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With the help of hip-hop mogul Jay-Z, Usher's 'Hot Tottie' may just the the next chart-topping single. Over strobing, electronic beats, Usher falls in and out of Auto-Tune as he professes his desires for a quick "hot tottie": "I'm like oh Kimosabe / Your body is my hobby / We're freakin' / This ain't cheatin' as long as we tell nobody."

The Polow the Don-produced track will be one of eight new tracks featured on 'Versus,' a deluxe CD that also includes the re-release of Billboard 200's topper 'Raymond V. Raymond,' which is currently on track to break one million copies. Available Aug. 24, 'Versus' also includes the recent single 'DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love,' which features Cuban rapper Pitbull.

To hear 'Hot Tottie,' head over to AOL Radio's New Hip-Hop First station.

Recent rumors have been swirling all over the Web that Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez could be two new judges on next year's 'American Idol.'

Ridiculous? Maybe. But Aerosmith will be done with the North American leg of their Cocked, Locked, Ready to Rock tour this summer, and currently have no plans to release their unfinished album, leaving room for the lead singer to seek out other endeavours. And with J-Lo's departure from long-time label Sony in February, a position like this -- which would start in January of 2011 -- could be beneficial, career-wise. If the two sign up for the gig, that means the reality talent show will revert to a three-judge lineup, with Randy Jackson as the only original judge when he started back in 2002.

Lady Gaga's 'The Remix' album will finally make its debut in the States Aug. 3, after a Japan version was initially released back in March. The US version is lightly different than the Japan and International versions, featuring just 10 tracks that focus on one remixed version of each of Gaga's hit songs off both 'The Fame' and 'The Fame Monster.'

Reworked productions were done by British electronic producers FrankMusik, Starsmith and even Stuart Price (Madonna, Pet Shop Boys, New Order, Kylie Minogue), as well as Passion Pit and Chew Fu Ghettohouse. Both R&B-pop artist Colby O'Donis and rock stage persona Marilyn Manson are featured on the US version, and according to MTV News, international versions of album have already sold more than 500,000 units.

Notable singles are the remix of 'Alejandro' -- which features a hypnotic, symphonic keyboard melody produced by Swedish group The Sound of Arrows -- as well as Passion Pit's strobing, electopop rework of the Beyonce/ Gaga collab 'Telephone.'

The new 'Medal of Honor' trailer reveals an updated series of the video game -- set during the 2001 Afghanistan War -- while Linkin Park's new song 'The Catalyst' soundtracks scenes lead by real-life Tier 1 Operator 'Cowboy,' who represents the summit of US Special Operations.

Featuring chomping piano melodies paired with drawn-out percussion, we are led through schematic scenes in efforts trump Taliban insurgents, while Chester Bennington wails, "Lift me up, Let me go." 'The Catalyst,' is Linkin Park's first single off their upcoming fourth studio album 'A Thousand Sons.' The single will hit radio airwaves Aug. 2, whereas the album is set to release Sept. 14.

"When we were talking with EA and being familiar with the 'Medal of Honor' title I think the song made a lot of sense," LP bassist David "Phoenix" Farrell tells USA Today. "The song itself has got some dark undertones and it's got a lot of energy in it. It kind of just fits with the subject matter."

Coldplay and Lele collaborate on 'Cocks / Relojes,' a Cuban version of Coldplay's Top 10 hit 'Clocks,' highlighted on the Afro-Cuban relief effort album, 'Revival.'

The track is dominated by a more uplifting, Cuban mix full of conga and batá drums, trumpets and poppy piano, while Lele and Chris Martin's vocals interchange, as well as the hypnotic 'Clocks' piano melody with the new, revised one.

The album, 'Revival,' was conceptualized by Rhythms Del Mundo (RDM) and their partnership with NGO Artists Project Earth (APE), to offer Afro-Cuban remixes of popular songs, while supporting relief efforts in Haiti, Chile, and Tibet. Other highlights on the album include Bob Dylan's 'A Hard Rain's a Gonna Fall,' Franz Ferdinand's 'The Dark of the Matinee,' and KT Tunstall's cover of Queen's hit 'Somebody to Love,' among others.

The album, 'Revival,' is currently available on iTunes, with all proceeds going to Artists Planet Earth. To hear the Cuban remix of 'Clocks,' head over to AOL Radio's Adult Rock station.

Singer, songwriter, producer, and recent Duke University graduate Mike Posner drops his new single, 'Please Don't Go,' off his debut album, '31 Minutes to Takeoff,' in stores Aug. 10.

Driven by synthetic, electro-pop beats and Posner's breathy, soothing voice, the pop and hip-hop-infused artist yearns for his love to not go: "I feel the sun creeping up like tik tok / I'm trying to keep you in my head but if not / We'll just keep running from tomorrow with our lips locked."

The Benny Blanco-produced track follows the lead single, 'Cooler Than Me,' which has already broke the Top 10 of Billboard's Hot 100.

Posner is embarking on his first headlining tour, fittingly titled Up in the Air. Produced by Live Nation, you can check out dates here. To hear 'Please Don't Go,' head over to AOL Radio's New Pop First station.