New Music: Ester Dean – ‘Bam Bam’

After seducing on the 90s-flavored “Baby Making Love,” Ester Dean unleashes her hood side on the bass-heavy “Bam Bam.”

The singer-songwriter, who’s penned hits for Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, and Katy Perry, makes no apologizes on the in-your-face track from her debut album, due later this year via Interscope Records.

Listen below.

New Music| Ester Dean -‘Baby Making Love’

Ester Dean, the 26-year-old hitmaker who has written hits for Rihanna, Katy Perry, Beyoncé and Nicki Minaj, takes it to the bedroom on “Baby Making Love.”

“Make me scream/Make me shout/Make me love it/Turn me out,” sings Dean on the sexy cut. No word on if “Baby Making Love” will be included on her debut album, due later this year via Interscope Records.

That damn DEAN! “Baby Making Love” is a dope record; it makes you wonder if it was originally written for another artist or always intended to for the Oklahoma native. Either way, I like it. As far as her solo career goes, it will be interesting to see what becomes of it. We know she can craft hits for others so we can only hope that transfers to her own music.

Listen to “Baking Making Love” below.

Nicki Minaj’s ‘Roman Reloaded’ Makes Billboard History

Nicki Minaj scores her second No. 1 on the Billboard 200 as Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded debuts atop the list with 253,000 copies sold.

Opening slightly above the sales figures suggested by industry insiders last week, Roman Reloaded becomes only the second album by a female hip-hop artist to debut at No. 1 on the Top 200, following Foxy Brown’s sophomore album Chyna Doll, which opened in the top spot in January 1999.

Roman Reloaded follows her debut, Pink Friday, which reached number one in its 11th week on the tally.  Pink Friday debuted at No. 2 in 2010, with 375,000 sold according to Nielsen SoundScan.  The album took the lead on the Top 200 on February 19, 2011, just after “Super Bass” was released a fifth single from the project.

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Nicki Minaj’s ‘Roman Reloaded’ Headed for No. 1 on Billboard 200

Minaj’s Roman Reloaded headed to the top!

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Album Art: Nicki Minaj – ‘Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded’ [Deluxe Edition]

Nicki Minaj goes hard in the paint on the deluxe edition cover of her sophomore album, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded. The expanded edition, arriving in stores April 3rd, will contain 22 tracks. Check out the standard cover here.

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Hot Shots: Nicki Minaj Goes Blue for Vogue

While she didn’t make the cover, Nicki Minaj’s dreams of being in Vogue have come true. The “Starships” rapper appears inside the March issue of the fashion magazine.

New Music: Nicki Minaj – “Starships”

After jumping out the window with “Stupid Hoe” and playing herself at Sunday’s Grammy Awards, Nicki Minaj seems to realize what her focus should be  for her sophomore album — to capitalize off the new audience “Super Bass” opened for her. Young Money’s First Lady goes to the electro-pop route with “Starships,” the new single from Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, due April 3.

Produced by RedOne, “Starships” is sure to become a massive hit for the Grammy-nominated star. “‘Starships’ is one of my absolute, absolute favorite records on Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded. It just sounds like a Ryan Seacrest-type of record. And I’m so excited for you to give this song your blessing, Ryan, because I know people are gonna love it. It feels right. It just feels good, she told Ryan Seacrest on his radio show. “It makes people feel happy and that’s all I want. I want to start the year off with making people feel good. The [Grammy] performance was the performance, that was my clear craziness, and now it’s time to make people dance and have fun, and that’s all I want to do.”