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CHRIS BROWN AND BIG SEAN COVER XXL MAG

  Chris Brown and Big Sean have featured on each other's songs and now they share the cover of  XXL mag for its December/January edition. They talk about their personal dreams , their plans and whats up with them.         Chris Brown  talks about his career  , his love life in the public eye , maturing as a person and his altercation with Drake . On maturing as a person , Chris says    " I havent being as mature and thought out in the past  so me growing up now its showing my progression . I used my twitter to vent  but now I use it for marketing and promotions. Even if the media asks me something  : if its cool  then its " whats up?  "  but if its anything thats too negative, I dont care to respond "   This is what he had to say about his ' issues'  with Drake  " a lot of people wanna know about the whole situation with me , Drake and Meek Mill . At the end of the day , Im me , they are them , they rap , I sing . Totally different caliber

NEW MUSIC : T.I FT ANDRE 3000 " SORRY "

  The most anticipated song on T.I's upcoming album Trouble Man : Head is heavy  " sorry " featuring Andre 3000 was released yesterday . Most people looked forward to hearing this song because in an interview granted sometime back , T.I mentioned that he had to rewrite his verse when he heard what Andre had put forward as his verse . Listen to the song HERE  Do you think T.I was ' murdered ' on his own song ? Shout out to Miss Info

NEW MUSIC : SARKODIE " THE TRUTH "

  There were reports of disturbances at this year's Joy FM night with the stars whoch led to Sarkodie and R2Bees refusing to perform all because their fellow Tema based artiste Kow Kesse was disrespected by the organisers after a fight with V.I.P .  sarkodie released a song last night to tell his side of the story. Listen HERE

NEW VIDEO : TREY SONGZ " NEVER AGAIN "

      The visual for the song " never again " by Trey Songz on his album Chapyer V. He basically is talking about a girl that he let go and his regrets . Watch video HERE  Do you like the video ?

TRACKLIST OF T.I'S TROUBLE MAN : HEAVY IS THE HEAD

    T.I's eighth solo album, Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head .is scheduled for release on December  18 ,its the follow-up to his 2010 album No Mercy . One of the most talked about collaborations, “Sorry” featuring André 3000, will debut November 27 on iTunes ,the Cee-Lo Green-assisted “Hello” will be released will be released two weeks later ( December 11 ) The full list of songs below 1. The Introduction 2. G Season (Featuring Meek Mill) 3. Trap Back Jumpin’ 4. Wildside (Featuring A$AP Rocky) 5. Ball (Featuring Lil’ Wayne) 6. Sorry (Featuring André 3000) 7. Can You Learn (Featuring R. Kelly) 8. Go Get It 9. Guns and Roses (Featuring P!nk) 10. The Way We Ride 11. Cruisin’ 12. Addresses 13. Hello (Featuring Cee-Lo Green) 14. Who Want Some 15. Wonderful Life (Featuring Akon) 16. Hallelujah

JCOLE COVERS RESPECT MAGAZINE

      For the second time  Roc Nation artist J.Cole covers the Respect Magazine  , the magazine hits the newstands on November 27 . UPDATE : The reason why J.Cole was featured on the Respect Magazine for the second time.watch HERE Source : J.Cole Nation

NEW MUSIC : ALICIA KEYS FT MAXWELL "FIRE WE MAKE "

    The second single ' fire we make '  off Alicia Keys' upcoming fifth studio album titled  and it features good old Maxwell . Listen HERE   Do you love the song ?

VIDEO : J.COLE EXPLAINS CONCEPT BEHIND " MISS AMERICA "

 J.Cole was interviewed by Billboard on the red carpet of the America Music Awards where he explains the concept behind  " Miss America " the first single off his upcoming ' born sinner " and his plans .Watch video HERE Thoughts ?

VIDEO : JCOLE TALKS ABOUT HIS SECOND ALBUM " BORN SINNER "

   J.Cole was nominated in two categories at the recently ended American Music Awards but he went home empty handed . He granted an interview to The Hollywood Reporter where he spoke about his second album and the plans he has before the album is released on 28th January which is his 28th birthday . Watch video HERE Thoughts ?

NEW MUSIC : THE GAME FT JAMIE FOXX " HALLELUJAH "

  The second single off The Game's upcoming album " Jesus Piece"   titled ' hallelujah'  featuring Jamie Foxx . Listen HERE

NATURALFACE SHINES AT 4SYTETV MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS

                                                                                    Bullhaus artist Natural Face was the biggest winner at last saturday's 4SYTE music video awards as he swept three awards including the overall best video with his song " so high " . V.I.P won two awards  Thre were performances by V.I.P, 4x4 , Keche and R2Bees. The full list of award winners below  Overall best video : Naturalface " so high " Most popular video : EL " kaalu " Best directed video : Naturalface " so high " Best hiphop video : M.anifest " makaa maka "  Lifetime Achievement Award : Ramesh Jai  ( director : Apex advertising ) Best  group video : V.I.P " pampana " Best choreography : Keche " alunguntugui " Best discovery video :  Naturalface " so high " Best hilife video : Okyeame Kwame ft Kesse "sika " Best hiplife video : Sarkodie ft Obrafuor " saa okodie " Best collaborat

