Now a lot of people have been giving Miss Minaj the side eye lately now that it seems she has completely crossed over to pop. Yeah her title when she first came out was a rapper, but why the big deal because she's branching out? I'm not the biggest fan of her but I have to admit Nicki Minaj is a great entertainer and a smart businesswoman. She just signed a multi-million dollar endorsement deal with Pepsi for their new drink "Pop," and is getting ready for her second album release. Hate her or love her, she's not going anywhere. Here is a cut off her new album featuring R&B crooner Chris Brown, entitled "Right By My Side." Here she shows off her singing skills, a definite summer jam.
Check out her album, "Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded," set to hit stores the week of April 2nd worldwide.
For someone who has followed Teyana Taylor since her days
with Pharell, I’m glad she has finally gotten some kind of recognition. She has come a long way from “You ain’t nobody,
‘Google Me Baby’.” Last week the
curly-haired tomboy finally released a collection of music for her fans, a
mixtape entitled “The MisUnderstanding of Teyana Taylor,” a nice play on the
similar Lauryn Hill title.
Her version of “Marvin’s Room” by Drake is by far the
mixtape favorite. The video, featuring
Omarion, shows her grown and sexy side (and her envious 6-pack). She shows her appreciation to Lauryn more
than a few times, the first being the similar mixtape album titles. On “Lauryns Interlude,” she covers Hill’s “Doo
Wop (That Thing),” showing off her beautiful voice, then again when she
presents audio of Miss Lauryn on “Words of Wisdom.” She also pays homage to Mary J. Blige, putting
her own twist on “Love No Limit” on her own track, “You Know.”
The features on her mixtape are a hit and miss. Songs like “D.U.I.” with Fabolous and
Jadakiss and “Make Your Move” featuring Wale are smooth. She worked with great artists, though the
songs would have still sounded good without them. “Bad Boy” (featuring Honey Cocaine) honestly
could’ve been left off, sounding more like the female version to French Montana’s
“Shot Caller,” in the first couple of lines.
Honey Cocaine (the female Tyga) is just…well, the female Tyga. I mean honestly, it’s called substance- get
some. Travis Porter gives us their regular
sex-crazed teen talk over a fairly hot beat you can dance to on “Choosin,”
though the song itself wasn’t impressive.
JSYK (Just So You Know): For the record, “Complicated” was
recorded a while back- though I feel this is obvious when it sounds more like a
teeny-bopper track compared to the rest of the mixtape. Her teen fans, however, will appreciate it.
All in all the mixtape was nice, smooth and chill with a few
hip-pop songs throughout. For her first
big release, Teyana showed promise, and I’m awaiting an album or another
mixtape that is gonna really help her blow up.
Check out the video for “Marvin’s Room,” and her single “DUI” below.
Melanie Fiona brings us a hot new single with Rapper J. Cole
When it comes to R&B, Melanie Fiona is on the come up. Every woman sang into our remotes and hairbrushes along to "4 a.m." (or maybe that was just me). Then Miss Fiona put out a video just as good to go along with the single (he should've been at home wth her-hmph). Heartbreak sure has a way of making an R&B artist give a song their all (i.e. Monica, Mary J. Keyshia Cole), because Melanie Fiona gave me life with this joint.
Now her and J. Cole have teamed up again (without Wale) to bring you their new song together entitled "This Time," which has everything it needs to be the next big radio hit. Looks like she's trying to make a past relationship better. I'm looking forward to the video. Look out for this 28-year-old's sophomore album, "The MF Life," out in stores March 20th.
26 is back with a brand new video "Made Love Lately." Glad to see them back on the scene...
...Que where you at?
Lord knows I loved their debut album, even their follow-up. Definitely had those cds blasting in my house. Their show was apart of my tv addiction for some time.
Look out for their new album, "A New Day" on Atlantic Records some time this year.
