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In between co-hosting “The Real” and starring on “Braxton Family Values,” Tamar Braxton has been in the studio working on her fourth album. After teasing a #TamartianSurprise, the R&B diva returns with her new single “If I Don’t Have You,” which hit iTunes on Tuesday night. On the soulful ballad, produced by Da Internz, Tamar keeps love alive and serves some major vocals at the same time (get your life).
“You should know if I don’t have you / Rocks me to the core / I can’t love no more / If I don’t have you / Know I’m done for sure / Nobody worth fighting for,” she belts.
Tamar’s new album Calling All Lovers, the follow-up to 2013’s Love and War, is due July 31.
Hear her make a triumphant return below.
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of the night. Rihanna reigns over her kingdom in the fourth installment
of Dior’s “Secret Garden” series. The dark and enchanting four-minute
clip was shot at the Palace of Versailles by famed photographer Steven
Klein. The fashion icon sparkles in a shimmery dress as she struts
through a hallway filled with chandeliers.
She stuns in a flowy
red gown before changing into black with a veil while perusing her
palace at night. For her final look, she wears white and takes a spin
through the royal garden.
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The 27-year-old becomes Dior’s first-ever black spokeswoman. “It feels fantastic” she told MTV News. “It is such a big deal for me, for my culture, for a lot of young girls of any color. I think to be acknowledged by Dior means a lot, as a woman, to feel beautiful—to feel elegant and timeless.”
Unlock her secret garden below.
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Brand New Music : Dr. Dre Feat. Kendrick Lamar & Jeremih "2Nite" Leak
5:02 PMGHTGIF. Fabolous caps off two months of freestyles with his Friday Night Freestyles mixtape. Hosted by DJ Clue, the 15 tracks include his previously-released freestyles to ’90s hip-hop classics such as “Quiet Storm,” “Been Around the World,” and “Black Girl Lost,” with appearances from Jadakiss and N.O.R.E.
The Brooklyn MC also throws in some new tracks including an “Affirmative Action” freestyle with Paul Cain and Joe Budden and “Sound Bwoy Buriell” featuring the late Stack Bundles.
Get into Loso’s ’90s flow below.
Just in time for Memorial Day weekend, Jeezy comes through with his surprise DJ Drama-hosted mixtape Gangsta Party. On his first project since last year’s Seen It All: The Autobiography, the CTE chief calls on 2 Chainz, Rich Homie Quan, Kevin Gates, YG, Shy Glizzy, and more. The 10 tracks also feature production from hitmakers including London On Da Track, Sonny Digital, Zaytoven, and Cardo.
Set the weekend off right with some new Jizzle.
Riding high off his “LSD” video, A$AP Rocky delivers yet another trippy tune. The A$AP Mob leader meets TDE’s own ScHoolboy Q on “Electric Body” off Rocky’s sophomore album At.Long.Last.A$AP. Lord Flacko encourages the ladies to “shake that ass,” while Q goes hard with his super-charged verse.
Due June 2, A.L.L.A. also features Kanye West, M.I.A., Lil Wayne, Miguel, Juicy J, UGK, Mos Def, and more.
Nicki Minaj triples your pleasure with
three videos in the same week. Following the clips for “Feeling Myself”
with Beyoncé and “Hey Mama” with David Guetta, the hip-hop superstar
rules the streets of Japantown in the Asian-inspired video for her
Pinkprint single “The Night Is Still Young,” which debuted on TIDAL.
Nicki
looks flawless, rocking pink hair and a sheer pink dress, while
performing choreographed moves with her female dancers. She also hops on
the back of a bike with fiancé Meek Mill and rides out.
On July 17, she will kick off the U.S. leg of her “Pinkprint” tour with Meek, DeJ Loaf, Tinashe, and Rae Sremmurd.
Watch Queen Nicki own the night
In between his appearances on 50 Cent’s new single “Get Low” and Evan Ross “How to Live Alone,” T.I. finds time to remix Wondaland artist Jidenna’s single “Classic Man.” The Rubber Band Man adds his dapper flow onto the track, which can be found on DJ MLK’s mixtape GoodNight Don’t Exist in ATL 7.
