#floetry friday

[jude-thedude98]

I don't want you inside my brain...

Cause I fear...

When you here...

My thoughts...

You will run.

So I say them out loud,

Changing forms,

From brain to thoughts,

Thoughts to eyes, so I can see the surprise on your face before I say it and you react,

Eyes to nose, so I can smell your last scent of 'I Can't Believe You Just Said That Buttermilk Flavored',

Then from the nose to somewhere in the throat, all in an instantaneous choke

Hold in the throat to switch forms again from the nose, eyes, thoughts, and brain;

To trigger the voice box that way when I say 'I love you' I don't drown in my own spit; swallow that thought of almost drowning to muster up from somewhere below,

The confidence, it takes for me to say

What I need to say,

Then I have an awkward smile on my face because in the inside out I am reverberating John Mayer

Shew it away, only to say;

"HI."

"Hi."

By Mr. PoetAll

[jarel-dot-thepoet]

Lover : by Convenience

Lover by convenience 

                               I see it is to understand 

                   how a phone call 

 in the middle of the night 

can be a shameful head 

      

hung high during long days

          These ways 

being a lover by night

                          aggravation by day 

                   is easy to pain 

  like needles, I

                     stuck in thighs 

asking myself 

        and my father 

                  why 

         I had to do this 

his reply was  

                 "it    will   numb 

the pain" 

...so I ask

                where is the needle to heal a broken heart 

         Are these

injections of communications 

 prospecting of perspectives 

  how when and where you'll deal with me 

                  Does it hurt you that              I am your convenient friend ; it burns my heart             that I can't 

get along with my own name 

               without 

       thinking of you 

            I want you 

to know                   that love 

    has a way         

of labeling         us a lovers 

Maybe

     I made love with your eyes 

and 

     fell deep like a plank

                                  I had 

no idea I was walking 

                  A trance; a stance I was roped into 

                        your voice 

a toy that I used 

                     Yes … you were my lover by convenience 

helping me 

      in processes of progress 

                  I too feel neglect 

I don't understand words like no 

    and words like 

loving you is easier 

                         because you make it effortless 

              though the effort is less than 

        an alligator's arithmetic always 

    greater than being equal to communication.

[blackkudos]

Raphael Saadiq

Raphael Saadiq (born Charles Ray Wiggins; May 14, 1966) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. He rose to fame as a member of the multiplatinum group Tony! Toni! Toné! In addition to his solo and group career, he has also produced songs for such artists as Joss Stone, D'Angelo, TLC, En Vogue, Kelis, Mary J. Blige, Ledisi, Whitney Houston, Solange Knowles and John Legend.

He and D'Angelo were occasional members of The Ummah, a music production collective, composed of members Q-Tip and Ali Shaheed Muhammad of A Tribe Called Quest, and J Dilla of the Detroit-based group Slum Village. He is a co-founder of independent video game developer IllFonic, which developed Friday the 13th: The Game.

Saadiq's critically acclaimed album The Way I See It, released on September 16, 2008, featuring artists Stevie Wonder, Joss Stone, and Jay-Z, received three Grammy Award nominations. His fourth studio album, Stone Rollin', was released on March 25, 2011. For the album, Saadiq worked with steel guitarist Robert Randolph; former Earth, Wind & Fire keyboardist Larry Dunn; Swedish-Japanese indie rock singer Yukimi Nagano (of Little Dragon fame); funk artist Larry Graham (on the bonus song "Perfect Storm") and Taura 'Aura Jackson' Stinson.

Music critic Robert Christgau has called Saadiq the "preeminent R&B artist of the '90s".

Early life

Saadiq was born in Oakland, California, the second-youngest of 14 siblings. His early life was marked by tragedy; he experienced the deaths of several of his siblings as a young child. When Saadiq was seven years old, one brother was murdered. One of his brothers overdosed on heroin and another committed suicide because he was unable to deal with his addiction to the drug. His sister died as a result of a car crash during a police chase in a residential neighborhood. Saadiq states that he does not want his music to be reflective of the tragedies he experienced, saying that "And through all of that I was makin' records, but it wasn't comin' out in the music. I did it to kinda show people you can have some real tough things happen in your life, but you don't have to wear it on your sleeve."

