Tavarius polk biography of barack

It just showed another side to her. She put her own thing in it and she did some ad-libs. She not only rose to it, she went beyond it. She nailed that song and it was amazing what she did. We started to work on the track, writing lyrics.

Tavarius polk biography of barack

I had to tap into that Detroit thing and I know Aaliyah is going to love it. I brought in a guy name Tavarius [Polk] who was a part of our team and he sang on it. He was like 13 or 14 years old at the time. He sang the male part and killed it. Aaliyah fell in love with his voice, too, so we kept him on it. He came in and owned it.

He sounded like a grown man. Polk : I was just shocked to finally get to meet someone like her. It was always neat to work with an artist or do a duet with an artist that was already on that level as she was. It was great. When I met her, we clicked instantly. The vibe was good in the studio. I would sing on hers and she would sing on mine as well as Missy.

The initial feeling was great. I was the first male artist other than R. Kelly that she had ever did a duet with on her own project so it meant a lot. After doing that, she told me herself that I was her favorite male singer. I hold that dear to me even to this day. That was always funny. Polk : The studio session only lasted for one day because we were pretty quick with the studio work.

I arranged my own verse at the time. I did get to put my own energy and input into the record as well. I coached a few of the ad-libs that her and I did together on that record. It was great working with Craig King. We all had a great time. We went back the second day and we listened to the song as they mixed it. We sung it amongst each other in there as they were mixing it.

We were very happy and excited about it. It was a good balance of songs. She went deeper than you would expect her to go. She gave us some great notes up in there. I was also the vocal producer on that record because it was a challenge for me because I knew I wanted to get the very best performance out of her that I could. Polk : We rehearsed it at the piano before she even went in the booth.

It was good because we all got to vibe and really learn the song before we went in there and did it. It was a great sight. I picked up my little pointers from her and the etiquette of how to record in front of the mic and the different things with the headphones that you can do. I want to hear it. This is her new sound? Warren : She was an old soul.

She was wiser than her years and the way she carried herself. She had a lot of class. She came in and cut the track and it was cute watching her cut it because she was dancing the whole time. She just vibed out in that space. To me, the funniest part was trying to figure out the lyrics. We had to sit there for hours making sure we were writing it down properly.

We replaced about five words just so that they would be female. She had a great sense of what was right for herself, and you have to give her a lot of credit for steering those sessions to a place that obviously created meaningful hit records. She heard it while I was at the studio. Probably the fourth week we were there I played it for her.

I wrote the whole song. I have no ego about this kind of stuff. We cut it first and then they walked in on it. I may end up posting that one day, a gem that I did with Aaliyah years ago. Kallman : The goal was to have this be her really coming out and having a defining moment artistically to really set herself apart. Her videos, as well, really contributed to that.

Her sense of style and star power that exuded from the videos, I think contributed as well to setting her apart from the rest of the pack. We did two videos together. I was impressed from the beginning with her sophistication for her age. Barry Hankerson, who is an old acquaintance of mine, he called me up and in a spur of the moment [and] I decided yes, this is the time to do it and try it.

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