DBLACK WINS CHANNEL O AWARD

     After several nominations at the Channel O awards without winning , Dblack finally last saturday ( 17th November ) won an award at the awards event. He  won the award for Most Gifted West African video for his song " falling " which featured Nigerian Mo' cheddah . It was the ninth edition of the annual Channel O awards which was held at the Walter Sisulu Square  , Soweto hosted by South Africa's Bonang Matheba and Nigerian Ice Prince .    The full list of award winners Most Gifted West African Video : Dblack ft Mo'cheddah " falling " Most Gifted East African video  : AY  ft Sauti Soul " I dont want to be alone " Most Gifted Southern Africa video :  Cashtime Fam " shut it down ( stundee ) Most Gifted R&B video : Flavour ft Tiwa savage " Oyi ' Most Gifted Ragga/dancehall : Buffalo Souljah ft Cabo Snoop  " styra inonyengesa " Most Gifted kwaito video  : Ees and Mandoza " " ayoba " Most Gifted

WINNERS : AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS 2012

  The annual American Music Awards which is in its 40th year wa held at the Nokia Center , Los Angeles and had Justin Bieber winning the most awards including the topmost award ' the artist of the year ' . There was performances by Usher , Christiana Aguiera , Swizz Beatz , Chris Brown , Ludacris and Psy oppa  ( gangnam ) who was joined by MC Hammer.  The full list of  winners Artist of the year  :   Justin Bieber New artist of the year :   Carly Rae Jepsen Favourite male- Pop/rock :   Justin Bieber Favourite female- Pop/rock :   Katy Perry Favourite Band, Duo or Group -Pop/rock :   Maroon 5 Favourite album- pop/rock :   Justin Bieber "believe " Favourite male artist :   Luke Bryan Favourite female artist - country :    Taylor Swift Favourite band , duo or Group - Country :   Lady antebellum Favourite album - country : Carrie underwood " Blown away " Favourite artist -Rap  : Nicki Minaj Favourite album - Rap/hip hop :  Nicki Minaj " Pink Friday : Roman

NEW MUSIC : WALE "FREEDOM OF SPEECH "

   Maybach Music Group act Wale has great news for his fans and music lovers in general , he has a new mixtape scheduled for release on December 24th.Its a collaboration between him and legendary DJ/producer Clark Kent . Listen to the first single off the mixtape titled " freedom of speech "  produced by No Credit   HERE What are your thoughts on the song ?

ALICIA KEYS COVERS COMPLEX MAGAZINE AND TALKS ABOUT HER NEW ALBUM

    R&B act Alicia Keys is on the cover of Complex Magazine for their  November/December issue where she talks about a lot issues includind her upcoming album " Girl On Fire " . On her album she says "  Its not a departure . Its growth . I love the ways that I've been able to go deeper into my lyrics and my songwriting and go to a place I was too afraid to access before " On not getting too personal with her songwriting . She says    " The whole freaking world is looking at your shit . Its scary . I didnt want to say every single thing because you dont want people to know that . There's personal and there's public, I deserve the right to have a personal space " 

NEW MUSIC : T.I " CLIQUE " REMIX

      Hip pop act T.I jumped on Kanye's " clique " and did his thing with it  . He didnt exactly add anything ' major ' to the  song  though . Listen HERE  Do you like it ? SOURCE :  Miss Info

NEW VIDEO : KELLY ROWLAND FT LIL WAYNE " ICE "

      Am I the only one that has noticed that Kelly Rowland is trying to be the female Trey Songz ? Most of her songs are sex not that its bad but come on,  Lil Wayne's is not featured in the video even though he's featured on the song  . Watch her new video HERE and let me know what you think .   

NEW VIDEO : EDEM " HEYBA "

     Visuals for the song "heyba " by Edem. I love the quality of the video.  Looking forward to " perfect souls " starting with their senseless illuminati theories because of some scenes in the video . Watch  HERE

NEW MUSIC : J.COLE " MISS AMERICA "

   The first single off J.Cole's upcoming album " born sinner " titled " Miss America " . Listen  HERE I LOVE the song Thanks to Miss Info for the link  

RIHANNA COVERS GQ MAGAZINE

   24 year old  Rihanna covers the December  issue of GQ Magazine ( Man Of The Year edition ) in nude, wearing only a black leather jacket  resting on her shoulder which shows off her Egyptian goddess Isis tattoo below her breasts . Celebs featured in the mag include Channing Tatum , Ben Affleck ,Usain Bolt and Quentin Tarantino.                        What are your thougts on the cover ?    

