Want to be a Karaoke champ? Need at home practice? Or just looking to Karaoke at your own home? Lips: Number One Hits is now available for purchase for the Xbox 360. The disc contains 40 songs you can play along with a bonus five you can download for a limited time only. Want to know the songs? We have that info too! And as an added bonus we’ll even tell you what the bonus packs are! Sound good? OK!

Here is the list of songs in the game:

Artist – Song

2Pac feat. Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman – California Love

Akon – Don’t Matter

Aqua – Barbie Girl

Atomic Kitten – The Tide is High (Get the Feeling)

Beck – Loser

Black Eyed Peas – Don’t Phunk With My Heart

Blondie – Heart of Glass

Bob Sinclar – Love Generation

Bobby McFerrin – Don’t Worry, Be Happy

Colbie Caillat – Bubbly

Coldplay ‚ - Viva la Vida

Culture Club – Karma Chameleon

Cutting Crew – (I Just) Died in Your Arms

DJ ƒ–tzi – Hey Baby

Extreme – More Than Words

Fergie Big – Girls Don’t Cry

Fine Young Cannibals – ‚ She Drives Me Crazy

James Morrison feat. Nelly Furtado – Broken Strings

Jason Mraz – I’m Yours

Kanye West – Heartless

Lady Gaga feat. Colby O’Donis – Just Dance

Lily Allen – The Fear

LL Cool J – ‚ Around The Way Girl

Mariah Carey – Touch My Body

Marvin Gaye – I Heard it Through the Grapevine

MC Hammer ‚ - U Can’t Touch This

Nickelback – How You Remind Me

Pet Shop Boys – Always on My Mind

Plain White T’s – Hey There Delilah

Rihanna – Disturbia

Robbie Williams – Millennium

Roxette – ‚ The Look

Roy Orbison – ‚ Oh, Pretty Woman

Scissor Sisters – I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’

Here are the download packs

‚· “Lips” House Party

o LL Cool J “" Going Back To Cali

o Bobby Brown “" My Prerogative

o Janet Jackson “" Nasty

o Paula Abdul “" Straight Up

o Montell Jordan “" This Is How We Do It

‚· “Lips” Hearts and Heartbreak Tour

o James Blunt “" 1973

o Daniel Powter “" Bad Day

o Robbie Williams “" Eternity

o Daniel Bedingfield “" If You’re Not the One

o Jewel “" You Were Meant For Me

‚· “Lips” Turn It Up to 11 Tour

o 30 Seconds to Mars “" From Yesterday

o Coldplay “" Lost!

o Nickelback “" Photograph

o Hoobastank “" The Reason

o My Chemical Romance “" Welcome to the Black Parade

Not a big fan of the selection of songs available but if I had to recommend one, I’d go with the Turn It Up to 11 Tour pack. So check it out when you can, since this looks like a great gift for aspiring singers. Comment below with your thoughts.

Are you that guy who sits in the corner of the bar, desperately wishing for the guts to get up on stage to try your hand-or rather, voice-at karaoke? Do you down glasses of liquid courage one after the other just to pass out before it’s your turn at the mic?‚ 

We have good news for you. iNiS along with Microsoft Game Studios has been developing an answer to your woes in the form of the forthcoming karaoke video game “Lips,” to be released only on XBox 360 November 21.

We first encountered Lips at E3 in July.

Described as “Guitar Hero, only with a mic,” not only can you connect to your iPod or other mp3 player to sing along to your own tunes, but the game also features the songs of several popular and critically-acclaimed artists including Duffy’s “Mercy” and Lupe Fiasco’s “Superstar”.‚ 

Blast Magazine recently got the chance to speak to Lupe Fiasco, whose concept album “The Cool” went certified gold, selling over 500,000 copies in the U.S. Fiasco dished about his part in the game as well as some of his current projects.‚ 

Kellen: How did you get involved with the game, and what was your reaction to being asked to perform?‚ 

Lupe: Uh, I got approached by XBox, Microsoft, actually a while back when they were kind of developing the game out. What struck me most, more than like you know, “come be in a game,, you know, “here’s a little money for you,” whatever — it was that the caliber of artist that they were putting me with to be kinda the initial roll-out, to actually instill the game and sell it, was dope. People like Duffy, and I was like wow, Duffy, and I went, she’s big and dope. And it made me just feel big and dope. It made me feel like, oh, I’m a somebody. Yay! [laughs]‚ 

Kellen: Are you a gamer yourself?‚ 

Lupe: Uh, avid. Avid gamer. A lot of role-playing games, fighting games. Street Fighter 2 is like my favorite game in the world.‚ ‚ 

Kellen: Let’s turn to your music for a moment. You’re quite well-known for dealing with some tough issues in your music. Are those issues part of what inspires you as an artist?‚ 

Lupe: Yeah, very much so. You know, you gotta talk about something. I know how to talk about just about anything, so you have to kind of find out the right thing to talk about. I pull a lot from things going on in the world, social issues, things I can help with or affect, and really actually bring that stuff to my audience, which is where I came from, people who listen to me and who don’t know what’s going on Russia, going on Uganda or what have you. How do I take those issues, transform them, and package them in a way where my hip-hop family or hip-hop base, you know, can understand it and participate in everything else going on in the world.‚ 

Kellen: Your last album “The Cool” was obviously a huge success and I know you’ve mentioned before that you’re interested in expanding its concept into other media, like a comic book. Have you given that any more thought?‚ 

