Cissy Houston Looks to Capitalize on Whitney's Death

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At least that is how it will be received by some as Whitney Houston's mother Cissy releases a gospel album via iTunes. But the reality is, she's been working on the album for about a year.

Cissy Houston's "Walk on By Faith" was released by Harlem Records on iTunes this week and includes songs such as "Living Shall Not Be In Vain."

Harlem Records rep Bill Coyle said Wednesday her last album was in 1997. He says she started working on the album last year and musically arranged all four tracks.

Quincy Brown-Combs's BET Debut

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Quincy Brown-Combs, son of Al B. Sure, Kim Porter and P.Diddy (don't ask) will get his turn in the big spotlight when his debut video for "Stay Awhile" airs on BET tomorrow during a visit to the popular 106 & Park. Quincy has been working on music for a few years now and is finally ready to bring the rest of the world into his corner. Check out the trailer for the video below and tune in to 106 & Park tomorrow on BET to catch the world premier and Quincy's official arrival on the international music stage.

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Did Hip Hop Help Bring Down Former Egyptian Dictator Hosni Mubarak?

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As Egypt still struggles for democracy after the fall and ouster of former strong man Hosni Mubarak, hip-hop trio Arabian Knightz tells how their music helped fuel the revolution and became the soundtrack for a new beginning.

Countless songs dedicated to the uprising rocketed around the internet. Two of these songs, "Rebel" and "Not Your Prisoner" from hip-hop trio Arabian Knightz, quickly became anthems of the revolution. Arabian Knightz released their new album Uknighted States of Arabia on January 25 ― the one-year anniversary of the protests that sparked the revolution.

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Chris Brown And Rihanna Back in Bed Together

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Either both Rihanna and Chris Brown's camp are trying to capitalize on their domestic dust up a few years ago, or Chris and Rihanna have both moved on and is letting the music speak. The two pop stars teamed up for a couple of remix projects, one of which you can listen to below titled "Turn up the music"

Lenny Kravitz: Black & White America, Get it!

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Listen: Amber Rose Ft. Wiz Khalifa "FAME'

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Amber Rose has come a long way. Known mostly for her past relationship with Kanye West, Ms. Rose has sky rocketed to the top of the celebrity list. Now she's the face and chief shiller for Smirnoff and oh yeah she has a new song with current boyfriend some say husband, Wiz Khalifa titled "Fame" of course.

DJ Kanye Shares New Tracks

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Some artists take a few weeks off after wrapping a major world tour to collect their thoughts and recharge. Not Kanye West. Less than a week after completing the "Watch the Throne" tour with Jay Z, Mr. West was in London debuting tracks from his upcoming CD and the G.O.O.D. music compilation album via his first DJ set at club Le Baron. [BET]

Listen: Unicycle Loves You "Wow Wave Cinema'

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Rihanna's 'Talk That Talk' An Instant Smash

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Rihanna is no doubt a mega superstar and with her latest offering titled 'Talk That Talk', she is shooting even further. Since it's release, 'Talk That Talk' has been the the talk among music critics and and they have nothing but great things to say. With the lead off single "Found Love" tearing up the dance charts, and a sexy video to back it up, the new CD got off to a strong start and is showing no signs of slowing down.

MTV News' James Montgomery already declared Talk That Talk "not only the best effort of her career, but arguably the best pop album of 2011," an assessment echoed by the New York Times, People, Rolling Stone and SPIN.

"The best songs on this lively and often great album sound synth-perfect for that time [the early 1990s]. 'We Found Love' almost criminally recalls the swinging Crystal Waters singles, with triumphant percussion somewhere between church and seventh-inning stretch," the Times writes. " 'Where Have You Been' is even better, with hard, chilly synths, snares from the poppier side of house music, and Rihanna moving in and out of a curled Siouxsie Sioux tone." 

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Listen: Frank Ocean 'Thinking About U'

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Get Into Quincy Combs: The Quincy Combs Viral Music Project

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Sean "Diddy" Combs' oldest son Quincy has been dabbling in music. He's been feeding his fans new music via a viral music project onYoutube. Though Quincy can embark on an official music career if he wanted to, thanks to dad, he seems to be having fun, and in doing so he's built up quite the fan base. His music videos can be viewed on his This Is Quincy Youtube channel as well as his official website. Both destinations have a steady flow of fans following his every move and word. He has over 133 thousand twitter followers and counting. Last year he released his first official mixtape titled "Nothing Special" which was a success and is back in the studio working on a follow up. One of the first videos from the viral music project is titled "Vibrations" is a short film trailer which has Quincy searching for a love interest throughout various scenes. That video was followed up by "Voicemail" (above) which is very Drake-Esque but showcases his talents. No one knows for sure where Quincy is going with this and he isn't really letting on. But for now thousands of fans are enjoying his fun.

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Listen: Coldplay Covers Rihanna

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We love it when big name artist colaborate and make great music together. We even love it more when the collaboration is by two artists we would've probably never thought about pairing.

Coldplay teamed up with Rihanna for "Princess of China," a track on the band's new album, Mylo Xyloto, so it's not exactly a surprise that they would cover her new single "We Found Love" when asked to perform another artist's tune on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge show. It may surprise that their rendition is actually pretty good. Whereas Rihanna's version is a thumping rave anthem, Chris Martin and company transform it into a lovely piano ballad nearly indistinguishable from many of their own songs.

Coldplay "We Found Love" (Rihanna's Cover BBC Live Lounge) by Music Drive Thru

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So Joe Jonas And Lil Wayne Walk Into a Recording Studio...

 

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Popster Joe Jonas is trying to reach all corners of the music buying/downloading public. He already has the screaming teenage girls and some guys in his corner. But he isn't satisfied with that. The middle Jonas who has been on the grind promoting his solo effort tapped the rapper to add a hint of street cred to the remix for Just in Love, the latest offering from his album Fast Life. Check it out here

Listen: Usher And David Guetta Collab on 'Without You'

David Guetta laid the track and Usher topped it off with his vocals. Take a listen.