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For today's throwback video, I took it all the way back to the year 1985. I was only 1 years old at time and I would come to discover this song years down the road. Me'lisa Morgan released her single "Do Me Baby", a Prince cover in 1985. The single went to #1 R&B and #46 Pop in 1986. Check it out!

My "Flashback Friday" series is back and this time its the late Teena Marie performing on "Soul Train". She is performing her 1979 hit "I Need Your Lovin'" from her album "Lady T". For a true flashback check it out!

L.A. based singer Tinashe performs her hit single 2 On from her upcoming album Aquarius . Check it out!

Kelis celebrates the release of her sixth album FOOD which was released on April 22. Here the singer performs the album's first single Jerk Ribs which was released last year. Check it out!

Ashanti threw down last night as she performed the National Anthem at the Bradley vs. Pacquioa fight when went down last night. Ashanti previously announced this engagement weeks ago and had been seen canoodling around with Pacquioa who won the fight last night.

Ashanti talks her new album BraveHeart in the first video and what went into making it and the second video features the singer in a red hot solo performance of her current single I Got It . BraveHeart is in stores and online now!

Ashanti goes back in time, exactly 12 years ago and delivers a riveting performance of her Platinum debut single Foolish from her self-titled debut album. Ashanti's new album Braveheart is in stores and online now! Check it out! It's a banger!

Faith Evans sings her face off here on her single Tears Of Joy which appears on her current album R&B Divas . The album is nominated for a Grammy as well. Watch the Grammys January 26 to see if Faith takes the coveted prize home.

Tamar Braxton performs her latest hit single on Ellen ! Check it out!

Ashanti appeared on Arsenio last night and talked candidly about Nelly, her relationship with her Mother, and her new Christmas movie. After that you can check her performance of the Christmas classic Let It Snow . #BraveHeart

TLC along with Lil' Mama perform the group's 1999 hit No Scrubs on Dancing With The Stars , which aired last night on ABC. 

Lady Gaga and R. Kelly set the SNL stage on fire last night in an awkward way. Check them out as two perform their new hit single!

After debuting her new single, The Art of Letting Go on Jimmy Fallon to some adoring fans, the singer did an impromptu performance for those same fans. Boy were they in for a treat as Mariah freestyled to an instrumental of her song Fly Like A Bird . She also continued her freestyle session over "Letting Go" which featured some choice words aimed at what sounds like her ex-husband Tommy Mottola. 

TLC is making the rounds this week as they promote their new greatest hits album 20 and their new biopic airing on October 21 on VH1.

While in London Brandy not only performed with singer Jessie J for their duet Conquer The World , she also sang a gem from her 2002 album Full Moon , When You Touch Me which is one of my absolute favorite Brandy songs so it was nice to see her perform this. It's funny because a day prior to this I was just listening to this song. Brandy is hard at work on a seventh album(YES!), let's just hope we don't have to wait an eternity for it. Also Maxwell praised her over Twitter and said he wants a duet with her! Punch Bran!

Brandy joins Jessie J at the iTunes Music Festival to perform their new duet Conquer The World which appears on Jessie J's new album Wild .

During a recent performance Beyonce almost found herself in the audience with an overzealous fan. Check it out! I think Beyonce's Mrs. Carter Show World Tour will go down as one of the tours from Beyonce's where she's had the craziest things happen to her. Who can forget when Beyonce's hair got caught in the fan while singing Halo ? Crazy! 

Ashanti stopped by Katie to perform her single Never Should Have from her upcoming album Braveheart . Check it out! As much as I love Ashanti this performance of the song was very underwhelming. I hope she redeems herself with a new single and an official album release date that sticks!