Brandi Cyrus caught up with Aloe Blacc on the orange carpet at the 2014 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards to talk about more possible Avicii collabs, touring with Bruno Mars this summer, and his role in the James Brown biopic Get On Up.

The 2 Chainz featured remix of Major Lazer’s future hit gets a video, directed by Eric Wareheim.

Standout cut from Free The Universe, with new lines from 2 Chainz, as shown off by Diplo at Surrender Vegas this past weekend.

In a story we’ve been reporting on since July, AnimationOnFox gives us a sneak peak of the season premiere of The Cleveland Show, entitled “Menace II Secret Society”, which will feature each ?uestlove, Kanye West, Nicki Minaj, Bruno Mars, Will.I.Am as members of the hip-hop illuminati.

In a forthcoming, previously announced episode of Family Guy spin-off, The Cleveland Show, entitled Menace II Secret Society, each Kanye West, ?uestlove, Nicki Minaj, Bruno Mars, and will.i.am will team to form “The Hip-Hop Illuminati”.

The above image was revealed this week at the San Diego Comic Con, in a concept that originally began last summer. “We have an episode where Kanye and will.i.am, playing himself, and Nicki Minaj, playing herself, and Bruno Mars, playing himself, and ?uestlove—they’re all part of the rap Illuminati, the secret group that controls pop culture,” said voice actor Mike Henry.

Executive producer Rich Appel further elaborates, “Cleveland inadvertently breaks into it and then it’s how he will either bring them down or they’ll bring him down,” he said. “We have a couple of original songs with Kanye and will and Bruno, I mean, all of them, it was great.”

The new season of “The Cleveland Show” begins October 7 on Fox.

The Untouchable Maybach Empire present Rick Ross “Mirror” (Freestyle) Directed by DRE Films / Maybach Films. Self Made Vol. 2 drops June 26th. Rick Ross God Forgives, I Don’t drops July 31st. Meek Mill Dreams and Nightmares drops August 28th.

From the Bad Meets Evil LP, Hell: The Sequel, in stores now.
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Lead single from Eminem and Royce’s Hell: The Sequel EP, due June 14th.

LISTEN: Bad Meets Evil – “Lighters” (feat. Bruno Mars)
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Quite easily the strongest cut from Bruno’s Doo-Wops & Hooligans.

Eminem accepts the award for Best Rap Album for Recovery, competing against The Roots How I Got Over, B.o.B. The Adventures Of Bobby Ray, Jay-Z The Blueprint 3, and Drake Thank Me Later.

Eminem celebrates Recovery, while Dr. Dre prepares for Detox with this medley performance featuring Rihanna and Skylar Grey of both “Love The Way You Lie” and “I Need A Doctor”. After seeing this, we’re expecting “I Need A Doctor” to be a crossover smash on the level of “Airplanes” or “Love The Way You Lie”.

Eminem also took awards for Best Rap Solo Performance for “Not Afraid”

B.o.B. performs “Nuthin’ On You” (nominated for each “Record Of The Year”, “Best Rap / Sung Collaboration”, and “Best Rap Song”) with Bruno Mars (winner of Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for “Just The Way You Are”) and Janelle Monae (nominated for Best Urban/Alternative Performance for “Tightrope” and snubbed for Best Contemporary R&B Album for The Arch-Android). This led into a doo-wop rendition of Bruno’s “Grenade”, and closed out with Monae’s “Cold War”.

B.o.B. speaks on the red carpet to the Grammy’s interviewers and makes plans for Valentine’s Day.   Drake and Rihanna peform “What’s My Name”, breaking down into a dancehall rhythm remix. Heh, Drizzy said “good weed” on CBS. Rihanna took the award for Best Dance Recording for “Only Girl In The World” and was nominated several times for “Love The Way You Lie” in each Song Of The Year, Best Rap/Sung Collaboration, Best Rap Song, and Best Short Form Video categories. Cee-Lo performs his ridiculous smash hit “Fuck Forget You”, which took the award for Best Urban/Alternative Performance, dressed in an Elton-esque getup, with help from The Muppets and a surprise performance from Gweneth Paltrow, who sung the tune on Glee a few weeks back. John Legend speaks with MTV legend, John Norris, about his multiple wins this year with The Roots for Wake Up! LP. Wins include Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance for “Hang On In There”, Best R&B Song for “Shine”, and Best R&B Album for Wake Up!. Nominations also for Best Rap Sung Collaboration for “Wake Up Everybody” and Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals for “Shine”. He also speaks on working with Kanye and Sade (!) on his next solo album.

Swizz Beatz on the red carpet about his recent endorsement deals, along with new albums in the works from himself and Alicia Keys.

Swizz and Jay won the award for Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group for “On To The Next One”.

Chamillionaire (“who’s awesome!”) speaks on the red carpet about Twitter and the status of his next LP, which will not be called Venom.

For a complete list of winners, check out Grammys.Com.

