Artist: Rupaul Title Of Album: Champion Year Of Release: March 9, 2009 Label: RuCo, Inc. Genre: Pop / Dance / Dance-Pop Bitrate: VBRkbps / 44.1Khz / Joint-Stereo Total Time: 47:22 min Total Size: 70.3 MB Tracklist --------- 01. Main Event 02. Jealous Of My Boogie 03. Cover Girl 04. Tranny Chaser 05. LadyBoy 06. Champion 07. Never Go Home Again 08. Destiny Is Mine 09. Let's Turn The Night 10. Devil Made Me Do It 11. Theme From "Drag Race" 12. Throw Ya Hands Up (with Lady Bunny) On January 5, 2009, RuPaul released the world premier of his first single "Cover Girl" on his MySpace profile and his blog. It was premiered as a promotional video which included footage from RuPaul's Drag Race, a reality TV show formatted similar to America's Next Top Model. The single was later available as a download on iTunes on February 11, 2009, or as a CD directly from RuPaul's webpage (released in the "RuCo, Inc." imprint RuPaul founded for his last 3 albums.) It was recorded in the bedroom of record producer Lucian Piane's home, with the closet serving as the vocal booth. Work on the album was complete by February 10, 2009, and the album was released February 24, 2009. As of March 2nd, 2009 a CD release is pending. Champion has reached success on the iTunes dance charts, where it is currently the number one album. March 17 the video of the second single Jealous of My Boogie was released at iTunes. According to RuPaul, "The theme of this album is stepping up to your throne, owning your power, and saying goodbye to playing small. There has been a shift in consciousness socially, politically and spiritually. The time has come for you to be ... Champion". RuPaul has also said that the album is his best, adding, "I understand what the public wants from me - and I am letting these children have it!". To this end, the album is strongly directed to a gay audience (even more so than previous RuPaul albums). The song "Tranny Chaser", for instance, is a comedic hip-hop track about sexually curious heterosexual men who pursue casual sex with transgendered woman. In it RuPaul sings "Is some Tranny chasers up in here? Welcome to my stratosphere! Make a move...what you gonna do? I ain't got no time for no lookie-loo, boo!"; and later, "Do you wanna fuck me? That's don't make you gay!" Another song, "Let's Turn the Night," correlates the Proposition 8 struggle in California with the story of Harvey Milk; according to RuPaul, "Lucian and I wrote the song during the height of the prop 8 protests here in West Hollywood." Rapidshare.com: