I'm A Fan Of Hip-hop And I

Women Face A Lot Of Challenges Every Day - We Have To Stand Firm In Our Walk And Our Intentions - But There Are Times When That Weight Feels Too Heavy, Feels Like A Load That I Just Can't Bear That Day. I Try To Work Through That In My Art, Whatever Medium That Might Be. My Live Performance Is Based Around The Color Red, And All The Things That Communicates As A Woman To The World - Fiery, Really Vocal, Present, Almost A Kind Of Stubborn Color - And Redefining It As Being Very Complex. Being Able To Express That Complexity, I'm Getting A Lot Better At That The Older I've Gotten.

I Really Don't Listen To Anyone That I'm Not Proud Of Saying That I Listen To. Even If It's Something A Little Bit More Unexpected, I Didn't Get Too Deep Into The Waka, Gucci Records, But I Like Those With Pride.

I Remember Being Really Young And Having This Voice Inside That Told Me To Trust My Gut. And My Gut Has Been Really, Really Strong In My Life. It's Pretty Vocal And It Leads Me.

There's Just So, So Many Overlooked R&b Artists And I Think It's Really About, Again, Being Sensitive To Whatever You're Addressing Culturally. I Just Always Try To Have A Sensitivity To It And What That Might Make Someone Feel.

A Lot Of Times I Use Live Musicians, But I Don't Want It To Have That Live Funky Sound So I'll Just Take The Best Loop Of A Drum Part And Repeat It Over And Over And Over Again So That There's Consistency And It Feels A Little Bit More Programmed. But I Have A Love/hate Relationship With Comping As Well.