 With Super Bowl XLVI just days away, halftime show headliner Madonna returns to the front lines with the video for “Give Me All Your Luvin’,” the first single from her 12th album MDNA, due March 26. The pop queen assembles an all-star team of femme fatales for the cheerleading and football-themed visuals, directed by Megaforce. Nicki Minaj and M.I.A. raise their pom poms as they flank the Material Girl in cheerleading outfits, and Young Money’s First Lady delivers her own feisty verse as her alter ago Roman Zolanski. “I’m Roman, I’m a barbarian, I’m Conan,” she raps. Madonna expressed her admiration for her co-stars. “I love [Nicki and M.I.A.] and I wanted to collaborate with both of them on my record because I’m a big fan of their music, but also I like their independence,” she told Anderson Cooper. “They’re cheeky and unique and they have individual voices and they’re not conventional pop stars, and I really admire them both.” The trio will perform the song live for the first time at Sunday’s Super Bowl halftime show in Indianapolis. Read the rest of this entry » Posted in M.I.A., Madonna, Music Videos, Nicki Minaj | Permalink |   Make way for M.I.A. The pop crusader storms Morocco in a BMW in the action-packed video for “Bad Girls,” the first single from her fourth album, due this summer. “Live fast, die young, bad girls do it well,” she chants on the Danja-produced banger. The gritty visuals, directed by Romain Gavras (“Born Free”), were shot in Ouarzazate, Morocco. “It was dope to have so many people from so many different backgrounds speaking so many different languages come together to create something that we believed in,” said M.I.A. “I thought I was gonna die on the shoot when I saw the drifting. It was a four day shoot so everyone was on edge the whole time specifically ME when I had to do bluesteel singing to the camera while the cars did doughnuts on the wet road ten feet away. In my mind I was thinking how I was gonna deliver the video to Vice with no legs.” Watch the dangerous results below. Read the rest of this entry » Posted in M.I.A., Music Videos | Permalink |  Day26 returns to the scene in “Made Love Lately,” the first single from the group’s upcoming album A New Day. After splitting with Bad Boy (They remain on Atlantic), the “Making the Band 4″ stars—Robert, Brian, Willie, and Michael—storm the desert in the fantasy sequence, making love to a lady whose man doesn’t treat her right. “It’s real R&B. It’s taking it back to that ’90s R&B. It’s heartfelt, it’s passion,” explained Brian of the Jim Beanz production. The album will feature contributions from Troy Taylor, Bryan-Michael Cox, Rico Love, and songs written by Day26. “The first one was hand picked, the second we had a little input, this one right here is really us,” said Willie. Read the rest of this entry » Posted in Day26, Music Videos | Permalink |  Bottoms up. Drake celebrates the booty in the video for “Practice.” Inspired by Serena Williams’ viral clip, the visuals star a voluptuous vixen who dances in her bedroom mirror to his Juvenile-sampled song off Take Care. At the end, Drizzy surprises her and the cameras cut as they take it to the bed. The Young Money rapper, who launches his “Club Paradise” tour on Valentine’s Day, is asking his fans to submit videos of themselves dancing to the song. We’re sure his inbox is already full. Read the rest of this entry » Posted in Drake, Music Videos | Permalink |  Esperanza Spalding spreads good vibes in the video for “Black Gold,” the uplifting single off her forthcoming album Radio Music Society. The jazz songstress and bass virtuoso performs at an outdoor concert with neo-soul singer Algebra Blessett, as a father teaches his sons about African history. Watch the empowering visuals below. Read the rest of this entry » Posted in Music Videos | Permalink |  Young Jeezy is taking his Hustlerz Ambition on the road. The ATL rapper has announced dates (via Billboard) for his headlining North American tour, launching this spring. The 22-date trek kicks off March 3 in Washington, D.C., traveling to Boston, Detroit, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Seattle, before winding down April 6 in Montreal, Canada. Jeezy recently released the video for “OJ,” a street record off his latest album TM:103: Hustlerz Ambition featuring Fabolous and Jadakiss, and has selected the Ne-Yo-assisted “Leave You Alone” as his next radio single. Find out when the Snowman is blowing into a city near you. Read the rest of this entry » Posted in Music Videos, Tours, Young Jeezy | Permalink |  Big Sean rides shotgun with Canadian pop star Aleesia in the video for “Kiss It Bye Bye,” the first U.S. single from her upcoming debut Girl Talk. “It’s a girl power song, but it’s also very relatable,” the 21-year-old singer told Rap-Up TV of the Stereotypes production. “It’s just about someone taking you for granted and not treating you the way that you should be treated as a woman.” During a visit to the Los Angeles set last year, the G.O.O.D. Music rapper explained how the collaboration came together. “I thought it was a cool song, so I said why not?” he said. “She seems like a real dope artist. It was a pleasure to hop on it, add my little eight bars to it. She does look pretty good, so that’s an added bonus.” Aleesia has been in the studio with hitmakers including Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins and Bangladesh. “It’s a huge variety of sounds, but at the same time, it really defines who I am as an artist,” she said of her album. Read the rest of this entry » Posted in Big Sean, Music Videos | Permalink |  T.I. and Young Jeezy storm the remix video for B.o.B’s “Strange Clouds,” the first single from his sophomore album of the same name, due March 13. Jeezy fires first, mean mugging alongside Bobby Ray, who sports a grill and pilot’s cap. Grand Hustle captain Tip stacks his paper and joins his protégé in subsequent scenes, which were shot in an ATL warehouse. Read the rest of this entry » Posted in B.o.B, Music Videos, T.I., Young Jeezy | Permalink |  Brianna Perry proves that blondes have more fun in the video for “Marilyn Monroe,” the ladies’ anthem off her mixtape Face Off. The 20-year-old Miami raptress, who cites Trina and Missy Elliott as influences, primps and pouts while channeling the blonde Hollywood starlet in the clip. “My music is distinctive and matchless. I have my own lane and I’m going full throttle,” said Brianna, who was formerly signed to Missy’s Goldmind label and appeared on her TV show “Road to Stardom.” “My brand is a breath of fresh air and I’m here to attack the game from every angle I possibly can.” Brianna is prepping her debut for release on Poe Boy/Atlantic. Read the rest of this entry » Posted in Music Videos | Permalink | |
