After her last album, Because I Love It… back in 2007, which didn’t see a United States release, Amerie is back with her fourth studio album, In Love & War, which hits stores today (November 3), on Island Def Jam Records.
In Love & War finds itself mimicking those same hard blaring, live horn percussive sounds from her days with producer Rich Harrison. However, the album boasts no collaborations from him. Even with it’s over the top, Ray Kay-directed music video, the first single, “♫ Why R U,” co-produced by The Buchanans, didn’t seem to grab attention of the fans.
In contrast, “♫ Heard ‘Em All,” the next single to follow, got a little more love from radio and in the clubs. The online blitz began when they put out a teaser video, and fans became a little more excited to see promotion on the label’s end for Amerie. But soon after, a 106 & Park guest spot, there was little-to-no promotion coming from her or her camp.
Since the release of her fourth studio album, Rated R is drawing closer, news, music, photos and more have been all over the place for Rihanna. Check out the latest new track, “Hard,” featuring ATL native, Young Jeezy.
Rihanna is also set to debut her Anthony Mandler-directed video for “Wait Your Turn (the Wait Is Ova)” on rihannanow.com Tuesday (November 3rd), while the lead single “Russian Roulette” finally impacts iTunes on the same day. That video is set to debut Friday, November 13th, on 20/20, where Rihanna finally breaks her silence.
Rated R is set to hit stores November 23rd, with collaborations from Will.I.Am and Slash, with productions from Chuck Harmony, Tricky Stewart and more. Check the official tracklisting below.
The new album, Graffiti, is Brown’s third studio effort and will contain collaborations with Swizz Beatz, Lil’ Wayne, Polow Da Don, with rumored features from the The Neptunes and Ester Dean. It’s also said that Chris had a hand in co-writing every track on the album.
Graffiti hits stores December 15th. The Joseph Khan-directed video for “Crawl,” filmed in Los Angeles, will drop soon.
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.
After her last album, Because I Love It… back in 2007, which didn’t see a United States release, Amerie is back with her fourth studio album, In Love & War, which hits stores today (November 3), on Island Def Jam Records.
