Brandy, who is still in court with legal battles, is saying that recording her new album is helping her to cope. Police investigators recommended that Brandy be charged with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter, but the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office has yet to file charges.
“I’ve just got to get that album out,” the pop star tells PEOPLE. “I have to get it out, if it’s the last thing I do.” She continues, “I’ve been gone for a long time. I really want to give the fans something that they deserve to have. So, I’m working really hard on this. I really want to make it the best work I’ve done so far.”
Brandy’s as yet to be titled album will be her fifth studio album and the first since 2004′s critically well-received (even though sales weren’t what they were expected to be) Afrodisiac.
JAY-Z’S AMERICAN GANGSTER TOUR
Although he was supposedly “retired,” Jay-Z is releasing an album, based on his take of the true story of a 70′s drug trade, American Gangster. AG is set for the release date November 6th, while the film is due out on the 2nd.
In addition to a new record, Jay-Z is planning a small tour in intimate venues. The tour has very few dates, and Jay-Z will perform new material from the upcoming Def Jam release. Jay-Z has made sporadic live appearances in the past few years, most recently during the ScreamFest Tour’s New York stop, but this will be a stint on his own.
DATES INCLUDE:
Nov. 6: Los Angeles (House of Blues)
Nov. 7: Chicago (House of Blues)
Nov. 9: Baltimore (Ram’s Head)
Nov. 11: New York (Hammerstein Ballroom)
Nov. 12: Philadelphia (Fillmore)
Be on the look out for more Jay-Z music from American Gangster.
MARIAH “IN LOVE” WITH NEW ALBUM
Mariah just launched her new fragrance, “M” but is now focused on recording her new album, due out on Def Jam early next year, the follow-up to her hugely successful, 3 Grammy Award winning Emancipation of Mimi. Apparently, Mariah is in love with the new material she’s recorded.
“It’s hard for me to sit here and talk about it without sounding like I’m bragging if I’m in love with it, but I’m in love with this album,” she says. “I think that having the success with the last record allowed me to have more freedom… and just make records that I like. It’s kind of a really fun record.”
Well, we’ll see Mariah. Honestly, when I heard she was working on some new material, I was a little surprised. I thought with Mimi, Mariah would let that be her last and end on a good note. I feel like she may be in the same boat as Usher with Confessions – such a great album, but you’re not sure how you’re going to top what you did. You know CL will keep you updated with what Mariah’s doing with this new project.
NEW AMERIE PHOTOS
Click for larger imageHere are some new photos of Amerie from a recent random photoshoot that she did. I’m not positive what the pictures are for, but she looks absolutely beautiful, as usual. I just wish that she could get it together with this album.
She’s recently been doing some performances all over Europe, because from what I’ve heard, her release Because I Love It (which has yet to see official release in the States) is doing really well over there.
Most recently, you can find Amerie featured on the new Chingy single, “Fly Like Me,” which was posted in one of our new music reviews.
I love Brandy she was my favorite artist of the nineties I am seriously fienin for this album. I hope that she settles this case and puts all of that into this cd. I have bought all her CD and I had to get Afrodisiac when I was in Iraq. I can’t say that I have a favorite album because I have enjoyed them all.
cant wait 4 brandy!!
myspace.com/brandyfans has some snippets of her new songs
Brandy? new album, hmmm this should be interesting!
brandy is my all-time favorite singer. like literally. i’ve always loved her. i hope her album is bomb! if not, i’ll still buy it. i’m gettin’ jay-z’s shit too. boo mariah! get off thee stage. yaaay for amerie i
So glad to hear Brandy’s back in the studio!
i’m glad 2 here it from brandy herself,i love her music it the best.
I APPRECIATE ALL THE LOVE FOR BRAN!!!!!!!!!
JUST GO SUPPORT HER WHEN THAT ALBUM DROP…………THANKS!
Brandy keep doing your thing Mama I have loved you since I was 8 years old when I Wanna Be Down first came out. People underestimate you cause your music is different from the typical R&B. It’s classic music that I love. You will always be my favorite singer. Number 1 forever and O yea number 37 you need to pump your breaks clown………
amerie… yeah boy… dats my baby…
Anyone know when tickets go on sale for the Hov show in LA?
I love brandy… she is still one of my favorites!
AMERIE!I luv me some Amerie!!!
Lookin’ forward to Brandy’s album and praying her outcome with the charges turns out well. Amerie always has an awesome album but ALWAYS comes out with the wackest singles from the album- I wish her ass (and her label) would get it together and release the damn album here in the US….
Jay will never fall off. Anticipating his new cd.
Mariah and Brandy, I draw a blank.
you jay-haters are crazy that roc boyz ,dp3 is FIRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEE
BRANDY! GO GIRL…
WTF IS UP WITH PEOPLE ANT THE TERM “FELL OFF” ARTISTS AND ENTERTAINERS TAKE BREAKS….THEY DONT WORK EVERYDAY 9-5 BECAUSE OF THE MONEY THEY MAKE ON EACH PROJECT…PLEASE STOP USING THE TERM SO LOOSELY!!!!! NEXT YOULL SAY YOUR TIRED OF SEEING THE ARTISTS!!!!!
