Ciara premiered her new video ‘Never Ever’ within the hour on BET’s Access Granted. The song and video features Young Jeezy and is the official single taken from her forthcoming album ‘Fantasy Ride’. The clip was directed by Chris Robinson, was shot in Atlanta and features her fellow ATLer and consistent video cameo, R&B singer Monica:

I actually liked the video. I didn’t love it though. The song is still dodgy as hell, and the video doesn’t make me dislike it any less. It looked like they were trying to go for another ‘Promise’ in terms of content. The dance sequence was cute, and her body is a beast! With a song like that, finding some sort of conceptual balance would have been difficult but not impossible. She looked nice, overall. I’ve totally lost interest in Fantasy Ride unfortunately. Her new music has been sucking really badly. It’s like going to a restaurant and anticipating a well cooked meal, but when the meal finally arrives, it is horrible, raw and undercooked. Sadly, that’s what it’s been like for my waning anticipation for this new project. For her sake hopefully, this song and video will garner more attention than her previous flop ‘Go Girl’, so that she can finally release that album in time for April.

The full version of Ciara’s duet with Chris Brown leaked a couple of hours ago. When I posted the snippet earlier this month, it was originally titled ‘Turn Me On’ but has now been changed to ‘Turntables’. The europop dance number is produced by Danja and can now be heard below:

I’m going to put myself in the minority by saying that I don’t like the song. Maybe it needs to grow on me and I need to get my hands on the untagged high quality but right now, I am not getting into it, or getting it, period. It is not hotter than ‘I’m On’ (lead single material) but it is in fact radio food, and I can see it doing well chartwise, but musically, it doesn’t engage me. Maybe that’s a good thing. The songs that never capture me straight away always end up doing well. I remember feeling the same way about Justin Timberlake’s ‘Sexyback’, and the song exploded. Having C.Breezy and Ciara grace a full track together isn’t exactly vocal heaven. You can call it, monotonous torture to the ears. These days, Chris can no longer live without the autotune, and it’s just grating my nerve. It’s just plain lazy and lame. He’s not a good singer, so you’d think he’d try to show some sort of progression. The lyrics aren’t all that either. I think Chris might be responsible for those as well. Another one bites the dust huh?

Keyshia Cole graces the Vibe magazine’s March Style Edition, which is set to hit those stands on Feb 17th! Now as for that cover…

I don’t like it. I desteste that gradient. And I’m sure Keyshia won’t be all that fond of it either since her old nose is still in tact.

Last night, VH1 and Pepsi Smash had an explosive kick-off for the forthcoming Super Bowl XLIII festivities which consisted of a huge concert in Tampa, Florida. The concert was headlined by your favourite pop starlet Rihanna, who looked hot and steamy in this sexy get-up:

What the freak in hell are those on her feet? Now THAT is some shin guarded high-fashion f*ckery I could never entertain. Never seen anything like it. Anyway, the concert aired live on VH1 yesterday, so I’ve posted high quality footage of all four of her performances. She performed Breakin’ Dishes, Disturbia, Rehab and Shut Up & Drive. Some folks have said she is so lethargic on stage but her performances were pretty rousing. Well, semi-rousing that is, lol. Ah, c’mon, give the girl a break. She’s trying! The singer has also been added to the line-up of Grammy performers as well.

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About a week or two ago, I posted Karina Pasian in the recording studio where she unveiled a brand new sound for her forthcoming album. Well, a new song believed to be from her latest recording sessions leaked yesterday. The track is called ‘Buck On The Dash’. Check it out below:

I wouldn’t call her new sound bubblegum, but it’s definetey a lot more poppier than anything I’ve heard her done before. Surprisingly, I actually like this track. As long as she doesn’t drown herself in it too much or jump on the auto-tune bandwagon, I am actually cool with this direction. I still want to see her show off those vocal chops some more like she did on ‘Slow Motion’ and others. I wish her the best of luck and I really hope she sees better success with this new album. She sooo deserves it. The singer’s debut ‘First Love’ is also up for a Grammy nod for Best Contemporary R&B Album. I don’t think she’ll get it although her debut was one of the best R&B albums to drop that year.

Last night, that saucy Chris Brown was looking rather knackered at his concert afterparty which took place in Paris. His full blown European tour comes to a closure at the end of the week. Check out my C. Breezy looking rather sexually assault-able:

Yummy! Looking just about as scrummy as a delicious portion of hot ‘n’ spicy spare ribs. Reportedly, the singer and his girlfriend Rihanna are set to embark on a US tour this coming summer, so we’ll be seeing a lot more of this sexy meat. And hopefully, with not much clothes on too. Now let my sizzling summer commence!

