Mary J. Blige is back with a snippet from her new album, tentatively titled Growing Pains. The song, “Just Fine” finds Mary in a good place again, which I’m glad about. There’s no word on who the producer is, but I like the production of the song. I’m surprised that Mary didn’t hit us with another B. Cox joint, considering that he knocked out so many great songs for her on The Breakthrough.

There is a rumor going around that there will be a Mary J. Blige vs. Mariah Carey showdown, because both of their albums might be releasing on the same date. Didn’t we just get done with 50 and Kanye? We’ll see how this one goes when Mariah’s single leaks.

As most of you know, I spoke with Kanye West via the phone over the weekend. Since then, I’ve been getting a lot of emails asking when the interview with Kanye was going to be posted. Well I still have to transcribe it, so I’m shooting for this Friday or next week Monday at the latest.

Until then, here are three snippets from the interview. First up, Kanye speaks about whether he has spoken to 50 Cent and the whole album release frenzy. I also attached (2) other snippets (after the cut), where he speaks on the Jena 6 and misconceptions people have about him.

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