BEYONCÉ - II HANDS II HEAVEN MASHUP / COWBOY CARTER
Made this mix months ago but finally got around to uploading it
II HANDS II HEAVEN BY BEYONCÉ FROM COWBOY CARTER (2024)
DRIPDEMEANOR BY MISSY ELLIOTT FROM ICONOLOGY (2019)
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BRANDY - RIGHT HERE (DEPARTED) [ELSVNATE MIX]
Did this mix back in 2010, thought i'd upload it (may have previously played a snippet on the previous ELSV Podcast)
RIGHT HERE (DEPARTED) BY BRANDY FROM HUMAN (2008) written by Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins and The Writing Camp members Evan "Kidd" Bogart, Victoria Horn, Erika Nuri, and David "DQ" Quiñones and produced by Jerkins for Brandy's fifth studio album, Human (2008).
Brandy & Monica reunite on Ariana Grande's "The Boy Is Mine" Music Video plus new remix
Brandy and Monica reunited for Ariana Grande's music video for "The Boy Is Mine," the song from Ariana’s seventh studio album “Eternal Sunshine” which is a fresh take on their iconic 1998 hit, showed the singers as news reporters. The reunion continued as Grande announced the remix to the song which would feature Brandy and Monica. The song which dropped Friday, June 21.
With behind the scenes clips, we see Monica and Brandy speaking on how the reunion came together and what this moment means. "The process of the new collaboration did a lot of closing the gaps," Monica told E News. "When you properly communicate something, you can find not only the resolutions and solutions to problems. But sometimes you find that there weren't ever problems, just consistent miscommunications. It made it a lot easier just to talk."
The Boy is Mine (1998) from Brandy’s “Never Say Never” and Monica’s “The Boy Is Mine” albums celebrated its 26th anniversary.
With this reunion and discussion of mended friendships between Brandy and Monica, can we see this leading to the highly anticipated joint tour that everyone is hoping will happen? Will there be more collaborations in the future?
We will have to stay tuned.
SZA DROPS LONG AWAITED SINGLE "SHIRT" WITH VISUALS FEATURING LAKEITH STANFIELD
Its been almost over a year since a snippet of the song went viral and appeared at the closing of SZA’s “Good Days” music video; but the wait is finally over as SZA announced that music was coming and to the internet’s disbelief, the record is finally here — in full.
See the visuals below
The visuals directed by Dave Meyers, features Lakeith Stanfield and captures the criminal adventures of a modern-day Bonnie and Clyde. At the end of the video, SZA offers a preview of a new song the internet has already named "Blind" with a number of memes and responses on how SZA will leave us waiting years for this new outro preview to be released, but hopefully the visual, and new snippet has launched her long-awaited follow-up to CTRL.
ASHANTI RELEASES VISUALS FOR "FALLING FOR YOU"
Fresh off her latest interview on Angie Martinez IRL, Ashanti releases new music and visuals for new single, “Falling For You.” After premiering a snippet of the song in an Instagram Story, the full song is now available.
See the visuals below
In a recent interview with Angie Martinez, Ashanti revealed that she’s has previously recorded so many songs and is ready to finally release an EP or Album. She also responded to Irv Gotti’s Drink Champs Interview as well as discussed her upcoming film. Listen to the new record below.
DAWN RICHARD'S ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM 'PIGMENTS' WITH SPENCER ZAHN
Dawn Richard and Spencer Zahn has announced a new collaborative album called Pigments, sharing the four songs of its first movement: “Coral,” “Sandstone,” “Indigo,” and “Vantablack.” The complete project is due out October 21 via Merge. Pigments —a tribute to her father Frank Richard of the funk band Chocolate Milk—Dawn Richard said in a statement: “I felt like the tools that I and other people like me were dealt weren’t shiny. Yet we still painted these beautiful pictures. This album is what it means to be a dreamer and finally reach a place where you’ve decided to love the pigments that you have.”
If there’s one thing Dawn Richard will do is continue to choose her own lane, reinvent numerous sounds and make it hers. Pigments introduces listeners to another facet of Dawn Richard’s and brings Zahn’s creativity to a new audience. The project follows Dawn Richard’s critically acclaimed Merge debut Second Line. Richard and Zahn previously collaborated on the 2018 single “Cyanotype.” Dive into the preview EP below.
PLAYLISTING THE BEST BEYONCÉ SONGS
Beyoncé’s Renaissance is here but before diving into the 16 tracks of Act 1, let’s recap the Best Beyoncé songs across all of her albums, (taking into account most played and still in rotation).
