Lyfe Jennings' third album doesn't involve all that much change, at least not on the surface.
Listen at the jumplink, support good music.Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs. Yah has a beatiful voice, can hold a cord, blow a ballad, and one can tell her poetic skills are off the hook. This album, The Ballard of Saint James is an awesome piece of work and an educated ear can hear the FE influence even in the different styles the YahZarah brings. YahZarah attended NC Central in Durham and while she was there, she hooked up with several artists in the Raleigh-Durham area including Phonte’ of Little Brother. Phonte' of course had YahZarah singing many vocals on the FE’s songs and was one the major influences to have her pursue a solo career. YahZarah was the female voice of most of The Foreign Exchange tracks and as a background singer for Erykah Badu. Comes to find out I’ve been listening to her voice for a minute. native on a Raheem Devaughn Mixtape and was like, “Who is that?” When Rah D gave his shout out to YahZarah on his mixtape, I went to do my research. These fluctuations also were characterized her own personality and her personal life, which amplified by bipolar disorder with which she was diagnosed in the mid-1960s, something not revealed until after her death in 2003.Ĭan Mary J play Nina well? Take a look at some live performances of Nina Simone and you make your own call. Songs like, " My Baby Just Cares for Me " and my personal Nina Simone fav, " I Put A Spell on You " (below) displays how Simone could fluctuate between exuberant happiness and whatever bitter trouble she was going through (Sounds a little like Mary, Huh?). Simone was an avid civil rights activist and her vocal style of passion, a loose vibrato, and her unusual low vocal range voice, gave her the nicknamed, "the High Priestess of Soul". The film will be titled, NINA and will focus around Simone’s later years, specifically her relationship with her assistant Clifton Henderson, played by David Oyelowo (" The Last King of Scotland "). Mary J Blige is taking on the role in the forthcoming film based on of the legendary singer Nina Simone. Jay Electronica, & Mos Def) by atlargemedia Cole and Jay Electronica) with Talib and Mos Def (the vets). Here is "Just Begun" a Talib and Hi-Tek cut feat.
Cole is also another one of these new cats that my ears seems to enjoy his lyrics. Jay Electronica - Exhibit A (Transformations) by PJ!
This is a hip Hop track and I can see it being a standard in the freestyle game.
The Billy Stewart sample ( Cross My Heart) is used just right. Just Blaze (producer of this track-Exibit C) killed this track. His bars are focused and Jay's wordplay is banannas. He bars aren't unfocussed like a lot of dudes. New Orleans representing, but sounding like and old east coast freestyle EmCee. Erykah Badu and Nas tell you a little of Jay Elec.Check this run of Jay E that I laid out and then you would know. BET VideosWho is Jay Electronica? That's the question and if you didn't know, now you know.