LISTEN: Bruno Mars – “Grenade (Remix)” (feat. Lil Wayne)

via: KC

Eminem leads the pack this year with TEN nominations for next years 53rd Annual Grammy Awards, happening on Feb 13, 2011. Check out some of the nods below – we’ve italicized our predictions (not our picks)….

Album Of The Year
Recovery – Eminem
Need You Now – Lady Antebellum
The Fame Monster – Lady Gaga
Teenage Dream – Katy Perry
The Suburbs – Arcade Fire

Record Of The Year
Empire State Of Mind – Jay-Z & Alicia Keys
Love The Way You Lie – Eminem & Rihanna
Fuck You – Cee-Lo Green
B.o.B & Bruno Mars – Nothin’ On You
Need You Now – Lady Antebellum

Best Rap Album
The Blueprint 3 – Jay-Z
Thank Me Later – Drake
Recovery – Eminem
How I Got Over – The Roots
The Adventures Of Bobby Ray – B.o.B

Best Rap Song
Empire State Of Mind – Jay-Z & Alicia Keys
On To The Next One — Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz
Love The Way You Lie – Eminem & Rihanna
Not Afraid – Eminem
Nothin’ On You – B.o.B & Bruno Mars

Best Rap Solo Performance
Over – Drake
Not Afraid – Eminem
How Low – Ludacris
I’m Back – T.I.
Power – Kanye West

Best New Artist
Justin Bieber
Drake
Florence + The Machine
Mumford & Sons
Esperanza Spalding

Song Of The Year
Love The Way You Lie – Eminem & Rihanna
Fuck You – Cee-Lo Green
The House That Built Me – Miranda Lambert
Beg, Steal Or Borrow – Ray Lamontagne
Need You Now – Lady Antebellum

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group
Fancy – Drake, T.I. & Swizz Beatz
On To The Next One – Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz
My Chick Bad – Ludacris & Nicki Minaj
Shutterbugg – Big Boi & Cutty
Lose My Mind – Young Jeezy & Plies

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
Nothin’ On You – B.o.B & Bruno Mars
Deuces – Chris Brown, Tyga & Kevin Mccall
Love The Way You Lie – Eminem & Rihanna
Empire State Of Mind – Jay-Z & Alicia Keys
Wake Up Everybody – John Legend & The Roots feat. Melanie Fiona & Common

Best Urban/Alternative Performance
Little One – Bilal
Fuck You – Cee-Lo Green
Tightrope – Janelle Monáe & Big Boi
Still – Eric Roberson
Orion – Carolyn Malachi

Suicidal Bruno Mars will catch a grenade for you, ladies. Off Doo Wops and Hooligans.

Bruno Mars is the voice behind two of the summer’s biggest rap singles, B.o.B.’s “Nothin’ On You” and Travie McCoy’s “Billionaire”, not to mention the writer of Flo-Rida’s “Right Round” (by way of Dead or Alive) and Cee-Lo Green’s “Fuck You”. Oh, and there’s that current Itunes chart topper of his own, “Just The Way You Are”. Like Bruce Dickinson before him, it’s safe to say the man makes hit records – no cowbell.

Doo Wops & Hooligans is a collection of pop songs that find Bruno delving into various genres of music, almost trying on different styles and seeing what sticks. When playing the R&B crooner, he’s the opposite of Trey Songz, trading the bad-boy-in-bed persona for the sensitive male. On “Grenade”, he suggests he would outright die for you, ladies (catch a grenade, jump in front of a guillotine, etc), while his smash hit “Just The Way You Are” pours the syrup on thick; he doesn’t even care about your stretch marks! Where it works best though is on “Marry You” though, a catchy, sure to be smash single that finds Bruno suggesting an overnight, impulse Vegas wedding; you know, just for the hell of it. Never mind the morning after.

At times, Bruno’s brand of harmless pop does come off as a bit cheesy. For instance, “Our First Time” is a trite bedroom song, just as contrived as it’s title suggests. Meanwhile, “The Lazy Song” (another telling title) is littered with product placement for cable TV culture, a gimmick that wears thin after one listen.

Granted, when he goes for substance, he nails it. His collaboration with Damien Marley, “Liquor Store Blues” is executed perfectly, equally capturing spirit of both hustler and slacker. The funky “Runaway Blues” is an uptempo jam that might have otherwise gone to Cee-Lo had he not claimed it, while “The Other Side” actually employs Cee-Lo (along with B.o.B.), loosely interpolating Chris Isaac’s “Wicked Game”. Loosely.

There is potential for greatness within Bruno Mars, as it shows from time to time on Doo Wops and Hooligans. His brand of simple pop music will work for him, allowing him to capture the ears of the masses, but it’s clear that there is a stronger artist buried within just itching to get out.

Bruno Mars makes the SNL appearance to promote Doo-Wops and Hooligans, in stores now. HHS review coming soon.