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R&B newcomer Elle Varner has been making waves with her latest love ditty 'Only Wanna Give It to You.' The 22-year-old singer is on the right path to stardom and is being touted as the next Alicia Keys. She is back with a new song that her management team, MBK Entertainment, has announced will be her second single, 'Refill.'

After flexin' his street cred on 'I'm Flexin,' T.I. is now flossin' with his new single, 'Pyro.' The Atlanta rapper describes the song as his official party record. "It's nostalgic of those crazy nights, early mornings just turned up," he says.

Peppy popsters Hot Chelle Rae slow things down a bit on 'Why Don't You Love Me,' a duet with Demi Lovato featured on the band's upcoming sophomore album, 'Whatever.'

Rihanna is no shrinking violet, nor is she a lovelorn balladeer. She's pop music's oversexed alpha female, and she's not going to shut up about them on her new album, 'Talk That Talk.' And why should she? Just look at the standard version's cover. She's sticking her tongue out and batting her lashes. It screams "Sex!"

Auto-Tune king T-Pain re-teams with Lil Wayne again for this trunk rattler 'Bang Bang Pow Pow.' The T-Minus-produced song serves as the opening salvo on T-Pain's fourth LP 'rEVOLVEr,' which shoots into stores on Dec. 6. Although it's not as pop-oriented as their Grammy-nominated tune 'I Can't Believe It,' it still bangs harder than a screen door in a hurricane.

The buzz on Rihanna's 'Red Lipstick' from the deluxe edition of 'Talk That Talk' is that it features a sample from Metallica's beefy anthem 'Wherever I May Roam.'

Try as we might, we can't stop Justin Bieber from growing up. He's making musical leaps at every turn and his latest, off-the-cuff song, a cover of Frank Ocean's 'Thinking About You' featuring Jaden Smith, is further evidence that The Biebs is maturing and slowly but surely and steadily becoming a man. Few artists can go from reworking holiday classics to a song such as an urban romantic ode like

Atlanta rapper Young Jeezy grabs two of the most well-regarded lyricists for his soul-drenched rap song, 'I Do.' OutKast member André 3000 (where has he been hiding?) and Jay-Z complete the rap trifecta as they metaphorically rhyme about their first love, cocaine.

Grammy-nominated rhyme-slinger B.o.B celebrated his 23rd birthday on Nov. 15 by giving his fans a special gift -- a new song called '5 on the Kush' featuring Big K.R.I.T. and Bun B. The song is from Bob's upcoming mixtape 'EPIC' (Every Play Is Crucial).

In conjunction with the launch of Google Music, Busta Rhymes offers this free song, 'Why Stop Now.' The track reunites Rhymes with Chris Brown, who blazed the Internet earlier this year with their crazy joint 'Look at Me Now.'