KELIS SHINES ON TRACKS 'DISTANCE' & 'COPYCAT'

It has been long, TOO long since the world has heard some new Kelis music.  The last time was when she released her amazing dance EP/LP Fleshtone, which was in 2010.  She has FINALLY emerged and has come to us on not just one new some, but TWO!  Both songs are produced by English producer Skream, despite both sounding different.

The first track to premiere was 'Distance.'  The Kelis song was radio ripped in June earlier this year (despite me not finding out about it until last week).  The song is exactly what Kelis said her next album would be like, R&B/Electro.  Also it doesn't hurt that it sounds kinda radio friendly! Hopefully if this does get the single treatment radio will pick it up an give her another "Milkshake" sized hit.

The second track is Skream's song called 'Copycat.'  This track is more experimental and simple.  The beat isn't complex at all and is just simple and sexy.  Kelis croons about people copying her and she's kinda right, some people do sometimes copy her...but I don't want to call anyone out.

All in all, Kelis is back and better than ever!  Both tracks bring something new and fresh to the table that hasn't been heard yet, even a song called Copycat.

*Please skip to 0:24 seconds for the beginning of the song & excuse the DJ for talking a lot*

REDONE WORKS WITH J.LO...AND J-HUD?!

Well this is something you don't see everyday!  Redone working with a R&B artist?!?  The rumors are true!  Redone is busy with Lady Gaga's upcoming ARTPOP record and apparently working with a pregnant Shakira on her comeback album after being signed to Roc Nation.  Now he is working with J-Hud and J.Lo (again)!

First comes Miss Lopez with RedOne telling MTV News: "I'm the executive producer of [Lopez's] album, and we already have songs that are just incredible. It's just amazing. It's mixed [styles]. It's everything about Jennifer Lopez."

He continued by saying: "It's not one thing; it's everything you experience," he said. "It's a very special album. It feels like this album, to us, has to have everything about her, not just one thing. You're going to have all the sides, kind of urban/hip-hop and the commercial, like the way she did with Ja Rule. It's everything you love about her [including] the dance, the rhythmic, the Latin."

Sounds like we are going to be having a little bit of everything J.Lo (well, musically that is)!  As excited as I am for that, I am also kinda interested in what he has to offer to J-Hud.  Most of his stuff is really generic (unless it is for his big artists, then it is actually pretty good).

Never been a huge fan of Jennifer Hudson, and her music has always been good, but nothing that I every loved, besides her amazing single Spotlight.  RedOne working on this record for her could go 2 ways.  She could flop (again) and her recording career could be up in the air, or it could be quite prosperous for her and she could make a huge comeback.

RedOne said: "I'm excited about it. To me, like, I'm working right now [and] I'm working on some ideas for her. ... I think I'm very excited because I think it's fresh, something totally fresh for me.

He concluded: "I think it's going to be the most incredible thing. I know music, and I adapt to the art," he added of moving outside of the dance world for the project. "It's very important to focus on that. And [with the] songwriting aspect, I think I know how she sounds on the radio. I think I know what people want to hear. I think I know what the artist wants. And the combination of all of that, you can never go wrong."

Hopefully he is able to make magic with both ladies and doesn't disregard them because of their names in the music industry.

CHRISTINA AGUILERA'S AMAZING ACAPELLA VERSION OF "YOUR BODY"

Miss Christina Aguilera's amazing lead single off her upcoming album Lotus has not been performed live...until not...

It is not your typical first performance for a song that isn't doing really well on the charts (It is currently #75 on the Hot 100), but none the less it is a good one.  She shows that she doesn't need the synthesizers and studio to sound amazing, let alone make a song sound good with office supplies.

Although this was a great first performance, she definitely needs to perform this on The Voice for the song to have some actual life on the charts and she knows it, no matter what she wants to think.  But I do have a feeling that we will be seeing her perform this on The Voice soon!

RIHANNA PREMIRES DIAMONDS MUSIC VIDEO

To be very honest right now, I am not the biggest Rihanna fan as of right now.  I liked her and actually started to love her during her Loud era, but then that Talk That Talk era came around and it just went downhill from there.  I didn't really like any of the singles from the album (besides 'Where Have Your Been' and finally 'We Found Love' after I got into Calvin Harris).  

And the song Diamonds doesn't really help.  It is slightly boring on first listen and doesn't seem to get more interesting as you listen more.  Plus Rihanna doesn't even sing completely on the track.  And the trashy album cover doesn't help with my liking her.  ALSO there is the whole Chris Brown thing that shocks me and makes me respect her a whole lot less.

Now, about the actual music video.  It is OK, not really anything new or exciting.  It looks a lot like We Found Love for starters.  And it doesn't help that it is boring and lacks story plot or something that catches my interest.  The TV was on while I was watching this music video and the TV won my attention, so I had to re-watch it before I posted this!

All in all, there isn't really anything wrong or bad with this music video, it is just flat out boring.  I predict that this will die on charts soon and she will need some big dance-pop hit to bring Unapologetic to life.  But even then, it might be to late, as 'Where Have You Been' was also not a hit because of how late it was released.

First Post!

Hello Everyone!  This is my first post ever!  I am excited to get this blog started and off the ground.  I will be reporting about music for everyone!  My e-mail is musicbloggiest@gmail.com so please e-mail me any suggestions for who or what I should write about and what I should do.  I will be writing my own opinions, so if I do write something negative about someone you may like please do not take it offensively! Thanks and enjoy!