Nicki Minaj plays a torturing dominatrix in 'Only'

Never has there been such a thorough discussion about sex with Nicki Minaj than in her song, "Only," the third single from Minaj’s upcoming third album, "The Pinkprint," due out on December 15. Rapping alongside Drake, Chris Brown and Lil Wayne, Minaj adds to the racy content with her newly released dark and twisted video for the extremely sexual song on Friday, a month after the song's controversial lyric video for using Nazi imagery, and a week after she performed of the Dr. Luke-produced hip-hop record on "Saturday Night Live" last weekend.
The Young Money first lady going head to head with her label-mates Drake and Wayne as they rap a verse each. The rap queen kicks off the song shutting down rumors of her sleeping with Wayne and Drake in a very explicit way. Drake reiterates that he's never had sexual relations with Minaj, but would if she hadn't already got a man. Wayne brings home the final verse, which continues the hardcore lyrical content as the Young Money boss' fantasies about sleeping with the Queens MC, who trades Nazi imagery for torture porn in new "Only" video.
Directed by Hannah Lux Davis, the porn-esque video, which is full of risqué costumes, bondage equipment and blood in a dominatrix setting, is not as controversial as the previously dropped lyric visual. It starts off with a bunch of muscular men being abducted and taken to the Trinidadian raptress, who shows off her killer curves in a sheer black body suit over a black bra and tiny panties as she and some other ladies in a dark-lit room where they torture several men. While fellow hypnotizing Young Money rap about how they have never slept with her, Brown appears in another place to sing his hook, sporting a pair of creepy colored contact lenses and golden grills.

Eminem brings out the fighter in 'Guts over Fear'

To accompany the release of new "Shady XV" compilation in stores today, Eminem unleashed the inspirational, boxing-themed music video for "Guts Over Fear," a triumphant single focused on resiliency in the face of adversity, and featuring Australian singer Sia. Follow your dreams. Fight your fears and overcome the odds! Here's the heavy new video, focusing on an aspiring boxer's path from poverty to redemption, we've all been waiting for.
Eminem has become a master motivator and With his latest, the Sia-assisted synth heavy empowering "Guts Over Fear," he was certainly at it again. The rapper wrote this uplifting, anthemic song for the closing credits song for Denzel Washington's movie "The Equalizer," the big screen re-imagining of the late 1980s TV show. It finds Eminem reflecting on his own struggles as an artist, and touches up on moments of his career as he hopes how his story of overcoming a difficult childhood will continue to inspire others.
Filmed in Detroit, the clip, directed by Syndrome, opens with an athlete preparing for a fight backstage. But the action jumps back six months earlier to show his downtrodden home life and out on his luck as he struggles to pay the bills and provide for his alcoholic father who never believed in him and pregnant girlfriend. As family and work issues continue to mount. But, luckily, our protagonist puts his guts over his fear, and takes out his frustrations on his opponents, continuing to build his boxing skills.
Eventually, we see him inch towards greatness. With a shiny red robe on, he heads out to a ring in front of a packed house for what looks to be a title bout. Eminem's lyrics mirror the story, as he raps in his classic rapid-fire cadence about escaping from the trailer park into the world's stadiums. "The crazy part/ Was as soon I stopped singing I gave a fuck/ Haters started to appreciate my art," he rhymes over dark piano and a skittering beat. Meanwhile, Sia builds momentum with her soulful chorus hook about how she now feels emboldened in the face of adversity.

Beyoncé and Nicki Minaj light up with "Flawless"

Beyoncé released a sexy new music video for her "Flawless" remix with Nicki Minaj two months after the 33-year-old singer first dropped the track. Queens Bey & Barbie light up the stage together at Stade de France in Paris in September for this version of the latest single from Beyoncé's self-titled album, and treating fans to over five minutes of a joint live performance between the two superstars.
The original "Flawless" is a staccato, trap-flavored track with a dirty groove and a clattering beat with Beyoncé singing about "the pressure women feel to be perfect and to think of marriage as the main goal of their life/ I took some time to live my life/ But don't think I'm just his little wife." The remix version of the song features newly added verses and explicit lyrics by both Beyoncé and Minaj and marks their first collaboration together, and show off the pair's chemistry and vocal delivery.
The visuals open with Beyoncé on stage in Paris for one of the final nights of her On The Run Tour with husband Jay-Z. Against her trademark black-and-pink background, Beyoncé begins to sing "***Flawless" as audio from acclaimed Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie plays and flashes across the screen, reading, "Feminist: a person who believes in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes." Breaking it down in a printed, sleeved one-piece, the Grammy winner begins, "You wake up, flawless/ Post up, flawless/ Ridin' round in it, flawless/ Flossin' on that, flawless." She then continues to perform the meme-inspiring single, crooning and working it with an army of backup dancers.

