New Music Report: Expert Picks - Week of November 20th

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There has been a lot of great new music released over the last few weeks. You can find out what was released this weekend in our New Music Report, but take a look at what we've been listening to lately. Our editors Nicole and Isha have shared some of their Expert Picks for the week. Check it out below.

Nicole's Picks:

Taylor Swift - "New Year's Day"

Taylor Swift's reputation has been a rotating door of favorites over the past week. But one of the songs that sticks out the most on this album is the very last song: "New Year's Day." Why? Because the production on this song is so minimal, it's just not like the rest of the album at all. And we hear the soft piano and guitar, and the lyrics are so gorgeous (ha, see what I did there), it could be someone's wedding song. Basically, Taylor is saying find yourself a man who will help you clean up the bottles on New Year's Day, and not just be your New Year's Eve kiss. "I want your midnights/But I'll be cleaning up bottles with you on New Year's Day," she sings. OMG, FEELINGS.

Miguel - "Pineapple Skies"

I could listen to Miguel's voice all day everyday ... especially when he's promising me "everything gon' be alright." "Pineapple Skies" is the latest offering from Miguel's upcoming War & Leisure album, and fans were actually first introduced to this song during an episode of Snoop Dogg's YouTube series GGN. Now, the full song has officially arrived. On the upbeat, funky tune, Miguel sings uplifting lyrics, "Don't forget to hold on tight (Promise everything gon' be alright)/While we Stevie Wonder through the night (Promise everything gon' be alright)/Now, tomorrow seems so bright." Miguel ... he gives you wings.

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Isha's Picks:

Dave East featuring Ms. Hustle – "Ain’t No N**ga"

Dave East decided to add his own spin to JAY-Z’s classic “Ain’t No N**ga.” The Harlem rapper laid his own bars down on the iconic beat with some assistance with Ms. Hustle. Throughout the track, East can’t stop bragging about being the best man in the sheets that a woman could ever ask for. “I gotta hit it from the back, I might blind her s**t/ They say sex is a weapon/ I'm OJ Simpson, after I kill it/ Imma beat any question,” East raps. “From the projects to the mansion life/ Louie leather s**t, full advance tonight/ I'm in the pants tonight.” And of course, you have the classic chorus
 Peep Dave East’s rendition below.

The Diplomats – "Once Upon A Time"

Legendary rap group The Diplomats released a new Heatmakerz-produced track entitled "Once Upon A Time" and it gives us all the late 1990s- early 2000s Harlem feels. Only Jim Jones and Cam'ron appear on the song, but their bars sound as hot as ever. Jones spits, "Try to blackball me, so I ask him where the hoop at (ballin')/ In the SOHO in LA asking the valet where the coupe at (what up with that?)/ 80 for the jet that meet with Jay and then I flew back (facts).”

Cam'ron jumps in and says the most shocking part of the entire song. "No disrespecting the ladies, word from my team (why)," Killa Cam raps. "That's the reason Dame smacked Harvey Weinstein/ On the set of Paid In Full, y'all gave him hell about it/ Some foul s**t happened once, Capo, tell 'em about it."

With this verse, Killa confirmed that Dash fought Weinstein on the set of 2002's Paid In Full, which Weinstein was involved with producing, along with the Roc-A-Fella co-founder. Back then, many knew that the two clashed onset of the movie. So, in light of all of the recent sexual assault allegations surrounding the disgraced Hollywood exec, Cam decided to speak about the altercation on The Diplomats' new song. Listen to "Once Upon A Time" below.

Follow Isha on Twitter: @IshaThorpe

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