Singer/Songwriter Ledisi is back with a brand new album. Turn Me Loose serves as the follow up to the super successful Lost & Found, which earned the singer two Grammy nominations, one being in the Best New Artist category. Ledisi wrote or co-wrote every track on the album except for her cover of of Buddy Miles’ “Them Changes,” and also collaborated with top notch producers such as Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Raphael Saadiq, Chief Xcel, Chucky Thompson, Ivan and Carvin, Lorenzo Johnson, Fyre Department, and Rex Rideout.

In order to celebrate the release of Ledisi’s new album, I’m giving away 5 copies of Ledisi’s Turn Me Loose!

Ledisi – I Need Love

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Diddy took to his YouTube channel recently to introduce us all to his new group Dirty Money. The group consists of himself (by the name of Sean, not Diddy), Dawn Richard (formerly of Danity Kane), and newcomer Kalenna. I’m actually interested in hearing what his new sound is for this upcoming Last Train to Paris album (which recently got pushed back to November). In the video he explains where he got the name “Dirty Money” and also addresses a few rumors floating around about the project. It all makes a little more sense now, but I think it’s definitely something I’m going to have to hear to understand.

Get acquainted with Dirty Money after the jump. Also, check out the trailer for Diddy’s new reality show, Making His Band, which premieres next Monday at 10pm ET/PT on MTV. CONTINUE READING

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Fresh off of Whitney’s album release party comes a new track entitled “I Look To You”. The sound quality isn’t that great (it’s similar to the snippet that’s been floating around), but Whitney sounds amazing. I’d be a fool to think her voice is the same as it used to be, but with that said she can still sing circles around a lot of todays R&B females.

Check out the track below and let me know what you think!

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The official album cover for Whitney Houston’s 7th studio album I Look To You was revealed today via her official website. Absolutely stunning! Whitney Houston’s new album will be released worldwide September 1, 2009 on Arista Records.

R&B singer Joe is back with a brand new album. Signature is his eighth studio album, but his second album released on an independent label. Despite not having much commercial success these days, you can always expect quality R&B from Joe. His fans won’t be disappointed with this album because as a seasoned veteran in the R&B game, he managed to write, produce, and arrange every track that’s featured. The lead single from the project, Majic peaked at #57 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.

Take a listen to the first single, “Majic” below, and be sure to pick up a copy of Joe’s Signature when it hits stores on July 14th!

Joe – Majic

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Check out Mariah Carey’s new cover from her upcoming CD, Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel. Looking just splendiferous Mimi recaptures the classic beauty of her Butterfly album era on the cover of her upcoming CD, Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel, in-stores August 25, 2009.

As per her Twitter page Mariah explains the reason behind the album cover.

MariahCarey: The reason I chose to use 3 images for the cover is cos there are a lot of different emotions and stories revealed on this album. I knew it might leak 2day so I figured might as well give it a nice debut:) Hope “You like this and you know it”(sung like “its like that” haha

Mariah is one of the many celebrities that have expressed there heartfelt sorrow over the sudden death of the King of Pop and music icon, Michael Jackson. Mimi posted the following message on her Twitter.

I am heartbroken. My prayers go out to the Jackson family, and my heart goes out to his children. Let us remember him for his unparalleled contribution to the world of music, his generosity of spirit in his quest to heal the world & the joy he brought to his millions of devoted fans throughout the world. I feel blessed to have performed with him several times & to call him my friend. No artist will ever take his place. His star will shine forever. – Mariah