Here is the official artwork for Lil Wayne’s upcoming album, Rebirth dropping December 15th along with Young Money’s “We Are Young Money”.

What are y’all thoughts on it

I’m wondering why they didn’t use another photo, but on the good side maybe we will be seeing a tracklist soon.

Robin Thicke is no stranger to working with Lil Wayne: The two have already collaborated a few times. Now the singer, who is currently putting the finishing touches on his December release, Sex Therapy, is hoping to get Wayne on another song in the very near future.

“I’m just finishing it and I’m gonna send the album to Wayne to see if he wants to be on it ’cause he’s been on my last two albums and I’ve been on his last two,” he said.

Thicke and Wayne first collaborated on “Shooter” and “All Night Long,” then hooked up again for “Tie My Hands.”

“We’re kind of good luck charms for each other,” he said. “So I definitely want to get him on there to keep the good luck alive.”

In October, Lil Wayne pleaded guilty to felony gun possession, and he’s now scheduled to spend at least eight months in prison. But Thicke says he’s just focusing on all the amazing work that Wayne has contributed to the world of music. “He’s an amazing artist and a great friend,” he said when asked about the sentencing. “And we’re all supporting him through all of that.”

Via MTV

Cash Money CEO addressed Lil Wayne’s upcoming jail stint, which will make him the third Hot Boy to be incarcerated, putting the group’s possible reunion on hold.

Young Money CEO Lil Wayne is facing up to a year in prison for a weapon violation in New York, while B.G. was arrested for possession of guns and drugs during a traffic stop in New Orleans last Tuesday (November 3).

“We got a hell of a plan and hell of a strategy,” Baby told Eric B. & Friends on AllHipHop Radio today (November 9).

“I promise you, you’ll think he [Lil Wayne] never left the streets. It ain’t much about the music at this point with my son, like fuck the music,” Baby said. “We got to go through something family wise, that the fans and nobody else will ever have to go through. This is the first time I will ever be without my child that means the world to me. This is where Blood stick together.”

As for B.G.‘s recent arrest, Williams revealed that the rapper is being held to his contract with Atlantic Records, which will co-promote his upcoming album Too Hood 2 Be Hollywood, which is being released on December 8 through a deal with E1 Music.

“I just talked to him. If you know B.G., he’s still in that jungle where it prescribes to carry tools [guns], or you can be the next nigga with a tag on your toe,” Baby stated. “Atlantic release the lil nigga so we can try to get him so money. See they don’t know how he’s living. I know how he’s living, so I was trying to say y’all let him go, let me take him, I’mma get him so money, I’mma bring him with me, he can come to Miami and be a part of everything we got. But they don’t know the significance of a nigga’s lifestyle, they just think the n***a is a business. He already hurting, y’all ain’t doing nothing for a nigga. I got love for him. I’ll bring him in and give him a life and a lifestyle, but now he’s heading for another life and another lifestyle.”

Baby stated that the highly anticipated Hot Boys reunion album is finished and could be in stores as soon as the Summer of 2010.

“They recorded a whole album and we are looking to put it out for the summer time,” Baby told AllHipHop.com.

Via AllHipHop, and do you believe Birdman

Given earlier leaks from the project, did you make many changes to the final version?
As of now Rebirth is coming out as a double disc with a [disc of songs] by Young Money. I had to add new cuts because a lot of things leaked, making people think they had an idea of what I was doing with Rebirth and what it would sound like. And I hated that because I never want anybody to think they know what I’m doing until I present it. So what I did was make it totally different I flipped it.

