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Miley Cyrus’ “We Can’t Stop” Video: Review Revue

Carl Williott
June 19th, 2013 // Leave a Comment

Have you watched Miley Cyrus‘ “We Can’t Stop” music video yet? Of course you have! Have you recovered from it yet? Probably not! And that’s OK — a french fry skull is not for the faint of heart. But you have to admit, if art is supposed to elicit reactions, than this video did its job. Our own Sam Lansky said the visual is “like a party at Terry Richardson‘s house as filmed by David Fincher that you’re watching after drinking an entire bottle of Robitussin.” We think that’s just about the most accurate description out there. Also, he meant that as a total compliment. In fact, we all loved the video so much that we decided to make a gallery of the best screengrabs, simply so we had a reason to watch it a few more times.

But how did other outlets feel about the bonkers clip? Read on for our roundup of reviews. More »

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Kanye West Rapped About Ruining People’s Stuff A Lot On ‘Yeezus’: Here’s The Comprehensive List

Carl Williott
June 19th, 2013 // Leave a Comment
He's A Monster!
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As we noted in our review of Kanye West‘s excellent Yeezus, it’s a very angry, lewd album. Surprisingly, West seemed less interested in commentary and more interested in fucking, and fucking up your day. And sometimes he combined those latter two activities into one grand pastime. In fact, we’ve pored over Yeezus‘ lyrics, and realized Yeezy raps quite a lot about ruining other people’s property and general comfort. So we’ve compiled a comprehensive list of the things Kanye ruined throughout Yeezus.

One thing you don’t have to worry about? Your fur coat! As West points out on “Bound 2,” “I wanna fuck you hard on the sink / After that, give you something to drink / Step back, can’t get spunk on the mink.” That Ye, so considerate!

So read on to see everything Kanye rapped about ruining on his new album. More »

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Magazine Melee: Which Pop Princess Has The Best July 2013 Cover?

Idolator Staff
June 19th, 2013 // Leave a Comment
Magazine Melee: July 2013

Each month, we take a look at our favorite pop stars gracing the glossy covers of fashion, health, music and lifestyle magazines across the world and ask you to choose the best cover!

As the summer continues to heat up, so do the pop stars gracing the glossy pages of today’s hottest fashion, style and health magazines.

Last month, the Legendary Miss Britney Spears snatched the crown with her body-baring swimsuit on the cover of Shape from the three post-Disney pop princesses. Now, we’ve got a whole new round-up for July — and the competition’s fierce. More »

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Will Avril Lavigne’s “Here’s To Never Growing Up” Be 2013′s Song Of The Summer?

Sam Lansky
June 19th, 2013 // 2 Comments
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It’s a very special week of meditating on the songs of summer, while each of our editors pick one of their favorite sunshine-dominating radio tracks and predict whether it will do for 2013 what Carly Rae Jepsen‘s “Call Me Maybe” did for 2012. (My personal song of the summer was obviously Mariah Carey‘s “Triumphant (Get ‘Em),” but I know I’m alone in that.) This year? My pick for single of the season is Avril Lavigne‘s “Here’s To Never Growing Up,” which has a YOLO-rific forever-young message that’s sweetly and wistfully nostalgic and the catchiest chorus in a minute. So, to address the titular question, will it be the song of the summer?

No. Probably not. But it should be. More »

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Russell Brand Divorced Katy Perry Via Text: Morning Mix

Mike Wass
June 19th, 2013 // Leave a Comment
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:: Katy Perry found out Russell Brand wanted a divorce via text. This is literally the worst. I hope he at least had the decency to use an emoticon to lessen the blow. [Billboard]

:: Is Drake purposely keeping his feud with Chris Brown alive by continually mentioning him in interviews? Come to think of it, trashing Breezy is a rather effective way to plug a new album. [Hollywood Life]

:: Rap music isn’t ready for Amanda Bynes. That seems to be the general consensus but Wyclef Jean could have big plans for the fallen angel. [Pink Is The New Blog]

:: We all love a celebrity retweet but one J. Cole fan took things to the next level, threatening to kill a child if the MC didn’t show him Twitter love. Unclench, people. You’re probably being retweeted by an intern anyway!  [VIBE]

:: Brad Pitt wants to work with Selena Gomez on a movie to impress his daughters. She knows who to turn to if they ever greenlight Spring Breakers 2. [Pop Sugar]

After the jump, find out what music acts you can catch on TV today. More »

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Kelly Rowland’s ‘Talk A Good Game’: Review Revue

Adam Pyarali
June 18th, 2013 // 2 Comments
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The Destiny's girls reunite for a K-Row album track. Read More »
Kisses Down Kelly
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Kelly Rowland drops her candy-colored "Kisses Down Low" clip. Read More »
K-Row Gets "Dirty"
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Hear her controversial new single "Dirty Laundry." Read More »
Wiz & Kelly
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Watch Kelly Rowland & Wiz Khalifa perform "Gone." Read More »
Kelly Rowland Talk a Good Game

After hanging out her dirty laundry and telling us where she wants her kisses, Kelly Rowland finally dropped Talk A Good Game, the singer’s most personal effort to date. We gave it a solid four out of five in our review, noting “Game consists of slickly produced mainstream R&B that skews provocative in its subject matter, even as ballads tend to dominate.” On her fourth studio album, the former Destiny’s Child member has found her genre niche, however, “there’s still a versatility at play that feels welcome, like she’s working quite hard to cross all her Is and dot all her Ts: The bangers are super sexy and the ballads are super soulful; there’s enough driving-through-Atlanta-with-the-top-down midtempos to satisfy.”

