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Friday, July 26th, 2024 10:19am

This Monday Slim Shady is going to sit down for an interview/conversation with Marshall Mathers on Complex!

We've heard some of the dialogue between the two on the "Death of Slim Shady" album but now it looks like it's time to air it all out and get to the bottom of the issues between Marshall and Slim. Or at least I think that's the plan. However, judging by the little trailer that was released yesterday, the 2 of them don't really seem to be getting anywhere with their conversation.

 

This is HIGHLY NSFW - like not even a little bit.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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I will say this, I wish Marshall all the luck in the World trying to get through to Slim! It looks like he's going to need it because it's pretty clear that Shady doesn't give a....well, you know the rest.

 

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Wednesday, July 24th, 2024 12:59pm

When you think about the history of Snoop Dogg you can't help but just sit in amazement of what he's accomplished.

From being a 20 year old "gangster rapper" that we first met on Dr. Dre's "The Chronic" album, to his solo career, to being one of the biggest weed smokers we've ever seen, to being a football coach and now he's going to be carrying the Olympic Torch for the final leg at the Paris Olympic Games. Yeah, let that sink in for a minute. 

Snoop Doggy Dogg, the same guy that gave us "Gin and Juice" or "Drop It Like It's Hot" is going to be one of the people that carries the Olympic Torch. Who he will hand the torch off to is yet to be known but that will be the person that actually lights the Olympic Flame to start this years Olympics. 

Don't get me wrong here, I'm not making light of the fact that Snoop is doing this. I personally think it's pretty amazing that a kid from Long Beach, California and is one of the most successful rappers of all time, is being blessed with this honor. To me, this is proof that you can literally accomplish anything in this life!

Major props to Tha S. N Double O. P. for being given this honor!

 

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Friday, July 19th, 2024 10:15am

As of right now, Eminem's only announced show is the Soundstorm Festival happening in December in Saudi Arabia. However, with the release of his latest album "The Death of Slim Shady", Em has been pretty busy as of late. 

He's doing a press run over in England right now to promote the album and since both Dr. Dre and Snoop happened to be in England as well to promote their new drink line "Gin and Juice", he hopped up on stage and did a mini set for the people that were at the event. Before Slim made his appearance, Dre and Snoop gave the crowd a little show by performing "Gin and Juice", "Drop It Like It's Hot" and also "Nothing But a G Thang"

As Dre and Snoop got towards the end of their set, Dre brought Em up on stage and he performed "Houdini" along with "Forgot About Dre"

 

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Tuesday, July 16th, 2024 9:50am

For weeks now the rumor of Cardi B possibly being pregnant have been all over the internet. All of the rumors have been pure speculation but none the less, they've been everywhere.

Yesterday, Cardi B finally addressed the rumor. Well, she sort of addressed the rumor. Cardi let us all know that she's not "perganant" in response to one fan asking her if she was in fact "perganant".

Confusing right? Maybe a little bit when you're just reading it here in this article but let's see if we can make it make more sense. As you can see, someone asked Cardi the question and she responded to it. But with the incorrect spelling of pregnant, we still don't really know if Cardi is or isn't pregnant.

 

So that doesn't really clear anything up. In another post on her "X" she's seen boarding her jet wearing an oversized jacket which does a great job of covering up her rumored baby belly.

 

Adding fuel to the pregnancy rumor fire would be other pics of her in Paris. Again she's wearing a clothing that does a great job of covering up whether or not there's a baby bump there.

 

 

Guess we'll have to wait and see what happens in the near future. 

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D Scott

Tuesday, July 9th, 2024 9:57am

Mr. Boombastic aka Shaggy and his new artist Lavinia called to chat with H.B. Monte and D. Scott about their new song "Move" which is out now. 

No that's not all they talk about. There's talk about success of "Boombastic" and "It Wasn't Me". You'll find out what Lavinia's favorite Shaggy song is and you'll get to know Lavinia a little bit more in here as well! The vibe for this conversation is all the way up. A lot of laughs and a lot of great insight into Shaggy's process of making music.