He has been playing the bass guitar since the age of six, and first began singing at age nine in a local gospel group. At the age of 12, he joined a group called "The Gospel Humminbirds". In 1984, shortly before his 18th birthday, Saadiq heard about tryouts in San Francisco for Sheila E.'s backing band on Prince's Parade Tour. At the audition, he chose the name "Raphael", and had difficulty remembering to respond to the name when he heard that he got the part to play bass in the band. He says of the experience, "Next thing I was in Tokyo, in a stadium, singin' Erotic City. We were in huge venues with the biggest sound systems in the world; all these roadies throwin' me basses, and a bunch of models hangin' round Prince to party. For almost two years. That was my university."

Career

1987–1999: Tony! Toni! Toné! and The Ummah

After returning to Oakland from touring with Prince, Saadiq began his professional career as the lead vocalist and bassist in the rhythm and blues and dance trio Tony! Toni! Toné! He used the name Raphael Wiggins while in Tony! Toni! Toné!, along with his brother Dwayne Wiggins, and his cousin Timothy Christian. In the mid-1990s, he adopted the last name Saadiq, which means "man of his word" in Arabic. His change of surname led many to speculate that he had converted to Islam at that point; in reality, Saadiq is not a Muslim, but rather just liked the way "Saadiq" sounded and changed his last name simply to distinguish himself from and avoid potential confusion with his brother, Dwayne Wiggins. As he confirmed by telling noted R&B writer Pete Lewis of the award-winning 'Blues & Soul' in May 2009, "I just wanted to have my own identity!"

In 1995, Saadiq had his biggest solo hit to date, when "Ask of You", featured on the Higher Learning Soundtrack peaked at #19 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #2 on the R&B chart. In 1995, Saadiq produced and performed on Otis & Shug's debut album, We Can Do Whatever.

Tony! Toni! Toné! would become major R&B superstars throughout the late 1980s and 1990s. However, after the 1996 album entitled House of Music failed to duplicate the group's previous success, Tony! Toni! Toné! went their separate ways in 1997.

1999–2004: Lucy Pearl and first string of solo albums

In 1999, Saadiq's next big project became the R&B supergroup Lucy Pearl. He recorded the self-titled album with Dawn Robinson (En Vogue) and Ali Shaheed Muhammad (A Tribe Called Quest). The group only lasted for one album.

Also in 1999, he collaborated with rapper Q-Tip on the single "Get Involved", from the animated television series The PJs. It samples The Intruders' 1973 song "I'll Always Love My Mama" and charted at number 21 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks.

His 2000 song collaboration "Untitled (How Does It Feel)" won D'Angelo a Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance; it was also nominated for Grammy Award for Best R&B Song. The song was ranked #4 on Rolling Stone's "End of Year Critics & Readers Poll" of the top singles of 2000. D'Angelo's album Voodoo won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Album at the 2001 Grammy Awards.

In 2002, Saadiq founded his own record label, Pookie Entertainment. Among the artists on the label are Joi and Truth Hurts. In 2002, he released his first solo album Instant Vintage, which earned him three Grammy Award nominations in addition to another two Grammy nominations for his writing work on “Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)” the following year. He released a two-disc live album All the Hits at the House of Blues in 2003, and his second studio album Ray Ray in 2004, both on Pookie Entertainment.

2004–2010: Expanded output and second string of albums

In 2004, Saadiq produced a remix of the song "Crooked Nigga Too" by Tupac Shakur which is featured on the album Loyal to the Game. Other artists he has collaborated with include Whitney Houston, Mary J. Blige, The Isley Brothers, A Tribe Called Quest, Teedra Moses, The Roots, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Macy Gray, Angie Stone, Snoop Dogg, Mac Dre, Devin the Dude, DJ Quik, Kelis, Q-Tip, Lil' Skeeter, Ludacris, The Bee Gees, Musiq Soulchild, Jaguar Wright, Chanté Moore, Lionel Richie, Marcus Miller, Noel Gourdin, Nappy Roots, Calvin Richardson, T-Boz from TLC, Jody Watley, Floetry, Leela James, Amp Fiddler, John Legend, Joss Stone, Young Bellz, Anthony Hamilton, Babyface, Ledisi, Goapele, Ghostface Killah, —Ginuwine, The Grouch Stevie Wonder, Earth, Wind & Fire, Bilal, Chali 2na, Larry Graham, Luniz as well as many others. In 2007, Saadiq produced Introducing Joss Stone, the third album of British soul singer Joss Stone. According to J. Gabriel Boylan of The New York Observer, "he's produced artists including Macy Gray, the Roots, D'Angelo, John Legend, Whitney Houston, Mary J. Blige, and more. With all of them he's pushed a classic aesthetic, heavy on organic sounds and light on studio magic, deeply indebted to the past and distrustful of easy formulas."

