JAY Z's Magna Carta Holy Grail released to Samsung Galaxy users at midnight on Thursday morning. It took a whole 12 minutes for it to subsequently leak online. Wife Beyoncé, however, has officially released her duet with Mr. Carter, as "Part II (On the Run)" can be heard below.
Janelle Monáe has given fans double the reason to celebrate the weekend, sharing a new track on Friday and confirming the release date of her forthcoming record, The Electric Lady. The new party jam, "Dance Apocalyptic," arrives today for streaming with the music video coming on Tuesday (July 2). The album will release on Sept. 10 via Atlantic.
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The full version of Beyoncé's H&M campaign song, "Standing on the Sun," has leaked online. The singer hasn't confirmed whether the track appears on her forthcoming fifth studio album.
Bey has performed the track during her live shows, so this isn't the first time many fans have heard the full version, but until now, the studio version was not available.
With the upcoming release of the new The Lone Ranger film set for July 2, Iron & Wine (aka Sam Beam) has released his contribution to the film's soundtrack, "Rattling Bone." The soundtrack, co-produced by the film's director, Gore Verbinski, includes music by Iggy Pop, Lucinda Williams and others.
The Neighbourhood on Thursday unleashed a fresh new track titled "$ting." The Jesse Rutherford-fronted California band is currently on tour, and the new cut will be available on the road as a 7" single.
Number two of Mariah Carey's five remixes of "#Beautiful" has arrived. This time, the Miguel-assisted track gets a "Spanglish" reworking and becomes "#Hermosa"—she's not done with hashtags.
Yes, pop legend Prince has worked with Janelle Monáe on her upcoming album, The Electric Lady, but he apparently didn't stop there. The singer has retooled Ms. Monáe's latest single, "Q.U.E.E.N.," featuring Erykah Badu, putting his own twist on it.
Mariah Carey is not satisfied so far with the performance of her hashtag-sporting single "#Beautiful." The R&B diva, who holds the record for solo artist with most No. 1 songs, was likely expecting her latest track to skyrocket to the top, but it has stalled at No. 15 for the past couple of weeks (new charts will be revealed Thursday). Thus, she has released the first of five new remix versions of the track. A new version featuring A$AP Rocky premiered on Wednesday.
You probably didn't think you'd be hearing new K-Ci & JoJo today, but sometimes Mondays work out that way. The brothers return this week with a sensual bedroom jam, "Knock It Off," a taste of their forthcoming record which is expected in the fall. It's been 16 years since the duo debuted.
As promised, Big Sean has delivered his new single. "Beware," featuring Lil Wayne and Jhené Aiko, releases to iTunes at midnight on Tuesday (Monday night). The track comes off the rapper's forthcoming album, Hall of Fame, which arrives on Aug. 27.
Drake seems to be a fan of late night surprises recently. The rapper early Saturday morning shared four new tracks and revealed that his third solo album, Nothing Was The Same, finally has a release date. The new set arrives Sept. 17.
Eminem has premiered a preview of his new song, "Symphony in H." The snippet, which arrived via Tony Touch's Shade 45 radio show on SiriusXM, offers a glimpse at Touch's forthcoming mixtape, The Piece Maker 3: Return of the 50 MCs, which is due July 9.
