I’m not a huge Madonna fan (ok, I’m not a fan of hers at all) BUT the lady is a big part of the musical landscape so I feel compelled to talk about something that popped up in the news lately.

MadonnaTribe reported this week that the Material One has recorded nine songs so far for the disc, including the lead single, “Give Me All Your Love,” which will feature Nicki Minaj and M.I.A.

The album, which she is reportedly recording with old pal William Orbit (Ray of Light) as well as dance veterans Martin Solveg and Benny Benassi, is slated for release early next year and unconfirmed rumors continue to bubble up that Madonna will play the new single when she performs at halftime at next year’s Super Bowl on February 5.

Orbit is notorious for keeping things close to the vest, but he did recently tweet a tantalizing message that appeared to confirm the Super Bowl appearance:

“I hesitate to make a comment about anything musical,” he wrote. “Ya’ll might think is a cryptic tease. But will say: \o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/.”

The obvious cheerleader reference has been taken by Madonnaphiles to either be a confirmation of the appearance at the big game or a hint that the gig will feature some cheerleaders spelling out the singer’s name in the stadium while she plays her new song.

Madge may also be enlisting the help of up-and-comers NERVO for her new album.

TMZ reports that the ‘Raymond v. Raymond’ creator arrived to the Little Points Halloween Parade, where he parked his black SUV into a spot that was reserved for those with a handicap. Seriously Ur-sher? Dude was then met by a screaming woman, who grabbed at his shirt and tried several times to swing her arms at him.

Bystanders dressed in costume — an Elvis impersonator was among them — helped to prevent the woman from getting close to the singer.

According to the video, the woman is taped screaming and attempting to accost the ‘DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love’ performer in front of her child. “You don’t belong here!” the woman screams at Usher. Sources tell TMZ that she was eventually lead away from the fracas by her husband.

Syleena Johnson, daughter of legendary soul singer Syl Johnson, has addressed her father’s lawsuit against Jay-Z and Kanye West, who allegedly sampled his 1967 single, ‘Different Strokes,’ without his permission on ‘The Joy,’ a bonus track on their joint LP, ‘Watch the Throne.’

Syleena, a Grammy-nominated singer in her own right, appeared on Sirius XM show Sway in the Morning last week to discuss her father’s lawsuit, which she claimed was not targeted at Jay and Kanye, but rather at the song’s producer Pete Rock, and the record labels associated with ‘Watch the Throne,’ Roc Nation, Roc-a-Fella and Def Jam.

“It’d be cool if everybody would stop saying, ‘Your dad is suing Kanye,’ because I don’t really feel like that’s the case,” Syleena explained. “It’s not necessarily that Kanye did the record … It’s to my understanding that Pete Rock did the beat, but of course it looks cooler to say, ‘Oh, Syl Johnson is suing Kanye and Jay-Z.’ Jay-Z probably doesn’t even know anything about the beat!”

This isn’t the first time a scenario like this has played out, nor will it be the last. Ca$h Money Records seems to be rackin’ up similar lawsuits at a prolific rate, Eminem was sued by a French jazz artist in 2002 and quite frankly the list goes on and on (and on).

This particular lawsuit, which was inspired by archival soul-funk label the Numero Group, who were mistakenly credited as Johnson’s publisher in the ‘Watch the Throne’ liner notes, states that Kanye had previously attempted to clear the sample for his ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’ album, but was unable, and instead tacked it onto ‘Watch the Throne’ as a bonus.

Meanwhile, Kanye and Jay-Z will finally kick off their Watch the Throne tour on Oct. 28, in Atlanta.