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British soul singer Joss Stone is preparing to release her third album, Introducing Joss Stone, on March 10. The set from the 19 year-old phenom comes about as a result of Stone’s growing self-awareness.

“This is the first album I’ve made that is truly me,” she says. “That’s why I’m calling it Introducing Joss Stone. These are my words, and this is who I am as an artist.”

Written primarily in the former British colony of Barbados, the set features production from Stone’s main collaborator Raphael Saadiq who then helped record the set in the Bahamas.

“Musically, I feel like he [Saadiq] reads my mind,” Stone continued. “I’ll give him a look and he’ll know exactly what I want.”

Stone’s previous two albums have sold more than 7.5 million albums worldwide. The Grammy-nominated singer was recently nominated again in the category of Best R&B Performance By A Duo or Group for her part in a cover Sly Stone’s “Family Affair” along with John Legend and Van Hunt. Introducing Joss Stone will be released via Virgin Records.

Ex Death Row Records rapper Nate Dogg has filed suit against Suge Knight for more than $10 million, claiming the label’s former CEO never paid him royalties.

Nate, real name Nathaniel Hale, claims that when he asked Knight for his money, he was “threatened with violence,” or lied to, according to The Smoking Gun.

Knight filed for bankruptcy last year in Los Angeles’ U.S. District Court. Nate was not listed as a creditor in the Chapter 11 petition and seeks to make it impossible for Knight to erase his debts to him.

Nate, famous for his singing approach to rap, is cousin to Snoop Dogg and a member of 213, the trio comprising the two Doggs along with childhood friend Warren G.