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Weeks ago Gucci Mane dropped his collaboration with Nicki Minaj titled, "Make Love". The song was to believed to have sparked the "shEther" diss from Remy Ma. Some have even said that Nicki's verse was aimed at Azealia Banks and Remy Ma has misfired. Remy explained on "Wendy" that Nicki was being sneaky and underhanded behind the scenes towards her. In typical Nicki fashion, the verse is full of punchlines and Nicki's quirkiness. One of the reasons why I decided to even highlight this song and give it a review is because its one of my favorite songs right now. Its very catchy to me. My favorite line is "Sit your bum ass down you got an F on your test!".

"Used To Being Alone" is the newest offering from Azealia Banks. It will appear on her upcoming mixtape release, "Slay-Z". There is no release date for her new project. "Used" follows "The Big Big Beat" which was released just a few weeks ago. Get into the latest Azealia offering and tell me what you think?

Iggy Azalea is back with her new single, "Azillion". It the first taste of what fans can expect from her upcoming album, "Digital Distortion". Iggy's fiancè Nick Young says "Digital Distortion" will be the best sounding album of 2016. Get into Iggy's new song!

Erykah Badu is back with her new single, "Phone Down". It appears on her upcoming mixtape, "But You Cain't Use My Phone". The mixtape comes hot off the heels of Badu's recent remix of Drake's "Hotline Bling". Ironically enough "Phone Down" is dedicated to Drake. Check out my favorite new song of the moment!

Now you can finally hear Janet's new single, "No Sleeep" in full! Check it out!

Tamar Braxton unleashes her new single, "If I Don't Have You". The song is available on iTunes. Her new album, "Calling All Lovers" will be in stores and online July 31. When I read of the title, I immediately thought of Keyshia Cole who had a similar titled album, "Calling All Hearts". So let me know what you think about the new Tamar Braxton song and more importantly what do you think of her new album title?

Monica's new single that she's been gushing about for some time has leaked out ahead of its planned release, though we don't know exactly when it was planning to be released. There has been no word from Monica as far as I know on her reaction to the leak. The song is an obvious leak, so what your hearing is a radio rip complete with shout-outs, talking, screaming, and multiple playbacks. So it's a long listen but if your interested enough here it is. After you listen tell me what you think about it?

Tyga roars back at all the naysayers on his new track, "Hollywood Niggaz". Hear and track and let me know what you think of it!

Ray J is back this time with the assistance of Lil' Wayne on "Brown Sugar". Check out the song! 

"Fool's Gold" is the newest single from Jill Scott. The song will appear on the new untitled Jill Scott album due this Summer on Atlantic Records. The song is a nice, smooth R&B track that is perfect for Summer. Get into it!

"James Joint(Interlude)" is the latest song by Rihanna which appears in snippet form. There is no word yet if the song is actually longer or if this is the full track. This kind of reminds me of "Birthday Cake" which was like no longer than a minute or so. That song became so popular that Rihanna was forced to make the song into a full length track. No word yet or where this song will appear but we're betting its from Rihanna's upcoming album rumored to be titled #R8, which may get the surprise release treatment. Get high with Rihanna on her latest "joint". No pun intended! :)

"Rebel" is the newest single from Christina Milian. The song is currently available on iTunes and based on the snippet I heard, the song doesn't sound half bad. It actually sounds promising. I may want to check out Christina's upcoming album if and when it hits. But something sure to help this song gain momentum is a new feud that has arisen between Christina and Nicki Minaj. Christina was seen on her IG page with a shirt that says "Pretty On Fleek", a quote that was said by Nicki in her "Feeling Myself" track so Nicki made a comment saying she is responsible for the "on fleek" word craze that is going around. Then Christina responded basically saying she thought it was an equal opportunity phrase and then it went from there. It's a pretty pointless feud I guess but maybe Nicki was bored. I see people like to throw shots at Christina but she ain't no punk. She'll bite back! I think what's more interesting here is that bo...

Trina is back with a new song "Lean On Me" and it features T-Pain & Young Cash. Trina revealed the song late last night(Friday) and has since been sharing the song via her social media streams. The song samples the Bill Withers classic of the same name. I do remember seeing Trina tweet about this song awhile back and with T-Pain on it, honestly it sounds dated. It's not a song I really cared to hear again after my first listen but then again maybe it deserves a second listen. How you all take a listen and let me know what you think? Trina is said to release her sixth album later this year.

Faith Evans is releasing her new album on November 24. You can check out a sample of the album before its released and based on the previews, the album sounds pretty good. I'm surprised because I wasn't expecting much from this project but my hope in it has been restored.

GIRLS - JLo and DJ Mustard by DJ MUSTARD on SoundCloud - Hear the world’s sounds J-Lo hooked up with DJ Mustard in her newest song Girls . The word 'girl' is showing up in a lot of J-Lo's songs as of late. She recently released the video teaser to her new single Same Girl written by Chris Brown.Click the link above to hear the new track!

As expected Mariah Carey drops her new single, the title track from her upcoming album. Listen now! Personally I think the song is a little underwhelming. I was expecting something else. I don't know what but not this. This seems more like an album track than a single but in typical Mariah fashion this song was hyped up by herself and Jermaine Dupri(who is now Mariah's manager).

Meant To Be is the lead single for the new TLC greatest hits album 20 which will be released on October 15. The TLC biopic CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story will air on VH1 on October 21.

Fire is the latest offering from Michelle Williams. It appears on her upcoming album Journey To Freedom due this February. Fire is currently available on iTunes and in physical release at Walmart. I'm actually kind of liking this.

▶ "All the Way Home" (New album "Love And War" Available 9/3!) by Tamar Braxton All The Way Home is the new single from Tamar Braxton. Click on the link above to check it out! 

R. Kelly unveils his new single My Story featuring 2 Chainz. It is the first single from his upcoming album Black Panties .