Midway through the song, Beyoncé changes the lyrics from her original words to the remixed version, altering the message to make reference to her infamous elevator scuffle with Jay-Z and her sister Solange. Teasing something new to fans, she raps, "Of course sometimes shit go down/ When it's a billion dollars on an elevator." The performance is hardly over, however, as Beyoncé then brings Minaj out to the sold-out show in Paris. Introduced by her real name Onika, the "Anaconda" rapper struts out in skintight printed onesie, spitting "The queen of rap, slayin with Queen Bey/ If you ain't on the team, you plain' for team D."

Jessie J shows off her fiery moves in 'Burnin' Up'

Jessie J sets the screen ablaze as she brings the heat and shows off her raunchier side sharing a steamy kiss in a gold bikini for her latest 2 Chainz collabo jam, "Burnin' Up" new video. Her sex appeal is turned all the way up for the visual, which is perfect for the sultry tune. It shows the singer frolicking at a pool party as she's surrounded by hot male eye candy, and she also throws in some fiery dance moves.
Written by Jessie and produced by legendary Swedish producer Max Martin, "Burnin' Up" follows the 26-year-old's recent success of "Bang Bang," with Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj, and has that same R&B-pop-hip/hop feel. It's all about those diva-sized pipes, as Jessie struts through the fire and loses her mind due to the heat of her lover. While her vocals flirt with ostentatiousness, Chainz is all chill, smoothly rhyming 'corridor' with 'Oreo,' as he adds some fuel to the fire with his scorching rap verse, stir.
This tribal-influenced dance anthem is the second single to be taken from the British beltin' babe's upcoming third studio LP, "Sweet Talker," which is full of slick production and showcases Jessie's incredible vocal range and her divisibility as a power-player on the global music scene, will be released on October 14. Jessie's signature vocals shine bright over the high octane, stripped back beat before the track erupts into an epic chorus. Chainz adds his own cool twist to single before Jessie breaks it down as the song comes to a close.
Shot in a luxurious LA mansion with a slew of buff men and talented back-up dancers on hand to step up the glamour, the Hannah Lux Davis-directed clip features a cameo rap from Chainz who makes an appearance in the performance scenes, adding his swaggerific edge to the video. Jessie shows off her incredible figure while lied down on a bed in an intricate embellished gold bikini as she reclines on a pool lounger, surrounded by crystallized water and glistening, shirtless men, Jessie seduces and flexes her dance moves in black latex and can really slay a choreography.

Tinashe Teams With A$AP Rocky For "Pretend"

With a Top 25 hit already under her belt, R&B and pop's latest sweetheart Tinashe keeps the momentum going with a cinematic video for her Detail-produced effort, "Pretend," featuring a guest verse from Harlem based rapper A$AP Rocky. Serves as the second single from Tinashe's upcoming long-awaited debut album, "Aquarius," out next Tuesday, The track is a much warmer ballad, a bit of a departure from the her earlier club-oriented single, and more in line with her mixtape work.
In an interview with Rap-Up, Tinashe talked about the concept behind the song, "The song with Rocky is definitely kind of a contemporary-sounding song, it doesn't really sound like a lot of other songs on the radio, but it's a midtempo feel and it's kinda minimalistic in the track." And when speaking about the songs meaning, she said "'Pretend' is basically about when you're in a relationship and instead of dealing with the stuff that you deal with in a relationship, you don't want to do that. You're just going to pretend that everything is fine. I think a lot of people can relate."
Directed by Jodeb and shot in Los Angeles, the dark and mysterious video bringing to light experiences the average person can relate to in relationships, but often ignore the real issues of why strenuous problems are occurring or pretending. The clip follows Tinashe going through the motions and living an unhappy life with her boyfriend who is cheating on her at a strip club. She still thinks about her high-school crush, Rocky and she randomly sees him after a long time, Tinashe finally realizes it's time to stop "pretending" and abandon the man that doesn't really make her happy.
Picturesque landscapes serve as the backdrop for Tinashe's beautiful, though kind of emo, as she sets out to exact her revenge with some help from Rocky, who pulls out the classic Lincoln Continental with the suicide doors to "rescue" the 21-year-old chanteuse from her pretend relationship. Tinashe's voice builds up to an emotional cry in the chorus, which finds her praising the concept of a love that never ends while Rocky raps after confronting her cheating lover. Both artists giving each other deep, longing stares as they navigate their relationship with one another, and provides some breath-taking sweeping landscapes.

