According to the latest Billboard Magazine scans at Brandy Daily, Two Eleven will be released July 24, 2012. Gives us some more time to spread the word! Let’s get it starz!

“We know that females are catty. We get jealous of each other very fast,” Brandy said during her In House visit with The BoomBox. She’s speaking on her most recent duet with Monica, “It All Belongs to Me.” The song’s theme is reminiscent of the original Brandy-Monica collaboration, 1998′s “The Boy Is Mine.” Of course, while we’re on the subject of catty women, we have to bring up the fact that Brandy is starring in the new Tyler Perry movie, “The Marriage Counselor,” with her ex-friend Kim Kardashian. The relationship turned sour around the time the entertainer’s brother Ray J started dating the reality TV star but today, Brandy has nothing but positive words to say about her.

The film isn’t the only project the 33-year-old singer-actress has in the works. Brandy’s sixth studio album, Two Eleven, featuring collaborations with Frank Ocean, Ester Dean, Rico Love and Bangladesh, drops later this year. And if you like her current single, the Chris Brown-assisted “Put It Down,” stay tuned for another C-Breezy collaboration. She even reveals the song’s title.

Brandy dished on the new album and movie and opened up about raising a daughter, settling down with her man and how losing her idol and friend Whitney Houston has given her life a renewed sense of purpose. Read the Q&A and click through our exclusive photo shoot with the songstress below!

Before you and Monica joined forces and released “The Boy Is Mine” in 1998, the media had created this fictional rivalry between you two. Why do you think that is?

Well I think this whole entire business has been about competition for a long time. It still goes on today, and being two females around the same age — that was [the media's] way of making us competitive. On top of that we were doing a song that was about a catfight about a boy. People see things and buy into it and it becomes this thing. It was crazy because people had already started to put us against each other and we hadn’t even met yet.

Why do you think that happens so often with women in the industry, as oppose to men?

We know that females are catty. We get jealous of each other very fast. We’re competitive. That’s just how women are, but I try to not get into that. I just try to stay in my own lane, in my own zone, and just feel inspired by other women who are doing their thing. It’s kind of insecure to be jealous of someone else. I’m competitive with myself, and as long as I stay true to me, then I don’t have to worry about anyone else. No one else can be me, and I can’t be anyone else.

Why did you and Monica decide to get back together 14 years later and record another duet, “It All Belongs to Me”?

I think our fans have really been pressuring us to get back in the studio. I’ve seen so many tweets about us getting back in the studio and Monica had this song that she was going to do on her own and she called me up and said, “Hey, do you want to do the duet now?” And I said, “Of course.” It was a great song, Rico Love produced it and we went to Miami to record it.

It’s funny how both of your duets together have this possession theme and are about marking your territory.

[Laughs] My dad said the same thing! He said, “First it was the boy is mine, now the stuff is mine!”

R&B diva Brandy talked exclusively with TheYBF.com about the women in the music industry who she’s called Mom, how she uses her past relationship controversies as teaching tools for her own daughter, and also shared nuggets of wisdom about motherhood. Get the deets inside…..

On the heels of a much-talked about VH1 “Behind The Music” special and her single “Put It Down” featuring Chris Brown climbing the charts, singer/actress Brandy talked exclusively with TheYBF.com about her most important role in life….mother.

As the mother of Sy’rai, whom she says is obsessed with Justin Bieber and Beyonce, Brandy shared what she thinks are the best things about being a mother. And, based on her own controversial experiences, what advice she offers her daughter about love.

On motherhood
I love being a mother because having a child inspires you to be a better “you.”

On maternal hardships
The hardest thing about being a mother is that you realize you aren’t perfect and you’ll make mistakes. But you do the best you can.

On what she tells Sy’rai about relationships
I teach Sy’rai to always be who you are. Sometimes you can loose yourself if you don’t have a strong foundation so I talk to her about knowing who she is.

On handling heartbreak and first loves
When I was dating Wanya Morris, my mom was afraid of me getting my heartbroken, so she was cautious. But with Sy’rai, when it comes to relationships, I’m going to be a little more open and allow her to make her own choices.

On her “industry mothers”
I’ve had so many women who have been good to me. Whitney Houston was my everything and she opened so many doors for me and also offered good advice. Also, Oprah Winfrey has been over to the house and we were able to talk without cameras and she’s been a huge inspiration. And Kesha Epps (formerly of Total and wife of actor Omar Epps) is a dear friend and like the big sister I never had.

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Go behind the scenes as Brandy and Monica shoot for Ebony Magazine’s June 2012 issue. Photographer is Derek Blanks.

It was confirmed yesterday that Brandy will also join the line up for presenters at this years Billboard Music Awards. Chris Brown is said confirmed to be appearing also, and possibly even perform. Hopefully he will squeeze a little cameo with Brandy, and we can get our first “Put It Down” performance, but of course that’s probably wishful thinking.

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