Vanessa Williams - THE REAL THING (Concord) produced by Keith Thomas out June 2, 2009.

I have no idea if the music is standards, jazz or R&B.

Wowugotit said:

Maybe R&B standards, lol.

She needs to do a dance CD. Leave that R&B/Jazz standards alone damn it!

purplecam said:

I heard the remix of Work to Do the other day and was thinking the same thing. But we may be in for a surprise... check this out:

The new record is said to be a mix of pop, jazz, r&b, latin and salsa and was produced by the likes of Babyface and Stargate.

“I had been wanting to do a Latin-flavoured album since I played a ballroom dancer in the (salsa) movie Dance With Me,” Williams says.

Well, we can totally see Babyface delivering the goods, considering he brought her fame in the 90s - but really, we want some of that fierceness she’s been channelling in Willie. Hopefully the Stargate team (known for Rihanna’s ‘Don’t Stop The Music’ and the Beyonce / Shakira duet ‘Beautiful Liar’) will inject some spice.

Now I'm really looking forward to the latin and salsa portion.
[Edited 4/14/09 13:52pm]

I don't care what type of music she does as long as it's mostly new material. Sounds like it will be. Great to have her back.

JackieBlue said:

something in the same vein as That Chick hopefully

Could be great. First original album in....12 years?

The real thing huh, no implants, I mean autotune.

NMuzakNSoul said:

I hope so.

To me, her talent and beauty has always been underrated.

I like her studio albums. She has a great voice for AC. Loved Comfort Zone and The First 10 Years compilation. So I will be looking for this.

angel345 said:

and quite an performer too

can't wait!