Saadiq's third solo album, The Way I See It, released on Columbia Records on September 16, 2008, available in a collector's edition box set of 7" 45 rpm singles as well as on traditional CD, was critically well-received, made several critics' 2008 best albums lists, and garnered three Grammy nominations including Best R&B Performance by a Duo Or Group With Vocals (for "Never Give You Up", featuring Stevie Wonder & CJ Hilton); Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance (for "Love That Girl") and Best R&B Album for The Way I See It. Music from The Way I See It was featured in the following motion pictures: Madea Goes To Jail, Bride Wars, Cadillac Records, Secret Life of Bees, In Fighting (Rogue), and It's Complicated.

Touring with a nine piece band, Saadiq hit the 2009 summer music festival circuit with performances at Bonnaroo, Hollywood Bowl, Outside Lands, Pori Jazz, Stockholm Jazz Festival, North Sea Jazz, Essence Music Festival, Summer Spirit Festival, and Nice Jazz Festival, Bumbershoot Music Festival and Austin City Limits. Saadiq has been touring Europe extensively, and held a five-night residency at the House of Blues in Tokyo, Japan, in June 2009. In 2008, Saadiq formed a new label called Velma Records, a place where he promises "people can express themselves like I did with The Way I See It... where they can dream something up and just go with it".

He produced songs for LeToya Luckett's forthcoming second album Lady Love, released August 2009. In 2009, Saadiq produced "Please Stay" and "Love Never Changes" for Ledisi's August 2009 release "Turn Me Loose". Saadiq also was the executive producer for an emerging group called Tha Boogie. Tha Boogie's first EP was released on iTunes and is titled Love Tha Boogie, Vol. 1 (Steal This Sh*t).

In 2009, Saadiq announced his video game development company called IllFonic. The first video game in development by IllFonic is titled Ghetto Golf, with an expected release late in 2010. In 2009, Saadiq teamed up Bentley Kyle Evans, Jeff Franklin, Martin Lawrence, and Trenten Gumbs to create a new sitcom called Love That Girl! starring Tatyana Ali. Raphael is an executive producer and composer for Love That Girl!. The show airs on TV One and debuted on January 19, 2010. That same year, Saadiq performed The Spinners hit "It's A Shame" in a legendary Levi's commercial and sang as part of the chorus in the 2010 remake of "We Are the World" for Haiti.

2011–present: Stone Rollin'

In 2011, Saadiq was the guitarist/bandleader for the group backing Mick Jagger for Jagger's tribute performance of the Solomon Burke R&B classic, "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" at the 53rd Grammy Awards in Los Angeles and on CBS. The band that accompanied the performance was Saadiq's touring band called Stone Rollin. In 2011 he and his band performed as the ESPY's house band for the night, where he performed his latest compositions.

Saadiq's 2011 album Stone Rollin' was released to great critical acclaim. "He's always had a boyish enthusiasm for performing, and a flexible, naturally joyous voice that suggests a young Stevie Wonder," wrote Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune, "but with his latest album, Saadiq finds a new gear. The album and his current tour demonstrate that there's a big difference between retro and classic, and the artist consistently finds himself on the right side of that divide." Kot ranked the album number seven in his year-end list, in which he dubbed it Saadiq's "finest achievement" and stated, "He's always written songs steeped in soul and R&B, but now he gives them a progressive edge with roaming bass lines and haunted keyboard textures. He's no longer a retro stylist – he's writing new classics." Critic Jim Derogatis called it "a stone cold gas of a party disc."

In fall 2011, he performed on the fourth results show of Dancing with the Stars season 13. In December 2011, he performed a cover compilation of several Neil Diamond songs at the Kennedy Center Honors award ceremony.

In 2012 he signed a deal with Toyota to do a TV commercial for the Toyota Prius. In 2013 Raphael partnered with Bay Area/ Atlanta Production company EL Seven Entertainment/ Republic Records and new R&B Superstar Adrian Marcel and released his 1st promotional mixtape "Raphael Saadiq Presents Adrian Marcel 7 Days of Weak".

