With anticipation building for her comeback EP (due later this year), singer-songwriter Melanie Fiona is meeting the moment by releasing even more of the new music expected to line the set’s tracklist.

After wowing fans with tunes ‘Say Yes‘ and ‘I Choose You‘ late last year, Fiona followed on Friday (February 7) with the heart-tugging new tune ‘Mona Lisa Smile.’

“Perfect picture in a broken frame and / No one ever sees the broken pieces of the painting,” Mel sings soulfully over Andre Harris production.

At the time of the song’s unveiling, the 2x GRAMMY winner said ‘Mona’ serves as an “homage to all the brave, broken, beautiful [women who are] works of art…anyone holding it together despite wanting to fall apart.”

Ultimately branding the inspiration behind emotional tune’s title as “the armor we all wear to protect our pain,” look inside to hear it in full.

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Christmas Eve 2024 may have seen Redman may unwrap his latest album, ‘Muddy Waters Too,’ but nearly two months later he’s still on the promo trail in the project’s support.

The LP – which serves as the conceptual sequel of his critically acclaimed 1996 effort ‘Muddy Waters‘ – is home to the warmly received song ‘LaLaLa‘: his latest collaboration with longtime friend and fellow Rap icon Method Man.

“Yo, now everybody welcome me back like I’m Carter / It’s ’90s ugly, I’m in the mirror like Shabba / America’s most blunted, Cheech and Chong say I’m don dada / A bounty hunter for the sour,” Red raps over Vinyl Frontiers production.

Accompanying the tune’s official release as a single with its music video, look inside to see the gritty action.

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Lady Gaga‘s no stranger to shaking up the music scene with the moves found aboard some of her most iconic videos, but – if the viral response to her high-octane new music video ‘Abracadabra‘ is any indication – she’s added yet another soon-to-be classic to her prized videography.

Unveiled during the 67th annual GRAMMYs on Sunday (February 2), the clip – which serves as the follow-up to her top 40 hit ‘Disease‘ from the forthcoming album ‘Mayhem‘ – is arguably her most energetic in years and boasts intense choreography being hailed a “return to form” by the singer’s most dedicated fans (affectionately called #LittleMonsters).

To show her followers just how much work went into making the magic of ‘Abracadabra,’ Gaga took to Instagram on Friday (February 7) to give them a glimpse behind the scenes.

Under the helm of famed choreographer Parris Goebel, look inside to see Gaga get down.

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Pardison Fontaine and Cardi B are wasting no time lighting a match under their freshly unwrapped single ‘Toot It Up.’

With the track being long-teased, the pair finally heeded fan requests for its official release.

A hard-hitting club jam, ‘Toot’ has been paired with a video set in the aptest of backdrops.

The collaboration arrives at an interesting juncture for the artists, who have collaborated before in a songwriting capacity and on 2018’s ‘Backin’ It Up.’

For, it lands ahead Cardi’s long-awaited sophomore album and as a rare release from Pardi, whose drops have proven rather seldom over the years.

What are you waiting for? Watch the visual after the jump…

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All roads lead to the 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show for Kendrick Lamar.

And ahead of the Big Game, K. Dot made a stop to pick up Timothée Chalamet for a talk about his path to the New Orleans extravaganza.

During the candid chat, the unlikely pair spoke about navigating tough times, Lamar’s latest album ‘GNX,’ and more.

Watch the insightful Apple Music feature below…

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Kanye West has sparked fresh controversy after erupting on social media with a bizarre, unbridled tirade.

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Kanye West is no stranger to drumming up headlines with his controversial statements over the years, and – if a recent string of tweets is to judge by – 2025 will be no different.

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Nearly 40 years after Cher sailed her Michael Bolton-penned smash ‘I Found Someone‘ into the Hot 100’s top 10, she may be poised to repeat the feat with a reimagined version of the power ballad.

Found on Tyga‘s February 7-released new album ‘NSFW,’ the rapper’s 2025 edition of the tune is simply called ‘Found Someone’ and sees the rapper handle the verses while the 78-year-old Pop icon carries the intro, hook, and outro.

“(I found someone) / Who gon’ love me good / Who gon’ f-ck me good / Tell me it’s all good / Give me the details so it’s understood / Ain’t gotta worry ’bout her, trust me, I’m all good,” he spits over a sample of the 1987 original.

As far as unlikely duos go, this may seem like one of the unlikeliest but it shouldn’t be the most surprising given that Tyga’s bestie – music exec Alexander “A.E.” Edwards – is Cher’s boyfriend!

Find ‘Found’ inside and judge for yourself.

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With her new album, ‘BLKWMN,’ loading for release in Black History Month (February 21 to be exact), Ledisi is already whetting appetites for the project’s content by serving up a taste of its delectable first single ‘Love You Too.’

A slow-burning groove serving as a nod to the R&B/Soul fusions of yesteryear, the bass-buoyed jam comes as the GRAMMY winner’s first offering since wowing fans with tracks from the March 2024-released ‘Good Life.’

“Cause you always love me, I’ll always love you too / I want a love to last, last forever / Cause you always love me, I’ll always love you too,” she sings on the sizzling new song’s chorus.

Shortly after the song’s January 31 release, Leddy unveiled its official music video directed by her husband Ron T.

See it inside.

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Better late than never, Tyga – a week after its originally promised release date – has delivered his anxiously awaited new album ‘NSFW.’

Coming as his first studio effort of the decade, the 17-song new project follows 2019’s ‘Legendary‘ and is being led to chart battle by previously dropped singles ‘Slave‘ and ‘Pop It Off.’

A star-studded affair, ‘NSFW’ features guest appearances from Pop icon Cher as well as some of the biggest names in Hip-Hop including Lil Wayne, Big Sean, Flo Milli, Ty Dolla $ign, Shenseea, and more.

Arrived to digital shelves on Friday (February 7), hop inside to stream the new LP courtesy of Apple Music and Spotify.

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NLE Choppa has been keeping his fans well fed over the last few weeks with a string of back-to-back releases.

Refusing to rest on his laurels after the critical acclaim afforded to his singles ‘444‘ and its predecessor ‘Dare U‘ (with Imagine Dragon), Choppa followed with two new songs this week alone: ‘Can We Live?’ and ‘Free Youngboy 2.’

The latter was also gifted the video treatment.

“Call me boujee, I’on roll my opps, I rather send his mama flowers / Auntie love me, she call me sweet (Yeah), she don’t even know this shit get sour / Cuh to the left, he here for a body, got him employed, he paid by the hour / Plenty nights mama had to look for a bleach, it was right here with me in the shower,” he raps over Fya Man production.

Hop inside to get acquainted with the latest trio of NLE Choppa releases.

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Beyond being the penman behind some of Cardi B‘s most memorable songs (see: ‘Bodak Yellow,’ ‘Up,’ ‘I Like It,’ ‘Bongos,’ ‘Bickenhead,’ and ‘Be Careful‘), Pardison Fontaine tag-teamed with the GRAMMY-winning rapstress for what remains his biggest hit to date: 2018’s Platinum smash ‘Backin It Up.’

Over six years after bumping ‘Backin’ into the Billboard Hot 100’s top 40, the dynamic duo are looking to repeat the feat with their latest collaboration ‘Toot It Up.’

“Said I’ma toot that a–, toot toot that a– / If you a ballplayer, I’m tryna recruit that a– / Said it taste like ice cream you wanna scoop that a– / Turn around, through the ground, Uncle Luke that a–,” raps Cardi on the Salaam Remi production.

Ahead of the arrival of the song’s official music video later Friday morning, the dynamic duo have unveiled a first listen to the song itself.

Hear it inside.

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