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Chris Brown Teases Forthcoming Album: “It Take a Different Type of Love Mixed Wit Heartbreak for Some of These Songs”

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Chris Brown has a new single out in “WE (Warm Embrace)” and he also has his new album loaded. Getting fans excited for what’s to come, Breezy hit Instagram with a message.

“NOT GON LIE… It take a different type of LOVE mixed wit heartbreak for some of these songs on my album,” Brown wrote online. “So ahead of time…. THANK YOU [praying hands emoji].” The post comes at the same time as Brown’s friend Tory Lanez boasted about the forthcoming project, as well.”

Before the latest single, Chris Brown dropped “Iffy.” The “Iffy” video is directed by Joseph Kahn and takes Chris Brown to Los Angeles as the getaway driver for a funt rack that is equipped for dancing, which you know Breezy gets into. The video brings a Brown dancing sequence on top of muscle cars as they speed down the highway. The video, which doubles as a heist action film, brings Chris Brown in some fighting dance sequences.

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Method Man Releases “Live From The Meth Lab”, Announces ‘Meth Lab 3: The Rehab’ Album

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Hip-hop legend Method Man is back with a new collaborative track straight from The Meth Lab. The song, entitled “Live From The Meth Lab”, has a distinctive, 90s hip hop vibe and features longtime friends, frequent collaborators, and genre icons Redman and KRS-One and Wu Tang affiliated rapper JoJo Pelligrino.

The song is the third release off the upcoming ‘Meth Lab 3: The Rehab’ project, following “The Last 2 Minutes” featuring Iron Mic and “Butterfly Effect” featuring RJ Payne, which saw high praise from Complex, UPROXX, HipHopDX, Okayplayer, Hot New Hip-Hop, VIBE, Revolt and more.

The Meth Lab project is a platform curated with friend and collaborator Hanz On that draws upon the Staten Island hip-hop community to put on up-and-coming artists alongside some of Wu Tang’s finest and noteworthy affiliates. The album was recorded in Meth Lab Studios on Staten Island and will be released on May 6, 2022  via Hanz On Music Entertainment (H.O.M.E.) / ONErpm.

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[WATCH] Alicia Keys Drops New Visuals For “City Of Gods Part II”

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Today, 15-time GRAMMY® Award-winning artist and worldwide-celebrated music icon Alicia Keys debuts “City of Gods Part II,” a reimagined version of her epic collaboration with Fivio Foreign and Kanye West, “City of Gods,” released earlier this year. “City of Gods Part II” is available everywhere now. The accompanying music video made its global broadcast premiere on MTV Live, MTVU, BET Soul and BET Her, as well as on the Paramount Times Square billboards in New York City.
 
Featuring newly-penned verses alongside the impassioned chorus of the original track, “City of Gods Part II” offers a soulful, stripped-back piano rendition of the hit single that is quintessentially Alicia Keys. Alicia transforms “City of Gods” in an iconic new way that encapsulates the emotions brought forth throughout the original version, remaining a heartfelt ode to the city of New York.
 
To celebrate the release of “City of Gods Part II,” Alicia appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show today for the debut television performance of the track. 
 
This summer, Alicia will head out on her “ALICIA THE WORLD TOUR” starting in June in the UK and August in the US. For tickets and more information, please visit: https://www.aliciakeys.com/shows/tour.

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City Girls Drop New Single And Video “Top Notch” Featuring Fivio Foreign

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Miami’s own City Girls make their much-anticipated return with a new single and music video entitled “Top Notch” [feat. Fivio Foreign], out now via Quality Control Music / Motown Records. It marks the multiplatinum duo’s first release since the gold-selling 2021 smash “Twerkulator.”

The track finds a sweet spot between sexy Southern hip-hop and gritty East Coast drill. City Girls, Yung Miami and JT, instantly show out with fiery bars before Fivio warns, “This is not a movie.”Oozing confidence and charisma, JT counters, “You gotta pay for this.” In the accompanying visual, they take over New York city, turning up on street corners with a whole crew and descending upon the Big Apple like a storm. 

It will serve as the follow-up to 2020’s City On Lock LP, which graced year-end lists by NPR, Rolling Stone, and Vice, to name a few.

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Kalan.FrFr Retursns with New Single “POPSTAR”

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Kalan.FrFr, a fast-rising LA rapper, has released his new track “Popstar” via First Class Entertainment and Roc Nation Records.

Kalan presents his distinctive melodic flow over production from frequent collaborators and multi-platinum producers Bankroll Got It (Latto, Flo Milli, Coi Leray) and Diego Ave, who provide a boastful insider’s insight into his road to fame and fortune (Post Malone, YG, King Von).

“The concept behind the song is that anyone can be a pop star; you just have to wake up and feel like one,” said Kalan.FrFr. “It’s a belief in one’s self, a feeling that you are shining regardless of what space you are in; you don’t have to be a rapper to be a popstar, I just happen to be one!”

You can hear the new single below and check his tour dates here.

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[WATCH] Lil Tjay Returns with “In My Head” Single and Video

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Lil Tjay released his new track “In My Head.” The young star has spent the previous few weeks promoting the single on social media for fans all around the world, with a sample from Iyaz’s 2009 hit song “Replay.” Prior to its introduction, TikTok had amassed over 100,000 pre-saves and 59,000 user video productions.

The song “In My Head” is out now, and it comes with a music video that shows Lil Tjay going through his memories to piece together a night gone bad. The video features Rubi Rose.

You can watch the new video below.

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Ella Mai Releases the Tracklist and Release Date for ‘Heart on My Sleeve’ Album

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Ella Mai is set to release her new album, Heart on My Sleeve, on May 6. The album will be released on 10 Summers/Interscope records. “I poured my whole heart into this album, more so than ever before. I am overly excited for this sophomore journey. Let’s do it all over again,” Mai said on Instagram.

