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I love Kelis as an artist because she’s not afraid to be different. Take the above promo shot for instance. It was taken by photographer Rankin. It seems to depict her as a character from The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.

Flesh Tone features Acapella plus 8 other tracks, including collaborations with a stellar line up of producers like David Guetta, will.i.am, Benny Benassi, Boysnoize, Free School and DJ Ammo. Interestingly, the album is already our in the UK, Latin America and Asia. It will be coming out in Germany on May 28. Fans in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand  have to wait until July 6^th. See two more promo pics after the break.

This is an easy one. I’ve mentioned him here before. And y’all know I’m a huge fan of this dude. Pop the top for more high school pics and throwback joint from him

This is the album cover for Sade’s new album Soldier of Love which is due in stores on February 8th 2010. I think it’s absolutely beautiful and I can’t wait!!! Been too damn long… This is Sade’s first official studio album since the multi-platinum release of Lovers Rock in 2000.

Sade has enjoyed phenomenal success both internationally and stateside throughout the span of their twenty-five year career. Since the release of their debut album, Diamond Life in 1984, the band has seen all five of their studio albums land in the Top 10 on Billboard’s Top 200 Album Chart selling a total of more than 50 million albums worldwide to date. They’ve been nominated for American Music Awards, MTV Video Music Awards and have won three Grammy Awards — first in 1986 for Best New Artist, then in 1994 for Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group for “No Ordinary Love”, and again in 2002 for Best Pop Vocal Album with Lovers Rock.

SOLIDER OF LOVE was recorded in England and produced by the band and their longtime collaborator Mike Pela.

Robin Thicke is the latest artist to collaborate with Nicki Minaj on a song titled “Shakin It For Daddy”.  The interesting thing about the song is that it was Jay-z’s idea for Robin to snag Nicki for a verse:

“It was Jay’s idea,” Thicke said about how Nicki Minaj came to be on “Shakin’ It 4 Daddy.” “We were in the studio, and I played him the whole album. He was like, ‘You should get Nicki Minaj on that. She’s got that voice. She’s got that swag.’ So I leaned over and was like, ‘Somebody get Nicki Minaj on the phone! Jay-Z said so!’ Next thing you know, we called Nicki. She was excited. But once we told her it was Jay-Z’s idea to get her on the track, she started screaming on the phone. She was all excited. She’s a super, super talent. I can’t wait to do a video with Nicki. There’s a power in her. It’s not just that she’s sexy and that’s the only way she can get you to like her. She’s got charm — not just sex. Some women may use sex to get what they want; others have charm. She’s got charm.

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Read more about Nicki after the jump…

JLo has a new album coming out. “Love” will mark her return to music. This track that leaked is called Louboutins and I must say I wasn’t as disappointed as I thought I would be. It’s not her best work but I can see myself bumping it in the car…

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