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Yahzarah
Dana Nicole Amma Williams (born June 24, 1978), is known professionally as YahZarah, is a Ghanaian American singer and music producer. She is known for radio hits "Wishing" and "Why Dontcha Call Me No More". In 1997, she began her career as a background singer for Erykah Badu. In 2000, Yahzarah signed to Keo Music Records released her first album, ''Hear Me''. In 2002, Yahzarah signed a recording contract with Three Keys Music and released her second album, ''Blackstar'', in September 2003. In 2004, YahZarah left Three Keys Music and join The Foreign Exchange. After a brief hiatus, Yahzarah returned the music industry. In 2008, she released her extended play, ''The Prelude'', on the +FE Music recording label. In January 2010, Yahzarah released her single "Why Dontcha Call Me No More" followed by her third album, '' The Ballad of Purple St. James'' in May 2010. Her musical genre has varied throughout her career including R&B, rock, acoustic, soul, jazz, and pop. Her artistic inf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Why Dontcha Call Me No More
"Why Dontcha Call Me No More" is a song by American singer YahZarah, Yahzarah. The song was released in March 2010 as the lead single for her third studio album, ''The Ballad of Purple St. James''. Writing and recording The song was written by YahZarah and Phonte Coleman and was produced by Nicolay and Phonte. The song features several instruments including the keyboard, tambourine, live handclaps, drums, the acoustic, bass, and electric guitars. Release and promotion In March 2010, "Why Dontcha Call Me No More" was released as the first single of the album and available as a free download on the Foreign Exchange Music's website. The song was available as a free download from The Foreign Exchange Music's website. The song received over 1,000 downloads within the following week. Music video The music video was released to YouTube on May 19, 2010. The video was directed by Matt Koza. The music video was shot back-to-back with Yahzarah's theme song "Yahz", which precedes to "Why Do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conya Doss
Conya Doss (born June 13, 1972) is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, and has been a major figure in independent music for over two decades. Conya is known as an innovator and is widely known for her eclectic work and light vocal range. She is known as The Queen of Indie Soul. Her music combines R&B, soul, funk, neo soul, and jazz. Her first album ''A Poem About Ms. Doss'' was released in 2002. Over a course of years, she would release two more albums: ''Just Because'' (2004) and ''Love Rain Down'' (2006). Her breakthrough album ''Still...'' was released in 2008, which featured the lead single "What I'd Do". In 2010, Doss released her fifth album ''Blu Transition'' and followed up with ''A Pocketful of Purpose'' in 2012. Conya released her seventh album ''Seven: VII'' in 2015. Early life Conya was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Ronald Pruitt and Carolyn Pruitt. She developed an interest in music at an early age. After recording songs with her group "Lyr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Foreign Exchange
The Foreign Exchange is an R&B/electronica/ hip hop duo consisting of the American rapper/singer Phonte and the Dutch record producer Nicolay. Musical career The pair initially made contact via message boards on Okayplayer.com and soon began recording and exchanging music. Soon after, they formed The Foreign Exchange without having ever met each other in person, hence the name. Their album, ''Connected'', was released in 2004 and was a showcase for Nicolay's musical talents as well as an introduction to like-minded Little Brother affiliates who contributed to the album. The album received strong reviews and the single, "Sincere", featuring YahZarah, was released with a music video directed by Joey Boukadakis. In October 2008, the duo released their second album '' Leave It All Behind''. In June 2009, the group announced that Zo! is now an official artist on The Foreign Exchange Music imprint and, in November 2009, YahZarah also joined the imprint. Median and Darien Brock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phonte
Phonte Lyshod Coleman, known mononymously as Phonte (born December 28, 1978), is an American rapper, singer, and producer. He is currently of the North Carolina hip-hop trio/duo Little Brother (revived in 2019 without producer 9th Wonder) and one-half of the duo The Foreign Exchange. He has also recorded R&B-flavored output as a singer (often under the pseudonym Percy Miracles), and with Nicolay on The Foreign Exchange. His rhymes tend to be no-frill perspectives on working-class life. Career Little Brother Phonte first met the other members of Little Brother, rapper Big Pooh and producer 9th Wonder, in 1998 while attending North Carolina Central University, as an English major. The three shared common musical interests and decided to form a group. "Speed", the group's first song recorded together, led to them signing a deal with the independent ABB Records, and recording their debut album, '' The Listening''. The album's success led to the group signing a non-exclusive deal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Carolina Central University
North Carolina Central University (NCCU or NC Central) is a public historically black university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by James E. Shepard in affiliation with the Chautauqua movement in 1909, it was supported by private funds from both Northern and Southern philanthropists. It was made part of the state system in 1923, when it first received state funding and was renamed as Durham State Normal School. It added graduate classes in arts and sciences and professional schools in law and library science in the late 1930s and 1940s. In 1969 the legislature designated this a regional university and renamed it as North Carolina Central University. It has been part of the University of North Carolina system since 1972 and offers programs at the baccalaureate, master's, professional, and doctoral levels. The university is a member of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. History North Carolina Central University was founded by James E. Shepard as the National Religious Trai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connected (Foreign Exchange Album)
