Quote for the week: "Life like art is a collaboration..."
(Madonna during her recent speech when she was inducted into the Rock 'n Roll Hall Of Fame)

Heard a sample of the leaked new MADONNA/JUSTIN single '4 Minutes (To Save The World)'... and we think it ROCKS!!!
This is apparently the new cover art for it:



Additionally, here is the official press release from Madonna.com for her new album Hard Candy which is due for release on April 29:

'HARD CANDY' DELICIOUS NEW MADONNA ALBUM SCHEDULED TO BE RELEASED ON WARNER BROS. RECORDS APRIL 29th

"Madonna's 11th studio album for Warner Bros. Records "HARD CANDY" is scheduled to have a global release on April 28th, it was confirmed by her label. "HARD CANDY" (the follow up to Madonna's "CONFESSIONS ON A DANCE FLOOR" which debuted at No. 1 in 30 countries and sold over 8 million copies), has been described as a brilliant up-tempo collection of 12 songs in which Madonna remains ensconced in club mode but this time adds an urban hip hop beat in collaboration with musical partners Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, Pharrell Williams of The Neptunes and Nate "Danja" Hills. The debut single, the pulsating "4 Minutes" will be released at the end of March.

"The title is a juxtaposition of tough and sweetness -- kind of like I'm gonna kick your ass but it's going to make you feel good. And of course, I love candy" laughed the material girl.

Madonna, a multi-Grammy-award-winning singer, songwriter, producer, cultural icon, world renowned stage performer, video visionary, children's book author, director and documentary film maker has sold 200 million albums in the course of her unprecedented two decade plus career and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 10th."

This has officially become the most anticipated album of the year for me... can't wait for the '4 Minutes' video!!

One of his songs making waves... here's SERGEY with the single pictured in the previous post - 'Everytime' - very pleasant!

Former SMASH!! member SERGEY LAZAREV is making waves... Despite only having ended up fourth in the recent try-outs to represent Russia in 2008's Eurovision competition, his attempts to crack the Blue Islands as a solo artist are beginning to pay off... He has already released two solo albums in his native Russia, from which the best tracks (plus his latest Eurovision song) will feature on his first B.I. release 'Sergey' to be unleashed soon...

Man... I LOVE this picture!! As pagesix.com shows us the new photoshoot of Madonna by Steven Klein. Hot!!!



On working with Justin Timberlake:
"I really enjoy writing with Justin... We had psychoanalytic sessions whenever we wrote songs first. We'd sit down and we'd start talking about situations. And then we'd start talking about issues or problems or relationships with people. That was the only way, because you know, writing together with somebody is very intimate... that was fun, because he's open and he's got talent. He's a songwriter. I haven't worked with a lot of songwriters where I'm instantly connected and start riffing and playing with the rhythm of the words. He's as interested in the rhythm of the words as the meaning of the words."