THE NEW MUSIC REVIEW
Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Mary J. Blige - Work That (full) - listen
Mary J. has done it again with the second single from her upcoming album, Growing Pains. I was so proud of her Sunday night when I saw her up on that stage during the AMA’s, she was really giving it her all, and she looked absolutely beautiful. Mary J. Blige is doing her thing again on Growing Pains and it’s shaping up to be just as big of a project as The Breakthrough was. Good look, Mary.
Britney Spears feat. Lil’ Kim - Gimme More (Remix) (full) - listen
I was very disappointed with Lil’ Kim on “Chillin’ Tonight,” but this was probably the outlandish Kim that I was looking for. I thoroughly enjoy this remix to “Gimme More,” because I don’t even remember that Britney’s on it and Kim just really makes it her song, with all of her adlibs, speaking parts, and her two verses at the beginning and end of the song. It kinda make me want Kim to work with Danjahandz on her new project. Apparently, this is an “official” remix.
Nicole Scherzinger - Who’s Gonna Love You (snippet) - listen
Even though Nicole Scherzinger of Pussycat Dolls fame’s album has been pushed back, she is still searching for a single that the fans wanna hear at her official site, hernameisnicole.com. Polow Da Don produced this, and in all honesty, even though it’s just a snippet, I’ve liked this more than anything else that I’ve heard. I think Nicole needs to go back in the studio and just rework the entire project to cater to her audience, because the songs she gave were not up to the hype that they brought along with her.
Akon - Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ (full) - listen
Michael Jackson is putting together an anniversary edition of his smash, Thriller. According to Roger Friedman of FOX 411, four of the original Thriller tracks are being remixed by Kanye West, Akon, and Will.I.am for the CD. To say the least, that should be completely interesting. Honestly, Akon’s remake is not that bad. The production is a little corny, but I can’t even hate.








67 Comments
1.
TAJ-A-ROONI
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
Lil’ Kim can make some hot msuic when she puts her mind to it. I think she should totally reinvent herself and come back hard. Same goes for Brit-Brit.
2.
Da Diva
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
I love Mary J!!!
3.
SweetThang729
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
Love Kim on that remixd and looking forward to Mary’s album
4.
Dame
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
I can’t listen at work but I hope this Mary song is better than Just Fine. I love Mary but that song is not her it seems fake. Nicole I really expected her to blow up her songs sounds recycled maybe she needs new producers. Akon sounds interesting.
5.
luvjonz
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
I like Lil Kim on this track… Mary I like the message she is tryin to get across thru her music but vocally I expected more…Nicole (no comment)….I like the Akon version but it is kind of corny…
6.
KikiB.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
Go Mary!!!!
7.
Reccy
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
Lil Kim fits well with the slutty theme of “Gimme me more”. I don’t know about the new Mary material. I’m a die hard Mary fan but maybe this new stuff has to grow on me like ‘The Breakthrough’…i dunno
8.
embark
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
I want to hate the Akon Remix to MJ but its pretttttttty dope.
It just proves how timeless Mike’s work is….. it even made overexposed Akon tolerable.
9.
CUTIEONDUTY30
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
That gimmie more remix is crazy and kim did her thing of course.
10.
IT'S MISS TUTU
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
Yea… that britteny and lil kim is hot and Mary……. Nicole keep working at it or just get somebody like diddy to hook up!!!
11.
mphsmade
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
LOVE THE KIM REMIX!!!
12.
Reccy
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
BTW. Nicole, u really need reunite with the pussycat girls if ur gonna continue to make songs like this..don’t cha! lol
13.
BEAUTY Q.T.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
“Work That” is an ok song. I agree with #5…Mary sends a good message thru song. I stil feel that Mary could do a lot better. I’m going to give her a break since she’s getting old.
“Gimmie More”……..I’m not feelin it. Lil Kim made the song hype, but I’ll pass.
“Who’s Gonna Love You”…I actually like it!
“Wanna Be Startin Somethin”…I like it just because that was my jam when Michael made it! Akon contributes a different sound, but it’s decent.
14.
Anjel the 1
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
I love u Mary!! Cant wait until the cd come out!!