WINNERS AT MTVEMA 2012

     Justin bieber, One Direction and taylor swift won the most awards at last night's ( 11th November ) MTVEMA ( Music Television European Music awards) which was held in Frankfurt,Germany. hitney Houston was honoured with the MTV Global Icon Prize. The awards ceremony was hosted by supermodel Heidi Klum . There were performances by The killers , No doubt , Psy , Carly Rae Jepsen,Rita Ora and Taylor Swift who closed the show with a song off her " RED" album  " we are never ever getting back " . Below is the full list of winners .                                   Best song : Carly  Rae  Jepson " Call me maybe "  Best new act :  One Direction Best Female act : Taylor Swift Best male act : Justin Bieber Best Pop act : Justin Bieber Best live act : Taylor Swift Best hip hop: Nicki Minaj Best rock act : Linkin Park Best Electronic act :  David Guetta Best Alternative act :  Lana Del Rey Best video : Gangnam Style(Psy 0 Best look : Taylor

ASA TRIUMPHS ON MISS GHANA STAGE

         Nigeria music superstar Asa proved why she's a sought after artist on the world music scene when she performed for the first time in Ghana at the finale of the Miss Ghana 2012 last Saturday 10th November .  Asa appeared on stage wearing a loosely fitted white shirt ( she's short just as i am so it looked like a straight dress ) and high heels to a loud applause by the audience who were eagerly looking forward to her performance.  She started her performance with a song I' ve never heard  of   Tony of Phamous TV told me its on one of her albums, A song in the Yoruba language really nice song . She took off the heels at the early stage of her performance.         The audience except one girl who was on her feet the whole time Asa performed  had the  " we know she's good but lets wait and see ' attitude. She managed to have the audiences attention when she decided to do the world famous dance " Azonto" that started  a greater audience particip

TONIGHT IS THE MISS GHANA FINALE

      In a few hours one out of the eighteen girls will be crowned Miss Ghana 2012 at the Accra International Conference Center. Nigerian music superstar Asa will be performing alongside Efya , Gyedu Blay Ambulley and  Sherifa  Gunu. Read HERE for more details

NEW VIDEO : YOUNG JEEZY " WE DONE IT AGAIN "

  A couple of days ago I told you guys that rapper Young  Jeezy released new song  and it was to show support for president Barack Obama . The video for the song is out and you can watch . HERE

VIDEO : KEYSHIA COLE " TRUST AND BELIEVE

    The visuals of " trust and believe " the second single off Keyshia Cole's fifth studio album titled woman to woman due on 19th November. Watch HERE                  

NEW VIDEO : MELANIE FIONA FT B.O.B " CHANGE THE RECORD :

     In my humble opinion , Melanie Fiona's The MF Life ranks amongst the best albums of the year 2012 and definately the best R&B album . She's released a video for one of the songs " change the record " which features BO..B . Watch video HERE Thoughts ?     

NEW MUSIC : 4X4 " LONDON BRIDGE "

Hip life 4X4 is out with a new song and its titled " london brigde " . Listen HERE    

NEWS REPORTER CONFUSES WILL.I.AM WITH WALE/WYCLEF JEAN

    Reporter Blake Burman was covering the presidential elections when he saw Will.I.Am the former frontman of the group The Black Eyes being interviewed . He seemed confused as to whether that was Wyclef or Wale . He eventually got it right after being corrected. watch the video  HERE Do you think the mistake he made is a big deal ?     

NEW MUSIC : CHRISETTE MICHELE FT WALE " RICH HIPSTER "

  After releasing her first single " charade " which featured 2Chainz off her upcoming project " Audrey Hepburn " , she returns with a second single titled " rich hipster " which features Maybach Music artist Wale.  Listen  HERE   Do you like the song ?                                          

NEW MUSIC - RICK ROSS " HOLD ME BACK REMIX"

     Rick Ross has remixed the famous or should I say the  infamous " hold me back " song and it features Lil Wayne , Gunplay and Yo Gutti . Listen  HERE                                   Thanks to Vibe Magazine for the link

NEW MUSIC - KEYSHIA COLE FT MEEK MILL " ZERO "

   Grammy nominated R&B artist and songwriter Keyshia Cole has released a new single off her upcoming 5th studio album titled " Zero " and it features Maybach Music artist Meek Mill . Listen  HERE

NEW MUSIC - YOUNG JEEZY " WE DONE IT AGAIN "

   I hope you remember the song ' my president is black ' which featured Nas  ? well the artist behind the song Young Jeezy is out with another song and its all about showing support for president Barack Obama. Listen HERE           

NEW MUSIC - MARIAH CAREY " BRING IT HOME "

     I guess you know that Barack Obama has being re-elected as the president of  America. Mariah Carey released a new song as part of the celebrations for this great moment. Listen HERE   Thanks to Miss Info for the link

BEYONCE'S MESSAGE TO MITT ROMNEY AND HIS SUPPORTERS

 Beyonce put up this picture on her Tumblr account obviously directed at loosing presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his supporters and that includes actress Stacey Dash