This week Eminem scored the year's best-selling album, the Beastie Boys visited Jimmy Fallon, Chris Brown broke his silence, and former Wilco member Jay Bennett passed away unexpectedly. All these stories, plus the week's best editor's blogs, photo galleries, audio/video, news, and reviews, below:

She may have cancelled her return to the stage, but in Kanye West's new video, pop icon Rihanna is back in the limelight -- at least in a preliminary cut of the video that leaked online earlier today, but has since been removed at Kanye's request.

Kanye West might not be the first person you think of as the go-to-guy for an Auto-Tune-free production. But apparently West's love for the voice-altering technology (which allowed him to "sing" on his 2008 album 808s and Heartbreak) won't be part of his production duties for Jay-Z's new album.

Kanye West has recorded a new track with Killers frontman Brandon Flowers, after Flowers swung by the rapper's studio and apparently interrupted a work in progress between West and actor-cum-30 Seconds to Mars rocker Jared Leto.

Lately, it's all about self-improvement for some of music's hottest stars. See what we mean:

These days, Kanye West and director Spike Jonze are total BFFs. In fact, West just might be Jonze's new muse.

After collaborating on West's music video for "Flashing Lights," in which West gets bound and gagged and stuffed into a trunk Sopranos-style, the duo are now working on second effort.