Here's some dope albums from 3 of my favorite female acts of all time. Check em out and enjoy!
First up is the last album from the talent ladies of Destiny's Child. Like the name suggest, "Destiny Fulfilled" is the final chapter in these ladies exciting and entertaining saga. They all bring their A game over remarkable production from some of the top producers in the game. Next up is the vastly underrated second studio album from reality t.v starlets Danity Kane. "Welcome to Dollhouse" features Rick Ross, Day 26, and of course Diddy, but its DK that come front and center and kill it with their signature vocals and girl power attitude. Lastly is the album that helped establish TLC as the biggest selling female act of all-time. "Fan Mail" features the smash hits "No Scrubs" and "Unpretty" and was the last album that saw all these three ladies together. A huge album is music history, and one of my favorite albums of all time.
haha, me and phantom had a whole conversation the other day about artist that copy, and artist who are influenced, and although Ciara's choreo is hella original, this video screams Janet Jackson!!! Haha, i'm excited tho, can't wait for the full clip.
Jay-Z is getting ready to drop the highly anticipated album "Blueprint 3" on sept. 11th, and here we have the official street single off the album.
"D.O.A (Death of Autotune)" finds Jigga getting back to the heart of rap, coming for dudes necks and addressing the current state of hip-hop. The track is dope, and is something imma be blasting for alittle. Check it out.
In other news its been reported that the albums official first single should be dropping soon and might feature hip-hop newcomer Drake. If so, i will definitely be checking for that.
With no costume changes, next to no props, and only 4 dancers, Ciara still manged to put on a better show her first night that Britney has this entire tour. With that said, it is alittle depressing to watch these videos knowing how talented Ciara is, and seeing her pretty much being thrown out there with nothing but a backing track and four dancers, while Britney gets the works and can't even sing live for her fans. Smh. Check out some of the clips below.
Awesome job, handled like a true artist. And the crowd seemed to be loving her, and its only night one. Hopefully this tour will help boast Ciara's popularity and allow her to make that big cross into the pop world she's been trying to hard to make this album.
Lloyd has always been one of my favorite male acts, i've even gone as far to call him one of the best musically. Although his talent isn't as impressive as the Chris Brown's and Ne-Yo's of the game, you'd be hard pressed to find a song from Lloyd that's not listenable.
So when i saw that he got his new mixtape out called "Lessons In Love 2.0", i wasted no time in downloading it. It features several of my favorite tracks from the album including some new gems worth a listen.
Lloyd is currently working on his fourth studio album, so this mixtape was a good look to keep people satisfied till the new project. Check it out.
Here's the video version of Kanye's latest single "Paranoid" featuring Mr. Hudson. I'm still upset Riri's not on the track, but the song sounds awesome and i like the extra harmonies he threw up there. Also check out MJB's new single "I'm the One" featuring Drake. The track is produced by Darkchild, and features Mary using the now hella annoying autotune. Dope track though, and she sounds great as usual.
Although i wasn't the biggest fan of the now trio, seeing as its Girl-Group i figured i'd be important to post.The ladies have given member Tiffany(Big Blonde one on the end) the axe. Although nothing is official, reports are stating that the girls new promo pics on their myspace only feature 3 of the girls, and that apparently Tiff has shown her discontent via her twitter page.
Well, the funny part is all they did was cut Tiff out of the pictures, which in itself is hilarious. Developing...
So i just got off work and i'm hella tired, but i wanted to share these videos with all my experience viewers.
First up is the latest video from R&B vixen Kelly Rowland. The video is simple yet beautiful, and considering how well the song is doing on radio, i feel like this video will be getting alot of plays on tv. Check it out!
Next up is the sneak peek for Jordin Sparks new video for "Battlefield". Everyone knows i've got the craziest crush on Jordin, and although i pictured the video waaaay different i like what they are doing. She looks beautiful and the videos got a great look to it. Can't wait to see the full vid.
Finally, my girl Jojo finally fills us in on whats been going on with her album "All I Ever Wanted". I've been really looking foward to this project, Jojo got all the potential in the world, and when this album drops i will be out there to get it. Listen to whats she's got to say...
Sad sad situation, and such an amazing artist with probably a really great album just sitting on the shelf collecting dust. Its situations like this that make me hate acts like Cassie, because they seem to get everything there way while real acts have to fight to see their projects succeed. SMH
So Kanye made me a believer yet again. The videos not vastly different from the original but they added alot of little extra things here and there that just made it better. Still no vocals from Rihanna which is disappointing, but definitely contender for video of the year.
So although i never actually paid attention to them, i do know that these guys are quite popular in the UK. They came in second to Alexandra Burke on last seasons X-Factor, and were even rumored to be joining Michael Jackson on his tour next year. With all that said, i was naturally impelled to check out the video for their debut single "Beat Again".
I dont get it...i've always been iffy about Alexandra's talent, but these dudes...wow.
