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Give It 2 U featuring Kendrick Lamar is Robin Thicke's 2nd single off his highly anticipated album Blurred Lines due July 30. This is something you would expect from an artist like Pitbull or Justin Timberlake. But honestly if you listen to Robin Thick then you know he can sing anything! Straight Up! This medium tempo dance/electronic/r&b music is awesome. I LOVE THIS and can't wait for the debut album! Kendrick Lamar just takes the song to a whole new level. Don't believe me, Check it Out for yourself:



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K. Michelle's on a roll with her singles V.S.O.P. and I Just Wanna. Her album was set to be released today but she decided to hold her album back until August 13th, Rebellious Soul will then be released. To give her fans a taste of that album she released an EP yesterday for free! Aptly named The Hold Over. And true to her womanly form her songs on this mini album are about jealousy, love, hate, partying, all the usual mixes. Love K. Michelle and her music. For everyone reading this you can download this EP right here! Just click the download link in the soundcloud player. Enjoy K. Michelle's The Hold Over EP (*By the Way if anyone is wondering what V.S.O.P. means I took the liberty of checking into it for you - It means Very Special Old Pale):




Lyrics to V.S.O.P.

[Verse 1]
Hit the lights
Can't let no one see me get down
It's alright
I know they think I get around
You and I
Got something they can't know about
Really only heaven knows my heart
(Pre-Hook)
You know this ain't an ordinary love
We got so much histray in the stories about us
So come on over baby

[Hook]
We gon' light some candles tonight
Very special
We gon' do whatever you like
Very special
Got some henney chillin' on ice
Very Special
Hope you make the rest of my life
Very Special
Very Special
All Night

[Verse 2]
Warm my bed
It's a little cold your shoulder
Mama said
I will understand when I'm older
In my head
Even if you tell me it's over
I'll pretend you told me I'm your all
(Pre-Hook)

[Hook]

[Bridge]
He suppose to be with you
That what everybody gon' tell me
But I really can't count on what everybody gon' tell me
She ain't seen her baby in a couple days
And I'm looking at my baby right up in his face
Flowers and gifts, restaurants
I swear he buy me anythang I want
That's why I'm so quick to
Put that music on for him, listen to it baby!

[Hook]

Check Out these Videos of K. Michelle's Singles I Just Wanna & V.S.O.P.

Iggy Azalea is a peculiar one. Honestly I didn't listen to much her music until I came across this song Work. Iggy Azalea became popular when she was apart of 2011's XXL Freshman Class (which is the Next Big Thing in Hip Hop). After that she was everywhere. Just like Nicki Minaj. Featured on many songs. Pictured at parties, rumored to be dating or bedding certain celebs. She was on her way. But then a series of complications in her contracts with record labels derailed her but instead wallowing she went a different route. Took her talents across the pond in the UK market and became a sensation. Now back in the states and releasing new music we come full circle to the song Work. Work is upbeat with a hardcore beat and heavy bass. Its a good club and radio play song. I really like the version ft Wale, Wale is one of my favorite rap artists.  Iggy Azalea is pretty cool. She got the Ke$ha vibe, but she can be a lot rougher and hardcore. I would have to listen to the rest of her music to say how I really feel about it. But so far, I like Iggy Azalea and as long she carves her own niche she will be just fine. Stick to what works for you Iggy and you'll go places. For now you got a fan in me! Check out Work and some other music by Iggy Azalea (#nowplaying Bounce)



[Intro]
Walk a mile in these Louboutins
But they don't wear these shits where I'm from
I'm not hating, I'm just telling you
I'm tryna let you know what the fuck that I've been through

[Verse 1]
Two feet in the red dirt, school skirt
Sugar cane, back lanes
Three jobs, took years to save
But I got a ticket on that plane
People got a lot to say
But don't know shit about where I was made
Or how many floors that I had to scrub
Just to make it past where I am from

[Bridge x3]
No money, no family
Sixteen in the middle of Miami

[Hook]
I've been up all night, tryna get that rich
I've been work work work work working on my shit
Milked the whole game twice, gotta get it how I live
I've been work work work work working on my shit
Now get this work (x4)
Working on my shit

[Verse 2]
You can hate it or love it
Hustle and the struggle is the only thing I'm trusting
Thorough bread in a mud brick before the budget
White chick on that Pac shit
My passion was ironic
And my dreams were uncommon
Guess I gone crazy, first deal changed me
Robbed blind, basically raped me
Rose through the bullshit like a matador
Just made me madder and adamant to go at em
And even the score
So, I went harder
Studied the Carters till a deal was offered
Slept cold on the floor recording
At 4 in the morning
And now I'm passin' the bar like a lawyer
Immigrant, art ignorant
Ya ill intent was insurance for my benefit
Hate to be inconsiderate
But the Industry took my innocence
Too late, now I'm in this bitch!