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Danity Kane have OFFICIALLY broken up. After all the catfights, the sacking of two former members and a failed nightclub gig as a threesome, Danity Kane are really no more! “It’s devastating for me” says Dawn Richard of the ‘Making the Band’ group’s dissolution. Richard confesses that only herself and bandmate Aundrea attended a meeting that was suppose to discuss future developments concerning the group’s future. Peep Richard’s FINAL admittance that DK are finally over:

Whilst sacked member Aubrey has been busy mapping out a solo recording career for herself and exposing her beef curtains to Playboy, other sacked band member D. Woods has also been pursuing a solo musical career. Now it looks like Dawn will be heading into the same direction. If Diddy really cared for his acts, he’d put an end to his crappy Bad Boy label and help his artists find new homes so that they actually stand a chance at having a successful musical career. Then, he should apologise for throwing away their aspiring dreams and hopes into a murky pit of quicksand, before allowing himself to put his head on a f*cking spit.

I do feel sorry for Dawn though. I know she was the only one that wanted the group thing to work out. I knew it was over for them the night Aubrey and D. Woods were slung out on their heads. It’s a shame because they could have been as huge as The Pussycat Dolls if they were treated much more better with stellar promotion. It’s been alleged some while back that Dawn was in negotiation with Diddy to sign as a solo act under his Bad Boy label. Apparently, she is the only one set to make a solo guest spot on Diddy’s new auto-tune-inspired album, which is set to drop later this year.

Danity Kane’s latest album, ‘Welcome to the Dollhouse’ debuted at #1 on the Billboard chart last March, making them the first girl group to debut at #1 with both albums.

Although there has been millions of tracks from Usher that have leaked over the internet as of late, most of theme where not able to leave an impression. The only tracks I can think of at the top of my head are ‘Traffic’ and ‘At The Time.’ All the other ones I could careless about. Most of the songs need to be dumped in the same landfill where all of those Atari 2600 E.T games are, and buried 6 feet under. As for the track ‘Used To Her’, this is one of the few songs that shows a small ray of light from Usher. Check it out:

This track actually would have fit nicely with the overall concept of ‘Here I Stand’. As Usher is making it clear that he is standing by Tameka Raymond’s side, it actually shows a lot of maturity in Usher’s personality and his new stand on fidelity. His harmonies in the first verse are on point, and the song does Usher’s voice justice. It just goes to show you that he still has a lot of fight left in him, and he truly is capable of putting out some worthy material while not being in his prime. He just needs to make sure that he doesn’t take the bandwagonist route, or else he will be overlooked by his younger counterparts Chris Brown and Ne-Yo. Hopefully teaming up with Adam Levine and others will broaden his musical diversity.

Jennifer Hudson shows her strength by getting back into her work. The powerhouse vocalist was spotted in Los Angeles shooting her brand new video for second single ‘If This Isn’t Love’. The video is expected to premiere in early February. Peep the onset pics below and after the jump:

The four-time Grammy nominee will also perform ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ at this Sunday’s Super Bowl XLIII on NBC. She will also reportedly re-release her debut album later on in the year.

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This week, it was reported that the late R&B singer Aaliyah was the real reason why rapper Jay-Z and his former friend and business partner Damon Dash ended up falling out. It has been documented that the two of them were in love with the singer. Well, check out the three of them hanging out during the summer of 2000, when times were good:

Aw, she was so pretty! I won’t feed into the conspircy theories since she’s no longer here to defend herself. All I know is that she is sooo missed around these parts. Enjoy the pics…

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Let Christina Milian be seen with producer The Dream at one event and it equals brand new coupledom. At least according to the new RUMOUR that is now circulating online. The two were spotted at the producer’s ‘Love vs. Money’ listening session in New York City yesterday:

She’s a gorgeous girl but is that a rib cage I can see underneath that black dress? Not good, not good. She really needs to consider eating a high-carb meal or something. Po thang is getting thinner and thinner by the minute.

As for the rumours, I’m not sure whether to believe it. They could be hanging out as friends because they’re working together on forthcoming projects. I could have swore Christina said she was madly in love with Dre some months back after she got all mad at being snapped at the beach with another man. Also, wasn’t she spotted with Dre just before Christmas?

I know her ass can’t be THAT hard up for a hit that she’d limit her dating profile to producers only. And The Dream of all people? Eew.

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I remember having a bitch fit when Rihanna’s ‘Hatin’ On The Club’ was mysteriously pulled from her ‘Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded’ re-release last year. She actually spoke on loving the track because the beat was somewhat crazy, to that effect. It was suppose to be one of the new songs alongside Take A Bow, If I Never See Your Face Again and Disturbia. And then the song got cancelled, and I got all prissy. Well anyway, the song has FINALLY popped up. It was produced by The Dream, who also features on the track. The song sees Rihanna taking out her frustration on the club because she’s holding it responsible for her man cheating on her. Check it below:

It’s becoming really apparent that you can often tell when The Dream produces a certain song, but now that I listen to it, the track isn’t all that cohesive with the rest of the album. I can see why it was cancelled.

Having said that, I actually think the beat is PRETTY hot. The Dream made a nice pop melody with a really cool contemporary doo-wop beat and she actually rides it quite well. Even with the “goat-like” warbling. I can’t hate on this one at all. Actually, I’m suckered in.

As long as Riri stays away from the triple-cheese C. Breezy ‘Big Mac’ tracks, I really anticipate a brand new album from her next year.