MUSIC NEWS: MICHELLE WILLIAMS UPDATE / WILL.I.AM TO RERELEASE SONGS ABOUT GIRLS / ON THE SET WITH TIMBALAND, KERI & NICOLE

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

So, Michelle Williams posted up a recent blog on her MySpace page, updating us on the status of her album and the leaking of the snippet of her new song “Stop This Car.”

“As you guys know a portion of ‘Stop This Car’ was ‘leaked’ on the internet and to my surprise the responses have been so positive! I’m gonna be honest, I didn’t leak, nor can I tell you who did even if my life depended on it! Thank y’all so much for embracing it! It’s truly a different song for me! I almost didn’t record it… I’ll get in to why a little later! So that being said… it looks like it will be my first single (I THINK!). This time around it’s time for you guys to know who I am and I’ll make sure of it! This album will not disappoint… I promise you!”

If you missed the snippet of “Stop This Car,” click here so you can hear the song that fans seemed to like.

For more updates about Michelle’s album, be sure to check out her MySpace page, because apparently, Michelle will be blogging more about what’s going on with the progress of the new project, due out sometime this year. And you know CL will give you the latest on Michelle.

Interscope is planning to rerelease Will.I.Am of Black Eyed Peas fame solo album, Songs About Girls. Due to horrible album sales, and a less than impressive run on the charts, the album will be rereleased sometime this year. It charted at No. 38 with 21,000 copies sold and to date has moved 47,108 units - and now has fallen completely off the Billboard charts.

“We went with the wrong single and it sold nothing,” a label insider admits. “We would’ve been in better shape if we had pulled the album, because to relaunch it is harder.”

The label plans to re-release the record in early 2008 with three new tracks. Personally, I don’t think that Will.I.Am needs to focus on being on an artist - he needs to stick to producing. I know Fergie is about to drop a new album, he needs to get cracking on that! I don’t see how a rerelease is going to pump the project up anymore. Looks like he’s pulling a Ms. Kelly.

In December, Timbaland, Keri Hilson and Nicole Scherzinger of the Pussycat Dolls shot a video for the latest single from his Shock Value album, “Scream.” To your left, you will see exclusive video footage from Yahoo! Music of the three on the set of the video.

Everyone looks great. I am really excited to see what the outcome of the video will be, I think the concept looks pretty cool. The video for “Scream” will premiere on January 18th on Yahoo! Music, so be on the look out for that. “Scream” is the last single from Timbaland’s latest album. Also, be sure to watch out for Nicole’s album, Her Name Is Nicole and Keri’s In A Perfect World very soon.