From the corny dance moves, to the terrible song, and the dude with the bug eyes, and is that sanjaya???. Wtf???
Okay, let me get it together...
The UK has gained a rep for being very open minded as far as the music and artist they listen to, which is good because they shown love to some really talented acts before the rest of the world was even checking for them, like N'Sync and most recently Kelly Rowland.
But these guys don't really do it for me...vocally they leave much to be desired, they are all over the place on the dance front, and this is a terrible first single. Idk, somebody help me understand what makes these dudes so special!
I'm a bit confuzzled seeing as i thought his new album was being released via Timberland's label.
I'm not to sure how i feel about this, being that Young Money IS a hip-hop label, and despite attempts in the past, not many hip-hop labels have manged to successfully put out R&B acts, especially not dudes. Lets see how this one goes.
Above is the OFFICIAL clip for B.E.P's new single "I Gotta Feeling". Yet another dope video from the Peas, and the album is awesome. Review will be up in a bit.
Latin Diva Kat Deluna is still hard at work on her sophomore album "Inside Out", and she recently released videos of her in the studio with Scott Storch (Beyonce, Christina Aguilera) and Andre Merritt ('Disturbia'). Check out the footage below.
She's a ball of energy that Kat, and although sometimes she comes off alittle corny, i actually didn't mind her much in these videos. I think her working with Scott storch is a good look, and although alot of people see him as 'washed up', i always felt like he was a better producer than people gave him credit for, and songs like "Baby Boy" & "Fighter" still stand out in my mind, as oppose to all the recycled crap he handed to the likes of 50 Cent and Fat Joe.
Andre is on the come-up too, and after hearing all the demos he's been writing from Chris Brown and Rihanna, i think he's just what Kat Deluna needs.
As far as the new album is concerned, i'm still alittle torn. Although i love all the music i've heard so far, and i admire the labels choice to take a risk with first single "Unstoppable", the lack of promotion in regards to either single is ridiculous. Neither song has managed to crack the hot 100 yet, which is sad considering how many people are feeling "Dance Bailalo". But with no video or radio promo, the songs pretty much dead in the water.
Anyways, i been bumping Kat's debut for the past few weeks now (I picked it up at fye for only $4.99!!), so i wanted to share it with everyone. Its rare for a new artist to be able to create a debut that really says everything you could hope to say about a new act, and this album managed to capture everything one could want to say about Kat and more. Check it out, it made me a believer! lol
Probably the project i'm looking most foward to this year, Adrienne is an exceptional talent with all the potential for success. About the track, its a solid offering, great beat courtesy of B.Cox, and good lyrics courtesy of The-Dream. Vocally she doesn't do anything too crazy, but she's a real singer and it shows in the overall deliver of the song. Keeping my eye on her for sure!
Don't know if this is old or new, but it's new to me. Paula has always had good material in my eyes, this song being no exception, she sounds great and is a very underrated singer!
With everyone speculating the end of Chris Brown's career, Brandon Hines has been one of the many male R&B acts gaining alot of attention lately and thought to take Breezy's place in the game. He's got a great voice, and alot of dope material. "Weather" is a cool song thats gotta laid back vibe and shows off some of his vocal ability. To learn more about B-Hines check out this bio.
So before going on my little hiatus, I threw together alittle compilation of all my favorite material featured in April, featuring April's artists of the Month Ciara & Day 26, the compliation also features tracks from the likes of Teairra Mari, Cassie, Beyonce, Kanye West, and Many More. Check it out!!
Best of April Compliation
Enjoy, May's compliation will be up later this month!
With it now officially being June, its time to properly kick off Girl Group Month with a group of ladies looking to take over this year.
Following in the footsteps of acts like Envogue and Destiny's Child, these 4 talented young ladies stand-out on the vocal front, and bring a level of swag, sex appeal, and sass that set them apart from the rest.
In their debut video "He Ain't With Me Now (Tho)", LYNDRIETTE, SEVEN, BRAVE, & AUDRA bring glam front and center and with their amazing vocals and Rich Harrison's signature production delivering a track ready for the top of the charts.
Increasingly become one of my favorite groups of the moment, i'll be keeping my eyes on these ladies.
Concreteloop did a full feature on them, check it out to learn more about the ladies and how you can possibly see them performing with Mario this summer! I'll be there : )
Gaga's latest video has already got my vote for one of the best videos of the year, so i was really shocked after seeing this behind the scenes vid, there was alot they recorded that didn't make the final cut! Check it out.
Wow, the purple hair was kinda dope, and they needed to include more of the choreography from the scene when she's in all white, those parts stood out to me alot while watching this.
Gaga is giving in the background, haha. This is one of my favorite songs, and i love Gaga doing the whole hip-hop sound, i feel as an artist she could thrive in the genre and even change it up abit. Looking foward to the full video.
