Will.i.am Offers Snippet Of New Britney Spears Song“The Big Fat Bass”| Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com

The latest song clip to be teased from Britney Spears’ upcoming albumFemme Fatale(out March 29) is“The Big Fat Bass,” a collaboration with Black Eyed Peas music guru will.i.am. A snippet of the minimal, bass-heavy electro jam was posted online by Will this morning. Give it a listen below.

Last week we saw a photo of Brit in the studio with will.i.am, and now we get to hear what he describes as being the intro to one of their musical collaborations.“thank you britney for collaborating it was a pleasure working with you,” he wrote onDipdive.“thank you for trusting my instincts…you’re a doll…i look forward on working with you again…its an honor because you rarely do collaboration…im your second…”

Hmmm. As we know, Britney also partnered up with Madonna for“Me Against The Music.” But how quickly Will forgets the“Hold It Against Me” singer’s duet with Don Phillips,“I Will Still Love You,” from her very first album!

Anyway, we’re loving that early’90s house piano intro to this clip. And the rest is certainly big, fat and bass-y. But like the recent teases of“Inside Out,”“I Wanna Go”and“How I Roll,”there’s not a whole lot to go off of here (other than the fact that Spears sounds eerily like Fergie).

Guess that’s Britney for you—always such a tease.

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M.I.A. Has The Right Stuff On Lost Track“Zig Zag”| Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com

When it comes to getting from Point A (obscurity) to Point B (critical and commercial success), M.I.A. sure isn’t traveling in a straight line. (Scream Awards, anyone?) Thus it’s only fitting that the lost track fromMAYAthat recently resurfaced is called“Zig Zag.” Surprisingly, it’s a relatively straightforward, catchy tune from an artist whose antics are oftenanything but— she even borrows the “Oh oh oh-oh-oh”s from New Kids On The Block’s legendary “You’ve Got It (The Right Stuff)!” Take a listen below.

M.I.A. - Zig Zag

“Kiss me and I’ll kiss you back / You zig me and I’ll zag you back,”M.I.A. sings on the bouncy, chipper track. The electronic production, of course, fits right in with the rest ofMAYA, but the song is a little more melodic than many of that album’s offerings. And, dare we say, a little more mainstream, too — particularly the homage to Donnie, Danny, Joey, Jordan, and Jonathan. The sing-songy chorus is slightly reminiscent of“Paper Planes,”the track that put theoft-unfashionableSri Lankan on the mainstream map in the first place (temporarily, at least).

Of course, M.I.A. still retains some of her trademark controversial flair here thanks to lyrics like:“Thanks to my mom and daddy / Hot-spicy like their curry / Over there, toilet that way”— a grateful parental shout-out even tackier thanChristina Aguilera’s. So it isn’t exactly a Selena Gomez track, either.

If we were better acquainted with theVikki Leekx mixologist, we’d have advised her not to axe this track. Then again, if we were better acquainted with M.I.A., we’d probably have awhole laundry list of thingswe’d advise her to do differently.

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J. Cole Drops“Nothing Like It”And“Can I Get Wit Ya”| Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com

Is there anything quite like a new J. Cole track for your listening enjoyment? The man whorecently schooled Idolator on the state of hip hopdropped new rap“Nothing Like It” last night, sampling The Dynamic Superiors’ “Ain’t Nothing Like The Real Thing,” along with an older post-mortem collaboration with Notorious B.I.G. on 1999’s“Can I Get Wit Ya.” Drake’s“In The Morning”buddy doesn’t go for frills or gimmicks on the new track— just pure, unadulterated rapping. Head below to listen to both new offerings.

J. Cole - Nothing Like ItNotorious B.I.G. feat. J. Cole - Can I Get Wit Ya

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Is This Britney Spears On The Demo For“Black Widow”? | Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com

Enough of these10-second snippets- we want to hear another full-length Britney Spears song fromFemme Fatale! Well, we (sort of) get our wish with“Black Widow”, allegedly a demo of Britney’s off her upcoming album, though many are saying it’s actually electro-pop singer Myah Marie’s vocals. Listen below and tell us if this is Brit or not.

“Black Widow”

We could see ourselves Dance Dance Revolutioning to this song.

No dubstep, no Euro influences, no dark subject matter– this song is pure, pretty, happy-go-lucky, rainbow-shining, fist-pumping, bubblegum pop. It’s the Britney we love best. Though we must admit, the vibe of the song doesn’t much match“Hold It Against Me”, so we wouldn’t be surprised if this a) wasn’t actually her song, or b) didn’t make the cut ofFemme Fatale.

What do you guys think? Brit or no?

