Album Notes

"16 Doin' Big Things"
Terras got the heart of a young girl, but the soul-stirring thoughts of a woman who knows what she wants. And if Terra has it her way, shell one day hold a No. 1 spot on the rap charts. Terra, who has been rapping for six years, has some ideas that she shares in her music that set her apart from other female rappers. The music industry needs more young female rappers, Terra said. I keep it real. I write my own songs and I write from my heart when Im happy, sad or mad. I am just being Terra. I rap because that is the way I express my feelings. I am a young lady and I cant say everything that I want to say so I express myself in my songs. And thats what Terra does through her music, which she says is a style all her own. We need someone holding it down for the ladies, Terra said. We have Bow Wow and Lil RomeoIm going to bring my own style, and I am going to express what I feel in my heart. Im not going to hold back. Terra started rapping in 1999 when TLCs No Scrubs was on the charts. She looks up to her favorite performer, the late Lisa Left Eye Lopes, and industry insiders say that Terra has that same strong, defiant sound and attitude. I like her style and she didnt care what others thought of her, Terra said of Lopes. She expressed herself and in my heart, she is my big sister. She inspired me in many different ways. Her music and spirit will live on through me. Terra has a mature look at life because of the way that her cousin Michael and God brother Vernon died. It affected her and her music, greatly. We as people need to care for each other and stop the violence, Terra said. We can be here one minute and gone the next. We only have one life to live, so we should live it right. Heavy words for a High School student but thats the type of thinking that spawned the words of Terras music. And theres no holding back from what she wants. Terra plays point guard for her high school, Cass Tech and on an Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) team called Triple Threat. An excellent student with a 3.4 GPA. Terra earned the Presidents Education Award in recognition of outstanding academic achievement. She also won a Writing Award from Ivan Ludington Magnet Middle School for outstanding writing achievement in the Creative Communications Poetry Contest which was published. Terra is also a member of Melodies Youth Under Construction, a positive hip-hop group that speaks and performs, and she participated in Ludingtons Detroit Area Pre-College Engineering Program (DAPCEP). Terra is also a member of Calvary United Methodist Church and is its youth choir director. Once you hear her music you wont ask why, youll understand she has a young heart and a strong mind. Youll just want to know where to go to see her live or to pick up her first CD called Terra-Fied. Contact: Danie or Rick Twymon (313) 570-3079 www.ladyteonline.com or www.myspace.com/ladyte