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*More proof that the Whitney Houston comeback album is indeed a go is new word from Billboard magazine that producer DJ Premier is close to signing a deal to produce tracks for the project.
The hip hop legend, who produced Christina Aguilera’s current album “Back to Basics,” has already lined up behind-the-boards work for Nas, Amerie and Canibus in the coming months. But it’s the Whitney deal that has Primo the most excited.
"I'm not gonna jinx it but there [have] been talks and I've met with the right people so if that goes down I'd love to give her a big record," Premier tells Billboard.com. "I know what she needs. I'm not gonna give her a record about rolling on dubs and all that just because that's what's current. That's beneath her. She can go left field as long as the record's banging and she sings it well."
The CD is coming on the heels of Houston’s reunion with J Records head Clive Davis and will be the singer’s first studio work in four years. Houston has had issues with drug addiction in recent years and last month filed for divorce from singer Bobby Brown after 14 years of marriage. Premier thinks Houston’s fans will welcome her return with open arms.
"She deserves another chance," he says. "I won't misguide her career and give her some bulls**t [track]."
AFRICAN VOICES CINEMA SERIES debuts
at AFI FEST 2006 presented by Audi. The
American Film Institute (AFI) debuts African
Voices Cinema Series at this year's AFI
FEST, November 1-12, 2006. African
Voices provides an international platform
for African directors, writers, and producers,
who communicate the culture, politics,
and the vision of a people through film.
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