Janet Jackson was spotted leaving the Villa Blanca after having lunch on Thursday afternoon in Beverly Hills.
Bobby Brown was spotted on baby duty leaving a restaurant in Beverly Hills on Thursday afternoon. This is his fifth child, a boy named Cassius and he was born May 30th.
Fresh off the heels of the release of their video for the single, “Love Come Down,” Dirty Money releases another track from the upcoming Last Train to Paris project.
The new track, entitled “Hurt,” is assisted by none other than fan-favorite, Drake. Although the track is cool, I am a little more eager to hear the fun, experimental stuff that Diddy discussed on Making His Band.
No release date has been confirmed for Last Train to Paris.
Singer Alexandra Burke and Concrete Loop U.K. Correspondent Lynda Moyo pose for a photo backstage at the switch on of the Manchester Christmas Lights on Thursday night in Manchester, England.
Lynda also interviewed Alexandra for Manchester Confidential and they chatted briefly about Concrete Loop…
Lynda: “I write for Manchester Confidential but this will be going on Concrete Loop too. I send things over for them sometimes. Do you know the site?”
Alexandra: “Oh my God. Concrete Loop-the American site? Of course I know it! When I was on there I nearly cried because it’s an American site and I’m not known out there.”Lynda: “Yeah but there was lots of great feedback from readers. Don’t focus on the negative. One person actually compared you to Toni Braxton.”
Alexandra: “Wow that’s amazing. She’s amazing. That’s so cool. I was checking Concrete Loop when I was doing the album and stuff. When we got closer to finishing the album that’s when they started featuring me on there. They featured the Bad Boys video on there with Flo. It’s really cool.” [ READ THE FULL INTERVIEW ]
Alexandra’s debut album, Overcome debuted at Number One in the U.K. No word on the U.S. release date as of yet. Check out her performance video below…
Alicia Keys gives fans a peak of her new album cover, after an alleged fan-made mock-up was posted all over the blogosphere earlier this week. Her fourth studio album, titled Elements of Freedom, will hit stores just in time for Christmas on December 15th.
She recently shot a video for her second single, “Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart,” and it has also been confirmed that the album will have an “Empire State of Mind,” part 2, featuring Jay-Z.
Just after we posted the new single, “♫ Speak French,” from Jamie Foxx, new information surfaces about his presently untitled, upcoming fourth studio album.
He’s got a roster of some of this year’s hottest songwriters and producers to helm the bulk of his album, including the dynamic duo of The Dream and Tricky Stewart, who produced his first single, “Just Like Me” and the widely popular last single, “Digital Girl,” from 2008’s Intuition.
“He’s one of our favorite artists to work with. When I think of Jamie, I’m always gonna think to pound the urban community,” Tricky tells Rap-Up.com.
“He has a really solid fan base in the urban community and I feel like his pop appeal comes through his personality, so we’ll make sure that we keep the music really urban.”
Rico Love, who also makes contributions to the album, says that Jamie did most of his recording while on tour this summer. There is no set release date for Jamie’s forthcoming album, however, it is said to drop at the top of next year.
Jay-Z has announced the second leg of his North American tour in support of his latest album, The Blueprint 3, which is in stores now.
The trek will begin on February 22, 2010, in Houston, Texas, making stops in Dallas, New Orleans, Atlanta and Boston before ending on March 26 in Los Angeles’ Staple Center. Jay-Z will be joined by former Def Jam labelmate, Young Jeezy, who is scheduled to open all dates.
Tickets go on sale on November 13th on LiveNation.com, while Citi card members have access to presale tickets beginning November 10th and will also have access to VIP Ticket Packages that include VIP Lounge seats, personal concierge, a private pre-show VIP party and more.
Additional dates and on-sale information for the second leg and will be announced in coming days for planned stops in East Rutherford, Uniondale, Atlantic City and Detroit.
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Another track from Rihanna’s fourth studio album leaks in the form of “Cold Case Love.” The new track, featured on her forthcoming effort, Rated R, was produced by a production team that works closely with Justin Timberlake, with who Rihanna worked with in the past, called The Y’s. Rated R hits stores November 23rd.
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Check out this new track from Mariah Carey from the Precious original motion picture soundtrack. In standard Mariah fair and fashion, the song is produced by none other than Jermaine Dupri and Bryan-Michael Cox. Not only does Mariah have a feature on the soundtrack for Precious, she also has a support role in the movie, which is in theaters now.
Solange has been in and out of the studio, while still doing performances all over the world, working on her currently untitled third studio album.
When asked about the direction of the third album, Solange said that the new record will pick up where “This Bird” left off, experimenting with more electronic and down-beat elements. There presently is no release date for the album, but it’s good to hear some of the fruits of Solo’s labor.
It’s doubtful that the new track, “Stillness Is the Move,” a cover of the Dirty Projectors, which sample’s Dr. Dre’s “Xxplosive” (originally sampling Soul Mann & The Brothers’ “Bumpy’s Lament”), will make the album.
On the Friday, November 13th edition of The Wendy Williams Show recording artist Chris Brown where he will discuss his feelings of remorse regarding his relationship with Rihanna and to exclusively premiere his new video “Crawl” from his forthcoming album “Graffiti.” How many more interviews is Chris going to do? Didn’t he say his last one was 3 interviews ago?
Anyway, check out his new song “Sing Like Me” below…
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