Foxy Brown, despite all the hype, has been working on her new album titled Brooklyn’s Don Diva which is due for release in December on Koch Records. The album features collaborations with some of Jamaica’s ruffest and most controversial deejays. One song, “Mr. DJ,” contains a classic Barrington Levy sample from his hit tune “Here I Come (Broader Than Broadway).” The same Levy tune has been sampled by the Fugees in their song “Ready Or Not” and Shaggy in his song “Broadway.” The word on the street is also whispering of a track with dancehall’s rising star, Mavado! Apparently, Foxy and Mavado have been discussing the collaboration for months and she gives him shout outs in the album’s intro. She recorded the vocals for the new track before her incarceration and now that recording is in Mavado’s studio where he is building the riddim to back it. Mavado has been blazing up music charts in Jamaica and NYC with his recent debut release on VP Records, Gangsta For Life, The Symphony of David Brooks.

Why is Foxy working with reggae’s “bad men”? Well, part of it may have to do with the fact that she first came to fame while dating and collaborating with the notorious Jamaican deejay Spragga Benz. Their partnership produced songs like 2001’s “Oh Yeah”:

Rumour has it that the two are still together, that Spragga has been her rock through the tuff times this year, and that they are now engaged!

I heard the “Mr. DJ” song today and it’s not good. I thought about sharing it, but instead I am hoping that what I heard is too raw and will go through a lengthy process polishing up enough for release. You can hear it on her my$pace page.

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