Pitbull Parties it up with John Ryan for "Fireball"

Pitbull is out to continue his journey as Mr. Worldwide, but he needs a fitting Mrs. to accompany him on his quest for "Globalization." The Miami rapper released the new music video for his latest party anthem, "Fireball," where he travels to a fun-filled Havana night club only to fall in love with a woman who feels quite reminiscent of Jessica Rabbit.
The energetic "Fireball," is the first single from his upcoming eighth studio album "Globalization," due in stores later this year via RCA. "Fireball" is a Latin-flavored and feel-good carnival-esque track with its catchy rhythm, featuring vocals by newcomer John Ryan. "Lot of craziness going on in the world right now, so lets escape it for 3:55," said the rapper before dropping the tune. The song is a collaboration with Ricky Reed and it came about while the pair were enjoying the titular cinnamon-flavoured whisky-based liqueur on a beach house roof. Reed told Billboard magazine it's a, "quasi ode to day drinking."
Directed by David Rousseau, The 1940s-inspired sexy clip has an old-school movie vibe that starts off in a black and white world, but it's not a stark, bleak affair and this is a Pitbull music video after all. Set backstage at a Latin-themed night club, we see Pitbull arriving in a retro car, fully suited, surrounded by a band, parties it up with some flamenco dancers, adorned in a variety of exotic outfits - feathers, fringe and bikinis dance along, because this world is on fire.
The party atmosphere is heightened by "Fireball" guest Ryan who plays the guitar and also surrounded by a batch of beauties. Soon, the world comes into color, tied almost completely to a red-dressed beauty. In a very obvious ode to "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," men's hearts pound out of their chests and their tongues roll out of their mouths, but the buxom beauty only has eyes for Mr. 305. In a continuing ode to the beloved cartoon, Pitbull and his newfound love, A real-life Jessica Rabbit (except not a cartoon), leave the club, only to meet once again in a "caliente," rainy alleyway.

August Alsina debuts "No Love" feat. Nicki Minaj

Nearly a year into promotions for his critically-acclaimed debut album "Testimony," August Alsina revisits the project with an official music video to his Nicki Minaj-assisted sixth single "No Love (Remix)." The Best New Artist winner of the 2014 BET Awards actually hesitates in the cinematic visual and having a simultaneous affair between a cute curly blonde and voluptuous Minaj. Would you have that hesitation? Me neither! Her Minajesty all the way!
Directed by Benny Boom, the black and white racy video for "No Love (Remix)," which the rapper wrote part of the treatment herself, who and the 22-year-old New Orleans R&B singer get real close and cozy as the sensual, as the smooth R&B track sets the mood. It's not all peachy though, as Minaj and Alsina's love is tested when she kicks him out of the house after one of his old girlfriends calls him on the phone.
By the time she hops on the phone for her guest verse (singing and rapping!), she's back to fiending for Alsina's love, though she admits he's conceited and "weeded," whatever that means. Meanwhile, Alsina's dancing with another rando in the club. While Alsina harmonizes about his inability to commit, the YMCMB femcee swoons in as the woman looking to soften his heart and they look pretty comfy together on camera too, taking selfies. That is, until Alsina gets busted for having a side chick.
"I know you hard, I know that you a killer/ I know you started off a dope dealer/ But let your guard down, your n---as know you feel her," she spits. Minaj's fellow YMCMB rapper Tyga also makes a cameo towards the end of the nearly five-minute clip. After cheating on the "Anaconda" star, and making her go through terrible times of stress and pain, Alsina of course regrets the decision and realizes how much he really loves Minaj's role and comes to his senses quickly realizes that it's time to right those wrongs and he will win Minaj's heart back with a huge flower arrangement and a promise that he'll be exclusively hers from now on. Watch the video for the hood love song below!

Chris Brown released "Don’t Be Gone Too Long"

Chris Brown sparks a new flame with Ariana Grande as the pair will fight for their medieval love, cozy up, dance and ride horses in the long-awaited romantic fantasy-themed music video for their pop-dance collaboration "Don't Be Gone Too Long." In a fairy tale setting, Brown, 25, courts Grande, 21, play medieval forbidden lovers romancing in the moonlight and display their unbreakable love connection in the video.
Brown continues to keep the surprises coming. After sharing his Trey Songz-assisted record "Songs On 12 Play" on Friday, the R&B star comes through just hours later and delivers a new music video to his dance-pop duet with Grande, "Don't Be Gone Too Long," which was announced back in March, before it was postponed due to Brown's incarceration for breaking the Rihanna case's probation. Then Grande decided to remove herself from the song and cancel the video premiere. A version without Grande will now appear on Brown's sixth album "X," which drops next Tuesday.
Shot in a darkly lit palette with dramatic Arthurian aesthetics and a Romeo and Juliet-inspired plot, the video, directed by Brown himself, taking it back to medieval times, features him and the pint-sized diva as a fairy-tale couple whose happily ever after is interrupted when the two are forced apart. Grande playing a princess who falls in love with Brown, but when discovers their forbidden romance, the royal kingdom heavies appear on horseback to separate the pair, and Brown is captured, hauled away and gets thrown into prison, he must do anything it takes to escape and get back to his love while Grande is kidnapped by an evil king and taken back to captivity on a castle balcony.
Interspersed with the narrative are shots of Brown performing acrobatic dance moves in a castle alongside Grande's tutu-clad ballerina poses and show off their amazing chemistry together in the romantic scenes. Nothing can keep them apart. Brown eventually manages to escape, breaks free, finds himself on a journey back and rescues Grande and the lovebirds reunited, but is discovered by the guards once again toward the end of the visual for a to-be-continued battle on a cliffhanger. The fantasy backdrop is very cool, and the moody video feels like an episode of "Once Upon A Time." Watch their forbidden love story unfold below.

