Brandy Reveals "TWO ELEVEN" Album Cover Art

Brandy's Two Eleven Album cover art...

A deluxe version will also be available to purchase..

Brandy describes this album saying, "It's just an R&B album, a rythm and blues album. No gimmicks, real R&B music."

I personally can't wait until it drops.

-J.Coutre

NEW MUSIC: Brandy's "Wildest Dreams"

This is a nice melo follow up single from Brandy called "Wildest Dreams".... I personally wouldn't have picked it for a single... It just feels like an album filler to me.. but I still love it.

DO WE LOVE IT?!

-J.Couture

NEW MUSIC: Usher's "DIVE"

Usher is reeling me back in with his new single and video for "Dive... Nice.

DO WE LOVE IT?!

This is the finesse and swooning that I was talking about on Twitter last night that I said was missing from R&B. This isn't R&B all the way but, great job with this one Usher and Rico Love! I'm loving it!

-J.Couture

NEW MUSIC: Faith Evans' "Tears of Joy"

Faith Evans straight took me to church with her new lead single "Tears of Joy" for the R&B Divas album.... Yes, Lawd... Check it out!

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN NOW!

Faith wrote "Tears of Joy" with Claude Kelly and the track was produced by Chuck Harmony... Peep the video below of Claude speaking on working with Faith on this song.

DO WE LOVE IT?!

I've already played the song about three times, repeatedly! Faith is back! 

Sidebar: I got the pleasure of meeting Claude and Chuck at Icon Studios about two weekends ago during the International Music Conference weekend in Atlanta. They are amazing!

Bonus Clip of R&B Divas:

 Premiering TONIGHT on TV One!

-J.Couture

CLIENT NEWS: Jade Alston Performs at "We Run the Night" in NYC!

R&B Songstress, Jade Alston, recently performed at JLDA's First Annual We Run the Night Fashion Industry Networking Mixer in New York City. Check out her press photos below!

Thank you Divine Influence Public Relations for all that you've done for Jade! We appreciate you!

For more information on this event, click HERE.

Click here to see more pictures of the celebrity invited guests.

-J.Couture

WORLD PREMIERE: Brandy's "Put It Down" ft. Chris Brown [Official Video]

Here it is, the video that we have aaaaaall been waiting for! I am so glad Brandy is BACK and in full effect.. She might be better than ever now!.. She's about to be singing "back then, they didn't want me, now I'm hot and they're all on me!" reeeeal soon... Check it out!

DO WE LOVE IT?!

Honestly, I don't even care how y'all feel about this one!.. I'm loving EVERYTHING about it!.. The colors, the braids, the fashion, the attitude, the dancing, what she's talkin bout, the swagg.. Brandy is coming for our heads in 2012! I'm feeling how I felt back in the 90's! 

As soon as I hear about a concert in the A, I'm sitting front row center! Go B-Rocka!!!

Sidebar: I'm feeling a certain way about Sony VIAO getting the cheesy product placement but I'm not even mad at it... Go'on get them checks B! lol..

-J.Couture

NEW MUSIC: It's T.I. vs. TIP... All Over Again! [Official Video]

Is TIP back?!!... I'm so glad I waited to post this song "Go Get It".. I new I liked it when I first heard it but the video makes me love it even more... The video was directed by Alex Navari and produced by Carla Johnson.. My boy HAM was the 1st AD on this shoot... The King is back. #ThatIsALL

Check it out!

DO WE LOVE IT?!

Peep the behind the scenes footage of the making of the video, from Defient Entertainment, right here on #TheJuiceBlog

Nice.

-J.Couture

Teddy Riley and Blackstreet Hit the Stage in ATL! [Video]

Teddy Riley being honored by the Mayor of Atlanta

This past Tuesday, August 14th I went to ATL Live on the Park hosted by Shanti Das, Devyne Stevens and Marlon Nichols. Kenny Burns graced us as the MC for the night. This was a very special rendition because they honored Teddy Riley for his many contributions to the R&B game, most notable, the New Jack Swing era. I was honored to be in the building. After being honored by Mayor Kasim Reed, Teddy took the stage to perform a solo set of all his hits and later reunited with Blackstreet to perform their classic hits. Other talented performers graced the stage: Amber Bullock, Mishon, Brittnee Camelle, Saint Nick and Marques Anthony.

