It was almost like, if I haven’t received the nomination, I would’ve been like you know what, I’ll go back with another album and do what I need to do on the next one. Reaction on being a Grammy nominated singer/songwriter: I cried, cried my eyes to a pillow, at the W Hotel in DC, overlooking the White House because I was singing with the president the next day. I enjoy being absolutely single with some friends and lovers. But, the second album is more concentrated, it’s very conceptual. I put all of the things I need to do on the album with the last album. The first time around was like, let me get the album out, let’s make sure the album is right, let me do what I need to do and I did that to myself.
And it’s absolutely it just feel crazy this time around because it’s real. I feel like I’m definitely pregnant with the little one, which is the second album. New Projects: Just the new album, Friends & Lovers, that’s my baby, well baby number 2. Nat was on the acting thing and I’ve always been music and now I’m just on my own. But, we were individuals in our own right. We came in this game as two solo artists who found something that worked collectively. My Wikipedia, I had to look at the other day, and ask myself, I did all of that? I mean Floetry only had two main albums and a live album and outside of that, I put more albums together worth of features and writing then I did then. And it’s a blessing to work with people who were great with that, whether it was Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake, Outkast, Nas, or Common. I just keep doing the work.įavorite songs she wrote for other artists: All of them, its just the fact that people will listen to words and opinions that I have about music, love, and life to inflict that on another person’s artistry is a gift in itself. My first song when I was seven was called, “Gonna Get Ya.” And it’s the same concept I had since I was young. I’m Marsha Ambrosius and I’ve been writing the same songs since I was seven years old. Putting pressure on yourself to make music mean you’re faking who you are. Pressure as a Solo Artist: I mean, 7 years later, I don’t hold pressure, I just do the work. And the record label was like well, do you want to sign over here? I was like sure, and I did it, and that’s how it worked out. So when I got approached by J Records which was 2009, the beginning, I’ve done stuff with Alicia Keys, Mario, and Jamie Foxx. Dre and I ended up being a writer and producer on Dre’s label, Aftermath. And I’ve got interest from everyone, whether it was Dr.
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I’m signed to a contract and I have to fulfill that so once that was void, I was a free agent. So when she (Natalie) left, they put Amanda D at the time to replace her it wasn’t a Floetry replacement. It was something that I followed through. And it worked out, so it wasn’t something I planned on doing. And I asked the Floacist at that time which was Natalie to put poetry to my music. Well kind of, actually I had a solo song called “Fantasize,” and I had this bright idea to put poetry to my music. Real Reason Behind Floetry’s Split: I didn’t decide, I didn’t even decide when I was with Floetry, to do Floetry. I guess I knew when I cam make money off of it, I decided I was going to be a singer.
I grew up in the UK, my musical heroes are a little complex, but I just grew up with music. I was an 80’s kid, born in 1977, but you know my hero was Madonna or Sting. I’ve been singing like every other kid, my whole entire life. I guess when I was legal, I was allowed to do things, and it became a career unintentionally. Marsha’s passion for singing: I don’t think you ever decide, you just are. The sophomore album is completely different from the debut album in 2010 because it’s more in depth and she believes fans can relate to the highs and lows of being lovers and friends in a relationship. She told us about her passion for singing, Floetry’s split, ignoring the pressure from the industry, Lastly, Marsha talks about her new album, Friends& Lovers. Before Marsha Ambrosius performed on stage at SOBs, Singersroom had a chance to chit chat with the R&B/Soul songstress.