Jidenna has been building his buzz and can also be heard alongside Janelle Monáe on “Yoga.” Both songs will appear on Wondaland Records’ upcoming EP The Eephus.
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Eminem Records ‘Phenomenal’ Single for ‘Southpaw’ Soundtrack
4:30 PMGHThis July, Shady Records/Interscope Records will release the motion picture soundtrack to The Weinstein Company’s Southpaw starring Jake Gyllenhaal. The album will feature new songs created for and inspired by the film, with Eminem serving as executive producer.
The Detroit rapper’s “Phenomenal” will be the first single. The hard-hitting anthem appears in a trailer for Southpaw, and can also be heard in a commercial for Beats by Dre.
Over the DJ Khalil-produced beat, Em spits some motivational lyrics: “Let me self-empower you / When you’re down and they’re tryna clown the fuck out of you / When you feel like you’re running out of fuel / I’ll show you how to use doubter’s fuel / I am phenomenal.”
Directed by Antoine Fuqua (Training Day), Southpaw follows the reigning light heavyweight boxing champion of the world (Gyllenhaal) as he struggles with redemption. The film, which opens in theaters July 24, also stars 50 Cent, Forest Whitaker, Rachel McAdams, Rita Ora, and Tyrese Gibson.
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Brand New Music : Trey Songz Feat. Chisanity - " Married To The Money "
5:33 PMGHTrey Songz continues to flood the streets with new music. After hitting us with a surprise EP the other day and a couple new tracks since then, including today’s “Real Sisters” remix, Trigga Trey decides to come through yet again with another new offering called “Married To The Money” featuring Chisanity.
The hustle continues. After dropping his Blue Dream & Lean 2 mixtape in February, Juicy J gets lit with Rae Sremmurd in the Gabriel Hart-directed video for “Already.” Sporting his Yeezy Boosts, the Juiceman hits up a liquor store and rides through downtown L.A. in a T-Rex before meeting up with Swae Lee and Slim Jimmy. And of course, the turn up wouldn’t be complete without some twerking video vixens.
Juicy J launched his 25-date “Hustle Continues” tour earlier this month in anticipation of his upcoming album THC: The Hustle Continues.
In honor of his 28th birthday today,
Hit-Boy turns up with Travi$ Scott on his new single “Go All Night.” The
HS87 hitmaker and Houston rapper mix D’USSÉ and Ace of Spades and get
lit over the electro-infused beat.
This is just one of many songs
to come from their studio sessions. “Trav and I have a crazy creative
energy together,” Hit-Boy told The FADER. “That’s why it feels like a
party.”
Hear them get wild for the night.
It’s been a big week for Trey Songz fans. After dropping his project Intermission I & II and his single “About You,” Trigga lets go of a remix to Future’s Zaytoven-produced cut “Real Sisters” off the Atlanta rapper’s Beast Mode mixtape. The R&B playboy boasts about bagging two chicks, girl-on-girl action, and strippers on his debaucherous verses. Yuuup!
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Brand New Music: Anthony Lewis feat. Chevy Woods & Life – ‘Shawty’
4:43 PMGHAnthony Lewis is quickly making a name for himself. After debuting his T.I.-assisted single “It’s Not My Fault,” the 18-year-old L.A native teams with Taylor Gang’s own Chevy Woods and Life for the Seige Monstracity-produced “Shawty.” The R&B newcomer croons about missing his girl, while Chevy salutes his ‘hood chick.
Lewis plans to release more music over the coming weeks leading up to his full-length debut Five Senses.
Four years since her tragic death, Amy Winehouse is the subject of a new documentary entitled Amy.
Directed by Senna filmmaker Asif Kapadia and produced by Exit Through the Gift Shop‘s James Gay-Rees, the heartbreaking film features unheard recordings, archival footage, and personal home movies of the British songstress, with commentary from those who knew her best. In the new 2:15 trailer, we see clips of a shy girl who went from budding star to global sensation.
