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M$ney has trouble moving past the friend zone with Omarion in "Restraint"

M$ney may be a young girl, but she's got an old soul at heart. Best known for her appearance on "Fantasy" from Timbalanda's Shock Value album, M$ney channels '90s swag and Aaliyah in the video for her new single "Restraint."

She's now signed to Omarion's label Starworld, so we can expect to see more of the pair together in the future.

The video for "Restraint" tells the tale of two friends-turned-lovers anguishing over their growing amorous emotions toward each other. M$ney is more poetic about the dilemma while Omarion bluntly lays out his frustrations: "You say I'm like your brother, well we must be kissing cousins," he scoffs.

Watch the video for M$ney and Omarion's duet below

Esperanza Spalding hugs the Motherland in "Black Gold" video

Esperanza Spalding is an accomplished, award-winning and highly lauded jazz musician. But to Justin Bieber fans, she's better known as a dream-killer.

Spalding pulled off quite the upset last time when she pulled ahead of her more famous peers Drake and Justin Bieber, to snag the Best New Artist award at the Grammys last year. But now Spalding is ready to spread her wings with her new album Radio Music Society, due for release on March 20th.

The first single from the set is a love letter to Black History Month. The video for the single is an overwhelmingly positive affair that follows a single father as he educates his two boys on the values of black inventors, scholars and scientists. The ones that public schools far too often overlook.

Joined by vocalist Algebra Basset, Spalding serves as a backdrop to the narrative in the video, playing the value-rich soundtrack to the black power anthem. It wouldn't be a stretch to say that Mr. Bill Crosby would approve highly of Spalding's showing.

Watch the video for Esperanza's new video below

Madonna rocks the halftime show at the Super Bowl

Madonna may be one old dog, but she's definitely picked up plenty of new tricks.

The 53-year-old pop diva performed at the Super Bowl XLVI halftime show in Indianapolis in an eye-popping spectacle. The set opened with a Roman empire-style take on her hit "Vogue." She tutted her way through the number and then transitioned to her song "Music," which then segued into a megamix of LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem" which resulted in Madonna shuffling with the Gordy boys. Amazing.

Madonna then brought out her brown cheerleaders, Nicki Minaj and M.I.A., for a brief run through of her new single "Give Me All Your Luvin'," and M.I.A. might land everybody in a little hot water as she flipped the bird on camera during her verse. As Janet Jackson's nipplegate saga taught us, the FCC doesn't play when it comes to the Super Bowl.

For her final act, Madonna brought out an all-black choir and Cee Lo Green for a divine rendition of her hit song, "Like A Prayer." It was an all-around pop music touchdown. No complaints.

Watch Madonna's Super Bowl halftime performance below

Madonna takes control with Nicki Minaj and M.I.A. in "Give Me All Your Luvin'" video

The bitch is back. It's an Elton John song, but it's also a fitting description for Madonna's return to pop music for her 12th studio album, M.D.N.A..

The main message Madonna wants to send in her new video for her new single "Give Me All Your Luvin'" is that she's still here, she's still the shit and everyone else should bow down. She makes this point quite bluntly by casting two hot young things in pop music (ok, "young" is a relative term here), Nicki Minaj and M.I.A., as her very own brown cheerleaders, in a song that chants her name ("Madonna!") no less.

After initially embracing her protege, Lady Gaga, Madonna has lashed out at the younger singer's work as being nothing more than "reductive" imitations. This meant that the Madonna vs. Lady Gaga wars were officially on. And Little Monsters might not help but wonder if the baby in the "Luvin'" video is representative of Madonna's feelings toward Gaga. She strolls the baby out, fake breast feeds it and then discards it when she grows tired of it. Kind of like saying she made Gaga and she can just as easily dispose of her.

Watch the video for Madonna's Super Bowl single below

M.I.A. stunts in the Moroccan desert like a boss in "Bad Girls" video

Teaming up with "Born Free" director Romain Gavras, M.I.A. hits the Moroccan desert for what pretty much ends up being a North African version of The Fast and the Furious. It's all guns, girls and really fast cars.

Watch the video for M.I.A.'s new single below

Lana Del Rey redeems herself with Letterman performance

First impressions are unfortunately impossible to do over. And Lana Del Rey, who gave one of the drier, more awkward performances in SNL history, probably wanted to redo her poorly received performances from that night.

That unfortunately won't work, because NASA hasn't released the time machine technology that everyone knows they're hoarding. So Lana will have to settle for redemption, which is something American audiences are quite fond of anyway.

Lana took to David Letterman's late night show to perform her viral hit "Video Games," accompanied by a piano and a delicate string quartet. It was everything the SNL performance wasn't. While she's still a bit of a pussycat instead of a tiger on stage, like Adele, for example, Lana proved she could gather herself together well enough to find a key and sing on pitch. She also managed to look appropriately wounded rather than terrified-deer-in-headlights like she did on SNL.

By the end of the whole thing, Letterman was quite smitten with her and implored the rising star to come back to the show tomorrow. And the day after. Yeah, it was kinda creepy.

Watch Lana Del Rey's late night show performance below

Gotye brings Kimbra along for U.S. debut of "Somebody That I Used to Know" on Kimmel

Last year, Gotye conquered his homeland Australia with his bitter breakup anthem, "Somebody That I Used to Know." The heart-wrenching duet with rising star and native New Zealander Kimbra, who was profiled by Bark + Bite in 2010, is now making its way to the U.S. The duo from the land(s) down under made their U.S. television debut with a performance of the song on Jimmy Kimmel Live this past Wednesday.

Dividing his time between the mic and a beat machine, Gotye was unassuming in his performance and appearance as he dressed modestly in a grey button-down shirt and skinny jeans. Kimbra, on the other hand, was determined to shine brightly in her bedazzled black crystal number. Both singers were in top form vocally and they didn't miss a note in their song about the coldness of an intimate lover transitioning into a stranger.

Watch Kimbra and Gotye duke it out in their duet below

Miguel unveils his sultry new song "Adorn"

If you thought Miguel was the spiritual son of Prince on his debut album All I Want Is You, wait until you get a load of his new work, "Adorn."

"These lips, can't wait to taste your skin / And these eyes can't wait to see your grin," the Los Angeles native croons.

"Adorn" is the first release from his upcoming project/mixtape Art Dealer Chic Vol. 1, which is set to drop on February 27. Miguel is carrying the torch for new R&B with this smoldering ode to love and lust. It's a must-listen.

Listen to Miguel's new song below