Jhené Aiko details just a few of "The Pressure"

A week before her debut album "Souled Out" arrives in stores, Jhené Aiko debuts the video for her single "The Pressure." From red carpets to raising a child, the L.A. songstress illustrates the challenges and stressful woes of being in a relationship amidst raising a child and fulfilling the duties as an artist in the Childish Gambino and Calmatic-directed clip. The 26-year-old singer-songwriter rocks blonde dreads in the vignettes, which feature a cameo from her real daughter Namiko.
Backed by a guitar-tinged, hip-hop production containing synths, metallic slaps and a shaky beat "The Pressure," is a PBR&B song that thematically revolves around Aiko's stress of finishing her debut album. During her first verse Aiko maintains her cool exhaling deeply, however during the song's lyrics become sharper, Aiko becomes flat-out dismissive. The lyric "I don't wanna see you go, but I don't have time to solve this/ And you don't have the right" as Aiko reflecting on the difficulty and stress she experienced while putting the finishing touches on "Souled Out."
Falling in line with the title and the song's lyrics, the video reflects just a few of the pressures that Aiko feels in her complex life both her personal and professional life as a pop star. The video starts around a dimly lit Aiko, as the camera rolls through a series of vignettes, the scenes consist of the singer drinking beer and eating pizza with her friends, flaring paparazzi bulbs, in her living room, trying to write more syrupy, slinky ballads while her daughter Namiko tugs on her blonde dreads, as well as all dressed up at a red carpet event.
She briefly finds serenity before a panorama of full moons before we're back in the thick of it: dating. Aiko sits on a leather couch enjoying an herbal refreshment with her beau, whose lost in the depths of his iPad - playing Candy Crush, presumably. Aiko is understandably salty; she shifts uncomfortably in her seat, a woman scorned. The scenes then begin to tick up tension, with friends fighting, lovers leaving and Aiko sending her child off to celebrate a birthday without her, this is followed by Aiko fading out.

Jessie J, Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj "Bang Bang"

One bangin' Sunday! It was a big wild night for Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj on Sunday night, when the three celebrated performers took the stage to open the  MTV's 2014 Video Music Awards, performing a medley of their own singles and their new hit "Bang Bang," and later dropping the music video, which is set to go off like a bang and shows the most glamorous sides of all the ladies. Despite the song's message, it's the kind of song, you put on when you want to dance and let loose and that's exactly what the three manage to do.
The chart-topping track, which is produced by Max Martin, serves as the first cut off of Jessie J's upcoming third studio album, "Sweet Talker," due out on October 14th and also appear on the deluxe version of Grande's sophomore studio album, "My Everything," released today. Backed by clap-heavy production, and built over big bouncy beats and horn blasts, the up-tempo soulful and powerful song is composed of piercing vocals courtesy of two contemporary crooners, as well as rapid-fire spitting from the hottest female MC on the planet who really steals the show with her verse.
The video for "Bang Bang" was shot on the Paramount lot in Hollywood by Hannah Lux Davis who said: "The concept of the video is really about girls coming together and partying it up." Takes us to the streets of New York and beyond, the retro-inspired clip (with shades of the '60s and '70s) opens with Grande, 21, hangs out in her neon apartment as she applies makeup and prepares for a performance; Minaj, 31, then enters a shot, strutting in stilettos and leopard print and takes us above the concrete jungle, as she climbs into her private helicopter drops her off on the helipad on top of one of NYC's skyscrapers.
And finally Jessie J, 26, makes her appearance on a steamy NYC street, driving down a busy thoroughfare in a hot rod and shakes her groove thing with her friends. The trio of divas then break it down in respective scenes shine and shake their booty while singing they turn the streets of Manhattan into a pink paradise." While they take their 'bang bang' action out on the middle of the NYC streets and into the room, the video is certainly not a let down as the dynamic pop trio then come together on the rooftop, wearing brightly-colored skimpy outfits. It makes us wish summer would never end!

Teyana Taylor Heats Things Up With "Maybe"

