Black Eyed Peas fans can rest easy! The band’s new album titled “The E.N.D” does not signify the END of the group, it actually stands for “The Energy Never Dies”.  Of all the artists, and yes there are a lot, coming out with an album this week, the most exciting is Mos Def’s new one.  One of the most under-rated hip hop artists of our time, Mos Def is a true lyricist that has not succumbed to mainstream pressure and has stayed authentic even after all these years.

Here is the list of albums coming out the week of June 9th:

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The BRIT Awards, the UK’s version of our Grammys (only more xenophobic with separate categories for the British and for foreigners) were held yesterday in London. Also unlike the Grammys, the BRIT Awards do not give out lifetime achievement awards in the form of making one person the winner of every single big category for that one year (i.e. Robert Plant, Herbie Hancock, Ray Charles, Steely Dan, Santana, etc.), they like to spread them out. Duffy was this year’s big winner, picking up three major awards. The Pet Shop Boys won the official lifetime achievement award. Surprisingly the UK’s own, Coldplay walked away empty handed. Who would have thought?

Check out the full list of winners below:

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Iron Maiden has announced plans to release their first ever feature-length documentary April 21st. The movie called “Iron Maiden: Flight 666- The Movie” will follow the bands tour “Somewhere Back In Time” in 2008. During the tour camera crews followed the band around and were given exclusive access to the band. That particular tour singer Bruce Dickinson flew the band around in a specially customized Boeing 747 dubbed “Ed Force One.” Oh what it’s like to live the life a rock star.

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