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Pharrell is ready to hit the streets with an upcoming N.E.R.D. album. Watch Below:

By now, the buzz is growing with Nas's upcoming Lp's title. 'Nigger', has people thinking that Nas is taking it too far with is album names. Last time, let's not forget that a lot of the Hip Hop community was bitter with his release, "Hip Hop Is Dead". But, Fox News reported that people from Def Jam's office, said they could not release an album with such an offensive and/or explicit name.

When MTV probed the Record Label giant, L.A. Reid about Def Jam's concerns, he had this to say; "Really, who'd you hear that from?". "We support everything our artists do, everything!" he added. "We stand firmly behind and beside our artists with pride and with pleasure. Anything Nas wants to do, I completely stand beside him. Nas is prolific, he's prophetic, he's a genius, an amazing artist of respect. So, while I'm not sure exactly all that [the title] entails, I know it's smart, so I stand behind him. That's real."

Well, other artists seem to have his back. This year's BET Hip Hop Awards, big winner, Common had this to say:

"I love Nas," he continued, "Nas is always bringing something new, bringing something for us to think about. He's one of the best ever. If it wasn't for Nas, a lot of cats, including myself, wouldn't be rhyming the way they do. So I mean, I know [the title] is something behind what he's doing, he's making statements. That's something we need in hip-hop. Last Poets did it, Gil Scott-Heron did it, Marvin Gaye did it. We gotta keep making statements."

When 50 was asked what he thought, at a video shoot, he had this to say:

"Nas sucks," 50 said "It's nonsense, man. That's a stupid name. It doesn't make sense. Why would you title it that?"

Well, Nas spoke with MTV News and stated, "I wanna make the word easy on mutha----as' ears,". Nas continued, "You see how white boys ain't mad at 'cracker' 'cause it don't have the same [sting] as 'nigger'? I want 'nigger' to have less meaning [than] 'cracker.'"

Listen, I respect God's Son. I am a firm believer that words only have the power you give them. But, I do understand the sensitivity that older people who have experienced more racism, have.

A while back I told you that R. Kelly was gearing up for a tour with Keisha Cole, Ne-Yo & J. Holiday. Well the dates have been set and Mister Kelly is ready to take the stage; starting November 14th. Here are the tour dates, courtesy of some inside help:

Nov 14 Columbus, GA – Columbus Civic Center
Nov 15 Atlanta – Phillips Arena
Nov 16 Greensboro – Greensboro Coliseum
Nov 17 Birmingham – BJCC
Nov 18 Charlotte – Bobcat Arena
Nov 21 Philadelphia – Wachovia Center
Nov 22 Newark – Prudential Center
Nov 23 New York – Nassau Center
Nov 24 Baltimore – 1st Mariner
Nov 25 Washington DC – Verizon Center
Nov 29 Little Rock – Alltel Arena
Nov 30 New Orleans – New Orleans Arena
Dec 1 Dallas – American Airlines Arena
Dec 2 Houston – Toyota Center
Dec 6 Minneapolis – Target Center
Dec 7 Kansas City – Sprint Center
Dec 8 Indianapolis – Conseco Fieldhouse
Dec 9 Memphis – Fed Ex Forum
Dec 13 Las Vegas – Mandalay Bay
Dec 14 Los Angeles – Staples Center
Dec 15 Oakland – Oakland Arena
Dec 16 Sacramento – ARCO Arena
Dec 19 Denver – Pepsi Center
Dec 21 St Louis – Scottrade
Dec 22 Chicago – United Center
Dec 23 Detroit - Joe Louis Arena
Dec 27 Charleston – North Charleston Coliseum
Dec 28 Orlando – TD Waterhouse Arena
Dec 29 Columbia – Colonial Center
Dec 30 Jacksonville – Veteran Memorial
Dec 31 Miami – American Airlines Arena
Jan 3 Louisville – Kentucky Expo Center
Jan 4 Cleveland – Wolstein Center
Jan 5 Buffalo – HSBC Arena
Jan 6 Dayton – Nutter Center
Jan 9 Savannah - Civic Center
Jan 10 Greenville – Bi-Lo Center
Jan 11 Richmond – Richmond Coliseum
Jan 12 Hampton – Hampton Coliseum

I never think that Jay-Z makes many mistakes, but I, like many Hov fans felt like his early retirement was a bad call. Some speculated that it was publicity. Either way, JIgga feels that way too.

When asked about his farewell concert and retirement buzz, Mr. Carter had this to say:

"I want to never say that again... people looking at me like: 'Please shut up and go sit down somewhere'," said Jay-Z.

It's bad news for Ms. Kelly. Ugh, her official website left some bad news on her site. They stated that with such bad sales for her North American tour, she may have to cancel the whole thing:(. This is what they said:

"In what seems like more bad news for Kelly Rowland and her fans, speculation is mounting that the singer's recently announced North American tour has been axed. More and more dates have steadily been canceled with the most recent being shows in Seattle, San Fransisco and Hollywood."

Things just ain't getting better. Never the less there's buzz about her finding new management and leaving Columbia. Hallelujah, because when your constantly bumped for Beyonce, it gets tired.