Feb 3, 2012
Yesterday, I gave you the new track from Melanie Amaro, her cover of Aretha Franklin’s ‘RESPECT‘. Well here’s where that song will appear, it’s her “King’s Court” promo spot for Pepsi that’s set to air during the SuperBowl this Sunday. In the clip below, Melanie faces off with Sir Elton John and belts out...
Feb 3, 2012
Day 26 returns with the video for their new slow jam ‘Made Love Lately‘, the lead single from their upcoming third studio album “A New Day“. Directed by Sequoia, the video captures the fellas in some intimate scenes with their ladies in a desert setting. Just being honest, I want to see something a little deeper from Day 26 this time...
Feb 2, 2012
X-Factor USA’s first winner Melanie Amaro roars out of the gate with her cover of Aretha Franklin’s classic “RESPECT“. As of now, it’s uncertain if this will appear on her debut album (God, I hope not!) but the new track will premiere this Sunday in Pepsi’s new Superbowl commercial. Melanie will also star in a Pepsi...
Jan 31, 2012
Former Bad Boy recording artist Carl Thomas returns with a smooth new joint featuring big Snoop Dogg. Nice song, but the video steals a bit of R. Kelly’s swag. Did anyone else know Carl Thomas was...
Jan 31, 2012
Sultry young singer/songwriter Elle Varner is already making a name for herself in 2012 with the release of her new mixtape “Conversational Lush“. Prior to this release, I’d heard of Elle but never really checked out much of her work beyond her fun, light single with J. Cole ‘Only Wanna Give It To You‘ (video below). I find her...
Jan 31, 2012
Nicki Minaj comes alive in the new video for ‘Turn Me On‘, the new single from David Guetta featuring the pink-haired singer. The song has been blowing up on the radio for a few months now and appears on Guetta’s latest project “Nothing But The Beat“. I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: this is the arena where Nicki...
Jan 29, 2012
Christina Aguilera threw down the gauntlet with her stirring rendition of Etta James’ timeless classic ‘At Last‘, honoring the late singer with a performance during her funeral. Al Sharpton presided and introduced Aguilera as ‘an artist inspired and touched by Etta James‘. Christina told the mourning crowd of how she includes this...
Jan 26, 2012
Joe Budden jumps on the beat for ‘No Church In The Wild’, from Jay-Z and Kanye West’s highly-acclaimed “Watch The Throne“. And this is another reason why Joe Budden is one of my favorite lyricists in hip-hop. Definitely in my top five… Slaughterhouse album on the way, tour too. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or...
Jan 26, 2012
Chris Brown plans to heat up more dance floors with the music from his forthcoming album “Fortune”; here’s the latest single from that project, a synth-heavy club banger titled ‘Turn Up The Music‘. What I like about this song is that the beat bangs, but it has so much more intricacy than the rest of the current mainstream party...
Jan 26, 2012
John Legend joins forces with Ludacris on his latest single ‘Tonight (Best You Ever Had)’, the latest single from the soundtrack to the upcoming romantic comedy ‘Think Like A Man‘. It’s a nice, fresher sound from John Legend; nice to hear him get a little more edgy with his lyrics and get away from his ‘good-boy’ image...