R&B breakout star LeToya is hard at work on her as-yet-untitled sophomore LP (the previously announced title ‘Lady Love’ is still under consideration). Set for release in February 2008, the album is slated to feature productions from the likes of Rodney ‘Darkchild’ Jerkins, Pharrell Williams, J.R. Rotem, Bryan Michael Cox and J.R Rotem. Though the album is to hit stores next year, a track from the set titled ‘Swagger’ – which features UGK, Killa Kyleon and Slim Thug – should surface in the coming days.

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Rumored to be the last single from Rihanna’s ‘Good Girl Gone Bad’ album, the video for ‘Hate That I Love You’ premiered today on the singer’s website. I’ve long said how I’m not feeling the song, but having seen the video I’m liking it a little more. The vid is kinda simple, yet does the song justice.

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Ok, so I’ve been less than thrilled with alot of what Nicole Scherzinger has had on offer as a solo artist and this song/video has done nothing to change that. ‘Baby Love’ is the 2nd single to be lifted from Scherzinger’s ‘Her Name Is Nicole’ album. Put simply, neither the track or the video are up-to-par; everything seems in place for Nicole to be a solo superstar e.g. the girl-group leader, label backing etc, yet she has yet to deliver anything of substance. This cookie-cutter mush isn’t likely to propel her to the heights she is capable of achieving.

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R&B superstar Beyonce continues her assault on the endorsement scene, this time starring in a commercial for American Express. Though I don’t tend to care for things like this, I enjoyed the ad.

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Continuing her promo blitz through Europe, Jennifer Lopez performed her new single ‘Do It Well’ here in the UK yesterday (September 22nd) on nighttime talk show ‘Parkinsons’. It’s good to see that she’s upped her live singing and she was solid vocally throughout. However, the performance lacked any real energy – ‘Do It Well’ is a dance track, yet she didn’t do much of that. Jenny knows she was wrong for that mess of an outfit too.

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Check out Missy Elliott in the first of a number of ads she’ll star in as part a campaign with Doritos. The jokes kinda write themselves with this one lol. Still, it’s good to see Missy doing her thing with the endorsements.

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The video for Ja Rule’s new single ‘Body’ premiered yesterday (September 20th) on BET. Considering Ja is attempting to restore his tattered career, this single/video is unlikely to generate any interest around his upcoming album ‘The Mirror (due November 13th). The vid is kinda ‘blah’ and doesn’t really go anywhere – the same will be the case for Ja’s career if he doesn’t fix up soon.

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