Roc Nation signee and North Carolina native J. Cole is gearing up to release his highly anticipated debut album, Cole World: The Sideline Story, and it seems as though his buzz has gotten crazier and more music has begun to leak.
Check out the latest track to surface, the Missy Elliott-assisted “Nobody’s Perfect.” Like the majority of the album, the record was produced by J. Cole himself, while the album still features productions from Brian Kidd, and No I.D. Cole World: The Sideline Story is slated to hit stores next week, September 27th.
Although it feels like just yesterday, August 25th will mark the 10th year following the tragic passing of R&B singer Aaliyah. Check out this preview clip from Aaliyah: One In A Million, BET’s upcoming tribute to the late singer. In the video, Timbaland and Missy Elliott recall the very first time they learned that they would be working with Ms. Aaliyah Haughton after she heard and enjoyed a track demo made by them:
We did a record called “Sugar & Spice” that Timbaland and another young man took into Atlantic Records, and when they heard that record they liked the sound and it was something they had never heard before. So they said, ‘Let’s put you all in the studio with Aaliyah.’ And we were excited. [...] I gotta thank her [Aaliyah] because she heard the specialness in us. Continue
Katy Perry tag teams with Missy Elliott for her latest single, “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)” on the official remix, produced by Dr. Luke and Max Martin. The track is lifted from Katy’s sophomore album, Teenage Dream.
The remix leaked over the weekend, but here is the track in it’s full quality. Katy’s had quite a successful run with this latest album so it’ll be interesting to see what happens for Ms. Perry next. Also, what’s up with Missy Elliott’s new project?
Late last week, newly married R&B singer and Atlanta native, Monica released her brand new single, “Anything (To Find You)” from her forthcoming sixth studio album, New Life.
The track, that originally featured rappers Rick Ross and Lil’ Kim, made it’s debut at #71 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart this week, but Lil’ Kim’s named was not found anywhere on the credits. Monica quickly took to her Twitter (@MonicaBrown) to let fans know what was going on with the new single…
Surprised that Lil’ Kim hasn’t taken to her Twitter to vent about the situation, aside from just retweeting Monica’s rant. Glad it didn’t get ugly…
