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+ Miley Cyrus is out and Selena Gomez is in to voice the part of Dracula's daughter in the animated film, "Hotel Transylvania." Adam Sandler plays Dracula, and Cee Lo Green will also star. (E!)

+ Though Adele beat out the Jonas Brothers in the Grammy category for Best New Artist in '09, there are no hard feelings. "To Adele... she's only like one of the best artists ever. It's cool," says brother Kevin. She's up for six noms on Sunday. (MTV News)

+ After much speculation Justin Bieber's manager, Scooter Braun, confirms via tweet that Drake is indeed collaborating on Bieb's Believe. (MTV News)

+ Maroon 5's Adam Levine has launched his own label. His first signing to 222 Records is "Glee" star Matthew Morrison. "I am excited for everyone to hear Matthew's forthcoming album. Great things are in store for him with this release," said Levine. (E!)

+ OutKast's Andre 3000 and LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy have been tapped for a Gorillaz collaboration. The free track, "DoYaThing," will be available on Converse's website on Feb. 23. (Rap-Up)

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Responses to the tragic death of Amy Winehouse have been pouring in from fans of the late singer. In addition to a barrage of fan tributes in the form of flowers and pictures outside Amy's home in London, Winehouse's musician peers have been taking to Twitter to share their thoughts on the untimely passing of this great talent. But, a select few like M.I.A. have chosen to remember Amy through music.

And M.I.A.'s not the only one. The latest of Amy's celebrity pals to hop on the musical tribute bandwagon is none other than super-producer/OutKast member Big Boi. Though it was initially created before her death, in Amy's honor Big Boi leaked a previously unreleased remix of "Tears Dry On Their Own," Amy's classic record off her hit album, Back To Black. Formally called "Tears Dry on Their Own (Organized Noize X Dungeon Family Remix)" Big Boi's urban-tinged take on Amy's retro tune is a bit more stripped down than harmony-filled and energetic original. But given the current circumstances, Big Boi's understated reinterpretation is right on point and still preserves Amy's courageous and soulful vocals.

While nothing can take away the sadness we feel for Amy's premature death, Big Boi's "Tears Dry On Their Own" tribute will certainly help us dry some of the tears we've already shed for Amy.

+ Listen to Big Boi's take on Amy Winehouse's classic "Tears Dry On Their Own."

Watch MTV's Amy Winehouse tribute special, tonight on MTV at 6:30 p.m. ET/PT.

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+ "She leaves a gaping hole in our lives," Amy Winehouse's family said in a statement released Sunday following the singer's untimely death on Saturday. Fans left memorabilia outside Amy's London apartment to mourn the loss of the singer, and many celebs took to Twitter to express their condolences. The cause of death has not yet been determined. (MTV News)

+ An Outkast reunion may be on the horizon. Big Boi, who's currently working on his upcoming album Daddy Fat Sax: Soul Funk Crusader, told Rolling Stone to expect a cameo from André 3000. "I hope it does [happen], and I really don't see why it wont." (Rap-Up)

+ You can find Jay-Z and Kanye West's long-awaited album, Watch The Throne, on Aug. 8 on iTunes. They're now being referred to as The Throne. Yes, really. (MTV News)

+ Renaissance man Drake threw out the opening pitch at a recent Cleveland Indians game. Watch an interview with the rapper/singer before the pitch, and see the swaggiest post-pitch swag you've ever seen in your life. (Nah Right)

+ Nick Jonas was spotted out and about in California on Sunday looking unsurprisingly attractive. I don't know about you guys, but I would just feel a little better about him being so hot if he was just a few years older. (Just Jared Jr.)

+ Rihanna, who's been busy out on the road with her Loud tour, just announced her next single -- "Cheers."  Looking forward to the TV-show-of-the-same-name themed music video, RiRi. (Come on, there are worse ideas.) (That Grape Juice)

+ Alt rock icons The Flaming Lips just released their new album... located on a USB stick inside of a toy gummy fetus. Way to drop the ball, Lady Gaga. (BuzzFeed)

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You know what song is really good? "Sleazy" by Ke$ha. Granted, you can always count on the glittery goddess of dirty pop to get you motivated, whether it be to brush your teeth with booze or to substitute drugs for love. But something about "Sleazy" is extra special: Maybe it's the minimalism of the bass drum or the brilliantly layered chorus, but something about it has already attracted eccentric hip-hop's golden child, Andre 3000 (of Outkast), to appear on the remix.

