I am not really sure what to make of Ludacris' new talentsearch contest with - you are not going to believe this - Trojan, the condomcompany.

This is a disaster waiting to happen. The contest page calls forartists to "submit your own original Magnum-themed song." Even thoughit stipulates that the "music should be clean and ready for radio airplay," itis obvious that some of the entrants are going to see this as an opportunity tosolicit some of their most profane works.

To make it even more ludicrous, the requirements askthat the performers talk about "living large and worthy of the Magnum GoldStandard."

The winner will receive $5,000 and an opportunity toperform with Ludacris at Birthday Bash 15 in Atlanta.

In the promo video, Ludacris explains, "I like to do it big so I teamed up with Trojan to find the next big hip hop or R&B artist." 

Fortunately, the contest allows users to help judgethe songs. There's a message on the top of the page warning users of the potential "mature

The debate surrounding Arizona's controversial new SenateBill 1070 has lead to remakes of Public Enemy's 1991 song "By The Time I Get ToArizona" from the group's Apocalypse91...The Enemy Strikes Black album.

After the bill was passed on April 23, its name was changedto Support Our Law Enforcement And Safe Neighborhoods Act. According to the legislationthat goes into effect on July 28, the act will provide a basis for enforcingfederal immigration laws throughout Arizona.

Critics argue that the new law will encourage increasedracial profiling.

Public Enemy recorded "By The Time I Get To Arizona" inresponse to the state's hesitation to observe the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Various contemporary hip hop artists addressed the bill byreworking the classic song.

Flobots
"By The Time I Get To Arizona"

Jonny 5,the leader of Denver's alternative hip hop group Flobots, uploaded a remix of "By The Time I Get To Arizona" three days before the groupplayed at Tucson'sRialto Theatre on May 1. When

Veteran pop singer Michael Bolton is knownfor his soft-rock ballads like "When A Man Loves A Woman" and covering Motownclassics, but his latest album, OneWorld, One Love, might better connect him with today's youth.

Bolton's anticipatedcollaborations with Lady Gagaand Ne-Yo are featured on thealbum released Tuesday. The Lady Gaga duet "Murder MyHeart" was recorded in August 2008, before Lady Gaga became a big star.

Listen to the Bolton and Lady Gaga collaboration here.

"Murder MyHeart" could be an indication of how Lady Gaga's music might sound had shepursued a more traditional power-pop route, as opposed to that of a Fame Monster. The piano-driven recordsuits Bolton well.

Bolton said Gaga named thesong. "I said to her, people are going to be so shocked by us collaborating, wehave to do something that will just kill it," Michael told InTouch Weekly. "And she said, 'Well how about, 'Murder My Heart?' Atfirst I said, 'I don't know-murder?' But then she insisted, 'Women will loveit,'

I've never gotten into Baton Rouge rapper Lil' Boosie, and I was expecting to havea sarcastic reaction to his video "Top To The Bottom."

I was prompted to watch it immediately based on a Tweet. "Idon't think he intended for me to start laughing at the top of this video,"OneTokenBlack commented about Lil' Boosie's video.

OneTokenBlack, who I follow on Twitter, was surprised thatLil' Boosie opened the song with the lyric, "It was all a dream, I just ta..." Itseemed sacrilegious that a rapper more known for his arrests, and trash-talkingraps would borrow the line from "Juicy," the official first single and classicfrom the late Notorious B.I.G., widely considered to be one of the greatest MCsof all time.

I shared the initial shock, but as I kept listening, I had abreakthrough with Lil' Boosie. For the first time, I could see Lil' Boosie as aperson, as opposed to just another hip-hop caricature with a funny name.

Just like Biggie, Lil' Boosie told his story of thefulfillment of his