You don't know the half
This shit get real
Valley girls giving blowjobs for Louboutins
What you call that?
Head over heels

[Bridge x3/Hook]

[Verse 3]
Pledge allegiance to the struggle
Ain't been easy
But cheers to Peezy for the weeks we lived out of duffle
Bags is all we had
Do anything for my Mama, I love you
One day I'll pay you back for the sacrifice
That ya managed to muscle
Sixteen, you sent me through customs so
All aboard my spaceship to Mercury
Turn First at the light that's in front me
Cause every night I'mma do it like it's my last
This dream is all that I need
Cause its all that I ever had

[Outro x2]
Now get this work (x4)
Working on my shit...

These are some of the other songs by Iggy Azalea from her mixtapes to her songs from her stint in the overseas market.


Lyrics to Bounce

[Intro x3]
Make it bounce

[Verse 1]
I don't wanna hurt ya but I'm about to work ya
Watch your mouth drop real low
I'm turning you up, I'm burning the clutch
Full speed, both feet to the floor, feet to the floor
DJ running it back once more, time to party that's all I know
Grab somebody tell 'em, "Baby, baby, baby let's go!"

[Hook]
Bounce, make it, make it bounce (x3)
Shake it, break it, make it bounce
Bounce, make it bounce (x3)
Shake it, break it, make it bounce
Oh-oh-oh-oh (repeat)
Make it bounce
Oh-oh-oh-oh (repeat)

[Verse 2]
Iggy Iggy, gettin' 'em tipsy
Tippin' in brah, to hundreds and fifties
Pullin' up, NASCAR, black car
Shittin' on everyone, sippin' whatever we feelin'
Real real good, hands to the ceiling
Dancin' we dizzy, we spinnin' we spinnin'
All about money, the night's never ending
We party till morning, tomorrow we kick it

[Hook]

[Verse 3]
Let ya hair down and shake that shit, shake that shit, shake that shit
Sweat it out, go nuts in this bitch
Dip it, spin it, and watchin' my hips
I see you watchin' my hips
Crazy, move your body like Swayze
Round and round, shake it, break it, make it bounce
It's a fucking celebration, go-go-go
Girl shake 'em down like you made it, get low-low-low
Then show the good like you're wasted, pow-pow-pow
And spray the crowd with amazement, fo' sho-sho-sho

[Outro]
Go nuts, hands up, get crazy (we go) (x3)
Go nuts, hands up, get crazy
Make it bounce (x3)
Go nuts, hands up, get crazy
Oh-oh-oh-oh (repeat)
Bounce, shake it, break it, make it bounce
Oh-oh-oh-oh (repeat)
Bounce, shake it, break it, make it bounce

Well Ladies and Gents it seems like Hollywood is in the business of remakes! From Alice in Wonderland to Snow White. Even Red Riding Hood got a live action film. Even though Cinderella has been remade before (there are even sequels to the films Cinderella II and III) this another installment for the Big Screen!

Cate Blanchette as the Wicked Stepmother

Helena Bonham Carter as the Fairy God Mother

Directed by Kenneth Branagh

Lily James of "Downton Abbey" in the title role as Cinderella

Richard Madden of " Games of Thrones" as Prince Charming

I was a big fan of the original Cinderella film. I can't wait to see how they create this Cinderella. The other remakes of Cinderella that were big hits for both TV and Film my favorites: Ever After; A Cinderella Story and of course Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella.

Ever After was a unique form in the way it was portrayed by all the actors involved. In this movie only one of the sisters was wicked along with her step mother. It was still at its core about Cinderella, but in this case it was a more in depth story of her fallout with her step mother and how it came to be a major division in their household.


In Rodgers and Hammerstein's version the cast was very eclectic. Two wicked step daughters one african american one white. An African American Queen, Caucasian King, and a Asian Prince. It was a very very diverse cast but the acting was sublime and you almost forgot about the ethnicity of the cast.





Anyway I can't wait for the adaptation of Cinderella. It'll be interesting to see what spins they put on Cinderella or if they change it at all. But with this cast, I don't think Cinderella is going to be a verbatim adaptation of the 1956 Animated film. I think there will be some twists and turns in that. I can't wait.

