1. 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.

  2. SNEAK PEEK: CASSIE - “KING OF HEARTS”

      

    Diddy’s favorite shadow and mute Cassie is back to make more noise with the upcoming release of her single and music video “King of Hearts.” The Bad Boy beauty is dropping the single in an attempt to FINALLY release her LOOOOOONNNNNG awaited sophomore disc Electro Love (if that’s even still the title), a CD that was supposed to drop back in 2007!

    Cassandra (along with her Ciara-esque new logo) also stopped by 106 & Park to drop off the trailer as well as talk about the next chapter of her career.

      

    As much as it hurts to say this, I’m still looking forward to her new album (more Bad Boy promo!)

  3. MUSIC VIDEO: JOJO - “DISASTER”

      

    Surprise surprise! Look who FINALLY decides to drop a video!

    Even though her new album Jumping Trains has been pushed back until next year, JoJo has just released the video for her lead single “Disaster.” The clip was shot back in September in Downtown Los Angeles with director Benny Boom (Keyshia Cole, Ciara).

    I still feel some kinda way that her CD’s been pushed back, but that’s nothing new in the world of JoJo. At least there’s concrete proof she’s making progress in releasing it, even if “Disaster” is a disaster on the charts (it’s only made it to #87 on the Billboard Hot 100). Still, the video shows a new grown and mature side to Miss Lavesque, leaving behind the young teenage image shown on her first two albums. Now it’s time for JoJo to do some hoe-sh** for the next single so that this album can be big.

  4. NEW MUSIC: JOJO - “THE OTHER CHICK”

      

    (*A little cover I just designed up for the occasion)

    A few days ago, the demo version of her single leaked. Now, the official, mastered version of JoJo’s single “The Other Chick” has surfaced! JoJo’s first single in five years is the lead from her forthcoming third album Jumping Trains. And if you wanna get hood with it, the other version is titled “The Other B****.”

      

    After the whole Da Family/Blackground drama, Blackground taking forever to secure a distributor, lawsuits, and just plain taking forever, it’s good to see JoJo officially back. She’s been trying to release this album for the past few years back when it was called All I Want Is Everything, releasing a mixtape titled Can’t Take That Away to keep fans hungry for more when the time was right to come back for real. I can see JoJo being successful like she deserves to be now that she has Interscope Records backing her, because Jimmy Iovine doesn’t play around with failure.

    Now as far as “The Other Chick,” I dig the song a lot. The pop/rock mixed with her R&B voice works well, sorta like “Too Little, Too Late,” just a little more angrier to an extent.

  5. MUSIC VIDEO: NICOLE SCHERZINGER F/ 50 CENT - “RIGHT THERE”

    (SMH! look at this tack head cheap ass cover)

    Anywhooo, Nicole Scherzinger has been trying to make it as a solo artist ever since 2007 when she was to drop her solo debut Her Name Is Nicole. However, people didn’t want to know her name after five-failed singles and no CD release. Therefore, she was forced to re-join her fellow street hoes known as the Pussycat Dolls for the ‘08 release of the flop named Doll Domination.

    Now that it’s been a couple of years since PCD officially split, Nicole reached out for yet another shot at solo success when she released her UK #1 single “Poison” along with her official solo debut Killer Love a few months ago. Now Nicole is trying to conquer the U.S. one more time with the U.S. version of Killer Love and it’s official lead single “Right There.” For the U.S. version of the Jim Jonsin-produced/Ester Dean-penned track, Nicole teamed up with Interscope labelmate 50 Cent for the track and it’s Paul Hunter-directed video.  

    So here’s the video folks. This looks like a 2011 version of PCD’s “Don’t Cha” (also directed by Paul Hunter). Same alleyway, outfits, party venue…all looks familiar. Also, she got herself a new PCD with Amber Rose jiggin away in the background.

    I will say the song has somewhat grown on me, but I still find 50’s feature unnecessary, as got lucky as hell with he and Jeremih’s “Down On Me” doing real major, so he’s not guaranteed to help even himself get another hit. We shall see how this all plays out though.