“I don’t think I’m gonna be at all famous,” says a young Amy. “I’m not a girl tryna be a star. I’m just a girl that sings.”
Amy is set to premiere in the U.K. on July 3.
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Watch Snoop Dogg feat. Pharrell & Stevie Wonder – ‘California Roll’ Music Video
11:34 AMGHSnoop Dogg blasts into the future in the epic video for “California Roll” off his new album BUSH. In the imaginative clip, the West Coast OG takes a trip from the ’40s to the future with an all-star cast including Pharrell Williams, Stevie Wonder, and Nia Long.
Step into a whole new world with Snoop and friends.
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Brand New Music: 50 Cent feat. Jeremih, 2 Chainz, & T.I. – ‘Get Low’
11:27 AMGHAfter reuniting with G-Unit for two EPs, 50 Cent returns to solo territory with his new banger “Get Low.” The hip-hop mogul takes it to the strip club with the trio of Jeremih, 2 Chainz, and T.I. Over a slapping beat, 50 raps in Auto-Tune, Jeremih encourages the ladies to drop it down and get low, and 2 Chainz and Tip turn up to the max on their verses. Turn it.
It’s Meek season. After dropping his “Energy” freestyle video and “Miss My Dawgs” tribute record, the Philly rapper unleashes the video for “Monster.” Meek takes it back to the ’80s in the throwback clip, which takes place at his Welcome Home party. Rocking Gazelle retro glasses and a Kangol hat, he celebrates his return home at a roller skating rink with his Dreamchasers crew in tow. Let the good times roll.
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Watch David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj & Afrojack – ‘Hey Mama’ Music Video
5:10 PMGHAfter partying at Coachella with Beyoncé, Nicki Minaj hits the desert with David Guetta and Afrojack in the video for “Hey Mama.” The French DJ took over a lakebed in El Mirage, Calif., and partied all night long in the bohemian clip, which was inspired by the worlds of Mad Max and Burning Man. Nicki appears via hologram, while Guetta and Afrojack ride through the sand on dune buggies alongside tribal dancers.
“I’m always really inspired by music festivals and the fashion that follows with that,” director Hannah Lux Davis told Billboard. “And Burning Man was something that felt like the energy of the song.”
“Hey Mama” can be found on Guetta’s album Listen, which also features John Legend, Sia, and Skylar Grey.
Watch them storm the desert below.
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Brand New Music : Jason Derulo - Broke Feat. Stevie Wonder & Keith Urban
1:00 PMGHJason Derulo is preparing yet another chart domination with his new single, "Broke". What appears to be insane on paper turns out to be a perfectly calculated hit, recruiting Keith Urban to capitalize on the country audience, and reworking the oft-imitated sax drop fro "Talk Dirty" with a harmonica solo from none other than Stevie Wonder. It blurs the lines of country, R&B, and pop, and while at times does sounds a little crazy, for the most part sits comfortably with the rest of the radio hits these days. His new album, Everything Is, is coming soon.
Gunplay rides out with YG on “Wuzhanindoe,” the first single off his upcoming album Living Legend, coming in July. Over a heavy-hitting beat, produced by DJ Mustard, the MMG rapper goes off the wall with some raucous rhymes, while YG keeps it strictly West Coast. Get your C-walk on to their certified banger.
Three
years since her last album, Monica is back with her Polow Da
Don-produced single “Just Right for Me” featuring Lil Wayne. Weezy kicks
it off with a verse for the ladies (“Got Monica on my playlist and she
on my bae list”) before a lovestruck Monica sings the praises of her man
over a knocking beat.
“It’s a record about just being in love
and there’s no perfect person, but there is a perfect person for you and
that’s the way it is by design,” she told Rap-Up.
In addition to
Polow, Monica has been in the studio with Timbaland, Missy Elliott, and
Dallas Austin working on Code Red, her first album since 2012’s New
Life.
