It’s no secret that Ryan Leslie’s a great catch. A Harvard graduate, singer, songwriter, composer, and sometimes rapper, he’s quite mature, poised, articulate, and not to mention, a sharp dresser. So why does he spend his entire sophomore album trying to “make it official” with a certain someone who just won’t budge?

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News flash! Someone in the building said Amerie’s back starting November 3 with her fourth album In Love & War. Rap-Up.com is the first place to bring you the official tracklisting and production credits per her management.

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It’s apparent Teairra Mari is no longer the Princess of Roc-A-Fella Records, but that hasn’t slowed her stride in the least. She stepped out from the spotlight, regrouped, and has now come back swinging with her sophomore effort, At That Point.

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Cyndi Lauper proclaimed in the ’80s that “Girls Just Want to Have Fun,” but singer-songwriter Verse Simmonds is set to affirm that guys just wanna get it in and go hard 360 degrees—with their gear, their rides, and, most importantly, their women. The newest addition to the Darkchild/Interscope Records family invited various media types to a private listening session, held at Legacy Studios in New York City. While journalists and bloggers sipped on Nuvo and Patrón, Verse explained the adventures of his single life, which he documented on his debut album, Stories of a Bachelor.

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Mariah Carey has been laying low lately, but her new album is just around the corner. Mimi will drop Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel on September 29. Below is the tracklisting for the 17-song set, according to MariahDailyJournal. The vast majority of the album was produced by The-Dream and Tricky Stewart.

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Michael Jackson’s music continues to give well into the holiday season. Universal Motown will present the ultimate stocking stuffer when it issues a new Jackson 5 Christmas collection on October 13.

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While previewing Kid Cudi’s debut album, Man on the Moon: The End of Day (Sept. 15), at New York City’s modish Griffin nightclub, it’s hard not to picture the hipster’s favorite rapper walking on the moon in search of a rock to rest his head, sidestepping craters, wiping stardust away from the black frames he tends to wear, and pondering the “solo dolo” life before him. Cudi’s 15-track effort (exemplified in five acts narrated by Common) is played out in dreams catering to his desires and psychedelic “nightmares” celebrating his solitude as day turns into night.

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Rap-Up.com has obtained the cover and tracklisting for Drake’s mixtape-turned-album So Far Gone, releasing to retailers September 15. Drake’s publicist has confirmed to us that the re-released project will consist of seven tracks (vs. the mixtape’s 17), including the never-before-heard “Fear.”

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