Kelly Rowland "Dirty Laundry"

Kelly Rowland will releasing her fourth studio album "Talk a Good Game" in June and has already released two R&B singles. She's going for a third with The-Dream produced "Dirty Laundry". Kelly admits that the song was written about superstar Beyonce and her past abusive relationship. I am proud that someone has the balls to do it. What do you think of the song?

Graded Song: 2PM "A.D.T.O.Y"

Not too familiar with 2PM or their music. All I know is that my favourite K-Rapper/singer Jay Park was in 2PM at one point and that Taecyeon, the main rapper was in a K-Drama with Suzy from Miss A and from Eunjung T-ARA. The first title track from their comeback album was Come Back When You Hear This Song, which did nothing for me. However, JYP did the smart thing and released two title track instead of one. This one is "A.D.T.O.Y" (All Day I Think of You).
I'm not sure if I mentioned this before but JYP usually has the weakest output of K-Pop songs for me personally. I can never really get into them like I can with YG, SM and some of the smaller companies. However, I was blown away by this. The song went straight to the point, pulling you in with the chorus and switches from very strong rapping to some of the most soulful singing I've heard in a K-Pop song in a while. All backed by dubstep flourishes and orchestra. Ummm, but whoever was doing that falsetto needs to stop. He sounded like Justin Bieber in "Boyfriend" and he does it for a minute straight.
Final Grade: A-

Kendrick Lamar "Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe" Music Video

Kendrick Lamar finds solace in religion in the video for his latest single, "Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe". The LA rapper attends church, rides with bottles and beautiful girls in a limo and goes to a funeral. There is a hilarious Mike Epps cameo, where the comedian mistakenly baptizes the rapper in liquor. Also, can anyone explain the death to molly text at the end?

Selena Gomez "Come and Get It" Music Video

Selena gets in touch with her sensual side for the "Come and Get It" music video. The song, which reaches a new peak of #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 seems to be Gomez' breakout hit and we can see why: it's different from most of the songs on the chart now, with the subdued fauxstep production mixed with Bollywood sounds. The video shows the beautiful Miss Gomez frolicking in a equally beautiful field wearing a flowing black dress, in the submerged in water ("Diamonds" much?) and performing her killer Middle Eastern inspired choreography at night. She's also seen whispering to some dirty looking guy. I wonder will Justin throw a tantrum after seeing this.

Graded Song: Perfume "Magic of Love"

I just recently got into Perfume after I was clicking around the webs and discovered the earworm that is "Spending All My Time". I was also surprised to find that Japanese electronic duo capsule's Yasutaka Nakata also exclusively produced for them. I wasn't too impressed with their last single "Mirai No Museum", which sounded like it should have went to Kyary Pamyu Pamyu (another Nakata product). and I guess the rest of the Japanese public wasn't either, since it was their lowest selling single, like ever. Now the members have regrouped and will release "Magic of Love" later on this month.
Loving it! Yasutaka negated the Calvin Harris type of production found on "Spending All My Time" and the overly-cute that made "Mirai No Museum" sound like a Kyraru B-Side and kept it straight capsule. Similar, of capsule's "Feeling Alright", the haromies were strong and the chorus is to die for!. Something that bothered me was the flatness of Ayano Ōmoto (Noochi's) vocals in the beginning of the song. I mean it worked, but it was still flat. While it is still better than "Mirai No Museum", I would like another song like "Spending All My Time" sometime in the near future.
Final Grade:B+
The girls are dressed in a variety of outfits running around a array of rooms having fun. The choreography is just as captivating and complex as any of their songs: a mixture of vogueing and Kawaii. (I like to call it, the 'halo dance.) The choreo was previewed in a commercial for Pure Gummy what seems like ages ago, so it's nice to see the complete product.

Graded Song:LC9 "MaMa Beat" (feat Ga-In)

Rookie groups are a dime a dozen. There are few that actually come out and have any major staying power and when they do, you know. LC9 (League of Competition #9) is made up of six guys (J-Hyo, RASA, King, AO, Jun, and E.Den) has been coined the male version of the Brown Eyed Girls (both are signed to Nega Network, a sub-label of LOEN Entertainment). With their debut single, "MaMa Beat they even enlisted Brown Eyed Girl singer Ga-In to do a small part. Now as far as rookies go, will it make an impact or be a dud?
 "MaMa Beat" is reminiscent of the New Jack Swing era of music fused with some trippy glitch hop, giving it a nice throwback feel. Member King really gives it all in the chorus of the song. However, E.Den's rap bit in the beginning is kind of weak and maybe if the production was toned down a tad, it would have stood out some more. I did enjoy second rap part, which made up for it. (I don't know the rest of the members, sorry). Ga-In's part was forgettable at best and one of the other members (maybe This has to be one of the strongest debuts from a rookie group since Bravo!
Final Grade:B
The video for "MaMa Beat" is one of the best I've seen so far in 2013. The boys seem to be in some type of super-powered fight club, where anything (and I mean ANYTHING) goes. Bricks and brass knuckles to the head, getting slammed through cars and poor E.Den takes an ax to the shoulder. Wow! It's like Street Fighter meets Mortal Kombat in real life. There have been a lot of comparisons between this video and B.A.P's "Warrior" (because of the similarities of the set), but I don't count that against them.  Also, check out their debut stage on South Korea's M! Countdown.

Janelle Monae "Q.U.E.E.N" Music Video

Janelle Monae has unleashed upon us the funky video for her new single "Q.U.E.E.N". The song will be featured on the singer's second studio effort, "The Electric Lady" and it features Erykah Badu telling us that the' booty don't lie'. In the video, Monae is a part of a notorious rebel crew Wonderland along with accomplice Baula Oblangada, who become unfrozen and turn the museum on its head. Her signature androgynous look is on full display and she also gets a bit feminine with the bob wig.