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Any news is better than no news. A JAGGED ERA: Jagged Edge is set to make their return to music. It's funny because just the other day the group popped up in my mind. I had wondered what had become of them. Well now my questions have been answered. Brothers, Brian and Brandon Casey have wrote the album's first single Hope which premieres tomorrow. The song was produced by Bryan Michael Cox(worked with Usher). Hope will appear on Jagged Edges' new album JE Heartbreak Too, a sequel to their 2000 hit album JE Heartbreak. You all looking forward to hearing new music from Jagged Edge or nah? R&B DIVAS L.A.: Yesterday during the newest episode of R&B Divas Atlanta, TV One unveiled a preview of R&B Divas L.A. which will premiere on Wednesday July 16. As previously announced the new season features new additions by the way of Chrisette Michele and Leela James. In the preview clip, Chrisette and Leila are seen chop...

Chal is about to tell it like it T I S. If you plan on buying a physical copy of Beyonce's new self-titled album, don't plan on buying it from retail giant Target. The store has decided not to carry Beyonce's new album largely in part due to iTunes getting the exclusive first. It is noted that iTunes is music's biggest retailer so rightfully so Bee would partner up with them. I do understand Target's reasoning to an extent only because they lose out on revenue, to the tune of 617K(that's the amount of copies Bee's new album has sold in the last three days in the US). Maybe Target will come around after they get over their hissy fit. This is not the first time Target has refused to carry an artist's album. The store refused to sell physical copies of Frank Ocean's channel Orange album when the album appeared on iTunes days before its physical release. Target eventually gave in and started carrying the album months down the line. Speaking of divas...

Usher's songs have been leaking left and right and so has his album; 'Raymond vs. Raymond' which isn't even in stores yet. Last time I read though the album is due in stores February 16. Usher will now release, 'Little Freak' featuring Nicki Minaj for his first single instead of 'Daddy's Home' featuring Plies. Besides all the single changes Jermaine Dupri is upset over a leaked song that he produced. Read below to learn what he had to say as well as news on Leela James and Whitney Houston. Producer Jermaine Dupri has revealed his displeasure in learning that his Usher track, "Fooling Around," leaked online. Writing on a blog posting, JD did, however, look on the bright side of the leak. "SOME KINDA WAY MY USHER RECORD "FOOLING AROUND" GOT LEAKED," he wrote Wednesday (January 6). "IF YOU FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER YOU KNOW I DON'T CONDONE LEAKING RECORDS. SO BASICALLY I BEEN DOWN ABOUT IT ALL NIGHT, BUT I GUESS ONE POS...

Your eyes are not deceiving you. Keyshia Cole appears on not one but two covers of Vibe magazine. As you can see the one featured here is alongside Cole's crazy mother, Frankie. She is one of the many reasons to watch Cole's "The Way It Is" if you haven't seen it before. Video: The-Dream feat Mariah Carey - My Love - Behind The Scen es Take a look as Dream shoots the upcoming video for his new single featuring Mariah. Nick Cannon makes a cameo in this vid(not sure if he's in the actual vid). I read that he directed the video though. Looking at him and Mariah they didn't look much like a couple but then again maybe because they were working. It is a bit odd though because Dream is dating Nick's ex, Christina Milian and producing on Mariah's newest album, Nick's current flame. What's next? The-Dream hooking up with Mariah! hahaha Music Biz: Sean Garrett Speaks On Whitney Houston's New Album! "She's sounding great," Garrett s...