Queen Latifah’s new album drops on September 25, but don’t expect any hip-hop on there. The new album, “Trav’lin’ Light,” is a collection of jazz and blues cover songs by the likes of PeggyLee, Etta James, Sarah Vaughn, Nina Simone, Shirley Horn, Carmen McRae, Roberta Flack, Mary Wells, Phoebe Snow, and Frank Sinatra.
The album features appearances from Jill Scott, and Erykah Badu with contributions from world renowned musicians George Duke, Joe Sample and Christian McBride. Latifah will also be going on tour this fall, but expect any performances of “Ladies First.” She’ll be performing songs from the new album as well as her last jazz/soul album, “The Dana Owens Album,” which was nominated for a Grammy. But if you want to take a chance to see if she performs “U.N.I.T.Y.”, here are the tour dates:
09/29/07 Dallas, TX Majestic Theatre
10/01/07 Iowa City, IA Hancher Auditorium
10/05/07 Cleveland, OH Playhouse Square Center
10/06/07 Skokie, IL North Shore Ctr. For The Perf. Arts
10/08/07 Verona, NY Turning Stone Resort Casino
10/09/07 Stamford, CT Palace Theatre
10/10/07 Red Bank, NJ Count Basie Theatre
10/12/07 Rehoboth Beach, DE Rehoboth Beach Convention Center
10/13/07 Mashantucket, CT Foxwoods Resort Casino
10/21/07 Bethlehem, PA Zoellner Arts Center
10/24/07 New York, NY HighLine Ballroom
10/26/07 Troy, NY Troy Savings Bank Music Hall
10/27/07 Kingston, NY Ulster Performing Arts Center
10/29/07 Harrisburg, PA Whitaker Center
11/03/07 Biloxi, MS Beau Rivage Resort & Casino
11/04/07 Lafayette, LA Heymann Performing Arts Center
11/06/07 Naples, FL Philharmonic Center For The Arts
11/07/07 West Palm Beach, FL Raymond Kravis Ctr. For Perf. Arts
11/08/07 Clearwater, FL Ruth Eckerd Hall
11/10/07 Orlando, FL Hard Rock Cafe / Hard Rock Live
11/15/07 Santa Barbara, CA Arlington Theatre
11/16/07 Las Vegas, NV House Of Blues
11/17/07 Mesa, AZ Mesa Arts Center
she havent rapped since 94 anyway she been gave that up
She haven’t made a album years or even been on anyone tracks..so really we aint missing nothing
Exactly!!!! Dont nobody care about Latifah rappin. Latifah aint been hot in rap since……I cant even remember!!!! FUCK QUEEN LATIFAH
Its a shame i can’t remember her any of her songs, but Juice was iight.
I also don’t care about her rapping. But folks need to expand there music. Her jazz album is very good. And I love the hardest gangster rap. So am excited about the new album! And am going to the concert in Iowa City!
Once she was accepted by white folks, she took it to the next level. Not a good thing or a bad thing
she havent rapped since 94 anyway she been gave that up