As you know, LeToya Luckett's self-titled CD was released yesterday (7/25) and is expected to do well on the strength of her hit "Torn". Not to be outdone, LeToya's former band member Beeyawnce has made her album "B'Day" available for pre-order on iTunes, in an attempt to uncut LeToya's sales. Beeyawnce's album was originally scheduled to be release Sept. 5, her birthday, but the pre-order was pushed up 2 months early.

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I just had two separate discussions about how shady Beyawnce's marketing has been at the expense of her bandmates (old and new). This stunt is an obvious move of disperation and it turns me off to Bee even more than I already am. Apparently, Bee is scare because she has had a 7 year head start, numerous ad campaigns, movies and guest spots and yet in her second solo effort her first single is luke warm at best and her first video, although well financed is so horrid that her "fans" have start petitioning for a re-shoot. Now, here comes LeToya, who has been missing, for lack of a better word, since being unceremoniously kicked from the group (at the point when Beyonce's star status was just bloosoming), she has written most of her tracks on her album, executive produced her first CD, has shot a better video than Beyawnce most recent effort (and any of Kelly Rowland's) and is set to make a major impact on R&B records sales of the summer.