Award-winning singer/songwriter Ne-Yo is prepping his fourth studio album — Libra Scale — for release on Sept. 21. The disc is flanked by the electronic-inspired singles “Beautiful Monster” and “Champagne Life,” both seem to be impacting well and climbing the Billboard charts every week.
“Beautiful Monster” is on the verge of cracking the Top 50 while “Champagne Life” is doing it’s thing on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Song chart.
Today, Ne-Yo’s giving us “Hurt Me,” a spankin’ new track produced by Stargate. The track is a catchy uptempo urban/pop/dance track that clearly fits in with the storybook concept of the album.
Ciara is pulling out all the stops to ensure that her upcoming fourth album, Basic Instinct, flies off shelves once it hits retailers Aug. 17. Will fans and frenemies buzzing that this may be her “Do or Die” effort, Ciara went back to her dance roots in this new song, entitled “Gimme Dat.”
Does Ciara ever give her well-toned booty a rest??
The club banger — produced by Tricky Stewart and Soundz — is expected to follow “Ride” as CiCi’s second single.
Young Money femcee Nicki Minaj is working on the video for her first No. 1 solo single, “Your Love.”
The Queens native is still pinching herself over the turn of events, particularly since she never planned on releasing the track as a single.
“I was not planning on putting the song out at all,” she told MTV News over the weekend on the “Your Love” video set. “But then I heard it one day, somebody told me it was online. And I was like, ‘No way, no way in the world that song is out.’ I went and listened to it and was really upset. It wasn’t mixed, it wasn’t finished, it wasn’t anything — I wasn’t gonna use it at all. But then radio started playing it.”
Ron Artest made it no secret following the Los Angeles Lakers’ championship victory over the Boston Celtics last Thursday that he was appreciative of his psychiatrist, but he also revealed that he’d be releasing a song he recorded in June 2009, appropriately titled “Champions.”
Filing this under “Cruel & Unusual Punishment:” R&B It Guy Trey Songz hooks up with songbird Amaye for a remake of Guy’s Aaron Hall-assisted 1990 ballad, “Let’s Chill!”
The single — billed as a potential summer anthem — is featured on the latest Tapemasters Inc. mixtape,
This isn’t the first time Trey has breathed new life into an old tune: Amerie previously teamed up with the star on a remake of Mint Condition’s “Pretty Brown Eyes!”
Singer/producer Tank is back with a new song — “Sex Music” — the first single from his forthcoming album Now Or Never. The R&B crooner has recently signed with Atlantic Records and his new LP is slated for a September release.
Earlier this week, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett’s fashionista daughter, Willow, stepped out at the red carpet premiere of brother Jaden’s new movie, The Karate Kid, looking like a cross between Rihanna, Janelle Monae, and Prince.
Now we’re hearing that the youngest member of this multi-talented family is following in her Grammy-winning dad’s footsteps: She’s ready to launch a music career.
After a brief break from the music scene, Kanye West (Who we affectionately like to call Mr. Amber Rose….) is set to release his fifth studio album, Good Ass Job, this fall.
He’s teamed up with uber-talented-yet–underrated Detroit-born neosoul star Dwele on his lead comeback single, “Power.”
Drake and Alicia Keys have joined forces again. This time the songbird and the former Canadian TV star are making musical magic on “Fireworks,” the opening song from Drake’s debut album Thank Me Later — due out June 15.
The Drake Gravy Train is showing no signs of slowing down; his current singles “Over”(#14) and “Find Your Love”(#20) are both in the Top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100.
The King of The South has teamed up with pop’s reigning new princess — Lady Gaga — on a spankin’ new track set to debut on his forthcoming album, debuting later this year. We can’t wait!
“Phenomenal talent. Extremely proud [to work with her],” T.I. told MTV News of the “Poker Face” hitmaker on Tuesday. “She’s definitely that good. She knows what she’s doing. She knows exactly what she wants people to think and say. She does everything that she needs to be done to ensure it happens. I think she’s an entertainer, in all aspects of the word,” Tip added. “She’s a classic, all-around entertainer. A global star.”
