“He started paying all these YouTube videos of jazz and then detoured and started playing the O’Jays, and I knew then that he got it.
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He’s somewhat a rebel, like myself, and he doesn’t take no for an answer, like myself,” Barrino said of Fair, who executive produced the album. The pair even discussed doing a jazz album inspired by her role in “After Midnight” and a performance with the National Symphony Orchestra from earlier in the year. Restarting the album was her new team’s priority, with managers taking her to veteran label executive and producer Ron Fair, whose credits stretch from Christina Aguilera and the Black Eyed Peas to Mary J. Wanting a fresh start after a year of creative differences and stalls, Barrino signed with new management, Primary Wave (CeeLo Green, Melissa Etheridge) in December. “I needed to switch up my feet and switch up my team,” she said. The album’s progress, or lack thereof, made her realize she needed to make a bigger change. “They are doing their thing … and things got a little chaotic.”įrustrated, Barrino called her longtime label to get the album back on course. “Sometimes, when you work with producers who are artists, it’s very hard,” she explained. Kelly at the beginning of the album’s recording. prostituting the artist’s gift, and I couldn’t have that anymore.”Īfter coming off her role in the jazzy, Cotton Club-era inspired Broadway revue “After Midnight” in 2014, Barrino headed to the studio to work on the new album.Įarly sessions saw her collaborating with a hit-maker whom Barrino “really, really, really loved,” but things ultimately didn’t work out.īarrino didn’t name the collaborator, but plenty of footage on her social media showed her in numerous sessions with R. This person thinks this is what your music should be like because this is what’s selling right now,” she said.
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This person thinks you should dress like this. “What have done is they have watered down the artist. and a lot of ups and downs,” she finally was. 1 on Billboard’s R&B chart - the singer wanted to show she was in control. With her new album - released late last month via RCA Records, which debuted at No.