I don't know much about this project right now, but my pan-African partiality couldn't let this slip. You'll get more soon.

"Eyezon, the South-African born, Northern California resident is set to envelop new fans in an album that delves into life, love, loss, and struggle on his sophomore full-length A People Like Us. The album will be released on January 27, 2009 on Interdependent Media. With A People Like Us, Eyezon touches on variety of subjects, including the dangers and racism that were rampant in South Africa during his childhood as well as common issues of love, loss, abortion, and homelessness. When asked about A People Like Us, Eyezon says the title was a reflection of "the struggles that a common people can relate to." The album is brimming with the depth of emotion, vibrancy, and insight that is often put on the backburner in mainstream hip-hop albums."

True To The Game might just as well serve as a good example on teamwork and mentoring. The compilation is a collaborative between Stadium Entertainment Corp, a new music and entertainment founded by a trio of music industry vets, and the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, a non-profit organization which stands to receive part of the proceeds from this project. True The Game will "feature combining the talents of successful and prominent recording artists with new talent." Indeed, indeed. February 2009!

Ladies and gents in the know have marked Sept 30 in red. If you didn't know by now, you'll surely consider this bit of news for your Valentine's plans (it's never too early to prep!). Robin Thicke is blessing us with a new album by the end of the month and it's Something Else. If you know the repertoire, you know the man will live up to it.

Alfamega is on deck for the burgeoning Grand Hustle dynasty. How well he fares next to T.I. and Young Dro is yet to be determined. But his press release does entice one to find out: "Your favorite book, whether it is a classic novel or a modern-day bestseller, only has two guarantees when it's all said and done—a beginning and an ending. Of course the reading experience would be bland if those were the only highlights. It's the chapters in between them that supply the color, twists, turns and climax that make them interesting. So even though Grand Hustle recording artist Alfamega's name may suggest that he is simply a be all end all, you'd be foolish to think that his life's story or his debut album I Am Alfamega is a flat line." Oh really?