Chevy Woods embarks on his first solo tour in the latest episode of his “In Living Color” web series, shot and cut by Dan Folger. Watch as the Taylor Gang general rallies his troops for an unforgettable night in Dayton, Ohio.

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Sidenote: Those of you in my area can see Chevy Woods performing at Dream Nightclub in Ann Arbor this Sunday! Details here and here.

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Kid Cudi has revealed the tracklist for WZRD, his rock album with producer Dot Da Genius. The project, due February 28, features the lead single “Teleport 2 Me, Jamie,” named after Cudi’s girlfriend Jamie Baretta. He later added, “‘The Dream Time Machine’ is gonna make you wanna take acid, in a cotton candy house, with cotton candy walls. Blue cotton candy.” See the full tracklist below.

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Chris Brown gets the club jumping on “Turn Up the Music,” the energetic second single off his fifth album Fortune, due this spring. Breezy hits the dance floor and pumps up the volume on the electro-synth Underdogs production.

DOWNLOAD: Chris Brown – Turn Up The Music

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Microphones will be murdered and beats shall be slain, as Slaughterhouse has announced its Shady Records debut welcome to: OUR HOUSE, due May 15. Executive produced by Eminem, the album will be preceded by a 43-date spring tour kicking off March 8 in Dallas. See the full itinerary below.

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Wiz Khalifa puts up a smoke screen as he hits the studio with Lola Monroe and Juicy J in the video for “Oh-Gee-La,” the second release off his upcoming mixtape Taylor Allderdice. With Bombay Sapphire, Dom Pérignon, and jars of kush on deck, the Taylor Gang trio flows over the Fugees classic “Fu-Gee-La” in the Bill Paladino-directed clip, which features cameos from Chevy Woods, Will, Light, and Drew Drucker.

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Soulja Boy and Game lose consciousness on “Too Faded,” presumably a cut off the former’s upcoming album Promise. “I’m fucked up and I’m faded,” sings Soulja on the duo’s first-ever collaboration, which was recorded last week in Los Angeles.

DOWNLOAD: Soulja Boy Ft. Game – Too Faded

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Following a two-year hiatus, Young Buck makes a triumphant return with Live Loyal, Die Rich, the first of four projects he plans to drop this year. Coming in at 20 tracks deep, the mixtape includes production and features from some of the south’s finest. Prove your allegiance.

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Back to the drawing board. MTV2 has announced the return of “Hottest MCs in the Game,” a hip-hop special which places journalists and record executives in a debate-style roundtable to determine the most prominent rappers of the past year.

Eminem topped last year’s list, while Jay-Z, Kanye West, Drake, and Rick Ross each followed respectively. With a plethora of MCs having broken out in 2011, will the rookies shake up this year’s countdown? Find out Sunday, February 19 at 10:30pm.

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French Montana links up with Waka Flocka Flame and L.E.P. Bogus Boys at Daddy’s House, Bad Boy’s in-house recording studio in New York City. Iced-out jewelry is shown off, blunts are stuffed, and plenty of bars are spit over a hard-hitting beat.

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A$AP Rocky lives out his wildest, Cristal-drenched fantasies in the video for “Wassup,” a cut off his LiveLoveA$AP mixtape. Drawing inspiration from classic films Scarface, The Warriors, Belly, Enter the Dragon, and Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory, the Harlem rapper paints a technicolor picture in the vintage clip.

“It took me three months to shoot this video,” he explains in the behind-the-scenes footage below. “I would prefer to put in the extra work and have like a masterpiece than do it half-way and everybody think it’s an average video.”

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Spread the word. Chip Tha Ripper gives people something to talk about with his new mixtape Tell Ya Friends. The 22-track offering features appearances by CyHi Da Prynce, Wale, Bun B, Kid Cudi, and more. See what all the chatter’s about below.

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