Yes, he did. Sean Combs on what goes on down there, from the NY Daily News:

Sean Combs has a strict maintenance policy for Cassie, or any other lady he's dating. First order of business: Brazilian waxing. Also, he tells Allure: leg-waxing, brow-threading, manicure and pedicure. But then, giving us a little TMI, he notes, "I shave and groom my private areas. It's a better presentation for me. If men require women to go through the pain, we should return the favor."

Well, at least now we know what the "P" stands for.

The New Yorker has a fairly major bummer of a Talk of the Town interview with Prince in which he extols the virtue of being a Jehovah's Witness, waxes dazzled about real wealth (the kind that is unaffected by stock market fluctuation), and makes no secret of his opposition not only to gay marriage, but to homosexuality itself, on holy grounds. I mean... He's still Prince. Or rather, he still used to be Prince. But it does come to something when a man who has made his bones by being a (sensationally, talented) sexual libertine (albeit one engaged in a spiritual dialectic with someone named "God") comes on all fake moralistic, waving a Bible around. But then again, paint a perfect picture... the beautiful ones always smash the picture. Always, every time.

Kanye West's second album in two years, 808s and Heartbreak, comes out on November 24th. That means a few things, chief among them the utter certainty that West is going to be talking to the press, which is always a welcome phenomenon. To get the party started, he offers a humble explanation about how, you know, he's the voice of a generation:

"I realize that my place and position in history is that I will go down as the voice of this generation, of this decade, I will be the loudest voice," he said in an interview on Wednesday. "It's me settling into that position of just really accepting that it's one thing to say you want to do it and it's another thing to really end up being like Michael Jordan."

The Grammy-winning rapper-producer said Justin Timberlake had a chance to be music's MVP, but hasn't put out enough material. (Timberlake's last album was in 2006, while West released a CD last year and is releasing his latest _ "808s and Heartbreak" _ on Nov. 24.)

"There were people who had the potential to do it but they went on vacation, so when Justin went on vacation I made albums," he said. "And it just came out to be that."

Bless this West.

Once again, not a lot of massive surprises, but then again, who needs surprises when you've got Kid Rock at a country awards show? Anyway, nice to see they gave one to a musician... Full coverage at MSN Music.

Entertainer of the Year

Kenny Chesney

Male Vocalist of the Year

Brad Paisley

Female Vocalist of the Year

Carrie Underwood

Vocal Group of the Year

Rascal Flatts

Vocal Duo of the Year

Sugarland

Horizon Award

Taylor Swift

Album of the Year

"It Just Comes Natural"

George Strait

Produced by Tony Brown and George Strait

MCA Nashville

Single of the Year

"Before He Cheats"

Carrie Underwood

Produced by Mark Bright

19 Recordings Limited/Arista Records

Song of the Year

"Give It Away"

Bill Anderson/Buddy Cannon/Jamey Johnson

Sony/ATV Tree/EMI Blackwood/Run Slow Music

Musical Event of the Year

Tracy Lawrence, Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney

"Find Out Who Your Friends Are"

Rocky Comfort Records/CO5

Music Video of the Year

"Online"

Brad Paisley

Directed by Jason Alexander

Musician of the Year

Jerry Douglas (dobro)

I know these lists are silly, but they still have the capacity to rile me up. And whatever Rolling Stone was smoking when it compiled its 100 Greatest Singers of All Time compendium, they can keep it!

The list:

