SEXYBLACK RETURNS with a Chiddy BANG!

Chiddy Bang -- Opposite Of Adults

FRESH!

SEXYBLACK FIRST LISTEN: Valentine's Day Bump-n-Grind Mixtape, Trey Songz, Erykah Badu, Jennifer Lopez, Tamika Scott, Fantasia

DJ Suss.One: The Intimacy Mixtape

***Til The Day I Die -- Trey Songz***

Another banger from TREY!!!!

Window Seat -- Erykah Badu

Nice

NEW RIHANNA VIDEO: Rude Boy

Rihanna : Rude boy (2010)

Wow.

THROWBACK VIDEO(s) OF THE MONTH: Spread My Wings -- Troop

Spread My Wings

Troop was one of many five-man groups fashioned after New Edition.  What made Troop stand out was:  1. Their unique hairstyles, and 2.  This joint right here.  In a lot of educated circles, Spread My Wings is considered one of the anthems of the New Jack Swing era of the 90's.  Troop's biggest selling single brought them international success and is one of my favorites of ALL time.  The video is sick, the choreo is off the chain.  Where are they now?  I don't know about the rest of them, but Steve Russell, the lead singer on Spread My Wings is in L.A.  He is currently writing songs with Nasri.

Troop's Jackson 5 cover (the only J5 cover that is better than the original) "All I Do Is Think of You" after the jump.

In Case You Missed It (because I did)...

(Grammy snubbed) Keri Hilson's Rising Icon Showcase (In it's entirety)... you're welcome.

RI: Keri Hilson

SEXYBLACK HISTORY MONTH: Black Men United -- U Will Know

Black Men United - U Will Know

Black Men United was a collaborative project that was put together by Brian McKnight and D'Angelo for the Jason's Lyric soundtrack. The song was a call to arms for black males to put an end to black on black violence. This was the number one cause of death of black men in the U.S. in 1994. The song features vocals by many of the top Urban male artists of the 90's. Most notably, Boyz II Men, Silk, After 7, Al B. Sure, Intro, Joe, Lenny Kravitz, R. Kelly, Tevin Campbell, and Usher. It's basically the Black Man's We Are The World.

SEXYBLACK FIRST: The Losers Trailer

You got Zoe Saldana (Avatar, Star Trek), Idris Elba (The Wire, Obsessed), Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Watchmen, Supernatural), Chris Evans (Push, Fantastic Four),  and Columbus Short (Cadillac Records, Stomp The Yard)... sick cast.  Who's going?

SEXYBLACK FIRST LISTEN: R.L., Sade (X2), Joe, Vivian Green, K. Michelle, Ruben Studdard

Let me know what you think in the comment section:

Crazy -- R.L.

The Moon and The Sky -- Sade

Skin -- Sade

Sickest Cover This Year: Hype-or-Drive?

Drake covers writing, friendship, R&B and Hip Hop in the latest issue of Complex. Among some of the more interesting things he had to say however, is the fact that it is much easier for him to pen R&B than it is to come up with his signature Hip Hop element.

“The way Jay and Wayne write rap, I write R&B. I don’t write lyrics down on paper,” Drake tells Complex. “The other day, I was in the studio with Alicia Keys, and I wrote two songs just speaking to her. I wish I could write that way for rap. With my rap songs, there’s so much of me I have to give that I don’t know if I could ever just flow. The thing is, I’m a great rapper. There’s two elements to rap: having the thoughts, and then being a great rapper. I can really rap the sh** that I write. My tone, my inflection. When I listen to myself on records, I don’t feel like I don’t belong there. When I listen to “Forever,” with three of my heroes, I fit right in.”

For more on Drake’s Complex interview visit Complex.com.

-sniped from Singersroom.com.

P.S.:  If anyone sees this mag anywhere, cop it for me.  Tonks.

Mariah's Shot at Angelic Redemption

Not six months after the release of her worst album ever, Mariah is set to return with something designed to make us forget about it. Normally, you wouldn't see much on this blog about Mariah as with every album, she gets more and more gimmicky and has, at this point, completely lost touch with her roots and what got her to where she is.

With one of two new singles, "Angels Cry", Mariah Carey revisits some of the heart-felt skill and use of melody that she used to be known for... but let it be known, that she needed help. "Angels Cry" features on vocals, it's writer, Ne-Yo. This crafty penmanship has become what Ne-Yo is known for, and he's used it many times to save a number of artists careers, and now it's Mariah's turn... I actually love this song. It's a few notches down from perfect, and it's reminiscent of a time when we all loved Mariah.

Mariah Carey - Angels Cry

Okay so the video is not that great (Nick Cannon, you are getting better, keep trying), but that's not what the post was highlighting.

This song is featured on Mariah's Remix album called Angels Advocate, due on March 30, 2010.

Some recent Mariah facts:

Negative -- Memoirs of An Imperfect Angel, her recent release, is officially her worst selling album to date, and many are saying that the speedy outing of two videos, one featuring Ne-Yo, the other featuring Nikki Minaj are desperate attempts by her camp to keep her relevant.

Positive (yet questionable) -- Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together" was recently named the last decade's most popular song, according to HitsDailyDouble.com. The song, whose popularity was calculated by record sales, airplay and online streaming, was the second single of Carey's comeback album, The Emancipation of Mimi.