♫ Chrisette Michele – Notebook (full) – listen
Chrisette Michele has been on the promo trail with her first single, “Epiphany,” but it seems as though they are gearing up to release her second single, “Notebook,” from her sophomore set, Epiphany, which is set to hit stores May 5th. I actually really dig this song a lot more than the initial single. It’s interesting to hear Chrisette sing like this as well. She has sort of stepped away from that original jazz vocal that popularized her on rappers’ hooks.
♫ Monica – Once In A Lifetime (full) – listen
Here’s the final CD quality version of the new Monica song we posted a couple of weeks ago. If this is indeed the new single, I’m not mad at it. I just hope that the rest of the material on the new record will pan out, because Monica really needs to come strong and solid this time around. I feel like a lot of her fans were very disappointed with the last record, The Makings of Me. So this is her chance to redeem herself.
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♫ Mario feat. Gucci Mane & Sean Garrett – Break Up (full) – listen
I’m a little confused about Mario’s project. From the sounds on the last updates he gave us, he said he was going to scale down the amount of producers that he’s working with on the new album, but it seems as though there are a lot of producers he’s working with this time around. The new song, “Break Up” is produced by Bangladesh, and is written by Sean Garrett. I’m not mad at the song, it’s just that something sounds a tad unfinished about it.
♫ Ciara – Kiss My Swag (full) – listen
Ciara’s Fantasy Ride finally has a solid release date of May 5th and it seems as though it finally has developed a definite sound too. Judging from this Darkchild production and the current single, “Love Sex Magic,” Ciara is going for a more pop/dance album, which isn’t surprising. There’s a lot of synths and electronic elements on a lot of the newer material that’s leaked. Although I’m pretty tired of the word “swag,” I can’t say that this song bothers me. Great dance track.
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Tagged bangladesh, bryan-michael cox, ciara, darkchild, day26, gucci mane, jagged edge, mario, sean garrett
