By Karu F. Daniels, AOL Black Voices

I just love me some Lauryn Hill.

I have fond memories of hanging out with her and Wyclef and Praz a decade ago.

That was before their gargantuan sophomore album 'The Score' was released -- and before Miss Hill exploded, figuratively, with her solo debut 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.'

But don't be startled by that title. It's meant to be very tongue-in-cheek.

I just got wind that Miss Hill will be collaborating with Joss Stone -- the bleached blonde blue eyed soul singer who's become a media darling since her music washed up on our shores a few years back.

While I do like Stone, she is NOBODY's next Aretha Franklin (as some mainstream media have proclaimed).

The idea of her and the multiple award winning hip-hop wunderkind seems like a genius one.

According to MTV, the British R&B songstress pursued the opportunity to work with the "Ex-Factor" diva persistently. "Rather than stalk [her] management or record-label heads, she decided to call Hill's mom every day for over a month."

And it apparently worked.

A track titled "Music" --described as Stone's "love letter to song"-- will feature Hill.

Rootsy rapper Common and neo-soul music maestro Raphael Saadiq will also reportedly appear on the new album, titled 'Introducing Joss Stone,' due out this spring.

Stone, who is (or was) a spokesperson for GAP clothing, recently made her feature film debut in the fantasy flick 'Eragon.'