1. MUSIC VIDEO: J. COLE F/ MISSY ELLIOTT - “NOBODY’S PERFECT”

      

    It’s finally here! J. Cole has officially dropped the video for “Nobody’s Perfect” featuring Missy Elliott. The track is the official third single lifted from the Grammy-nominated rapper’s debut Cole World: The Sideline Story.

    For the video, the Roc Nation rapper teamed up with director Colin Tilley, where Missy plays his therapist and next door neighbor, with Cole reminiscing on the past in his room.

    This has always been one of my favorite joints from the CD, so I’m happy it has gotten the single-treatment. The video is extra dope too! Now as far as Melissa is concerned, she’s on my good side again. After falling out of love with Missy over the past five years due to her foolishness, she’s winning me over again. Like really, Missy looks soooo good in the video (bulging eyes and all)!

  2. MUSIC VIDEO: DIPLO F/ NICKY DA B - “EXPRESS YOURSELF”

      

    Bigatty bounce, blobatty bouncy, blagatty shake it, blobatty bounce, mix it shake it like a dog
         (that’s what you call speaking in tongues for those ratchet ass shaking twerkers out there)

    One of my favorite DJs and producers (and Philly representative) Diplo have always made some amazing videos that only got underground hype (ex: Major Lazer’s “Keep It Goin’ Louder”). But now, he’s made a video that has made my mornings even more brighter! For his track “Express Yourself,” Diplo teamed up with New Orleans bounce rapper Nicky Da B for the bounce-tastic music video shot in the N.O.

    Alllll that assssssssss! My soul was touched when they double dutched ol girl’s ass while she was twerking her Pastor Troy on a headstand like a good girl should! Even the kids got to play in the video (if y’all know what I mean).

    I gotta say, Mr. Ghetto and his Walmart twerk-infested video and got shit on this!

    Look out for this song and many more on Diplo’s upcoming EP, coming out in May.

  3. MUSIC VIDEO: ASHANTI F/ BUSTA RHYMES - “THE WOMAN YOU LOVE”

      

    She’s baaaaack! One of my all-time favorite flops Ashanti is back with her brand new video for “The Woman You Love.” The Busta Rhymes-assisted track is the lead single from her upcoming fifth-studio album BraveHeart, in stores this spring.

    For the video, Miss Douglas takes a futuristic approach to dealing with a broken heart with queened out-gay-for-play “actor” model Marcus Patrick playing her leading man. Also, Busta makes a virtual appearance for his verse in the clip.

    I gotta give props where props are due…Ashanti looks sooo good in certain parts of the video. I still think this time around she’s trying a little too hard fashionably (she must’ve gotten a hold of Fergie’s leftover Black Eyed Peas tour outfits when she was auditioning to take her place). However, I’m still caught in the mystery of JayHova Kanye as to how Ashanti is as K-mart low budget as a basic donkey broad can get, but her video quality looks waaaay better than most people that are out right now. She definitely knows what to do with a $500 budget, and I commend her for that. Gold star for you Ashanti!

    SN: Am I the only that kept thinking about Trina Braxton when seeing this video?

  4. MUSIC VIDEO: DAVID GUETTA F/ NICKI MINAJ - “TURN ME ON”

      

    With the single currently #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 digitally, David Guetta has unleashed his new video with Nicki Minaj for their joint single “Turn Me On.” The track is the latest single from David’s Nothing But The Beat album as well as now being included on Nicki’s upcoming sophomore disc Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, in stores April 3rd.

    For the Sanji-directed clip, David is a Frankenstein-like character, bringing to life a village full of mannequins (including Nicki on a horse) to bring alive the lyrics of the song penned by Ester Dean.

    I must admit, I really like this video. I do wish there was more Onika shown, but I do like the video. I appreciate the fact that David stepped away from the sands of fake ass CGI beaches to do a real video this time around. You can just tell EMI are upping his video budgetry.

