Chicago neo-soul artist and personal friend of mine, K. James, has just released his video for his track, "Koolin.'" The laid back song is off his upcoming debut mixtape, Cuffin' Season.
Looks like the King of the South, T.I. has a new label home with Roc Nation, at least for the distribution of his next album, The Dime Trap!
According to Billboard, yesterday, February 22, right before his Tidal show in Atlanta, T.I. announced that he has not only signed a distribution deal for his next album but is now a co-owner of Tidal as well!
Tip joins a top list of A-list co-owners of Tidal that also includes Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Nicki Minaj, J. Cole, Usher and Lil' Wayne. T.I. also released his new single "Money Talk" as well exclusively through the growing streaming service.
As a fan of T.I., I'm excited about this business move for him and look forward to the new music. Stay tuned to The Spotlight for more info about his album as it becomes available. For now, check out T.I's new single "Money Talk" below!
Hip hop artist Brad Hester has crafted the perfect hit just in time for Valentine's Day! "You're The One" is a great song for hip hop lovers to play for their significant others. Throughout the song, we find the New York native effortlessly singing and rapping on the track, with production byMJ Nichols). Throughout the song, Brad makes it clear to his girl that she is the only one he wants and needs in his life.
Brad will be releasing a variety of promo singles in the next few months, prepping for his debut mixtape due out later this year. Listen to his new single below!
Looks like Brandy really is getting "back in the swing of things" on all fronts! After the premiere of her new BET series Zoe Ever After, she went on Twitter to announce the release of new music!
Check out Brandy's new track "Beggin' & Pleadin'" below!
The Pop & Oak produced track is the songstress' first offering since her last album, Two Eleven that came out in 2012.The song is already getting praise from Missy Elliott, another artist I'm looking forward to hearing new music from in 2016.
Stay tuned to The Spotlight for more new music, show recaps and news from Brandy!
Inspired by the classic movie "House Party", Fabolous and Chris Brown revitalize "She Wildin' " off of The Young OG Project that was released a year ago today. Check the video out below and look for "The Young OG Project 2" to be released sometime this February!
Jeremih keeps his name and song "Pass Dat" track in rotation by adding The Weeknd for the official remix, which makes for the second Weeknd-featured track this Christmas! The original track is featured on the singer's lastest album Late Nights. Check out the track below and make sure to check out Jeremih's new album if you haven't already!
Future and The Weeknd give back to the fans this Christmas with their new collaboration, "Low Life" over a Metro Boomin' and Ben Billions produced track!
Check out the song below!
After the success of reaching 1 Billion Views on YouTube,Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth have more to celebrate! It was announced today along with the rest of the Golden Globe nominations, the duo's hit sit single "See You Again" has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award in the category Best Original Song In A Motion Picture! The other nominees in the category included "Love me Like You Do," from Fifty Shades of Grey, (written by Max Martin, Savan Kotecha, Ali Payami, and Ilya Salmanzadeh), "One Kind of Love," from Love & Mercy (written by Brian Wilson and Scott Bennett), "Simple Song #3," from Youth (written by David Lang), and "Writing’s on the Wall," from Spectre, (written by Sam Smith and Jimmy Napes)
Best of luck to Wiz and Charlie! I personally hope they win!
After having us all anxiously anticipating a new album throughout all of 2015 (that's you too Kanye West and Rihanna), one of R&B's young talented artists Frank Ocean is set to release a new track called "White Ferrari" this Friday! Both DJ A-Trak (who deleted the tweet) and Odd Future's fan page also tweeted that "White Ferrari" was set to come out this Friday, December 11th. Here's to hoping that we do indeed get a new Frank Ocean track!
After starting the week with seven Grammy nomintations, The Weeknd debuts the visual for his single, "In The Night", off of his new album, Beauty Behind The Madness. Check it out below!
Let's take the time to say congrats to Wiz Khalifa and singer Charlie Puth! I don't care if you're a fan of Wiz or not. His video "See You Again" off of the Fast & Furious 7 soundtrack has reached a BILLION views on YouTube! It also is the first rap video to do that and became the 10th most watched video on YouTube
Big Ups to the Taylor Gang Head Honcho!
Diggy Simmons has been releasing new music lately and recently let go this little gem "Fakin' " featuring two of the West Coast's popular crooners Omarion and Ty Dolla $ign. Reportedly it's the first official single off his next project! I'm glad to see Run's son back on the scene.
Check out the track below and let us know how you like it in the comments!
Janet Jackson, aka "Ms. Jackson If You Nasty," just released her video for “No Sleeep” featuring J. Cole! Look out for her album "Unbreakable" to drop sometime in September.
Check out the video below!
My hometown of Akron, OH has another star by the name is L-Dro! After dropping Dr OHIO with Don Cannon last year, he continues the grind by grabbing Jadakiss and Beanie Sigel on a new track called “The Life We Live.” Cop his new DJ Drama hosted mixtape "In Us We Trust" and look out for his new EP "Higher Learning" coming soon!
Neo-soul crooner Miguel has offered up a sultry, steamy video for "Coffee," a single off his upcoming LP Wildheart!
Check out the visual below!
He also released the dates for his upcoming tour...Tickets go on sale Friday
MiguelNorth American Tour Dates
July 24 — Austin, TX @ Emo’s July 25 — Dallas, TX @ South Side Music Hall July 26 — Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live – Ballroom July 28 — New Orleans @ Joy Theater July 29 — Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle July 31 — Philadelphia, PA @ The Theatre of Living Arts August 1 — New Haven, CT @ College Street Music Hall August 2 — New York, NY @ Terminal 5 August 4 — Boston, MA @ House of Blues August 5 — Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom August 7 — Westbury, NY @ The Space at Westbury August 8 — Atlantic City, GA @ The Music Box August 9 — Portland, ME @ State Theatre August 11 — Toronto, ON @ Sound Academy August 12 — Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Hall August 14 — Chicago, IL @ The Vic Theatre August 15 — Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue August 16 — Kansas City, MO @ Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland August 18 — Denver, CO @ Ogden Theater August 19 — Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot August 21 — Portland, OR @ Roseland Theatre August 22 — Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Theatre August 23 — Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo August 25 — Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater August 26 — Ventura, CA @ Majestic Ventura Theatre September 1 — San Diego, CA @ North Park Theatre September 2 — San Pedro, CA @ Warner Grand Theater September 4 — Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Forever Cemetery*
Premiering earlier on FADER's website, King Los grabs R. Kelly for his second single, "Glory To The Lord", produced by DaInternz. Check out below what Los had to say about the track below!
“I feel like I'm expanding the conversation on God," King Los explained in an email about the song to The FADER. "I want the church to understand the streets more and vice versa. People give thanks to God in many ways and when you’re from a poverty stricken environment the way you embrace God could be offensive to others but you have that right to love him in your own way. I'm thankful because I was supposed to be a statistic, but now I'm the one who made it out. Glory to da Lord!”
Vic Mensa shows us how crazy he is for the official video to his Kanye West assisted video "U Mad!" Look for his debut Roc Nation album "Traffic" to be released soon.
Check out the video below!
Jamie Foxx has released the official video for his Chris Brown assisted hit single "You Changed Me!" Cop his new album "Hollywood" in stores now...we see you Boo Boo Kitty!
In honor of his birthday and to hold us over until his next album, Hit-Boy releases this new banger "Go All Night" featuring Travi$ Scott. Do yourself a favor and check it out below!
