Co-written with Lambert and Amber Streeter, Fantasia sings of the type of love that is absolutely no good, but keeps calling you back, over and over again. “End of Me” is a song so moving that it literally sweeps you off your feet.
I wasn’t going to miss the opportunity this time. Once Kelly and Missy chime in, there’s no avoiding their burning question – “Where’d you be, without me?” “I always love working with Missy and it broke my heart that she wasn’t a part of my last album. She sings of the moment that the veil is lifted on an unbalanced relationship. The song, which she co-wrote with Al Sherrod Lambert, Kyle Stewart and Missy, set the blogosphere and urban radio ablaze in record time. She allowed me to switch a few things up, but we were both able to put our feelings into the song.” Fantasia followed up with the slow-bounce club banger, “Without Me,” featuring Kelly Rowland and Missy Elliott. “Andrea and I really connected and I wanted to deliver this song for her. Leading the album out of the gate is “Lose to Win,” which she co-wrote alongside Andrea Martin over a sample of The Commodores’ classic, “Nightshift.” “This is my testimony,” Fantasia says of this ode to the power of understanding when to hold, and fold. You can listen to any of those artists today because their music still stands and that’s what I wanted to do with this project. Of course I loved listening to my girls Monica, Brandy, TLC and SWV, but I also played Billie Holiday, Josephine Baker, Elton John, Ella Fitzgerald, Luther Vandross, Anita Baker, Bonnie Raitt and Queen. “It started with gospel and then the blues because my grandfather loved B.B. “When I was growing up, we listened to so many different types of music in my house,” she remembers. “As soon as I heard the song, ‘Supernatural Love,’ I knew he was the one.”Ĭrafting this, her fourth album, was like a dream come true for Fantasia as she made it her mission to tap into the music that has inspired her over the years. “I’ve always wanted to collaborate with someone the way Michael Jackson did with Quincy Jones,” she says of joining forces with Harmony, who serves as album producer. With her trusted notebook by her side, she would eventually co-write seven of the 13 songs that comprise Side Effects of You. If I was able to get to the grocery store, people would stop me in my Hoveround chair and tell me what they were going through, so I wrote about that, too.” It was only after she met (and vibed with) London-bred producer, Harmony Samuels, that she realized it might be time to get back in the studio. “I’d been doing one-off shows and not really recording, but when my doctor put me on bed rest, I decided to use that time to start writing down some of the things that were on my mind. “When I started writing in my book, I had a bittersweet taste in my mouth,” Fantasia says of how she was feeling – professionally, personally, emotionally – after putting in a decade’s worth of hard work. Though she has never shied away from being transparent in her music, she wasn’t necessarily thinking about putting her words into song when she picked up a pen and her blank notebook two years ago.
While the Grammy-winning singer has certainly enjoyed chart-topping, triple-platinum and multi-platform success since winning season three of American Idol, she, like everybody, has made some mistakes, too. That’s true, in part, but if you have her tell it, there’s much more there. That’s the magic that Fantasia brings, every time.Īt first listen, Side Effects of You might sound like an album about heartbreak and the process of piecing oneself back together. That’s who she is, at her core, and no matter the song she sings, her spirit seems to resonate from the speakers along with her voice. “I’m a soul singer,” she says, with much pride and little hesitation. Without Me / Released: April 17, 2013Įven before the question is posed, she makes clear the essence of her sound. Lose to Win / Released: January 8, 2013Ġ2. Tank, King Los, Al Sherrod Lambert & Jamia)Ġ1. Collard Greens & Cornbread / Released: April 11, 2011 I'm Doin' Me / Released: September 28, 2010Ġ3. Fantasia - I'm Here (From 'The Color Purple' Musical)Ġ2. Продюсеры: Chuck Harmony, Rykeyz, Los Da Mystro, Claude Kelly, Ne-Yo, Rico Love, Jim Jonsin, Oak, Stereotypes, Andrew "Pop" Wansel
Hood Boy / Released: November 25, 2006Ġ2. Продюсеры: Babyface, Bryan Michael Cox, Danja, Dre & Vidal, Missy Elliott, Kwamé, Harold Lilly, Midi Mafia, Tone Mason, Swizz Beatz, Sean Garrett Fantasia - Selfish (I Want U 2 Myself) (feat. Продюсеры: Louis Biancaniello, Craig Brockman, Bryan-Michael Cox, Clive Davis, Jermaine Dupri, Missy Elliott, Sean Garrett, Jazze Pha, Rodney Jerkins, Harold Lilly, Ric Rude, Soulshock & Karlin, Underdogs, Sam Watters, Nigel Wright
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