Diggy Simmons readies his debut album & releases another banger featuring on of my fav rappers Jadakiss. Produced by Da Internz, known for their production on Rihanna’s ”Birthday Cake”. Diggy’s first album Unexpected Arrival drops March 20th. Listen here…
UK artist Rita Ora signed to RocNation approximately two years ago & now she’s preparing her debut album with her first single being “Party & Bullsh*t”. The upcoming album reportedly has productions by Ester Dean, Drake, The-Dream, and Stargate. Ora credits her inspirations to Gwen Stefani & Beyoncé and has stated that she enjoys feedback from B, in reference to the new tracks she has played for her. Listen here…
Nicki Minaj revisits her gritty side with “Roman Reloaded”, the title-track of her upcoming LP. Although the lyrics are raw, this is what I expect from Nicki, it goes much more harder than her Pop songs & her last couple of Hip-hop releases. Wanye’s verse reminds me of the swag he carried a couple of years ago, so this collab is definitely fire. Listen here… {Disclaimer: The audio is explicit}
RocNation artist J. Cole drops a new joint entitled “Grew Up Fast” that opens with an incredible David Ruffin sample, produced by Canei Finch. Cole recently wrapped a new video for his next single, “Nobody’s Perfect” featuring Missy Elliott. “It’ll probably be my best video yet, visually,” he stated about the production. “Man, just to have Missy on that set and to see her singing the song that I wrote. It’s Missy, I don’t think people really understand; that’s my era and how I look at her and how creative she is and her and Timbaland and the things that they did. That was a beautiful moment right there.” Also, this spring Cole will embark on his Campus Consciousness / The Sideline Story Tour. The 17-city tour starts on April 11 in Kingston, R.I., and ends on May 4 in South Orange, N.J. Listen to “Grew Up Fast” now… {Disclaimer: The following audio is explicit}
DMX returns with his first single in 6 years featuring Bad Boy artist MGK. The single will appear on his upcoming album Undisputed, which is slated to be released on March 27th, 2012. Listen here… {Disclaimer: The following audio is explicit}
Romeo Santos, former lead singer of Aventura, a group that assisted in bringing Bachata to the forefront, has released a new video from his debut solo album Formula, Vol 1. The track features Lil Wayne…Watch now!
The-Dream is ready to take his show on the road. In preparation for his Love IV album, the singer/songwriter is getting ready to embark on a new tour, and on Thursday (February 23), he’s planning to drop a new song to commemorate the run. The Kill the Lights Tour will begin March 11 in New York, and The-Dream is dropping his new single of the same name. “The name of the song is actually ‘Kill the Lights,’ featuring my artist Casha,” he said on Wednesday’s “RapFix Live.”
The song will be featured on the upcoming Love IV, which the ATL crooner estimates will be out in the spring or summer — he doesn’t want to put an exact date on it. The-Dream already dropped the LP’s first single, “ROC,” earlier this year, and in addition to his new LP, he wants to concentrate on grooming Casha, who made her first appearance on The-Dream’s free digital album 1977 singing a remake of Minnie Riperton’s “Love, Stop Making a Fool of Me.”
“I’m just channeling and building her the right way and giving her the right time,” he said of his new artist. “I’m not trying to get, ‘She better come out and sell this’; I’m not doing that. She’s too talented for that.”
Instead of creating microwave hits with Casha, The-Dream would rather take his time. “She’s going to sell on her own, she’s great, she’ll be fine,” he said. “I’m trying to slow-bake it.” View tour dates after the jump…
