JACOBI D. RICE, SR. ([email protected])
CHANTEL BROWN IS DEFINITELY ELEGANT AND ARTISTIC… BUT TRYING TO CATCH UP WITH HER IS NO EASY TASK! SHE IS A RECORDING ARTIST IN ASSOCIATION WITH MONSTA SQUADD PRODUCTIONZ/EMANONE’ MUZIK/ UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP DISTRIBUTION AND THE RICK ROSS MUSIC GROUP. WITH HER HAVING A BUSY SCHEDULE OF NEW RECORDINGS, PERFORMANCES, AND GREETING FANS, I WAS BLESSED TO SIT DOWN BRIEFLY WITH HER TO DISCUSS HER STYLE AND HER NEW ALBUM. WHEN SHE GREETED ME, I FELT AS IF I KNEW HER FROM ANOTHER LIFETIME. SHE DEFINITELY HAS A HUMBLE SPIRIT. I ASKED HER WHAT MAKES HER DIFFERENT FROM ALL THE OTHER ARTISTS AND SHE BASICALLY SAID, ” I AM WILLING TO GROW, AND MAINTAIN AN ATTITUDE THAT ISNT LIKE MOST PEOPLE”. SHE WANTS TO STRIVE FOR PROGRESS, NOT JUST WITH HER INNER BEING BUT WITH HER MUSIC AS WELL. THE NAME OF HER DEBUT ALBUM IS CALLED, “MISUNDERSTOOD“. SHE SAYS, “THIS ALBUM IS ABOUT THE LADY THAT I USED TO BE, THE LADY I AM AND THE LADY THAT I WANT TO BECOME”. SHE SAID THAT SHE HAS A COUPLE OF FEATURES ON THE ALBUM, BUT HER FAVORITE SONG ON THE ALBUM IS NAMED AFTER THE ALBUM, “MISUNDERSTOOD” … ” WHICH IS AN ANTHEM FOR THE LADIES BUT ITS GROOVY FOR THE FELLOWS AS WELL”, SHE EXPLAINED.
SHE CONSIDERS HERSELF AN R&B SOUL ARTIST, HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY HIP-HOP. AFTER TAKING A SIPP OF HER STEAMING CUP OF TEA, SHE EXPLAINED HOW SHE WAS MOTIVATED BY SOME OF THE GREAT ICONS IN SOULFUL MUSIC SUCH AS CHAKA KHAN, ALICIA KEYS, ANITA BAKER, AND THE LATE WHITNEY HOUSTON. SHE SAYS, ” I DON’T WANT TO DUPLICATE OTHER WORKS OF ART TO SOUND THE SAME, I JUST WANT TO GIVE MY VERSION OF HOW I SEE LIFE. I WANTED TO DO MY VERSION OF THE ALICIA KEYS HIT, “IF I AIN’T GOT YOU ” BECAUSE THE WORDS ARE SO BEAUTIFUL AND IT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. I FEEL LOVE IS A BLESSED THING TO HAVE, BUT WITH OUT GROWTH, THE LOVE WILL GO VOID, SO LOVE IS MISUNDERSTOOD”, SHE EXPLAINED. WHEN I LISTENED TO HER VERSION…IT ATUCUALLY WAS GOOD AND WHEN IT CAME DOWN TO HITTINGS THOSE HIGH NOTES…SHE NAILED IT!
AS SHE GRACEFULLY SHIFTED HER HAIR…HER STYLE CONTINUED TO ATTRACT MY ATTENTION BECAUSE SHE WAS FULL OF CONCERN. THIS IS SOMETHING I RARELY SEE WITH ARTISTS THAT I MEET. SHE ISN’T POLITICAL BUT SHE IS FOR HUMANITY. SHE IS NOT A RELIGIOUS PERSON BUT SHE IS SPIRITUAL. SHE EXPLAINED, “WHEN I LISTEN TO THE MUSIC BEING PLAYED ON THE RADIO I FEEL THERE IS SOMETHING MISSING”… ( THEN SHE SMILED ) AND SIMPLY SAID, “ME”. I LOOKED AT HER WITH ASSURANCE THAT SHE COULD BE THIS NEXT THING IN THE WORLD OF ENTERTAINMENT HAVING THE POTENTIAL TO REACH NEW HEIGHTS. SHE LET ME LISTEN TO HER FAVORITE SONG ON THE ALBUM WHICH IS AGAIN CALLED, “MISUNDERSTOOD“. WHEN IT FIRST BEGAN, I WAS WAITING FOR A COPY CAT ARTIST, BUT NO, THIS WAS THE REAL DEAL AND I COULD SEE MYSELF JAMMING TO THIS TRACK RIDING IN TRAFFIC OR IF I AM JUST CHILLING. SHE SCANNED THROUGH THE ALBUM AND I WAS VERY IMPRESSED. EVENTUALLY, OUR TIME WAS UP… AND SHE HAD TO GET BACK TO WORK… BUT I WANTED HER TO STAY BECAUSE SHE WAS SUCH A BREATH OF FRESH AIR. I HONESTLY FELT HER VIBE AND I THINK THAT THE WORLD SHOULD BRACE THEMSELVES FOR THE COMING OF THE BEAUTIFUL AND SOULFUL, CHANTEL BROWN.
