It’s official: Rihanna is going to re-release her fifth album LOUD later this year.
Honestly the news does not come as a surprise to me considering that LOUD only has 11 tracks on it. Plus, with the massive amount of critical and commercial success, it would be unwise for her to move on to another era. After the mild success of Continue reading
Months after resigning from Island Def Jam, news has leaked that music mogul L.A. Reid will now run the new and improved Epic Records. The new record label encompasses a part of Jive Records as well.
Reid will also be a judge on the American version of the X-Factor along side of Simon Cowell, Paula Adul, and Nicole Scherzinger.
Previously Reid ran Arista Records and owned LaFace Records. Reid palyed a major role in the career’s of Usher, P!nk, Ciara, Kanye West, and Rihanna.
People have a variety of feelings towards Reid. I’ve Continue reading
Last week I noted how I was surprised that Def Jam had both Rihanna and Kanye West releasing albums on the same day since they are two of Def Jams biggest artist. Thankfully the label has come to their senses and Kanye West announced today that he will be releasing his fifth studio album on November 22nd.
Kanye’s last album, ‘808’s and Heartbreak’ was released on the same week in 2008. The week of black friday is always one of the biggest weeks for record sales. Considering the buzz Continue reading
Last week there were rumors that Drake and Rihanna hit the studio for a collaboration. I didn’t post anything about it because it was not confirmed by either party. I don’t see the need to fuel rumors because more times than not it gives false hope to fans. MTV has just reported that Drake has indeed confirmed a collaboration between the two for her upcoming album ‘Loud’.
During an interview with MTV News Drake said that the collaboration was done and that he was hoping for a video to be filmed for the track. This is good news for both Rihanna and Drake fans. Drake’s collaborations have all be gold thus far. He wrote ‘Unthinkable’ for Alicia Keys, which was one of the best R&B tracks of the year. I hope Drake did the majority of the writing on the track Continue reading
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