100 Mary J. Blige

99 Steven Tyler

98 Stevie Nicks

97 Joe Cocker

96 B.B. King

95 Patti LaBelle

94 Karen Carpenter

93 Annie Lennox

92 Morrissey

91 Levon Helm

90 The Everly Brothers

89 Solomon Burke

88 Willie Nelson

87 Don Henley

86 Art Garfunkel

85 Sam Moore

84 Darlene Love

83 Patti Smith

82 Tom Waits

81 John Lee Hooker

80 Frankie Valli

79 Mariah Carey

78 Sly Stone

77 Merle Haggard

76 Steve Perry

75 Iggy Pop

74 James Taylor

73 Dolly Parton

72 John Fogerty

71 Toots Hibbert

70 Gregg Allman

69 Ronnie Spector

68 Wilson Pickett

67 Jerry Lee Lewis

66 Thom Yorke

65 David Ruffin

64 Axl Rose

63 Dion

62 Lou Reed

61 Roger Daltrey

60 Björk

59 Rod Stewart

58 Christina Aguilera

57 Eric Burdon

56 Mavis Staples

55 Paul Rodgers

54 Luther Vandross

53 Muddy Waters

52 Brian Wilson

51 Gladys Knight

50 Bonnie Raitt

49 Donny Hathaway

48 Buddy Holly

47 Jim Morrison

46 Patsy Cline

45 Kurt Cobain

44 Bobby "Blue" Bland

43 George Jones

42 Joni Mitchell

41 Chuck Berry

40 Curtis Mayfield

39 Jeff Buckley

38 Elton John

37 Neil Young

36 Bruce Springsteen

35 Dusty Sprinfield

34 Whitney Houston

33 Steve Winwood

32 Bono

31 Howlin' Wolf

30 Prince

29 Nina Simone

28 Janis Joplin

27 Hank Williams

26 Jackie Wilson

25 Michael Jackson

24 Van Morrison

23 David Bowie

22 Etta James

21 Johnny Cash

20 Smokey Robinson

19 Bob Marley

18 Freddie Mercury

17 Tina Turner

16 Mick Jagger

15 Robert Plant

14 Al Green

13 Roy Orbison

12 Little Richard

11 Paul McCartney

10 James Brown

09 Stevie Wonder

08 Otis Redding

07 Bob Dylan

06 Marvin Gaye

05 John Lennon

04 Sam Cooke

03 Elvis Presley

02 Ray Charles

01 Aretha Franklin

Articles are bustin' out all over about how mainstream (and, er, formerly mainstream) artists are going country. Take this one from Rolling Stone (please), which leads with Darius "Hootie" Rucker, and includes stories about how Jewel, Bon Jovi, Jessica Simpson, and the venerable Eagles learned to stop worrying and pretend they were country artists. Then, you got this more-revealing-than-you-might-imagine CMT.com item right cheer, starring perhaps the least likely crossover of all: Def Leppard! With Taylor Swift? I suppose change really HAS come to America.

Editor's note: CMT Crossroads featuring Taylor Swift and Def Leppard premieres Friday (Nov. 7) at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

When Def Leppard lead singer Joe Elliott is asked how he discovered country music, he answers immediately, "Just the same way as everybody else, but from a lot farther away." Even as one of the most recognizable voices in rock history, with classic albums like Hysteria and Pyromania, Elliott says country is part of his musical heritage, too.

"In Britain it wasn't something that was on the radio all the time, but the cream rises," he says. "Even in the early '70s, and long before then, there'd be the odd song in the Top 20, even in England. It would be country-based music -- Glen Campbell and Johnny Cash and people like that. Occasionally the BBC -- at midnight or maybe twice a year -- would show the Grand Ole Opry. You'd see all these people whooping it up with their hats and their boots on, which was very unusual for us. We came from working-class Sheffield, which is more comparable to somewhere like Pittsburgh. It's a steel town. So it was totally alien."

Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen says their producer, Robert "Mutt" Lange, was always bringing in country music to their recording sessions. (Lange, of course, went on to produce -- and marry -- Shania Twain.) Collen says Lange's influence is still being felt by the band today.

"Back in the day, a lot of rock bands -- back when we put out Pyromania -- were pure rock, and they'd say, 'You can't go anywhere else with it.' But Mutt said, 'Yeah, you can sing harmonies, you can do this, you can do that.' It pushed us. I think Mutt had a lot to do with that, and I think the trend continues now," says Collen.

The band was Taylor Swift's first choice when the opportunity arose to collaborate for an episode of CMT Crossroads. The 18-year-old singer-songwriter says she grew up listening to the band because her mother has always been a huge fan. Plus, she says, "The harmonies that they do on their songs are perfect for my range. When we initially started talking about it, I told [Elliott] my favorite lines from my favorite songs. And he said, 'You can sing all of them. Whatever you want to sing, you can sing it.' I was like a kid in a candy store! I was like, 'You mean I can sing the first line of 'Photograph'? What?!"

"I offered the entire song," Elliott concedes. "I've been doing it for 25 years. I can take the night off, trust me."

Swift had initially reached out by e-mail to introduce herself to Def Leppard's drummer, Rick Allen, but that didn't pan out. However, when she mentioned her aspirations in an online interview, the band's tour accountant brought it to their attention.

"We said, 'Who is it?' -- because, of course, we didn't know," Elliott says. "There's always a first day when you discover a band, whether it's the Beatles or Taylor Swift. You hear the name for the first time, and then you go and check it out. We Google'd her, iTune'd her, listened to it all and said, 'Well ... wow!' Look at how many records she'd been selling and look how young and pretty she is and how exciting it is to be at that point of a career -- because we were there once a long time ago before (she was) born. Of course, the first thing we did -- 15, 20 minutes later -- was try to get a hold of her. 'Let's see if we can actually get this going.' It took a year, but you know, here we are."

Collen believes Swift's presence has helped take country music to another place. "It's actually opened it up," he says. "It's more popular than your new country was a few years ago. And now it's younger people in the mainstream, which is really cool."

Elliott adds, "I think we first noticed a change in the 'country attitude,' if you like, when we started seeing videos. ... I remember the first time I saw a Garth Brooks video where they smashed two acoustic guitars together on stage. I looked beyond that and said, 'That's Van Halen's lighting rig.' It moved into rock, really. The cowboy hat was still there, but the way it was dressed up was very much similar to the way MTV was in the late '80s."

The concept of CMT Crossroads -- which pairs a country artist with a performer from another genre of music -- immediately appealed to the band, Elliott says.

