Fantasia scores big name producers for second album

American Idol champ Fantasia Barrino is bringing out the big guns for her second album. The R&B vocalist's second outing will drop on December 12th, and this time she's bringing Missy Elliott, Outkast's Big Boi, Babyface and Swiss Beatz with her. The only big name producers she hasn't snagged are Timbaland, Kanye and The Neptunes, but give Miss Thing time.

Fantasia seems to be pulling a Mary J. Blige on her second release - beefing up the hip-hop element and telling fans, "I've let go of things from the past and I'm having a good time. Now I'm on a whole different level." No more drama for Ms. Barrino, and man, did she know from drama. The High Point, NC native is a single mother who struggled with literacy problems and had her rags to riches stories made into a Lifetime original movie directed by Debbie "Fame" Allen.

You know your life is rough when it becomes Lifetime fodder. Let's just hope promoting the album release will keep her out of the acting arena. It's hard to judge which American Idol acting foray was worse - Fantasia in The Fantasia Barrino Story or Kelly Clarkson in From Justin to Kelly. Kellie Pickler, take heed. Think twice before signing that Fox development deal.