Friday, August 22, 2008 |
Some of the worlds must accomplished and acclaimed female artists have joined together for the song “Just Stand Up,” a charity single in support of Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), a new initiative to raise philanthropic dollars for accelerating ground-breaking cancer research.
The roster of ladies include Mariah Carey, Beyoncé, Mary J. Blige, Rihanna, Fergie, Sheryl Crow, Miley Cyrus, Melissa Etheridge, Ashanti, Natasha Bedingfield, Keyshia Cole, Ciara, Leona Lewis, LeAnn Rimes, and Carrie Underwood. The project was conceived by Antonio “L.A.” Reid of Island Def Jam Music Group and was produced by Reid and Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds. This will be their first collaborative effort in two decades.
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Thursday, August 21, 2008 |
The Gym Class Heroes team up with British singer and now American fan favorite, Estelle for their new track, “Guilty As Charged.” Peep the song and give your two cents.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008 |
Looks like there are some rumors of Destiny’s Child getting together for a reunion, even with Michelle’s album dropping in October, Beyonce’s album been released in November and Kelly releasing information about already recording and conceptualizing her third solo album. It was Kelly who dropped hints of the girls getting back together to perform and record a new album next year.
“We’re so looking forward to working with each again and we just need to find a time in our diaries when we can get into the studio together.”
I don’t know, I’m not ready for a Destiny’s Child reunion. If the girls all have albums coming out in the near future, it seems like they’ll be promoting it into the next year with new singles, etc. I would like for them to wait at least until 2010 to get back together and record an album. A performance at an award show would be nice, but I’m not ready for a new album.
CIARA TAPS T-PAIN FOR NEW SINGLE
After a lot of speculation about the new single, Ciara reveals exclusive to our friends Rap-Up.com that she will release the T-Pain assisted “Go Girl” for the first single from her upcoming third album, Fantasy Ride.
The new album has been said to be a concept album, where Ciara journeys through three different “cities.” Each “city” will have it’s own disk, where Ciara will experiment with different sounds, with 4 to 5 songs on each disk. “Groove City” will contain songs that feel like the first single from her last album, “Promise.” The next disks are “Crunktown” and “The Kingdom of Dance.” You can pretty much gather what those disks will feel like.
Ciara is working with Danjahandz, Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins, Lil’ Jon, Polow Da Don and many others. I’m interested to see what this album sounds like, considering that I feel like The Evolution was a pretty strong effort for Ciara.
Fantasy Ride has been pushed back again, but is promised to be released to us in December. We’ll see, CiCi.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008 |
♫ Joe feat. Marion - Last Sip (full) - listen
I got a lot of e-mails about this song. I was a little nervous at first because I get scared when I hear a whole bunch of dudes singing on a song. I’m a fan of Joe’s last material, and his voice, and I must admit that Mario had some solid songs on his last album, Go!, although it was all over the place. So I was interested to see what this sounded like, and I was pleased. “Last Sip” is produced by none other than Bryan-Michael Cox. Seems like Joe is also trying to jog some publicity about the new album, because he recently has gone to media and accused R. Kelly of messing with his radio play…
♫ Kanye West & T-Pain - Go Hard (full) - listen
Check out this collab between Kanye and T-Pain on DJ Khaled’s upcoming album, We Global. I’m really digging the collaboration, but I just can’t stand hearing DJ Khaled yelling on everything. This will really pop on radio and in the club. Anything that T-Pain and Kanye touch these days is gold. Not too much to say, I can just see people eating this song right on up, no matter how much it sounds like something they’ve already done before!
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008 |
Our good friend Solange shared some new photos from her album artwork with us! So here’s a sneak peek at some photos from her forthcoming sophomore album, SoL-Angel & the Hadley Street Dreams, which is dropping next week on August 26th. I really like the contrast between the very high fashion looks and the natural element of the environment.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008 |
Today, the young prodigy Karina Pasian releases her debut album, First Love. On her first album, she wants to prove that she’s not just another young girl who can sing, trying to break her way through the industry.
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Raised in the Dominican neighborhood of Washington Heights, the New York native was a music and vocal student at world renown Professional Performing Arts School in Hell’s Kitchen. Since kindergarten, Karina had been singing and playing piano at the Special Music School situated in Lincoln Center. Not only did she graduate after 9 years, with a pre-conservatory music degree, she has been privately coached and trained in classical and modern piano by Dr. Burkhom Buriev from Russia and renowned American jazz pianist George Caldwell.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008 |
Fan favorite Brandy released her official first single last week, “Right Here (Departed),” (click here to listen) produced by long time friend and collaborator, Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins. And after the single dropped, it seems as though a slew of new information about Brandy’s new album, now officially titled Human has surfaced. The album also has an official release date of November 11th, and her single will officially impact radio September 16th, although it’s already getting spins all over the country.
Brandy also sat down to talk about the album. Here’s what she had to say:
“Human is my most personal album to date. I have grown so much since my last album. Being able to express myself and my journey through my music is a feeling I can’t describe. With this new chapter of my life it feels good to have Rodney, a familiar face, by my side again. He brings out emotions in me like nobody else.”
In addition to speaking about the album, some information about producers, writers and song titles has also surface. Brandy worked with British pop singer/songwriter Natasha Bedingfield, as well as other new songs such as “Long Distance,” “Torn Down” and “Piano Man.” On her fifth studio album, Brandy has also worked with Brian Kennedy, who was responsible for producing Rihanna’s fourth #1 single, “Disturbia,” RedOne, James Fauntleroy (producer of Jordin Sparks’s “No Air”), as well as The Clutch.
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