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There are a lot of rumors and wrong information circulating around about Guru’s current situation and health status. Hit producer and Guru’s longtime producer and best friend, Solar addresses these false rumors in an official statement and during an interview with CNN.”Guru is recovering and his doctors are guarded, but hopeful for his recovery,” Solar told the news network.

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Duck Down Music and 2K Sports have partnered to present an exciting contest for all aspiring producers and MCs to create unique and original music, along with the special opportunity to have their song included in the upcoming soundtrack for NBA 2K11, the next iteration of the hugely popular NBA 2K series.

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Grammy Award winner, Rhymefest (Che Smith), will release his highly anticipated sophomore album El Che on May 18, 2010 via dN|Be Entertainment and distributed by EMI, in conjunction with Rosehip Records. On February 15, 2005, Rhymefest earned a Grammy Award for Best Rap Song, along with Kanye West, for co-writing the song “Jesus Walks” from Kanye West’s debut The College Dropout. Rhymefest’s critically acclaimed debut, Blue Collar, was released on July 11, 2006, which included production by Mark Ronson, Kanye West, Just Blaze, NO I.D and Cool & Dre and was spearheaded by breakout “Brand New” f/Kanye West, “Bullet” f/Citizen Cope and “Fever.”

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Rap artists have done it. Rock artists have done it. Now Universal Indie Records and Double-Up Entertainment have come up with an ambitious plan to issue a new instrumental album every two weeks for the year of 2010. The “Tasty Beatz” series is the brainchild of French producers DJ King Flow & DJ PLK and features smooth and soulful hip hop grooves.

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After the single “Keep Movin” featuring Sean P. exploded all over the Internet just last week, HiPNOTT Records follows up with a preview sampler of the album it was leaked from, A Day in the Life by K. Sparks produced by G.C. mixed by the label’s in-house DJ, DJ Mark 1. The album will drop on Tuesday, March 2, 2010 and will be available for purchase on iTunes, Amazon.com, and other major outlets. Download the album sampler at http://www.djbooth.net/index/mixtapes/entry/k-sparks-a-day-in-the-life-album-sampler.

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