Not cause you want to cause you have to.AHHA: You collaborated with Lala on “S.E.X.” that track seems to be a shoe-in to get positive feedback from parents. But you know just get on with it because you have to. Hows it been dealing with her premature death?Lyfe Jennings: Its regular.
With the new album Change, Lyfe seems equipped to show an audience the transformation thats brought us this revered Alternatives: You dedicated the video for “Cops Up” to Lala Brown.
The artist in Jennings is even taking him to explore the acting spectrum as his current book collection consists of acting books, and has even been reading for movie roles. Nowadays the five-time Apollo winner makes his musical growth noticeable, singing about a woman thieving his heart and leaving him to call the cops. The Columbia Records artist has managed to become a commercial success and maintain a personal voice in his music a feat few conquer.His debut single, Stick-Up Kid was about his thieving lifestyle before prison. This makes Lyfe political without blatantly being political in a world, primarily a country, bogged down by an intense regime of socio-economics.
In the sporadically lit artist lounge of Columbia Records, theres a TV with some BET video countdown and Lyfe Jennings sits not too far from the set surprisingly friendly and approachable.As he speaks on topics outside of the music spectrum, one can say Lyfe is the urban Bob Dylan. Jennings uses music to raise questions about human relationships, sex, and situations that ring true to many who listen. Its all but apparent that this Toledo, Ohio native has had an incredible life turn-around from stick-up-crime kid to platinum-selling artist. We wait only a few seconds for Lyfe Jennings to start his interview as he digs into his coat and grabs his cell phone to make an urgent call to Matthew Knowles.
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