Enter Ben Folds, troubadour and expert pianist. If you watched him on "The Sing Off," in which he was one of three judges providing constructive criticism to a cappella groups, you know the guy isn't just a goofy-looking dude in thick black frames. He's a musician's musician: someone who knows everything one needs to know about the craft of songwriting.

So to see him step into the murky waters of electro-pop to cover "Sleazy" is a welcome experiment. Sure, Ben's face may not be smeared in glitter, and he may not be wearing tattered leggings (oh, what we wouldn't give!), but dude still sounds great. We don't know what's more epic: the cover of the song or the mere fact that it happened in the first place! Do we smell a second remix?

+ Watch Ben Folds cover Ke$ha's "Sleazy."

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Most people are familiar with Atlanta MC/singer B.o.B. via his incredibly catchy pop-rap fusion singles. Whether it's the plaintive "Airplanes" or the flirtatious "Nothin' On You," B.o.B. has made a name for himself by crafting incessantly melodic, unobtrusive chart-toppers.

This was not always the case. Earlier in B.o.B.'s career, when he was releasing mixtapes like the acclaimed Who The F--- Is B.o.B.?, he would drop tracks like "Generation Lost" and "Eastside Tales." They were detailed, funky, furious and socially conscious songs in the tradition of Atlanta forefathers Outkast and Goodie Mob.

So "The Watchers" is something of a return to his roots. And it comes with a video as incendiary as the song. Taken from his new mixtape, No Genre, "The Watchers" is an apocalyptic track with B.o.B. rapping about how "the end is close."

The video features crop circles, graphic war footage and some paranormal activity, painting a chilling portrait of the dark side of our modern world.

Check out B.o.B.'s video for "The Watchers" below. (WARNING: NSFW LYRICS AND IMAGERY)

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Avid followers of Kanye West's tweets that we are, we couldn't help but have a little Keri Hilson on the brain this morning. Last night, everybody's favorite manic Tweeter casually Tweeted that Keri's first album, In A Perfect World, was, "one of my favorite RnB joints of all time ... this second album is super crazeee tooo truuust meeeeeeeee."

Well, wouldn't you know it, the video for "Breaking Point," the first single from Keri Hilson's crazeee new album, No Boys Allowed, dropped today. What up, KanyeWest-stradamus!

"Breaking Point" is a beautiful, mid-tempo R&B joint produced by none other than Timbaland. While the music has all the squiggly, burping and buzzing percussion sound effects of your typical Timbo track, it also has a lovely Prince-like melody. Keri goes all in on the vocals, recalling Mary J. Blige, circa "I'm Going Down."

The "Breaking Point" video, directed by frequent Outkast collaborator Bryan Barber, is, initially, a beautifully shot portrait of a woman on the edge of a nervous breakdown (or at least having a bad day). Keri writhes around in bed, singing about a love that's pushed her to the edge. Don't worry, Keri gets her groove back, heading off to the salon to wash that man right out of her hair.

Watch Keri Hilson's "Breaking Point" video below. No Boys Allowed is due out this year.

+ Watch Keri Hilson's "Breaking Point" video.

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Hey, you guys remember back in 2003 when OutKast released what was basically a twofer solo album in the form of Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, and it was basically the only music anybody wanted to listen to? Good times.

Well, good times are here again! While we all wait for André 3000 to get to releasing some new material, Big Boi has put together an absolutely awesome solo album called Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty. If you like Speakerboxxx (and, let's be real, you liked Speakerboxxx) then you will like this new album. Done and done.

But! We're actually more geeked on Big Boi's new video, "Shutterbug," off of Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty. The Scott Storch-produced, electro-bass-crazy anthem is pretty much the jam of the summer already, but the Chris Robinson-directed video takes it to a whole new level. Tuxedo-rocking Big Boi (with a puppet band), lady dancers dressed up like extras from "Tron," Big Boi climbing up a mountain of sneakers, a wall of plastic cups, the world's coolest Cadillac ... and more.

Big Boi's album is due out July 6.

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If you were going to explain to an alien what a "pop song" was, you could do worse than to play them Outkast's "Hey Ya." It's got an indelible melody, an easy-to-remember chorus and... handclaps. But the real secret of its success is the way it delivers a really morose message about heartbreak and breaking up underneath the sugar rush of its music.

So kudos to New York band edibleRed for basically stripping the glossy shine off of the original and sticking to the sadness. The cellos, the sad-girl-for-life singing, and the creeping pace all accentuate the broken heart at the center of this modern standard.

