EP.60 Tink

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03/22/23 • 37 min

You never have to guess what Tink’s thinking. The Chicago-born songstress and rapper says it all in her music. She spits, speaks, and sings straight from the heart without filter or apology. At the same time, she breaks boundaries, dropping off bars with undeniable charisma and belting out hooks with show-stopping range. She can be romantic in one crescendo before getting raw in a bout of wild wordplay. This versatility consistently affirms her as a force in her own lane.

Following her 2011 debut mixtape Winter’s Diary, she dropped projects at a prolific pace, including Alter Ego, Blunts & Ballads, and Boss Up. 2014 saw Winter’s Diary 2: Forever Yours arrive to widespread critical acclaim, landing on year-end R&B album lists from Billboard and Rolling Stone. It also yielded “Treat Me Like Somebody,” which gathered 64 million Spotify streams and counting. A year later, XXL touted her among its coveted “Freshman Class.” Following a stint in the major label system, she embraced independence again with Winter’s Diary 4 [2016], Voicemails [2019], Hopeless Romantic [2020], and A Gift And A Curse [2020]. She collaborated with everyone from Sleigh Bells and Pentatonix to Future, G Herbo, 6lack, and K Camp. During 2021, she served up Heat of the Moment powered by “Rebel” [feat. Jeremih] and “Might Let You” [feat. Davido]. After raking in streams in the hundreds of millions and earning acclaim from Pitchfork, The FADER, HYPEBEAST, and more, she opens up like never before on her 2022 album, Pillow Talk.

The 16-track project features artists 2 Chainz, TOOSI,Fabolous, G Herbo, RussMuni Long, Layton Greene, and is executive produced by Hitmaka. “Pillow Talk” is a tour de force of Tink’s prowess as an R&B prodigy, encompassing technical elements of production, arrangements, and features and carefully balancing them against components such as exquisite lyricism and nuanced themes of being in love to self-love. From her early days signed with Timbaland and the restriction years of label politics, the 27 year old star is now declaring her autonomy in her career, and proudly owns all of her masters/catalog.

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EP.59 Kitty Gata

Kitty Gata is an emerging American rapper based in Brooklyn, NewYork.

Before starting her music career, Kitty worked in the Federal Express office. Despite this, she has recently secured herself as a total performer. She is known for her Kitty Litter presentation collection. Her prominent melodies are No Scrubs, MPR, Sneak Diss, 2Hot2Miss, One Up and Pop Out.

On July 4, 2022. Gata released her single "Head Shot," which includes rapper Method Man. The song has received huge thumbs up from hip hop fans everywhere! "Head Shot" is the rapper’s second concerted effort with Method Man. Previously, they worked closely together on the remix of his iconic duet with The Queen of Hip Hop Soul, Mary J Blige "All You Need" giving it a different spin on such a hip hop classic. Kitty tells Jazzie Belle how working with the Wu Tang legend came into fruition. She also discusses the state of female rappers, her musical influences and her dreams and aspirations outside of rap.

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EP.61 Drew Dixon (Part 1)

Former music executive for both Def Jam and Arista Records, Drew Dixon sat down with Jazzie Belle to discuss and celebrate her accomplishments in Hip Hop & R&B. Most people are familiar with her from the HBO Max Documentary 'On The Record' where she accuses Russell Simmons of rape. But Hip Hop Journalist, Jazzie Belle wanted to use this opportunity to shed light on her accolades and contributions to the culture. Hits like Method Man's "You're All I Need" featuring Mary J Blige, Aretha Franklin's "A rose is still a rose," to Whitney Houston's "Your love is my love" all were touched by the brilliant mind of Drew Dixon. In part 1 of this interview we talk about her discovering her love for Hip Hop, moving from DC to Brooklyn and befriending the likes of Biggie Smalls (She shares a few amazing B.I.G stories), to dating singer D'Angelo, to landing her dream job as A&R at Def Jam Records, to being the mastermind behind turning an interlude to a full length record that turned out to be a Grammy Award Winning single plus a lot MORE!

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