[MP3] Lorde feat. Rick Ross – Royals (Rozay Remix)

Rozay adds his touch to Lorde‘s mega-pop smash. Kind of ironic given this line of thinking though, no??

[h/t: IFWT]

[MP3] Rihanna – What Now Remix (Reflex)

This is pretty much 2013 era Top 40 pablum but in that way only Rihanna, for all her shenanigans, is able to flawlessly manage.

[MP3] Justin Timberlake – Take Back The Night / Cabaret feat. Drake

I know I’m late on this but I had to check out this album out after I saw Gawker savage it earlier this week plus T.dot’s finest is on a track so why not? For the record, while it’s not on the level of part one, The 20/20 Experience – 2 of 2 is far from the debacle they claim.

[Music Video] Jay-Z – Holy Grail feat. Justin Timberlake

The launch of this video yesterday was kind of a big deal, I gather….

[CONTEST] Win Tickets to See Laura Mvula & KING Live at The Mod Club in Toronto (Sept. 7)

[NOTE: this contest is now closed, congrats to the winner, Rachelle who was notified via twitter]

UK pop-soul sensation, Laura Mvula makes her debut (?) appearance in Toronto next weekend in support of her acclaimed Sing To The Moon album. Extra special bonus: buzzy, neo-soul female trio, KING are the opening act. This could be an epic show which unfortunately I’m gonna miss as I’m heading out of town that day, grrr! Wanna win tickets to see them both though? All you have to do is follow me on twitter (so I can contact you via DM in the event you win) and tweet the following:

“.@Stellaskid: I wanna win tickets to see @LauraMvula & @WeareKING Saturday Sept. 7 at @TheModClub, presented by @EmbracePresents” [note: the quotation marks not necessary when you actually send your tweet]

The contest will run until 12noon EST, Sept. 5 and the winner will be announced via twitter. Thanks to Embrace for supplying the tickets for this contest.

CLICK HERE for more show details.

Not up on these two excellent artists? Check out some tracks from them both:

Laura Mvula – She:

KING – Supernatural (LIVE at KPFK):