No release date for the "Cinderella" reboot has been announced yet, but filming is reported to begin this fall in London.

Album Cover Art for Kanye West's "Yeezus" Just a few days ago Kanye West welcomed a new addition to his family and it was his beautiful little girl with long time girlfriend Kim Kardashian. Then a few days later his album "Yeezus" dropped and I was stoked. I love Kanye's music. He is a master of mixing old with new, the foreign with familiar and creating something spectacular!  But in the case with "Yeezus" I'm not feeling it too much. On some #realtalk I'm scared of the album. Thats no joke. I was amped when I found out the release of the album. I listened to a few tracks (Black Skinhead, New Slaves, On Sight) and then I had to stop for a minute and just process what I had heard. After the track I Am a God feat. God, I just was like WOOOW! To be honest before you judge and claim blasphemy listen to the lyrics of the song first then make your decision. I admit when I saw the title of the song I was like this dudes tripping. But you need to listen to the song first, of course there is a lot of ego tripping and all that but Kanye has a lot to say in that song and its worth the listen believe me. Yeezus is angry, gritty and raw. Its something that can't be played all day long. Its an album you listen to your trying to get amped up or your pissed off. Sadness, anger, rage, vicious are all words I would use to describe this album. But in spite of all that I do have some favorites: On Sight, Hold My Liquor, Blood On the Leaves, Send It Up, and  Bound 2. I like these tracks, the lyrics are a still a little jarring but they are really great songs. The twists and turns of this albums records are so dramatic its just crazy how he created this. Personally I'm just not that angry. Hearing that kind of anger pouring out of someone scares me. It really does. It makes me wonder if he didn't have this avenue to vent, how would he?  Here's what some of the critics said about "Yeezus": Time Magazine & Consequence of Sound - "Yeezus is an album alternately metallic, manic. It is melancholy brilliant." Read more: Time.com ABCNews Music -  "It’s a pleasantly menacing record often delivered with a punk-like, venom-filled ferocity." Read more: ABCNews.com MTV Hive - "Kanye’s sixth solo album is dedicated to his self-serving manifest destiny to cum all over the world and every Corolla driver in it; a 40-minute fever delusion of fisting, imperfect racial relations, and slow pastry service." Read more: MTVHive.com HotNewHipHop.com - "A hybrid of many sounds and ideas, “Yeezus” is an ambitious expansion of West’s sound palette." Read more: HotNewHipHop.com These are just a few of the reviews. See all the major and small media outlets agree, Kanye has a hit album. So all I can say is Congrats! *By the Way: Check out this Psycho Inspired Promo for Yeezus

Well Beyonce is telling the WORLD how GROWN she truly is. If you have been listening to the music on Mrs. Carters on the latest Pepsi commercial then you would've had a snippet of the song.  LOL. Grown Woman, its a cute song. First LEAKED single off her ANTICIPATED album Mrs Carter. Gotta nice island vibe to it with the Caribbean sound. Nothing bad I can say about the song its cool. The lyrics are a little generic but in this case the song really isn't about the lyrics. The song is just explaining the various aspects of her that make her Grown. Her body, mindset, everything. Its quick and to the point It really should be (even if she didn't intend for it to be this way) a dance song. Not to say that it shouldn't have lyrics that make sense but the beat is so live, that you could've said anything and it would sound good. And in this case Beyonce almost did! LOL Beyonce you got hit in this song. I like it, its a smooth mellow beat but its still uptempo and high octane all at the same time. Sure fire Club Banger! Summer Single for Sure.

There are so many Fan Created Album Covers and Possible Covers for the single. If this is a single release, here is some of the fan and professional single cover art:

























P.S. Sounds like Gospel performer and RnB producer J. Moss is chiming in the background. But I could be wrong. He has a distinctive voice and its hard to not notice him when he sings. So If you are on this song Shout Out to You J. Moss I See or Rather Hear You! Song is rumored to be produced by Timbaland.

90s R&B Singer Al B. Sure turns 45 today! CentricTV is celebrating his birthday by setting up a playlist of his greatest hits.

[Biography via SoulTracks.com] Al B. Sure! (Albert Joseph Brown III, b. June 4, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He grew up in Mount Vernon, New York. During the late 1980s, Al B. Sure! enjoyed a brief run as one of New Jack Swing's most popular romantic singers and producers.