JAY Z—HOPEFULLY ITS A GOOD LOOK
AMERIE????? EVER SINCE THE NOSE JOB..LOST RESPECT FOR HER AND LETOYA
DOTHEPOCKETKNIFE….HOW INSENSITIVE ARE YOU? IT WASNT PREMEDITATED ..IT WAS AN ACCIDENT..YOU WANT HER TO LOCK HERSELF IN HER HOME AND CRY ALL DAY? GET REAL!
HONESTLY , Because I Love It is a GOOD album with GREAT songs . . . but you have to buy it on Amazon
Brandy is the queen of R&B. I mean seriously, who has a better body of work? Nobody…
I’ve always trusted Brandy putting good work on her albums. Been buying them since the first one dropped.
YEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSS!!! I truly believe tragedy/drama brings out the best in an artist so i’m sure Brandy CD is going to be a HIT
Jay Z is acting like he is in the movies…..nigga always want the attention. Sit your ass down somewhere, you and Bouncy! Go make a baby or something.
L.M.A.O @ #37
@ # 22 if you kill someone what should you be charged wiff im just curious ,,,,, i love me some brandy…… but if that waz you or me our ass would be sitting under the jail until they make a decision lolo .. her strength should not be in a cd it should be in JESUS…… folk got their priorities wrong. prayer could change alot of things….. bey must be boring the hell out of jay for him to come out of retirement . ….he dam sho dont need the money he should stick to the clothing line and let plies , she pain. rich boi, hurricane, youg berg and and soulja boi shine and sit his old selfish ass down..lololol
^^^^^^^^^^ LMFAO @ She Pain.
oh i forgot about macowra sit you screaming ass down her cheeks look like dey got shit in them,,,,, to much work on her body yuck
Jay gonna sell regardless, i think that the problem, he got so complacent now. he needs that hunger again. Myabe all this talk about him being washed up will do him some good.
Brandy… I SEE YOU GUH!! I was listening to some of her unreleased tracks only 2day (Sweet Nothings, Nodding Off, The Jones). I’m really anticipating this new release. And pray for her peace of mind coz i know she must be on the edge right now.
Amerie…meh. Can she even sing? I mean REALLY sing?
I know eevrbody thinks # 37 is funny but when do peopel get to the point were nothing is scred and like evrything no matter how messed up is up for ridicule. Damn show some respect if not for brandy or teh womans family for your self, becuase you look like an asshole for that. I cant stand when people dont have that thing in them that maybe that would be disrespectful or what not.
Im riding with you Brandy.
I desperately need another Brandy album in my life. I can’t wait for the record!
I know its going to be fire simply because of all the pain she’s gone through.
Ameria is gorgeous women but wanted to know weather she is AU’ natural ,cause if u look at the first videos when she came out her nose look different to how it does now!!!
Brandy who? Ain’t nobody checking for her. Its gonna be another flop like her last album. Can’t for the new Mimi though!
DEAD @ 37 but I love me some Brandy and you wrong for that. LMAO
I GOT 1 TICKET FOR THE JAY-Z SHOW IN NY NOVEMBER 11, FRONT ROW. THERES A CHANCE I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GO THOUGH. SO IM WILLING TO SELL TO SOMEONE. FOLLOW MY LINK IF UR INTERESTED IN IT.
@91….,U r a fuckin’ hater cause from wat i see many ppl checking 4 her new ablum
don’t hate because whatever she release is gonna be great,not dat garbage like beyonce n some of those other chick bee releasing.her ablum gonna b crazy hot like the rest of her ablums,so u best believe it,in u so quick to talk about a flop did u 4get MIMI flop 2x before” I.O.M” everybody counted her out 2 look at her now,u such a lame
Brandy is my all-time favorite artist, she is the only artist I really have my eye on for a new album! I need it!! I hope it’s as successful as her first two albums because she deserves every ounce of fame that she gets!!!
Brandy… okay i got all of her cds but i’m honestly could care less if she comes back or not.
mariah…..i don’t like herat all
Amerie….whateva are you coming out with a cd or not.
jayz…. I’m a stan for real. So I obviously gonna buy the cd and go see him in concert in the N.Y.
Jay I’m a stan but mad u won’t B coming to da H. Brandy I loved Afrodisiac Come You Are is my fave I love her.
hope brandy does well…..GOD BLESS her! so over Jay-Z
YEA BRANDY GET ON IT ALREADY IM WAITING!
MARIAH PLEASE
AMERIE’S HAIR IS ALWAYS FLY…
Whatever CL editor wrote this post is an idiot! Why on earth would you think Mariah would just end her career after ‘The Emancipation of Mimi’???? If anything it would give her the motivation to continue making music because she has millions of fans. She’s been putting out platinum albums since 1990. Even the much criticized ‘Glitter’ and ‘Charmbracelet’ albums went platinum. She is the highest selling female R&B recording artist in history, and her last album sold 10 million copies worldwide. She is NOT about to stop recording, and the writer is an idiot for even suggesting she’d do that.
