SZA unleashes a ‘Love Galore’ on the latest taste of debut album ‘Ctrl.’
The eclectic songbird has recruited Travis Scott for the scintillating number, which was produced by thankgod4cody and Carter Lang.
Both hypnotic and arresting, ‘Galore’ marks the first release of SZA’s under longtime label Top Dog Entertainment (TDE) and Sony’s RCA. The entities will jointly launch the songbird’s long-awaited LP this summer.
Watch fatal attraction play out below…
The song is a bodacious bop and the visual makes for an effective companion piece.
Fans of the late entertainer Whitney Houston have objurgated a new documentary which seeks claims she lived a double life as a bisexual woman.
Named ‘Whitney: Can I Be Me?‘, the documentary seeks to scratch beyond what its creators believe was the star’s surface and unearth what they say was her biggest secret…with help from her former employees.
The stylist Ellin Lavar claims in it…
I don’t think she was gay, I think she was bisexual.
Her allegation comes armed with a remark shared by a member of Houston’s security team Kevin Ammons.
He added:
Robyn (her best friend) and Whitney were like twins.
They were inseparable. They had a bond and Bobby Brown could never remove Robyn. He wanted to be the man in the relationship.
Fans have called for a boycott of the project as the star, who was married to the performer Bobby Brown, identified as a heterosexual woman.
Nick Cannon co-hosted the Wendy Williams Show today and got ‘wild n out’ for the entire hour.
Never one to hold his tongue, the media mogul made jaws drop when asked whether he’d date Nicki Minaj – longtime foe of his ex wife Mariah Carey.
In still being close friends with Mimi, it’s little surprise that he’s clearly Team Mariah. But it’s the way in which he answered the Hot Seat question put to him that has the Barbz buzzing.
Mary J. Blige, keen to thank her fans for their loyalty, surprised the world when she welcomed them into the deepest and darkest points of her marriage after announcing it had come to an end.
Today, after her ex Kendu Isaacs was accused of bullying her and using her money to fund projects and a lifestyle she did not benefit from, Mary may find herself forced to address claims that he has been sleeping with one of her best friends.
Sources spilled what they say everyone in the music industry has known for years in an interview with ‘Page Six’:
Everyone knew. Mary was the last to know, but it’s like, how do you not know?It was more like one of those things where you end up believing what you want to believe. But Mary had her suspicions. It’s really messed up and low to have it done to her that way. Had it not been for Mary signing her, investing time and money…Because no one cared about her music. You’d see them out in the studio together, having dinner without Mary. And then Mary would be at events with her, and it was awkward because it was obvious they were sleeping together.
Starshell had this to say about rumours she was “going down” with Mary’s man in 2012.
Once you start getting hotter and hotter, or people start talking about you more and more, everything’s like soap opera life. You’re always looking for something. If someone’s too clean or too good, they have to attach something to you, so for me, it was a compliment like, ‘Oh my God! People are talking about me. People are trying to find something.’ But I don’t know where or how that came about and it’s something that I have to take with a grain of salt.
Kendu is yet to respond.
However, his lawyer has on his behalf.
Allegations that have been made about Kendu are false, unfair, mean-spirited and sad. The court can deal with it if it’s relevant. He’s a very pleasant guy. He’s not abusive. He’s not the one going to the press. His goal is to reach an amicable resolution with her and [have] this commentary cease and desist. It doesn’t help any of them. It’s misleading. He cares about Mary. He wants her to do well.
Zayn Malik seems to have found himself on the harsher side of PartyNextDoor‘s amiable personality.
After they teamed up to release the cut ‘Still Got Time‘, the pair learned that the general public had uncovered what appears to be bad blood between them after the hit-making Party unfollowed Zayn on social media and scrubbed his pages clean of any references to him.
Unconfirmed reports claim that the rift kicked off because the ‘Work’ writer is unhappy with ‘Time’s unfortunate run on the Billboard Hot 100 which saw it peak at #57.