 

Check out their new song "Move" below - 

 

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Monday, July 8th, 2024 3:13pm

You read that correctly!

Grammy nominated French Montana along with Fabolous and Fivio Foreign are coming to The Palace Theater in Albany on August 16th!

This tour stop in The Cap City is part of the "Gotta See It To Believe It" World Tour!

Tickets for the show are on sale now at The Palace Website 

But JAMZ 96.3 has your chance to win your tickets on the JAMZ 96.3 app!

                                     

 

                                                 

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Monday, June 24th, 2024 11:11am

Over the weekend Rihanna had appeared to have a little issue with the camera on her phone. 

She was attending A$AP Rocky's Paris Fashion Week show and she was seen trying to take a video. From the looks of the video, it appears that she was having a hard time getting the camera to turn around while taking the video OR she just forgot how to use her phone in general.

Either way, the video has gone crazy viral and has well over 22 million views.

 

Of course, people were quick to jump in and add their opinion. 

 

 

 

 

So what do you think? Did she forget how to use her phone or did she just not want to flip the camera?

 

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D Scott

Friday, June 21st, 2024 10:10am

June 21st 1988 is when the hip hop community was officially introduced to Big Daddy Kane with the release of his debut album "Long Live The Kane".

Talk about an album that got mad love from all over, Rolling Stone magazine gave the album 4 our of 5 stars and the L.A. Times gave it 3 out of 4 stars. 

The album, which was produced by Marley Marl, is considered one of the most influential albums from the "Golden Era" of hip hop. If you're wondering what's considered the "Golden Era" that would be from 1980-1990. Many consider that time to be when hip hop was easily at it's best. 

Songs like "Ain't No Half Steppin" and "Wrath of Kane" not only showed off Kane's distinct style but also laid the ground work that cemented him as one of the best to ever pic up a microphone. His style, flow and delivery made him a favorite to many MC's that followed him, including Eminem, Nas and Jay-Z.

 

So let's give it up to Big Daddy Kane!

Literally one of the greatest ever!

 

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D Scott

Wednesday, June 12th, 2024 11:15am

The Fat Joe show that was supposed to happen on June 8th at Empire Live officially has a new date!

He will now be coming to the Cap City on November 16th. Doors for the show will open at 7pm and the show will start at 8pm.

If you bought tickets for the shows original date, they will be honored for the rescheduled date. If you can't make the show and have tickets, you can get a refund at your point of purchase.

Still need tickets? You can get them at TicketMaster.com or at the Empire Live box office.

 

 

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D Scott

Monday, June 10th, 2024 10:48am

35 years ago today, LL Cool J dropped his 3rd studio album "Walking With A Panther"! 

Not only did that album bless us all with amazing songs like "Going Back To Cali" and "Jingling Baby" but it was also the 1st album that was produced by LL Cool J himself. For LL this allowed him to not only showcase the fact that he could knock out hit after hit but that when it came to creating beats, he was a force to be dealt with there as well. 

As far as success of the album goes, it hit #1 on the Billboard R&B/Hip Hop chart and also #6 on the Billboard 200.

Let's take a quick trip back in time and enjoy some of the smashes that were on the album

 

 

 

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D Scott

Monday, June 3rd, 2024 1:24pm

27 years ago today Wu-Tang blessed the hip hop world with their 2nd album "Wu-Tang Forever"! 

Go ahead and try to wrap your head around that for a minute. Their 2nd album is almost 30 years old and if you were to put it on your radio today it still bangs as hard as it did back then.

From "Triumph" to "Bells of War" to "A Better Tomorrow" that album was full of banger after banger! 

What's even crazier is that they're expected to possibly drop another album in the near future.

Congrats to The Wu on the celebration of this amazing accomplishment!

