Charli Baltimore, completed her album, Ice,a.k.a. Cold As Ice|, this past Spring, but now it seems that her debutmay never see the light of day. Epic Records has, according to MTV.com,ended their distribution deal with her label, Untertainment Records(although she's still featured on Epic's web-site). The album, which wasawarded 3 Mics in the July issue of The Source, was originallyintended to be released sometime last year, but constant creativedifferences between Baltimore and her label kept the album from completion.

Model/ MC Charli Baltimore, whose name comes from Geena Davis' amnesiaccharacter in The Long Kiss Goodnight (Samantha Caine/ CharlyBaltimore), started her career after her then boyfriend, The NotoriousB.I.G., helped her to develop her rhyming skills and got her a jobbody-doubling for his wife, Faith Evans Wallace, in the Junior M.A.F.I.A.video "Get Money." Before his death, Biggie allegedly spoke the immortalwords, "You got skills; you should keep rhyming," and made her a part of hisrapping triumvirate, The Commission, with Jay-Z. After his death, she wasapproached by Lance 'Un' Rivera to release an album on his label,Untertainment Records, with now-dissolved plans for distribution by Epic.

Charli did manage to release three singles from the album, however: "Money"from the Woo soundtrack, "Stand Up" featuring Ghostface Killah, and"Thorough Bitches" featuring Da Brat, Gangsta Boo, Queen Pen, Scarlett, andLady of Rage. The album was also set to feature collaborations with Rza, DJPremier, Mike Delorian, Mobb Deep, Cam'Ron, Mike Delorian, Teddy Riley,Noreaga, Boobonic, Brotha, Tony Dutch, Asa Spade, Eightball, Rodney Ellis,Jeni Fujita, Miss Jones, & John Forte (though not necessarily in thatorder), but not the original title track, "Ice," a reworking of VanillaIce's "Ice, Ice Baby" with Mase, which was taken off the album previously. - Werner