Not that he'd wish it on anyone, but it was during his ten-year sentence in prison that Lyfe Jennings developed his honest sound, thanks to isolation and Erykah Badu. It was an arson charge that put the Toledo, OH, native in prison. His musical aspirations started in the church choir and grew in the Dotsons, a teenaged group that Lyfe formed with his brother and a couple cousins. Prison made his music deeper, according to Lyfe, and when a copy of Erykah Badu's Baduizm ended up in his cell in 1997, he was inspired and had the feeling that this introspective edge to his music was worth developing. Two days after his December 2002 release from prison, he was recording a four-song demo CD. The day after that, he was performing live in a club. He only had a month of freedom before he was on-stage at the famous Apollo. He was booed when he walked on-stage with an acoustic guitar, but when the Apollo audience heard his gritty falsetto and lyrical songwriting, they were swayed -- swayed to the tune of five amateur-night victories in a row. Lyfe figures he sold a thousand copies of his four-song demo CD during his Apollo "residency." That, along with a ton of calls from promoters and record label execs on his answering machine back in Ohio, influenced Lyfe to move to New York City and pursue a major-label deal. Columbia had the right offer and released his debut, Lyfe 268-192 (his inmate number), in August of 2004. A year after its original release, the album was reissued with a new version of "Hypothetically" featuring American Idol winner Fantasia added as a bonus track. The more hip-hop-oriented follow-up, The Phoenix, arrived in 2006 with Three 6 Mafia and Young Buck making guest appearances.

I love "stick up kid", "intimacy.", "Must be Nice" and "Lets stay together" - his songs are so filled with positive messages . . .

iice:

lyfe!

know him ?

Lyfe Jennings - does Soul with a huge R'n B influence . . . he's got 3 albums out now The Phoenix, Lyfe 268-192 Special Ed. and Lyfe 268-192 . . . he's pretty good, got great ruff-cut vocals like 'em southside thugs but he sure can croon!

Lyfe, it is!

I never some peeps in here appreciate good music!

". . .S. E. X,
think before you let it go"

. . .or something like that ! There's one other song that was about him being like Robin Hood, kinda. . .pretty good song

Lyfe, it is!

I never knew some peeps in here appreciate some good soul music!

". . .S. E. X,
think before you let it go"

. . .or something like that ! There's one other song that was about him being like Robin Hood, kinda. . .pretty good song

gbade. x:

Lyfe, it is!

I never knew some peeps in here appreciate some good soul music!
". . .S. E. X,
think before you let it go"
. . .or something like that ! There's one other song that was about him being like Robin Hood, kind of. . .pretty good song

intimacy. - thats the hit single from the Phoenix album  . . . the message on that 1 really got me thinking, man!

good music is like a hot-chic man, just can't be hidden away from the limelight . . .
think that'd be stick-up kid that you be talking about . . . i'm tryna get the whole lyfe collection man. i'm dangerously in luv with this dude's flow!

Didn't knw jack abt him till i saw d intimacy video. . So tripped i was, started checkin him out! Still tryna get his songs, only got 3 now. . Listenin 2 'em right now!

@iice
i saw that uve gat more than 10,000 posts herein. gawd!! How come? did you start with Nairaland. I see posts everywhere. Anywayz, can i get your email addy?

Just wanna say wassup. mine is demosleek@yahoo.com.

@iice
i still want your email anywayz

@iice
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what the hell is this. ive been cracking my brian for 2 weeks now.

Oya solve the riddle now now

iice:

Arrghhhh bloody 'ell! This my siggy is causing wahala. . .better change it masef. . .make you no worry about am . . . tis not for me to solve. . but for you to understand. . .abegi make we no scatter this thread before pesin con vex

@Ruudie. . .apologies

no sweat. . . pretty much used to jacking other pples thread, so i really don't mind - besides, its a public place

@Topic
The l'il interlude or should i say outrolude at the end of all his songs where he k'inda explains the morals behind the song just makes 'em k'inda unique and really sets him apart.

i've now gotten 2 more of his songs - making 5 . . . i'm absolutely determined to get everything lyfe has ever done in his career!
know anybody out there who can help?

Erm, excuse me, I cudnt help bt overhear yall,drooling over jennings.Yo, where did yall leave my man Musiq(the child of soul itself.).Go ask india arie,she wud testisfy 2 d T.R.U.T.H. Beta yet lisen 2 'ijuswannaseing' or more recently 'B.U.D.D.Y' by my man musiq,then yall wud recognize who d true prophet of neo-soul is. I luv lyfe bt no body rockz my soul like muziq soul chyld.Heard his collaboratn wt carlos santana? Nw u see my vision!