I had a really great time! Check out a clip I managed to get on my phone, lol..

Blackstreet performing "Stay: Don't Leave"

Read the full show recap HERE on AJC.com

-J.Couture

Check Me Out: International Music Conference R&B/Hip Hop Panelist

HUGE Thank You to Julia and Reggie of the 2nd Annual International Music Conference that was held in Atlatna, GA this past weekend at the Melia Hotel. This was my first official panel as the new kid on the music executive business block! haha.. I had a lot of fun participating on the R&B/Hip Hop Song Feedback Panel with my industry peers: GRAMMY Award winning Chuck Harmony, GRAMMY Nominated Nate Walker, Atlantic A&R KP, GRAMMY Nominated Kendrick Dean, and Peniece Le Gall, Director of SESAC. We answered questions that related to the state of R&B and Hip Hop music today and provided valuable and critical feedback to conference attendees who were brave enough to play their music in front of us! lol... It was a lot of fun and I'm looking forward to next year's conference. Check out some of the pics...

L to R: Peniece Le Gall, Kendrick Dean, Me (J.Couture) & Chuck Harmony

Not pictured: KP and Nate Walker

L to R: Johnathon Landrum (Panel Moderator) & Myself

L to R: Me, Ericka Sampson and Jennifer Pessima

Shout out to New Era Flagship Store for sponsoring...

Me and Julia

Julia & Reggie

Johnathon, Julia & Reggie

Peniece & Myslef

There is definitely value in attending these types of conferences if you are an aspiring music business professional. Towards the end of the panel I offered a 14 year old producer/songwriter assistance in scoring an internship with one of Atlanta's hottest award nominated Hip Hop producers. I saw something in him that reminded me of myself at that age. He was full of talent and ambition. I felt he deserved a shot! I'll keep you posted on how that goes... 

Shout out to the boss man, Cappriccieo Scates, for allowing me to participate on the panel in his absence while he's actively doing his part to serve our country!.. and thank you to my friends Ms. Brenda, Jennifer and Ericka for coming through to support! Love you guys :-)

-J.Couture

NEW MUSIC: Jhene Aiko's "3:16AM" [Official Video]

I honestly don't even know how I want to feel about this song and video after watching her explanation behind the creative direction. She basically said when she was a little girl all she wanted to do was watch horror movies. She also said between the hours of 3AM and 5AM she explores the dark thoughts that she has, befriends and embraces them and that's what the inspiration was behind this song. When I first heard it and watched the video, I didn't want to pass the "she sold her soul" judgement because that's not always the case, but damn.... now, I'm not too sure.. Jhene's project is called "Souled Out".... So we'll see what's to come...

Check it out!

Jhene explains the creative direction of this song and video...

So what are we thinking...

DO WE LOVE IT?!

Considering I've been a fan since 2001, I'll give her a second shot.. This isn't necessarily what I expected to see or hear, or even want to hear as a true fan coming from Def Jam's debut artist, Jhene Aiko.. Her mixtape was too fly for this follow up... But to each its own.

-J.Couture

SNEAK PEEK: Brandy's "Put It Down" feat. Chris Brown [Video]

BRANDY IS BACK!!!

Check out the sneak preview/trailer of Brandy's "Put It Down" video featuring the award winning Chris Brown. The video was directed by Hype Williams!! #EPIC

 

I CANNOT WAIT FOR THIS PREMIERE!

And shout out to Brandy for bringing back the box braids. Every black girl in America is about to start rocking these again!! #BOOM

Check me out :-P

-J.Couture

NEW MUSIC: Drake feat. AALIYAH "Enough Said"

Aaliyah's music still lives on. Shout out to Drake for this song and bringing our R&B angel, Aaliyah, back to the forefront of music. Very interesting to hear her voice on a new song in 2012. This is great!

Check it out!

DID DRAKE DO AALIYAH ANY JUSTICE OR INJUSTICE BY PUTTING THIS SONG OUT?!

Let's "talk about it."

I'm curious to see if there is going to be a major push on this song and how they're going to visually promote it.

-J.Couture