album, The Element of Freedom.

The album was supposed to drop December 1st on World AIDS Day, but it seems as though the album will drop two weeks later, on December 15th.

Alicia claims, via her Twitter page that the album is being pushed back because she is loving “having the freedom to create beautiful music.” Good for you, Alicia!

Keys is currently promoting her first single from the album, “Doesn’t Mean Anything,” which has hit #61 on the Billboard charts. With the video just releasing, she has already made plans to release a second single, titled “Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart,” which is slated to impact radio in the coming weeks.

TIMBALAND REVEALS SHOCK VALUE 2 COVER

Timbaland, who recently dropped his new single “Morning After Dark,” featuring his new artist, SoShy as well as Nelly Furtado, reveals the album cover for his upcoming release, Shock Value 2.

The album, which is set to feature collaborations from Justin Timberlake, Miley Cirus, Jay-Z, Keri Hilson and an array of others, will hit stores on the huge music retail date of November 23rd, with a video for the first single slated for release in the coming weeks.

REBIRTH + YOUNG MONEY COMPILATION RELEASE DATE

Fan favorite Lil’ Wayne is going out with a bang. Before the year’s end, he’s releasing two albums on the same day.

His often delayed album, Rebirth, after almost a year’s time, will see shelves December 15th, as well as the Young Money compilation albums, which will showcase the entire Young Money roaster, which includes Drake, Gudda Gudda, Nicki Minaj, Shanell, Tyga and others.

It’s unsaid whether or not Wayne will also drop The Carter IV before the year’s end, or even before he has to serve his sentence on gun charges next year. But Cash Money and Young Money are looking forward to releases from their other artist at the top of 2010 with hotly anticipated releases from Drake, Bow Wow and Nicki Minaj.

  1. 1.
    neon

    i’m not a huge fan of timb’s new single to be honest. i really want to hear what soshy has to offer though. i heard two other tracks from her and they were kinda good

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  2. 2.
    JaJa

    Can’t wait for all 3 to drop!

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  3. 3.
    TMoney

    Damn Alicia! Pushbacks are never good for album sales. I still love you though, and will be buying it!
    Timbo, YES, the wait is ova…
    Weezy, Young Money album should b coo..

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  4. 4.
    smores?

    Ak’s album pushback is due to that garbage single. I don’t be couping the album.

    Timbo..needs to stick to producing beats..

    Weezy..sigh..I’m more curious if he’s gonna have shave his dreads for jail..I think he’d look good w/ a fade..dude looks so dirty w/ them dreads

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  5. 5.
    mrs. sk8board p (ak & bk stan)

    AK, let’s keep it real hun.. it’s being pushed back b/c the single isn’t doing well. Still got love for you, and I hope the next single is better.

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    diva1up

    I’m not feeling alicia music so im not surprised about the push back i didnt even know when the release date was anyways its gonna be another flop just like all the other artist whos ablums have been pushed back and #61 on the billboard charts is just plain said that should show u how your sales are gonna be

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  7. 7.
    Jay Z corporate puppet!

    Look Akeys..we all are not dumb downed music listeners! Your album was pushed back because the single sucks and you went and involved yourself in Mashonda’s marriage! Get it right! I tell you these artists are so phoney and will say anything to get our $$$! Not mine you won’t! You or Timbaland’s ugly arse!

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  8. 8.
    LULU

    @ 3 Wow delayed by 2 weeks? That’s not really a big deal compared to real pushbacks. Would’ve been sentimental though for it’s release on Dec. 1 though Alicia!

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  9. 9.
    Tapiwe

    I think AK’s album is being pushed back cuz it’s too close to the other big female album coming out around that time, maybe they should release a single instead.

    I hope Timbaland does well.. the collaborations sound too similar to his last release.

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  10. 10.
    Cute

    I love that good music is coming out soon. I love Alicia’s single, “Doesn’t Mean Anything”.

    The video was just released for “Doesn’t Mean Anything” and just was just released last month.

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  11. 11.
    Miss_Melo

    Or maybe A Keys was pushed back because she put a sour taste in alot of people’s mouth with that whole mashonda/swizz beats bull. Plus the song she has out right now is good, but not for a 1st single. That song is not going to push people to get her album…

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  12. 12.
    Meme

    Dear Ms. Alisha “I can do no wrong” Keys.

    You are talented but im sorry your time is up, you gave failed to give us any kind of change/growth from the day you premeire. And to top it all off you have lost countless fans fukin Mashondas husband. Gud Luck

    Sincerely
    MEME

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  13. 13.
    Asf

    She better push that garbage back….the lyrics suck, sounds like a 13 year old wrote it…good luck though!

