Guardian Music — A late album of the year contender from two Odd Future members ditches doomy crunk for smooth R&B stylingsHometown: Los Angeles.The lineup: Sydney Bennett and Matthew Martin.The background: The biggest surprise about Odd Future was how totally they d... more info

411 Mania — And how Frank Ocean inspired here... more info

Mjsbigblog — Per YOUR request, here’s the new American Idol 11 promo featuring Brandy Neelly. Check out the spoilers to see if she made THIS year’s Hollywood Round. more info

Topix — John Atterberry, who has been involved with acts including the Spice Girls and Brandy, had been in critical condition at Cedars-Sinai since what police called a "random shooting" occurred. more info

ContactMusic — RB singer Brandy is the latest star to be targeted by bootleggers after her new single leaked online The finished version of Silent Night has been made available on the internet ahead of the release of Brandys upcoming sixth studio album But the... more info

Mjsbigblog — Check out this 30 second promo of Adam Lambert surprising the contestants on Majors & Minors--a competition reality show for young singers between the ages of 8 and 16. A slew of artists are appearing on the show, including Jordin Sparks, Brandy (w... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — It wasn't until Brandy Norwood's second episode on The CW's 90210 that I even recognized her. Can you blame me? She's playing a political candidate named Marissa Hill-Young, for whom Silver (Jessica Stroup) starts making campaign videos. That's not ... more info

ContactMusic — The Temptations, Bobby Womack and Ray Parker are among the 2012 Heroes and Legends (Hal) Awards Scholarship Foundation honourees. The trio will join Jay Brown and singer Brandy's mum Sonja Norwood who will also be feted at the gala in Beverly Hills l... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — It’s so tragic that Aaliyah lost her life at such a young age. She was beautiful young lady who touched so many. HipHollywood speak to Brandy, Game, Scott Storch and others who remember the brillance of Aaliyah.   R.I.P. more info

Yahoo! Music UK — world entertainment news - Brandy is planning a big comeback in 2012 - the star has signed a new record deal alongside her recurring role in 90210. more info