IS AMERIE DEF JAM'S NEW RIHANNA?

Amerie's Def Jam debut is due for release this summer. The Take Control singer has been hard at work flying to and from Miami , LA, Atlanta and New York to work with various big name music producers. Thus far Salaam Remi , Dallas Austin , Sean Garret, Bangladesh ,Tricky Stewart, Chad Beatz and Adonis have been confirmed. The set will be executive produced by grammy award award winning producer Bryan Micheal Cox. Def Jam reps. claim that things are in place to take Amerie's career up a notch using a marketing scheme similar to that used to make Rihanna the household name she is now.The first single will primiere in Sring 2009