Jamie Foxx makes his return to the game, following a long musical dry spell that began after 2010′s Best Night Of My Life.

2 Chainz made a surprise appearance this weekend during Jamie Foxx’s opening monologue for SNL. “How black is that?”

Drake and Jamie Foxx’s sure-fire hit record finally gets a video, taken from Foxx’s Best Night Of My Life, due December 21st.

Drake’s sound continues to invade other artist’s music, this time on this Jamie Foxx track written entirely by Drizzy. We’re with CoCo.

LISTEN: Jamie Foxx – “Fall For Your Type” (feat. Drake)

Late night hype from an autotuned Foxx and Ross. Samples “Sucka MC’s” and “Big Poppa”, too.

LISTEN: Jamie Foxx – “Livin’ Better Now” (feat. Rick Ross)

Best buddies Jaime Foxx and T.I. reunite once again. Is this another “Winner” for the two? Or will Foxx’s new Body LP remain in release limbo for another six months?

LISTEN: Jamie Foxx – Yep That’s Me (feat T.I. & Soulja Boy)

This is the antithesis of the Larry King Live interview.

In a recent report by the New York Post, it was revealed that Justin Timberlake has been tapped to help finish out Jamie Foxx’s new LP. The two collaborated on the track “Winner”, along with T.I., however word is J Records execs were not happy with much of the other material, and asked Timberlake to contribute more material.

“There were some issues with Jamie’s album. Bosses at the label were not happy with the initial tracks, so Justin was asked to help co-write and perform on more songs,” a source told the paper. “There was some worry that upping Justin’s input would upset Jamie’s famous ego, but so far it has gone well,” the source continued. “But he was a little upset the label chiefs were insisting on changing his material to ensure there were more hits.’

However J Records execs deny that Timberlake was brought in late in the fourth quarter. “Jamie started working on this album last November, and Justin was involved from the start. Jamie and Justin have completed three tracks. The album has been delayed to July 20, but everyone is happy with the material.”

New track from Jamie Foxx with production from Tricky and The-Dream. This is also the title track of Jamie’s new album, Body.

LISTEN: Jamie Foxx – “Body”

This track leaked a while back, and I remember posting it thinking this doesn’t seem finished. Well, it never made radio and that was because it was not finished. T.I. jumps on the track to continue his busy last couple weeks and to complete this track that is sure to be huge on the radio.

LISTEN: Jamie Foxx + Justin Timberlake + T.I. – “Winner”

The rapper/actor and actor/singer join up with ActAgainstAids.Org for these important public service announcements. {Source: CNN}

He’s no stranger to the game, Intuition is Foxx’s third LP, and after the double-platinum success of 2005’s Unpredictable, he has no problem tapping top tier talent to collaborate with on this album. Surprisingly, it begins with a string of several club-friendly potential radio hits, each backed by a fellow multi-platinum artist. The opening track, “Just Like Me” finds Jamie teaming with T.I. for a rhythmic radio jam, as the two lament about challenging females whom share their carefree, flirtatious swagger. This theme continues on into “She Got Her Own” – actually a remix to “Miss Independent” – with both Fabolous and Ne-Yo in tow. This takes the original song’s concept to an even smoother level, with chipmunk soul and emotionally delivered verses. Timbaland chimes in for the strange “I Don’t Need It”, which is sort of a mash of classic soul and today’s modern sound. Here, Tim’s “Sexy Back”-esque drum programming propels Jamie’s comical Al Green-like cadence.

In the way of club hits, there’s quite a few that will fit into any commercial hip-hop DJ’s set. The Just Blaze produced “Number One” borrows a sample from The Beastie Boys, plus verses from Lil’ Wayne, as Foxx delivers his take on the “A Milli” formula. Kanye and The Dream collaborate on the ultra smooth “Digital Girl”, as Foxx and crew cry “ayo technology” over thumping bass and dreamy pianos, with requisite humorous verses from Mr. West. But the song that hits this record out of the park – and will probably keep it on the charts for a while – is “Blame It”. Here, this take-no-responsibility-for-my-actions-I-was-drunk-song celebrates the after-effects of each Patron, Grey Goose, Hennessey, and other flavors of drink, just begs for club play. With non-album remixes featuring Yung Joc, Busta Rhymes, Lil Wayne, and Kardinal Offishall already floating around, expect this to be the coldest winter anthem.

After selling you with the album’s first half, the second half of the album takes a drastic turn, for better or for worse, depending on your tastes. After kicking the door down with a series of well made crossover cuts during act one, act two focuses on “the grown and sexy” (lord, we hate that term). Here, we find the last six or seven tracks focusing in between the sheets, not on the dancefloor. With a series of ballads produced by Tricky Stewart, Salaam Remi and others, it’s hard to see what he was going for crafting the album in this fashion. Clearly after opening the audience up during the album’s first half with hood approved club cuts, taking the second half of the album in this steamy, seductive direction is a strange move, because it totally loses the opening crowd.  While the latter part of Intuition shows off his true talent –  ballads - it completely disrupts the flow built in the former. In other words, it’s hard to go from R. Kelly to John Legend in the flip of a light switch.

All in all, audiences will be split down the middle with Intuition, except perhaps for the super-fans out there that worship Jamie Foxx, even if he didn’t go full retard in The Soloist. – Pizzo