Does the album still lean toward rock?
Yes, the album is still rock. I play guitar on 80% of the songs and there’s a lot of rock influences and rock beats. I also have Travis Barker on the album. But I don’t want people to think I’m trying to do something I can’t do. Don’t think you’re going to put on the album and hear me screaming and singing . . . Don’t worry about that [laughs]. When people hear me say rock, they may get a little scared like, Oh, God. What is he going to do? When I said I was doing a rock album, it was about doing a freedom thing. This album isn’t hip-hop. When I do my Carter albums, I know I’ve got to rap, I know I’ve got to spit. I know the words I’ve got to say and the subjects I’ve got to talk about. I also know the things I shouldn’t say, the things I shouldn’t talk about. There’s none of those limits on this album. I say what I want, how I want. That’s what this album is: a freedom album. And rock is the avenue that gives you that freedom. I’m just having fun, that’s all. Trust me: People will like these songs. It’s my job to make them love them, but I know for a fact they’ll like them.

Shouts to Rap Radar via Billboard

We all heard Weezy’s verse before, but Gucci Mane, Birdman, and Jadakiss all have new verses to make this the official remix to “Wasted“. Props to Rap Radar who also say this track will be on Gucci’s album dropping December 8th. You can listen and download the record below:

Download: Gucci Mane – Wasted (Remix) (Feat Lil Wayne, Jadakiss & Birdman)

Also, Juvenile recently announced that if the Hot Boys do no make a reunion album, they will definitely be making a lot of songs together:

“I talk to Baby now and everything is okay,” Juve explained in an interview. “Everything is going really well. We plan on doing a Hot Boys album next year some time and if we don’t do it, I can definitely guarantee you that we’re definitely going to be making a lot of songs together.”

The Cash Money fam arrive back in the US from just being on a Europe tour in the video above. They go to Universal to do some business, and even check out the artwork for Birdman’s Priceless album. Then they head to a party where Jay Sean is performing at, and hand him a present.

Previously: Video: Young Money & Cash Money In Paris (Day 6 & 7)

Props Derick G

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Here is a new Bow Wow track featuring Lil Wayne called “Can I Be Your Man” which was recorded about 3 years ago according to Bow Weezy. You can listen and download the track below:

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Check out this Tim Westwood interview with Lil Wayne which they did last Wednesday while Weezy is in the UK touring. They talk about his new tattoo, baby mommas, retiring, his cup, Death of Autotune, MTV’s Hottest MC list, Omarion, Jay Sean, No Ceilings mixtape, Drake, Tha Carter IV, Young Money, Rebirth, and more. You can see part of the interview in the video above and listen to the full interview below (via TeamSupreme):

So Birdman was lying about Tha Carter IV dropping with Rebirth Also, what are y’all thoughts on Weezy wanting to retire between 30 and 35

While speculation about a Hot Boys reunion continues to rise with Juvenile saying last that he is unsure of the reunion happening, Juvie recently spoke with SOHH to confirm the group are getting back together:

“I like this question, I like this question,” Juvie admitted. “I’ve been talking to Baby, man. I’ve talked to Baby, he’s real behind doing the Hot Boys album thing. He done came at me three times but the whole thing was and I wanna be truthful to everybody, it was me and him talking. Me and Wayne was cool. Me and B.G. was cool, all of us was cool but I really had to talk to Baby. We had to put everything out on the table and settle our differences and that was something we’d never done. And I can honestly say it’s been done now so y’all can definitely be looking forward to that album. It’s coming. It’s confirmed [laughs] I got a check already. I always say that when people ask like, ‘Man, they already paid me on the Hot Boys album,’ so you know, with me, I’m already in. It’s just a matter of everybody else being in. I don’t think it would be right if we left Mannie Fresh out. Don’t you think? He was the producer, he did all the music for Hot Boys, so we gotta have him involved, if he don’t do the whole album [then] he gotta do something on there.”

Finally this has been confirmed, and Birdman announced on his UStream earlier announced that the Hot Boys reunion album will drop next year.

Not sure if I believe that just now, but it’s still something to look forward to! You can view the video of the interview after the jump:

Let’s hope the next news we post about the Hot Boys is a song

For the album [Last Train to Paris], Diddy has lined up some big names to join him on his trans-Atlantic journey, including Drake, T-Pain, Rick Ross, Lil Wayne and possibly Jay-Z, the Bad Boy top dog revealed to MTV News.

Via: MTV