“I talked about everything from heartbreak and love to
being married and having children to being a woman who owns her own
company and how hard it is to make certain things happen because of it,”
she said.
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Brand New Music: Boosie BadAzz feat. J. Cole & Keyshia Cole – ‘Black Heaven’
12:34 PMGHBoosie BadAzz calls on two Coles, J. Cole and Keyshia Cole, for his powerful new song “Black Heaven.” The Baton Rouge rapper pays tribute to some black icons that we’ve lost including Martin Luther King, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston (“She was heaven sent”), Tupac, Biggie, and Rosa Parks (“She a OG”).
Over a wailing guitar, the Roc Nation rapper makes the song cry as he hopes for better days (“I know one day when they bury me, I go straight to black heaven”), while Keyshia sings the soulful hook: “I know you’re smiling down on me / In black heaven / Thinkin’ of you until the day we meet again.”
Tyga goes off the leash on his defiant new street single “Hollywood Niggaz.” In response to the controversy that has plagued him in recent months, the Last Kings rapper fires back at his haters and shoots down the “Hollywood niggaz,” “gold diggers,” and “ratchet bitches.”
“I can give a fuck what a magazine say / Get off my dick,” he quips.
Next up, look out for Tyga’s The Gold Album: 18th Dynasty, which features Kanye West as executive producer.
K. Michelle walks on the wild side in the fierce video for “Hard to Do,” the fourth single off her album Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart? In the avant-garde clip, directed by Child Basquiat, the VH1 reality star dons a variety of bold looks. She shows off her curves in a skintight bodysuit that matches a zebra and soaks naked in a bathtub surrounded by flamingos.
If that wasn’t enough, she also gets dirty, rolling in the mud (in a thong, no less) with a companion, who turns out to be female. And wait until the end for their steamy kiss.
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Brand New Music Kid Ink - Ring Ring feat Lil Durk, Bricc Baby & Lil Reese (Prod by Will A Fool)
12:21 PMGHWith his DeJ Loaf-assisted single “Be Real” burning up the airwaves, Kid Ink calls up Lil Durk, Bricc Baby Shitro, and Lil Reese for “Ring Ring.” Over a knocking beat, produced by Will A Fool, the rap trio reps their cities and stunts on their haters. Look for the song on the upcoming Alumni mixtape.
In
the midst of all the Monday madness, Future comes through with yet
another installment of #MonsterMonday. This time, the Atlanta rapper
gives us a visual for the Metro Boomin and Southside-produced “Wesley
Presley” off his 2014 mixtape Monster. Future Hendrix hits the club and
gets love from all the girls, and turns up in the parking lot.
Future can currently be seen on his “Monster vs. Beast Mode” tour. Starting May 24, he will join Drake on the “Jungle Tour.”
Future can currently be seen on his “Monster vs. Beast Mode” tour. Starting May 24, he will join Drake on the “Jungle Tour.”
Pretty on fleek. Out of nowhere, Nicki Minaj has decided to bless us with the flawless video for “Feeling Myself” featuring Beyoncé. Queen Bey and Queen Nicki join forces in the quirky clip, which premiered on TIDAL. The BFFs hit the desert and look like they’re having tons of fun as they eat hamburgers, party at Coachella, and have a water gun fight. Plus, look for cameos from Vic Mensa and Hit-Boy.
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Brnd New Music: Sage the Gemini feat. Nick Jonas – ‘Good Thing’
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After
linking with Trey Songz on “Guantanamera,” Sage the Gemini calls on an
unexpected collaborator, Nick Jonas, for his seductive single “Good
Thing.” The Bay Area rapper serenades his girl with some heartfelt
rhymes, while the pop crooner delivers the soulful hook about a
complicated relationship.
“We’re both getting emotional / The same time getting so sexual / Why can’t it just be what it is?” he sings.
A music video has been shot and will debut soon, while Sage’s new album is due later this year.
