It’s here!

As reported here, Grammy winning songstress Fantasia has joined forces with another child of Destiny for another round of fire on a track in the form of a duet with ‘Fire’ singer Michelle Williams.

The highly anticipated collaboration of powerhouse divas sees the duo tackle and twist Williams’ ‘If We Had Your Eyes’ – the first single from her forthcoming gospel album ‘Journey To Freedom’ (due 2014).

Did the two live up to the hype?  Click below to tell us your thoughts! But, before you get there, we can go ahead and tell you: yes, yes, and yes!

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As reported here,  ‘If We Had Your Eyes’ hitmaker Michelle Williams was eyeing a collaboration with R&B soulstress Fantasia for her next project – her first gospel offering in nearly 10 years.

Christened ‘Journey To Freedom’, the Harmony Samuels-produced album – due 2014 – has already garnered praise from fans on the hems of its two lead singles ‘Eyes’ and ‘Fire’.  But, while Williams puts the finishing touches on the latter’s music video (reportedly due before the month’s end), she took to Instagram moments ago to finally lift the lid on the long-awaited Fantasia duet.

Whipping fans into a frenzy with just enough to whet appetites, the DC3-graduate gave fans a quick snippet of what they can expect from her divalicious collaboration with the ‘Bittersweet’ songstress – due in full tomorrow:

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Ever keen to broaden our musical scope, recent months have seen That Grape Juice venture into a number of new musical landscapes including, most recently, gospel.

Spearheaded by well-received interviews with gospel singers Yolanda Adams, Hezekiah Walker, Fred Hammond, Kierra Sheard, Dorinda Clark Cole, Israel Houghton, Marvin Sapp, and more, TGJ is now offering readers ‘The Overflow’ – a collection of the top gospel-themed news stories from the week.

Tuck in below for the latest news on Micah Stampley, Faith Evans, Lecrae, Michelle Williams, Marvin Sapp, and more…

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Twitter and Instagram have always been known to be a hot bed of drama for our favorite celebs, but this week has seen the social networks clock overtime on the shade-front.  Need proof?  Ask Teyana Taylor, Rihanna, and TGJ favorite Michelle Williams.

The songstress, who recently released ‘Fire’ – the second single from her highly anticipated return to gospel ‘Journey To Freedom’, brought “the heat” in a way her Instagram followers had yet seen when she slammed a commenter for suggesting her involvement in the “Illuminati”.

Tuck in below to see the ‘Heard A Word’ wailer deliver a few words of her own:

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After warming folk up with ‘If We See Your Eyes’, Michelle Williams turns up the heat with blazing new single ‘Fire’.

The Harmony Samuels produced cut is the second single to be lifted from the songbird’s upcoming Gospel comeback ‘Journey To Freedom’.

 Who said one can’t pop, lock, and drop for the Most High? Take a listen after the jump….

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Feast your eyes on ‘If We Had Your Eyes’ singer Michelle Williams’!

As the gospel hitmaker readies fans for the musical journey that is ‘Journey To Freedom’ – her fourth solo LP – she took to Facebook moments ago to unveil the single artwork for its follow-up titled ‘Fire’.

Given the heat that was ‘Eyes’, it’s undoubted fans expect no less of its follow-up to live up to its moniker.  But, with Harmony Samuels at the helm of the album’s entire production, we can’t see why it won’t.

Set to make its debut in full tomorrow, click below to get a full glimpse at the single artwork before you hear it in its entirety.

Your thoughts?

Ever keen to broaden our musical scope, recent months have seen That Grape Juice venture into a number of new musical landscapes including, most recently, gospel.

Spearheaded by well-received interviews with gospel singers Yolanda Adams, Hezekiah Walker, Fred Hammond, Kierra Sheard, Dorinda Clark Cole, Israel Houghton, and more, TGJ is now offering readers ‘The Overflow’ – a collection of the top gospel-themed news stories from the week.

Tuck in below for the latest news on Micah Stampley, Marvin Sapp, Deitrick Haddon, Joshua Rogers,  and much more…

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It’s been an interesting 8 months for a certain outspoken ‘Heaven Sent’ hitmaker named Keyshia Cole.

Indeed, the songstress has been embroiled in a series of attacks (sent from everywhere but Heaven) from fans of former Destiny’s Child members Beyonce and Michelle Williams for her comments regarding the divas – namely the latter who she notoriously slammed for her participation in the 2013 Superbowl half-time show.

Williams, who is ramping up promotion for her forthcoming 4th album ‘Journey To Freedom’, recently called for a “woman-to-woman” chat with Cole to discuss the reasons behind the initial attack.  While her first response to the invitation wasn’t welcoming, today saw the “I Changed My Mind” maestra take to Twitter to say:

The apology was accompanied by one final plea from Cole, however….

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