Album Notes

Growing up in Brooklyn I didn't always know that I wanted to be a singer, recording artist, whateva'. But I always knew I loved music and I also knew I wanted to become my own boss. I've been compared to everyone but I sound like no one.

Ok. So now I'm composing and recording the kind of music that inspires me and all these doors start opening. I was writing with producers and I was blessed to have my song "Anything" chosen for 2 compilation CD's "Paris to Brooklyn" (Relief Records) and "Soul and R&B #21" alongside Kanye West and R. Kelly.( R. Kelly...yeah, yeah I know but he's still a genius). Fast forward to 2005 I'm in Singapore backing the phenomenal Cameroonian vocalist Kaissa (Sony South Africa) and it hits me. I left college with one year left to graduate. Maybe, now is the time to go back, finish getting my degree in music and wrap my s*&t up in a nice little bow.

So that's where I am now. I'm in school, writing, gigging with acts like Little Jackie (S-Curve Records), Governor (Atlantic), Lisa Lisa (Columbia), Kaissa (Sony South Africa), Inoki (Warner/Atlantic) and Bazaare Royale to name a few while and honing my craft while being nominated for a Swedish Grammy for best live performance. People always ask me what kind of artist I am or how would I describe my music and I never know how to answer. Come to think of it, I don't think I should answer that question because the moment I do I'll be putting myself in a box. And that's why I left retail. I'll let my music speak for itself. The product of all my experience thus far is "The Basement Sessions", some of my most personal material.