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Monica and JD takes viewers behind the scenes of her upcoming reality show set to premiere this October on BET. Check it out! Music Biz: Cassie Talks New Album! AHHA: If you could just kind of touch on the title. The mind definitely goes certain places when you mention the title. Cassie: The last album, it was self-titled. It was a fast release because I had the single out and I just had to put an album out almost immediately. It was like I had no choice, kind of. And it wasn’t that it was bad. It was a great album, but I wanted people to be able to see who I was and the kind of music I like and what I really like to listen to. Electro Love is not really supposed to be taken literally. DJ Cassidy gave me the idea, and I just thought it fit the sound of the album perfectly with where it was going. It’s not electro music/house like hardcore but there is a good beat to dance to. And the lyrical content is dope. It’s all different. So I have a record with Pharrell that he wrote on. Tricky ...

for Young Money's "Every Girl" is in full effect! Meanwhile Amerie talks her past label situations and Cassie speaks on her new album. Read on about it! Music Biz: Amerie On Columbia Records, Beyonce! AHHA: Did you feel Columbia was down for your project? Their priority artist on their roster seems to be Beyoncé. Amerie: Every label should never have one priority artist. That’s not good because contracts run out and then what are you going to do? It’s always good to just nurture different talent and everyone has a different flavor. I just felt like I loved the staff, they were really, really cool on a personal level and had some really creative ideas, but it just wasn’t meshing. A lot people said I really didn’t get the support that I should’ve had, marketing and all of those things, but it really wasn’t…you just really have to have that great match. It’s like a marriage. It just wasn’t working and I felt like that a little after my first project, kind of after my second ...

Audio: Jadakiss - Can't Stop Me Newly leaked track! Samples Diana Ross' "Ain't No Mountain High Enough". This song will more than likely appear on Jada's "The Last Kiss" album which I'm still in the little in the dark about. More than likely the album will be released in the coming months. Look out for it! Video: Faith Evans, DJ Cassidy at "Notorious" Premier Party Faith plays host for the evening's festivities. Video: Joe Budden Interview The controversial rapper talks new album, Def Jam, Fabolous, and Hip-Hop beefs!