In the last four years, R&B singer Mya replaced her entire management team, made a label switch and broke up with her boyfriend. So it`s no wonder the Washington, D.C. native titled her upcoming Motown debut 'Liberation,' set for a June 26 release.

The album was originally due last fall but has been bumped from the schedule a number of times since. "Litigations, court, transitioning from label to label, teaching kids and building a studio, that takes a while," the 27-year-old singer tells Billboard.com. "That`s why this album is a lot more aggressive, very honest, in your face and cut and dry."

The 12-track album features production from Scott Storch, Bryan-Michael Cox, Tricky Stuart and Kwame. Lil Wayne and Snoop make guest appearances.

The first single, "Lock U Down," featuring Wayne, is "very grown and sexy, very spring time, just an all-around feel-good record," says Mya, while the JR Rotem-produced "Walka Not a Talka," slated to be the second single, is more of a reflective song. "It`s basically a conversation with myself reminding me of all the things I have to get rid of in order to get what I want in life," she adds.

Other tracks include the midtempo "Life`s Too Short," produced by Cox, and the Kwame-spinned "Nothing At All."

Mya, who teaches dance and sound engineering via the Mya Art & Tech Foundation in her spare time, is on the road with the Seagram`s Live Tour alongside Virginia rappers the Clipse and newbie soul singer Jovan Dais. She also just wrapped up a Fox film titled 'Cover,' based on the AIDS epidemic among African Americans. The movie is set to hit theaters by the end of this year.

Mya`s last studio album, 2003`s 'Moodring' (Interscope), spawned the hit "My Love Is Like... Wo," which peaked at No. 14 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and at No. 13 on the Hot 100.

Taken from M&C