 

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D Scott

Tuesday, May 28th, 2024 10:25am

Over the Memorial Day Weekend, Nicki Minaj was taken into custody in Amsterdam for drug possession.

Originally Nicki was documenting all of the events on IG Live and then once that video ended, she posted one of the discussions that she had with authorities. The video, which is below is about her bags needing to be searched - 

Nicki was keeping her fans updated on her "X" throughout the entire thing as well. Here's a few of her posts - 

When all was said and done, Nicki ended up spending about 5-6 hours in jail which led to her missing her show in Manchester that night. Nicki took to her "X" to explain what happened and to apologize to her fans that were supposed to see her that night.

 

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Friday, May 24th, 2024 10:22am

Last night on Wheel of Fortune we may have gotten one of the worst answers ever given on the show. Tavaris Williams tried to solve one of the puzzles during the "speed round" and was not even close with his guess.

The category was "phrase" and with only 5 letters revealed for the puzzle, Tavaris buzzed in and took his shot at solving it. His answers? "Right In The Butt"

I'm not sure what was the better response to his answer. One of the other contestants saying "What?" in total shock or Pat Sajak simply saying "No"

Here's the clip from the show - 

 

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D Scott

Monday, May 13th, 2024 9:33am

Is the Drake and K. Dot beef finally over? The short answer to that question is, yes. At least it seems to be a wrap on Drakes side. 

He had this on his Insta story over the weekend -

 

Nothing has been heard from Kendrick just yet but as far as Drake is concerned, it seems like he's putting it all behind him now. 

I guess now we just wait and see what K. Dot says or does. 

Who do you think won?

 

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D Scott

Friday, May 10th, 2024 1:04pm

Had the chance to chop it up with Tyler Star and John Bizz about a show that they have coming up on June 28th in Hartford, Ct. 

It's going to be a talent competition with the winner getting their song played on the radio (won't mention the station here) but we talk about it in the interview. Let's just say that it's one of the biggest hip hop stations in the US!

Anyway, check out our convo to find out exactly where the show is going to be and also how to get yourself in the competition!

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Friday, May 10th, 2024 11:17am

Ice Spice dropped a new song today called "Gimme A Light" which she did debut at Coachella.

The song samples the Sean Paul classic "Gimme The Light" and has a real NY trap record feel to it!

You can check it out below - NSFW

 

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D Scott

Friday, May 10th, 2024 11:11am

We're all well aware of the beef that is going on between Drake and Kendrick Lamar but it would seem that people are starting to take it too far.

In the past week there have been 2 security issues at Drake's Toronto mansion. Early in the week there was a "drive by" shooting that landed one of the security guards at the house in the hospital. That guard remains in the hospital and is in serious condition. No motive for the shooting has been established yet for the shooting. Police said that it's too early in the investigation to say if it is a result of the beef with K. Dot.

The other incident happened yesterday afternoon. It's being reported that a person tried to get onto Drake's property but was met by Drake's security. After a brief altercation with the intruder, they were able to detain the man until police arrived. The person was taken to the hospital but his condition is unknown.

At the moment it's unclear if the drive-by and this latest intruder are connected. The investigation is still ongoing and police do not believe that the two are connected.

It's my hope that people aren't taking things into their own hands with this ongoing beef between Drake and Kendrick. That's really the last thing that needs to be done. Let's keep this all to music and let the two handle their own issues. The public does not need to try and do something to either of the men out of some sort of allegiance to either. 

Maybe it's time for the two rappers to sit down and try to squash their issues with each other.

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D Scott

Saturday, May 4th, 2024 10:45am

Anyone else having a hard time keeping up with all of this?

Earlier this week Kendrick gave us "Euphoria" which is a 6:23 diss track aimed right at Drake. Then early on Friday Kendrick put out "6:16 In LA" which is another track aimed at Drake. Then last night Drake released "Family Matters" and not long after that, K. Dot dropped "Meet The Grahams"

So in less than a week we got a total of 4 new songs from Drake and Kendrick, 3 of them belonging to Kendrick. Seems like he's had some stuff to say for a while and he's letting all of that out!