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  14. 14.
    Happy Birthday to Me!

    Timbo album might be alright, not to sure about the whole young money thing, but whatever floats your boat…

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  15. 15.
    jay

    i still dont understand why bow wow is with them? he is so lame. they dont even shout him out on twitter myspace or even a song. lmao. i think he’ll just flop all over again. i assumed he wouldve left when his boyfriend omarion left. lmao

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  16. 16.
    truthfullyspeaking

    LOL at Alicia Key’s saying her album is being pushed back because she is “having the freedom to create beautiful music.” Yeah right, every artist, who has an album pushed back, makes up some excuse as to why it wasn’t released. Ususally they’ll say the first single was really a “buzz single.” I know it’s only two weeks, but she’s releasing her second single soon, so I’m sure she’s hoping that this single will do good so that two weeks will give her just a little bit more time to create buzz for the album. Yes, Alicia Keys is talented, but I just don’t care for her shouting voice or her boring songs. It seems like a lot of people are getting tired of the same delivery from her.

    Timbaland, I wish he would sit down too. I’m not excited about his album, his beats sound the same too me. The graphics on the cover are cool though.

    Lil Wayne, he’s already overrated on the radio, but he’s releasing 2 albums in a year’s time???? It’s good that he’s getting punishment, he’s been running around wildly for too long.

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  17. 17.
    Trademark

    #4 Smores? Go back to school please.

    AK stop pretending the push back is for creative reasons. Your single is flopping and you need to do damage control.

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  18. 18.
    bryant ( aka trey songz bottom lip )

    While it’s prob likely the album got pushed back due to the single not doing AS well, that’s not to say it’s not doing well at all. It takes time for some singles to climb the charts. Run This Town did not climb up the charts with uber quickness either. Dang. I don’t even like Keys that much, but wtf… Where is your single at or your album? Sheeit.

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  19. 19.
    TK

    #7 is right on! Point blank the Alicia Keys ‘aura’ is gone..thanks to her messing with a married man!! That coupled with the fact that frankly, her music got dull, and boring is what is leading her own downfall!!-)

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    mkef9779

    timbaland’s face looks old

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  21. 21.
    leah

    Alicia, I like you but quit capping! your album is being pushed back cuz your lame song isn’t doing well. It’s losing airplan spins and no one’s buying it- it is #146 on Itunes top 100 digital singles which means it’s off the relevant charts and that is not good!

    The video sucked, I expected more and I’mnot feeling your promo picture- who is handling you this go round cause it is a mess! It seem the more promo she does, the worse her song does- Regis, BEt, Alexa Chung

    She’s hoping to be able to generate some sales buzz in the next few weeks with her new song ‘try sleeping with a broken heart’ but that ish just reminds me of MAshonda, lol! Good luck A keys!

    Not checking for Timbo!

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  22. 22.
    lol

    alicia keys! u usually take ur time off from 1 cd 2 another! the song is horrible it sounds just like NO ONE! the video ur on the piano again! its boring! ur boring! she just thought she had it like that she could release that same ol shit!! ur not POP u sing real music! gotta come harder… very dissappointed… o well i liked the butch alicia better!!! she sang real shit

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  23. 23.
    Cory

    I can’t wait for Drake & Nicki Minaj’s solo albums.

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  24. 24.
    TeeSoFlyy

    (sighs) Must I hear about Mashonda & Swizz on EVERY AK post… some of ya’ll are acting like ya’ll caught her with ya’lls men or something!! GET A LIFE!! Anyway, I can’t wait for AK & Timbo’s album… I’ll probably download the rebirth and borrow the YME compilation… I’m tired of Weezy F… but if I must say so, Nicki Minaj is slowly growing on me!! And I agree with whoever else said it, Bow Wow is trash!! I wish he would’ve left when Omarion did!!

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  25. 25.
    Chris

    Yea right Alicia, everyone knows the reason why your album is being pushed back is because no one is feeling that single. And when have you ever made beautiful music? The only good songs on your albums are your singles. The rest are garbage.

    The shock value looks EPIC! I cannot wait to hear that album.

    FREE WEEZY! I can’t believe they’re lockin him up.

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  26. 26.
    Chadbertwick

    Yeah, A. Keys needs to stop fronting…That single is tirrrrrred! And the fact that she did that to Mashonda turns me off too. I find it hard to support her any longer. SMH

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    FallBackHaters

    @ #5- Ain’t that the truth LOL. It would be nice if they just came out and said ‘the single isn’t doing too well so we’llwait and see how the second single does’. In my opinion, the song is OK, but homegirl needs to switch it up alittle more. Always slow tunes andher piano. After a while the formula gets old.

