Keyshia Cole‘s seventh album, ’11:11 Reset’ (released October 20), saw her press the “reset” button on a number of fronts in relation to it.  Resetting business relationships, the Grammy-nominated songbird migrated from her longtime nest at Interscope to soar with Epic Records.

’11:11,’ her first outing on the new label, also sees her press the “reset” button sonically.  Opting to ditch the trap & heavy Hip Hop-influenced sounds that decorated her critically and commercially panned sixth album, ‘Point of No Return,’ the new album is baked with ballads, traditional R&B, and more slow tempo ingredients – much like that of her platinum-selling debut outing, ‘The Way It Is.’

Was the move “back to basics” exactly what the doctor ordered for the singer at the juncture of her career?  Find out predicted sales below and tell us:

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Just days after hitting headlines for denying (via a spokesperson) rumors of marriage to hip hop mogul Birdman, R&B icon Toni Braxton is putting the spotlight back on her own ventures with updates on her highly anticipated new album.

Kicked off by the critically acclaimed ‘Deadwood,’ the project, titled ‘Sex & Cigarettes,’ comes as her first solo outing since 2010’s ‘Pulse’ and first overall since 2014’s ‘Love, Marriage, and Divorce’ – the Grammy-winning duet album with longtime collaborator Babyface.

Taking to CNN to discuss the project and her career at large, Braxton weighed in on how her bankruptcy changed the scope of music contracts forever as well as gave fans a timeline on when to expect her next opus:

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‘Scandal’ is back for its 7th and final season.

Over the years, the Kerry Washington led show has boasted some of the most dramatic twists and turns in TV history and its swan song promises even more.

Forming a central part of the revived TGIT (Thank God It’s Thursday) block of programming, the political drama looks set to go out with a bang. A consolation, no doubt, for having to

Watch a sneak peek preview of episode 4, titled ‘Lost Girls,’ below…

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ABC hit ‘How To Get Away With Murder’ is back for a firework filled-fourth season.

The legal drama, which stars Emmy winner Viola Davis, follows a group of ambitious law students and their brilliant criminal defence professor.

Last season brought with it a countless list of shocking twists (including a major death) and the newest instalment is already delivering a whole lot more.

It all makes for a riveting watch. And like millions, we’re all sorts of hooked hooked!

Peep the preview of episode 5 of season 4 – titled ‘I Love Her’ below…

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October 20th invited fans to their first listen to a new Keyshia Cole album since 2014’s ‘Point of No Return.’

Fatefully titled, that project almost made fans believe Cole had indeed reached such point as it not only debuted to her worst first week sales to date (26,000 copies sold), it went on – with less than 100,000 units shifted as of time reported – to become her worst-selling effort ever.

The years that followed may have seen the Grammy-nominated songstress hitting headlines more for personal dramas than professional endeavors, but that all changed at the top of 2017 when she announced the release of ‘You’ (featuring Remy Ma and French Montana).  The song and its accompanying visual – a critically well-received return to form for Cole – did not see that fanfare reflected commercially.

Said response undoubtedly planted seeds of worry in her faithful fans…

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Taylor Swift may be currently sitting at #1 on iTunes with her latest single, ‘Gorgeous,’ but there’s at least one beautiful person who can say she’s not a fan of the soon-to-be-hit…the mother of toddler Jayde Robinson…

Find out why inside:

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Welcome to another edition of Retro Rewind, the TGJ original feature carved out to celebrate TV and Film’s glorious past.

Today, we revisit MTV’s hit series ‘MTV Cribs’ which pulled music lovers through the keyhole and into the homes of their favourite artists. Powered by the critical mass’ obsession with Pop affluence, the series featured episodes fronted by Mariah Carey, Destiny’s Child, ‘NSync…and many more.

Watch below…

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Lil Mo is returning to television following the demise of the show ‘R&B Divas’!

How? Via ‘Love & Hip Hop New York‘!

The show follows the lives of men and women with ties to New York’s Hip-Hop ecosystem as they rebuild their careers as they juggle the pressures of love, life and the music industry.

More below…

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Pink is winning on all corners of the globe this week.

Because, with opening numbers of her ‘Beautiful Trauma’ album tallied, she’s sitting atop of many a chart – including the UK count.

Details below…

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Can you guess who got all sorts of bootylicious on social media today?

HINT: She gave birth this year!

The answer awaits below.

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The beef between ‘Love Beats Rhymes’ director RZA and the movie’s star, Azealia Banks, shows no signs of cooling.

As we reported here, the heat was reignited when the rapper took to The Breakfast Club (in promotion of the film) and admitted he did see Russell Crowe spit at Banks during a now infamous Hollywood soiree from last year.  Now, with the increased press, the rapstress has made it known she is NOT here for RZA speaking on her publicly.

Taking to Instagram, she stated:

“RZA has to stop talking about me in the media. Until he is ready to apologize to me publicly he can go back to sucking Russell Crowe’s d*ck for invites to Hollywood parties.

Nobody understands how badly I wanted to die the moment rza LIED and told the world I deserved to be spat. People laugh at me and said I lied. No one understands the amount of pain that came with and after that incident. Just fucking respect me and stop saying me name. @RZA I HOPE YOU DROP DEAD.”

And that’s not all…

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New music alert.

This time? From Mariah Carey who supports the film ‘The Star‘ with a moving song of the same name.

Thunder and rain surround you but His love’s just a breath away. If you follow the heart, follow the light, follow that star.

Check it out below…

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