  6. DIDDY-DIRTY MONEY ANNOUNCE ‘COMING HOME’ TOUR DATES

    Diddy-Dirty Money 

    The Last Train To Paris will be pulling into a city near you this spring! Diddy and his Dirty Money cohorts Dawn Richard and Kaleena Harper will be hitting the road on the 20-city tour in support of their album Last Train To Paris as well as their current hit “Coming Home.” The Coming Home Tour kicks off in Minneapolis on April 13th, hitting other cities like Norfolk, Atlanta, Atlantic City and NYC, before ending on May 15th in St. Louis.

    Coming Home Tour Dates:

    April 13 – Minneapolis, MN – Epic Center
    April 14 – Chicago, IL – House of Blues
    April 15 – Detroit, MI – Sound Board
    April 16 – Providence, RI – TBD
    April 21 – Boston, MA – House of Blues
    April 22 – New York, NY – Hammerstein Ballroom
    April 23 – Atlantic City, NJ – Showboat
    April 24 – Norfolk, VA – Norva
    April 26 – Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle
    April 28 – Jacksonville, FL – Plush
    April 29 – Melbourne, FL – Levelz
    April 30 – St. Petersburg, FL – Jannus Live
    May 1 – Orlando, FL – House of Blues
    May 6 – San Francisco, CA – The Warfield
    May 7 – Los Angeles, CA – Club Nokia
    May 8 – Anaheim, CA – The Grove
    May 10 – Phoenix, AZ – Ovations LIVE!
    May 12 – Houston, TX – Warehouse
    May 14 – Kansas City, MO – The Midland
    May 15 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant 

  7. MUSIC VIDEO: LADY GAGA - “BORN THIS WAY”

      

    Lady Gaga has finally premiered the video for her #1 single “Born This Way” and let’s just say, this video is something special (not in a good way). The clip, directed by Nick Knight and choreographed by Laurieann “Boom Kack” Gibson, finds Mother Monster giving life (I think), punany juices squirting everywhere, dancing like an anorexic street prostitute, and something about a unicorn and walking in the street. I do have to shout out her park girl side pony tail that made it’s debut during the Grammy performance.

    But ain’t this some illuminati shat? LOL. Before I get attacked by Gaga little monsters and have to put them on life support before pulling the plug, I’m no Gaga hater. I’ve been rocking with her since the beginning and people gave two shits about her. But this video was good but bad at the same time. I’m all for being different and artful and all since I do art, but some things are just too forceful and it gets old after a while.

  8. CIARA DROPPED BY JIVE RECORDS? WHAT CAN SHE DO DIFFERENTLY?

    Damn, Ciara really can’t catch a break!

    A while ago on FNL Radio, I announced that Ciara would be releasing the Usher-assisted track “Turn It Up” as the third single from her tragic flop of an album by the name of Basic Instinct. But things have taken a turn - the single has been erased from the list of singles released to radio and I logged into my Sony Music account to see that the song has been deleted as a single.

    So is this officially the end of Ciara’s career as a recording artist on LaFace/Jive Records? With Jive doing big things with Britney Spears, Chris Brown, Usher, Pink and hell, even R. Kelly doing major, is CiCi even a needed asset any more?

    Ciara had every opportunity possible to fix her sh** after the Fantasy Ride era crashed head on, only selling 170k to date since it’s 2009 release. But she had to go and f*** it up by recording this Basic Instinct album with Tricky Stewart and The-Dream executive producing the disc as well as producing and writing a majority of the tracks. I can’t even pin point more than two good songs on this CD.

    Not only was the choice of production a problem, but single choices, lack of concrete news and jacked up promotional efforts messed up her whole situation. Back last summer when Terius did an interview explaining his contribution to Basic Broad InSTINK, he basically said this is a “last shot” album. If your producer doesn’t even have faith in you, why not go back in the studio, do some hoe sh** for tracks, and deliver a better album than this foolishness?

    Word around town is that she’s trying to strike up a deal with Interscope. But will that even help? At this route, Ciara needs to take a one year break, do a VH1 or MTV reality show (don’t do BET…too ratchet and won’t help the cause since they don’t like you like that on the low low), and do what you did on Fantasy Ride. Only reason why that album didn’t work out is because majority of the album tracks leaked MONTHS before the release and messed up single choices. But if she does everything correctly this time, she’ll do good.

