Faith Evans, Biggie Sued For Breach Of Contract!

Faith Evans is poised to release new music this year and while we wait on that; Faith must answer to a judge due to a lawsuit stemming from her ex-husband; Biggie's estate. Read more below as well as stories on Patti LaBelle's 'American Idol' rant and Vivian Green's return to music.

As of Tuesday February 24, 2010, the law offices of Lowe Law, P.C., in Los Angeles, have moved forward with a lawsuit against Faith Evans, RocDarling, and the Estate of Christopher “Notorious B.I.G” Wallace, with claims of “Breach of Contract” by their clients Kaushi Entertainment LLC and Dro-Entertainment Inc.

The lawsuit seeks over a million dollars and punitive damages.

Rest assure, this isn't an East-West thing, it's a Money thing.

In the complaint filed yesterday by Lowe Law, Kaushi and Dro-Entertainment claim that en-route to producing a documentary on the late great Notorious B.I.G, defendant RocDarling failed to comply with a written agreement made with the companies, in which, RocDarling was to provide footage of the late MC for their respective projects.

The footage was approved by written statements provided by Damion Butler, The Director of Biggies Estate, and Faith Evans, The Executor of The Estate. After money was exchanged between the parties, it seems RocDarling has skipped out on the deal, as they have yet to provide footage for the plaintiffs.

Vivian Green Returns With 'Beautiful' Album!

R&B singer and songwriter Vivian Green is set to release her long-awaited new album, “Beautiful” on Tuesday, April 6th, 2010 on E1 Music.

The title track, “Beautiful” was #1 most added at Urban AC radio last week with over 32 stations adding the record (beating out Mariah Carey and Chrisette Michelle). The track is just outside the Urban AC top 20 and climbing fast.

In contrast to her first two albums, which were recorded in a variety of studios with multiple producers, Vivian approached the recording of “Beautiful” in a more intimate, organic manner. With the exception of “Save Me,” which she cut with Jason Farmer (Keyshia Cole, Rihanna, Wyclef Jean) in the producer’s seat, Vivian recorded the entire album with Grammy-nominated producer Anthony Bell, a longtime friend and collaborator who made key production contributions to her first two albums, and whose extensive resume also includes work with Jazmine Sullivan, Jewel, Musiq, Raheem DeVaughn and Jill Scott.

“It’s the most fun I’ve ever had making a record,” Vivian says of “Beautiful”’s birth cycle. “We worked in Anthony’s studio, which is in his home, and it was a very relaxed, creative environment. If I wanted to sit down at the piano and start writing a song from scratch, like I did with ‘Somewhere,’ I could. The whole experience was very natural and comfortable, and I hope that you can hear that in the music.”

Co-writing with Vivian on four of “Beautiful”’s songs was her younger brother Solomon Green, a budding rapper whom she’d been urging to branch out into songwriting. “I always felt he should diversify,” she explains. “One day I brought him to the studio to write with me, and it was like, wow. It was awesome and rewarding to watch my baby brother blossom that way, and I’m really proud of him.”

I like Vivian Green; so its nice to know that she is returning to the music scene. Last year I was starting to worry that she truly faded into oblivion. Like I said many times before; 2010 will definitely be the year that a lot of artists(who have been gone for awhile) will release new album.

Patti LaBelle Speaks On American Idol Judges!

NEW YORK (AP) — Patti LaBelle thinks some people shouldn't be on "American Idol" — and she's not talking about the contestants.

Says Labelle: "Some of the judges, I don't think they're qualified to even judge."

The 65-year-old singer wouldn't say which judge she thought was lacking on the hit Fox show, which has Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson, Kara DioGuardi and Ellen DeGeneres picking America's top singers. Tuesday's "Idol" episode saw 12 female semifinalists competitng during "Hollywood Week."

Labelle — who said she was asked to be a judge on the series before Paula Abdul — feels like the judges' comments to the contestants are too mean.

I was watching 'Idol' tonight and I realized why I stopped watching many years ago. I was really trying to get into the show this year but I don't think that will be happening.
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