Over the last month, Trey Songz has dropped 2 mixtapes (Anticipation 2 and #Lemmeholdthatbeat2) and an EP (Inevitable). With his next studio album, Chapter 5 due next year, the R&B singer sat down with ThisRNB.com and talked about the most memorable moments of his career and the importance of evolving and growing as an artist. Songz also made sure to let the world know where he believes he stands in comparison to other singers in his genre: Continue
Check out “The Dreamer,” a track from Common‘s upcoming studio album, The Dreamer, The Believer. The No-ID-produced song features an original spoken word piece by the honorable poet and author, Ms. Maya Angelou. The Dreamer, The Believerdrops for the world to hear on December 20th, just in time for the holidays! You can pre-order a copy (or two) on iTunes or on Amazon.
In related news, Common dropped by the Chelsea Lately show and talked about his music, love for women and how he only uses his memory after coming up with dope lyrics. Now THAT’s a gift. Interview is down below. Continue
Vivica Fox keeps it classy on the 2011 Holiday Issue of Real Health magazine. Inside, the Soul Food actress talked about confidently embracing her age and shared a few pointers on how she manages to keep her mind right and her body tight: Continue
In the next episode of Braxton Family Values, Toni Braxton and her youngest sister, Tamar get into a heated argument about Toni’s issues with Tamar’s husband/former manager, Vincent. Tamar calls Toni out for not wanting to do anything with the family anymore and accuses her of being selfish for wanting to focus on her own solo career. Toni made it clear that she’s over doing everything with her sisters all of the time:
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“I have my own dreams and aspirations and I don’t always want to share them…I like to be individualized. There’s nothing wrong with that. That’s what I’m saying. I’m in a group. We’re already doing this TV show … and then we’re gonna do an album together? We will NEVER be individualized. It means I will just be a big melting pot of just my sisters …I have to grow on my own. But the people I am in business with now—my sisters—it’s too much.”
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When Tamar says that “music is the our family business,” Toni fires back by saying, “No it’s not! Music has been Toni Braxton’s family business.”Oop. You’ll be able to see the sisterly tension in their brand new episode on Thursday, December 15 at 9pm ET/PT on WEtv. Check out the preview clips below. Continue