Inspired by Hollywood hits "Eyes Wide Shut" and "Sin City," Teyana Taylor is a red bombshell and serves up sensual and cinematic in a comic book-styled visual for her latest hit, "Maybe," The track, which features rapper Pusha T and Yo Gotti who gave verses that fit the singer's lyrics, will be the first single included on Taylor's long-awaited debut album, "VII," is slated for an October 21st release.
Sensual seduction. The 23-year-old songstress heats things up with this new, mysterious visual as a wanted woman and it oozes sex appeal. The dark and sexy scenes play out like a comic book. The G.O.O.D. Music's first lady slips into character as three different assassin alter egos with the same goal: herself, a blonde-haired Greyla Greathouse and a red tresses, Jacquéline Mercury, rocking different looks while seducing her men. Greathouse entices us with an ab-heavy striptease while Mercury hunts down her target (Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Mychal Kendricks) at a masquerade ball.
In the preview, Taylor previously said she was going for a "sexy, underworld type of a feeling." Themed from classic seductive films "Eyes Wide Shut" and "Sin City," the young Harlemnite takes a sexier approach to things in Brendan Cochrane-directed video to play three roles - most notably channeling her inner Nicole Kidman. Using a masquerade elements in the dark underworld environments, The singer/actress tries to use her goodies to complete as a task as an under assassin.
"It was like a comic book theme so I got to play the beautiful assassin," she said. "The look that I was going for was the whole underworld, kinda sassy, kinda sexy place." You have the right to remain sexy. Taylor's the hottest perp in the game, but she's not immune to the charms of her mark. Using a series of wigs and costume changes, and lure men into her diabolical hands. She plays herself in an all-black get-up and a wig of long kinky curls, as well as Mercury in a fiery red wig and matching cat suit, and finally, Greathouse in a seductive bra and panty set complete with a gray purple wig. Watch the drama of the heist unfold.

Nicki Minaj working out her assets in "Anaconda"

After enticing her Barbz with behind-the-scenes vlogs and teaser videos dripping with sexuality, Nicki Minaj has finally unleashed the raunchiest video of the year via her Twitter account at the stroke of midnight Wednesday for her much-hyped, Sir-Mix-A-Lot sampling "Anaconda," which has simply taken the social media world by storm since its arrival. It has garnered praise from some fans, while others are left scratching their heads. The clip, which also finds the "The Pink Print" rapstress giving rapper Drake a lap dance, has opened up a slew of questions, too.
The song was originally recorded by Missy Elliott in 2012, but the rapper decided to shelf the track so it was re-recorded by Minaj two years later. The second single from Minaj's "The Pink Print" album, this drew some criticisms for its bootylicious cover art revealing a great deal of the Queen Barbz's rear. Set in a steamy jungle setting, the song is built around a sample of Sir Mix-a-Lot's "My anaconda don't want none unless you got buns, hon" line from the elder rapper's 1992 ode to women with large posteriors, "Baby Got Back." Minaj adds a heavy dose of raunchy sexual innuendos to the mix.
To expect anything else from this video would have been naive. Whichever side you're on, this video certainly has people talking and likely will for a little while. And we can't stop thinking about Sir Mix-a-Lot's 1992 rap classic "Baby Got Back" while watching. This video has all the butts you could ever want in a music video. Minaj might not be breaking a sweat, but that outfit certainly is. Minaj, an avid student of the "show, don't tell" approach to narrative, has made ample use of visual imagery in order to convey the central themes of "Anaconda."
The tropical-themed clip, directed by Colin Tilley, stars the Young Money Queen in the Amazon jungle in all her voluptuous glory, surrounded by buxom women who gyrate like it's a bodily function, and it is exactly what you'd expect (and more) from the cheeky twerk anthem: Scantily-clad girls shaking their butts in the steamy jungle, Minaj "working out" her assets in a pink thong and then giving Drake that much-anticipated lap dance of a lifetime. Mesmerized by all the booty-shaking, the video for "Anaconda," is Minaj's tribute to all the women who "ain't missing no meals," while also denouncing all "the skinny bitches in the club."

Chris Brown, Usher & Rick Ross for "New Flame"

With help from Usher and Rick Ross, Chris Brown dropped a clean and breezy new visual and has ignited a "New Flame," the fifth single from the controversial R&B singer Brown's oft-delayed upcoming sixth studio album, "X," which will be released on September 16. The setting is sleek. It's a classy, classic video full of beautiful women, lavish surroundings and a plenty of fire and shades of white, as the trio stars heat things up and dressed in all white, as are most of the models.
This synthy slow burner finds Brown attempting to convince a girl to embark on a relationship with him after meeting her in a club. The song was debuted by the singer at the 2014 BET Awards on June 29. It was his first performance after spending two and a half months in prison, as a result of getting involved in a fight outside a hotel in Washington DC. Ross brings in the rear with his luxurious raps and his closing verse has a baseball theme with references to the late New York Yankees owner, George Steinbrenner, and famous Yankee players Babe Ruth, Derek Jeter and Yogi Berra.
For the visuals, it's an all-white party, of sorts, with the two R&B stars looking crisp as they dance across scenes from the beach to Brown's weird little one man island to Usher's steps to nowhere. And a shirtless Ross joins the festivities for his verse, but sadly doesn't moonwalk, or do anything of the sort. It begins with a gratuitous shot of a Beats by Dre Pill boombox, with a bikini clad woman listening to the new Brown single with the device. But that's not all the product placement! There's also a skillfully shot frame with Zing Vodka at the start of the clip, because you have to fund music videos somehow.
It's a simplistic clip for the simple love song, as the trio hanging out together singing about a newfound love and literally sparks flames with their fiery moves. There's Brown, dances on white platforms surrounded by endless blue water and on a sandy beach at night busting synchronized moves with his crew in the sand. There's Usher, in front of a giant flaming "X," matching Brown's tone and musical efforts perfectly. And there's Ross, surrounding by women and shirtless himself on a throne, rapping the day away. It closes, of course, with some signature Brown choreography.

