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DJ Khaled Drops Another Banger With J. Cole on ‘Hell’s Kitchen’
DJ Khaled's 'Suffering From Success' is dropping next week and the tracks have been coming a plenty recently. The past couple of days saw the release of 'I Feel Like Pac/I Feel Like Biggie' (which angered Mase), 'I'm Still' and 'You Don't Want These Problems' -- which even you may have a credit on.
Nelly Makes Baseball Bet With Arsenio, Peforms ‘Give U Dat’ With Future
While people were marinating on just what happened at last night's BET Awards, Nelly and Future's performance on 'Arsenio' aired aired as well. The two performed 'Give U Dat,' a rap ballad that's similar to what we heard in 2002's 'Dilemma.' Perhaps the more interesting part about his appearance on the show was the bet he made with Arsenio Hall before his performance.
B. Smyth Talks Big Collaborations, His Influences and Visual EP
B. Smyth wears his influences on his sleeve. The Floridian lists the feel good vibes of R&B's New Jack Swing era of the early-90s and Chris Brown as two of his influences. The singer even interpolates R. Kelly's 'She's Got That Vibe' into his own 'Vibe' -- a single off 'The Florida Files' EP.
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Jhene Aiko Reveals ‘Sail Out’ EP Cover Art and Tracklist
We probably won't be hearing Jhene Aiko's debut album this year. The good news is we will be hearing new music from her in the form of an EP. 'Sail Out,' her first project since 2011's 'Sailing Soul(s),' will be out on Nov. 12 and available for pre-order Oct...
Robert Glasper & Jill Scott Find Love and Thwart Auto Theft in ‘Calls’ Video
The Robert Glasper Experiment's 'Calls' featuring Jill Scott is the first single from the upcoming 'Black Radio 2,' and it's looking like the quartet is aiming for another Grammy for Best R&B Album. Today (Oct. 14), that song just got an accompanying video.
Mase Takes Issue With Diddy Over DJ Khaled’s ‘I Feel Like Pac/I Feel Like Biggie’
The backlash to Drake's 'Wu-Tang Forever' showed us once again that some names are sacred in hip-hop. Two other names that easily fall under this category are Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur. So that's two hip-hop mores DJ Khaled, Diddy, T.I., Meek Mill, Rick Ross and Swizz Beatz broke when ‘I Feel Like Pac/I Feel Like Biggie’ dropped. Former Bad Boy artist Mase was none too pleased.
John Legend Is Deeply in Love in ‘All of Me’ Video
In the weeks leading up to the music video, the Internet saw John Legend's wife Chrissy Teigen's bare nipple during the video shoot and Legend's bare bottom for a Funny or Die skit. The 'All of Me' video was slightly more SFW than the former.
Nas, Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige Star in ‘Black Nativity’ Trailer
Oscar season is approaching, so it's time for Hollywood to start rolling out those dramatic flicks. One such movie is 'Black Nativity,' Langston Hughes' famed interpretation of the recount of the Nativity story.
B. Smyth Channels R. Kelly in ‘Vibe’ Video
Before R. Kelly became a sensual R&B icon, he collaborated with R&B group Public Announcement for his 1992 debut album 'Born Into the '90s.' The album contained R. Kelly's first hit, 'She Got That Vibe,' one of the better songs of the New Jack Swing era.
Sports Anchor Drops 40-Plus Hip-Hop References in Five-Minute Newscast [Video]
Meet Adam Lefkoe, a sports anchor who has the pleasure of covering the Louisville Cardinals -- a pretty good college football team. He also appears to like hip-hop and pro wrestling ... a lot. To prove it, he tries to insert references as much as possible in his newscasts.