CHANTEL BROWN IS DEFINITELY ELEGANT AND ARTISTIC… BUT TRYING TO CATCH UP WITH HER IS NO EASY TASK! SHE IS A RECORDING ARTIST IN ASSOCIATION WITH MONSTA SQUADD PRODUCTIONZ/EMANONE’ MUZIK/ UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP DISTRIBUTION AND THE RICK ROSS MUSIC GROUP. WITH HER HAVING A BUSY SCHEDULE OF NEW RECORDINGS, PERFORMANCES, AND GREETING FANS, I WAS BLESSED TO SIT DOWN BRIEFLY WITH HER TO DISCUSS HER STYLE AND HER NEW ALBUM. WHEN SHE GREETED ME, I FELT AS IF I KNEW HER FROM ANOTHER LIFETIME. SHE DEFINITELY HAS A HUMBLE SPIRIT. I ASKED HER WHAT MAKES HER DIFFERENT FROM ALL THE OTHER ARTISTS AND SHE BASICALLY SAID, ” I AM WILLING TO GROW, AND MAINTAIN AN ATTITUDE THAT ISNT LIKE MOST PEOPLE”. SHE WANTS TO STRIVE FOR PROGRESS, NOT JUST WITH HER INNER BEING BUT WITH HER MUSIC AS WELL. THE NAME OF HER DEBUT ALBUM IS CALLED, “MISUNDERSTOOD“. SHE SAYS, “THIS ALBUM IS ABOUT THE LADY THAT I USED TO BE, THE LADY I AM AND THE LADY THAT I WANT TO BECOME”. SHE SAID THAT SHE HAS A COUPLE OF FEATURES ON THE ALBUM, BUT HER FAVORITE SONG ON THE ALBUM IS NAMED AFTER THE ALBUM, “MISUNDERSTOOD” … ” WHICH IS AN ANTHEM FOR THE LADIES BUT ITS GROOVY FOR THE FELLOWS AS WELL”, SHE EXPLAINED.
SHE CONSIDERS HERSELF AN R&B SOUL ARTIST, HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY HIP-HOP. AFTER TAKING A SIPP OF HER STEAMING CUP OF TEA, SHE EXPLAINED HOW SHE WAS MOTIVATED BY SOME OF THE GREAT ICONS IN SOULFUL MUSIC SUCH AS CHAKA KHAN, ALICIA KEYS, ANITA BAKER, AND THE LATE WHITNEY HOUSTON. SHE SAYS, ” I DON’T WANT TO DUPLICATE OTHER WORKS OF ART TO SOUND THE SAME, I JUST WANT TO GIVE MY VERSION OF HOW I SEE LIFE. I WANTED TO DO MY VERSION OF THE ALICIA KEYS HIT, “IF I AIN’T GOT YOU ” BECAUSE THE WORDS ARE SO BEAUTIFUL AND IT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. I FEEL LOVE IS A BLESSED THING TO HAVE, BUT WITH OUT GROWTH, THE LOVE WILL GO VOID, SO LOVE IS MISUNDERSTOOD”, SHE EXPLAINED. WHEN I LISTENED TO HER VERSION…IT ATUCUALLY WAS GOOD AND WHEN IT CAME DOWN TO HITTINGS THOSE HIGH NOTES…SHE NAILED IT!
AS SHE GRACEFULLY SHIFTED HER HAIR…HER STYLE CONTINUED TO ATTRACT MY ATTENTION BECAUSE SHE WAS FULL OF CONCERN. THIS IS SOMETHING I RARELY SEE WITH ARTISTS THAT I MEET. SHE ISN’T POLITICAL BUT SHE IS FOR HUMANITY. SHE IS NOT A RELIGIOUS PERSON BUT SHE IS SPIRITUAL. SHE EXPLAINED, “WHEN I LISTEN TO THE MUSIC BEING PLAYED ON THE RADIO I FEEL THERE IS SOMETHING MISSING”… ( THEN SHE SMILED ) AND SIMPLY SAID, “ME”. I LOOKED AT HER WITH ASSURANCE THAT SHE COULD BE THIS NEXT THING IN THE WORLD OF ENTERTAINMENT HAVING THE POTENTIAL TO REACH NEW HEIGHTS. SHE LET ME LISTEN TO HER FAVORITE SONG ON THE ALBUM WHICH IS AGAIN CALLED, “MISUNDERSTOOD“. WHEN IT FIRST BEGAN, I WAS WAITING FOR A COPY CAT ARTIST, BUT NO, THIS WAS THE REAL DEAL AND I COULD SEE MYSELF JAMMING TO THIS TRACK RIDING IN TRAFFIC OR IF I AM JUST CHILLING. SHE SCANNED THROUGH THE ALBUM AND I WAS VERY IMPRESSED. EVENTUALLY, OUR TIME WAS UP… AND SHE HAD TO GET BACK TO WORK… BUT I WANTED HER TO STAY BECAUSE SHE WAS SUCH A BREATH OF FRESH AIR. I HONESTLY FELT HER VIBE AND I THINK THAT THE WORLD SHOULD BRACE THEMSELVES FOR THE COMING OF THE BEAUTIFUL AND SOULFUL, CHANTEL BROWN.
