Drawing closer and closer to her release date of August 12th for her new LP, Janelle Monáe is releasing some of her more political songs out to get young voters riled up about this year’s election! “Mr. President” is a political burner, written and produced by Nate Wonder, Chuck Lightning and Monáe herself.
The song, with its blaring horns, has been said to be reminiscent of Lauryn Hill, however Janelle has a delivery all her own. “Mr. President” is one of the gems that will be featured on her August release, Metropolis, which hits stores and online everywhere next week, on the 12th. Make sure you pick up the EP and look out for her full album in January.
Meet Rantz, a 21-year-old New Orleans native and resident who apparently has a thing for Georgia peaches! Signed to Damm Guud Entertainment, an Indie label, Rantz croons about his love for an Atlanta chick, and hopes to take the nation by storm with his ode to southern belles.
I think the reason I first connected with the song is because I’m from Atlanta, and heard many landmarks from my city, so I automatically could relate. Not only that, but I am really digging Rantz’s smooth tone and delivery. So what do you think?
Check out Nina Sky’s first official single, “Curtain Call” from their sophomore album, THE MUSICAL. The single features Rick Ross (who has the inet on buzz right about now..) and will be on radios soon.
THE MUSICAL we be released in October, via J Records/Polo Grounds Music. Production includes Kerry “Krucial” Brothers, Ryan Leslie, Salaam Remi, Cool & Dre, Stargate, Neo The Matrix & more.
You might remember us featuring this group in our artist to look out for section at the top of ‘08, as well as our artist spotlight section. Proton is back with their new promo single for their upcoming mixtape, “Magazine Dreamz.”
They are currently are working on their new mixtape, the follow-up to their 2007 album, Girls & Ghetto Sh!t. The guys were in the studio, and were listening to Biggie and they did their own version of his joint, “Dreams.”
But Proton says they aren’t trying to sensationalize the concept in the song, but it’s simply a tribute to Biggie for their mixtape. They are definitely shooting to put their mixtape out within the next couple of months, as well as putting the finishing touches on their third album.
Angela Simmons recently released a new promo song entitled “Center of Attention” to promote her shoe line Pastry and their newest sneaker releases. Angela runs the successful venture with her older sister Vanessa Simmons.
Make sure to peep pastrykicks.com for behind the scenes access to the music video/commercial taping. The video will be directed by Bryan Barber and is set to premiere July 24th, exclusively on the official website. In the meantime, check the sisters out during the new season of MTV’s “Run’s House”.
Meet Jazzy. This up and coming singer from Cali has been grinding for awhile in the music industry. In early 2006 the Singer/Songwriter caught the ears of music sensation Chris Brown, which asked her and her writing partner Bobbie Cheri, collectively called “The Write Chix” (www.myspace.com/thewritechix) to meet him after his performance in Los Angeles. Shortly after that meeting, Jazzy signed a publishing deal with Jamie Foxx’s newly formed music company Foxx King Entertainment as a songwriter. Peep the song above and give your two cents.
Let me reintroduce you to Hollyweerd. Back in January, we featured them in our artist spotlight section, and they got a swelling response from readers, other blogs and even some label executives.
So, they felt is was time to give the public another taste of what they’ve been grinding on. “Monkey” is that just that - a wild, loose animal, all over the place, a lot different than their previous track, “Have You Ever Made Love To A Weerdo?” But the group is still going strong and working on their debut, banging out cuts with a few different producers.
Sterling Simms, who has released a couple different singles in order to generate some buzz about his project has come out with a new song with hitmaker, The Dream. I’ve been getting quite a few e-mails about the new tune, so I’m assuming that Def Jam is really trying to put some promotion behind this. I think they believe that this song is “the one.”
Initially impressed with Sterling on Jay-Z’s “Dig A Whole” from Kingdom Come and his second single, “Nasty Girl,” Sterling hasn’t really been able to achieve the radio-friendly hit that he’s been looking for. Maybe this record with The Dream will get him to where he needs to be, because a lot of his material had leaked.
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You might remember us featuring this group in our artist to look out for section at the top of ‘08, as well as our artist spotlight section. Proton is back with their new promo single for their upcoming mixtape, “Magazine Dreamz.”
