A long way from the embittered rock that was My December, Kelly Clarkson is back where she belongs, making kick ass pop records. "My Life Would Suck Without You" is the flagship single off the original American Idol's upcoming record, All I Ever Wanted, set for release March 17th of this year.
Taking a page out of the "Since U Been Gone" chapter of her life (literally, the similarities are uncanny), Kelly breaks back on the pop scene after a year and a half hiatus with a song chock'fulla amped up guitar and tamborine shakin.
Riri's been pretty busy as of late working on her next studio album, due out this year. "Bad Girl" is the latest track to be leaked on the net, featuring none other than her "good friend" R&B crooner Chris Brown. Produced by the famed Polow Da Don, Rihanna and Chris knock it out of the park with a simple 808 beat and one angry sound byte.
Check out Chris Brown's rap game on this track. It's not every day that C-Breezy lays down a verse, but he's rumored to be doing a lot of rapping on his new upcoming album Graffiti(also due out this year).
Three hip hop heavy hitters join forces to bring you a blazin partystarter. "Freakin You" is a track off Busta Rhymes' ninth studio album and first album with label Universal Motown, Back On My B.S., set to drop some time in 2009.
In today's industry, sampling is no rare occurrence. However, it is rare that an artist blatantly samples a song, but dodges the copyright bullet by changing the words. In Flo Rida's recently leaked track "Right Round", he is clearly sampling "You Spin Me Right Round (Like A Record)", a track off Dead or Alive's 1985 album Youthquake.
What do you think?
Either way, it's an awesome song and will most likely do well if released.
Also, check out another new track from Flo Rida called "Touch Me"
I hope you all had a rockin time ringing in the New Year last night. While many of you are still sleeping off that bottle of champagne, I figured I would share a few predictions for the coming year.
Timbaland - Shock Value: Volume 2- slotted for a February 12th release, will be one of the biggest sellers of the year, with rumored cameos by huge acts like Justin Timberlake, Gwen Stefani, Missy Elliot, Madonna, Jay-Z, the Jonas Brothers, Rihanna, Jordin Sparks and many others.
Missy Elliot - Block Party- also scheduled for release in February is Missy Elliot's eighth studio album. The album will feature production by some of the hottest producers in the game right now including Timbaland, Danja, Pharrel, and T-Pain.
Justin Timberlake - UNTITLED - As of right now, 2 new tracks have been leaked on the web. The first is "Magic" (see below). And the second, featuring T.I. and titled "If I", was just leaked a few days ago. After listening to these two songs, it sounds like the former hit-maker is heading towards a more funk inspired sound. I'm not a huge fan of it, but check out "If I"..
This year is defintely going to be huge. Hope you're all as pumped as I am. Also watch out for new albums from Usher, Chris Brown, Ludacris, Rihanna, Jazmine Sullivan, Prince, Ciara, Nicole Scherzinger (if it ever gets finished), Eminem, Outkast, and Kelly Clarkson.
