EXCLUSIVE 'Empire' First Listen: Mary J. Blige Sounds Flawless in 'Shake Down' by Leanne Aguilera 1:30PM EDT, March 9, 2015  Full Size Image The guest list onEmpirejust keeps getting better and better! If you're not already obsessed withEmpire-- TV's most addicting new drama -- you most certainly will be after this week's episode, which welcomes not one, but two music superstars to the smash series:Jennifer HudsonandMary J. Blige. To help get you even more excited for the A-list filled episode, we at ETonline have your exclusive first listen at the hour's most download-worthy song, "Shake Down," featuring Grammy award winner Blige andEmpire's musically gifted patriarchTerrence Howard. WATCH: Inside the Secret Formula to Fox's 'Empire,' TV's Next Big Hit In Wednesday's all-new chapter, Blige plays Angie, a woman from Lucious' (Howard) past who makes her way back into his present.
"Shake Down," which will be featured in a very important flashback scene, is a piano-heavy duet that -- in trueEmpirefashion -- will be stuck in your head all day long. Press play on our exclusive first listen above to be the first to hear "Shake Down," which will also be featured on the official soundtrack for season one. Blige will join a roster of hit singers -- Courtney Love, Estelle, Jennifer Hudson, Juicy J, and Rita Ora -- as well as the show's dynamite cast that performs each week's addictive new songs. Two versions of the soundtrack will be released through Columbia Records on Tuesday, Mar. 10: A standard edition and a digital deluxe version, which includes the fan favorite track, "Drip Drop."
Standard Edition Track-list: 1. "Good Enough" feat. Jussie Smollett 2. "What Is Love" feat. V.Bozeman 3. "No Apologies" feat. Yazz and Jussie Smollett 4. "Keep It Movin'" feat. Serayah McNeil and Yazz 5. "Walk Out On Me" feat. Courtney Love 6. "Conqueror" feat. Estelle and Jussie Smollett 7. "Remember the Music" feat. Jennifer Hudson 8. "Shake Down" feat. Mary J. Blige and Terrence Howard 9. "Power of the Empire" feat. Yazz 10. "Nothing to Lose" feat. Jussie Smollett 11. "Whatever Makes You Happy" feat. Jennifer Hudson and JuicJ
Digital Deluxe Edition Track-list: 1. "Good Enough feat. Jussie Smollett 2. "What Is Love" feat. V.Bozeman 3. "No Apologies" feat. Yazz and Jussie Smollett 4. "Keep It Movin'" feat. Serayah McNeil and Yazz 5. "Keep Your Money" feat. Jussie Smollett 6. "Drip Drop" feat. Yazz and Serayah McNeil 7. "Can't Truss 'Em" feat. Yazz 8. "I Wanna Love You" feat. Jussie Smollett 9. "Money For Nothing" feat. Jussie Smollett and Yazz 10. "Walk Out On Me" feat. Courtney Love 11. "You're So Beautiful" feat. Jussie Smollett and Yazz 12. "Conqueror" feat. Estelle and Jussie Smollett 13. "Remember the Music" feat. Jennifer Hudson 14. "Power of the Empire" feat. Yazz 15. "Shake Down" feat. Mary J. Blige and Terrence Howard 16. "Nothing to Lose" feat. Jussie Smollett 17. "Whatever Makes You Happy" feat. Jennifer Hudson and Juicy J 18. "NY Raining" feat. Charles Hamilton and Rita Ora