The Hip Hop force that is Nicki Minaj took last night’s European Music Awards by storm hours ago, living up to expectations with a hosting gig that’s seen sales of her new single ‘Anaconda‘ sky rocket in the market.
Now peep the musical performance she delivered on the night, starting with the smash hit bop ‘Super Bass‘, leading on to her new single ‘Bed of Lies’ and closing with the euphemism-laden ‘Anaconda.‘
Why the rapper’s ex-boyfriend may have an issue with the set?
Alicia Keys, Ariana Grande, Ed Sheeran, U2, and Enrique Iglesias were among the talents bringing the house down at Glasgow’s SSE Hydro for tonight’s Nicki Minaj-hosted MTV Europe Music Awards.
Did you miss any of the action? It all awaits below:
As her newest album, ‘Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics,’ is currently reigning over the R&B charts, Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin is hot on the promo trail in its support.
With a campaign of guest appearances plagued with lol-worthy moments (i.e. interview glitches, Cissy Houston‘s lack of interest in memorizing words, etc.), it seems Franklin has no intentions on slowing the good times from rolling. Case in point? Aunt Re sat down with The Wall Street Journal recently to discuss her new project and, as always, was asked to weigh in on today’s top crop of talent. Her answers were…umm…interesting to say the least.
Tuck in below to see how the R&B legend feels about the likes of Alicia Keys, Taylor Swift, and Nicki Minaj. This, of course, came just days after Billboard.com interviewed her and quizzed her similarly. Her comments on Beyonce and co. were…well…just as interesting. See what we mean below.
Bonus: Did you miss Aretha weighing in on Cissy’s now meme-tastic performance on David Letterman? Hear her thoughts on this as well:
The Hip Hop force that is Nicki Minaj has unleashed the beast that is ‘Bed of Lies‘ today, doing so at the ‘EMAs’ alongside its featured act Skylar Grey!
Pulled from her new album ‘The PinkPrint’, the jam follows the launches of the single ‘Anaconda‘, ‘Pills N Potions’ and the Hip Hop bop ‘Only.‘
Ever keen to broaden our musical scope, recent months have seen That Grape Juice venture into a number of new musical landscapes including, most recently, gospel.
“You don’t know, my town is the truth. Welcome To Brooklyn”
Today, From The Vault travels back to 2005 when a certain Kimberly Jones released one of her most acclaimed singles. Our pick is ‘Lighters Up’ by Lil’ Kim.
Produced by former close collaborator Scott Storch, the Island-flavored number – which samples Damian Marley’s ‘Welcome To Jamrock‘ – was the first single from Queen Bee’s fourth album ‘The Naked Truth‘. An ode to the artist’s native neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, the cut was a Urban hit in the US where it reached #31 on the Hot 100 and the 9th position of the Hot Hip-Hop/R&B charts.
Serving ghetto-fab aplenty, the accompanying Kirk Fraser video is set in various parts of Brooklyn and includes a special cameo by fellow royal Mary J. Blige, as well as comedian Katt Williams. With its documentary feel, the clip was shot a few months before the rapper’s incarceration and uses album track ‘Shut Up B*tch‘ as its introduction.
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Although the last decade has seen Ms. Jones trying to re-establish herself as a chart force, it can be noted that ‘Lighters Up’ stands as Kim’s latest chart success and quite frankly nothing she has released since this song and its parent album has been anything on-par with her classic catalog.
Over the years, we’ve stated how much we’d love to see the pint-sized diva win and we firmly believe that armed with a single akin to this one she could be on the brink of the comeback that has been eluding her for so long.
Peep this pic of Pop icon Beyonce uploaded to her official website today!
No doubt released to keep fans buzzing before the November 24th arrival of her new project, the performer’s pics saw the light of day as sales of her brand new studio album ‘Beyonce‘ now sit at the 2,094,323 mark, pushed there by 2,633 new purchases made in the last week.
As if that wasn’t enough to plant a smile on the singer’s face, her husband’s recent acquisition of ‘Ace of Spades‘ will see their combined net worth rocket within the next year, set to push it far higher than the $1 billion figure they can reportedly boast of.
Historically, November has served as Rihanna‘s elected month to release new music.
Indeed, with the record-buying public proven to be more generous during the holidays, the star smartly targets this time of year to combat her inability to shift albums (at the level her peers can at any date on the calendar).
2013, though, saw the model deviate from her annual tactic due to competition from bigger acts.
However, it’s back to business this year. For, the 26-year-old’s team have shared an interesting drop of tea in the newest issue of Elle Magazine.
Cheryl Cole’s ‘Only Human’ album campaign was gifted a major boost today courtesy of Beats By Dre.
The technology giant premiered a new TV and online commercial starring The X Factor judge sporting a number of their famed headphones.
With the LP set for release tomorrow (November 10th), the arrival of the ad is especially apt – particularly as it’s reportedly going to be put into power rotation.
It’s all rather ironic, though, as the album its promoting is dreadful. But we digress…