  5. NEW MUSIC: M.I.A. - “BAD GIRLS”

      

    With her halftime show performance with Madonna and Nicki Minaj coming this Sunday, M.I.A. took it upon herself to get that early solo promo and unleash her new single “Bad Girls.” Now, the Danja-produced cut isn’t particularly new…an early version appeared on Maya’s mixtape Vicki Leekx from last year.

      

    I can kinda dig this song. Now will it be “Paper Planes” big and make her another US hit? Only time will tell. But a video for the song will debut this Friday. I like how smart she and Interscope are by capitalizing off of this Madonna situation.

    And someone pleeeeaaaase tell Maya to stop with these CD/single covers and get a real graphic designer to do her work. I literally feel like I have to throw up and get light-headed every time I see her covers that looks like an Indian herbal booth that sells blankets at the flea market. Subway should promote her new CD, which drops this summer.

  6. MUSIC VIDEO: BUSTA RHYMES F/ CHRIS BROWN - “WHY STOP NOW”

      

    Busta Rhymes is back to his crazy antics (to an extent) in his new video for his single “Why Stop Now.” He may not be all the way 90s/early 00s crazy animated again, but Busta does a good job of recapturing that in his Hype Williams-directed video featuring Chris Brown.

    As you all can see, Google Music for some reason is still promoting the hell outta this free download of a single by premiering the video on their official YouTube channel. Just shows that Busta signing with Cash Money ain’t really gonna do sh** for him. As far as the video, I appreciate some of the old school Busta animation in the vid, even though you can clearly see the times have changed when budget was no factor. I will say this, Chris Brown ruined the video for me. Him jiggin around looking like Cleo’s girlfriend from Set It Off just made think I was watching a strong crackhead from Brooklyn strung out on that sh** and doing acrobatics in the burned down room of a crackhouse.

  7. NEW MUSIC: FRANK OCEAN - “VOODOO”

      

    If you’re still thinking that his Nostalgia, Ultra EP will ever hit store shelves, dream on! His official debut LP dropping this spring is more than likely to come first.

    However, that isn’t stopping more and more music from Frank Ocean from leaking online in anticipation for his project. This time, the artist formally known as Lonny Breaux from self-dropping a track on his official Tumblr named “Voodoo.”

      

    I can see this as a potential interlude on his upcoming album or a full out song if properly released, because this song is too good to just be 1:37.

  8. SNEAK PEEK: DAVID GUETTA F/ NICKI MINAJ - “TURN ME ON”

      

    Now that their collabo is #1 on the Hot Digital Chart and #4 on this week’s Billboard Hot 100, now is the best time for David Guetta to release a video for “Turn Me On,” his latest collaboration with Nicki Minaj.

  9. SNEAK PEEK: LIL WAYNE F/ BRUNO MARS - “MIRROR”

      

    It seems like it’s been forever since Lil Wayne has released a video from his current album Tha Carter IV, but that all will change on January 31st when Weezy drops his video for the Bruno Mars-assisted “Mirror.” The clip was directed by Antoine Fuqua. 

  10. MUSIC VIDEO: KE$HA F/ WIZ KHALIFA, ANDRE 3000, T.I. & LIL WAYNE - “SLEAZY REMIX 2.0 (GET SLEAZIER)”

      

    My dream has come true! Ke$ha has released a video for the epic “Sleazy Remix 2.0 (Get Sleazier)!”

    Today’s top spoken word artist teamed up with her fellow kings of hip-hop Wiz Khalifa, Andre 3000, T.I. and Lil Wayne for the official remix to her Bangladesh-produced Cannibal cut released last month.

    Now for the video, K$ did something completely left field…nobody from the song are in the video except on TV screens at the very end. Ke$ha is a big Black or Mexican dude with a mohawk, Wiz is a drag (no Amber Rose), 3Stacks is played by Napoleon Dynamite actor Efren Ramirez, T.I. is an old White guy playing checkers in a wheel chair and Wayne is a trailer park-approved young kid.

