NICKI MINAJ – ONLY FT. DRAKE, LIL WAYNE, CHRIS BROWN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rnRdlkuX0I

Nicki Minaj is sounding so fierce nowadays. Here she links with YMCMB labelmates Drake & Lil Wayne, while Chris Brown wails over the eerie, hypnotic beat. When Nicki can do something as pop-orineted as ‘Anaconda’ and return to the likes of ‘Only’, she’s proving to be a problem in 2014.

CALVIN HARRIS – PRAY TO GOD FT. HAIM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uVMaoWeZnk

Calvin Harris delivers a nice pop anthem in ‘Pray To God’, teaming up with super sister trio HAIM. Both these artists have a knack for tracks that get stuck in your head for days, but Harris has plenty of other vocalist weapons in his arsenal for his album Motion – including Ellie Goulding & Gwen Stefani.

KID INK – BODY LANGUAGE FT. USHER, TINASHE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ht6gSClAzo

Kid Ink returns with his usual brand of danceable club R&B on ‘Body Language’, with help from the lord himself Usher and our new favourite Tinashe. This clip rivals ‘Anaconda’ with plenty of jiggling ass, but Tinashe definitely takes out the babe award despite not having a verse. Can we marry Tinashe yet?

CAM’RON – TOUCH THE SKY FT. WIZ KHALIFA, SMOKE DZA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heCD3IhMPYg

Is there anybody in the world cooler than Cam’ron? Nope. Here the Dipset legend links with the West Coast’s Wiz Khalifa and fellow Harlem spitter Smoke DZA for a throwback banger titled ‘Touch The Sky’. The samples are on point, and this track may inspire you to smoke lots of marijuana.

YOUNG & SICK – HEARTACHE FETISH (TA-KU REWORK)

Ta-Ku has proven to us that he can drop bangers on multiple occasions, but it’s perhaps his more pensive work that’s the most attractive. He showed this with his tearful Songs To Break Up To, and this latest rework of ‘Heartache Festish’ is also for the emotionally broken. Save this one for a rainy day.