New Music Video: Bridget Kelly- "Special Delivery"

Back in September I introduced Bridget Kelly's latest single "Special Delivery", and this week the official music video was released. Last year she released her EP Every Girl, and she is currently working on her debut album, which is expected to be released sometime next year. The visuals for this video takes place in Brooklyn, NY (where I'm from), and she dedicates the video to Coney Island, which was heavily effected from Hurricane Sandy this past October. 

New Music: "Love and War"

If your a huge Braxton family fan like I am than you instantly identified the youngest sibling, Tamar as your favorite Braxton. Since the first season she has been mentioning wanting to put out her own solo album and "drop it like it's hot" like Beyonce. With her husband  being Vincent Herbert and her older sister being Toni Braxton, she had a lot to prove as well as overcome to prove that she can be the superstar she has always dreamed of being. Yesterday she released her first single since the late 1990's, "Love and War". On her current reality show Vince and Tamar, viewers were able to watch Tamar work on her new music as well as put together a showcase. With the release of her single and the season finale of her show last night, Tamar is definitely getting her shine, which has been way overdue. I personally shed a few tears watching her perform last night because I know it had to be a wonderful feeling showing others what you can do musically and performance wise. It only gives me hope and motivates me to work harder to change my situation and get straight to working on my dreams. 

New Video: Nicki Minaj ft. Cassie "The Boys"

I spoke about this song sometime last month, and yesterday a colorful and fun video was released. 

Thoughts? 

New Music: "Pain"/ "She Bad Bad"

It's been awhile since I've mentioned new music, but this past week there was a good amount of new music released. One of my favorites is Pusha T's new single "Pain" featuring Future. Fresh off of his publicity tour with the rest of his G.O.O.D Music family for Cruel Summer, Pusha T has decided to let fans get a taste of the kind of music to expect off of his debut solo album. The album is still untitled, but Pusha T has mentioned it will be released sometime at the top of 2013. 

Since I mentioned G.O.O.D Music's Cruel Summer, I thought I would mention my favorite track from the album: Teyana Taylor & John Legend- "Bliss"

Off of her appearance on the 2013 BET Hip Hop Awards, Eve released her official first single "She Bad Bad". For awhile it was said that she was in the studio working with various producers and now a finished product has been released. "She Bad Bad" is expected to be on her highly anticipated studio album Lip Lock, which is expected to be released at the beginning of 2013. 

Rihanna: Unapologetic

I know I'm pretty late, but Rihanna is gearing up to release her 7th studio album, which she officially named this past week. Along with releasing the name of her upcoming album she also released the cover of her upcoming album as well. Her new album Unapologetic will be released on November 19th. The first single off of her album is "Diamonds", which was released about two weeks ago. So far the song has made such as big buzz. Aside from Rihanna's music making headlines she has also recently been linked to her ex boyfriend Chris Brown. I usually don't do the gossip thing, and I am more focused on the music. However, there's a lot of good publicity that can come with this album and I can only imagine how things will be for Rihanna within the next month. She just might pull a Lil Wayne and go platinum within a week, only time will tell.  

Throwback Friday: Usher "Burn"

I really wanted to bring back Throwback Thursday's however, I didn't make it to Thursday so we'll substitute with Friday for now. As I thought of a song to reminisce on I thought of going to an artist that is currently making headlines. The artist I came up with is Usher, after the recent passing of his stepson Kyle Glover, being a new judge on The Voice, and recently releasing an album this summer I thought Usher Raymond made an amazing candidate. I haven't done a throwback post in a really long time, but it's something I've been thinking of for a minute. This weeks song is "Burn" off of Usher's Grammy Award winning album Confessions. I believe this has to be one of the best albums Usher has released throughout his entire career. One thing that has added to the success of this album is the controversy that had been surrounding the truth about the albums inspiration at the time. Around this time Usher and Chili had just broken up, so many people did believe that he did cheat on her and that he did get another woman pregnant. Although none of that had not been true it did make good press for the album, and has helped make this one of Usher's best album.   

New American Idol Judging Panel

This past week there has been lots of controversy surrounding American Idol as they began their new season. Right before the season began the official judging panel was revealed after many rumors and speculations. The final judges of the show were Mariah Carey, Keith Urban, Randy Jackson and Nicki Minaj. Long story short everyone is wondering why is Nicki Minaj a judge. Some people thinks she has no real talent so why is she trying to help seek talent. Then others believe because she is a rapper she isn't qualified. Others believe she has lost her touch as a rapper over the years and she isn't even a real artist. When I first heard that she was being considered for the job I wasn't sure if it was even true. It sounded like a story that could of been made up, so I didn't really put too much thought into it. However after it was confirmed I didn't know what to think or even wanted to express my opinion. I'd rather hear from others and  find out whether or not people think she is worthy or not for the position. Apparently these contracts are worth a lot, so once she was offered the position she accepted the job.

What are your thoughts?