Saadiq is a featured bass guitar player on Elton John's 2013 album, The Diving Board.

In 2016 he executive produced Solange Knowles album, A Seat At The Table which debuted at #1 on music charts in the United States. He also guest starred in Luke Cage, where he performs his songs "Good Man" and "Angel" at Harlem's Paradise.

In 2017 he appeared in the award-winning documentary film The American Epic Sessions, directed by Bernard MacMahon, where he recorded the Memphis Jug Band’s 1928 song “Stealin’ Stealin’” live on the restored first electrical sound recording system from the 1920s. Of recording on the system he said, “it’s amazing to just look at how it’s built, you know just look at the machine itself. It just has this like magical sound the way that it’s built. It’s true. It’s just the truest sound you could ever get.”

In 2017, Saadiq collaborated with Mary J. Blige as a songwriter for the movie Mudbound (2017), for which they both received Academy Award nominations for Best Original Song.

In 2018, he produced the John Legend holiday themed album, A Legendary Christmas.

During the 2020 coronavirus pandemic he released a song on his website called Rony! Roni! Roné!”

Discography

Studio albums

Instant Vintage (2002)

Ray Ray (2004)

The Way I See It (2008)

Stone Rollin' (2011)

Jimmy Lee (2019)

with Tony! Toni! Toné!

Who? (1988)

The Revival (1990)

Sons of Soul (1993)

House of Music (1996)

with Lucy Pearl

Lucy Pearl (2000)

[blaze8403]

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Lesson Plan D Delta Four Shi

[makehersmile]

A playlist for Wednesday 08.11.21

Anita Baker - Sweet Love

Tony! Toni! Tone - Anniversary

Maxwell - Lifetime

Teddy - When Somebody Loves You Back

Kem - Love Calls

D'Angelo - Untitled

Sade - No Ordinary Love

Lenny Williams - 'Cause I Love You

Anita Baker - Rapture

The Isley Brothers - Between the sheets

Janet Damita Jo - Any Time, Any Place

Jilly from Philly - The Way

Luther - A House Is Not A Home

Jodeci - My Lady

Goapele - Closer

Musiq Soulchild - Love

Bobby Caldwell - What You Wont Do For Love

Erykah Badu - Next Lifetime

H.E.R - Best Part

Teddy - Turn Off The Lights

The Isley Brothers - Footsteps In The Dark

Floetry - Say Yes

Sade - Sweetest Taboo

Gerald Levert - You Got That Love

The Commodores - Zoom

Anita Baker - Angel

The Gap Band - Yearning For Your Love

Teddy - Love T.K.O

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[grandebeauty]

WE ARE TWO DAYS AWAY‼️ I need all my grown folks in the building. I'm talking about the grown people that want to sip on their drink while vibing to some Maxwell, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Eric Roberson, Goaple, Alex Isley, SiR, Musiq Soul Child, Kindred The Family Soul, Dwele, Floetry, Moon Child, The Internet, Syd, Baby Rose, H.E.R and so many more.. Oh and some Grandè Beauty 💋💋💋 Well let's do it‼️ Every 1st Friday !! I am bringing you "Neo Soul Night with Grandè Beauty"‼️ Of course the city's favorite bartender Jamaal will be serving us Smooth and Sultry Spirits from behind the bar‼️ Dj Tyreffic will be providing the Sexy Soundtrack for the night to keep the mood flowing‼️ TRS Lounge is where you want to be ‼️ Doors will open at 7pm and we will vibe the night away "Grown and Sexy Style‼️ #NeoSoul #GrownAndSexy #NeoSoulNightsWithGrandeBeauty https://www.instagram.com/p/CR32IJ5slhR/?utm_medium=tumblr

[esharee]

A day late and a Dolla short (I know) but for “FREESTYLE FRIDAYS” I like to share those posts that are poetic or people with that EPIC FLOW. And on today...I chose yet another poem by the lovely @ajanee_poetics who I can also call my Cuzzo.’ Man, I’m just so blessed to be able to be around some highly favored and ‘Flavored’ folk. God is good. 💪🏾💁🏾‍♀️🤩 . . . Please check out more of her poetry #tag #CREDIT #repost #reshare #pinterest #FLOETRY #poetry #freestylefridays #freestyle #poetics #jajaneepoetics #poetic #flow #rap #spokenword @kingdom_trends

