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Ciara is readying her highly anticipated sophomore album, Ciara: The Evolution, and the set promises to show how the young lady’s evolved over the past couple years. Although a lot of folks identify her as that “crunk-n-b” singer, the Grammy nominated performer swears she’s expanded beyond that.

“When ‘Goodies’ came out, people labeled me the ‘Princess of Crunk N B,’ but that was just one song, one sound,” she said. “My first album had a much bigger variety than that, and I’m taking that even further with Ciara: The Evolution. For this album, I took my inspiration from many different influences and the sound really reflects that.”

Production help comes from heavyweights such as Rodney Jerkins, Pharrell Williams, will.i.am, and longtime collaborator Lil Jon, as well as others.
And while her 3-times platinum 2004 debut, Goodies, introduced us to a teen, her sophomore set shows a grown up Ciara writing or co-writing every song on the album as well as co-producing the majority of the tracks.

The only thing that hasn’t changed about the Atlanta native is her love for dance tracks.

“The world loves to dance, so I wanted to give them music to dance to, but at the same time, the message is so much stronger. This time around, I’m taking people into my world and letting them see more of who I truly am.”

Look for the set’s first single “Promise,” due October 16. The album’s due to hit shelves December 5.

Always full of shit surprises, DMX claims he was raped by the D.C. woman who is now pregnant with his child. Meanwhile, his wife defends him.
The Knack, best known for the rock classic “My Sherona” are just now suing hip-hop icons Run DMC for alledgedly sampling the song without permission for their 20 year-old classic “It’s Tricky.”

While Eminem sets the record straight regarding his upcoming mixtape, he and on-again-off-again “wife” Kim are now going into mediation for the amicable resolution of their 82-day second marriage.

Mariah Carey and the Black Eyed Peas dominated the American Music Awards nominations.

Right on the heels of the announcement that You Tube got in bed with Warner Brothers, the video sharing site gained some stiff competition from Microsoft.
Ladies get your towels, John Legend is on tour and scheduled to appear on Oprah tomorrow.

R&B legends, Ashford and Simpson will be taking their talents to Broadway for a musical about the “downlow” phenomena based on writings by E. Lynn Harris.
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