The self acclaimed Bad Gyal Ce’cile has managed to pull a new one out of her hat this year, with a new look, new sound and new upcoming album. The artiste who has not been too much on the Jamaican scene for a while is actually busy making waves overseas, working on music for Japan and the UK.

The sexy singjay, whose songs, “Woman Tings” and collaboration with Grammy winner Sean Paul, “Can yuh do di wuk” have been hits in Jamaica and overseas, has just released a new single “Take It Off” featuring Smujii from Abood Music in London. The feisty diva, who has challenged the status quo at home, is now linking up with reggaeton artistes and Jamaican artistes on the new Matadore album set for release in March. Ce’cile is featured on two collaborations on this album and is actually the sole Jamaican female artiste to be featured.

Though she has done many singles, the controversial dancehall artiste is yet to have an album. But she is set to change that for 2007. Ce’cile has plans to do a Japan album on which tunes like “Goody” and “Talk, Talk” will appear.

She will also use some remakes of her earlier tunes to fill the North American album. Ce’cile now has two songs, “Jamdown” and “Waiting” on the hot new Jamdown riddim. The song Jamdown which speaks to the wonderful island of Jamaica celebrates the island’s simple pleasures, which involve the sweet cool breeze and the sunset. She asks her “baby” to “follow me down to west in the 7 miles of sand” and to “drink and jelly and take a puff off my sess”.

The dancehall diva, who is not afraid to take on new challenges, has improved her sound, fusing dancehall, hip-hop and R&B, giving a more eclectic feel to her music.

Ce'Cile’s intelligence, creativity and mad sex appeal are flaunted in her songs, which are known for their controversial quality. Like many other Jamaican female artistes, Ce’cile has to fight her way through the male dominated sphere which is known to chew women up and spit them out. It takes the tenacity of a Lady Saw and the quick tongue of a Tanya Stephens and the grace and longevity of a Nadine Sutherland to survive.

But while many of these artistes leave well enough alone, Ce’cile comes in knowing that she will probably have to fight solo since she challenges long held Jamaican male traditions, which publicly, do not change with the times. The artiste took on some of the biggest names in dancehall, emasculating these testosterone driven males.

Ce’cile’s girl power anthems haven’t fallen on deaf ears, although she can still talk about getting a “good wuk” from the men. “Woman Tings” which is a social commentary about how the so-called ‘thugs’ are dressing in tight pants, pink clothing, with pierced ears and wining like girls, hits the nail on the head, as some of these men are really taking over ‘Woman Tings’.

We can look for big things from Ce’cile this year, not to mention her collaboration with Bounty Killer. Ce’cile has been described as “is a deadly combination of sex with veracity. Let’s see if Ce’cile is still “Hot Like That”.