Behind the Scenes of Rihanna’s ‘Work’

I really really love this kind of stuff – when artists give you a behind-the-scenes look.  It’s one of the closest ways they can interact and connect with us as fans.  I think it would be so freaking cool to be in a recording studio, too, with one of my favorite artists.  To see a song go from an idea to a top-charting single.  One day!

So watch below to see the creative process behind Rihanna’s first ANTI single ‘Work’ featuring Drake.  He’s not in the vid, but you will see him soon when the real music video is released.  Can’t wait!  And the chick in the video with RiRi is her assistant, Jenn Rosales who is always by her side and is quite hilarious.

And yes, this song has grown on me.

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So so so much!

Seriously, my brain can’t keep up with all of this new music and music news.  Kidding, I totally can keep up, but I just feel like now more than ever we are getting so much new music and a lot is happening in the rap/hip-hop scene.  And I am not mad about it for one second.

From Yeezy-Wiz Twitter drama to way more Future music than I could have anticipated to Drake confirming Views‘ drop date and more… what a time to be alive.

I promise I will have a more thorough post about all of the above and more in the coming days, but for now please watch my Snap Story from last night’s epic time with Ty Dolla $ign.  While he didn’t perform until after 1am and only for about 20-25 minutes, it was still a movie.  And shout out to last night’s DJ, DJ Geo, who truly had the place too live.  It was like he took my phone and plugged in the aux cord – ALL of my favorites.  So dope!

Watch below, and happy Friday!  Oh, and don’t forget to listen to Wiz Khalifa’s album, Khalifa, and Majid Jordan’s debut album, self-titled Majid Jordan, both of which dropped today.  AND tune into Beats Radio from 5-7 this evening to listen to DJ Khaled premiere Future’s new project EVOL (love spelled backwards).  Yeeee!

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VIDEO: Tinashe ft. Chris Brown – ‘Player’

Finally!  A dance-heavy video where the dancing is actually legit!  I’m not trying to bash Drake in ‘Hotline Bling’ by any means, but just saying I love and appreciate real dancing.

The video for Tinashe’s recent hit ‘Player,’ featuring the dance master himself, Chris Brown, is here!  ‘Player’ is the first single off of Tinashe’s upcoming sophomore album Joyride.  I’ve seen Tinashe perform before, and she can definitely bust a move.  So on that note, watch the video below.

Enjoy!

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Video:  ‘Hotline Bling’ – Drake

It’s here!  On Instagram yesterday, Drake confirmed the release date for the much-anticipated ‘Hotline Bling’ music video.  He replaced the text on the single’s original artwork with today’s date of October 19. He announced at the beginning of the month at Austin City Limits that the video was going to be dropping soon, so you know that I am too excited it’s finally here.

This song is by far his biggest hit of the year, getting him so close to scoring that No. 1 title on the charts.  Drizzy has yet to accomplish this task – the single is currently at the No. 2 spot, but he took to Instagram last week writing that if this single reaches No. 1. during his birthday month of October, “it will be the biggest moment of my career to date.”

There have been so many memes, parodies, and covers of ‘Hotline Bling,’ which goes to show its popularity.  I even hear people humming the beat or singing the song who I never thought would be whistling to a Drake song – I love it!

The video is currently only available via Apple Music.  I just watched it, and daaang.  It is Drake being as Drake as he can possibly be with his dance moves, and I love every second of it.  Never thought I’d see a music video of Drake dancing throughout basically the whole thing.  He just went up quite a few points in my book – if he could even go up any higher.   Lots of memes will be created from this – just a feeling.

Watch it here on the big screen!

You used to call me on my…

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Vlog: Future x Drake – What A Time To Be Alive

You know that 15 second clip Drake and Future put out of them in the studio leading up to the drop of WATTBA?  Well, here is the extended version!  There’s some conversation between the two rappers, bumping ‘Digital Dash’ with DJ Esco.

I’m really hoping more of these come out!  Love seeing the behind the scenes of this stuff.

Watch below.

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VIDEO: Justin Bieber – ‘What Do You Mean?’

As he promised, Justin Bieber has just released the official video for his comeback single ‘What Do You Mean?’ at the end of the MTV Video Music Awards.

A snippet of the video was floating around the Internet and from the looks of that, the Biebs was getting a little heated in it.  So watch the video in full below, and hopefully it doesn’t have you asking ‘what do you mean?’ at the end.

Enjoy!

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