Woe betide anyone thinking of dropping a new album in November, set to go up against the Pop Queen that is Lady GaGa and her forthcoming masterpiece, ‘ARTPOP’.

Due out on the 21st of that month, the album’s pre-order sales now find themselves given no choice but to soar in the coming days- now the performer is to debut the video for its lead single live on ‘Good Morning America‘!

Good news below!

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It may not have made his new album, ‘Hall of Fame’, but Big Sean’s latest effort ‘Control’ is currently making headlines for all the right reasons….depending on which side of the fence you find yourself on.

Why, you ask?

Well, in the seven minute long song, its contributor Kendrick Lamar takes wicked aim at a number of his closest contemporaries….J.Cole, Drake and Mac Miller included, detailing his desire to outperform them and- quite literally- inherit all their fans.

Fight talk after the jump!

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Last night, VH1 aired the second and final part to their ‘Love & Hip Hop Atlanta‘ reunion, ending their second season with a performance from its breakout star, K.Michelle.

Alas, while its final scene saw her wish all her former cast mates the best of luck, it appears there’s still no love lost between she and former pal Mimi Faust.

For, in what may explain the tension between the pair during last week’s showing, VH1 filmed Mimi’s reaction to a ‘very special’ performance put on by K.Michelle.

A performance, of a song dedicated to Mimi named ‘The Fool’.

Watch K detail some uncomfortable truths via song below…

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Estelle is moving on.

After enjoying the lion-share of her success under John Legend‘s Homeschool Records (a joint deal with Atlantic), the British-bred songbird has flown from her recording nest of  six years to create her own label.

Details after the jump…

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The Lifetime network is heating up this Summer…thanks to ‘Devious Maids’. 

Created Marc Cherry (the brain behind Desperate Housewives), and executive produced by Eva Longoria, the show follows five Latina maids who work for the rich and famous in Beverly Hills. Each lady has ambitions and dreams of her own, while one of them has a much darker reason for working the circuit.

Having debuted in June, the show’s first season boasts 13 episodes. Check out a preview for episode 9 of the first series below…

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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!

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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?