[djfreedomlives]

What is your definition of Hip-Hop? . Mix To Go Radio in association with DJ Freedom would like you to check out another show called "100%." . It took a few hours of thought and consideration to come up with the title, but the theme was easy: 100% Hip-Hop, 0% politics. If you hear it on this show TRUST it is certified Hip-Hop. Do not disagree before you listen! But after listening if you disagree WAVE YOUR ARM (Rakim, "My Melody"). . This 2 hour mix show will be a little like "The Awesome Two," who on WNWK pioneered and promoted a lot of great Hip-Hop. Or The Supreme Team for those who remember PRE Malcolm McLaren. But also think of Pete Rock & Marley Marl on Sundays at Hot 97...there are many great examples of what great Hip-Hop mix shows around like but my show will be its own Black Print for what good Hip-Hop songs are...and what the total experience of hearing them together in this way can be. . "100%" will begin as a part of my Tuesday mix show series "Soul Deluxe," airing every SECOND (2nd) and FOURTH (4th) Tuesday, 5-7pm est. Beginning June 20 the first show will be a podcast (PRE-recorded) but by July I will go LIVE and interact with you on the new Mix To Go Radio website.  . Note: I would do Facebook Live but due to licensing issues I will stick to my own website, app and also the Tune In App (which you can download free). . MixToGoRadio.com is the new website; www.MixToGo.info will still be the home of Mix To Go Radio until Friday, June 16, 11:59pm). . As always stay in touch and #StayInTune with #MixToGoRadio #DJ #onlineradio #GoodMusic #HipHopSoul #HipHop #DJFreedomLives #datpiff #beats #Think #Underground #Indie #DJJazzyJeff #live #oldschool #listen #rap #Nas #McLyte #Rakim #LaurynHill #Tupac #Floetry #JayZ #Guru and others every 2nd and 4th #Tuesday from #Brooklyn to a #worldwide audience! (at Brooklyn, New York)

[poetic-vibes]

Regrann from @creativehub - A canvas of grey Paints the sky With #rainfalls Showers wash surfaces below All around you hear the sound As birds take flight Shelter some find While others stand in the downpour of rain. By: Rachael N. Collymore #poetic #musings #rainyday #floetry #poetry #rain #friday #grey #skies #write #hereandnow

[jude-thedude98]

Tornado

You,

Cause me a whirlwind

Of emotions.

I feel a trapped cow, house, light pole —

A death choke,

Of how easy it is to rip the lights right outta ys while nurturing babies in homed care.

Maybe it's my fault,

Because I've always had a mobile house on my back,

Carrying tired feelings tied to,

Baggages lugged with no wheeling -

I feel the need to press on but if I do,

Then what more stress will I,

Attach?

Attacks of monsters l; me and my dog always on guard.

No chivalry.

There is none!

Only if this whirling

Tornado, would spit me out

Of this emotional wreckage – it's early.

Too early for breakfast, so I

Hang my head in necklace.

No dread in my head, only so

Is

The one

Called drinking before

Five o'clock. But it's

Five somewhere right? World clocks,

Check the emotional wreckage, head spinning.

Tornado

By Mr. PoetAll

Inspired by the gay love of R.A.A. I never received. Hm...........

[jarel-dot-thepoet]

Color Me

Color me, color me

Your perspectives are no longer apart of me

These lines that you keep on coloring don't make the picture

Doodled words can never frame thee

So color me bad or

Color me good

No matter the color, classification, or canvas you use

You'll never color me like you should.

[topbeautifulwomens]

#Aleisha #Dixon #blog #contour #friday #girls #instafashion #magazinecover #makeupoftheday #portraitphotography #soundcloud #sunset

