Jennifer Lopez New Single Originally For Brandy?

What a lot of people don't know is that when we hear a song from an artist particularly a singer; that said singer may of not been the original singer for that said track. Many times songwriters write songs particularly with a singer in mind or just in hopes of shopping a song around. A song can be recorded by multiple artists and multiple versions of that song can leak. But of course you all knew this right?

Jennifer Lopezs' newest single, 'Louboutins' was originally for Brandy but find out how it landed in JLO's hand. Read below for more on that story and news on Teddy Riley and Mary J. Blige.

There has been much talk about the origin of Jennifer Lopez’s first single “Louboutins.” The producer behind the track, Tricky Stewart, is setting the record straight on how the designer heels ended up on J.Lo’s feet.

“We originally wrote the song for Brandy and when Brandy’s situation kinda fell apart over at [Epic Records], there was an opportunity for us to place the record on J.Lo’s album,” Stewart explains to Rap-Up.com. Brandy was previously signed to Epic, currently home to Lopez.

The Grammy winner describes what it was like to collaborate with J.Lo on “Louboutins,” for which she will shoot a video next month. “I’ve always been a fan of hers and have so much respect for her career, how she’s put it together, and where she’s come from,” he says. “It was a great opportunity and she sounded amazing on the record, and [Epic] obviously already loved the record ’cause they loved it for Brandy. So once we got it sounding great, it seemed like a no-brainer that it would be the first single.”

Tricky and his hitmaking partner The-Dream contributed other material to the superstar’s new project, but he didn’t know if it would make the cut. “We did do other songs, but I don’t want to say our other songs are on there and they’re not.”

Mary J. Blige Rules With New Album!

With sales of 330,000 copies in its first week, Mary J. Blige's newest album,' Stronger with Each Tear,' may have missed the top spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart – thanks to Susan Boyle's dominant debut – but she's setting records of her own on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, where it has entered at #1.

This is the Queen of Hip Hop Soul's third studio album in a row to sell more than 300,000 in its first week. 2007's 'Growing Pains' sold 629,000 in its first week, while 2005's 'The Breakthrough' debuted at No. 1 with 727,000. Both sets were released in December.

According to Billboard, Blige is the ninth woman in SoundScan's 18-year history to see at least three albums all debut with an opening sales week of 300,000 or more.

'Stronger with Each Tear' is her 10th top 10 album on the Billboard 200 and her seventh set to reach the top two slots.

On the R&B/Hip-Hop chart, it is her ninth #1 opus. Not a bad way to cap off the year – and the decade.

According to Billboard, she trails only Aretha Franklin (who has 10 #1 albums) for most chart-toppers among women in the chart's 44-year history.

Blige has been keeping busy promoting the new opus, which has yielded the empowering anthem 'I Am.

Teddy Riley Beating Up On His Daughters?

Teddy Riley -- a singer from the R&B group Blackstreet -- is accused of using a guitar from the video game Rock Band in a violent attack on his daughters.

Teddy's 18-year-old daughter Taja Riley was granted a temporary restraining order against her dad -- claiming 43-year-old Teddy abused her and her older sister by "stomping, punching and bashing them" in his L.A. home on December 23.

In the documents, filed in L.A. County Superior Court, Taja claims at one point Teddy, "lifted a Rock Band guitar and threatened to kill person(s) w/ it."

Taja claims she suffered several injuries in the alleged altercation -- including "bashes to temple, contusion on face" and "pain in knee."

Teddy has been ordered to stay 100 yards away from Taja. The next hearing is set for January.