As for the other critics out there, Rowland’s latest LP talked a good game to some, and a meh game to others. Head below for our roundup of reviews. More »

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J. Cole’s ‘Born Sinner’: Review Revue

Adam Pyarali
June 18th, 2013 // Leave a Comment
Born Sinner Review
We review J. Cole's sophomore album. Read More »
J. Cole's Born Sinner Interview
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Find out from Cole about his follow-up album. Read More »
J. Cole Tour Dates
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See when J. Cole's coming to a city near you. Read More »
J. Cole & TLC
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T-Boz & Chilli join J. Cole on beauty anthem "Crooked Smile." Read More »
J. Cole Born Sinner

Speaking to J. Cole before the release of Born Sinner, the rapper made it clear to us that he wanted to showcase his abilities as a producer and capital-A Artist. The result is an album that he called a “journey through Hell” and that, through songs like “Crooked Smile,” aimed to plant its flag on its own section of hip-hop territory. In our own review of  Born Sinner, we felt the rapper’s sophomore effort was “less about beating his chest over his lyrical dexterity and more about highlighting the various angles to his style[...] While his debut Cole World: The Sideline Story was his moment to prove his talent, this follow-up is the celebration of it.”

But how did the rest of the critics feel about the ambitious album? Well, the reactions were all over the place. Head below to see a roundup of what other music publications had to say about Born Sinner. More »

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Kanye West’s ‘Yeezus’: Review Revue

Carl Williott
June 18th, 2013 // 5 Comments
Yeezus Review
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We review Kanye West's relentless, exciting new album. Read More »
KimYe's Baby!
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Kim & Kanye welcome a baby girl. Read More »
Ye's Pop Report Card
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We revisit Yeezy's catalog & grade each album. Read More »
Kanye's Collabs
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We count down Kanye's 7 best guest spots. Read More »
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With Yeezus, the world’s most polarizing pop star has gone and dropped a polarizing anti-pop record. Kanye West‘s bilious new offering is the evil twin of 808s & Heartbreaks, trading in mopey mecha-tears for seething rage and jagged confrontation. It’s a shocking set of sounds coming from a mainstream pop star, made even more shocking considering that after My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and Watch The Throne, nobody thought Yeezy had it in him to do a direct, 10-track, no-bullshit, focused attack like this.

We raved about the album in our review, scoring it a 4.5/5 and saying that it serves the important function of bringing niche sounds into the mainstream, and that “like sex, Yeezus is exciting, primal, exhausting, disgusting and, well, pretty mind-blowing.” Going through the reviews across the Web, it’s clear the critics are in love with Yeezus. But the comments and user ratings seem to suggest the LP left many fans scratching their heads. Head below to see our roundup of reviews. More »

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Will Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky” Be 2013′s Song Of The Summer?

Robbie Daw
June 18th, 2013 // 2 Comments
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On Monday we kicked off our week-long analysis of the five top contenders competing to be named 2013′s Song Of The Summer with a look at Robin Thicke‘s surprise hit party jam “Blurred Lines.” I mentioned then that it was just one of the big songs vying for the title that features Pharrell Williams. And here now is the other: Daft Punk‘s “Get Lucky,” on which the Neptunes mastermind delivers the bulk of the lyrics.

Over the past few months, Idolator and much of the Internet have feverishly covered the anticipation of new music from Daft Punk, the arrival of “Get Lucky,” the collaborators on the album Random Access Memories (including Giorgio Moroder, who we interviewed) and the LP itself.

Really, there’s not much more we can say about the funky lead single from RAM that hasn’t already been shouted from the mountaintops, but below I’ll state the very obvious case for why “Get Lucky” is here in this roundup of possible Song Of The Summer contenders, all of which you can vote on starting next week. More »

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Iggy Azalea Is Still Very Much Part Of The Hustle Gang Family: Morning Mix

Bianca Gracie
June 18th, 2013 // Leave a Comment
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:: Iggy Azalea is still work, work, working on her sheeeet. The Australian femcee silenced rumors she had left the Hustle Gang family by inviting mentor and ”Murda Bizness” collaborator T.I. to perform with her on stage in New York.  [Rap Up]

:: Which artists inspired Daft Punk‘s massive number one album Random Access Memories? Hint: Legendary producers Nile Rodgers and Giorgio Moroder are on the list. [NPR]

:: Kanye West hits up  Scott Disick to star in an American Psycho-inspired Yeezus commerical. In all honesty, it’s scarier than the movie. You have been warned. [Rap Radar]

:: This was always going to be controversial. Lil Wayne stands on the American flag in behind-the-scenes footage of his “God Bless Amerika” video. Sinead O’Connor was exiled for less! [Billboard]

:: Drake wants to sit down with Chris Brown to discuss their differences man-to-man. We wholeheartedly support this – as long as its telecast for all of us to enjoy. [MTV]

After the jump, find out what music acts you can catch on TV today. More »

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