Although, pulling together favorites or the best of Beyoncé, is a hard task (slightly controversial looking at Rolling Stones 100 picks) but narrowing it down to what is constantly in rotation or has the most plays (based on iTunes Play Counts — managed to keep track since iTunes launched). As an R&B listener, the deeper cuts are more likely to be the favorites — finding those hidden gems or records that may have gotten less attention or overlooked is sometimes what attributes to the more enjoyable record. The best place to start for Beyoncé was with 25 of those records…. (and for honorable mentions or rounding out a top 30, Dance For You, Keep Giving Your Love To Me, MOOD 4 EVA, BIGGER and Smash Into You).
#25 DEJA VU (FEAT. JAY Z)
#24 UPGRADE U (FEAT. JAY Z)
#23 CHECK ON IT (FEAT. SLIM THUG & BUN B)
#22 PARTITION
#21 IRREPLACEABLE
#20 RING THE ALARM
#19 1+1
#18 PART II (ON THE RUN) - JAY Z
#17 SORRY
#16 SUPERPOWER (FEAT. FRANK OCEAN)
#15 ROCKET
#14 MINE (FEAT. DRAKE)
#13 ALL NIGHT
#12 LOVE DROUGHT
#11 HELLO
#10 THAT’S WHY YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL
#9 YES
#8 LOVE ON TOP *TED SMOOTH REMIX
#7 SWEET DREAMS
#6 SUMMERTIME (FEAT. GHOSTFACE)
#5 SPEECHLESS
#4 I MISS YOU
#3 JEALOUS
#2 NO ANGEL
Have to run “No Angel” back few times for the 2nd Verse / Bridge (No I'm not an angel either, but at least I'm trying / I know I drive you crazy, but would you rather that I be a machine / who doesn't notice when you late or when you're lying / I love you even more than who I thought you were before) — that should’ve been sung again at the end.
#1 I CARE
Top 3 could be interchangeable but the Homecoming / Coachella Performance solidifies “I Care” as Beyoncé’s best record (currently). Instantly shifting the tone following 4’s album opener “1+1”. “I Care” should have easily been giving the single/video treatment (with 4 not being released as a visual album) but it will be one of the records that you pull from an artist that should have been bigger or the single.
Comment below your thoughts or your best Beyoncé songs.
KELLY ROWLAND. THAT'S THE POST!
WOULDN’T SHE LOOK GREAT AS THE COVER OF ELSV. Photo via @KellyRowland on Instagram
Ok. That’s not the whole post. but a Kelly Rowland appearance says all that needs to be said. So why not continue to give Kelly Rowland her flowers. Great timing as well — seeing as it’s been a year since EP 5 of ELSV Podcast; where we discussed Kelly Rowland, and the need for her to have a Verzuz. Our thoughts are her catalog is underrated and she has hits, and singles that could easily add up to 20 (without touching DC) and a worthy opponent for her to grace a Verzuz stage could be Ciara.
With 4 studio albums and several collaborations, the 20 records Kelly Rowland should perform:
Like This
Commander
When Love Takes Over
Forever And A Day
Kisses Down Low
Feeling Me Right Now
All Of The Night
Coffee
Motivation
Red Wine
Lay It On Me (feat. Big Sean)
Gone (feat. Wiz Khalifa)
Dilemma (feat. Nelly)
Can’t Nobody
Stole
You Changed (feat. Beyoncé & Michelle)
Bad Habit
Crazy
Kelly
Crown
Train On A Track
Comeback
Ghetto (feat. Snoop Dogg)
Daylight (feat. Travis McCoy)
Down for Whatever
Keep It Between Us
ICE (feat. Lil Wayne)
Hitman
Black Magic
Kelly Rowland definitely has the records, and against Ciara, she has a variety of choices from her R&B bag to the Pop and Dance records.
Latest Single from Kelly Rowland. “Flowers”
A VISUAL. “Coffee”
PLAYLISTING | KELLY ROWLAND ON APPLE MUSIC.
MIXES FROM ELSV PODCAST. AVAILABLE ON PATREON.
(CANT NOBODY/GOODIES + FLASHBACK/MY LOVE)
With her latest interviews at the NOPE movie premiere, Rowland was asked about Beyoncé’s upcoming album, RENAISSANCE and the take away is whether or not something for Destiny’s Child is also in the works or will KELLY ROWLAND release new music after Beyoncé?