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“Things Get Worse”For Eminem And B.o.B On New Track | Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com

Eminem and B.o.B scored a hit with their Grammy-nominated track“Airplanes (Part II)”, but that apparently wasn’t the only existing collaboration between the two rappers. A previously unreleased jam featuring both MCs on the mic,“Things Get Worse”, popped up on the interwebs today, hearkening back a time when themember of the YouTube Billionaires Clubhappily doled out pop culture references and threats against family members. Ah, those were the days. Listen below.

Eminem feat. B.o.B - Things Get Worse

“Note to Jessica Simpson, let’s go with the tuna casserole / Cause I used to love her hooters, now Carmen Electra’s cuter/ Strap an extension cord to her arm and electrocute her,” raps Em.“I’m off my fucking meds but I’m on an electric scooter/ I might just scoot by and shoot my mom in the neck with Rugers / Spit in Jason’s face while I vomit on Freddy Krueger / They can’t even get Jeffrey Dahmer to pet the cougar.”

“There’s no need to say shit you already know, the question is just how far will this go,” adds B.o.B on the chorus.“‘Cause I will never lay down and I will never let up.”

Sounds like an fairly old Slim Shady track, as indicated by Em’s more playful cadence when discussing violent acts, as well as pretty dated references to Jessica Simpson and Carman Electra. (Sorry, ladies, but no one’s really bothering to rap about you anymore.) Of course, this could have been recorded during hisRecoverysessions, but didn’t fit the tone of the rest of the album and they decided to (wisely) leave it out.

What do you think of this track? Is it a winner, or should it have stayed buried?

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Britney Spears Wants Released In Snippet Of New Song“I Wanna Go”| Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com

Given that Britney Spears’ newly-released“Hold It Against Me”video depicts theFemme Fatalesinger as a celebrity who is forever surrounded by the media, the snippet of her new song“I Wanna Go” that producer Dr. Luke tweeted out last night takes on eerie significance. Listen below.

“Release, release, control of me, I wanna go all the way,” a heavily-Auto-Tuned Brit chirps over a chugging bed of dance-pop bass. Luketweetedthat the song was produced by Max Martin and Shellback, who previously paired up to twiddle the knobs on Spears’“3″ and“If U Seek Amy.”

Hmmm. Britney as a caged pop bird?

This short clip of“I Wanna Go” follows the one for“Inside Out”that Dr. Luke posted over the weekend.

It’s a long way to March 29, the dayFemme Fataleis released. Guess we can expect plenty of abbreviated soundbites of Britney tunes till then (a la the 14sometimes-frustrating teasersleading up to the“Hold It Against Me”video premiere)? At the very least it would be nice to get another full single ahead of that date.

And, P.S.: is Britneyevergoing to do an interview to promote her new music?

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Listen To Patrick Stump’s“Porcelain”From His‘Truant Wave’EP | Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com

Patrick Stump’sTruant WaveEP drops today, giving us a 6-song preview of the vibe we can expect to glean from his full-length solo album, due this summer. So, is it Fall Out Boy-esque, or is it the complete opposite? Well, as far as we can tell after one straight-through listen, it’s both. Check out one of the EP’s opening track,“Porcelain”, below.

The boys of FOB were never scared off from experimenting with other genres— there were plenty of R&B, pop, hip-hop and soul influences across all their albums. In that respect, Stump’s still doing what he’s always done—Truant Wavefeels like a playlist of various styles and musical genres squeezed together, from the Michael Jackson soul-pop on“Cute Girls” to the dance-pop of“Love, Selfish, Love.”

If there’s any first-listen comparison we can gather from Stump’s time in his pop-punk-rock band to his debut as a solo artist, it’s that he’s able to slow it down a lot and take his time. Not that his songs lack energy— he’s just performing at a less frenetic, maniacal pace than that of FOB. Basically, we don’t expect to see any mosh pits forming at any of his upcoming sold-out shows in New York and Chicago.

Thea cappella-endorsingartist choseour preferred version of“Spotlight (Oh, Nostalgia)”forTruant Wave(does that mean“No Regrets” will be on the full-length album?), but the song that has us the most interested is a track called“Porcelain”, in which Stump sings about never wanting to meet his idols for fear of finding out they’re, ya know, actually human, with flaws and imperfections. Or maybe it’s written from the point of view of one of his fans? Listen to it below.

Patrick Stump feat. Alph-a-bit - Porcelain

“I don’t ever want to meet you, because you’re like Porcelain / And I think it would it would crack if I found out you were a brat / Stay perfect,” sings P-Stump.

“Have you ever met somebody who was perfect til you met them? I have.” We’re dying to know who he’s talking about. Any guesses, folks?

Truant Waveis available for download on iTunes, or stream the whole EP over on Patrick’sFacebook page.

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