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June 3, 2011

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Forget social networking, an email blast or the traditional radio promo grind, Nikka Costa has opted to announce her new album, PRO*WHOA!, naked.

The funk-soul singer took to Youtube for a one-minute clip announcing the record, which comes out on June 21. It is her fourth studio effort and follows 2008's Pebble to a Pearl.

No stranger to the music biz -- Nikka's father is veteran producer Don Costa, she’s married to Australian musician Justin Stanley and was once managed by American Idol's Randy Jackson -- Costa cheekily asks, “What’s a girl got to do to get her music heard?"

Of course, the 38-year-old essentially answers her own question, but the clip now begs another: does the topless stunt reek of desperation? In 2001, Costa saw a much buzzed about launch on Virgin Records with the release of Everybody Got Their Something, which sold 246,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan, but her most recent album only moved 16,000 units.

PRO*WHOA! is being positioned as a more pop-leaning record, so perhaps the time to get naked is now or never.

Costa kicks off a U.S. tour on June 16 at Las Vegas' Cosmopolitan Hotel and Casino whose slogan, appropriately enough, is "just the right amount of wrong."

This is how things work these days.You gotta go to extreme measures to generate excitiment and to keep your name in the news.Every other week,a celebrity porn video or nude photo "leaks" onto the Internet.Nikki is just doing what she has to do to survive

Barf!

paisleypark4 said:

Why does this shit keep HAPPENING????!!! Toni, Janet, Toya, Madonna (at least was explained in an artistic way) Mariah, Nikka now??? Seriously...we need to stand up and say no more.

here's your answer:

She's jocking. I think it's hillarious. I highly doubt you can see actually see her knockers. Isn't the black bar strategically placed?

At anyrate, I am more annoyed that her music is, ummm, more pop sounding. Whatever that means...

Identity said:

-- Costa cheekily asks, “What’s a girl got to do to get her music heard?"

Try making a decent record.

What's the point? It's not like she has something to look at. Now if it was 1980's Samantha Fox or Lisa Lisa, that's a different story.

Do y'all SERIOUSLY not get that she's JOKING??????????

good lord.

you don't think that she knows that she's not packing much up there?

Nikka's smart and extremely talented and making fun of the current state of the music industry.

lighten up, people.

Lol................Go Nikka.

and i'd pick "Pebble To A Pearl" over the majority of P's stuff from the last 10 years.

yeah, i said it.

Lotusflow3r>The Rainbow Children>Pebble to a Pearl>Musicology>3121>Planet Earth>News>20ten

[Edited 6/3/11 9:29am]

MattyJam said:

Identity said:

-- Costa cheekily asks, “What’s a girl got to do to get her music heard?"

Try making a decent record.

My interest in her music has slipped from album one down the line, some stuff here and there, but she is missing something to put her over, and she was god awful on the INXS tribute record talk about being out of her league, her and Ben Harper ruined that album for me, and they had the nerve to let Ben do two tracks!

lastdecember said:

MattyJam said:

Try making a decent record.

My interest in her music has slipped from album one down the line, some stuff here and there, but she is missing something to put her over, and she was god awful on the INXS tribute record talk about being out of her league, her and Ben Harper ruined that album for me, and they had the nerve to let Ben do two tracks!

Like Lizz Wright, she hasn't found the right producer to capture what she does live.

Awesome. I bought a ticket for her NY show this week.

sosgemini said:

lastdecember said:

My interest in her music has slipped from album one down the line, some stuff here and there, but she is missing something to put her over, and she was god awful on the INXS tribute record talk about being out of her league, her and Ben Harper ruined that album for me, and they had the nerve to let Ben do two tracks!

Like Lizz Wright, she hasn't found the right producer to capture what she does live.

Agreed that Nikka is much better live than on record.

paisleypark4 said:

Why does this shit keep HAPPENING????!!! Toni, Janet, Toya, Madonna (at least was explained in an artistic way) Mariah, Nikka now??? Seriously...we need to stand up and say no more.

MattyJam said:

Identity said:

-- Costa cheekily asks, “What’s a girl got to do to get her music heard?"

Try making a decent record.

Nikka already makes good music. Have you actually LISTENED to any of her work?

ButterscotchPimp said:

Do y'all SERIOUSLY not get that she's JOKING??????????

good lord.

you don't think that she knows that she's not packing much up there?

Nikka's smart and extremely talented and making fun of the current state of the music industry.

lighten up, people.

Yeah I don't see the big deal.

MickyDolenz said:

paisleypark4 said:

Why does this shit keep HAPPENING????!!! Toni, Janet, Toya, Madonna (at least was explained in an artistic way) Mariah, Nikka now??? Seriously...we need to stand up and say no more.

I always love the Red Hots because of this (besides them having some goddamn good music too lol)

MickyDolenz said:

What's the point? It's not like she has something to look at. Now if it was 1980's Samantha Fox or Lisa Lisa, that's a different story.

...You blind or somethin' ?

http://loft965.files.word...06-big.jpg

http://adammitchellambert...-Costa.jpg

Just because her tits aren't each the same size as her head, doesn't mean she isn't hot. She's foxy, even.

I personally think she's hot myself.

sextonseven said:

sosgemini said:

Like Lizz Wright, she hasn't found the right producer to capture what she does live.

Agreed that Nikka is much better live than on record.

Yup. I was only mildly familiar with her before I saw her live at one of Prince's aftershows in London in '07. I walked away from that show a FAN. She straight up TORE IT UP.

Timmy84 said:

I personally think she's hot myself.

I know right? I'm like, "In what world is this woman unattractive?"

Militant said:

sextonseven said:

Agreed that Nikka is much better live than on record.

Yup. I was only mildly familiar with her before I saw her live at one of Prince's aftershows in London in '07. I walked away from that show a FAN. She straight up TORE IT UP.

She always does! I just got her hard-to-find CD Butterfly Rocket. It's more rock than funk but it's still killer.

I really like her new cover of Mumford & Sons' "Little Lion Man" - - she does a really nice job with it.

Militant said:

sextonseven said:

Agreed that Nikka is much better live than on record.

Yup. I was only mildly familiar with her before I saw her live at one of Prince's aftershows in London in '07. I walked away from that show a FAN. She straight up TORE IT UP.

Same here. She's very, very good.

armpit said:

Timmy84 said:

I personally think she's hot myself.

I know right? I'm like, "In what world is this woman unattractive?"

Being pretty has nothing to do with being flat chested.

MickyDolenz said:

armpit said:

I know right? I'm like, "In what world is this woman unattractive?"

Being pretty has nothing to do with being flat chested.

Not much sense of humor 'round these parts, eh?

Nikka is the shit and her live show is fucking AMAZING!

Respect.

HonEMan said:

Not much sense of humor 'round these parts, eh?

Well, there are a bunch of Joss Stone fans here.