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Director Quentin Tarantino has teased the release of a ‘Django Unchained’ television series this week, spilling details on the potential project during a press conference held at 2014’s ‘Cannes Film Festival.’

Details on the release below!

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11 years after they took the ‘Super Bowl XXXVII’ pre-game show by storm, Carlos Santana has called on ‘Be With You’ beauty Beyonce to reunite with him for a brand new collaboration!

That’s right, perhaps just as impressed with her today as he was the first time they joined forces, the ‘Havana Moon’ maestro revealed that he hopes to work with the Si Yo Fuera un Chico’ singer during an interview with ‘Vibe.’

Why he’d involve her husband Jay Z and ‘Bright Road‘ actor Harry Belafonte?

Hit the button below to find out.

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Kandi Burruss’Xscape’ is honoured by Urban Pop newbies Havok Jones today, seeing their take on ‘The Jones Girls‘ 1979 classic ‘Who Can I Run To’ covered by the fashion forward quartet.

With vocals produced by Leon Giles, the ladies go a long way to stake their claim as one of their genre’s more promising groups, flaunting well-produced runs and airtight harmonies far too absent in today’s playing field.

Why we hope to see the ladies picked up by a major by the year’s end?

Killer vocals on a timeless song, below…

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Iggy ‘Chart Topper’ Azalea.

Like the way that sounds? Well, if you don’t, now’d be the perfect time to get used to it, now that chart-topping rapper Iggy Azalea has done just that on iTunes USA!

Pop open the lid below for more…

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‘American Boy’ chanteuse Estelle may be a fan of fellow Brit Adele, but not so much of her supposed links to Soul music, it has emerged this week.

For, during a recent conversation with Russell Simmons‘Global Grind‘, the ‘Come Over Love’ belle was quizzed on remarks she made on the singer and ‘Warwick Avenue’ vocalist Duffy, both of whom she said had been billed Soul singers by the media…incorrectly.

Why she feels this labelling downplays efforts made by the likes of Aretha Franklin?

Her explanation after the jump…

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As to support her Grammy-acknowledged sophomore album ‘Love and War‘, Tamar Braxton hit the road for the ‘Love & War Tour‘ this year, taking her latest stage show to a number of intimate venues across North America.

One of these intimate stops, as fans will already, was ‘The Fillmore Miami Beach’, which boasts a capacity of 2,462 seats and was rocked to its core by the Kim Burse-inspired spectacle that was Tamar’s show.

Put simply…it was fantastic.

Press play to catch ‘her’ in all her wind machine-assisted glory below…

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Director Ruben Fleischer is to thank for Major Lazer‘s ‘Come On To Me’ visual, featuring ‘Baby Boy’ rapper Sean Paul.

Lifted from their ‘Apocalypse Soon EP, the single’s video drops as Lazer continues work on their third studio album, enlisting Sean to inject a healthy of ‘DanceHall’ into the nightclub-ready release.

Do they have a hit on their hands?

You tell us below!

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Almost two years after they joined forces on hit talent show ‘American Idol‘, Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey find themselves sharing yet another thing in common this week, after welcoming brand spanking new chart feats with their respective releases!

In the mood for a fresh chart check?

Meet us below!

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2nd June 2014 marks the spot for ‘Thinkin’ ‘Bout Me’, the latest studio effort from Brit-born belter Rebecca James.

Sonically akin to Mariah Carey‘s ‘Shake it Off’, the jam is now available to stream in full well before its aforementioned release date, and will no doubt strike the fancy of fans Carey and ‘Problem‘ performer Ariana Grande!

Peep its official video below…

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She’s back!

After signing a lucrative new record deal with RCA, Nicole Scherzinger is ready to unleash her first release as part of the label.

Speculation has been rife about the previously untitled track. However, this morning saw the stage blazer  not only reveal its title, but its release date too.

Details after the jump…

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Legendary Mary J. Blige is gearing up for a long-awaited return to the spotlight.

The R&B chanteuse has maintained a low profile of sorts in recent times, sans the release of her Holiday LP ‘A Mary Christmas’ last year.

However, this Summer sees the singer serve up contribution/s to the ‘Think Like A Man Too’ movie soundtrack.

Vetting and whetting appetites for her comeback, the Queen of Hip-Hop/Soul shared a morsel of new music on Instagram today.

What are you waiting for? Take a listen below…

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In news that will no doubt excite Brandy‘s legion of fans, The Vocal Bible was snapped in the studio this week with legendary hitmaker Dianne Warren.

Taking to Twitter, Warren – who has penned smashes such as ‘Un-Break My Heart’ and Beyonce’s ‘I Was Here’ – posted the shot above with the caption:

Many will recall Warren and B-Rocka’s work on the now-classic ‘Have You Ever?’ from 1998’s ‘Never Say Never’.

With high publicised changes in her private life recently, Brandy spoken freely of her desire to “scream”, holler, and bare her soul on her next album. So, who better to team  up with than one of the most gifted ballad bakers of all-time, D.W. Needless to say, we’re already salivating at the prospect of what the ladies will cook up.

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