Frank Ocean casts a spell on the enchanting “Voodoo,” which he released via his Tumblr page. The Odd Future crooner sings about a couple whose love is the only thing that remains true in darker times.“She’s got the whole wide world in her juicy fruit/ He’s got the whole wide world in his pants,” he effortlessly sings on the 97-second track.
Maybach Music Group takes a shot of their own remix of Drake’s ‘The Motto’ with Meek Mill and Wale pulling up the forefront of hot bars. These are some of the hardest working artists in the industry and their grind will never cease to rise as they continue to obtain more and more status and notoriety in the music industry. Enough about my thoughts, turn your speakers up loud and clear so you can prepare yourselves for the fire before you!
Chris Brown cranks up the volume on “Turn Up the Music,” the second single from his fifth album Fortune, due this spring. The party anthem boasts a throbbing electro-house beat and an undeniable hook.
“If you sexy and you know it, put your hands up in the air,” chants Breezy over the synth-heavy production, which is bound to become the soundtrack for clubgoers everywhere.
Wiz Khalifa rounds up his Taylors LoLa Monroe and Juicy J in the video for “Oh Gee La.” The trio flows over the Fugees classic “Fu-Gee-La” in the studio with weed, alcohol, and cash on deck. Take a peek into their smoking sessions.
John Legend isn’t the only talent in the Stephens family. The younger brother of the Grammy-winning crooner, Vaughn Anthony, is readying a mixtape Life of a Player for release this March, featuring collaborations with Rick Ross, Olivia, and Prodigy. The Ohio native is no stranger to the music scene, having opened for India.Arie, Robin Thicke, Raphael Saadiq, and Estelle, and collaborated with Rick Ross (“It’s Alright”) and Ghostface Killah (“Paragraphs of Love”).
He duets with his brother on “Hold Me Down,” the first single off his self-titled debut, due in May. Listen below.
Contrary to recent news reports, Swizz Beatz is not the CEO of controversial file-sharing website, Megaupload.com.
Ira Rothken, an attorney for Megaupload.com, made the revelation to RollingStone.com as he explained that, to his knowledge, Beatz “was never involved in any meaningful way” with Megaupload.com, but was in talks to helm the website.
“He was negotiating to become the CEO, but it was never official,” Rothken said.
The lawyer’s comments counter previous reports that listed Beatz as a silent, executive partner for Megaupload.com, which was shut down Thursday (January 19) after massive copyright infringement and racketeering charges were brought against the company and its top executives. Four of the seven defendants named in the case were arrested in New Zealand.
Other charges leveled at the Megaupload.com include money laundering and racketeering. The website stands accused of being complicit in costing copyright holders more than $500 million in damages, while raking in more than $175 million in illegal proceeds.
In protest of the Megaupload.com shut down, a number of major websites have been shut down by Internet hackers. Among those targeted were websites for the Department of Justice, the MPAA, Universal Music, and the RIAA. The FBI’s website, www.fbi.com is reportedly the next site on the list for Anonymous, a “hacktivist” group in Sweden that claimed responsibility for shutting down the Department of Justice website.
Megaupload.com is currently trying to get back online as it fights charges and works to recover from the situation.
If you’re a D’Angelo fan, 2012 is looking promising. The soul crooner is set to return with James River, his first album since 2000’s Voodoo.
Just days into the new year, his rough cover of Soundgarden’s 1994 hit “Black Hole Sun” has surfaced online. But this is not necessarily an indication of what’s to come. The Roots’ ?uestlove explains that the previously unreleased recording is from eight years ago and will not appear on D’Angelo’s forthcoming album.
In the meantime, you can catch the singer on his brief European tour, which kicks off January 26 in Stockholm.
Sisters With Voices better known as SWV the 90′s HIT female R&B trio have jumped back on the scene and they sound great! Still have that 90′s flavor that we loved and missed so much. Coko, Taj and Lelee have released their newest single “Co-Sign”, which was produced by Cainon Lamb. Seems like 2012 will be a good year for R&B!!
Fresh off the heels of her club banger, “Marilyn Monroe, Brianna collaborates with Trina and Future on her bluntly titled single “Hey Ho” aka “Oh La.” The Diamond Princess flaunts her flashy lifestyle, while Future provides the catchy hook on the bouncy number. The rap trio’s collaboration is set to appear on Brianna’s mixtape Face Off, dropping Christmas Day.
As more music surfaces from Young Jeezy he looks for an escape on the dark “Trapped,” his collaboration with Jill Scott. The survivors’ anthem, produced by J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, appears on his fourth album TM103: Hustlerz Ambition, available Tuesday.
“The record with Jill Scott basically sums up my life in one song,” “It’s basically saying I had humble beginnings, but where I came from, I feel like there was no way out. Everywhere I looked, everywhere I turned it was just hurdles and mountains and hills and it was like, ‘How the fuck do I get outta here?’ or ‘How do I better myself?’”
He hopes the song will provide inspiration to those who feel that there’s no way out. “I just think that should be your theme song because sometimes you do feel trapped, but you gotta know that there’s always a way out of a trap,” he explained. “Even bears get out of them motherfuckers. You gotta just believe in you and just push harder.”
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