Brandy, Sean Kingston Remix Latest Hit Single

In My Own Words:
Famed producer Brian Michael Cox will be executive producing new albums from Monica, Amerie, and Jennifer Lopez. As you know Monica's album ,"Still Standing" was slated for release this year but got pushed back. Amerie recently signed to Def Jam records and I had no idea JLO was putting out a new album.

Audio: Brandy feat Sean Kingston - Right Here(Departed) - Remix



I'm not sure if this is official or not. It might just be an artist doing their own version like how Trey Songz does when he jumps on every song.

Audio: Nina Sky - This Christmas
The talented duo takes on one of our Christmas classics.




Music Biz:
Michael Jackson Sick!

Michael Jackson is suffering from a rare lung condition and needs to undergo an emergency transplant operation,according to a report that continues to gain steam.The King of Pop may even be fighting for his life, New York Timesbestselling biographer Ian Halperin tells In Touch magazine and Britain's Sunday Express newspaper."He's had it foryears but it's gotten worse," Halperin told In Touch. "He needs a lung transplant but may be too weak to go throughwith it.He also has emphysema and chronic gastrointestinal bleeding, which his doctors have had a lot of troublestopping. It's the bleeding that is the most problematic part. It could killhim."According to Halperin, Jackson "canbarely speak" and is having trouble seeing: "The vision in his left eye is 95 percent gone." Jackson's rep wasunavailable for comment Sunday, but the singer's brother Jermaine didn't deny the reports, telling Fox News, "He's notdoing so well right now. This isn't a good time."

Christina Milian's Def Jam!

R&B/pop singer Christina Milian is speaking up in Rap Up magazine's winter 08/09 issue -- this time the "Us AgainstThe World" singer is setting the record straight. Calling the publicized drop from Def Jam the most "embarrassing"point in her life, Christina Milian gets candid with Rap-Up. At one point the singer admits "I would be in my room a lotof the time crying by myself."Milian wasn't the only one dropped during a period she says was full of budget cuts, R&Bsinger Tearri Mari also felt the brunt of the ax."It was a budget cut, I believe," says Milian."Probably got rid of projectslike mine to spend the money on Rihanna."