HUMPDAY SEXY SONG: I'M A SLAVE 4 U - BRITNEY SPEARS

Oh, Britney! You saucy little bitch. Britney was sick of the teen-queen image back in 2001, so she did what any sensible pop starlet does....she slutted it up!! Not that Britney hadn't already shown some skin before, but her music, in general, was on the safe side. I'm a Slave 4 U, written and produced by Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams a.k.a. The Neptunes, was full-on sex kitten material and Britney cooed her way to one of her sexiest hits. The song is accompanied by the perfect video. Taking place in a sauna/dance club, Britney dances her ass off, gets licked by a male dancer and teases about every boy and girl in the place. It was a shift in her career and easily one of her best singles of ....... ever. Don't you miss this Britney? THOSE ABS! Anyway, watch the video below and be a slave to her. Hump away, m'friends. Hump away. FUN FACT: I'm A Slave 4 U was written for Janet Jackson and intended for her album All For You. Her loss, Brit's gain.
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THE FIRST TWO SINGLES FROM THE NEW TING TINGS ALBUM ARE THE BOMB!!!

UK group The Ting Tings rather quietly released their third album Super Critical in October and it is really, really good, y'all!! Unlike their rather uneven second album, 2008's Sounds From Nowheresville, Super Critical is cohesive, funky and fun all the way through. Just as catchy as their bratty and brilliant debut We Started Nothing. The first single Wrong Club is a disco jam that calls back the 70s Chic funk and second single Do It Again has a hot, retro guitar groove that Pharrell would kill for!! Both videos are awesomely creative as well. Super Critical is available now on iTunes. Get it!

MORE NEW PHARRELL: VIDEO FOR "GUST OF WIND"

Pharrell Williams just released a video for It Girl last week, Marilyn Monroe came out in April, and now we are getting the fall-infused, modern dance filled Gust of Wind. Our giant hat runneth over. One of the highlights of Pharrell's album, G I R L,  Gust of Wind brings cool, brisk strings and some electronic feel from collaborators Daft Punk. The video is just in time for the change of season and has a lot of girls dancing around like Twyla Tharp is holding auditions and Daft Punk make an appearance too! Watch the video and listen to the cool sounds of Pharrell's Gust of Wind.

NEW PHARRELL WILLIAMS:"IT GIRL"

Great new song and adorable video from the....um.....greatly adorable Pharrell. It Girl is the 4th single from his album G I R L and the video is a crazy, anime/video-game hybrid that is sure to please, not to mention the smooth, sexy groove of the song, one of the standouts on the album IMO. Enjoy!

PHARRELL RECALLS A LITTLE SCUFFLE WITH MADONNA

Madonna's 2008 album Hard Candy featured quite a few songs she wrote with super-producer Pharrell Williams, but little did we know that the two battled during the recording process. In a radio interview recently Pharrell recalled the run-in. "The gist of it was that we kept doing this one take over and over and I just saw where it was going...I saw her beginning to get frustrated, so I was trying to get her to deviate from that and just try something different and she was like, ‘I got it!’..."
When Pharrell snapped back, "Listen, you can’t just talk to me any kind of way..." Madonna suggested the pair take the conversation outside of the studio. They talked it over and Pharrell says, "We went upstairs and had our little battle...It was cool and we hugged it out."
Well, I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall upstairs!!! I'm sure it was nothing major because Pharrell appeared in the video for the song Give It 2 Me that they wrote together. The songs Williams wrote with Madonna were definitely the highlights of the album for sure. Take a listen to them below.

NEW PHARRELL VIDEO: MARILYN MONROE

Nice!! Pharrell is keeping in dance-tastic with his new single and video for Marilyn Monroe. The pint-sized pied piper of pop brings us the sexy, romantic ode to the perfect girl and even brings Kelly Osbourne, and of course his famous Vivienne Westwood hat, along for the ride. This is the opening track to his G I R L album and it's a goodie, y'all! Watch below and Pharrell dances his way through dozens of lovely lasses in color-blocked outfits looking for his one-and-only. Here is Marilyn Monroe.

HAPPY MONDAY SONG: PHARRELL WILLIAMS SINGS "HAPPY" AT THE OSCARS

AWWWWW!!! Just when I thought Pharrell Williams couldn't get any cuter, he did. Last night He-Who-Wear-The-Big-Hat took the stage at the 86th Annual Academy Awards and made all of our lives a little happier. Singing his Oscar nominated song Happy from Despicable Me 2, Pharrell was joined by joyous dancers and hit the audience to shake it with Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o, Meryl Streep and Amy Adams! Though Happy didn't take home the statue (it went to Let It Go from Frozen), it IS sitting at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week, so take that Idina Menzel (or Adele Dazim, as John Travolta pronounces it). So watch below, enjoy and try NOT to be happy listening to Happy! Happy Monday, y'all!! Pharrell's album G I R L is available now in iTunes. Review coming soon.

HUMPDAY SEXY SONG: MILKSHAKE - KELIS

I thought I would go with a subtle ode to human sexuality today. Something that just barely grazed sexy and left everything to the imagination. Or not. Kelis' ode to boobs and, well, lactation???, Milkshake, is one of the most titty-licious songs ever. Released from Kelis' third album, Tasty, in 2003, Milkshake took the world by storm and gave us all a new dance craze; shaking our hooters. Now, Kelis and The Neptunes (aka Pharrell and Chad Hugo) the songs producers, said that "milkshake" was a word that just popped inot their minds and was a synonym for mojo or confidence, but C'MON!!! Who the frick are they fooling? Not this guy. NOT. THIS. GUY. Milkshake went to #3 on the US Billboard Hot 100, #1 in my heart and Kelis' biggest hit to date. So pull up your shirt and shake one or both of your bazooms until you make a milkshake. It will hurt, but might be worth it!!

