That Grape Juice can EXCLUSIVELY reveal that the next single to be lifted from Whitney Houston‘s Platinum selling comeback ‘I Look To You’ will be….’Worth It‘!

While I was internally hoping for a ‘For The Lovers’ release, this Eric Hudson produced gem has ‘HIT’ written all over it. Loving it! Haven’t heard it yet…you can listen to it below. Remember who confirmed it first!

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Prior to now, there had unconfirmed reports that ‘Rude Boy’ was to serve as the next single from Rihanna‘s ‘Rated R’. It appears that such speculation has indeed proven correct, with All Access today confirming that the song is set to officially go to US radio on February 9th. {Source}

Though ‘Rated R’ didn’t particularly move me, ‘Rude Boy’ clearly stands head-and-shoulders above much of the material on the record and is most definitely the most instantly likeable. Hence, I have no qualms with its release – if anything it should have been released earlier. Good call by label.

Randomness: With the album having only been released on November 20th last year, already spawning 3 videos in less than 2 months, and now talk of yet another, I think it’s safe to say a ‘Rated R’ re-release is on its way. Why else would her team be seemingly racing through singles and accompanying videos?

In any case, you listen to ‘Rude Boy’ below…

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Hip-Hop/Soul singer Keyshia Cole has announced that she will be releasing a new album in 2010. The pregnant songstress, who recently got engaged on New Year’s Eve, revealed the news via her representative to US Magazine. Neither further details about the LP nor a concrete release date where provided.

Cole is one of the few singers in recent times who have consistently provided solid material with each release. She truly understands her market and how to reach it. Although her live vocal showings rarely compare to the standard that she puts forward in the studio, Cole remains far ahead of many of her contemporaries. I am eager to hear what she develops for her new album.

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With his new album on the horizon, yet another track from Usher has surfaced. The track, ‘Oh My Gosh’, features and was produced by Black Eyes Peas mastermind will.i.am. Usher’s ‘Raymond vs. Raymond’ LP hits stores on February 16th.

Having thoroughly enjoyed the electronic dance element of the Black Eyed Peas ‘The E.N.D.’, I find this track to be a bit perplexing. The productions, chanting and Usher’s vocals all work well but the lyrics are juvenile at best. “Boobies like wow wow!” certainly do not scream “Grammy favourite!” in the least. However, as is blatantly evident in today’s music, lyrical froth does not define a hit. That’s a damn shame.

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R&B star Fantasia stopped by BET’s 106 & Park to promote her new reality show ‘Fantasia For Real’, which kicks off next Monday on VH1. During her interview, the American Idol alum made a special request to address a few rumours about her private life. You can see what she had to say in the video above.

As regards our own interview with Fantasia, hold tight, it’s on it’s way. It’s simply a case of finding it a little hard to sync schedules. However, rest assured the interview is 110% confirmed and will be taking place place any time between now and late next week. You all were actually notified a little early so to allow fans to contribute questions (as is usual here at That Grape Juice). We really see it as  imperative to only conduct the type of interviews we’d like to read. Hence, no phoniness and rehashes of the same ol’ media-trained interview. Instead it’s about asking the questions you really want answers to and ones which make for a genuinely interesting read. Any way enough of my rambling; put simply, it’s coming! Thanks for your patience 🙂

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The ‘it’ girl of the moment, Ke$ha, made an appearance on ‘Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien’. The singer performed her #1 smash hit ‘Tik Tok’ from her new album, ‘Animal‘. The ‘Animal’ is projected to give #1 mainstay Susan Boyle a run for her money by possibly opening at the top spot with sales of 105-115k.

Although this song is quite catchy and definitely radio friendly, I can’t shake the image of Ke$ha as being nothing more than a rapping ‘Valley girl’, which, coincidentally, she is indeed. However, there is no doubting that she has some Pop sensibility and knows how to craft a hit. Whether or not she will b able to follow up the monster success of ‘Tik Tok’, however, will be quite interesting.

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Despite laying the smacketh down on him a few weeks back, Mary J. Blige was all smiles with husband Kendu Issacs at the 36th annual People’s Choice Awards last night at Los Angeles’ Nokia Theatre. Many other celebs hit the event, including Mariah Carey and hubby Nick Cannon, Nicole Scherzinger, Queen Latifah and LL Cool J. Peep more pics below:

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The Queen of Hip-Hop/Soul Mary J. Blige took to the stage at the People’s Choice Awards 2010 a few hours ago to perform ‘I Am’ – the latest single to be lifted from her well-selling ‘Stronger With Each Tear’ LP.

Though it’s pretty much standard-fare for Mary to nail her performances, she really did the damn thing with this one! The band were on fire and I literally was flapping my arms in approval when she started  taking it to church at the end (2.54 onwards). Great, great, performance!

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Trina‘s video for buzz single ‘That’s My Attitude’ premiered today. The self-proclaimed ‘baddest b*tch’ serves up so much (believable) swagger in the clip that one can almost taste it. Upon that, Ms. Taylor looks stunning throughout. She better work!

‘That’s My Attidude’ is lifted from Trina’s forthcoming LP ‘Amazin’, which hits stores June 8th. Proceeding the album will be lead single ‘Million Dollar Girl’ – featuring Diddy and Keri Hilson.

Randomness: I love me some Trina, but I admittedly am glad she’s finally rocking a decent looking weave!

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After an almost non-stop promotional campaign for her first two studio albums, it has been confirmed that Pop phenomenon Lady GaGa‘s next LP is set to hit stores ‘late 2010’, according to the singer’s label via GaGaDaily.com {Source}

While the prospect of being served up more of GaGa’s creative brilliance does seem quite appealing, I can’t help but worry that in between the touring, videos and all that jazz, she could burnout – after all she’s only human. So in perhaps sounding somewhat hypocritical; though I’d happily lap up more GaGa material, it may be in her best interest to take a seat and chill.

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The lead single from Mariah Carey’s highly anticipated ‘Angels Advocate’ remix LP has finally surfaced. The ‘Angels Cry (Remix)’, which was supposed to have impacted radio on January 4th, features R&B crooner Ne-Yo. ‘Angels Advocate’ hits stores on February 23rd.

Although the track features identical productions to the original, Ne-Yo weaved his vocals and lyrics expertly into the arrangement and actually enhanced the already brilliant song. However, I would be lying if I said that I was not expecting them to recompose the entire track. As two of the industry’s premier songwriters, they had the opportunity to create some epic material. Either way, having had the experience of working with each other on this song, it would be interesting to hear what they might come up with in future ventures. Good stuff.

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Rihanna and her new boyfriend Matt Kemp was spotted in Los Cabos, Mexico yesterday. The duo swam with the dolphins and enjoyed the warm weather. Peep more pics of the two below:

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