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Suai (pronounced sway)

About Me




i've been interested in music since i was a really little girl.

mom is a singer/songwriter/musician and kinda gave me a gentle nudging towards music when

i was about 3 years old.

we'd sing songs in the bathroom in front of the mirror (for acoustic purposes of course). about

11 years later i wrote my first song

in our living room, it was called...ummmm...wow, i really can't remember. it was good tho!! shortly thereafter, partly because of the great response to my songs and partly because i loathed high school,

i decided to dedicate myself completely to music

!! i even picked up the guitar and wrote a few folky tunes (hopefully they'll be revisited someday). i made it through high school, recorded a demo and started shopping around for a record deal.

after i signed with Motown

i thought things were gonna change overnight....not!! 3 years later i'm

working at Starbucks

and still living at home. the time has been good for me though. i've recorded an AMAZING album, performed in more than a few cities, including my own, and i've

developed a strong sense of the kind of artist i want to be

...something i wasn't totally sure of a few years back....so yeah, about the music..

"suai, when i buy your album, what can i expect?"

you can expect awesomenesstivity!! no seriously, if you love music, you'll love this album. it's all the things you love about music right now, used to love and will love in the future all packaged up together for your listening pleasure! every song has it's own individual vibe but the glue that holds it all together is...well...me.

"who have you worked with?"

everybody and their mamas too!! lol, i've been recording for almost 3 years. i've been all over the map collaborating with a ton of producers and writers. but you're lookin for names, right? ok, here ya go: Linda Perry, Akon, Dre & Vidal, Carvin & Ivan, Dallas Austin, B. Cox, Polow (da don, lol), Ne-yo, Neffu, Harold Lilly, Madd Scientist, Claude Kelly and Jevon "Duvall" Hill to name a few.. oh and yours truly did some production work too!! (don't believe me? check the credits..)

"what's the album called? and when is it droppin'?!?!"

we've got a few working titles and it's droppin' soon!!!

"should i bootleg? or buy?"

omg, BUY!! if you bootleg, you won't get to read my liner notes, see pictures or have a firm plastic surface to fill out your bank deposit slips on. also, i won't be able to have a huge tour and create jobs by hiring a huge crew...then that huge crew won't have money to recycle back into the economy. so you see, it's imperative that you BUY MY ALBUM!

"ok, i'm sold! where can i see you perform?"

well, i'm glad you asked. i've got a bunch of videos on youtube (youtube.com/eighty8kees) and i post all of my upcoming performances on my official website (suaionline.com). i hope to see you at a show!!thanks for checkin me out! love ya! be blessed!s.
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Member Since: 10/10/2006
Band Website: www.suaionline.com " www.suaionline.com
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"THE PERFECT GIRL" (HOME VIDEO)
SuaiTV (1755 LIVE - ATLANTA)
SuaiTV (IN THE MIX - STUDIO)

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VIBE V SESSIONS - JOE'S PUB NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 09
so the label sent me this KYTE phone... once i figure out how to work it i'm gonna put videos about what i'm doing everyday (ok, not EVERYday, but often) to become a.. wait for it.. SUPER-STARRA!!!! haha, sike, i just wanna have fun and not sing to chairs ;)

Click here to watch my Baldwin Hills performance!


Click here to watch my Lincoln Heights performance!


Record Label: UniversalMotown
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

50th Anniversary... the mixtape!!!

what's a female r&b artist doin makin a mixtape??? hahaha, I'm doin what I wanna do for YOU!!! you guys are the best fans! I don't even like that word. I call y'all my frans (fans+friends). yup, I m...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:11:00 GMT

quick tour update... x "Oh Snap" from Minnepolis

hey!!so i'm in las cruces, new mexico (half-way point btwn Anaheim, CA and Dallas, TX) i'm a little under the weather, so i'm stuck in the hotel while the rest of my bus is at the movies. :/shows have...
Posted by on Sat, 07 Mar 2009 20:55:00 GMT

it's the lights! and the bass! and this...

when i heard i was gonna be opening for the Estelle/Solange tour i was crazy excited cuz i'm a fan of both of them!!then a lil somethin kicked in and had me thinking... they're DOPE. you can't be wack...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:51:00 GMT

Memorable Lyrics of '08

in no particular order... and just cuz i felt like it."i know you love me, but you don't act it. i wanna find that wack gene and extract it."Third Degree by PJ Mortonwhy i love it: because it's honest...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Feb 2009 08:34:00 GMT

briefly, let me "tell you why i'm mad"

in 3 months, i'm gonna hit my anniversary... 4 years signed to universal motown. no single. some press. just found out the label is still looking for a 1st single. after one was allegedly picked. in t...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Feb 2009 18:14:00 GMT

new music x "i'm a songwriter"

new joint "Switch" added to the player. let me know what you think.  been very pensive lately. this came to me... i'm a songwriter. not a lot of people know about me, but i am what i am. wrote my firs...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:02:00 GMT

"come out, come out" remix prod. by just blaze (preview)

happy monday :)hope you guys had great weekends! i'm blogging so early cuz i'm up from last night. haven't been to sleep. shambles.here's a lil snippet of the remix Just Blaze did for my joint, "Com...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT

barack obama spelled my name right x oops, i got excited

so i got this in the mail today... a signed "limited edition deluxe vinyl" from President-Elect, Barack Obama!!! how cool is that?!(for those of you just tuning in.. my song, "Am I All Alone?", is o...
Posted by on Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:12:00 GMT

album title announced x bPhone x mmmm, Chanel boots

hey ya'll!!so last night the the album title was confirmed. k, you ready? yay! ok it's... wait for it... wait for iiiiit... The Perfect Girl!if you're not familiar with the song, check it out: ...
Posted by on Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:45:00 GMT

press alert!! x new line for spring

hey ya'll!!apparently, i rock! thanks Seventeen!!!(is that arrow too big? lol)click HERE to read the article or pick up the February issue of Seventeen!!in other news... i was perusing one of my fav b...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:02:00 GMT