TRACK-BY-TRACK REVIEW: BANGERZ (DELUXE VERSION) - MILEY CYRUS

Miley Cyrus' new, much-anticipated album, Bangerz, is finally here. Were you waiting as patiently as I? A decidedly grown up Miley seems to be in control of what is happening on this record, I must say, along with executive producer Mike Will Made It (whose name is recited at the start of every other song). Very determined vocals, power ballads, some goofy fun and great production. Here is my track-by-track review of Ms. Cyrus' adult debut album, if you will.

1. Adore - A straight up love ballad starts off Bangerz, and it's a great way to do it. Soft, lush and quite pretty. A subtle, nuanced vocal performance given in almost a whisper at times. A song about how much she loves her man. I could definitely see this as single material. Adore reminds me of those 90s ballads from Shania Twain like Still the One, aka I love it.

2. We Can't Stop - I really don't need to review this amazy song, do I?

3. SMS (Bangerz)(feat. Britney Spears) - FUN!! Okay, yes. At first listen it is a little overwhelming, but it's actually kind of cute and funny. Britney doesn't show up until the second verse, but Miley is doing a little rapping all through the beginning and then it's a sexy little girly jam all the way through. Even a little naughty ("They as me how I keep a man. I keep a battery pack." Ha!)I am guessing that this WILL be a single. I mean, Britney and Miley? Right?? I can practically see the hot-pants-crop-top video already.

4. 4X4 (feat. Nelly) - "I'm a female rebel" is how this country/rap hybrid starts off. I know "country/rap hybrid" does not instill a lot of confidence in me either, but this is actually kind of fun, y'all! I mean, Miley herself has become a bit of a link between hip hop and country lately and Nelly has always been pretty country, right? It's a hip hop hoe down, bitches!!! Yee-haw!

5. My Darlin' (feat. Future) - Once again, just like Loveeeeeee (I can't with all of those "e"s) on Rihanna's last album, a perfectly good song is ruined by "singer" Future. I do NOT understand him or anyone's interest in him. C'mon! That computer thing they do with his voice makes me want to kill my eardrums. An otherwise fine ballad is ruined by him. That's all I have to say about that.

6. Wrecking Ball - I mean....this song is one of (if not THE) best song of the year so far, IMO.  I absolutely love it. Miley's first #1, y'all!

7. Love Money Party (feat. Big Sean) - Another big party song. Coming in sounding like somewhat of a dark circus theme, Miley mostly speed raps and does it pretty convincingly, I must say. Pretty fun little jam.

8. #GETITRIGHT - Jumping on the hash tag craze, this song is just a breezy little number that rolls along at a pretty easy pace with a whistle along melody. Not exactly a standout track, but not a throw away either. Probably more and more catchy as you hear it more.

9. Drive - It's interesting on these hip hop ballads how Miley's voice still leans toward country music. It sort of draws into focus the similarity between the two genres in a way. Drive is dark and emotional, much like Wrecking Ball in feeling. Very nice.

10. FU (feat. French Montana) - Picking up the pace, but staying dramatic, Miley gets a little angry on FU, as you can imagine from the title. A rap/sung collaboration that works for the most part. Clever lyrics help keep the groove moving along.

11. Do My Thang - Yep. I wrote "thang". That's the way it's spelled, k? At this point you will notice there are a lot of break up songs on Bangerz. This is no exception. You let Miley go and she's gonna do her "thang", girl. This song sounds a lot like a Rihanna track; not her best, not her worst. There are some nice parts of the song, but it's not my fave on first listen.

12. Maybe You're Right - Another break up song with another good vocal on it, a military drum beat and a piano melody thrown in for good measure. Not quite as single worthy as Drive, but could be another ballad release from Bangerz.

13. Someone Else - Sexy!! This song immediately reminded me of What's My Name when it first started, but there's an underlying tension with some club synths and a jittery beat break in before the one minute mark. Pretty cool track that I can see getting a great remix for the clubs.

THE REST OF THE SONGS ONLY APPEAR ON THE DELUXE VERSION OF BANGERZ.

14. Rooting For My Baby - OH! Now this surprised me. This could easily be a Norah Jones/Colbie Caillat/Carly Simon song. Smooth, sexy, easy listening part of the album I guess. I love it actually. I almost think this is the most unexpected and surprising song on the album, just for the simple sexiness of it. Pharrell is the producer, and I guess if anyone can do smooth and sexy, it's that little cutie pie.  Def a highlight.

15. On My Own - No, Miley is not doing Les Miz!! Ha. Now Pharrell is giving it a groove and a snarl. On My Own is a declaration of independence with a disco beat. Reminds me of Ring My Bell, another Deluxe Version song produced-Pharrell  on Madonna's Hard Candy album. That should have been a single, y'all! Pretty great diva song.

16. Hands In The Air (feat. Ludacris) - Ending on a darker note, bass synth and creepy bleeps and blurbs set the tone for the album closer. The song itself isn't about anything creepy, but about being with someone Miley apparently likes in a club. I like it. It's got a pretty cool vibe. I don't know if this is how to end this particular record, but it's a good track.

DESTINY'S CHILD RELEASES NEW SONG!!

Destiny's Child is back, y'all! Kelly, Michelle and, yes, Beyonce are reuniting for a new compilation album, Love Songs, that will be released sometime soon. As the title would suggest, it's a bunch of their old love songs jammed onto one record, but they did get together with Pharrell Williams to record Nuclear. It's good, you guys! Smooth sound, a mid-tempo beat and most Beyonce's recognizable voice. Listen and tell me what you think!