Ciara has announced that her upcoming album, formerly titled One Woman Army, will now be titled Ciara. The followup to 2010's Basic Instinct is set to drop July 9, and will be available for pre-order today (April 16).

ESTELLE: ALL OF ME COVER ART & COLLABORATIONS

UK’s very own Estelle is back for 2012! The cover art for her long awaited upcoming album All Of Me has been revealed. The singer gone stateside has gone for a simple but elegant black and white photo which speaks classic and clean.

Hopefully we’ll be hearing some classic Estelle on this project, as she seems to have parted from her rapping. As for appearances on the album, expect to hear the likes of Common, Ne-Yo, Akon, Janelle Monae and Rick Ross on their single ‘Break My Heart’.

The songstress’ third album and follow up to her 2008 US debut Shine is set for release on February 28th.

Take Care In 22 Days


Drake fans would have been really excited today as his second studio album, Take Care was supposed to be dropping today. However the rapper's album has been put back a couple weeks and is now set to be released November 15th, which is almost a year to date when he revealed the name of the album. It is a disappointment but there are three sample clearances that need to be sorted out before the album is put up. Now we would want our Drizzy to be all tied up in legal stuff, would we..? Like he did when his 'Best I Ever Had' did.

Hopefully his special release plans still go ahead, because if the original date has been changed maybe his 'birthday edition' idea is now void (I HOPE NOT).  He told Entertainment Weekly in a interview during the summer:

Obviously, I can only fit so many songs on a CD. So what I’m doing is there will be a Take Care physical edition in stores that’ll hopefully have 15 to 17 songs on it. Then I know a lot of people do deluxe editions. But since October 24 is a special day for me, I got, like, a Take Care birthday edition that I’m going to put on iTunes that will have extra songs. I really want to encourage people to be excited about the album releasing. I remember how excited a lot of artists used to make me. I used to want to buy the physical copy to see the artwork. And if there were any bonus tracks, I’d go find them. I’m definitely trying to cause some of that excitement. I hope people go get the songs off the birthday edition. It’s going to be great, man. I’ve got a wide array of music this time. I’m very excited.

SO...we've got a 22 day wait I guess.

J. Cole Out Today !!


It's been a long wait for this day to come. Cole World: The Sideline Story is FINALLY here !! J. Cole has given us plenty of free music via his official mixtapes. Now finally we can actually go out and buy something and sort of give something back. Though some of the tracks have been heard and the album has leaked that hasn't upset Mr No Blankie, if anything he's taken it possitivly as he told VIBE in an interview:

“If anything the leak will reach out to more people who might be like ‘ah man, let’s go get this.’ So you know, it’s kind of like promotion these days—if you got a good album. If you don’t have a good album—they’ll just trash you.


There’s been worse leaks than that so I understand it’s apart of the game—I always understood that. As long as people hear it together—it’s cool. I just know that people who are going to buy it were going to buy it anyways and the people who weren’t—probably weren’t anyways.”

Check him out talking to VIBE in a short clip and if you haven't yet seen the tracklisting check that all out after the jump...

Watch The Throne Drops Today !!

Alicia Keys re-releases debut album Songs in A Minor for 10th anniversary.

Today is the release date of singing beauty Alicia Key's re-release of her debut album Songs in A Minor. It is the second time the album is being re-released the first time after it's original debut in 2001 being a remix and unplugged version a year later in 2002.

This deluxe edition is extra special, it is a double disc 10th anniversary special. It's hard to believe that Ms Keys has been in the game for 10 years now as her music still remains refreshing and true to her style. She has come a long way, from the young women with the braids to the woman she is today - a mother and a wife.

Hero Snoop Dogg !!


Snoop Dogg to star in a mini film alongside Jamie Foxx.
The 'Gangster Luv' rapper will be starring as a 'super gangster' saving the 'city of Wonderland'.
The short film accompanies it's inspiration - Snoops 10th studio album Malice N Wonderland released last year.

The mini film which also stars Xzibit and Nipsey Hussle, is to be released around March.