By Karu F. Daniels, AOL Black Voices
Well hot damn.
Almost a year after plans were shelved to release her anticipated solo sophomore opus, Music World/Columbia Records has announced that Kelly Rowland has a new date underway.
Titled 'Miss Kelly,' the set is scheduled to arrive in stores June 26 and feature collaborations with platinum-plated hip-hop superstars Snoop Dogg and Eve.
'Like This' (featuring Eve) has already garnered a listening audience of five million across the country, a label rep confirmed. The track is officially slated to impact Urban/Rhythm radio March 27 and Top 40 April 17.
The Snoop collaboration is titled 'Ghetto,' and is on deck to be the second single to bow from the set.
"I have put my heart and soul into this record," Rowland, who recently served as a guest host of 'The View.' "I am excited that everyone will hear it. I am completely exposed. It's the real me."
'Ms. Kelly' is the long-awaited follow-up to the Destiny's Child gold-selling 2002 debut, 'Simply Deep,' which peaked at #3 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Album chart, and included the smash hit, 'Dilemma,' (a duet with the rapper Nelly). Earning the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration, the Patti LaBelle-sampled song spent 10 weeks at #1 on the Hot 100.
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-- Listen to 'Like This' via AOL Music.
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By: Troi Baisden on 3/10/2007 7:31AM
About damn time!!! THAT SONG IS FIRE.
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By: LISA on 3/10/2007 10:09AM
The song with her, and tank will be a big hit.
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By: Zully on 3/10/2007 1:23PM
Yo this year is gonna be kelly year. The new song with eve is 0ff tha hook . I cant wait till here more song from her . watch out world tha next child is coming though.
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By: Jason Clark on 3/10/2007 2:45PM
Well it's absolutely no wonder where her management put their focus on; Beyonce. I heard about this album almost two years ago, in her Essence article. It's about time and it more than likely won't include the songs that made Beyonce' cry.
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By: power1 on 3/10/2007 8:11PM
Yea,it keeps coming up in conversation how Kelly gets pushed to the side cause Beyonce is the star but hey if shes happy with how things go then im cool with it. I just hope she doesnt let Solange Knowles write anything on this one like she did the last solo project.
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By: Queen Simone on 3/10/2007 10:07PM
this girl looks like one of them bulemic white women who model an are jus so scared of gettin fat that shove there fingers down they're throat everyday and starve themselves. and then in the picture her face kinda look like gabrielle union. but on the plus side at least she's doin somethin an not lettin beyonce get all the attention because thats why the group broke up in the first place cuz bey didnt wanna share the spotlight!
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By: chas on 3/10/2007 11:09PM
I like Kelly!!!!! I wont buy Bey's CDs, but Kelly got a fan for life. A fine brown chocolate young lady like that, YES
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By: Anastacia Lewis on 3/11/2007 7:20PM
Kelly is the least talented of ALL OF THE DESTINYS CHILD singers. And Big Daddy Knowles knows that. If it wasnt for Nelly on that song, a ripoff of patti labelle, it wouldnt have been a hit. I saw Kellys movies. She is SUBPAR. I wish people stop comparing her to teh goddess diva BEYONCE. Even Michelle is a better singer than Kelly. That's why she's about to release her third album. So it's 3 albums for Beyonce and Michelle, and ONE for Kelly. You know what that means after five years? NO ONE CARES. And that song sounds like a Beyonce throwaway. Kelly needs to SIT DOWN HOE!!!
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By: Tonya Hughes on 3/11/2007 11:53PM
Good for her, I hope the album does well. I also hopes she learned forom the first album...let Solange write for someone else... maybe her big sister LOL. Because Solange is equivelant in that family to LaToya in the Jacksons...Not everyone family member has talent. Sooner or later everyone will catch on. Wonder why she didn't write for her big sister's first solo project????
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By: ms_cutiepants on 3/12/2007 10:00AM
It's funny how i'm a fan of Destiny's Child but not Kelly. I was so disappointed with her last CD it was Terrible. I wished i hadn't wasted my moeny.
When they went solo the first time Beyonce had a CD with 6 hits on it. She won 5 grammy's, but you didn't hear any rave reviews about Kelly's or Michelle's because they were whack. I know they support each other but Kelly really needs to step up her game, and hopefully she won't put out another CD with only 2 songs you can listen to.
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