Black Eyed Pea will.i.am remixes The Who’s classic “My Generation” with some help from guitarist Slash. The song makes its debut tomorrow at Super Bowl XLIV during a commercial for mobile television company FLO TV, and will be available for download on Amazon.com with all proceeds benefiting Oxfam’s Haiti Earthquake Response Fund. Listen to a 30-second preview below.

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William Leonard Roberts II, better known as Rick Ross, is celebrating his birthday this weekend in Miami, and he’s got a gift for his fans. The Bawse unwraps a soulful joint with Lil Wayne and Birdman called “Veteran’s Day” from his upcoming album Teflon Don.

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Erykah Badu grabs a “Window Seat” and takes flight on the first single from her fifth studio album New Amerykah Part II: Return of the Ankh, touching down March 30.

“If anybody speak to Scotty, tell him beam me up … I just want a ticket out of town to look around,” she sings on the James Poyser production, which features The Roots’ ?uestlove on drums.

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Nicki Minaj proves she can do bad, bad, bad with a little help from Ludacris, who brags about his chick on the follow-up to “How Low” from March 9th’s Battle of the Sexes. Eve revealed that she is shooting a video for the remix with Nicki, Trina, and former Crime Mob member Diamond today in Miami. Read our album preview here.

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The ’hood keeps calling Fat Joe, who returns to making music for the streets on the Young Jeezy-assisted “Slow Down (Ha Ha),” the first offering from his new album The Darkside: Volume 1. Joey Crack is done being Mr. Nice Guy, as he explained to MTV News.

“I tried to give y’all the nice guy. I tried to go, ‘Hello, Aloha’—they don’t want Fat Joe to do that. I’mma have to do something that I’m an expert at; it’s called ‘kill people,’” he said. “Once you get this one, you ain’t gonna never want Fat Joe to do anything else.”

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Game finds a million ways to use the word “shake”—from his McDonald’s extra large shake to 50’s protein shakes to Trina’s ass shaking. The Cool & Dre production is from his R.E.D. Everything mixtape with DJ Drama. We can’t seem to shake this one from our head.

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Lil Jon unwraps his latest treat featuring R. Kelly and Mario. “Miss Chocolate” is the new offering from the King of Crunk’s oft-delayed album Crunk Rock, due June 29. The trio expresses its love for the dark variety on the sweet and smooth confection.

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“American Idol” judge Simon Cowell recruits some of music’s most recognizable voices including Mariah Carey, Leona Lewis, Kylie Minogue, Miley Cyrus, Susan Boyle, Jon Bon Jovi, and Michael Bublé for a cover of R.E.M.’s “Everybody Hurts.” The charity single will be available for download on February 7 with proceeds benefitting Haitian relief efforts.

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Ciara drops it low and brings it up slow on the remix to Ludacris’ hit “How Low,” also featuring Pitbull, who raps partly in Spanish. Luda revealed that there will be three or four remixes to the first single from his new album Battle of the Sexes (March 9). Read our preview here.

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