Dir. Taya Simmons

Here is a brand new single from emerging artist – Asia Bryant. The ATL singer/songwriter teamed up with production team The Hipnotiks for this potential ladies anthem, “If You Love Me.” The first single off her debut EP “Analog Girl x Digital World,” which you can get on iTunes now. Check it out below, and tell us what you think?

Asia Bryant “If You Love Me”

Beyoncé gave fans a rare look inside her world during the half-hour special “Beyoncé: Year of 4,” which premiered on MTV earlier tonight. The documentary followed the superstar’s personal and artistic journey over the past year.

After enjoying some down time at the end of her “I Am…” tour, B gets back tobusiness, gearing up for her fourth solo album 4. She is shown practicing choreography, jetting around the world, shooting the video for “Run the World (Girls),” and narrowing down her album with help from her team and Jay-Z.

Watch the full documentary now!

If you were already a fan of Beyonce’s “Run The World (Girls)” video, as we are, and everyone we speak to is. Here is the special edition, alternate version, deluxe cut for your viewing pleasure (or until it gets removed from YouTube). This version is included in high def on the Deluxe Edition of 4, which you can buy in store or order online from Target. What do you think, which version do you like more?

I must say this is the best she has looked…she sexy as!! LoL

Kimberly is back with a new leak off her forthcoming mixtape “S.T.O.R.M.,” and she is venting over her label, industry bs and more on top of Frank Ocean’s “Acura Integurl.” We know K, we know. Maybe with LA Reid at the helm he can do what Jive hasn’t. Which is push a black girl who can really sang and has something to say!

K. Michelle “Acura Integurl” (Remix)

Video 3 From The Visual Digital Album
“Cut From A Different Cloth” Coming Soon!

The homie Jesse Boykins has finally delivered his brand new EP, “Way Of A Wayfarer.” While we have featured him plenty of times, to many of you he may still be an emerging artist. So, for those unsure of listening to something new, trust us on this. If you interested in soul music, over new soundscapes and inventive R&B please follow the jump and stream or download JB’s latest effort. Also check out the write up on him from Life&Times below.

“Imagine if Phil Collins was 26 and from the hood, but with a world perspective.” That’s how Jesse Boykins III describes the sound of his forthcoming album, Love Apparatus. That might be a tough concept to wrap your mind around, but if you’re familiar with JB3’s steez, then you can begin to imagine the opus he’s brewing.

Chances are New Yorkers have seen Jesse Boykins III moving down Bed-Stuy avenues in bold floral print and mid-cut wingtips, with his signature Frederick Douglass-esque mane billowing in the wind. The rest may have seen him on BET’s106 & Park or performing in the Bay, Berlin or a Jersey house party. Wherever you’ve seen or heard him, he no doubt made an impression.

Like his music, Boykins is a mix of influences: Chicago-born, Jamaica-bred, Miami-raised and New York-educated who touts singer, songwriter, director amongst his accolades. The 26 year-old soul man carries himself like a steezy black Jack Kerouac, a likeness befitting of his World Soul sound and wayfarer lifestyle. Musically, his breathy voice is able to somehow distill his electronic production into something warm and sultry. Whereas artists like The Weeknd are producing synth-heavy ethereal odes to weed and one-night stands, Boykins is infusing similar soundscapes with heart and soul music. This focus on love and sentimentality forms the crux of Boykins’ Romantic Movement, a Soulquarian-esque collective of indy artists who are trying to bring a cosmopolitan cool back to R&B.

Boykins is quick to rattle off non-musical influences such as the French Revolution, self-empowered women, Walt Whitman, James Joyce, dance and the history of sex, but it is black style that most fascinates him. It is this interest that led Boykins to Street Etiquette, a men’s lifestyle blog ran by two young black fashion historians from The Bronx, Joshua Kissi and Travis Grumbs. “They want to educate our generation on style and how that ties in with feeling good,” Boykins shares.

“I like to make timeless music,” Boykins says, “I want someone to look at me and wonder what era I’m from. I don’t ever want anyone to know where I got my style from, I want to be a blend of things.” His particular style seems to blend West Indian and beatnik influences, along with whatever else speaks to him when thrifting. “I can’t break my style down to a ‘t, I just know that it feels good and represents what my music sounds like.”

What do you think?

Teyana Taylor releases the visual for her “Marvin’s Room” Remix — “Her Room.” Co-starring Omarion, the black and white clip finds the tone Teyana cooing to her ex, reflecting on their old love, and dismissing his new one. Will they get back together? Find out in the sensual video now.