    I can’t put my finger on it, but there’s just something so damn epic about this video! Now if only they somehow perform this at the Grammys, life will be complete!

  11. NEW MUSIC: SEAN PAUL F/ KELLY ROWLAND - “HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE”

      

    Did you all know that Sean Paul was gearing up to release a new album? Did you all know it was coming out next week in some international markets? Hell, I had no clue what was going on after his single “Got 2 Luv U” flopped and no word on release dates and whatnot.

    Well, Sean A Paul is back with his fifth studio album entitled Tomahawk Technique and features productions by Stargate, Benny Blanco and DJ Ammo. One of the cuts found on the disc just leaked and it features the oh-so-beautiful Kelly Rowland singing on the Stargate-produced/Ester Dean-penned “How Deep Is Your Love.”

      

    If Sean and Atlantic Records play their cards right once the CD lands a US release date, I can see this being a nice potential hit at Top 40/Rhythmic radio. They should release this around spring time so Sean can at least halfway reclaim his spring/summer radio dominance of back in the day. About those release dates, Sean’s new CD will be released on the 27th in France and Switzerland, February 17th in Austria and Germany, then March 12th in the UK, with no US release date announced as of yet.

  12. D’ANGELO IS BACK!

    That’s right folks! Your eyes are not deceiving you. Neo-soul king D’Angelo is back and ready to work!   

    The Richmond, VA native hasn’t performed or released new solo music since 2000’s epic Voodoo, but all of that changed this week when the singer kicked off his European tour on Thursday night (1/26) over in Stockholm, Sweden.

    In addition to performing his classic hits and goodie album cuts, D’Angelo also performed a new cut entitled “Sugar Daddy,” which will be found on his forthcoming third studio album due this year via RCA Records.

      

    When D’Angelo’s CD finally drops this year, he’ll be on that anticipation level of Sade and Maxwell. They both took over a decade to release new albums, but managed to score huge #1 debuts. Then on top of that, he got his voice still in tact, lost weight and still can rock a stage. Can’t say the same for someone like Lauryn Hill.

    Also, to celebrate the 12th-year anniversary of the release of Voodoo on that exact date, he and his band performed a 8-minute, cookout approved rendition of “Chicken Grease.”

      

    Just seeing D’Angelo healthy and on stage doing his thing makes me hope all of this isn’t just a sober for the moment thing and he revert back to some old habits. Ever since Voodoo, this guy has been going through some shit, so seeing him this way now is refreshening. He has more shows coming up in Copenhagen (Jan. 27), Paris (Jan. 29), Amsterdam (Jan. 30, 31), and London (Feb. 3).

  13. NEW MUSIC: CHRIS BROWN - “TURN UP THE MUSIC”

      

    With “Strip” holding up nice as promo at R&B/Urban radio, Chris Brown is ready to return to the world of Top 40 with the release of his “official” lead single from his upcoming fifth studio album Fortune. The dance-heavy “Turn Up The Music,” produced by The Underdogs (Jennifer Hudson, Britney Spears), has been elected as the lead single and will be released digitally on February 14th.

      

    For much of 2011, I couldn’t stand anything about Chris because of some of his childsih antics and making us people over the age of 21 look bad. But at the end of the day, there’s no denying that CB makes some good music, and this song is no exception. After a while, some of Chris’ R&B/hood joints begin to annoy me for some reason (maybe because it caters to a basic audience). But it’s always refreshing when he dabbles into the world of dance because unlike some of his counterparts like Usher, Chris genuinely sounds great over dance beats and isn’t doing it for hoe shit for sales. I definitely see this being another smash for Breezy. I wonder if he’ll give the debut performance of it at the 2011 GRAMMY Awards in a few weeks.

    Fortune is expected to drop in March via RCA Records.

    SN 1: I’m so diggin’ the single cover!

    SN 2: I wanna see who’ll be the first to reach and say that he dedicated that “don’t stop the music” line to Rihanna

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