Three years after Lucky Daye called upon fellow singer-songwriter Victoria Monet to guest on the warmly-received ‘Little More Time’ (found aboard the deluxe edition of his 2019 debut album ‘Painted‘), the dynamic duo reverse roles for her new single, ‘Smoke.’

Produced by Academy and GRAMMY Award-winning producer D’Mile, the island-flavored ‘Smoke’ comes as the first single from Monet’s forthcoming ‘Jaguar II‘ project – the conceptual follow-up to her critically acclaimed 2020 EP ‘Jaguar‘ – and sees her trade verses with Daye laden with metaphors about puff-puff-passing.

“Little fireworks that light up for me / In my finger tips I burn my worries / Do it somethin’ like that eight track shorty / Keep it in rotation, it’s a celebration every time we smoke, smoke,” the two croon.

Hear the song in full inside and peep its retro-inspired music video.

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Ahead of the arrival of the newest addition to Ed Sheeran‘s wildly popular mathematically-titled albums, ‘-‘ (Subtract), the singer-songwriter is giving his dedicated fans (affectionately called #Sheerios) their first taste of what the project is set to serve.

“This song is about losing someone, feeling like every time you go out and you expect to just bump into them, and every thing just reminds you of them and things you did together. You sorta have to take yourself out of reality sometimes to numb the pain of loss, but certain things just bring you right back into it,” Sheeran shared about the song before its March 24 arrival.

Hear the Shellback & Max Martin-produced tune in full inside.

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With the help of legendary, GRAMMY-winning producer Timbaland, rising rapstress BIA is back and ready to prove once and for all that she’s that b-tch!

Having already previewed the bop at live shows over recent weeks, the femcee (born Bianca Landrau) has already earned her fair share of thumbs up  and buzz from her growing legion of fans.

As those clips continued to make their rounds, Landrau took to the net to reveal the song would be available for a full listen on March 24.

Sampling Missy Elliott‘s classic 1999 jam, ‘She’s a B-tch,’ hear BIA’s latest inside.

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After working up a sweat in the latest Beats Fit Pro commercial to the tune of her own sizzling cut ‘Body Do,’ stage-blazing R&B singer Chloe Bailey ignited some serious demand from fans to hear the cut in full.

Much to their surprise, Chloe took to Instagram Thursday (March 23) to reveal their wish would be her command.

“Because you guys have been so good to me and been asking for it, I’ma drop ‘Body Do’ early,” she shared – much to the delight of her 5.9 million IG followers.

Housed on her forthcoming solo debut album, ‘In Pieces,’ ‘Body’ comes as third taste of music set to line the March 31-due opus (following ‘Pray It Away’ and the Chris Brown-assisted ‘How Does It Feel‘).

Hop inside to get your first full listen and see what that body do.

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As promised by the Whitney Houston estate, 2023 will be filled with celebrations and headline-grabbing events to commemorate what would’ve been the diva’s 60th year of life.

In addition to perfume and cosmetics lines, television ventures, and a biographical Broadway play in the works (as we reported here), the Pop icon’s dedicated fans – affectionately called #Nippians – can expect to hear unvaulted tunes spread across multiple “new” albums.

The first in that stead comes courtesy of ‘I Go to the Rock: The Gospel Music of Whitney Houston.’

“Her love for gospel music permeates through every song with love, compassion and conviction. To love Whitney is to love what she represents to all that love the gospel. I salute this project knowing that Whitney always stood on a solid rock for her love of gospel music,” said Pat Houston, the executor Whitney’s estate, in an official statement.

A 12-track collection lined with fan favorites like ‘Jesus Loves Me’ (from 1992’s ‘The Bodyguard’ soundtrack) as well as ‘I Go to the Rock,’ ‘I Love the Lord,’ and ‘Joy to the World’ (from 1996’s ‘Preacher’s Wife’ soundtrack), ‘Rock’ also includes six unreleased song including a live ‘VH1 Honors’ version of Simon & Garfunkel‘s classic ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’ (with CeCe Winans), ‘I Found a Wonderful Way,’ ‘He Can Use Me,’ and more.

Stream it inside courtesy of Apple Music and Spotify.

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From ‘Sweet Thing’ to ‘I Feel For You,’ ‘Through the Fire,’ ‘Tell Me Something Good,’ and many more, Queen of Funk Chaka Khan has blessed R&B with some of its most memorable numbers over the last five decades.

Yet, despite her hits and soaring vocal displays earning copious critical acclaim and inspiring generations of singers after her, it’s criminal (but factual) to say the 10-time GRAMMY winner’s prized catalog hasn’t seen that fanfare reflected commercially.

However, a recent announcement from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is proving to be an overdue step in the right direction.

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Beyonce and Adidas are going their separate ways, according to a new report.

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Chloe Bailey may be no stranger to garnering critical acclaim for her soaring vocals, but recently the GRAMMY nominee doubled down on her desire to literally take to the sky by breathing new life into the highly coveted role of X-Men’s Storm.

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FLO bring the flames in the video for their brand new single ‘Fly Girl.’

Arriving as the rising R&B trio’s first release of 2023 as lead artists, the track sees the group team with the iconic Missy Elliott. 

The collaboration is all sorts of apt as the ladies sample Missy’s iconic 2002 jam ‘Work It.’

Easily the slickest visual from the ladies yet, the clip sees Stella, Renee, and Jorja serve up sass aplenty.

Produced by MNEK, ‘Fly Girl’ lands on the heels of FLO winning the BRIT Rising Star honor as well as BBC Sound Of 2023. It also comes as the group gear up to hit the global festival circuit – with major slots at Glastonbury, Wireless, and Pharell’s Something in the Water in Virginia and Summersonic in Japan.

Watch the Tajana Tokyo-directed video below…

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Mo’Nique is back in business – with Netflix!

The Oscar, Golden Globe, and BAFTA winner is placing past dramas in rearview and has joined forces with the streamer for an array of new projects including her brand new stand-up comedy special.

Aptly titled ‘My Name is Mo’Nique,’ the set – which is executive produced by Mo’Nique and husband-manager Sidney Hicks – is “filled with laugh till you cry stories as well as soul bearing emotion.”

Premiering April 4, the L. Frazier-directed special struts onto screens ahead of the star’s new Netflix film ‘The Deliverance’ – which sees her reunite with Lee Daniels.

Watch the full-length trailer for ‘My Name is Mo’Nique’ after the jump…

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It appears as though Miley Cyrus has another hit on her hands, because radio is loving her song ‘River.’ 

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Miguel has a hit on his hands.

For, his song ‘Sure Thing’ has just entered a coveted territory on radio.

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