Double Grammy and Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson will release I Remember Me, the highly anticipated follow-up to her debut disc — on March 22!
On Monday, the slimmed-down former American Idol star premiered the album’s first single “Where You At,” a mid-tempo contemporary R&B written and produced by Chester the Molester R. Kelly. Additional writers and producers on the album include Alicia Keys, Swizz Beatz, Ne-Yo, and Stargate.
It’s Tuesday and the highly anticipated first single from Jay-Z and Kanye West’s upcoming collaborative LP — titled Watch the Throne — has debuted on the Interwebs! The single — “H.A.M.” (“Hard as a Mutha…”) — features production by Lex Luger, who has quickly emerged as the go-to producer for hip-hopsters in recent months, and boasts a beat that doesn’t disappoint. Take a listen to the track below! (NSFW Language….)
Singing pianist Alicia Keys has teamed up with pal Eve to lay down vocals on “Speechless,” a tribute song recorded in honor of the Grammy winner’s newborn son, Egypt.
Listen up, Music Fans: We’re finally getting our first listen to the highly-anticipated collaboration between embattled rap star T.I. and newly-single singer Christina Aguilera. The song — titled “Castle Walls” — was produced by Alex Da Kid, the music mastermind behind Rihanna & Eminem’s smash hit “Love The Way You Lie” and “Airplanes” from B.o.B. and Hayley Williams from Paramore.
A new media-bashing single from the late King of Pop Michael Jackson — entitled “Breaking News” — hit the Interwebs on Monday, sparking controversy about just who’s singing the song.
Shots fired! Nicki Minaj teams up with Eminem Slim Shady for “Roman’s Revenge,” the latest cut from her eagerly-awaited album Pink Friday, available Nov. 22. On the Swizz Beatz produced track, Nicki Minaj — also known as Roman Zolanksi — channels Busta Rhymes to put the buzz on Femcee Foe Lil Kim.
“Is this the thanks I get for putting you b*tches on?/Is it my fault that all of you bitches gone?/Shoulda sent a thank you note ya little ho/Now I’ma wrap your coffin with a bow/(Nicki, she just mad ’cause you took the spot) Word, that b*tch mad ’cause I took the spot?/Well, b*tch if you ain’t sh*tting then get off the pot/Got some n*ggas out in Brooklyn that’ll off your top!“
Atlanta Housewife Kandi Burruss is back on the music scene — sans Xscape — and we’re getting our first look at the filming Kandi filming her new video, “Leave You.” Directed by Darren Grant and featurng Pooch Hall (The Game), the video will premiere this Thursday, Oct. 27 on 106 & Park.
Willow Smith’s hit song just got a little better. The nine-year-old Roc Nation signee hat has everyone talking has teamed up with femcee Nicki Minaj for a remix of her smash debut song, “Whip My Hair.” Take a listen to the revamped tune — with a new verse from Nicki — below.