Sometimes you just feel like some smooth, chilled, soulful music to take away the stress of the daily grind. With one of the smoothest voices I've heard, Jhené Aiko does not disappoint in that department.
The multi-ethnic chanteuse enchants you with her voice from first listen, with songs that range from mellow to mid-tempo, but all with an extra flavour. I don't remember where I first came across Miss Aiko, I believe it was the video for the haunting Stranger, but I was immediately sold.
Jhené Aiko Efuru Chilombo is a 24 year old American singer/song writer from LA. She is of Japanese, African American, Native American descent, with some other ethnicities in the mix. You can say her music style is R&B; and she was on the scene for a bit, with past affiliation with boy group B2K, and soundtrack features, before taking some time out. 2011 saw Jhené's re-emergence with the release of her mixtape Sailing Soul(s), with a matured sound and image.
In her own words:
Sail your soul....don't sell your soul.....its the only thing we can take with us, where ever it is we go. . . .
My favourite song off the beautiful mixtape is the Kanye West featuring Sailing NOT Selling; one of her best tracks in my opinon. I'm also very fond of Do Better Blues (With Hope), but her whole mixtape is worth listening to.
Jhené is now signed to Def Jam, and should be dropping an album soon. In anticipation she released a snippet video of her first single 3:16.
Jhené Aiko's music is definitely something to carry me through the hectic Lagos hustle and bustle.
Check out some more tracks below.
You can download Sailing Soul(S) here.
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