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"Jazmine Sullivan diligently followed the roadmap for success in pop music. As a young girl she sang gospel in church; competed in talent shows; learned from local Philadelphia success stories like Jill Scott; acquired a mentor in rapper Missy Elliott; and signed to a major record label at age 16.
That's when Ms. Sullivan's young career went off the road. Instead of pushing her as a pop starlet, Jive Records dropped the singer without releasing a record. "I was a baby. I wasn't an artist," Ms. Sullivan recalls. At 18 years old, she began a tough two years of learning how to write her own music. "Fearless," the debut album that Ms. Sullivan wrote and executive-produced, is No. 1 on the Billboard R&B albums chart. Next week, Ms. Sullivan begins a concert tour with soul singer Maxwell.
On her new album, the 21-year-old singer pours her full-bodied tenor into various stylistic molds. Ms. Sullivan's music echoes both Lauryn Hill and Alicia Keys on "Need U Bad," which rides a reggae pulse and breaks into cascading R&B choruses. Other tracks feature retro touches, the stamp of producer Salaam Remi, who has also worked with the British singer Amy Winehouse. For example, "Bust Your Windows" has creeping strings and a subtle Motown swing. It's an indignant song about payback for a broken heart." - Courtesy of The Wall Street Journal
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