T. Mills is having a good time in "All I Wanna Do"

It's summertime, if you're hankering early for parties, beaches, and pools, and looking for your special summer anthem to get you in the mood, here's a new video that might just do the trick. Southern California-based rapper T. Mills released the music video for the super-catchy "All I Wanna Do," the title track off his EP. As you'll soon realize from the video, the 25-year-old's fun ode to drinking, having a good time and a sunny beach, is the perfect element to get the party started as the temps heat up!
The EP's titular track wastes no times introducing the world to the latest evolution of Travis 'T' Mills. He's come a long way from the days of "Stupid Boy," and this track perfectly showcases the direction he's now headed with high-gloss production and an almost entirely rap-free pair of verses. There is still a smooth flow to everything, but the attitude found on Thrillionaire and everything before it has been replaced with a sound fit for radio play. "All I Wanna Do/ Is just have a good time/ just a have a good time / yea baby," he sings. The depth of Mills' latest effort is equal to that of a puddle on a hot July afternoon, but no one ever said great pop music required an emotional catharsis.
"Go For It All" further reveals the new Mills. His rhyme game is back on the verses, but the overall feel of the track is very much mainstream. Think B.o.B. during his "Airplanes" days, only slightly more directed toward female fans. Mills wants ladies to know he not only loves them, but he believes in them and all their dreams. He wants them to know they can do whatever they put their mind to, and he is going to be there to support them no matter what. It's not necessarily my cup of tea, but it will likely go over like gangbusters with his younger audience. Those looking for someone they can shares their dreams with will no doubt take comfort in Mills' enchanting wordplay.
The rise of Mills has been unlike any other in recent memory, and "All I Wanna Do" is further proof he is destined for big things in the not too distant future. His first releases seem like child's play compared to the quality and anthemic nature of this material, but it's also largely a departure from the sound that helped build his brand. I'm not sure fans will embrace the change as fast as the execs at Sony probably would like, but with the right marketing campaign 2014 could quickly become a very exciting year for Mills and his ever-growing bandwagon of followers. Check out the John Colombo-directed video below.

Iggy Azalea dances with T.I. in "No Mediocre"

It's soccer time! T.I. sure doesn't waste any time to debuted the stylish music video for "No Mediocre," featuring Iggy Azalea, only one day after releasing the single itself as he also wanted the Brazilian-themed video to premiere in the midst of the World Cup. The rappers new collaboration is far from mediocre. The Atlanta rapper enlisted his Australian protégée for his DJ Mustard-produced single "No Mediocre," the second cut off of his upcoming ninth album "Paperwork: The Motion Picture," which is due out in September.
The banger has T.I. rapping about his disdain for "mediocre" women, and praising "bad bitches" who do their hair and have a "pretty face." Breakout star Azalea joins the single, rhyming, "Want a billboard bitch stop running in place/ Heels on me saying gimme six inches of space/ Courtside while designer frames cover my face/ Now everybody in the game wanna get 'em a taste." T.I. references Brazil in the lyrics to "No Mediocre," and decided to shoot the song's accompanying video in the country. The X-directed clip shows the "Live Your Life" performer surrounded by a bevy of exotic beauties bump and grind for his approval before Azalea enters the shot, rapping and twerking.
T.I. lets us know right away that he's interested in "bad bitches only," thank you very much. That's probably why Featured Bombshell is introduced in the first shots. The King begins his day in the Tavares Bastos favela and makes his way through the village, playing a quick game of soccer before heading to his casa, where some sexy mamacitas await him. As he dances down the back alleys of Rio de Janeiro in his black tee and cargo pants, he mingles with some more Brazilian beauties while rapping about his quest to find a woman who meets his high physical standards.
He meets up with his 24-year-old "Fancy" protégée, who first appears strutting around favelas like she owns the place, which she pretty much does in this Alejandra Huerta-styled outfit, and hypnotizes the fellas as she dances alongside T.I. at an outdoor party. Luckily, Azalea swoops in with her usual confident bad-assery, and adds at least one not wholly irredeemable verse to the song. While not exactly easing up on the impossible physical standards set by the media for women, Azalea at least tells T.I. to actually put a little work into achieving his wants and "stop running in place," if he's going to have such an intricate list of demands. Take it to Rio with Hustle Gang.

Nicki Minaj emotes through the "Pills N Potions"

After a series of toned-down red carpet appearances, it seems Nicki Minaj has officially left behind the days of neon colors, giant blonde afros, and outlandish costumes for the release of her new elegant, subdued "Pills N Potions" clip. The piano rap ballad, is the lead single to be lifted from her upcoming third studio album "The Pink Print," finds Minaj maintaining a positive attitude amongst all the doubters, detractors and people who have wronged her. Compared to Minaj's typically over-the-top music videos, "Pills N Potions" is the rapper's most down-to-earth, simple video to date.