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+ Project Runway winner Christian Siriano just launched a new makeup line for Victoria's Secret Beauty and he wants to give you a downtown makeover, and not in the hot-tranny-mess way. (NYMag)

+ Kylie Minogue, touring North America next month, is looking (what'd you say, Christian?) fierce on the cover of Instinct magazine. (We Are Pop Slags)

+ Big Boi is coming out with another solo album, but Andre 3000 fans don't fret. Outkast will also release another album of crazy soon after. (AllHipHop)

+ Hip-hop power couple Ashanti and Nelly called it quits this week. Truly a sad day. Even more sad than Michael Jackson not being buried for the last two months, though that comes in at a close second. (Rap-Up)

+ Just another caaaaaasual travel day for Lady Gaga, wearing nothing more than a g-string onesie. Comfy and caaaasual. (Bossip)

+ Mariah Carey has covered Foreigner's "I Want To Know What Love Is" and is releasing it as the official first single off her forthcoming album "Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel." (Neon Limelight)

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Tomorrow, as the Jonasphere well knows, the Jonas Brothers will release their new "Paranoid" video, off their upcoming Lines, Vines And Trying Times album. (I've seen the video, and I could tell you all about it, but I'd get dragged off to MTV prison, which is in the basement of 1515 Broadway and consists of the "Ice Ice Baby" master tape, an empty Real World hot tub, and the ghost of Domenico from That's Amore!)

Anyway, "Paranoid," as the title suggests, is all about the full-on freak-outs that ensue from mental moments and major mind games. But the Jonas Brothers aren't the first ones to tread such psychological territory. Kanye West, The Clipse, Black Sabbath, The Avett Brothers all have published musical material on the topic of paranoia. However, we came up with five of our favorite paranoia-inducing videos below. Read on, won't you?

1.) Rockwell -- "Somebody's Watching Me" -- The granddaddy of all paranoia songs and videos is by '80s one-hit-wonder generator Rockwell, who's also the son of  Motown founder Berry Gordy. The 1983 single is still a classic (you've heard an updated version of it in that Geico ad), and yes, that's Michael Jackson on the hook. But bro, if you think your dog is turning into a pig, then I cannot help you. Also, if you turn on your shower and blood comes out instead of water, you need to call a plumber. Oh yeah -- unsurprisingly, Rockwell also had a song called "Obscene Phone Caller." (Ask your parents about the olden days before caller ID.)

2.) Radiohead -- "Paranoid Android" -- Most Radiohead songs are chilling enough to leave you rocking back and forth in the fetal position in a dark corner for a fortnight. But Radiohead's video for "Paranoid Android" makes paranoia look at least a little cute in a Beavis & Butthead sorta way! Watch for a mouse and a rat going at it in the pet store, two guys doing it in an alley, and a cartoon cameo by the band in the bar... right about when a teratoma comes out of a dude's stomach. Cute! + Watch the "Paranoid Android" video.

3.) Geto Boys -- "Mind Playin' Tricks On Me" -- If you slept on this 1991 hip-hop staple, then WAKE UP. (You're excused if you weren't born yet.) Both the song and video detail hip-hop life before ringtones and Rocawear. The lyrics say it right there: "I'm paranoid, sleeping with my finger on the trigger," and the video is a pretty literal interpretation of the psychological fear caused by gangs and drug warfare. "Mind Playin' Tricks On Me" has been sampled, referenced, and/or cited by Biggie, Outkast, and The Game, to name a few, and while the video's a bit grainy, it's still an underground classic. + Watch the "Mind Playin' Tricks On Me" video.

4.) Garbage -- "I Think I'm Paranoid" -- Director/photographer Matthew Rolston directed the video for Garbage's 1998 single, "I Think I'm Paranoid." (Miley fans, he also directed "The Climb.") And while the black-and-white video appears straightforward (the band is trapped in a box!), it was actually inspired by the Beatles' 1963 With The Beatles album cover. Oh, and Shirley Manson looking amazing, as usual, but no surprises there.

5.) Rihanna -- "Disturbia" -- In Rihanna's "Disturbia" video, obsession manifests itself in freaky-deaky tarantulas, wigs, wolves, and a creepy dude in an eye patch. And S&M-y corsets. Paranoia never looked so supernaturally sexy! + Watch the "Disturbia" video | Watch Rihanna's "Disturbia"/"Seven Nation Army" performance from the 2008 VMAs.

Tags Biggie Smalls, Garbage, Geto Boys, Jonas Brothers, Kanye West, Matthew Rolston, Michael Jackson, Miley Cyrus, Notorious B.I.G., Outkast, Radiohead, Rihanna, Rockwell, Shirley Manson, The Avett Brothers, The Beatles, The Clipse, The Game