Queen Latifah. She's a television and a film actress. A soon-to-be talk show host. A label president, An artist manager. An author and an entrepreneur.

Blessed with style, substance and mad skills, Queen Latifah has blossomed into a one-woman entertainment conglomerate, heralded by the press and the industry as a force to be reckoned with and a talent to be watched. She has, quite simply, done it all and shows no sign of slowing down.

Yet with all of her accomplishments and all of her acclaim, it has been a long time since Queen Latifah has made an album.