Like Matt Willis, Kenzie, and Kerry Katona before her, singer Alesha Dixon became a household name not through her dance-pop music, but thanks to an appearance on a reality show. One of seven children born to an English mother and Jamaican father, Dixon grew up in Welwyn Garden City and initially planned to become a P.E. teacher. After completing a diploma course, she was about to take a position at Loughborough University when she was approached on a train by a listing producer, who asked if she might sing. Inspired, Dixon put her degree on hold and spent the next few years making an attempt to set up various girl bands without much success. While working in a factory packing toothpaste to fund her musical ambitions, she eventually met Sabrina Washington at Dance Attic, a jazz/hip-hop dance academy in West London. The duo recorded a demo together, “Inspiration,” before meeting Su-Elise Nash, who joined with Dixon and Washington to form the Mis-Teeq trio. Mis-Teeq signed to Telstar Records and, after fourth member Zena McNally joined, the group released its debut single, “Why,” in 2001. Initially an R&B act, the group shortly embraced the garage sound that dominated the charts in the early noughties to become one of the biggest girl groups in the U.K. All five singles from their platinum debut album, Lickin’ on Both Sides, reached the Top Ten and the band was nominated for both Brit and MOBO awards. With her photogenic appearance and quickfire MC skills, Dixon became the unofficial frontwoman of the group and earned a reputation as one of Britain’s most exciting pop stars. In 2004, Pharrell Williams personally asked her to be the female contribute in N.E.R.D.’s “She Wants to Move” video after spotting her on the cover of Arena magazine. Second album Eye Candy spawned their biggest hit, “Scandalous,” but the group broke up in 2005 amidst financial headaches with the Telstar label. Alesha soon signed a ÂŁ500,000 address Polydor Records and started work on her debut album, Fired Up, with some of the U.K.’s most illustrious songwriters, including Richard X and Xenomania. Debut single “Lipstick” reached number 14 but follow-up “Knockdown” failed to reach the Top 40, and she soon parted company with her label. Dixon retained the rights to Fired Up and eventually released it in Japan in 2008. Her inclusion on the hugely popular BBC show Strictly Come Dancing at the end of 2007 managed to steer her career back on track. A favorite with judges and fans throughout the series, she was crowned the winner alongside partner Matthew Cutler. This led to a lot of large-profile gigs, including recording a song for a refreshing Ford Focus promo, presenting a BBC documentary on airbrushing, and working with Solange Knowles and Marsha Ambrosius from Floetry on her second album. Jon O’Brien, All Music Guide

Name Aleisha Dixon Height 5' 6" Naionality British Date of Birth 7 October 1978 Place of Birth Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK Famous for

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[dj-chase]

A little Friday #fbf jam 🎧🎧 #floetry 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🎧 #vibes . . . . 🤗✌️ _______________________________________ #quotes #music #indie #dj #l4l #newyork #inspiration #quotes #edm #germantrap #ukhiphop #toronto #indie #djchase #berlin #producer #november #r&b https://www.instagram.com/p/BprvhF7BtQx/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=dmb5nq1r0lxq

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FLASHBACK FRIDAY

Floetry ~ “Say Yes"… #FBF Floetry ~ “Say Yes”… English R&B duo, Marsha Ambrosius and Natalie Stewart. Dubbed “The Songstress” and “The Floacist,” they started their journey in 1997 on the poetry stage. Their 2003 certified gold, debut album, “Floetic,” was a well received hit, blessing its listeners with a smooth mix of Neo-Soul grooves, Marsha’s silky vocals and Natalie’s sexy poetic lyrics… 🎶 📻 💿

[only1jayraw]

The smooth sounds of R&B singers Ro James and the lovely Marsha Ambrosius mesmerized a crowd in Coney Island Brooklyn Friday night (Sept 8th).

James who was raised on a mix of gospel music and studied the likes of Donnie Hathaway, Johnny Cash and Prince, James has created a unique blend of R&B soul all his own. He is credited on Miguel’s song “Use Me,” and has worked with Asher Roth, and toured with Luke James. His hit single, “Permission” (2015) topped the Hip-Hop and R&B charts, as did his 2016 debut album, Eldorado, which reached #8 on the US Top Hip-Hop/R&B Albums Charts.

The British songstress Marsha Ambrosius knows a little something about writing great songs. Whether it’s as one half of Floetry, on her chart-topping solo debut Late Nights & Early Mornings or her career as an acclaimed songwriter/producer, her observations on love and life paired with her soulful and honest vocals flip the personal into a universal truth.

Check out some pics from their stellar performance below.

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Ro James & Marsha Ambrosius Rocks The Ford Amphitheater [Pics] The smooth sounds of R&B singers Ro James and the lovely Marsha Ambrosius mesmerized a crowd in Coney Island Brooklyn Friday night (Sept 8th).

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