So, here's Drake's "Family Matters"

 

 

And now Kendrick's "Meet The Grahams" which takes aim at Drakes entire family!

 

 

Oh and by the way, Drake responded to "Meet The Grahams" on his Insta story. 

 

This whole beef is escalating super quick and it's getting really interesting! 

Maybe J. Cole made the right choice when he removed himself from this???

 

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D Scott

Friday, May 3rd, 2024 1:17pm

"Euphoria" came out earlier this week and today he dropped "6:16 in LA"!

Yes, it's another Drake diss record. No, Drake didn't respond to the last record yet.

Here's some of the shots fired in the new track - 

If you were street smart, then you woulda caught that your entourage is only to hustle you
A hundred n***as that you got on salary, and twenty of 'em want you as a casualty
And one of them is actually next to you
And two of them is practically tired of your lifestyle, just don't got the audacity to tell you
But let me tell you some game, 'cause I can see you my lil' homie
You playin' dirty with propaganda, it blow up on ya
You're playin' nerdy with Zack Bia and Twitter bots
But your reality can't hide behind Wi-Fi
Your lil memes is losing steam, they figured you out
The forced opinions is not convincin', y'all need a new route

Safe to say that K. Dot is out to put an end to Drake, any way that he can. While he admits that he's looking for "peace" in his life he says he's willing to put that on pause - 

"if the world is ready to see you bleed."

Here's his post from Insta

 

 

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D Scott

Friday, May 3rd, 2024 9:38am

We're all used to Ghostface Killah teaming up with Raekwon but on the new album from Ghostface we're going to get a new duo! 

The OG Wu-Tang member has a new album on the way called "Set The Tone" and the lead single from the project is called "Scar Tissue" featuring Nas. Yes, Ghostface and Nas teamed up and the song is absolute fire!

This is Ghostface's 12th studio album and according to what he posted on his Insta - 

“HOLD TIGHT THIS ALBUM HAS FIRE SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE….”

 

Oh and if you're wondering who else is making appearances on the album then you won't be disappointed. Method Man, Inspectah Deck, Cappadon and Masta Killa are all on the album, just to name a few. 

Here's the track with Nas  - NSFW

 

 

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D Scott

Wednesday, May 1st, 2024 1:06pm

It all started when Kendrick fired shots at J. Cole and Drake in her verse on "Like That"

Then J. Cole fired back at K. Dot and then apologized. That was followed by Drake putting out "Push Ups"

Sure, there were some other people that got involved but they're not important right now. 

Now we have a new track from Kendrick Lamar called "Euphoria"

Any guesses who he's aiming at? 

Check it out below - NSFW

 

 

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D Scott

Monday, April 29th, 2024 11:50am

Waka Flocka Flame was seen in The Cap City over the weekend.

Turns out that Waka was performing at OH-Fest at SUNY Oneonta this past Saturday along with Young M.A. and it appears that he wanted to do some shopping so he made a stop at Crossgates Mall. 

What are the odds that you ran into him at the mall?

 

 

 

 

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D Scott

Friday, April 26th, 2024 9:07am

Eminem fans have been waiting, somewhat patiently, for him to drop his new album and we finally know when it's coming!

While he's teased fans over and over about new music, including releasing new merch and his April Fool's joke where he re-released an old song, yesterday he announced that "The Death of Slim Shady" will be released this Summer.

Marshall's alter ego, Slim Shady, is a major part of why fans fell in love with Eminem when he first arrived on the scene but this could be the last time we see or hear from him. At least that's the feeling that we're all getting with the title of the album. 

Dr. Dre told us that Em had a new album coming when he made an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live - 

“Let me tell you something, let me explain something to you right now: Eminem is working on his own album which is coming out this year,”

He added - 

 “And I actually talked to him and he said it okay for me to make that announcement right here on this show. So he has an album coming out, I’ve got songs on it and it’s fire. I’m actually gonna hear the entire album for the first time for tomorrow.”

