atiyya

My amazing mama bore me in our living room, on the tip of washington heights, in the eighties, anita baker making me hyped, i was an old soul, love child, channel chaka khan in a minute, sweet thing always did it, anything by mary actually, until lauren and late teenage years hit me. college brought back old school: curtis, aretha, bobby womack, also introduced sizzla and buju. gladys knight ripped the makings of you and inspired me to be a singer. nikki, octavia, and the temple of my familiar inspired me to be a thinker. LOVE is the form of resistance i choose to use, and my inspiration always.This music is my own old soul love child, so please treat it kindly, take is seriously and enjoy.