The Round Table

Excuse us for being a touch late in posting the new Christina Aguilera song “Not Myself Tonight,” but we’ve been busy with March Music Madness (did you vote?!). Never fear our loyal pop readers, here it is. Pretty safe to say that we can officially lay Christina Aguilera as “iamamiwhoami” rumor to rest. Right, I’m aware that mystery was somewhat cracked a few weeks back (Joanna Lee), but I was still holding out for a massive reveal today in conjunction with Xtina dropping her new single. I digress.

The single “Not Myself Tonight” is an absolute club-banger produced by Polow Da  Don. High energy, synth-tastic, heavy bass and of course the trademark Aguilera vocals. So, before people start pointing fingers to Lady Gaga, I hear a different influence, more of a  Britney Spears Black Out vibe. In fact, it’s so on-point that I bet Britney is pissed she didn’t grab this song first as it’s much more suited for a weaker vocal performance. So while this is a nice change for Aguilera from her last project, Back to Basics, so far “Not Myself Tonight” isn’t necessarily ground-breaking, but it’s a hell of a strong lead single from the upcoming Bionic (June 8th). Ms. Aguilera, you have our attention – question is, what will you do with it?

Forget Justin Timberlake, Keri Hilson is bringing sexy back with her latest video for “Slow Dance.” Let’s just say she’s clearly using her “assets” to promote this song — and — rightly so considering it’s sultry tone.

The video opens with Hilson joining friends waiting on her outside of her place, then flashes back to what the delay was. Enter the hotness. Hilson clad in little more than a bra and high waist panties (ugh, we hate that word), struts around her place, interspersed with clips of her driving around town with her friends, a club scene, and some one-off poses against a wall in a oh-so-tight snakeskin outfit.

If that’s not enough to make you watch, Hilson is joined by some heavy-hitters including Chris Brown, Omarion, Melody Thorton (PCDs), Polow Da Don and Monica throughout the video. See if you can spot them all. What do you think? Hot or not?