The-Dream: “Beyonce’s Album Crossed Genres, Beck’s Didn’t” [Video]

Singer/songwriter The-Dream sat down with VladTV correspondent DJ Heat and shared his thoughts on The Grammys, as he wrote and produced for Beyonce’s last album and would have been a winner that night as well if she took home the trophy for “Album of the Year,” an award she lost to Beck. The-Dream feels in order for an album to be one of the best of the year, it has to be able to cross genres and cultures, which he believes Beyonce’s latest album did. He feels that Beck’s album, however, didn’t reach beyond his core audience and therefore believes Bey should have won. He also goes on to say he still doesn’t believe he lost “Song of the Year” to Amy Winehouse who beat out the monster hit he wrote for Rihanna, “Umbrella.”

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G-Unit Says Things Will “Never” Fall Apart Between Them Again [Video]

After reuniting last summer, G-Unit has been back at it heavy, releasing the Beauty Of Independence EP, Young Buck’s Before The Beast mixtape and covering XXL’s Oct./Nov. issue. Almost approaching a year back together, the group is now moving on to unveil their next effort, The Beast Is G-Unit EP. XXL sat down with the unit to chop it up about their approaching Mar. 3 release, and as always, the group was amped with gems. Check it out.

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