    But if re-recording Fantasy Ride To Hell with Ike Turner can’t help, what will.

  9. MUSIC VIDEO: WALE - “THE BREAK UP SONG”

      

    Wale explores the reality and expectations on a relationship in his new video for “The Break Up Song,” found on his last mixtape More About Nothing. In the video inspired by the film (500) Days of Summer, Wale even managed to snag Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman to narrate the tale.

    In other Wale news, who’s enjoying the success of his feature on Wacka Flocka Flame’s “No Hands” (which is top 20 right now), has just signed a new record deal. The D.C. rapper is now signed to Rick Ross’ Maybach Music. While he may no longer be a part of the Interscope Records roster, he is still signed to Roc Nation for management.

  10. KEYSHIA COLE EYES LADY GAGA COLLAB FOR NEW ALBUM

    Keyshia Cole JUST released her new album Calling All Hearts a month ago but is already plotting her next release. Since Hearts opened to not-so-stellar first week numbers (only selling over 140k to date since it’s release), KC is ready to move onto recording what will be her fifth album. When speaking with MTV News on who she would love to get in the booth with on the next disc, Keyshia replied 

    “I would honestly love to work with one of the girls that are huge in pop, like a Beyoncé or Lady Gaga or Fergie.”

    So could this be a possible outlook on the sound of Keyshia’s new album? I kinda sorta hope so because I would like to see her expand her sound in a different arena while still staying true to her roots. A Gaga or Fergie collaboration wouldn’t be hard to achieve being that all three ladies are under the Interscope umbrella. It’s all a matter of KC actually reaching out to make it all happen.

    IMO, Keyshia has the potential to release a huge record that will crossover to mainstream, just look at “Let It Go” and the Diddy-collabo “Last Night.” However, she had the opportunity to take on the challenge with ‘08’s A Different Me, failing to release standout tracks such as “Please Don’t Stop” and “Erotic”…hell even “Beautiful Music” was taking off nicely.

    Keyshia is also one of the rare R&B chicks that can do some Pop music while still keeping her urban soul alive (listen to A Different Me’s supposed-to-be single “This Is Us”). So this new chapter will be interesting to watch in terms of sound, being that Calling All Hearts is flopping due to horrible ass single choices even she regrets (s/o to “I Ain’t Thru”).

    But in the meantime, Keyshia will be releasing the Irv Gotti/Chink Santana-produced “Take Me Away” as the third single from CAH. She recently shot a video for the track as well as kicking off promo for the single by performing on The Conan O’Brien Show last week.

  11. LIVE: KERI HILSON - “PRETTY GIRL ROCK” (THE TODAY SHOW)

     

    Keri Hilson took a break from her cocky attitude and newfound hoe shit status to keep it classy on this morning’s Today Show to perform her single “Pretty Girl Rock” in anticipation of her sophomore album No Boys Allowed hitting stores next Tuesday. She even mixed in some “You’re Beautiful” by James Blunt to keep things fresh.

  12. NEW MUSIC: KERI HILSON - “TOY SOLDIER” + ‘NO BOYS ALLOWED’ PROMO PICS

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    Keri Hilson is a week away from releasing her sophomore album No Boys Allowed and a new track has surfaced. The Polow Da Don-produced “Toy Soldier” premiered earlier via Billboard.com (hence the tags of Keri plugging the CD release date).

    Download “Toy Soldier” Here

    Nice little song. Also, here’s some promo pics from the No Boys Allowed album, which I have to say are pretty good (and WAAAAYYY better than the In A Perfect World… shoot).

    Check out more pics under the cut 

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  13. MUSIC VIDEO: KEYSHIA COLE F/ NICKI MINAJ - “I AIN’T THRU”

      

    Keyshia Cole reverts to her hood-like ways and Nicki Minaj pulls out the “Up Out My Face” wig for KC’s new Benny Boom-directed clip for “I Ain’t Thru.” The cut is the lead single from Keyshia’s upcoming fourth album Calling All Hearts, in stores December 21st.

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