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First Listen: Missy Elliot Wants Us All To Listen To Her New Protégée Sharaya J

It's All About The 'Banji' Movement
Posted by: Shannon on May 24, 2013| 1 Comment

We all know that rap is a male-dominated genre, which is why it’s always awesome when new femme rappers start getting some attention. Azealia Banks, Angel Haze, and Iggy Azealea are just a few artists that I’ve been keeping an eye on, and now we have Sharaya J. Missy Elliot has endorsed this Hawaiian-born Jersey girl and today we get our first listen to her latest single, BANJI which features vocals from Missy. Click inside for more!
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First Listen: Beyoncé’s New Single ‘Grown Woman’ Leaks To The Internets

Additionally, Get a Listen of Her Collab with The Dream & 2 Chainz
Posted by: Trent on May 21, 2013| 7 Comments

For the past few days the world has been really occupied with rumors that Beyoncé and hubby Jay-Z are pregnant with their second child. Yesterday we learned that Jay, allegedly, denied the rumor in an email that was sent to a NYC radio station but, officially, B-Jay aren’t commenting one way or the other on the matter. Now that everyone is looking Beyoncé‘s way, it seems the PERFECT time for some new music to mysteriously leak its way to the Internets. Earlier this year, we got a taste of Bey‘s new song Grown Woman as it is featured in a new Pepsi commercial. Today we get to hear the song in full because it leaked online mere hours ago. Additionally, The Dream has officially released the audio of his new song titled Turnt and it features both Beyoncé and 2 Chainz on vocals. Click below to hear BOTH songs in full. Happy Bey Day! More »

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First Listen: Solange Taps Kendrick Lamar For Her ‘Looks Good With Trouble’ Remix

YesPleaseMoreThankYou.
Posted by: Shannon on May 17, 2013| Leave a comment

Okay. I am freaking the FREAK out over here! I kid you not, I probably purchased four or five albums on iTunes last year, and two of them were by these fine folks. Solange‘s True EP and Kendrick Lamar‘s good kid, m.A.A.d city debut did a body good last year, which is why I’m so psyched to see that they’re teaming up this year. Kendrick just dropped a video for Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe, and he appears to be mastering the art of strong features (either by him, or for him). In just a few months he’s worked with Jay-Z, Miguel, Dido, Drake, and more. Click inside to hear one more collabo from K-Dot!
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First Listen: Britney Spears’s New Single ‘Ooh La La’ Has Leaked To The Internets

"Turn it up 'til the speakers pop"
Posted by: Trent on May 17, 2013| 16 Comments
"So baby come with me and be my Ooh La La"

One month ago today we learned from our dear Britney Spears that she recorded a song titled Ooh La La for the forthcoming soundtrack to The Smurfs 2. Late last night, Ooh La La managed to leak its way online. Click the embed above to hear the song in full … while you can. It’s likely this leak uploaded to You Tube will get yanked offline at some point. The song is … different. I didn’t like it the first time I heard it … but after a few spins, I think it’s growing on me. Give the song a listen, see what you think. Do you like? If so, how many listens did it take?

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First Listen: Carly Rae Jepsen Releases A New Single Titled ‘Take A Picture’

Carly's Crowdsourced Single Is OUT!
Posted by: Trent on May 16, 2013| 4 Comments
"I take a picture of you / Taking a picture of me"

Carly Rae Jepsen is back with a new single that was created with a little crowdsourcing help from the Coca-Cola Perfect Harmony program … or something like that, I’m not entirely sure of the details but they seem irrelevant to the fact that OMG CARLY RAE JEPSEN IS BACK WITH A NEW SINGLE! Jepsen debuted her new single Take A Picture on American Idol last night but in case you missed it (or want to hear it again and again) you can hear the song in full above. I dig the song but I think it’ll take a few more listens before I decide whether I’m in love with it or not. Do try to not pay attention to the lyrics, it may aid in your enjoyment of the song. Give is a spin and let me know … is this new Carly Rae track a hit or a miss?

