Blog: CMONGOOD

16-year old Gabby Douglas made Olympic history winning the women's all-around title Thursday night. She became only the third straight American to win gymnastics' biggest prize and the first African-American. It's her second gold medal of the London Games, coming two nights after she and her teammates gave the United States its first Olympic title since 1996. In an emotional interview, Dominque Dawes discusses how Gabby Douglas amazing accomplishment has affected her and this generation of minorities. Before this week's gold-winning performance by the U.S. women's team, Dominique Dawes [...]

Elle Varner’s debut album ‘Perfectly Imperfect' drops in stores on August 7th but she's giving us an early sample. ‘Perfectly Imperfect’ includes the singles  ‘Only Wanna Give It to You (Ft. J. Cole)’  and  ‘Refill’ Listen to the preview of ‘Perfectly Imperfect’ album here Tracklisting: 1. Only Wanna Give It to You (Ft. J. Cole) 2. Refill 3. Sound Proof Room 4. I Don’t Care 5. Not Tonight 6. [...]

If by some chance you don't live in one of the 5 cities where Mad Decent is throwing their Summer Block Party, don't get mad. DJ Paul Devro just released this mixtape for the free. It's trill, it's official and it has another remix of "Get Free" on it. I'm happy. Tracklist: Major Lazer – Get Free feat. Amber Coffman (What So Not Remix) ZEDS DEAD – Crank Bonde Do Role – Bang (feat. Kool A.D.) [...]

Mariah Carey finally releases her lead single "Triumphant (Get ‘Em)" featuring Maybach Music stars Rick Ross and Meek Mill . The track was jointly produced by Bryan-Michael Cox and Jermaine Dupri who ill-advised Mariah to take a backseat to the MMG team. I don't hate it, I'm just confused on how this counts as a triumph? The post Audio: Mariah Carey - Triumphant ft. Meek Mill & [...]

A masked Angel Haze is a serial killer in the new Adrienne Nicole directed video for "New York" . I'm a little worried about our generations threats to eat each other, musically or not. I guess the intimidation factor would work on me. This is a clever play on the beat sampling  Gil Scott-Heron’s  tune  “New York Is Killing Me”.  From Angel Haze's 'Reservation' EP. [...]

Sensual visuals for Passion Pit's   'Gossamer' single "Constant Conversations" . The video stars a cast that includes  Peter Bogdanovich, Analeigh Tipton, Roger Guenveur Smith and  Hustle & Flow ’s Taryn Manning Hopefully,  frontman  Michael Angelakos  is in a better health mentally and ready to begin their tour again. The post Video: Passion Pit - Constant Conversations appeared first on Cmongood .

If there is one artist I put you onto this year that you should thank me for, it's Lucille Ghatti . Loud Pack Lucy just premiered the mixtape release of 'High Grade' that she has been leaking singles from for the past few weeks.   "North Hollywood" from the Cali native is the standout single with the spoken word soul reminiscent of Jill Scott but an individual style that's all her own. Get you a puff of this 'High Grade' [...]

The eclectic duo that is TK Wonder and Kissey Asplund debuted this creative video on the web. Created by TK Wonder , the visuals feature almost 300 illustrations. Wonderkiss is a collaborative project between Brooklyn’s  TK Wonder  and Sweden’s  Kissey Asplund.   Featuring TK on the vocals/writing and Kissey on production duties. "Don't Break Me Off" is from their EP 'Heartfukk Part 12 which you can download here . [...]

Keyshia Cole is back! Meaning the Keyshia Cole you all have come to love, the one that takes a stand against the mistreatment of her heart. Enough already, after what seemed like a million teasers, she finally premieres the video for "Enough Of No Love". The video's director Benny Boom said this about the visuals: "Conceptually I wanted to do something that was strictly fashion and beauty and just a little of narrative. I just wanted people to see her come back, just performing crazy. [...]

There were a lot of great songs by Verse Simmonds   from his   'Sex, Love & Hip-Hop' mixtape, but "Bent Up" featuring Natasha Mosley  is the one that stuck with me the most. Nice beat? Check. Clever lyrics? Check.  A sexy man who knows how to end an argument? Yes please! Add all that to a great video, and you have a perfect reminder of why the mixtape did so well. Verse may not be the man is [...]

