R&B songstress Monica is preparing to release her highly anticipated fifth album, Still Standing, this November. The album will coincide with her reality show of the same title that will be airing on BET. The show is set to document the recording process of the new album. Here we have two newly leaked snippets. The first snippet “Betcha She Don’t Love You” is an 80s inspired mid-tempo produced by Missy Elliott. The other, “Stay or Go” gives us classic Monica vocals with production from Ne-Yo. It’s a really nice, straight-up R&B joint.

Take a listen to the snippets below and let me know what you think! For the latest news on her project, follow Monica on Twitter!

Monica – Betcha She Don’t Love You Link 1/Link 2
Monica – Stay or Go Link 1/Link 2

It looks as though the incredibly talented Teyana Taylor is getting closer to the release of her debut album, From A Planet Called Harlem which is rumored to drop later this year. This brand new track, “Complicated” is different from a lot of the material we’ve been hearing from her. Instead of her usual flow, she’s actually singing on this track and she definitely delivers. I clearly forgot this girl has a voice on her! This is a very melodic slow jam that I think will fit nicely on any smooth R&B playlist.

Take a listen to the song and tell me what you think!

Teyana Taylor – Complicated Link 1
Teyana Taylor – Complicated Link 2

Love muffins, when I wrote about Enimem returning to the number one spot on the Billboard 200 with Relapse, I meant on next week’s charts, not this week’s – sorry I didn’t make that clearer.

Green Day returns to the top slot with 21st Century Breakdown, selling 215,000 units. What’s significant about this is that the amount sold only reflects sales over a three-day period – the band wanted to have the U.S. release closer to its international release. This is the Berkeley, California-bred band’s second chart topper after 2004’s smash, American Idiot. CONTINUE READING

Beyoncé premiered her music video for “Ego” today via her official website. It follows right along with the black and white theme seen in her previous videos. Visually, the video leaves much to be desired, but Bey nails the choreography and she looks great!

The video will be included in the I Am… re-release. Titled, Above and Beyonce Video Collection and Dance Mixes, the re-release will contain 7 music videos and exclusive behind the scenes footage (presumably from a video shoot, or from the tour) as well as a bonus disc of dance remixes. I’m not exactly sure why she chose not to do a complete video anthology for this album, but 7 videos is still an accomplisment. Above and Beyonce Video Collection and Dance Mixes is set to hit Wal-Mart stores everywhere on June 16th.

Check out the video for “Ego” as well as the album cover-art and official tracklisting for after the jump!
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LeToya — She Ain’t Got (Final Version)
My girl LeToya has a winner with this one! This is the finalized version of her second single “She Ain’t Got…” (previously “She Ain’t Got Sh*t On Me”). I’m totally in love with this new version. Those electric guitar riffs are giving me my life right now! The latest word on her project is that it’s been pushed back to August, but that’s okay. Hearing this song all summer will definitely boost her sales because this song is super duper hot! Link1/Link2

Electrik Red — On Point
Def Jam went on a rampage yesterday stopping the leak of Electrik Red’s debut album, but that doesn’t mean that people are going to stop talking about it. Trust me, they can use the promotion. This is probably one of the hottest songs on the album. The lead singer is giving me straight Kelis in this song. For a second, I thought Kelis was featured! People need to wake up and stop sleeping on these girls, because their music is on point! If this song doesn’t make you wanna shimmy & shake all over the place, then something’s wrong with you! How To Be A Lady: Vol. 1 is in stores May 26th! Link1/Link2
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Detroit rapper Eminem is set to have his fifth-straight No. 1 on Billboard’s Top 200 with Relapse. Early projections estimate that it could sell as much as 650,000 copies in its maiden week. If the album manages to break the 600,000 mark, it will easily become the largest-opening album of 2009 thus far, and will become the largest opening since AC/DC’s Black Ice sold 784,000 units last year. CONTINUE READING