That caused a bit of a stir with fans but let's not kid around here, it was pretty vague. Letting us know that it was coming out "this year" leaves a whole lot to the imagination. So with the announcement from Eminem yesterday, we can at least narrow it down to this Summer. Sure we don't know the exact date but that's okay. 

 

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D Scott

Monday, April 22nd, 2024 9:03am

*** UPDATE*** The Fat Joe show that was originally scheduled for June 8th now has a new date! According to the Empire Live Instagram, the new date is going to be Saturday, November 16th. If you've already purchased tickets to the show, hold on to them because they will be honored for the new date. If you're looking to get refunded for the tickets you've purchased, you can get that refund at the point of purchase. If you got them at the Empire Live box office, you can get your refund there Monday through Friday from 11am - 4pm.

 

*** Fat Joe at Empire Live has been postponed until November, all tickets purchased for the original June 8th date will be honored when the new date is announced ***

 

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D Scott

Friday, April 19th, 2024 10:28am

GloRilla was recently arrested for DUI (Tuesday April 16th) and the video seems to be blowing up on the internet!

In the bodycam footage that was obtained by TMZ, it shows a few different embarrassing moments for Glo. She was stopped in Gwinnett County, Georgia and detained on suspicion of driving under the influence and other charges as well. 

You'll see that in the footage, Glo is wearing a bikini top and around the 25:15 mark of the video you'll see that she suffers a slight wardrobe malfunction. Earlier on in the footage you can hear her telling the officer - 

“I’m so hungry, like, I peed on myself trying to get to a restroom. I got pee on my hand.”

She's also heard telling the officer during the field sobriety test - 

“Y’all might as well let me pee on the side of the road. I gotta pee!”

When she refuses the breathalyzer test she uses the famous line that every famous person uses - 

“You don’t know who I am?”

The footage is lengthy so I already gave you the time stamp of where the wardrobe malfunction happens. If you have some time to kill, you can watch the full video below.

 

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D Scott

Monday, April 15th, 2024 10:44am

Here's something that nobody saw coming from this past weekend at Coachella....

Will Smith made a surprise appearance during J. Balvin's set. Yep, you read that right. The guy that slapped Chris Rock at The Oscar's came out on stage and performed for the Coachella crowd over the weekend.

Maybe you're wondering what song he did? Was it "Brand New Fun" or "Parents Just Don't Understand"? Was it "Miami" or "Getting Jiggy With It"?

Nope, he came out in a black suit and performed "Men in Black"

 

 

 

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D Scott

Monday, April 15th, 2024 10:10am

Over the weekend a new diss track from Drake, taking aim at Kendrick and Rick Ross, hit the internet and fans went crazy!

However, there was some questions on whether or not it was really Drake or if it was A.I. but that rumor may have been put to rest after the song was sent to DJ's from a blast service and it was officially confirmed as an OVO Sound release.

The song is called "Push Ups (Drop And Give Me 50) and it covers a bunch of the beefs that Drake is currently dealing with, including the hit he took from Kendrick not that long ago.

You better do that motherf*ckin' show inside the bitty
Maroon 5 need a verse, you better make it witty
Then we need a verse for the Swifties

You ain't in no Big Three, SZA got you wiped down
Travis got you wiped down, Savage got you wiped down
Like your label, boy, you in a scope right now
And you gon' feel the aftermath of what I write down
I'm at the top of the mountain, so you tight now
Just to have this talk with yo' ass, I had to hike down
Big difference between Mike then and Mike now
What the f*ck is this, a twenty-V-one, n-a?
What's a prince to a king? He a son, n-a
I get more love in the city that you from, n-a

He also took some serious swipes at Metro Boomin and Rick Ross as well.