Nicki Minaj is thoroughly immersed in the dance music craze and I must say it agrees with her.  She can be as animated as she wants to be and still show that ass off, definitely a win/win in any book. "Pound The Alarm" was filmed in Nicki's hometown of Trinidad and showcases lots of colors, lots of costumes and a mas party. The video is the fourth to be released from Nicki’s sophomore album ' Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded' . [...]

We finally get to hear a track off of Dum Dum Girls forthcoming ' End of Daze'   EP and "Lord Knows"  we love these ladies. End of Daze flows from a pair of bombastic opening tracks, through the simmering, plaintive cover of Strawberry Switchblade’s “Trees and Flowers”, to the regretful ballad “Lord Knows”, in which Dee Dee’s voice remains rich yet crystalline, a gorgeous, toned instrument revealing an awareness of fear and misstep. Closing the EP is “Season in Hell”, a raucous and practically joyful [...]

Kilo Kish r eleased this summertime track  "Watergun" via Tumblr earlier today.  Matt Martians  and  Syd the Kid  also known as The Internet are collaborating with her again to great results. Kish does a lot more singing on this one than on most of her songs from 'Homeschool' . Listen below. In related unrelated news, her namesake Kilo Ali  discusses his mindset after being released from prison last year -  Creative Loafing . [...]

Rick Ross outdid himself with this excellent video for "3 Kings" . Mixing home videos with images we've all bore witness to, MMG director @Drefilms takes us through the ascension of these 3 hip-hop kings to their thrones. Throwback images capture cameo's from mini-Bey, Tupac, Snoop Dogg and Rick Ross ' chin sans beard.   'God Forgives, I Don't' is officially out today. The post Video: Rick Ross - [...]

In the midst of releasing 'Kaleidoscope Dream: Water Preview EP',  Miguel  revisits "Adorn" this time giving us a full length video.  If the first video was inspired by a dream, was this one the results of a nightmare?  It begins with him hitting on a lady that proceeds to disappear and reappear.   Miguel  is then shown running from a flipping gymnast, down a dark hallway trying to find her. In the end he does of course, but not before having to sing under water to get her. [...]

Nina Sky finally gives us new music in the form of a FREE album! 'Nicole & Natalie' is a follow up to their self-titled debut album that was released 8 years ago . That may account for some symbolism on this 8 track release. The sophomore album from Nina Sky is filled with mostly dance tracks but there is a hip-hop tune courtesy of Salaam Remi . Natalie's vocals carry most of the album but Nicole aka DJ Ni** [...]

Iggy Azalea finally releases her six-track ' Glory'   EP which features "Murda Bizness" ,a freebie before her full album, ' The New Classic' .   She also discusses why she left Interscope with Interview magazine. “At the time, I felt like I was just floating around in a big ocean. I got picked up and caught by a label [Interscope], and it was very impersonal. It felt like I was a product. When I met [T.I.] and everybody else over at [Grand Hustle], it felt like [...]

I've been waiting for this visual from Future since I first heard this song. It could be because this song is one for the ladies or the reggae influence I hear in his voice. Peep the video for “Turn On the Lights,” the latest single off his debut 'Pluto' . The post Video: Future - Turn On The Lights appeared first on Cmongood .

R&B singer   Natasha , a former  Rodney "Darkchild" Jenkins  protege, unveiled her new music video, "Riddle Me This" last week. The video was directed by  Chingas  and  DJ Mad and provides fans with a sneak peek into her forthcoming record. Natasha is a pretty girl but the video could have benefited from some choreography like in her 2009 visual for "Sidekick" . I'm on the fence about her but hopefully she has some tricks up her sleeve since being released from Jive. [...]

Big K.R.I.T. and Ludacris team up for their latest visual directed by Decatur Dan . From the rapper/producer's  critically acclaimed debut album, 'Live From the Underground' .   "If you don't know what K.R.I.T. mean by now, you supa late." Jammin. p.s. K.R.I.T. means King Remembered In Time. Thank me later. The post Video: Big K.R.I.T. - What You Mean ft. Ludacris appeared first [...]