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  28. Wow Alicia. I guess its time to pick another single! lol I hope she doesnt flop completely.

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  29. 29.
    Amsterdam

    Alicia Keys always brings great music. Timbaland album will be super hot because of all the big names. Lil Wayne album will be the biggest selling because he is on his way to jail.

    I wish all my brothers and sistas well and success with their albums.

    We need to support!!!

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  30. 30.
    Tapiwe

    I don’t get this! lil Wayne is getting more love than Alicia. How many baby mothers has he picked up this year?

    I won’t judge her, Swiss was the one that was married, he should be getting stoned.

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    Jamaal

    seems like all your news is from rap-up.com

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  32. 32.
    shay

    Does Wayne’s “Rebirth” album title have a masonic connotation? Or am I digging too deep?

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  33. 33.
    Love Alicia!

    Starmaker and Sony’s Chief Creative Officer Clive Davis told me last week in an interview that the record is nearly ready and bragged for Keys and her knack for independence. “Alicia works by herself. She’s a songwriter, arranger, producer. It’s a different kind of situation, working with her. When Alicia does her album and plays it for us, it’s over. It’s done. We don’t have to do anything else to it.”

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  34. 34.
    Evade

    Seems most of you just really don’t know things. Alicia had a deadline of Oct 19th to turn in the album, she didn’t make it because she was still recording and mixing records..(which she also tweeted). I’m buying the album…I don’t know about you but she never disappoints me. If you think about somebody else that you don’t know when you hear her songs, that mean you are majorly childish.

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  35. 35.
    CLlover

    Alicia has become very boring and her personal life has turned alot of fans off. I will not be supporting her anymore.
    Timbaland is boring too.
    The big albums coming up is Rihanna and Chris Brown.

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  36. 36.
    The Wait is ova

    mary j blige also got pushed back to dec 15

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  37. 37.
    DAFINESTGRL

    ALICIA KEYS 2ND SINGLE “TRY SLEEPING WIT A BROKEN HEART” THE TITLE SOUNDS LIKE JOHN MAYERS “SLOW DANCING IN A BURNING ROOM” AND “DREAMING WITH A BROKEN HEART” SHE WORKED WITH HIM ON HER LAST ALBUM SO I WONDER IF HE HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT SINGLE N IF SHE IS WORKING WITH HIM AGAIN>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    I LOVE THE BOTH OF THEM! THEY ARE BOTH TALENTED!!
    CANT WAIT TILL HER ALBUM COMES OUT!

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  38. 38.
    THIS ROAD ALONE.......

    I swear I do not mean this in a disrespectful way, but it’s weird 2 me that Alicia K. has a new song called “Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart.”

    I’m sorry, but in a NON JUDGEMENTAL way, I can’t help but think of Mashonda.
    I think that the min. she hears this song, she’s gonna shake her head soOo hard 2 the point where she’ll probably pull a muscle in her neck (poor thing).

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  39. 39.
    THIS ROAD ALONE.......

    @# 23. TEESOFLYY,

    To answer your question,

    Yes, you must continue 2 hear about Swizz & Mashonda on every A.K. post.
    That is what happens when you (allegedly) mess around with another womans HUSBAND! Sorry, but that’s the rule of the game…….
    You can’t just mess around with a married (seperated or not) man & think that ish just gon smooth over & ain’t nobody gon talk about that ish.

    Your question reminds me of something my girl Kathy Griffin once said. A while ago, back when Rosie O’donell was a co-host on “The View,” Rosie & Elizabeth had gotten into this huge argument that was seen all over the world….Youtube etc;
    and Kathy said that when she guest hosted the day after, Barbara told her that they were only going 2 talk about the incident for a minute & then move on, but Kathy did the opposite. She said that when they started taping, she kept bringing it up every sec., like an egg timer (LOL)!…………*Woooooooo, that’s my girl!*
    Anyway, my point is this….Now that some people know that america’s little darling may not be so darling after all, you can expect, some people 2 keep bringing the alledged affair up like an egg timer.

