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Is Kanye West releasing a new album in December? That’s the buzz on the blogosphere today. According to a few sources, Kanye West is planning on dropping the album’s first single, dubbed “Love Lockdown,” on iTunes on Monday, September 8th. Speculation has West releasing his new album at some point in December. West’s follow-up to 2007’s Graduation wasn’t expected until next year. Rumors of West’s sneaky release have also spread among the hip-hop blog community. The same sources MTV’s UK branch that Jay-Z is planning a similar maneuver, with the proper release of the already-leaked “Swagger Like Us” hitting iTunes this coming Saturday and the album, most likely Blueprint 3 coming in December as well. As of right now, iTunes hasn’t listed either song by Kanye or Jay-Z.

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