This week’s new music includes stuff from Gladys Knight, who just signed with Verve Records for the October release of her new Before Me. The set’s a compilation of covers of American standards from music greats and you can get more info here.
Ms. Knight’s Verve labelmate, Natalie Cole, is also blessing us with new tunes from her upcoming 20th studio album titled Leavin’. As previoulsy reported the R&B/jazz veteran’s been burning up live stages with her new material which, ironically also features a bunch of covers. More album info’s here.
And finally, brand new material comes from Diddy’s Press Play scheduled to drop October 17, and the tracklisting been revealed in the wake of the album’s complex cover art. The expected gaggle of guest artists include Christina Aguilera, Shawnna, Nas, Cee-Lo and more.

Diddy - Press Play tracklisting:
1. Testimonial (Intro)
2. We Gon’ Make It featuring Jack Knight
3. I Am (Interlude)
4. The Future
5. Hold Up
6. Come To Me featuring Nicole Scherzinger
7. Tell Me featuring Christina Aguilera
8. Wanna Move featuring Big Boi, Ciara and Scar
9. Diddy Rock featuring Timbaland, Twista and Shawnna
10. Claim My Place (Interlude)
11. Everything I Love featuring Nas and Cee-Lo
12. Special Feeling featuring Mika Lett
13. Crazy Thang (Interlude)
14. After Love featuring Keri
15. Through The Pain (She Told Me) featuring Mario Winans
16. Thought You Said featuring Brandy
17. Last Night featuring Keyshia Cole
18. Makin’ It Hard featuring Mary J. Blige
19. Partners For Life featuring Jamie Foxx.

AUDIO:

Gladys Knight - “God Bless The Child” - Windows|Real
Natalie Cole - “Day Dreaming” - Windows|Real
VIDEO:

Diddy - “Come To Me” Windows|Real|Quicktime

Photo courtesy Verve