The Ghost in the Machine: The Evolution of Songwriting in Modern R&B

Timbaland has been hyping up the rap side of his new Chicago-bred protege Tink? (and slowly neglecting her R and B side) for over a year now.

After dropping off videos for "Panda (Remix)" and ?Memes,? Lil Mama is the newest artist to remix Rihanna's and Drake's "Work" video.In the short clip, she takes on the dancehall track with verse of bars, then begins a (questionable) singing break.

You know what they say: ballers wanna be rappers, and rappers wanna be ballers...

DC-bred hip-hop artist Tarica June premieres music video for the politically inspired track "But Anyway," a thoughtful and refreshingly honest take on DC?s current wave of gentrification.

BBOD are the newest additions on "Love And Hip Hop: NY." The Harlem female rap duo (comprised of Sexxy Lexxy and Miss Moe Money) seem to be what makes the show go round since they got everyone on the show talking about them.

Earlier this year, the forthcoming music community Jammcard launched their ?How I Got The Gig Series,? where background singers and musicians tell the stories of how they got their big break to perform with some of music?s biggest stars.

If you thought Beyonce?s ?Formation? performance/video was controversial, just wait; Kendrick Lamar?s performance of ?The Blacker The Berry?

Rapper LVLSS (pronounced ?Loveless?) isn?t talking about being "loveless" during this past Valentine?s Day. He gets Adrian Marcel on the hook of this smooth tune ?Arch,?

Awkward Theory, a youth alternative hip hop collective emerging out of Southwest Detroit, has a great message for their peers in ?No Vacancy,?

While Chris Brown continues to promote his latest album, Royalty , he finds time to remix fellow Virginia native Pusha T's record "M.F.T.R." On his rendition, the Grammy winner delivers a dose of street soul before unleashing gritty and hard-hitting bars