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‘IDOL’ STAR FANTASIA PREPARES SOPHOMORE ALBUM: Singer looking to work with Kanye and Maroon 5; congratulates Hudson on ‘Dreamgirls.’
*“American Idol” winner Fantasia Barrino began work on her second album this week with the goal of expanding her sound beyond the rich R&B from her debut CD, “Free Yourself.”
"We're bringin' it different this year," she told MTV. "I fell in love with a lot of people. I've performed with a lot of people that I want to work with, so this album is gonna be very, very different."
Her immediate plan is to seek the services of Kanye West and Maroon 5 on the new project.
"I just got off tour with Kanye, so of course I gotta work with him and I made him promise," she said. "It's gonna be poppin'. I just turned 21, so I've been doin' a lot of different things and I've got a lot of new stuff to talk about."
One project that failed to make her busy 2006 slate was the “Dreamgirls” movie, currently filming in Los Angeles with her “American Idol” competitor Jennifer Hudson in the Effie role that she auditioned for last summer.
"I was like, 'You took my part!'" Fantasia recalled telling Hudson after her casting was announced. "But I was very proud of her. It wasn't for me, it was for her. And because I was happy for her blessings, something else will come around for me and then I'll be blessed. You know what? Jennifer is my girl. And when I first met her on 'Idol,' I told her, 'You remind me of Shirley Murdock' and she's like, 'Oh, get out of here.'"
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