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Ray J and Lil Wayne come together for a sweet collaboration. The R&B crooner enlists the Young Money chief for his new single “Brown Sugar.” Over the bouncy instrumental, Ray J loves his girl right, while an Auto-Tuned Weezy quotes R. Kelly and drops lines like, “I’m all over Uranus / Yeah, I’m crowding your space.” Get a taste of the bedroom banger.
With her greatest hits album #1 to Infinity in stores today, Mariah Carey debuts a sneak peek of the Brett Ratner-directed video for “Infinity.” In the 37-second clip, Mimi shines in all her diva glory as she gets ready to hit the stage at her Las Vegas show at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace. She gets glammed up backstage, scrawls the infinity symbol in lipstick on her mirror, and rummages through her designer closet.
Last night, Mariah performed a medley of “Vision of Love” and “Infinity” at the Billboard Music Awards. Tune in to “Jimmy Kimmel Live” tonight for another performance.
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WATCH MACHINE GUN KELLY FEAT. VICTORIA MONÉT – ‘A LITTLE MORE’ MUSIC VIDEO
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Where’s the love? Machine Gun Kelly tries to bring compassion to a cruel world in the self-directed video for “A Little More” featuring singer-songwriter Victoria Monét. The Cleveland rapper wakes up in his house and reaches for a gun before walking through his neighborhood. He comes across a girl who is cutting herself and tries to save her, but no one wants to help. Instead, they film on their camera phones while she lays on the pavement bleeding.
MGK is readying the follow-up to his 2012 Bad Boy debut Lace Up. “I’m just not scared this time around,” he told DJ Skee. “I’m not scared to say what I want to say and how I want to say it. I’ve seen a lot of ugly things in the past three years since I put album number one out. I’ve seen a lot of beautiful things and I’m just ready to spill it all.”
Watch him try to find love in a hopeless place.
To pay tribute to the late Chinx Drugz, DJ Bobby Trends decides to come through and liberate this unreleased freestyle from the Coke Boy member titled “Deep Cover” featuring Harlem’s Vado.
Over the classic Dre and Snoop Dogg instrumental, Chinx and Vado flex their lyrical muscles and showcase why they’re (and were) some of the hardest rappers in the streets. While we still grieve from the horrific news of Chinx’ passing, it sure is damn nice to hear him spit some never before heard rhymes one last time. Shouts to DJ Bobby Trends for this timely release.
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BRAND NEW MUSIC: MEEK MILL FEAT. TRAVI$ SCOTT AND STRAP – ‘MISS MY DAWGS’
2:22 AMGHIn the wake of Chinx’ death, Meek Mill pays tribute to his fallen homies on “Miss My Dawgs” featuring Travi$ Scott and Strap. The Philly rapper honors the 31-year-old Coke Boy, who was killed in a drive-by shooting in Queens this morning, as well as his late protégé Lil Snupe, who was fatally shot in 2013.
Meek expresses his fears (“I don’t know if ni**as gon’ clap for me or gon’ kill me”) and raps about missing his father (“I wish he could see me now”).
French Montana has also spoken out about the loss of his friend and fellow Coke Boy Chinx. “The devil comes in all shapes and sizes and he’s ruthless. Life here is temporary,” he said. “They will kill you for this lifestyle, if they can’t effort it jealousy is a motherfucker Protect yourself, protect the people you love. I’m sad to see my brother go out like this, one of the realest people I met. This shit’s not right. These streets don’t love us My prayers go to his kids and family. We going to finish off what we started.”
Hear Meek’s solemn salute below.
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NICKI MINAJ PERFORMS ‘THE NIGHT IS STILL YOUNG’ & ‘HEY MAMA’ AT BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS
2:14 AMGHThe ladies ruled the Billboard Music Awards. Following performances from Mariah Carey, Britney Spears, and Meghan Trainor, Nicki Minaj reigned over the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. After an introduction from Fifth Harmony, Queen Nicki kicked things off with her new single “The Night Is Still Young” before being joined by David Guetta for their dance collaboration “Hey Mama.” Nicki worked her famous hips, while Taylor Swift and Zendaya danced in their seats.
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