The 31-year-old recently talked with Billboard about this Dr. Luke-produced ballad. "It sounds like betrayal. It sounds like running. It sounds like fainting. It sounds like love. It sounds like... *gasp!" Minaj broke down the concept behind the song with Ryan Seacrest: "I feel like it's kind of like a tragic love story," she explained. "And it doesn't even necessarily have to be like a boy and girl relationship. I just kind of feel like while I was working on the album, I started realizing how much has changed, and how people has changed, and how people come in and out of your life. I just felt like talking about that."
Minaj passionately sings the chorus of her soft ballad while rapping the verses. The hip hop star may have toned down her look, but that doesn't mean she's lost her edge. The rap superstar pushes the envelope in the strange, yet simple video, directed by Diane Martel, which predicts a surreal mood for the rapper's upcoming album, and fits right in with Minaj's raw emotions all over the track, and her natural look, as we see a cigarette-smoking Minaj shows a more vulnerable side in simple makeup against muted backgrounds singing the majestic song while crying silver tears, shining a grill, wearing Playboy bunny ears and chilling with a shirtless, bearded the Game, who plays Minaj's silent love interest.
In what looks like a set for a high fashion shoot, Minaj emotes through the tune's yearning lyrics under the hallucinogenic clouds of pink alongside fluffy bunnies smoking E-cigs and melting powder blue mansions in the hills. But from the looks of select scenes, perhaps Minaj's new "love the haters" philosophy is just a side effect of all of her pills and potions. Overdose on the emotional and eccentric visuals below.

Beyonce and Jay-Z released "RUN" tour trailer

Beyoncé and Jay-Z seem to be taking advice from Mad Men's Don Draper and Peggy Olson: If you don't like what they're saying, change the conversation. Just a few days after releasing a joint statement about the Solange-Jay-Z elevator fight that had the Internet abuzz, the TIME 100 cover star and her husband unexpectedly premiered a faux short film "RUN" on Sunday. The star-studded, high cinematic visual - a thematic nod to their first collaboration, 2002's "'03 Bonnie & Clyde," and its 2013 sequel "Part II (On the Run)," which plays in the background, serves as a promo trailer to entice fans with what to expect for Beyoncé and Jay-Z's forthcoming highly anticipated the 16-city "On The Run" tour, which kicks off on June 25th in Miami and will mark the first time the singer and her rapper husband have toured jointly.
Melina Matsoukas, who directed Beyoncé's video for "Pretty Hurts," also helmed this gripping big budget near-four-minute "RUN" mini-movie, which the Hip-hop's royal couple didn't skimp by recruiting some of Hollywood's heavy hitters, including Sean Penn, Scandal's Guillermo Diaz, "stars" Don Cheadle, Jake Gyllenhaal, Blake Lively, Emmy Rossum, Rashida Jones and her sister Kidada Jones all make appearances for crime, betrayal, violence, love and sex.
Beyoncé and Jay-Z are once again play race around the city like a modern day 'Bonny and Clyde,' two criminals whom tote guns, rob banks and run from the law while professing their undying love for one another. "You don't know who I am anymore," the "Run the World" singer responds before proclaiming her love for Jay-Z, which is why she's chosen to live such a risky life. "I love him." Their dangerous love is shown throughout the promo with various scenes of them being intimate and even one part where Beyoncé is stitching up Jay-Z's arm after he sustained an injury.
Though it (unfortunately) won't be a real movie, the video also does feature everything Beyoncé fans would want in a music video: She fires machine guns, runs from cops in fabulous outfits and puts other celebrities in her place. If you think the nearly four-minute that this mini-movie lasts are not enough, and that most-likely Beyoncé and Jay-Z will release the 'full thing' later, then your dreams will be crushed when you read the ending caption reading...'COMING NEVER.'

Eminem apologizes to his mother in "Headlights"

It's Mother's Day, so what better time for Eminem to release the touching short film for "Headlights," the fifteenth track on his latest eighth studio album, "The Marshall Mathers LP 2," which debuted at No.1 on the Billboard 200 last November. "Headlights," which features .Fun frontman Nate Ruess, is a long-awaited apology from Eminem to his mother Debbie Mathers after spending years negatively referencing and trashing her on his past albums, and this new video a surprising ode and appears to have an opportunity to repair their relationship.
Eminem opens up about his past on "Headlights," a really personal song with heartfelt message that addresses his relationship and appears to make amends his mother who he has skewered lyrically on previous offerings. Eminem has had a difficult relationship with his mother since childhood. In his music, Eminem has had a history of insulting his mother on various tracks. "Headlights" is an apology to his mother for the years of verbal abuse and "his plea for a united, or at least less dysfunctional, family." The title "Headlights" is a reference to their last meeting. As she drove away, he became fixated on the headlights of her car as he coped with feelings of "overwhelming sadness."
The pair remain estranged, although Eminem reaches out to her here offering the sincerest of apologies. Eminem specifically references the hurt caused by his The Eminem Show hit song "Cleanin Out My Closet," where he heavily criticized his mother for neglecting and mistreating him. The rapper explains it as an angry moment, adding that he no longer plays it at shows and he cringes every time it's on the radio. Eminem’s mother Mathers would like nothing more than to improve her estranged relationship with her son, and she believes "love will find a way home," two longtime friends of Mathers said. And that opportunity could present itself after a much-anticipated short film released on Mother's Day.
The heartfelt new video was directed by legendary filmmaker Spike Lee, which was shot in the rapper's hometown of Detroit. Shot mostly from the first-person perspective of Eminem's mother Matters, the four-minute video explores the troubled relationship between the rapper and his mom and eventually finds the two reconnecting after years of fighting. It is essentially a four-minute plea for forgiveness to mother and a fairly extreme reversal for the rapper after all. Watch the video below.

