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Miles Davis' long-time label, Columbia Records, has decided to pay an ultimate tribute to the legendary jazz musician, with the release of 'The Genius of Miles Davis,' a 43-disc collector's set of some of his most treasured recordings.

The disc set, which is officially due out on Sept. 14, will reportedly be the first to bring together all eight multi-CD box sets that are collectively known as 'The Miles Davis Series.' Each installation in the series covers an especially influential period of Davis' artistic development, from 1955 to 1975. Originally released in 1966, 'The Miles Davis Series' has garnered a total of eight Grammy Awards.

Hip-Hop's Captain Auto-Tune himself, T-Pain, builds a strong case for rap as make-out music, on his new single 'Rap Song' featuring Rick Ross. The song is the third single from his forthcoming, as-yet unscheduled album 'rEVOLVEr.'

Not only does T-Pain process his voice this time, he layers it on top of itself repeatedly. Then, he puts it together with gentle piano, hand claps and plucked strings, resulting in an oddly pleasing, almost psychedelic mid-tempo soul song.

If you're prudish, you might not want to ask exactly how he figures N.W.A. is good mood-setting music, or what word rhymes with Gucci. Let's stick with this quote: "We can do it all night long / I'm about to have your egg on / And I ain't doing nothing wrong, but we can make love to a rap song."

Linkin Park recently released the sentimental, alternative orchestrated, ''Waiting for the End,' another new song off their upcoming album, 'A Thousand Suns,' out on Sept. 14.

Carried by brilliantly simplistic, hallow-sounding percussion -- and ultimately, driving bass -- the rock-infused single is highlighted by Chester Bennington's wails, as he pleads to seek restoration from a failed relationship: "Waiting for the end to come / Wishing I had strength to stand / This is not what I had planned / It's out of my control."

And, as a nice touch, Mike Shinoda's flow bookends the single, which is a follow-up to their lead-off track, 'The Catalyst.' and their fan track 'Wretches and Kings.' 'Waiting for the End' is currently streaming on LP's MySpace page, but you can also listen to the song over on AOL Radio's New Alternative First station.

Disturbed turn the top of the Billboard 200 album chart into an 'Asylum' with their new album of the same name selling 179,000 copies this week, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

It's the Chicago-based hard rock band's fourth straight studio album to reach the top of the charts, and finds the band delving into darker, more in-depth subject matter such as war crimes, the West Memphis Three, and, on lead single 'Another Way to Die,' humankind's destructive effects on the planet.

The 'Now 35' singles compilation is the second of five new entries onto this week's Top 10, hitting No. 2 with sales of 105,000 units. R&B singer Lyfe Jennings debuts at No. 6 with 'I Still Believe,' his fourth and -- if you can believe what any young, popular artist ever says about retirement (which you can't) -- last album ever. Jennings has stated that he will now focus on his family and work, but behind the scenes in the music industry.

Close behind we find the Goo Goo Dolls, who end a four year drought of new material with their new record, 'Something for the Rest of Us' and quite happily find 34,000 fans still love them enough to get them to No. 7 in their first week.

In his new song, 'Bad (That's Her),' Lil Scrappy goes into insightfully lurid detail about infamous women who look beautiful -- and totally know it.

Once we hear the opening chords, the song's digitally symphonic backdrop instantly inspires thoughts of grandiloquence, and the looming feeling that Lil Scrappy is about to dish something truly profound; and, true to the listener's expectations, he does.

Throughout the course of the song, which features an appearance from Stuey Rock, Lil Scrappy describes the protagonist as a woman who thinks "money ain't a thing," and who definitely "knows she's bad."

Lil Scrappy's new album, 'Prince of the South 2,' is due to hit stores on Oct. 5. To hear Lil Scrappy's new song, tune in to the New HIp-Hop First station on AOL Radio.

Rihanna is gearing up to release a brand new album, titled 'Loud,' which follows Barbados-born star's highly-personable 2009 smash effort 'Rated R.'

Rihanna recently announced that her new album was finished and ready for a Nov. 2 release, during a live chat on the official fansite Rihanna Daily.

And, judging from her exuberance, she's certainly excited about the upcoming release. As MTV reports, the singer recently called on her fans to "get LOUD everybody, get crazy, get excited, cuz I'm pumped. I'm just gonna be ME, cuz that's what u guys love the most, and that's what makes me feel best."

Deftones are back with the sultry, sex-charged and oddly titled 'You've Seen the Butcher,' the third single from their acclaimed 2010 album 'Diamond Eyes.'

The song follows two previous single releases from the album: 'Rocket Skates' and 'Diamond Eyes.'

An extended introduction featuring dry, muted stabs of guitar creates an ominous setting. Then the drums explode and things start resembling a condensed, more loving version of Jane's Addiction's tribal-beat classic 'Ted, Just Admit it.'

Instead, lead singer Chino Moreno verbally stalks his romantic conquest for the evening: "I wanna watch you close / I need to see for sure / After the tapings through / Who do you think we can show?" At no point is an explanation of the song's title offered to the listener.