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More Mariah She's proclaimed emancipation before, but Mariah Carey's never sounded as free as she does on "E=MC2," due this week via Island Def Jam. The usual hummable radio hip-hop and bold ballads are here, in pristine form. But so are some coy surprises, like the irresistible "I'm That Chick" (which covertly samples "Off the Wall" for an early Michael Jackson disco bounce) and the Swizz Beatz-produced "O.O.C."

Carey even digs deep and pulls up "Side E... Read More

 

Usher

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Usher's 2004 Jive album, "Confessions," has shifted 9.4 million copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan, but tentative release dates keep coming and going for its follow-up, which is now nebulously slated for sometime this year.

So what's the holdup? "He has been taking a pretty long time to put it out, but I think he's ready now," says Jermaine Dupri, who has worked closely with Usher for years but scaled back his cont... Read More