Teairra Mari
The newly crowned “Princess Of the Roc,” Teairra Marí, wasn’t even born when Eric B. and Rakim unleashed “My Melody,” the hip-hop classic who’s sample is featured in her debut single, “Make Her Feel Good.” But when the 17-year-old Detroit native heard the bass-heavy gem recycled she immediately knew she had found the cornerstone of her signature sound. Teairra Marí recalls, “When I heard that track, I was like, ‘This is the one, because it’s simple but also huge.’”
The enthusiasm that “Make Her Feel Good” set off at The Island Def Jam Music Group marked a defining moment in Teairra Mari’s young career, which began at age 12 when she started recording rough demos in her cousin’s basement. Despite scoring a local radio hit with one of those early songs, four years passed before Teairra Marí’s demo landed on the desk of Island Def Jam Group Chairman, Antonio ‘LA’ Reid, who signed the then 16-year-old singer on the spot at a brief meeting where she performed live. “I couldn’t believe it,” she says. “I was crying because I was so happy. I feel like everyone’s behind me, which is a great feeling to have coming from a time when it seemed that nobody believed in me or wanted to hear me.”
In the first creative collaboration since Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter became President of Def Jam Music Group, he and LA Reid recruited hit-making songwriter, Sean Garrett (“Lose My Breath,” “Goodies,” “Yeah!”), to help translate Teairra Marí’s innermost thoughts and emotions into lyrics. The two successfully completed “Make Her Feel Good,” a defining first single from the R&B ingénue’s forthcoming album scheduled to be released June 7, 2005 on Roc-A-Fella Records. ‘Make Her Feel Good’ is just a peek into her full-length album, which she describes as “a girl’s dictionary.”
Teairra Mari - Interview Magazine shoot (x7)
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The newly crowned “Princess Of the Roc,” Teairra Marí, wasn’t even born when Eric B. and Rakim unleashed “My Melody,” the hip-hop classic who’s sample is featured in her debut single, “Make Her Feel Good.” But when the 17-year-old Detroit native heard the bass-heavy gem recycled she immediately knew she had found the cornerstone of her signature sound. Teairra Marí recalls, “When I heard that track, I was like, ‘This is the one, because it’s simple but also huge.’”
The enthusiasm that “Make Her Feel Good” set off at The Island Def Jam Music Group marked a defining moment in Teairra Mari’s young career, which began at age 12 when she started recording rough demos in her cousin’s basement. Despite scoring a local radio hit with one of those early songs, four years passed before Teairra Marí’s demo landed on the desk of Island Def Jam Group Chairman, Antonio ‘LA’ Reid, who signed the then 16-year-old singer on the spot at a brief meeting where she performed live. “I couldn’t believe it,” she says. “I was crying because I was so happy. I feel like everyone’s behind me, which is a great feeling to have coming from a time when it seemed that nobody believed in me or wanted to hear me.”
In the first creative collaboration since Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter became President of Def Jam Music Group, he and LA Reid recruited hit-making songwriter, Sean Garrett (“Lose My Breath,” “Goodies,” “Yeah!”), to help translate Teairra Marí’s innermost thoughts and emotions into lyrics. The two successfully completed “Make Her Feel Good,” a defining first single from the R&B ingénue’s forthcoming album scheduled to be released June 7, 2005 on Roc-A-Fella Records. ‘Make Her Feel Good’ is just a peek into her full-length album, which she describes as “a girl’s dictionary.”
Teairra Mari - Interview Magazine shoot (x7)
www.mixmakers.net
(only things saving her)