"It's brilliant," he says. "I've always loved the idea. Once you've established yourself as an artist, you need to stretch. And part of stretching is going places that other people don't think you should. It's like a fence that says, 'Do not climb over.' You have to look to see why not. To do any kind of spillover ... into whatever kind of music, it's curiosity. Sometimes it's not going to work. Sometimes it is ... and this has been jelling real tight. It's a lot of fun."

Indeed, when Swift gushes that she gets to sing "Pour Some Sugar on Me," "Hysteria" and "Photograph," Elliott quips, "I can't believe I get to sing, 'You be the prince and I'll be the princess.' I'm so looking forward to that one." (The line comes from Swift's new single, "Love Story.")

Collen says the band's collaboration with Tim McGraw earlier this year on "Nine Lives" was "a very natural thing." (Def Leppard's drummer and McGraw's tour manager are brothers.) But he's also quick to point out, "We never really want to be constantly looking for other artists to work with. We just let it fall naturally. We're not really on the lookout to work with anyone else."

"But I would have loved to have done a duet with Johnny Cash," Elliott says. "It's been done before, where they get the tapes and you put your voice on the top. Ethically, I'm not really sure it's a good idea. .... If one day it's cool to do that, and it's not like grave-robbing or something, I would do it."

Barack Obama and the entire United States of America weren't the only winners yesterday. AC/DC also scored big by having the number one album in the country for the second week in a row with their 439th LP Black Ice. Given challenges by worthy opponents like Pink and High School Musical 3, it wasn't an easy road, but the Australian dinosaurs of rock prevailed, even as the nightmare of the last 10 years of Republican Earth-scorching extortion of America's soul was finally extinguished. We now return to keeping it light here on the MSN Music Blog.

Meanwhile, Billboard breaks it down:

Turning back the challenge of 11 new entries in the top 20, AC/DC's "Black Ice" (Columbia) begins a second week at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 after selling 271,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

"Black Ice," which is exclusively available via Wal-Mart, Sam's Club and AC/DC's Web site, was down 65% over its debut total. The album has sold more than 1 million units in two weeks.

Pink scores her best chart placement ever and best sales week in seven years as "Funhouse" bows at No. 2 with 180,000. The 2001 album "Missundaztood" rang up 220,000 when it debuted at No. 8, and later sold 323,000 copies in one week around Christmas. Pink's previous effort, "I'm Not Dead," started at No. 6 with 126,000 in 2006.

The soundtrack to Disney's "High School Musical 3" slips a notch 2-3 in its second week on the chart with 162,000 (-45%). Entering at No. 4 is John Legend's third album, "Evolver" (Columbia), which sold 133,000. Its predecessor, "Once Again," started at No. 3 in 2006 with 231,000.

A pair of superstar country acts start side by side on the big chart, with Toby Keith's "That Don't Make Me a Bad Guy" (Show Dog Nashville) bowing at No. 5 with 91,000 and Rascal Flatts' first greatest hits set from Lyric Street Records entering at No. 6 with 89,000. Keith's 2007 album "Big Dog Daddy" debuted at No. 1.

On an 18% sales slip, T.I.'s Grand Hustle/Atlantic album "Paper Trail" falls 3-7 to 77,000. Another hits album, Celine Dion's "My Love: Essential Collection" (Sony) starts at No. 8 with 57,000. Dion's last proper hits package, "All The Wa y... A Decade of Song," bowed at No. 3 in late 1999 with 302,000 before eventually spending three weeks at No. 1.

Snow Patrol notches its highest charting album as "A Hundred Million Suns" (Fiction/Polydor) debuts at No. 9 with 48,000. The Scottish/Irish rock band's previous best came with 2006's "Eyes Open," which peaked at No. 27 and went on to sell 1.16 million copies. Digital downloads accounted for 52% of the new set's first week sum, no doubt aided by a $3.99 sale price via Amazon's download store.

With a 53% dip, Kenny Chesney's "Lucky Old Sun" drops 4-10 with 41,000. Ryan Adams & the Cardinals' "Cardinology" lands at No. 11 with 40,000. The prolific songwriter's last studio album, 2007's "Easy Tiger," began at No. 7 with 61,000.

The Cure earns its 18th charting album on The Billboard 200 as "4:13 Dream" (Suretone/Geffen) opens at No. 16 with 24,000. The veteran band's last release, a 2004's self-titled set, entered at No. 7 with 91,000.

Lady GaGa's debut Streamline/Interscope album, "The Fame," bows at No. 17 with 24,000. The set's first single, "Just Dance," debuts on the Mainstream Top 40 radio airplay chart this week at No. 34, after peaking at No. 2 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart in June.

The CD version of Bloc Party's "Intimacy" (Atlantic) debuts at No. 18 with 24,000; a different digital version was sold via the band's Web site over the summer. Bloc Party's last album, 2007's "A Weekend in the City," debuted and peaked at No. 12 with 48,000.

Christian singer Michael W. Smith's live album "A New Hallelujah" debuts at No. 19 with 23,000. His best charting album came with 2004's "Healing Rain" at No. 11.

Album sales this week came in at 6.96 million units, down 1.7% from last issue's charts and down 25% from same week last year.