Admittedly not the greatest cover I’ve ever seen. I was expecting something a lot better, but never judge a book by it’s cover and all that – I’m sure the contents will far outdo the artwork. I speak on behalf of all Hip Hop heads – I need this album. Drops June 22nd.
Christina needs to call that plummer, leaks are sprouting everywhere. As the pop star readies the release of her much anticipated new album “Bionic”, three new songs have hit the internets. First up, we have the albums title (which sounds a lot like an intro to me), then ‘You Lost Me’ & finally ‘I Hate Boys’ – listen to all three tracks below (all uploaded to one soundcloud stream). They’re HQ snippets, not full tracks.
I like the sound of ‘Bionic’ but am not sold on the other two. My least favourite is ‘You Lost Me’ – but to be fair, it’s very hard to judge a track by a snippet so I’ll wait to hear the full songs before I commit to my opinions. But for the most part I can’t deny, they all sound a little…dated.
What do YOU think?
Drake talks about his life when he was 17, discusses how he tried to fit in, leaving school early, having a ‘neck-afro’, his addiction to eBay and a whole host of other things. It’s a fun watch – I really like this series. MTV finally steps up.
Shouts to MWP
Really like this track and video, ‘Superstar’ comes off Chipmunk’s “I Am (Platinum Edition)” re-release.
A new leak from Jamie Foxx, unsure if this is something from the new album or if it’s a left over, either way it’s kinda nice. Nothing spectacular, but it sounds like a 90′s R&B throwback – reminds me a little of Jodeci. This guy has a great voice, I just feel a lot of the time he’s trying too hard to have that ‘banger’. But yea, for the most part you R&B heads will like this I reckon.
Download: Jamie Foxx – ‘Could Be a Million Things’
What Do You Think?
Vivian Green talks to Mo’Nique about the past five years of her life, the struggles she’s had with the health of her son, her new album and the direction she’s taken. She also performs her single “Too Intense” which you can peep after the jump.
Kelly Rowland sits down with Yahoo Music for a 3 part interview, where she discusses her new music video for ‘Commander’, the new album, the new direction she’s heading in, her new record deal and a whole host of other things. The interview is pretty cool and insightful – Rowland is very natural and candid. Peep part 2 & 3 after the jump…
Never heard this track before, don’t know much about it – it’s a cover of some country song which I’ve never heard of either. The track itself is crazy boring, BUT Mariah’s voice sounds really strong and really quite beautiful. I doubt this is mastered or finished, but for the most part she sounds really good – somewhat reminiscent of the ol’ Mariah.
Download: Mariah Carey – “Help Me Make It”
What Do YOU Think?
We first introduced you to Tatyana Fazlalizadeh when we found the video of her painting Janelle Monae, now she’s back at it, flexing her incredible talent, this time painting the Queen – Erykah Badu. Check the stunning portrait above.
In celebration of PinBoard’s relaunch, we’re giving YOU the chance to win a print of Tatyana’s Janelle Monae portrait – not just that but you can also win a mobile phone, headphones, Erykah Badu’s entire back catalogue and a whole heap of other CD’s & DVD’s. Go HERE and enter now!
Peep Reggie B’s new single ‘She Knows’, which comes off his upcoming album “The Traveler” – this Funk inspired Soul track is doing everything for me right now. Press play and download this dope sh*t immediately, if not sooner.
Download: Reggie B – ‘She Knows’
Welcome friends & family, welcome to our/your new home. PinBoard 2.0 is officially here! A brand new site with a whole host of brand new features. What do you think…? We have so much to show and tell you – but first, let me say, we’re still working on some tweaks, getting everything just perfect and couple developmental features to be added the main (massive) one should be here tomorrow or Sunday. I just couldn’t wait any longer and neither could you, so hol’ tight a little longer. Anyways, let’s get the ball rolling, ay…?
To celebrate the launch of our brand spanking new website, we’re giving one lucky winner a chance to win a massive music bundle – a bundle which includes: a Nokia Comes with Music phone, Nokia bluetooth headphones, Erykah Badu’s entire back catalogue, Brother Ali, Freeway & JakeOne albums (plus more!), Stones Throw’s ‘Secondhand Sureshots’ DVD, a print painting of Janelle Monae by Tatyana Fazlalizadeh and MORE!
All you need to do to win ALL of these fantastic prizes, is simply email pinboard.blog@hotmail.co.uk with the subject title “PinBoard 2.0 Competition” - that’s it!!! We’ll then select one lucky winner at random and your goods will be shipped out asap!
Competition ends May 28th 2010.
So, what else is new? Aside from the fantastic new site, our team has expanded – we have more contributors who will be working on specific things on the site, exercising their expertise. They’ll be introducing themselves moving forward, but just know you’re in safe hands – these guys know their shit. We’re also going to be introducing some brand new features and on-going projects - including an expansion to our video content and a series of new music projects that we will soon be unveiling. We’ll also be teaming up with some very cool brands bringing you some very exciting collaborative projects. That’s not all though. We have more. But you’ll need to wait a little bit longer to find out what they are.
For now though, you can look forward to exclusive interviews with Janelle Monae, Toni Braxton, and Tanya Morgan, something very special from Jesse Boykins III and a never before seen epic interview with a certain Hip Hop legend.
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T.I gives his first interview since being released from prison to Larry King – check out what he had to say up top.
Badu, Kweli & Nas discuss what is is about Jay Electronica that has people so captivated…
Looks like Roc Nation wants some of that ‘Beatz By Dre’ money. The design on these is pretty nice, understated – but I’m still rocking out with those Dre’s personally.
