Hip-hop heavyweight NAS dropped by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to give a live performance of “Nasty” backed by The Roots band. I loved the energy Nas gave, this actually reminds me of when he first emerged. Another album METY is anticipating! Watch here…
MTV’s Making the Band 4 stars, Day26 return with their new video for the first single “Made Love Lately”, off of the upcoming studio album A New Day. The group has made recent changes in their departure from Bad Boy Entertainment and the exit of former band member Qwanell ”Que” Mosley. Now Robert, Brian, Willie, and Mike are hoping for a fresh start! A New Day will feature songs written by Day26, Rico Love, Troy Taylor and Bryan-Michael Cox. “It’s real R&B. It’s taking it back to that ’90s R&B. It’s heartfelt, it’s passion,” stated Brian of the Jim Beanz production. Watch here…
R&B singer Ashanti recently sat down for an interview with Access Hollywood to discuss her absence from the music industry, her new record label Written Entertainment, the follow-up to her last studio effort, “The Declaration” and becoming more business savvy. Also, I thought it was cute how she sang along to her own track playing in the background. Watch the short clip here…
M.I.A. is back with her adventurous video for the first single “Bad Girls”, which will feature on her fourth album scheduled for summer 2012 release. The visuals were shot in Ouarzazate, Morocco, directed by Romain Gavras and produced by Danja. M.I.A. stated, “It was dope to have so many people from so many different backgrounds speaking so many different languages come together to create something that we believed in. I thought I was gonna die on the shoot when I saw the drifting. It was a four-day shoot so everyone was on edge the whole time specifically me when I had to do blue steel singing to the camera while the cars did doughnuts on the wet road ten feet away. In my mind I was thinking how I was gonna deliver the video to Vice with no legs.” Personally, I don’t feel it was a great selection for the first single. You be the judge! Watch here…
Dancer/Pop Singer Ciara held a brief interview with SiriusXM on the “Sway in the Morning” show to speak about her fifth album approaching, reuniting with L.A. Reid at Epic Records and building her brand with upcoming ventures in acting and music. Also, she spoke about the importance of not rushing to release the follow-up to 2010’s Basic Instinct. “It’s not even so much about a number count,” CiCi explained to Sway Calloway. “It’s just really about the vibe, and I’ll just tell you that it’s a good vibe going. It’s really important for me to take my time with this record and it’s important for the whole team. It’s really, really good energy.” Watch the short clip here…
Super Bowl XLVI halftime show headliner Madonna returns with the video for “Give Me All Your Luvin’”. Due in stores March 26th, Madge’s 12th album MDNA is said to be full of surprises. Directed by Megaforce, Pop diva Madonna enlists two other fearless females, Nikki Minaj & M.I.A. to collab on the track. She expressed her admiration for her co-stars, “I love [Nicki and M.I.A.] and I wanted to collaborate with both of them on my record because I’m a big fan of their music, but also I like their independence. They’re cheeky and unique and they have individual voices and they’re not conventional pop stars, and I really admire them both.” The trio are slated to perform the song tomorrow on the Super Bowl’s halftime show in Indianapolis. Stay tuned!
Dondria bring forth the third and final installment to her Dondria Duets series. The So So Def singer covers classic 90s songs including R. Kelly’s “Half on a Baby,” Donell Jones’ “Where I Wanna Be,” Dru Hill’s “We’re Not Making Love,” and Tyrese’s “Sweet Lady.” Currently, she is working on her second studio album, which will be introduced by her upcoming single featuring Da Brat, entitled “Ol’ School Love”. Get the mixtape now for free…
Download mixtape here: Dondria Duets 3: 90s Edition (Dondria)