Tamar Braxton is back and is drawing on real life for her her new single ‘My Man.’
Viewers of the current season of ‘Braxton Family Values’ will have seen the singer and her sisters spilling on the controversial split of their parents.
And now Ms. She, Me, Her chronicles the narrative on the debut offering from her next studio album.
Emotionally charged, the song sees Tamar lamenting about a woman, known to and loved by her family, who goes on to “take” her man.
The TC and Corey Rooney penned production is the first release on the songbird’s new label Tamartian Land Records.
So what are you waiting for? Check it out below…
A home-run!
While it’s difficult to see how this would fit into the contemporary radio climate, it almost doesn’t matter because it’s strong enough to grab interest on its own accord.
Vocally, Tamar turns in a stunning performance and conveys each lyric with conviction.
‘My Man’ is also a welcome throwback thematically to the pre-Girl-Power era.
Sure, we’re all for the fist-pumping ‘Independent Women’ narrative that has been “a thing” since the early 00s. But it’s so populous that it’s almost frowned upon these days to sing about the trifling “other woman.” So much so that it dilutes the pool of topics female acts can pull from and largely sees them aiming their lyrical bow and arrows at the man. As such, there was something deliciously delightful to hear Tamar scold the “heifer” who stole her bae.
After the lukewarm ‘Calling All Lovers’ album, this has renewed our excitement about Tamar musically.
Jennifer Hudson took to ‘Ellen’ today to deliver a live rendition of her new song, ‘Remember Me,’ viewers wouldn’t soon forget.
The Grammy-winning belter, who gave fans of ‘The Voice UK’ the first live taste of the tune over a month ago, finally brought it to Stateside shores for American audiences.
After a tepid response to recent comeback single ‘Chained To Rhythm’, Katy Perry has reloaded and is aiming to make a splash with new number ‘Bon Appétit.’
The Pop superstar caused a commotion on social media with confirmation of the track, which fans had been speculating about for weeks.
Joining her on the track are Hip-Hop outfit Migos, who’ve enjoyed chart-topping success with ‘Bad And Boujee.’
Can they collaboratively cook up another hit?
The answer isn’t far off because ‘Bon Appétit’ premieres this Friday (April 28th).
Kelly Rowland is the latest star to sign on to VH1‘s upcoming Mother’s Day special – ‘Dear Mama: An Event To Honor Moms.’
The Grammy winning singer will take to the stage at the May 8th event to perform for a surprise guest.
She joins previously announced performers DJ Khaled (who’ll be tributing his fiance) and Robin Thicke.
Taping from the Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens in Pasadena CA, the event will hosted by Anthony Anderson and La La Anthony. [Source]
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Ms. Kelly’s ‘Dear Mama’ gig comes on the heels of heavy promotion for her new book ‘Whoa, Baby,’ which is aimed at new mothers. She’s also starring as a coach on the current season of ‘The Voice Australia’ and working on a new album that’s due later this year.
“No, there’s no tour in the works—Right now I have two different shows. I have one that is more a performance piece show that is being performed in museums—and more in the art context. And then I have festival shows. As of now, I’ve not scheduled a proper tour in the more traditional sense.”
The soul maestra’s museum dates include San Francisco’s Museum of Modern Art and New York’s Guggenheim Museum as part of Red Bull Music Academy’s month-long installation. [Source]
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Much respect to Ms. Knowles for consistently doing “her.”
It’s clear a lot of thought goes into her sound, aesthetic, and positioning. But it never feels contrived or convoluted.
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Viola Davis‘ JuVee production company has announced the birth of a brand new TV series named ‘Two Sides of the Truth’.
The series, which is yet to bag a premiere date, seeks unearth the truth behind high profile cases linked to the Black community and law enforcement in America.
Davis shares..
Every other week we hear about these horrific incidences and many of them go unsolved and unresolved. We hope that this show can take those headlines and humanize them.
The visionary announced news of the project’s arrival as she set her sights on the next season of the TV thriller ‘How to Get Away with Murder’.
