Whitney Houston joins forces with hitmaker Akon to bring you some new music. “Like I Never Left” is a cool mid-tempo love song, but when listening, I kind of think it has two meanings. I detected a bit of, I don’t know, an apology from Whitney Houston in some form? Almost as if she wants her fans to overlook what’s been going on in her personally life, and just embrace her again as the icon that she was.
Whitney has been performing, so hopefully this will be her comeback for the new album that people have been talking about for a while now. Supposedly, she is also working with Ne-Yo for this upcoming project.
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”.
Check out this exclusive from Teedra Moses, “So Cool.” Teedra (who is actually one of my favorite artists), released her debut album, Complex Simplicity back in 2004 and I’ve been checking for her ever since. I actually got a chance to speak with Teedra not long ago, and she is working hard on her second album, The Young Lioness, which we’ve been waiting for a long time.Teedra wanted to let all of her fans know that when it’s out, it’s going to be right and well worth the wait.
“So Cool” is a really mellow, dope song. You can definitely hear Teedra’s Prince influence in the Drone One-produced track. What I love about this track is that it’s different for Teedra, but it still has that Complex Simplicity familiarity. I’m definitely digging it.
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.
Brandy is definitely about to be back and I think she’s ready to prove that she’s still got it. Vocally, I have always loved Brandy. She is simply amazing. Her vocal arrangements always take me some place else. From Never Say Never, to Full Moon, to 2004’s Afrodisiac, Brandy has given me solid albums with innovative production, writing and vocal arrangements.
“List” is apparently a new leak from the album, produced by the Underdogs. Although not confirmed as a first single, I’m excited to hear music from new sessions. The album is also set to contain production and writing from our good friends at The Clutch, Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins, Keri Hilson, the talented Bryan-Michael Cox, and Nate “Danjahandz” Hill. It’s shaping up to be quite the interesting project.
Lloyd is currently working on his new project, Lessons In Love, which will be Lloyd’s third effort. I have actually been a fan of both of Lloyd’s previous projects, Southside and Street Love. Although sometimes highly underrated, Lloyd is consistent and puts out a quality album with solid records and singles that garner him good attention.
While he’s currently on his second single, “Girls Around the World,” featuring Lil’ Wayne, and gearing up to release a third single, “Year of the Lover,” with an album slating for August 5th release, Lloyd gives up a peek of what’s to come on the new album with the Nelly-featured “Lose Control.”
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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.”