I love Brandy, and I can’t wait to hear some new music! I know she’ll get through this whole ordeal.
Amerie is a good singer, but I think she needs to change her “sound”. She needs Timbaland to give her some kinda edge.
looking forward new brandy,jay-z is the man and i like mariah so i’m always excited when she has something new coming
Wish Brandy a good album and not a floopy.
Jay-z~nuthing really to say.
Amerie, sweety get yo music together. Her songs are crappy, great voice though.
and jay can get the hell out of here charging 150 per ticket to go to the f’in house of blues!
Awe Brandi! Thats good I’d love to here something from her she is looking great these days=) Jay z he needs to sit down somewhere too….golly so let me get some clarification he is doing an album about the movie/life of fred lucas er his take on it????BOO!
Mariah- I could care less
Amerie- No comment
Brandy- Luv her can’t wait til she drops another her new album.
Jay- Luv him. He’s one of the best rappers alive. The only ones hatin on him are YOUNG ASS IMMATURE PEOPLE because he’s on some grown shit and yall can’t relate to!!!!!! I mean really how many more songs do when need that only talks about two step, hood figgas, and shawty’s. Man please!!!! Grow the hell up people!!!!
Brandy hurry pleseeeeeeeeeeeee,The world need yo! music,These other chicks are not doing it like you do it you the best,love “sweet nothing”
I forgot to comment on this yesterday but I CANNOT WAIT for B-Rocka to come out with some ish. Who doesn’t love Brandy??? She needs to come back and fast cuz her voice and her style is something I’ve been craving in this industry these days. We all kno how corny R&B music can be now…
Mimi is sooo funny to me. I was watching her on 106 and she just was all over the freakin place and doing waaay too much sauntering and finger pointing. But she’s fab and her voice is incomparable. I’m sure we’ll all b in love with that album…
I swear Amerie is always in Europe. Did she move there? Cuz I know alot of singers just stick to overseas concerts when their album sales and status isn’t that hot over here in the U.S….
dueces
THE TRUTH IS – JAY’S NEW ALBUM IS FIRE!!!!
ALL THE HIP HOP HEADS ARE AWAITING THIS C.D. AND THE CUTS THEY’VE PLAYED SO FAR ARE FIRE!!!
THE BLUE MAGIC VIDEO WAS THE MOST WATCHED AND FASTEST DOWNLOADED VIDEO ON THE NET ACCORDING TO THE DIRECTOR WHO WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED BECAUSE IT WAS SERVED TO THE NET FIRST.
HOV’S N.Y. CONCERT SOLD OUT WITHIN MINUTES – AS USUAL.
THE ROC FAMILY WILL BE DOING A TOUR IN 2008.
I CAN’T WAIT FOR THIS C.D. WHICH IS THE HOTTEST THING IN HIP HOP RIGHT NOW.
ALL THE RAPPERS ARE STILL CHASING THE CROWN THEY KNOW BELONGS TO JAY THAT’S WHY HE GETS THE MOST DISRESPECT. THEY SAY THEMSELVES THAT JAY’S THE KING. JAY’S STILL HOLDING IT DOWN AND THAT’S WHAT’S UP.
JAY’S STILL RELEVANT AND HASN’T BEEN TOPPED YET. PLEASE DON’T STOP DOING WHAT YOU DO BEST JAY. YOU HAVE PLENTY OF LOYAL FANS.
^ Nuff said. Don’t waste your time talking to these folks who only listen to commercial music and don’ t know anything about hip hop.
CANT WAIT TO HEAR THAT NEW BRANDY ALBUM…LONG OVER DUE!
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Best believe Brandy is gonna shut it down wid dis new album she is definetly the QUEEN OF R&B believe it or not.. Yall haters is in for a huge awakening and I know that for fact because the music dat she is comming with no other female artist would ever think to something creative like she is doing.. I know yall haters gonna be getting up 4 in the morning heading to Walmart to get the album undercover its all good though. Just remember Brandy is love and hated by many (for no reason at all) dats just proves she is true VETERAN & ICON…
You Ready B… Let’s shut these hating ass bitches down…
i love me some brandy and i just pray she wins the case,just hope no damn prosecutor is gonna get bullied to pass a guilty charge just coz she is black and wanna bring her down cos them white americans just hate to see some succesful black and always grabb the slightest chance they can get their twisted hands on to bring him or her down.the case of the dad who shot the white boy to protect his son after they came a group to attack his little boy ,just take that as an example though its abit different! the prosecutor claims to have been pressured and bullied to pass a guilty charge knowing very well the man shouldve walked ofcourse after weighing the facts .im still following this story and see how it ends ,filthy judge and what ashame they get sworn into their posts to be just and fair and this is how they behave?
anyway brandy im sure youve got yourself a kick ass lawyer and reading the proceedings i bet you will make it,you go gal!
peace!