Here's Drake's "Push Ups" track - NSFW (you've been warned)

From there, things heated up this weekend between Ross and Drake as they took shots at each other on the internet AND Rick released a diss track aimed at Drake as well. That track by the way dropped in less than 2 hours.

Rozzay took some serious shots at Drake in his track - -

“N****s leakin’ they records when we speakin’ directly /If we keepin’ it gangsta, when you see me you check me /White boy, I see you /I see you, yeah, check”

Of course there's more - 

“By the way, I got a lot of respect for a lot of rappers, but I got one guy, he’s my favorite person to rap with on any song, his name is Rick Ross Maybach Music /You ain’t never want to be a n***a anyway, n***a /That’s why you had a operation to make your nose smaller than your father nose, n***a /I unfollowed you, n***a, ’cause you sent the motherf**king cease-and-desist to French Montana, n***a /You sent the police, n***a, hatin’ on my dog project /That wasn’t the same white boy that I seen, n***a, when we were makin’ them early records, n*** /When you were happy to be around n****s, seein’ n****s holdin’ them sticks”

 

Here's the full track! NSFW just so you're aware

 

Call it what ya want, but at the very least it's entertaining.+

 

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D Scott

Friday, April 12th, 2024 11:08am

Looks like Ice Spice is stepping away from the mic for a little bit and going to give acting a shot. She's already landed a role in the remake of a 1963 thriller called "High and Low".

Now it's not a huge role, actually it's more like a cameo, but she will be debuting on screen in a movie that stars one of the biggest names in Hollywood. That name? Denzel Washington!

The movie is being directed by Spike Lee and production has already begun. Aside from Denzel being the lead for the movie, other cast members include Jeffery Wright and also Ilfenesh Hadera.

What seems to be the craziest thing about all of this is that Ice Spice hasn't even released her first album yet. That is due later this year.

 

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D Scott

Friday, April 12th, 2024 10:17am

It seems like not too long ago, firing shots at J. Cole was off limits in the rap game. 

Now? It feels like he's made himself fair game. Joe Budden has trashed him on his podcast for apologizing to Kendrick. Cole forgot his verse on stage this past Tuesday in NYC and now Symba took direct aim at him in a new freestyle.

Symba posted his birthday freestyle on Instagram over the Big Sean "Control" beat. At first he addresses hip hop in general but a few bars in, he goes right at Cole.

“For damn sure ain’t scared to go to war with a friend of mine/Pushing through sunset lighting up with the top down/Barbershop convos ’bout who sit at the top now/The Big 3 f***ed up, Cole gave up his spot now/Can’t say you top five if you scared to be hostile

Then he keep going!

“I remember feeling your pain when you let Nas down/But you done let Bas down and Cozz down/You done let the squad down/Can’t say you the goat if you ain’t poppin ’em/We ain’t tryna hear all them apologies/Dot told you n-ggas that he usually homeboys with who he rhymin’ with/But this is Hip-Hop and you n-ggas should know what time it is.”

 

Here's the full freestyle that he posted. It's NSFW so careful where you're listening to this.

 

J. Cole better get back on his game or things are going to get worse for him before they get better.

 

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D Scott

Friday, April 12th, 2024 9:38am

You'll have to go back in your memory 25 years to remember the song "All About Me" from Mya featuring Dru Hill. If you're having a hard time remembering, I'll help you out a little bit.

 

There, now that we've refreshed your memory, let's talk about what's on the way from Mya and Sisqo, shall we? According to what I'm hearing, the 2 R&B powerhouses are teaming up again to give us some new music! Sure, the two have performed together on stage a number of times in the past few years but they sang "All About Me" because that was the only song the two had ever done together.

That's going to be changing very soon. Sisqo's team says that the song is electric and is a warm weather kind of song. 

No word on what the name of the song is but it will be on Sisqo's new album called "The Exodus". Believe it or not, it's his first album in almost a decade. 

I think it's safe to say that the fans are going to be looking forward to hearing what these two are going to give us!

 

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