Nothing like a little heartache to help you crank out a hit. Kandi Burruss is working with Fantasia and Kandi posted a little snippett of Fanny singing for her life at a studio somewhere in North Carolina.

Dancing with the Stars had it’s premiere Monday night, and by the looks of the clips from the show, this season is one of the best.  With celebrities like Glady’s Knight, Jaleel White, and Sherri Shepard taking to the stage, this season is by far one of the better one’s.  Check out some clips from the show below:

Legendary Gladys Knight worked it out with her partner Tristan MacManus.

Jaleel White with partner Kym Johnson.

Donald Driver did the Cha-Cha with his partner Peta Murgatroyd. 

Sherri Shepherd & her partner Valentin (Val) Chmerkovskiy

Wale is caught in a love triangle in the cinematic video for “Sabotage,” the Lloyd-assisted single off his latest album Ambition. The Maybach Music MC has his eye on one of his classmates, played by singer Sabi, but a jealous female tries to keep them from being together. Will he end up with the right girl? Watch the high school drama unfold.

M.I.A.’s “Bad Girls” video earned praise from everyone from Rihanna to Tyler, the Creator upon its release last month. Now the pop rebel takes us behind the scenes of the brilliant clip, shot in Ouarzazate, Morocco. Director Romain Gavras drew inspiration for the high-speed scenes by watching YouTube videos of Saudis drifting on two wheels.

“Maya and I have had this video concept in mind for a while since we’ve worked on ‘Born Free,’” said Gavras. “We stumbled upon these videos on YouTube. We were mesmerized.”

M.I.A. added, “It was like the coolest shit I had ever seen.”

“The idea was to compile Arabic references—fantasized or not—into a pop video,” explained Gavras. “Pop videos usually show American kids in their element. Here you got Arab kids in an insane car rodeo element.”

The documentary-style clip includes commentary from the stunt car drivers, crew, and local residents who were on set.

Gavras acknowledges that it will be hard to top himself. “It will be hard to make something as grandiose as this. Next video needs to be shot on the moon.”

J. Cole shares a wall with Missy Elliott in the video for “Nobody’s Perfect,” the latest single off his debut Cole World: The Sideline Story. The trailblazing femcee makes a triumphant return to the screen in her first video in years, looking like she hasn’t aged one bit. A reflective Cole raps in his bedroom, while a glammed-up Missy plays his neighbor and therapist in the Colin Tilley-directed clip.

Wale lives out his dreams in the inspirational video for “Ambition,” the title track from last year’s album featuring MMG’s Meek Mill and Rick Ross.

 Ashanti is back!  The R&B songstress rockets into outer space in the futuristic video for “The Woman You Love,” the first single from her fifth album Braveheart, due this spring on her label Written Entertainment.