noah | February 19, 2008 4:45 am

The latest rumor: Amerie is on the verge of signing with Island Def Jam, and her long-delayed-in-the-States album Because I Love It will finally be released by the label. Not to rain on anyone’s parade, but if I were her, I’d maybe wait until the dust clears from the impending Mariah Carey/Janet Jackson sales showdown before I signed anything binding, if only because this album’s had enough problems and it certainly doesn’t need two huge (well, OK, one huge and one maybe-still-huge) divas overshadowing its U.S. release from the get-go. [Rap-Up]

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