If you like, Coca-Cola is giving the song away for FREE download HERE until tomorrow.

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First Look: Solange Releases A Short Video For ‘Locked In Closets’

Plus She Got A Fabulous Feature In 'Vogue' Magazine
Posted by: Shannon on May 11, 2013| 2 Comments
'Follow Me On A Vibrant Journey Through My Hood'

One of my absolute favorite albums of 2012 was Solange‘s EP True. There are so few artists who I can listen to all day, every day, from the beginning of an album to the end, but my girl Solange has got it! Last year she released a brilliant video for her single Losing You and now she’s teaming up with Refinery 29 & Absolut for a new mini-video for her song Locked In Closets. I sooo wanted this to be a full-blown, official video, but it’s still a really fun and funky visual and Solange is now officially apart of their Free Spirits campaign. Peep the video for more and click inside for a recent photo shoot Solange did with Vogue Magazine. They covered her preparation for the 2013 MET Ball, and she looks, typically, fab.
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First Listen: Mariah Carey Releases Her New Single ‘Beautiful,’ Featuring Miguel

Is This The Mimi You've Been Waiting For?
Posted by: Shannon on May 6, 2013| 18 Comments

It’s officially here y’all! Mariah Carey has been teasing the release of her new single with Miguel, Beautiful, and it was officially released at 8:00 am EST today. We’ve heard the snippet, and we’ve seen the cover art (which was… okay… not so impressive), but now it’s time to get your first (and second, and third) listen on! To be honest, it’s not what I expected. And I kinda love that. Click inside for more!
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First Listen: Jay-Z’s ‘$100 Bill’ Track From ‘The Great Gatsby’ Soundtrack Is Released

The Dopeness Continues
Posted by: Shannon on May 4, 2013| 1 Comment

In just a few days The Great Gatsby will hit theatres and, hopefully, we won’t be disappointed. One thing’s for sure– the entire soundtrack is streaming right now and it is all things dopeness, which we kind of expected when we first saw the tracklist. The album opens up with Jay-Z‘s song $100 Bill, but in case you haven’t gotten a chance to check it out, we have the song inside!
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First Look: Mariah Carey Releases A Teaser For Her New Song With Miguel, Titled ‘Beautiful’

Ohhh Shizz! Get Psyched!
Posted by: Shannon on April 26, 2013| 3 Comments
Mimi + Miguel = Beautiful

I’m not sure… but I think Mariah Carey is about to do the damn thing. For the past few weeks she’s been sharing photos of herself in the studio and teasing about new music. What she didn’t tell us was that she had enlisted friggen Miguel for her first new single, called Beautiful. Ummm, I need to hear this song yesterday! Mimi and Miguel?! I just can’t imagine a universe where this song is not all kinds of sexy. Mariah took to Twitter to share a teaser for Beautiful, and that guitar is sounding hawt! Also, Joseph Kahn (who directed her video with Cam’ron– y’all know I love that one–and her video for The One) directed the teaser. It looks like we can expect the official release on May 6. Are you psyched?

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Watch: Beyoncé Debuts A New Song In Her Mrs. Carter ‘H&M’ Ad

'Standing On The Sun'
Posted by: Shannon on April 25, 2013| 20 Comments
Beyoncé As Mrs. Carter For H&M

You know what I tell myself when I see Beyoncé in a bikini? I tell myself, ‘Self, if you got a campaign with H&M and they were giving you jabillions of dollars, you’d do be sure to have abs like that too.‘ And then I finish my bowl of Froot Loops and continue to enjoy my life (and my body) as I know it. So there… lol. We all know Beyoncé is the new face of H&M and her promo pics for their summer line have been pretty, insanely hawt. She just dropped a video ad and in it she debuts a new song titled Standing On The Sun; it sounds like a hit, y’all. Peep the video for more!

Shouts-out to PITNBr Iris B for sending this my way!

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