The new album will be 15 songs in length and will feature Latto, Roddy Ricch, and Lucky Daye.

Speaking with Zane Lowe on New Daily Music on Apple Music 1, Ella Mai cited the lead single, “DFMU” as “almost a therapy session.”

“This song in this process was very, very hard for me because it was like my life in real time,” Ella Mai said. “So it was almost a therapy session when I was in the session. But I think that’s the best way. All the people that I grew up listening to are always very, very honest. And I’ve always just appreciated honesty. I think it’s the best way I think that people can relate to you also so…I was having a very honest conversation with Prince Charlez who I wrote the song with about I was going through at that point. And it just was basically a conversation, and it just came together that way. And I think those are the best songs because storytelling is just conversation really.” 

She added, “It was one of the ones during the recording process that I just knew it had to make… I think it was maybe the 10th song in the recording process. I recorded a whole bunch of songs. And I remember saying to my day manager, I was like, ‘Yeah, this is making the list.’ And she was like, ‘We just started. Calm down. There’s no list yet. We’ve got a long way to go.’ And I’m like, ‘Yeah. Yeah, I know. But I just feel this one. I just feel this one on a different level.’ And I’m grateful that it still made the list.”

You can hear the single and see the full tracklist below.

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Pusha T Names JAY-Z, Jeezy, and Himself as the Big 3 of Drug Rap

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When it comes to coke rap there aren’t many who can flow about pyrex pots and bricks like Pusha T. Speaking with Complex, Pusha T highlighted who are the three greatest coke rappers of all-time.

“Hov is first, because he made Reasonable Doubt, and that is the grail of all drug levels, without being all about drugs. It spoke more to the lifestyle,” Pusha T said. “Lyrically, I’m going to say that I’m next. And I’ll say Jeezy is third, because I don’t believe there was a stronger moment in time than Trap or Die.”

The latest display of exquisite coke bars from Pusha T comes on his new single “Diet Coke.” The single is produced by YE and 88 Keys, the latter of which reveals the single was created by him 18 years ago. Great music doesn’t age.

 “I made that beat 18 years ago,” 88 Keys said. “It was an interlude that I made for my beat tape, and the name of my beat tape was called ‘The Makings of Crack Cocaine.’ How funny is that?”

You can tap into the new single below and be sure to read the full interview over at Complex.

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Def Jam Hosts ‘The Women of Def Jam’ Celebration and Release Compilation Album

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Def Jam Recordings, in collaboration with LUCID Motors, sponsored a special evening in honor of Women’s History Month in LUCID’s Beverly Hills studio on Monday night.

“The Women Of Def Jam” paid tribute to Def Jam’s iconic female musicians, both past and present, and brought together the label’s entire female executive team, personnel, and VIP guests to recognize their incredible accomplishments to the brand and the industry at large. Def Jam employs one of the most diverse and inclusive groups of female executives in the music industry today at every level of the company.

Def Jam artists Kaash Paige, Kendra Jae, DaniLeigh, Pap Chanel, Nevaeh Jolie, and Ilham were in attendance, as was a “Future Leaders” panel led by Variety editor Shirley Halperin and featured some of the label’s youngest and brightest workers. The evening came to a close with a beautiful performance by Coco Jones of her new single “Caliber,” which she performed afterward by Def Jam chairman and CEO Tunji Balogun. DJ Rosegold kept the party rolling with Def Jam’s extensive discography tunes.

Women make up more than half of the Def Jam workforce, with seven women of color holding senior leadership positions. Women make up two of the three executive leaders. Eight of the ten department heads are female. In addition, Def Jam has an all-female marketing team for the first time since 2007. And Def Jam has never had as many female A&R executives as now.

Def Jam also released The Women of Def Jam, a 24-track compilation showcasing the greatest women in the label’s history. The compilation features Nikki D., Foxy Brown, Ashanti, Rapsody, Teyana Taylor, Amerie, etc.

You can see images from the event below.

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Latto Is Really Rapping On Her ‘777’ LP

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Despite the recent controversy between Latto and the alleged male rapper who gave her clearance issues, you can’t deny her rapping abilities. At only 23, Latto proves to be one of the top lyrics in the game, male or female. You can check out Latto’s new 777 LP if anyone needs validation.

The 13-track project exhibited Latto’s lyrical prowess and established her as a certified hot spitter. The Clayton County representative, or Big Latto, opens the project with big bars.

The opening track, “777 Pt.1,” lets us know she’s a force on the microphone. Not rapping raunchy, she deliberately delivers bars.

“I’m a rap bitch, check the top, I’ll step ’em. Clayton County repper, red hot pepper. Ain’t a bitch badder, I’m a gold medal. “Latto fell off,” said a bitch never. And I’m rappin’ like I got a vendetta. Classy ratchet bitch, real trendsetter. Sleepin’ on me, had to apply more pressure. Got the hood lookin’ like Coachella”

She continues to the same hard flow on the second track, “777 Pt.2,” but the LP comes with 13-tracks and has a loaded roster. The Georgia native enlists a few of her hometown peers like 21 Savage and Childish Gambino. She also called upon other big names like Lil Wayne, Lil Durk, Kodak Black, and Nardo Wick.

777 also includes the Mariah Carey-sampling “Big Energy” track. Latto recently announced that Mariah Carey would be on the “Big Energy” remix, which will drop on Monday. Latto expressed great joy behind this legendary collaboration. She took it to Twitter to share her thoughts.

We can’t wait for Big Latto and Mariah Carey’s link up early next week. For now, everybody can jam 777 below. Let us know what you think about the new project.

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