15.
jadak2332
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
the akon song is corny but its cool lol
I love mary j shes the real and she looks great doing it
16.
Bruno
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
Akon just stop. Please stop.
Thank you.
B-
PS: I hope Mary’s album is better than “Just Fine”. That song sounds like a Kirk Franklin production.
17.
B4eva
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
I like the gimme more remix. I was already feelin the original but the remix is hot. I Love Lil’ kim!
18.
Kuntry-N-Klassy
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
For some reason I’m not feeling the new stuff Mary’s putting out. I like that soulful make you feel it Mary and I’m not feeling it with this.
Lil Kim did her thing on that gimme more remix…..she took over, I forgot who’s song it was.
Nicole can try it again. The song is ok. They hype this girl up waaaaaaayyyyyyy too much. She should have just stayed with the dolls. She really needs to bring it. I think she sounds best when featured on someone else’s song.
That wanna be starting something remix has to grow on me. I sort of like if but then again I don’t. There’s just something about Akon’s voice that’s sort of annoying. I just think nobody can do old school Mike like Mike. But I can’t wait to see what Kanye puts down.
19.
TMI4me
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
OK I like Mary’s jam it’s tight as always. Mary is keeping her crown as Queen of Hip Hop I like that.
Nicole I’m liking it better then that song she has out now, and yes you are right she may have to redo her album to fit her fans as well as herself, cause I think she can make hot music.
Brit: NO COMMENT
The beats are tight, I just hate her voice she can’t sing worth a s@#t.
And lil Kim I love her rap flow if I just don’t look directly at her and just listen to her flow, that will work.
AKON: NO COMMENT
20.
SKATEBOARD-T
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
That Mary J. beat go hard as hell!! i don’t even know what she’s talkin bout.. but that beat is knockin..lol
Britney nd Lil Kim…nice remix
21.
SAN DIEGO, CA.. BITCHES!!!
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
MARY, GIVE IT UP!!
NICOLE, SIT DOWN HOE!
22.
JaeSassy
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
MOST RESPECT FOR MARY J.
23.
TLADY
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
UM O.K. MARY WANTS TO BE A RAPPER I LIKE IT THO.
EVERYONE ELSE BLAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
24.
JoRo
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
I’m feeling that Mary J song.
25.
g-rocka
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
i dont understand, personally i like nicoles stuff and she has been doin well in Canada (maybe not on the charts), but fans had her at # 1 with baby luv and #2 with whatever u Like for a few days on the much music daily 10.
26.
foxxy380*Out My Socks
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
It’s Britney b!tch, And Lil Kim hoe! LMAO! I love it! As a matter of fact, that’s all I loved about it. I like the song but since I’m not a big Kim fan, I would much rather the original version. Kim just didn’t do it for me.
Mary’s song…OMG!! Str8 Fire! I loved it. I can’t wait till her album drop. DECEMBER 18 people!!! TEAM MARY all day, everyday.
27.
chellysikkwiddit
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
wow this is the first time i didnt like a music review….all the songs just didnt do it for me..they really suck..i thought i was gonna like the britney and kim remix but kim just sounds horrible to me on it…i think the better song out of all of them would be mary’s but im not even feelin that song…wtf
28.
jada
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
yo kim rock that remix that n freakie girl remix wanna lick with 50 then chillin 2nite its on n 08 Da queen is bac holla
29.
leosag
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
Loving the Mary J song. I feel like she changes it up with each album and it shows her maturity and growth. I’m sure she is going to have some great soulful classics on the album. I feel like the songs she’s putting out now are songs that make you feel good. Keep doing you Mary!
The Gimme More was hot w/the Lil Kim addition but I can’t stand Britney’s voice so NEXT! Wish Kim would come out w/something. Where are the female rappers at ya’ll?
Didn’t listen to the other two b/c Akon-I haven’t liked since Locked up and Nicole-well what is there to say about her, not much.
30.
DAPHNEYVETTE
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
MARY CAN DO NO WRONG! SHE IS FIRE…..BRITNEY NEEDS TO JUST GO….GO…GO..BE GONE ALREADY.
31.
REAL TALK
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
MARY J. SONG IS HOTT..
32.
Atl404sFinest
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
Str8 lovin’ the Mary song. It’s something about her music: it’s timeless and fresh.
