Meanwhile, Jazmine struggled to assimilate at school. When she was 5 years old, her father landed a position as a curator for the city's Strawberry Mansion, and her family moved into the historical landmark, where they lived rent free.
Elements of reggae, dub, pop, jazz, classical music and doo-wop can be heard in her work.īorn and raised in North Philadelphia, Jazmine Sullivan grew up in a two-parent household, the middle sister between two brothers. Her debut single "Need U Bad" featuring Missy Elliott has reached number one on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. She is also the protégé of famous rapper Missy Elliott. Jazmine Marie Sullivan (born April 9, 1987) is an American R&B and soul music singer-songwriter from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
T.I.) īust Your Windows - DJ Naughty (UK Funky Remix)īust Your Windows (Promo Only clean edit)īust Your Windows īust Your Windows (feat. Holding You Down (Goin' In Circles) ĭream Big (StoneBridge Club Remix) It stands up as a portrait of a woman, painted by the brushes of several, who is, at the end of it all, simply doing the best she can-trying to love and protect herself despite a world that would prefer she do neither.Jazmine Sullivan Lyrics - by Popularity 1 Heaux Tales not only highlights the multitudes of many women, it suggests the multitudes that can exist within a single woman, how virtue and vulnerability thrive next to ravenous desire and indomitability. The singing is breathtaking-textbooks could be filled on the way Sullivan brings emotionality into the tone and texture of voice, as on the devastating lead single “Lost One”-but it'd be erroneous to ignore the lyrics and what these intra- and interpersonal dialogues expose. Later, she cleverly inverts the sentiment but maintains the artistic dynamism on a duet with H.E.R., replacing the sexual confidence with a missive about how “it ain't right how these hoes be winning”. “Put It Down” offers praise for the men who only seem to be worthy of it in the bedroom (because who among us hasn't indulged in or even enabled the carnal delights of those who offer little else beyond?), while “On It”, a pearl-clutching duet with Ari Lennox, unfolds like a three-minute sext sung by two absolute vocal powerhouses. The theme re-emerges throughout, each time towards a different end, as short spoken interludes thread it all together. “I keep on piling on bodies on bodies on bodies, yeah, you getting sloppy, girl, I gotta stop getting fucked up.” Pleasure takes centre stage from the very beginning “Bodies” captures the inner monologue of the moments immediately after a drunken hook-up with-well, does it really matter? The who is irrelevant to the why, as Sullivan searches her mirror for accountability. It's as much about “hoes” as it is the people who both benefit from and are harmed by the notion. The project takes the content and casual candour of a group chat and unpacks them across songs and narrative, laying waste to the patriarchal good girl/bad girl dichotomy in the process. There's power in reclamation, and Jazmine Sullivan leans into every bit of it on Heaux Tales, doubling down with an updated version- Heaux Tales, Mo' Tales: The Deluxe-that adds five new tracks and some tales to go with them, including one from Issa Rae.