Check out the official cover of Prince’s new album, ’20Ten’. The free record will hit stores on July 22nd and on July 10th across Europe. Peep the tracklisting here.

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Peep the official single cover for Kanye West‘s new single ‘Power’. Illustrated by George Condo, the cover is very ‘Kanye’…

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The-Dream found himself in a tricky situation last week when he commented on the state of Ciara’s career, when he claimed that her upcoming ‘Basic Instinct’ project is basically her “last chance” at major success. Now, after being slammed by Ciara’s fans, deleting his Twitter pages and taking shots at That Grape Juice for reporting the news, Ciara herself has come to his defense. Check out what she had to say below:

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Pop icon Janet Jackson flashes her trademark smile on the cover of the August issue of Essence magazine. The 44 year old superstar is set to headline the Essence Music Festival on July 2nd before a sold-out audience in New Orleans.

Ms. Jackson looks stunning! If someone were to inform me that this cover was from her ‘All for You’ era 9 years back, I’d believe. Great cover.

Randomness: I need new Janet music ASAP.

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Solange posed it up for fashion mag Refinery 29 recently. As well as featuring in a pictorial, the ‘T.O.N.Y’ singer opened up about why she stepped away from House of Dereon, her new afro, new album, the Beyonce comparisons, and more. Pics and quotes after the jump…

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Check out this new image of Lady GaGa posing as a man. The gender-bending shot was taken by Nick Knight and will reportedly be featured in the Japanese Vogue.

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Hip-Hop phenom Drake sat down with Extra recently to talk about his current projects. During the interview the ‘Find Your love’ singer revealed that he recently put in some studio time with Chris Brown. Check out what Drake had to say below:

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Check out this special trilogy video from The-Dream. Ciara’s biggest fan has combined 3 of the tracks – ‘Yamaha’, ‘Nikki Part 2’ and ‘Abyss’ – from his upcoming album, ‘Love King’, into one music video in an effort to build buzz for the LP. ‘Love King’ hits stores on June 29th. Peep the production below:

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Janelle Monáe sat down with Nylon TV to talk about some of her musical and fashion influences. In the conversation, the vibrant performer revealed that her off-stage personality is actually a lot calmer than her on-stage counterpart. Peep what she had to say below:

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The-Dream performed on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ last evening. The studio vocalist performed his news single, ‘Make Up Bag’, without the much-needed help of the track’s featured guest, T.I. The-Dream’s ‘Love King’ LP hits stores on June 29th. Peep the performance below:

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R&B star Ciara has confirmed the release date of her new LP ‘Basic Instinct’.

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Soulful songstress Jazmine Sullivan is back. Following on the success of her critically acclaimed ‘Fearless’ LP, the 23 year old is set to release her hotly anticipated sophomore album within the next few months. Meanwhile, the record’s lead single ‘Holding You Down’, has surfaced.

Produced by Missy Elliott, the track manages to fuse an Old Skool sound, with a Hip-Hop-esque grittiness, both of which are complimented  by Sullivan’s butter-smooth vocals.

True to the sound the J Records star established on her debut, ‘Holding You Down’ looks set to resonate not only with her existing fans, yet also those who’ve yet to grant her an open ear.

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