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Lauryn Hill’s long absence from the music industry has turned her identity into a distant memory. She’s popped up here and there, appearing on MTV Unplugged, and on Dave Chappelle’s Block Party. Otherwise Lauryn Hill has kept her distance from the public, leaving us with no clue as to when, if at all, she will return. For more info visit www.thesource.com

We just got the new Kid Cudi Mixtape, presented by DJ EV and datnewcudi.com and are swaying to the Patsy Cline “Strange” sampled “She Came Along” that features Sharam. Other guests on the the mixtape are 88Keys, Consequence, the Kickdrums, Jackie Chain, and pop singer Kevin Rudolf. For more info visit www.thesource.com

Continuing along the space age trend that seems to be dominating the music industry, Black Eyed Peas release their futuristic “So 3008″ music video for their already popular single “Boom Boom Pow”. With auto-tune in tact, and Will.I.Am’s already futuristic production track record, the song & video epitomizes the direction this group has taken. This is the first single off of the group’s fifth studio album The E.N.D, (The Energy Never Dies) and serves as the groups first single to reach #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100. The album is due out June 9th, and per Will.I.Am has… “a lot of dance stuff, real melodic, electronic, soulful. We call it, like, electric static funk, something like that.” For more info visit www.thesource.com