The Supposed Official Usher ‘Raymond V. Raymond’ Tracklist…No, Seriously
With as many stops and starts as Usher’s forthcoming seventh studio album Raymond v. Raymond has had (not to mention how many tracks have found their way online), forgive us if we have a hard time believing that any tracklist that touts itself as being official is indeed the real thing. The LP is said to be coming out March 30—which, again, we’ll believe when we see.
Hop below to see what songs made the cut on Usher’s post-Tameka Foster opus, according to UrbanBridgez.com.
The “official” Raymond v. Raymond tracklist:
1. Monstar
2. Hey Daddy (Daddy’s Home) feat. Plies
3. There Goes My Baby
4. Love ‘Em All
5. She Don’t Know feat. Ludacris
6. Lil Freak Usher feat. Nicki Minaj
7. Mars vs. Venus
8. Prolover
9. Foolin’ Around
10. Papers
11. So Many Girls
12. Guilty feat. T.I.
13. OMG featuring will.i.am
14. Making Love (Into The Night)
At this point, Usher might want to start taking notes from his own protege/BFF Justin Bieber. After all, the kid managed to score the opening line in the “We Are The World” remake, and will have already offered up an EP and an album by the time Raymond v. Raymond comes out.
Nicki Minaj Slips Into Bobby Valentino’s “Stilettos & T-Shirt”
Bobby Valentino implores that he wants to see his girl stripped down to the bare essentials in “Stilettos & T-Shirt.” But something tells us he doesn’t know what he’s in for by asking Twitter phenom Nicki Minaj to try on that sexy getup. Give the spicy tune from Valentino’s upcoming Fly On The Wall album a spin below!
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Bobby, Bobby, Bobby—don’t you know that wearing a restricting garment such as a T-shirt is the last thing on Nicki’s mind? We’d venture to guess that she hasn’t been caught in Hanes since her high school days.
Anyway, “Stilletos & T-Shirt” is a so-so slow jam. We’ve certainly heard Nicki appear on far better collaborations—like Mariah Carey’s “Up Out My Face” and Robin Thicke’s “Shakin’ It 4 Daddy.”
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Listen To Prince’s Bizarre Musical Rollercoaster “Cause And Effect”
Twin Cities radio station 89.3 The Current debuted a new song from their favorite son today—Prince’s “Cause and Effect.” We had to play this song three times before we could believe it actually exists. There’s no way to prepare you for the traffic jam of surf-rock-funk-metal magic that’s awaiting you behind the jump, so just head below to hear experience His Majesty’s latest concoction for yourself.
Prince – “Cause And Effect”
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New Rihanna Song “Goodbye” Recalls A Good Girl Gone Sad
We had barely digested the news that Rihanna might be prepping a more upbeat pop album for summer when we came across the maudlin piano ballad “Goodbye”. A previously unreleased track, it’s evidently a holdover from Good Girl Gone Bad-era holdover, but it’s worth a listen — think of it as a prequel to a few of the somber tracks that overburden Rated R. And it’s maybe the best argument yet that she needs to try something new.
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Words has it the track was (like plenty of other stuff in Rihanna’s catalog) crafted by her longtime producers Evan Rogers and Carl Sturken. But it’s not hard to understand why this never made the cut for an album — it’s just a cookie-cutter track, and Rihanna has turned in better vocal performances on superior ballads, “Unfaithful” being just one.
But you can sort of imagine that “Goodbye”, with its rock crescendo (think Evanescence’s torchy “My Immortal”), set the stage for songs like Rated R’s gritty “Fire Bomb”. That said, we’ve heard enough of this kind of material from her, and it’s time to move on.
We shouldn’t have to say this, but we will: she better not sing this one at the Kids Choice Awards. Neither we nor Justin Bieber could handle it.
Erykah Badu flouts the rules to chart her ‘Return’ (Reuters)
Reuters – If Lil Wayne is from Mars, then Erykah Badu is the high priestess of Venus. It’s a cosmic bummer that the syrup-soaked rapper and the future-funk diva hadn’t thought to pair up before Badu’s new single, “Jump in the Air.”
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Hancock to be feted at revived NYC jazz festival (AP)
AP – Jazz legend Herbie Hancock will be feted at a belated 70th birthday bash at Carnegie Hall that will highlight the revival of a major summer jazz festival in the Big Apple.
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Vancouver Games anthem gets French-language redo (Reuters)
Reuters – The Vancouver Games anthem “I Believe” has been reshot to include French-language lyrics to appease Quebec critics of the Vancouver Games broadcast.
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