After the huge media blitz for the past couple of weeks, Rihanna finally debuts a video for her first single “Russian Roulette.”
The clip was directed by Anthony Mandler, who also directed the video for her other single, “Wait Your Turn (the Wait Is Ova).” Rihanna’s fourth studio album is titled Rated R and will hit stores November 23rd.
Fresh off the heels of the release of their video for the single, “Love Come Down,” Dirty Money releases another track from the upcoming Last Train to Paris project.
The new track, entitled “Hurt,” is assisted by none other than fan-favorite, Drake. Although the track is cool, I am a little more eager to hear the fun, experimental stuff that Diddy discussed on Making His Band.
No release date has been confirmed for Last Train to Paris.
Alicia Keys gives fans a peak of her new album cover, after an alleged fan-made mock-up was posted all over the blogosphere earlier this week. Her fourth studio album, titled Elements of Freedom, will hit stores just in time for Christmas on December 15th.
She recently shot a video for her second single, “Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart,” and it has also been confirmed that the album will have an “Empire State of Mind,” part 2, featuring Jay-Z.
Just after we posted the new single, “♫ Speak French,” from Jamie Foxx, new information surfaces about his presently untitled, upcoming fourth studio album.
He’s got a roster of some of this year’s hottest songwriters and producers to helm the bulk of his album, including the dynamic duo of The Dream and Tricky Stewart, who produced his first single, “Just Like Me” and the widely popular last single, “Digital Girl,” from 2008’s Intuition.
“He’s one of our favorite artists to work with. When I think of Jamie, I’m always gonna think to pound the urban community,” Tricky tells Rap-Up.com.
“He has a really solid fan base in the urban community and I feel like his pop appeal comes through his personality, so we’ll make sure that we keep the music really urban.”
Rico Love, who also makes contributions to the album, says that Jamie did most of his recording while on tour this summer. There is no set release date for Jamie’s forthcoming album, however, it is said to drop at the top of next year.
Jay-Z has announced the second leg of his North American tour in support of his latest album, The Blueprint 3, which is in stores now.
The trek will begin on February 22, 2010, in Houston, Texas, making stops in Dallas, New Orleans, Atlanta and Boston before ending on March 26 in Los Angeles’ Staple Center. Jay-Z will be joined by former Def Jam labelmate, Young Jeezy, who is scheduled to open all dates.
Tickets go on sale on November 13th on LiveNation.com, while Citi card members have access to presale tickets beginning November 10th and will also have access to VIP Ticket Packages that include VIP Lounge seats, personal concierge, a private pre-show VIP party and more.
Additional dates and on-sale information for the second leg and will be announced in coming days for planned stops in East Rutherford, Uniondale, Atlantic City and Detroit.
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Another track from Rihanna’s fourth studio album leaks in the form of “Cold Case Love.” The new track, featured on her forthcoming effort, Rated R, was produced by a production team that works closely with Justin Timberlake, with who Rihanna worked with in the past, called The Y’s. Rated R hits stores November 23rd.
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Check out this new track from Mariah Carey from the Precious original motion picture soundtrack. In standard Mariah fair and fashion, the song is produced by none other than Jermaine Dupri and Bryan-Michael Cox. Not only does Mariah have a feature on the soundtrack for Precious, she also has a support role in the movie, which is in theaters now.
Solange has been in and out of the studio, while still doing performances all over the world, working on her currently untitled third studio album.
When asked about the direction of the third album, Solange said that the new record will pick up where “This Bird” left off, experimenting with more electronic and down-beat elements. There presently is no release date for the album, but it’s good to hear some of the fruits of Solo’s labor.
It’s doubtful that the new track, “Stillness Is the Move,” a cover of the Dirty Projectors, which sample’s Dr. Dre’s “Xxplosive” (originally sampling Soul Mann & The Brothers’ “Bumpy’s Lament”), will make the album.
Dirty Money, the group consisting of Diddy, Kalenna and Dawn Richard, formerly of Danity Kane fame, finally drops a video for their latest single, “Love Come Down.”
The track comes from the group’s upcoming album, Last Train to Paris, which presently doesn’t have a current release date, but it set to drop at the top of next year, via Bad Boy/Interscope Records.
After much anticipation about the release of the song after the announcement of the top secret video, Beyonce and Lady Gaga finally give us the audio before the visual of their “Video Phone” remix.
“Video Phone” was taken from Beyonce’s third studio album, I Am… Sasha Fierce and was produced by Bangladesh and co-penned with Sean Garrett. It’s rumored that the video, which was supposed drop originally on the 5th, will follow on November 23rd.
Bey also joins Gaga on a track from the rerelease of her debut album, The Fame Monster on the Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins-produced “Telephone,” which will hit stores November 23rd, along with Beyonce’s I Am… Yours tour DVD and the deluxe edition of I Am… Sasha Fierce.
