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Eve fans today had to breathe a collective sigh of disappointment as it was announced that the femcee’s impending fourth album, aptly titled Here I Am and originally due in August only to be bumped to Oct. 16 and finally December 18th, has now had its 2007 release canceled and won’t appear on store shelves until 2008. A spokesperson for her label, Geffen Records, had no comment on the reason for the delay.

The first single from the project, the Swizz Beatz-produced “Tambourine,” had modest success on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, peaking at No. 17. However, the album’s second single, “Give It To You” featuring Sean Paul, didn’t fare nearly as well. Although it has been at radio since the end of July, the song has yet to crack any formal Billboard chart.

“I wrote this album after a breakup,” Eve told Billboard in June. “So it’s very ‘Look who’s single’ and flirty. I wanted to make a happy, good summer album, that you can play when you’re getting ready for the club … Though a lot of my rhymes were entertainment [before], I was definitely much rowdier at that time. I’ve learned how to curb my temper.”

Also, with the album, Eve got to showcase another hidden talent of hers aside from rapping, acting, and fashion designing — singing. “Pharrell made me sing a whole song. I finally got up the nerve [but] I feel like I was bullied into it,” she jokes when speaking about “All Night Long”, a track produced by Pharrell that finds Eve singing rather than spitting, something the rapper had previously been reluctant to undertake despite persuasion from her label.

“It’s one of my favorite songs on the album. I was really stressed about it but it was fun to do. I consider myself somebody who can maybe hold a note on a good day. I sang hooks before, which is super easy, but I had to get out of my comfort zones.” One reviewer stated that the record sounded “like an ’80s pop song” and that Eve “tries out her singing skills here and succeeds. There are no crazy, over the top vocals, but she sings much better than most so called songstress’ today.”

Here I Am is Eve’s first album since 2002’s Eve-olution, which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and has sold over 630,000 copies, according to SoundScan. The album went on to spawn the hits “Gangsta Lovin’” and “Satisfaction.”, the latter earning Eve a 2002 Grammy nomination for Best Female Rap Solo Performance.

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