Some quick afternoon bites. . .

• ?uestlove laments over the way-too-short Stevie Wonder snippets that have soul music lovers the world over in a tizzy. [OKPlayer]
• LL Cool J is looking muy caliente on the cover of Men’s Fitness. [RockaCandy]
• Alicia Keys lends her voice to the WNBA. [WoooHah]
• Lil Kim looked crazy and deranged at the Sex and the City NYC premiere. [VH1]
• Across the red carpet, Jennifer Hudson looked rather chic in her shiny dress at the same event. [TM]
• 50 Cent will search for the next street-smart business mogul on a new MTV reality show. [Variety]
• Labelle will be enlisting Lenny Kravitz’s services on their upcoming disc. Now that should be interesting. [AllHipHop]

For those of you who care. . .

Clay Aiken has reportedly knocked up his best gal pal, Jaymes Foster – an LA-based record producer in her 40s who oversaw a few of his album productions. That’s right folks. . . gay ass Clay Aiken has a baby on the way.

The baby is said to have been conceived via artificial insemination, (I hope you claymates aren’t surprised by this!) and Clay supposedly intends to play an active role in raising the child due in August.

Wow. Has anyone checked hell today. . . I’m assuming its frozen.

FRESH MUSIC: Brandy – Escape

♫ Brandy – Escape (full) – listen

Well, well, well. . . looks as if Brandy is trying to make a little bit of a comeback. I’m not even sure if she is even signed to a label anymore. In any event, take a listen to Brandy’s leaked track – Escape – and let me know if it’s a thumbs up or a thumbs down.