Lots of material has been leaking all over the place from R&B crooner, Usher. He recently released the buzz single, “Papers” from his sixth studio album, Raymond vs. Raymond.
Check out “The Realest One,” one of the latest tracks to drop from the new album’s sessions. On the album, Usher is collaborating with The Neptunes, Rico Love, Sean Garrett as well as Adam Levine, RedOne and a couple others.
Usher’s new album is set to hit stores December 8th.
After the bit of speculation made around Rihanna’s first single, “Russian Roulette,” the rough draft of her second single, “Wait Your Turn (the Wait Is Ova)” leaks.
The second single is taken from her new studio album, Rated R, which will hit stores November 23rd.
The Game - Big Money (full) - listen
Here’s The Game’s new single from his forthcoming album, The R.E.D. Album, which is set to be release December 8th, 2009 via Interscope Records. The single was produced by the duo Cool & Dre. At the same time, The Game will also release a “promo” single, produced by Timbaland. The album, so far has confirmed production and features from Pharrell, Chris Brown and Jim Jonsin, to name a few.
Ludacris & Shawnna - How Low Can You Go (full) - listen
Check out the official first single from Ludacris and Shawnna’s upcoming collaboration album, Battle of the Sexes, which is due out at the top of next year. The new track is produced by T-Minus, and although it’s the first single, it’s not the first bit of material to leak from the album, which has been talked about for quite sometime.
Off the heels of the success of her featuring on “Empire State of Mind,” and the release of her first single, “Doesn’t Mean Anything,” Alicia Keys drops her second single, “Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart.”
The new single comes from Keys’ forthcoming album, Elements of Freedom and was produced by Jeff Bashker. The album is set to hit stores December 15th.
If you thought Lil’ Wayne’s plans to release a rock album had come to a screeching halt, then you were mistaken. He’s been in the studio with Young Money signee, Shanell, churning out tunes for the often delayed release.
Check out this new material from his seventh studio album, Rebirth, which will immediately be followed by an eighth, The Carter IV.
Rebirth has had a few complications with release dates, after the release of the album’s first single, “Prom Queen,” but will finally hit stores December 15th, before Weezy has to go behind bars, a couple months after.
Missy Elliott originally was supposed to drop her long awaited seventh studio album, Block Party after the tracks “Ching-A-Ling” and “Shake Your Pom Pom” dropped at the top of last year, and then followed up by “Best Best,” produced by Danjahandz.
However, she has recently revealed that the album will drop in January of 2010. Of some of the material that was recorded for the album is the Pharrell Williams-produced, “Put It On Ya,” featuring teen sensation, Teyana Taylor. No word or updates on when Taylor plans to release her solo project.