Tamar Braxton – The One

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Mtume’s ‘Juicy Fruit’ is the original sample, but it appears that Tamar Braxton draws more from The Notorious B.I.G.’s re-imagining (“it was all a dream”) for her latest single ‘The One’, which you can check out below. The song has actually been making it’s rounds for a while now.

Treach Fires Vinnie From Naughty By Nature On Twitter

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Late last night a tweet from frontman Treach’s Twitter account said that fellow Naughty member, Vinnie, was “fired” from the group. Later the certified Naughty by Nature Twitter account tweeted a link from Vinnie’s Instagram page. The picture including the caption “Sitting Vin!” and a quote by Native American resistance fighter Sitting Bull that read:

Warriors are not what you what you think of as warriors. The warrior is not someone who fights, because no one has the right to take another life. The warrior, for us, is one who sacrifices himself for the good of others.

According to the group’s website, Treach, Vinnie, and DJ Kay are scheduled to perform in Durham on May 18th and in North Carolina on May 24th. There is no official statement on Naughty by Nature’s site or Twitter feed about the break up or Treach’s tweets.

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UPDATE: Justin Timberlake Announces World Tour

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UPDATE: Makes more sense when you add the earlier dates (including the Legends Of The Summer dates with Jay-Z).

I guess he had yet to add some actual ‘world’ dates, but Justin Timberlake is set to kick of his upcoming The 20/20 Experience World Tour in Canada on Halloween, jumping all over North America through the next year. You can check out the first slew of dates below.

2013:
07/12 – London, UK @ Wireless Festival
07/14 – London, UK @ Wireless Festival *
07/17 – Toronto, ON @ Rogers Centre *
07/19 – New York, NY @ Yankee Stadium *
07/20 – New York, NY @ Yankee Stadium *
07/22 – Chicago, IL @ Soldier Field *
07/26 – San Francisco, CA @ Candlestick Park *
07/28 – Los Angeles, CA @ Rose Bowl *
07/31 – Vancouver, BC @ BC Place Stadium *
08/04 – Hershey, PA @ Hershey Stadium *
08/06 – Detroit, MI @ Ford Field *
08/08 – Baltimore, MD @ M&T Bank Stadium *
08/10 – Boston, MA @ Fenway Park *
08/11 – Boston, MA @ Fenway Park *
08/13 – Philadelphia, PA @ Citizens Bank Park *
08/16 – Miami, FL @ Sun Life Stadium *
09/15 – Rio de Janeiro, BR @ Rock in Rio
10/31 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
11/13 – Raleigh, NC @ PNC Arena
11/15 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
11/16 – Columbus, OH @ Nationwide Arena
11/18 – Memphis, TN @ Fedex Forum
11/19 – St. Louis, MO @ Scottrade Center
11/21 – Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center
11/19 – Las Vegas, NV @ MGM Grand Garden Arena
12/02 – Phoenix, AZ @ US Airways Center
12/04 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
12/05 – Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
12/11 – Indianapolis, IN @ Bankers Life Fieldhouse
12/12 – Cleveland, OH @ Quicken Loans Arena
12/14 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Consol Energy Center
12/15 – Louisville, KY @ KFC Yum! Center
12/17 – Atlanta, GA @ Phillips Arena
12/19 – Orlando, FL @ Amway Center

2014:
01/13 – Edmonton, AB @ Rexall Place
01/17 – Seattle, WA @ Key Arena
01/22 – Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center
02/09 – St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
02/10 – Omaha, NE @ CenturyLink Center

* With Jay-Z as part of the Legends Of The Summer Tour.

Songs From Scratch: Nosaj Thing & Chance The Rapper Record “Paranoia”

Courtesy of Yours Truly. The finished song is below:

Nosaj Thing is particularly picky when approaching vocalists, and as a hip-hop head, that goes double for rappers. The only other emcee he’s collaborated with besides Chance the Rapper is Kendrick Lamar.

On Acid Rap, Chance stretches syllables across such a dizzyingly diverse assortment of sounds and styles that one wonders which instrument is sharper, his ears or his pen? While still in training, Chance wrestled with Nosaj Thing beats for target practice, humbly admitting as much to Jason just as their “Songs from Scratch” session was gathering steam.

This session was spontaneous combustion; two forcible factors colliding in a confined space to produce a known quantity. “Paranoia” the results of that collision, is available for download tomorrow.