For Nicole, she needs to find a way to cater to her audience; the contemporary pop market is not listening to you; it is everyone else besides it!
For Britney and Lil’ Kim, that remix sounds like sunday’s garbage. Britney needs to stop playin’ around and make good music again
33.
bklyn-bella
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
I love Mary’s joint, and the Britney and Kim song is hottt!..I don’t know Gimme More is really starting to grow on me.
As for Nicole song..it just seems as if Polow Da Don’s adlives are what makes the song decent. Personally so far the best song i’ve heard from her is Baby Love.
And I am just annoyed and through with Akon’s voice
34.
bklyn-bella
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
But Akon’s song overall is good… anything involving a rendition of Michael Jackson’s hits is certified hot so that was smart of him
35.
Greatestloveofall
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
UGH, I refuse to listen to anything by Britney or Lil’ Kim–two nasty ass media whores, neither have a lick of talent, and two women who started off pretty but got ugly.
Akon is rat soundin ugly ass ant.
36.
Queen Tee
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
I’M FEELING MARY J THATS MY FUCKIN GURL QUEEN OF HIP HOP!! THEY CAN’T FUCK WITH MARY J THAT WOMAN IS THE SHIT!! FROM HER HEAD TO HER MUTHERFUCKEN TOES SHE IS THE QUEEN OF HIP HOP!! THAT NEW SONG “WORK THAT” IS HOT AND KEEP GIVING IT TO US MARY. HOES ON THIS SITE ALWAYS WANT TO HATE BECAUSE THEY MAD CAUSE THEY CAN’T DO IT LIKE U MARY!! I SAY FUCK THEM HATIN’ ASS BITCHES!!!! U WISH U WAS MARY HUH HOES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
37.
The Compilation of Sista Gurl
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
MARY DID IT AGAIN!!!!!! POSITIVE SONG, I LOVE IT!!!!!!
38.
JJ650
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
OK!..
Love the mary track
but why the fuck would akon go and try to reproduce wana be starting something with studio instrumentas??
Thats track needs a live bass and proabaly percussion otherwise it sounds like a whack ass karaoke production!! lol
I mean come on.. the singings coo but the production is trash!
bye.
Ugh im mad about this lol..
39.
foxxy380*Out My Socks
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
LOL @ #35
40.
jscene
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
THAT MARY J IS THE HEAT! SHE BRINGIN IT AGAIN!
LIL KIM’S RAPS ARE SICK….BUT I ALREADY LOVE “GIMME MORE”…SHE JUST ADDED SOME SPICE TO IT…..IT’S A HIT TO ME.
I LIKE NICOLE, BUT THIS SONG IS NOT HITTING ENOUGH….I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROBLEM IS CAUSE SHE’S WORKING WITH SOME BIG HITTERS.
AKON IS VERY TALENTED…I LOVE HIS UNIQUENESS.
41.
WAH UP?!?!
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
YES NICOLE SANG IT TO ME YOU SEXY GIRL YOU
YES I WISH MY GIRLFRIEND WAS HOT LIKE YOU
42.
yeahyeah.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
Eff Britney Spears and her music. Point blank period.
I like the Mary J.
43.
aqtpie
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
Damn I love me some Mary.
44.
BC
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
Why do they still let Akon make music? I’m sorry, but the vocals are just not good. Couldn’t even listen to more than 23 seconds of it.
As far as Nicole, I’m feeling like she is trying to sound so UN-PCD, that it seems unnatural. Not feeling this song. It just doesn’t have any lyrical flow to it.
I didn’t listen to Britney.
Mary’s song is okay. She might be careful releaseing all these uptempo happy songs. That’s not what people know her for so her fans could be up in arms.
45.
Brown Suga
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
If you have not been listening to Mary J since ‘92 you might not appriecate the grown Mary
46.
Sharonda
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
LOL Kim will jump on anything to stay relevant.
Good look for Mary.She moved on to a more positive time in her life so she don’t need to sing about that blah blah sad shit she is known for
Nicole’s hype ran out, I was anticipating but maybe some other time.
Not a fan of Akon but its kind of good.
47.
