Nicole Richie @ dads video shoot

Nicole, the adopted daughter of 80s pop legend Lionel Richie, claims she
already has six tracks ready for the record.

She revealed to Scotland's Daily Record newspaper: "Right now I'm just
writing and recording. The way that a record goes, you sing up to 20 or 30
songs and then pick your favourite 10. I'm about six songs in."

Nicole, 24, has not revealed if she has been working with her dad on any of
the tracks, but claims the songs focus on her life - past, present and
future.

She explained: "The songs are about what's going on in my life, growing up
and becoming a woman. They are about realising what's great and what's so
wonderful about life and being on this earth and living the way that I
live."

Paris - who is currently starring with Nicole in the latest series of their
reality show 'The Simple Life: 'Til Death Do Us Part' - releases her debut
album on August 22.

The socialite's self-titled LP, which features the single 'Stars Are Blind',
will hit the shelves two weeks later than previously announced and is being
tipped to be a worldwide hit. -TMZ