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“ Stop trippin’ girl, you know me, I’m your homie,” he sings. Jazmine Sullivan’s voice is joy and pain, which is why her latest collection of songs exploring the complexities of Black womanhood is still on replay. Pen Griffey comes through with his own take on the sticky situation. “Why can’t you get up off my back? / I can take a lot of shit, but I won’t take that.” R&B great Jazmine Sullivan has teamed with Bryson Tiller for a new song, 'Insecure,' which was written for season two, episode three of HBOs show of the same name. Sullivan starts things off with her smoky vocals. “ Why you gotta be so insecure, when I did all I could do to keep you wanting more?” Jazmine asks her significant other. Tiller and the Philadelphia songstress linked up for “Insecure,” which will be featured on the third episode due to air this weekend. The first two episodes have already included new sounds from Jorja Smith, Kari Faux, and Leikeli47, and on Friday (August 4), a new track for the show’s Season 2 soundtrack surfaced on the Internets.ī. The last year was crazy. And you don’t know if tomorrow is -promised and what’s going to happen when it comes. So I just don’t want to waste the time.Insecure‘s music consultant Kier Lehman recently confirmed the show’s soundtrack will feature original music from the likes of Miguel, Bryson Tiller, Jazmine Sullivan, and more. Of her next venture, slated to be a full-length album, she says, “I do know that it won’t take me as long to start and finish it, just because I view time differently after 2020. She’s never been one to oversaturate the music space, but after her mother’s cancer diagnosis in 2019 (she wrapped up her last round of chemotherapy last January) and the roller coaster that was 2020, Sullivan is ready to spend a little less time away between projects. This rise comes after a six-year gap in solo projects following her previous effort, Reality Show, in 2015. Blige, one of the foremothers of Sullivan’s inclination to blend hip-hop sensibilities with updated blues/soul lyrics, is interested in remixing one of her songs. (In 2017, Sullivan cowrote “Insecure” for Rae’s original series of the same title.) And Mary J. She’s also currently in talks with friend Issa Rae about turning Heaux Tales into a short film and possibly adding a few extra songs. “I didn’t think that my career would lead me there-and a week and a half after I put this project out, the opportunity came up.” “I never even thought about that as a tangible goal, really,” she says humbly. Yet, regardless of her status as one of music’s elite talents, Sullivan is still in awe of the fact that she was chosen. After a particularly trying year marked by grief, division and fear, her voice is just what we need to soothe our souls as we continue the healing process.

Just days after its January 8 release date, she was tapped to perform the National Anthem at the 55th Super Bowl alongside Eric Church. The response to her latest work has been overwhelmingly positive. She is comfortable as a songwriter as well-she holds writing credits on each song on Heaux Tales, as well as on each of her previous albums, Fearless, Love Me Back and Reality Show. When Sullivan chooses, her voice is as big as a choir, brushing against the rafters with crystal-clear soprano notes or nearly muted, rumbling like the night sea as she pushes out lower tones. “I been tried to tell y’all ’bout my sis Jazmine Sullivan,” the Grammy-winning rap star wrote on social media in late 2020. In fact, Elliott has been one of her biggest supporters for years. Revered artists like Solange Knowles and Missy Elliott sing her praises. She’s your favorite singer’s favorite singer for a reason.Īt just 33 years old, Sullivan has come to embody the very heart of R&B and has become one of the most-respected vocalists of her generation.

(“She comes on singing!” her longtime rep Theola Borden, senior vice president of publicity at RCA Records, who connected our call, says with a laugh.) Even from her minimalist, hushed vocal runs, you can hear Sullivan’s dexterity loud and clear. The band and background singers are piling into her space for an intimate set, and Sullivan is quietly humming at the start of the conversation. Sullivan is speaking from her home in Philadelphia, where she’s preparing for a virtual performance.