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May 30, 2011

Although he's still actively working 2010's Lost in Time, R&B singer Eric Benet plans to lose little time in working on its follow-up.

"I've already writing a couple of songs, so it's never too early," Benet sais. "I'm gonna try to get a really good start on this record by fall, at least the writing of it. I really dug the feel and the vibe of (Lost in Time), so I think I'd like to do a sequel of it as opposed to doing something completely different the next time around."

Lost In Time -- which Benet co-produced and recorded in Las Vegas, Studio City, Calif., and his home town of Milwaukee -- debuted at No. 33 on the Billboard 200 and has launched the singles "Sometimes I Cry" and "Never Want to Live Without You," which Benet used as a successful proposal to his fiance. A third single, however, is currently up in the air with the pending sale of his label.

"Without getting into too much detail, things are really dodgy at Warner Bros. right now," Benet explains. "They are kind of up in the air once again, so we're trying to figure out what exactly that relationship is. There's a whole lot of figuring out that needs to be done, a lot of questions unanswered."

Meanwhile, Benet has stepped out beyond music for his first lead acting role in a film called Trinity Good Heart, which is slated to premiere on the Gospel Music Channel in August. Benet plays a single father raising a 12-year-old daughter from an interracial marriage, which results in "a very, very emotional, bittersweet, heartwarming story."

"That was kind of fun," says Benet, who's had smaller roles in Glitter as well as the TV shows "Half & Half," "Kaya" and "For Your Love." "This is the first time where I guess I took (the acting) seriously. I took some acting lessons, and it was quite an exercise and emotional exploration and something that I might want to do again, depending on if people think I was halfway decent enough or if something else comes across my manager's desk or in my inbox. We'll see."

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I really liked the lyrics, music arrangement and his voice with his latest music "Lost In Time." Although I've never met the man, he seems to be humble and yet still have a real desire to "make it." Looking forward to hearing what your vocal pipes gift us with next. All the best my Brother!

Note to Eric: More uptempos this time, k?

Lost In Time is a great R&B record and his voice was stellar on it.

Dude needs to step out of balladeer mode for the next record and make some dance floor gems, too.

Wasn't he the guy in glitter?

It's a shame that people only see him as "the sex addict who cheated on Halle and is now engaged to Prince's ex". He's too good for that (musically). Lost In Time was stellar.

VenusBlingBling said:

It's a shame that people only see him as "the sex addict who cheated on Halle and is now engaged to Prince's ex". He's too good for that (musically). Lost In Time was stellar.

I know its really sad. I'm no big fan but he is talented. I like some of his songs.

Trinity Goodheart. You go boi!

VenusBlingBling said:

It's a shame that people only see him as "the sex addict who cheated on Halle and is now engaged to Prince's ex". He's too good for that (musically). Lost In Time was stellar.

His great