Usher gets lipstick on his leg in "Good Kisser"

After teasing new music for a few weeks now, Usher finally delivers his new 'ode to oral sex' single, "Good Kisser," the lead single from his upcoming as-yet-untitled eighth studio album expected to drop later this year via RCA. And just moments ago he's liberated the official music video for streaming on VEVO. The 35-year-old R&B crooner has been steadily working on his new LP for awhile now and the old-school feel of "Good Kisser" is fitting.
After experimenting with bits of electronic and dubstep with his last 2012 album, "Looking 4 Myself," Usher returns to a more straight-forward blend and R&B, soul, and funk rhythms. Produced by a team that includes Pop & Oak, it's a stripped-back soul-funk number in which Usher suggestively describes his lover's skills that tows the line between '60s pop innocence and slightly naughtier, early '90s R&B fare a la Bell Biv DeVoe. She makes him holler. She gets lipstick on his leg. She prepares steak and eggs at 5 in the morning. And that's just for starters.
Usher has "lipstick on (his) leg," and that's no accident. It's one of many seductive boasts on his funky new single, "Good Kisser," which finds the R&B phenom celebrating the art of the smooch over a nimble, uptempo groove that's a bit retro without sounding like a total throwback. "I done been around the world / I done kissed a lotta girls," Usher sings at the top. He then spends the rest of the track praising one particular set of lips, setting the scene with lots of specific imagery as jazzy keyboards and handclaps roll into the chorus.
A stylish new music video, directed by Christopher Sims, lets Usher Baby serenade you in person. In the "Good Kisser" visual, which found the 'Confessions' singer unleashes his trademark glide move in a group choreography with the perfect mood lighting and channels in on the dance scene over some funky up-tempo production, croons with his shirt off and watches a mysterious freckles lady, only wearing underwear lick an ice cube. The director giving us close up shots of many girls puckering up their colorfully lip-glossed lips.

Lily Allen name-checks pop divas on "Sheezus"

Our eyebrows shot up when we first heard the title track and opener to Lily Allen's upcoming "Sheezus" album last month, and now, the bait of the sarcastic pop anthem has been presented to the world at large with a colorful visual for her anti-pop wars takedown as the 28-year-old makes bid for "Sheezus" title, praises pop divas. The new album addresses a number of social issues, including sexism and misogyny in the music industry, and features Allen flaunting her trademark wit and acerbic lyricism.
Allen commented on the album: "I wanted the album to be called 'Sheezus' before I had a song with that title. The word inspired the song, and 'divas' rhymes with 'Sheezus.' I was really working backwards. Then I had to figure out a message. It starts off with me being quite scared about coming back. I'm really a sensitive person, and I take that on." Allen's at it again. The never-not-opinionated Brit takes aim at reigning pop queens: Beyoncé, Katy Perry, Rihanna, Lady Gaga and even sweet little Lorde in the song's chorus, reserving high praise for the latter two. But what it all leads up to is Allen's bid to become a diva - "Sheezus," and with her forked-tongue wit, to remind listeners all of the above get periods.
While the song's lyrics could be considered disses to the artists, but as Allen explained to MTV News, "The idea of the song is the ridiculousness that there even is a Sheezus." Cast in that light, it's easier to get behind the song as a celebration of different styles of female power, not a take down of them. What she's really doing is admitting she's been away from the scene for awhile and acknowledging that the ridiculousness of the industry hype battles between female musicians she's returned to isn't going to be easy to beat. Nonetheless, no matter how awesome the other ladies are, she wants to be on top: "Second best will never cut it for the divas. Give me that crown b***h, I wanna be Sheezus."
Leave it to Allen to strike every major pop princesses nerves in all the right places! Aside from the punchy lyrics and catchy melody, the "Sheezus" video aking many prisoners with its witty rhymes, great beat, and ridiculous visuals. With a hilariously playful space vibe, the video features a bunch of Warholian Day-Glo Allens with animated scribbles while the psychedelic neon shades of Allen, looks like an Avatar extra, portrayed with certain illustrated cartoon-like features, like eyes made of gold glitter and scattered dashed lines across her face, under a space-age blacklight giving shout outs to other women in pop music.