Lupe: Initially when we first started, like you know the album is kinda based on these different characters, and a little plot line and a little storyline, and we just started to develop all types of crazy ideas. We actually did a little video game that you can play on my website. We’re doing a vintage radio show, like an old Vincent Price radio show from the forties. We’re planning a movie, a comic book, a clothing line, BMX bikes-anything and everything under the sun across mediums to tell the story. I just thought it was a dope story, like a hustler who gets killed and comes back to life and you know, has all these troubles going on. It’s really fresh.‚ 

Kellen: Sounds like you’ve got a lot going on.‚ 

Lupe: Yeah. [laughs]‚ 

Kellen: Last year you started the group Child Rebel Soldiers along with Kanye West and Pharrell. Do you have any plans to do any more music with them, because I know you did the single US Placers which was obviously a hit. Do you have any more ideas for that group?‚ ‚ 

Lupe: We’re all on the Glow in the Dark tour together, including Rihanna, with Kanye. Uh, and while we’re on tour we’re coming up with ideas, and different ways to do music and fashion and art and kind of everything. So yeah, we’re still working on it. It’s kind of like our little pet project.‚ 

Kellen:‚ What are some of your favorite artists to worth with besides Kanye and Pharrell and some of those other guys?‚ 

Lupe:‚ Well I worked with Patrick Strump of Fall Out Boy. Fall Out Boy’s pretty cool. Jill Scott, who’s pretty amazing. Anybody that’s kinda like, you wouldn’t expect me go out and work with. You know for like the Superstar remix, like Jeezy and T.I. Any way that I can kinda push the envelope and kinda hit you where you’re not expecting me to hit you at. I really just kinda go for it.‚ 

Kellen: Do you have any ideas at the moment for your follow-up to “The Cool?”‚ 

Lupe: Yes.‚ 

Kellen: [laughs] Is that all I’m gonna get?‚ 

Lupe: May 2009. Stay tuned.

LOS ANGELES — This was the year everyone wanted to rock out at E3. With big releases like Rock Band 2 and Wii Music, and smaller debuts like Lips and Ultimate Band, the stage is set for every single class of gamer imaginable.

Harmonix’s Rock Band 2 was by far the most powerful music gaming release of the convention. It will release on all four major consoles this fall.

All old Rock Band songs are compatible with the new installment, said Alex Rigopulos, president of Harmonix, at Microsoft’s press conference. While there are 84 songs on the Rock Band 2 disc, over 500 songs will be available for play.

Almost all the Rock Band CD songs can be imported into Rock Band 2 automatically, which means no disc swapping, said Rigopulos.

Some major additions have been made to the Rock Band library. A brand new track from Guns N’ Roses will be added to the collection courtesy of Axle Rose. For the first time, Bob Dylan has licensed his songs to a music video game; in Rock Band’s case, his hit song Tangled Up In Blue. AC/DC will also be exclusively on Rock Band 2.

Twenty bonus tracks will be downloadable in the fall before the release of Rock Band 2.

While Activision withdrew from E3 before the convention, some new information was also released by Microsoft about Guitar Hero: World Tour.

The Guitar Hero franchise has sold more than 5 million copies on the Xbox 360, said Kai Huang, president and founder of Red Octane.

The new game features a new wireless drum kit complete with cymbals and a touch slide guitar. The game has more than 85 songs on the disc, though there will be many more available at the launch of World Tour and beyond.

In addition to new instruments, the game features new modes like an online band career and 8-player battle of the bands.

As the holidays approach, a unique gift idea emerges from DNA 11. Recently. the Canadian-based company introduced its new line of art portraits, which include DNA fingerprints and portraits of your lips and kisses.

DNA 11 offers three innovative and personalized products, and each one will never look the same because it’s unique to yourself. They are sure to make any empty wall look great while adding a personalized touch.

The portraits use customer’s DNA results, which tend to look like small or large rectangles. Customers can customize the portraits with color choice by logging on and choosing one of multiple setup options — such as one person’s DNA or as many as four people’s DNA displayed on one canvas.

The portraits start at $390 frameless and increase in price with people and options. Sizes include 18″x24″ ($390) 24″x36″ ($490) and 36″x54″ ($790). There are also 25 color presets and optional framing.

Personalized signatures and high resolution downloads can also be purchased. After selecting from these options, the customer receives a DNA collection kit, which includes a swab to collect cheek cells that get mailed back so the company can produce the DNA portrait.

DNA 11 also offers signature fingerprint portraits, which expresses a great deal of individuality.The collection and design process is similar to the DNA portraits where customers go online and choose from the standard 12″x12″ size ($190), 20″x20″ or the large 40″x40″ ($490).

Next, the customer must choose a color from the 25 presets or by choosing a custom color from the color palette. Similarly, to the DNA portraits, customers may opt to add a signature ($50) and may purchase a high resolution downloadable image ($50) and can choose from framing options.

DNA 11 also offers “kiss portraits” — outlines of a person’s lips.

The creation process is actually quite simple. First, customers select the configuration of their choice between a single lip outline, double lip outline, close-up or multiple lips. Prices range from one standard kiss portrait ($290) all the way up to kiss double close-up for two people ($390).

Next, customers can choose between the two available sizes 20″x20″ ($290) or 40″x40″ ($490). Once again, customers can choose their preferred color from the 25 presets colors or from the color palette and can then choose from the optional frames available for the selected size. The customer can choose to add their signature ($50) or purchase a high resolution image ($50).

The Kiss collection kit allows the customer to apply the included M.A.C VIVA Glam lipstick and kiss the included sheets until they get the perfect lip print.

DNA 11 products allow customers to personalize art and offer a unique way to decorate any wall where no two pieces will look the same.

A portion of money from Kiss portrait purchases goes to help purchase 1000 condoms in India or 16 HIV tests in Haiti.