Check out the long-awaited cover for Rihanna’s new album Rated R. Her new single “Russian Roulette” debuted only a week ago and has entered the Billboard Pop Songs chart this week at #35. The song will be available on iTunes on November 3rd while Rated R hits stores on November 23rd!

Thoughts?

After being somewhat underwhelmed by “Papers”, I’m pleased to say that this new track to surface from Ush has turned my attention back his upcoming album Raymond Vs Raymond. It’s not often we hear Usher doing a pop-influenced track, but Red One is obviously the producer of the moment so of course Usher would go ahead and get his track. It has signature Red One production (hard continuous bass-line & lots of chaotic synths), but Usher’s voice sounds really good and does a good job of not getting lost in the music.

Love muffins, tell me what you think!

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Mariah Carey performed an intimate gig in NYC for iHeartRadio’s ‘Stripped’. She performed “Always Be My Baby”, “We Belong Together”, “I Want To Know What Love Is”, and “H.A.T.E.U”. Vocally, she sounded great. She had great balance between her vocals and the vocals from background singers. I actually prefer watching Mimi perform in smaller venues and I think she needs to go ahead and do a small venue tour.

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Omarion is making his return to the music scene offering a brand new video for his new single “I Get It In” featuring rapper of the moment, Gucci Mane. “I Get It In” is the first single to be lifted from his upcoming 3rd solo album Ollusion, which now has the release date of January 12th, 2010. I’m not sure if I’m feeling this just yet. Love muffins, what do you think? Is anybody anticipating O’s return?

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Amerie’s new album In Love & War is set to hit stores on November 3rd. Her current single “Heard Em’ All” isn’t doing so well on the charts (only peaking at #81 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop chart) so I’m slightly concerned about the album sales. You can preview 30 seconds of the entire album courtesy of Amazon.com by clicking here. I will say that I like what I hear so far and I’m looking forward to hearing the tracks in full.

Check out the track credits after the jump!

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“The Wait Is Ova” as Rihanna’s new single premiered just a few moments ago! “Russian Roulette” was written by Ne-Yo and it serves as the lead single from her upcoming album which is officially titled Rated R and is scheduled for release on November 23rd! I think the song is a certified hit! Rihanna’s vocals sound amazing…miles better than anything I’ve heard from her to date. The song itself has somewhat of an epic feel to it that’s hard to describe. Check out the official single cover above and take a listen to the song below!

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