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  40. 40.
    TeeSoFlyy

    Well, frankly, I don’t care who she slept with… as an artist overall, she’s still talented, and regardless what people think about her now, she still gone be making that bank! I just think it’s silly to keep bringing it up, OUT OF THE BLUE when it’s unneccesary… we could be talking about glue, and somebody would come up talking about “HOELICIA this, and HOMEWRECKER that!” I get it… she and Swizz are an item and were an item while he was getting his DIVORCE!! But in reality, when most normal people are going through a divorce, they date… nobody harped on Faith and Biggie… you see how many people mourned him after he died, and you see how fast Faith got remarried and had another child… they were over it, it was done! I just think some people are using this as their excuse to harp on Alicia because they never liked her from jump…. just my opinion though!

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  41. 41.
    Mr.727

    I’m glad she is taking the time to put out quality music! These artist will but their ass on a cover thinkin that it’s hot, when it’s not! I like Tim, he has always had a knack for making a good song!

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  42. 42.
    Mel

    I expected more from Jahiem. The lyrics make this song sound like every other song he’s put out. And with the old school track he snagged, it sounds even more familiar. What ever happened to originallity? Where is the new sound everyone claims to have? Not hatin’ just tired of the same crap hogging radio stations and being bragged about. My iPod gets to work as soon as I get in my car. Anybody feel me?

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  43. 43.
    Mr.727

    i JUST DON’T GET IT???????? I’m going to keep it real! People only like Chris Brown and Riri for how they look! They both suck as singers, getting you ass beat or being the beater is what makes you a appealing? Shit if that is what being a artist has come to, I may as well stop Listening to Music altogether! It’s sad that you don’t even know who has the number hit, or the it song! This music is a hopeless cause dying on the I look good crack pipe, so I don’t have to be a real singer addiction!

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  44. 44.
    Mr.727

    People may not give a shit about what I say, but I see ti happen that sound that R&B has become is about to real fall the hell off! Watch! The “ONLY” got album I have ACTUALLY” Liked is Joss Stone , Colour me free! She is a “REAL” singer, with the courage to say, “Fuck a label I want to make real music and stay real to who I am”! I will buy her album!

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  45. 45.
    JimmyJazz

    some of y’all need spell check b/c i can’t read half of what y’all typing!

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  46. 46.
    tash

    With A keys, what goes around, comes around. My mamma always said you won’t have any good luck fuking wit a married man. How can u expect to be blessed by God when you help destroy someone’s marriage?

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  47. 47.
    THIS ROAD ALONE.......

    @ MR.727, you’re absolutely right!
    I’ve been saying 4 quite some time now, that this industry (mainly these days) is very fake, phony, shallow, superficial & just plain ridiculous (SMH).

    I know that 2 some of yall, I may sound like a hater (which i’m not), but if you really stop & think about it…………..You’ll see that IT’S TRUE!!!!
    Majority of these so-called artists (mainly the females) sound like garbage,
    I’d hear a song & I think 2 myself “Who da hell is this & how the hell did she get a record deal?,” and then I see the chick & I notice that (like majority of them) she looks like a Cassie type (go figure). So then (4 the billionth time) I find myself thinking, “I honestly can’t HEAR the reason this chick got her record deal, I can definitely SEE the reason homegirl got her record deal, but I can’t HEAR it…………

    Now I ask you guys,

    “What does that say to you intelligent people about the industry?”

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  48. 48.
    Sarah Vaughan

    Even I fall, I land on a stack of money ~ Jayz

    I think ‘Licia could say that too, lol…

    You wanna hit gimme an hour plus a pen and pad ~ LL Cool J

    I think I could say that too… : )

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  49. 49.
    Mr.727

    @ This road alone! I feel you on that! It seems to me that the industry loves to exploit our black artist! It has gotten so sad to the point that, real Artist like Janelle Monae, Lela James, India Irie, Angie Stone, don’t get their records played, because their not attractive to what the industry considers beautiful! Somebody might get mad but, half the people that got records, either are a relative of a person in the industry or somebody sucked a whole lotta dick or ate a pussy to get where there at or they actually have the talent, but shit it away by trying to be current! I don’t care if anyone likes what I have to say I just keep shit 100%! While these youngins trying to catch a dollar an a dream they better educate their minds and start owing their right to their music an get a back up plan! Cuz after while this R&B shit is going to flat line and expire!

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  50. 50.
    Meme

    I am so sorry @ Mr727 becuz I def dont listen to Rihanna music because of the way she, I mean of course she beautiful and her fashion sense is so sick….but so is Cassie. But Cassie aint spitting out #1 records. If Rihanna music wasnt on point no would go out an dbuy her music just becuz the way she looks. Rihanna CD was one of the best in years, every single song was great. So dont bring that sh”t about her looks.

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