CelebrityGossipJunkie
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
Some of Kim’s lyrics sound like she regurgitated some of Fergie on London Bridges…switched up some of the words a bit, but same theme. I am not a Lil Kim fan at all…but I do like “Black Out”… Brit Brit and the Neptunes did their collective “thing” on “Why Should I Be Sad”
I like Mary’s song. I’ve already pre-ordered Growing Pains from Itunes…
48.
JimBob
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
And Brian is still racist…
49.
EBZ01
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
The beat of Gimme More and Britney Spears’s voice plain old infuriates me I get the heebie jeebies ……… I’m mad at Lil’ Kim for hopping on.
I passed on Nicole….she’s no better.
I dig the Mary J. song much. Ow.
HELL TO THE NAH @ Akon’s song.
50.
BEE & HOV-RUN THAT SHI*
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
oh…my… i am lovin the britney spears and lil kim joint….lil kim put some stank on it! i luv it!
51.
kissa
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
omgg the remix, needs a videoo! ASAP
52.
Babycheif_fl
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
Like the Nicole sound but quit with the pop.
53.
Marysfan
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
Love the nu Mary song! Shes the only one necessary 2 listen 2 Cant wait till Growin Pains!!!!!!!!! Im expectin some real interestin stuff!
54.
The Original Don Donna
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
Lovin’ that Mary joint. Lookin’ forward to Growing Pains, cause her album and Alicia’s shits ALL OVER EVERYTHING that’s out right now.
55.
Classy
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
All of Britney’s recent music is good. As far as pop goes, “Blackout” is the best thing runnin. Love how lil’ Kim made the song her own.
56.
Starrynight
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
Mary- Listening to Mary and Diana Ross brings tears to my eyes. Them are the only two diva’s that constantly bring it. That song was hot!!!! Mary must be listening to what women are saying on the message boards. In a day an age when you have men and MOSTLY men telling young women of darker color that they aren’t pretty simple because of that is FOOLISH. This song is going to blow up. Listen to the message and stop the madness!
-Britney- Loved the Remix, Can’t wait until it hits radio airwaves.
-Nicole S. I hated that song I like her better when she was with the PCD.
-Akon- Dodn
57.
Starrynight
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
^^^Mostly women hate, stop the madness stop tearing down other women. ie Serena is a beautiful woman and she is a great role model.
58.
trina b
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
I’m not feeling any of these songs right now. The Britney remix just sucks courtesy Lil Kim. Mary joint is aiight but not moving me any. Akon… what the freak? kill that song immediately. Nicole’s joint doesnt sound terrible but I’m still waiting for that hit.
59.
Adrian Clyde
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
Nicole Scherzinger is actually a really good singer, she did win a reality show after all. I just think she needs to pick material that actually shows her depth, instead of trying to sing songs that are way too young for her (Fergie too).
Akon has absolutely no talent whatsoever, to me. I will never listen to him unless I absolutely have to.
60.
Miss Lady
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
I HEART MARY J BLIGE!!! This song is WAAAAY better than Just Fine. Sorry.
Nicole … I like it.
Britney……..
Akon….umm I don’t know. It really threw me off cuz I played the song and didn’t read the description. Lol. It has to grow on me.
61.
REAL REPPIN HIPHOP
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
LIKE IT OR NOT, QUEEN BEE KILLT THAT SHIT ……
GIMMIE MORE REMIX VIDEO COMING SOON!!!
62.
1984
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 /
Love the Brit remix…hell LOVE blackout and cant wait til Dec 18 when MJB drops!
63.
MURDA
Wednesday, November 21, 2007 /
love the new mary track.
HATE ‘just fine’
64.
EBZ01
Wednesday, November 21, 2007 /
Nicole is as bad as Britney…….winning a show don’t make you good.
65.
Greatestloveofall
Wednesday, November 21, 2007 /
“In a day an age when you have men and MOSTLY men telling young women of darker color that they aren’t pretty simple because of that is FOOLISH.”
— — —
There are some black women out there who have the same opinions about dark skin black men.
66.
kiny
Wednesday, November 21, 2007 /
Mary J. Blige, U hot guys have been to for interracial dating? why so many users on that place discuss so much about you? May be i need to check what really it happened.
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