Macy rolls with will.i.am, Justin on new CD

NEW YORK (Billboard) - R&B singer

Macy Gray will release her first album in four years next month as part of a new deal with the will.i.am music group/Geffen.

"Big" is due March 27 and boasts production from both will.i.am, of the Black Eyed Peas, and

Justin Timberlake, both of whom also provide guest performances on the project.

Additional contributions were turned in by Fergie,

Natalie Cole and Nas, as well as producers Ron Fair and Jared and Whitey.

Gray had spent her entire career with Epic; her last album for the label, 2003's "The Trouble With Being Myself," sold just 134,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Reuters/Billboard