The singer chooses an interesting mix of partners for I Look to You. By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Jane Mun Whitney Houston Photo: MTV News Whitney Houson wasn’t too sure about working with rapper/singer/producer Akon for her new album, I Look to You, when her label president, Clive Davis, suggested him as a suitable collaborator. “When Clive told me I would be working with Akon, I thought, ‘Hmm, interesting, um, all right,’ ” she told MTV News of her initial reaction to the producer of her song “Like I Never Left.” Houston realized she wanted to recapture what she had done with Wyclef Jean in 1999
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