''Connected'' is the first studio album by the Foreign Exchange, a hip hop group consisting of American rapper Phonte from Little Brother and Dutch producer Nicolay. It was released on BBE on August 24, 2004. Their group name comes from how they produced their songs: Nicolay would produce a beat in the Netherlands and send the beat to Phonte through instant messaging, email, and traditional mail to lay down the vocals. Phonte would return the product, so Nicolay could then master the track; they did not meet until after the album was completed. ''Pitchfork'' placed it at number 22 on the "Top 50 Albums of 2004" list. In 2015, it was ranked at number 86 on '' Fact''s "100 Best Indie Hip-Hop Records of All Time" list. Track listing Personnel * Phonte – vocals * Nicolay – production * Yahzarah – vocals (on "Foreign Exchange Title Theme", "Sincere", and "End Theme") * Von Pea – vocals (on "Von Sees") * Joe Scudda – vocals (on "Raw Life") * Quartermaine – vocals (o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bag Lady
"Bag Lady" is a song recorded by American singer Erykah Badu for her second studio album ''Mama's Gun'' (2000). Written by Badu and Isaac Hayes, the song is about a woman who is trying to begin a new relationship but has too much emotional baggage and can't get close to anyone. The song's message is to "pack light" and have hope for the future. It was released as the lead single from ''Mama's Gun'' on August 8, 2000, by Motown Records. A commercial success, "Bag Lady" peaked at number six on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, becoming Badu's first top-ten hit on the chart, and topped the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for seven weeks. Critically acclaimed, it earned Badu two nominations at the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards (2001), for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B Song. Commercial performance In the United States, "Bag Lady" debuted at number 67 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 on the issue dated August 19, 2000. After weeks of ascending and descending within the chart, it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floetic
''Floetic'' is the debut studio album by the English R&B duo Floetry, released by DreamWorks Records in the United States on 1 October 2002 and on Polydor Records in the United Kingdom on 25 November 2002. Critical reception The album received favourable reviews from ''CMJ'', ''Rolling Stone'', Yahoo! Music, and other company sites. Allmusic gave the album three out of five stars. Commercial performance ''Floetic'' debuted at number nineteen on the ''Billboard'' 200 and number four on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. On 14 July 2003, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America with US sales of over 864,000 copies to date. Track listing Samples *"Floetic" contains an interpolation of "Born to Be Blue" as written by Mel Tormé Melvin Howard Tormé (September 13, 1925 – June 5, 1999), nicknamed "The Velvet Fog", was an American musician, singer, composer, arranger, drummer, actor, and author. He composed the music for "The Christmas Song" (" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floetry
Floetry were an English contemporary R&B, R&B duo comprising Marsha Ambrosius ("The Songstress") and The Floacist, Natalie Stewart ("The Floacist"). The group recorded two studio albums and one live album and sold over 1,500,000 records worldwide. Formed in 1997 Floetry started on the performance poetry stage. They worked with many US musicians and artists including: Jill Scott (singer), Jill Scott, Queen Latifah, Michael Jackson, Common (rapper), Common, The Roots and Bilal (American singer), Bilal and more founders of Neo soul, Neo-Soul. Career Beginnings: 1994–2002 Marsha Ambrosius and Natalie Stewart first met on the basketball courts in London, England. There they quickly transitioned from rivals to friends bonding over their love for music and poetry. The first collaboration came when Ambrosius contacted Stewart about adding poetry to the chorus of a song she was working on called 'Fantasize'. Stewart invited Ambrosius onstage to perform the song at her show a few month ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Q-Tip (musician)
Kamaal Ibn John Fareed (born Jonathan William Davis, April 10, 1970), better known by his stage name Q-Tip, is an American rapper, record producer, singer, and DJ. Nicknamed The Abstract, he is noted for his innovative jazz-influenced style of hip hop production and his philosophical, esoteric and introspective lyrical themes. He embarked on his music career in the late 1980s, as an MC and main producer of the influential alternative hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest. In the mid-1990s, he co-founded the production team The Ummah, followed by the release of his gold-certified solo debut '' Amplified'' in 1999. In the following decade, he released the Grammy Award-nominated album ''The Renaissance'' (2008) and the experimental album ''Kamaal the Abstract'' (2009). As an actor, Q-Tip has appeared in various films such as ''Poetic Justice'', ''She Hate Me'' and ''Prison Song'', the latter of which he co-wrote and played the lead role. As a DJ, he has hosted the Apple Music 1 ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II ( ; born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Obama was the first African-American president of the United States. He previously served as a U.S. senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and as an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004, and previously worked as a civil rights lawyer before entering politics. Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. After graduating from Columbia University in 1983, he worked as a community organizer in Chicago. In 1988, he enrolled in Harvard Law School, where he was the first black president of the '' Harvard Law Review''. After graduating, he became a civil rights attorney and an academic, teaching constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. Turning to elective politics, he represented the 13th district in the Illinois Senate from 1997 until 2004, when he ran for the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leave It All Behind (Foreign Exchange Album)
''Leave It All Behind'' is the second studio album by the Foreign Exchange, released in 2008. At the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards, "Daykeeper" was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Urban/Alternative Performance The Grammy Award for Best Urban/Alternative Performance was an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality urban/alternative performance .... Track listing Charts References External links * {{Authority control 2008 albums The Foreign Exchange albums Albums produced by Nicolay (musician) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
