This may just be too much cool for one issue.

Two of modern R&B’s most prized acts, Janelle Monae and Robin Thicke, get the party started in the 20th anniversary issue of VIBE magazine.

Doubling as the mag’s ‘summer’ issue, the dynamic duo serve as the cover stars for one of the three covers commemorating the occasion (one has Nas with J.Cole and the other Daft Punk with Pharrell Williams).

And, while we are tickled with excitement for Monae’s ‘The Electric Lady’ (set to charge to stores in less than a month), we’re still getting down to Thicke’s latest ‘Blurred Lines’ (which rocked both Hot 100 and Billboard 200’s top spot last week).  Until we see its performance on the tally this week, see below for Thicke & co. showing off for Vibe:

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Days after unveiling news of collaborations with Hip Hop heavyweights Mary J. Blige,Pharrell, and others, Jessie J jams like never before aboard ‘Excuse My Rude’ – the latest tune to be lifted from her forthcoming, September due album.

Featuring up-and-coming teen rapper Becky G, the ladies team up to throw subtlety to the wind in the banging, bass driven breakup anthem – a great sonic and conceptual departure from its ‘It’s My Party’ predecessor (unveiled just days ago).

Delivered in the form of a ‘lyric video’, tuck in below to get an ‘in your face’ reminder of how the ‘Do It Like A Dude’ diva really does it:

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Last week, President Obama saw Kim Kardashian and Rapper boyfriend Kanye West make headlines, when he explained how the pair endorsed a culture of ‘perceived success’.

Available to read here, his quote on the pair soon found its way back to the Kardashian matriarch Kris Jenner, who took to her hit show ‘Kris’ to weigh in on the matter.

Watch the star maker in defence mode above!

Marsha Ambrosius is back!

After singing her way to the frontline with ‘Cold War’, the former Floetry songstress serves up another taste of her new album ‘Friends & Lovers’ in the form of ‘Without You’.

The stirring cut, which premiered on Philadelphia’s Hot 107.9 moments ago, is duo with hitmaker Ne-Yo. 

What are you waiting for? Get familiar with the soulful groove after the jump…

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Lady GaGa may be drip-feeding fans morsels of her ‘ARTPOP’ project, however she has quickly established one facet of the campaign – nakedness.

The Pop tour de force continued the skin-baring trend in a new teaser from her upcoming feature spread in the September 2013 issue of V Magazine.

We imagine there’ll be some deep, complex reason touted for the amount for the nudity. And we can’t wait. There’s something utterly endearing about GaGa’s brand of crazy.

‘ARTPOP’ hits stores on November 11th. It’s lead single ‘Applause’ premiered today. Click here to listen!

Your thoughts?

As you read this, Katy Perry’s new single ‘Roar’ finds itself occupying #1 spots on iTunes outlets across the globe, the beginning of what’s set to be an impressive sales run for the number.

Tonight, in what will ensure that run grows itself a fresh pair of legs each chart week, the performer has been announced as one of the many acts lined up to rock this year’s MTV Video Music Awards!

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Days after her upbeat love song ‘Va Va Voom’ two stepped even closer to Platinum, Nicki Minaj releases the artwork for her forthcoming fragrance, ‘Minajesty‘!

Shot by David LaChapelle last month and preceding the arrival of her third studio album, the new scent will hit stores on September 15th- just in time to reap all the rewards the forthcoming Holiday season has to offer!

So, let us know…

Do you like the art?

It’s here!

Exactly one week before its touted premiere, ‘Applause’ – the lead single from Lady GaGa‘s new album ‘ARTPOP’ – was premiered on iHeartRadio.

What are you waiting for? The moment we’ve all been waiting for is on the other side!

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Cop a gander of Lady GaGa!

The Pop titan continues to titilate and tease her new album ‘ARTPOP’, today unwrapping (quite literally) another skin-baring promo shot.

Revealed exactly one week before comeback single ‘Applause’ thunders on the airwaves, the edgy snap sees Mother Monster posing in front of an array of her favourite accessory – wigs.

While prior promos have left us scratching our heads as to what exactly we were looking at, this one seems to make at least a spec of sense. For, when placed in order of their reveals, it would appear the slightly more put together and glammed up look here points to a gradual build up (perhaps nude to “normal” GaGa?)

Of course, given the artist at hand, there’s every chance there is no outright theme at all and she’s just being GaGa for the sake of. Either way, we’re loving the intrigue. We just hope we love the material too.

‘ARTPOP’ hits stores November 11th.

Your thoughts?

Competition.

While performers may deny it fervently, they well and truly are in direct competition with each other.

An obvious sentiment? Perhaps.

However, with many of today’s acts sharing one other’s ‘casual audience’, it’s oft in the interest of these acts to create the illusion of mutual support at face value, while their teams forge plans to see their act outperform the other on the back end.

A little dramatic on our end? Well, tell that to Katy Perry– the Pop Princess whose inked an exciting new deal with Clear Channel to ensure her new single ‘Roar’ dominates US radio!

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Easily one of the worst kept, yet most exciting reunions in recent memory, Danity Kane‘s comeback appears to be one press release away from “confirmed”.

All Summer long, the ladies have teased their re-grouping; from studio shots, to convenient lunches, members Dawn Richard, Aundrea Fimbres, Shannon Bex, and Aubrey O’Day are clearly cooking up something.

And while most of the Platinum outfit, who will reportedly rebrand as a four-piece (after it was confirmed that D.Woods will not  rejoin them), have remained relatively tight-lipped about the project, their most spoken member O’Day is continuing to drop  the biggest of hints.

See what we mean below…

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Ever eager to keep her recently relit fire burning for her next era, Brandy continues to rock many a venue across the globe with a stage show that now readies to storm Atlanta next month.

Details below…

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