Emily King feat. Lupe Fiasco – Walk In My Shoes (Remix)
Call me predictable, but I love her voice and the groove of this song does something for me. When the track drops, I can’t help but nod my head. Emily King’s voice has this sultry maturity to it that just gives me slight chills. The 21-year-old J Records recording artist releases her debut album today, East Side Story. ESS is an album which has been described as the experiences driven from her young life in the cultural melting pot that is the Manhattan Lower East Side. Emily’s music is a fusion of R&B, funk, jazz, pop and soul, and her voice just sounds immaculate over each of the album’s well-crafted songs.
Emily King – You & I
Emily’s album dropped today, so make sure you go out and support her. Visit her MySpace and let her know that CL sent you!
Whhhoooooa! I was NOT expecting this! She is dope!!!
MY MY … MISS EMILY IS THE BOMB. I LOVE HER MUSIC, SHE IS GOING TO BE A SUCCESS FOR SURE. MY FAV SONG FROM HER IS COLOUR BLIND.
I LOVE THE WAY SHE IS ABLE TO MAKE A SONG ABOUT ANYTHING. SHE MAKES GOOD MUSIC; THAT MAKES SENSE. OTHER ARTISTS OUT THERE SHOULD TAKE NOTE CAUSE THERE IS MORE TO LIFE THEN SEX, DRUGS AND MONEY!!!!!!!
@59 BELIEVE IT OR NOT BUT EMILY IS BIRACIAL. SHE IS WHITE/ BLACK. MUSIC IS MUSIC IF YOU ARE A GOOD ARTIST PPL WILL MOST DEF GIVE U CREDIT FOR IT. NO MATTER WHAT COLOUR, RACE OR NATIONALITY YOU ARE
I like her voice, she sounds like a mix between Alicia Keys and Joss Stone.
oo me likey! lols..her voice is different and i really like the song you and i
Thanks @ Run Forest Run…I KNEW there was a reason that REASON was one of my favorite trax off that Nas joint….her voice has a crushed velevet feel…definately something fresh///
And ANON I hear you…she happens to be half black but I still feel you. Even if she isnt part black we can’t deny the whole ‘India Arie’ Grammys syndrome of yesteryear. I am not saying that Alicia isnt a talent but we all know that she got all them Grammys over India because we are still ill with the issue of shade and skin color. (I think the new Alicia song makes the point that while she has talent, most of what she soars at is derived (cleverly I’ll add) from samples (not feeling that Marley Jacking of a song), while India came with a more original sound and execution. I am not that big of an India fan but I still think they did her dirty and that aesthetic worship is to blame….both whites and blacks can lust after Alicia, Cassie, Beyonce, Nicole S, Christina Milian without thinking about their race…Alicia is safe by record industry standards…and unfortunately so is Emily (though I am digging her sound and have a soft spot for real musicians…she writes, composes and plays instruments) I mean why else isnt singers like Marsha from Floetry as reknowned? With all her talent (come on it sounds like she has a damn canary in her ribcage) she is still not ‘racially safe’ or perceived as ‘fuckable’; two things that the industry (666) want to use to sell their artist…music seems to be last.
Its sad that we are in this place. That people like Georgia Anne Muldrowe…one of my faves…(who btw…wrote, composed, arranged, did the drum programming and sang the hell out of her first joint ‘worthnothings’ at the tender age of 20) may be overlooked because she looks too African or doesnt look “f*ckable” enough.
Thats why its up to the fans to go out and find the music that moves them. Dont wait for the industry to tell us what is good….
I tell you I cant wait to see how people respond to Jonelle Monaes music…it makes you understand why artists who are a lil to the left need established artists to co-sign or collab with them…otherwise they wouldn’t seem viable enough by pop music standards
Peace
Wordblaze
and Twani
its true…good is good…but often times the industry..which often controls the fate of many an artist is less concerned about ‘good’ and more concerned about what will sell…so yes ‘if you build it…they will come’ the righteous generally prevail…but they usually end up the broke mofos cause they cant sell and they cant sell cause they arent promoted and they arent promoted cause they dont have pop appeal….meaning songs that are catchy…songs that almost ‘dumb down’ our sense of taste….
Sean Kingston
Cassie
Soulja Boy
Mims
these are artists with absolutely noooooooooo talent..(Im sure you can add a few hundred). Cassie atleast had her looks to save her ass…but you cant front…their songs were catchy and on the top forty for a minute not because the music is good…but because the music is catchy…and thats it…you are RARELY going to find GOOD music on the top forty…just music that makes you dance, lust and not think to much…
thats how the industry operates…and the GOOD music? Its up to us to find it and spread the word…otherwise their creators will be on the soup line!
peace again
Wordblaze
I LOVE IT!!! she kinda reminds me of Joss Stone and Nikki DaCosta.
very jazzy&funky.
#3 you funny.
The thing is #59, that Kelly Rowland is NOT releasing this kind of music. Her first single:
“You wanna keep that boy that make it jump like this
You all didn’t think that I could make it bump like this
See I told you all you all was gonna jump like this
How you not gonna know it when it hits like this”
I’m cool on that… and her second single? It’s called Ghetto:
“Rock your Timbs, sag your jeans
Ice your grill, it’s all good with me
Twenty-fours, big four doors
Ain’t no doubt, I’m down to roll”
She is her own worst enemy…
Her voice is refreshing and she do remind me of joss stone…i like how she singing the joint like Diana Ross’ classic “Love Hangover”
Da Biggie version is supersick tho!
I AM CONVINCED! THANKS C.L. I WILL BE COPPING HER & LIL MO’S CD! I AM ALL ABOUT SUPPORTING GOOD MUSIC………….THE SHIT IS LIKE A HIDDEN JEWEL THESE DAYS AND AGES IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY! ALL THESE DAMN CELBS WITHT THESE FAKE ASS JUMP OFF LABELS NEED TO GET TOGETHER AND PUT A RECORD COMPANY TOGETHER WHERE THEY CAN REALLY CALL THE SHOTS AND OWN SOME SHIT! BUT I GUESS THATS WISHFUL THINKING! WHITEY & THE JEWS ARE GOING TO RUN OUR CULTURE IN THE GROUND WHILE THEY SIT BACK WITH FAT ASS POCKETS OFF OF OUR HARD EARNED ASS MONEY! DAMN SHAME!
i like that walk in my shoes song, the song is the shxt for real
I think I’ve heard something of hers before, I was doing something and listening to satellite music on tv and heard her… I think. If it’s her, I love her voice. I also love a lot of these comments people are making in this topic…
I don’t like the version with Biggie. I’ve had that for a while and I think he messed the song up. I’m feeling the version with lupe. This song has been around for a minute. I bump it every once in a while. Its too tough! Do ya thing Em!
She sounds like a mixture between Tweet (in her upper register) and India Arie
Man im feeling Emily King for real she have a soft voice that resembles Chrisette Michele together they would be a powerhouse>>>> Much respect yo to Emily do yo thing
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I loving her CD, copped it at the beginning of this month and still bumpin it in my car, also with the Kanye!
Emily is being featured on mtvU’s the Hot Seat:
http://www.mtvu.com/music/the_hot_seat/
She’s playing a special benefit concert in Soho this Friday at a cool old bookstore:
Swati, Emily King, and Garrison Starr
Friday, October 5 at 7:30 pm
Housing Works Used Bookstore Café
126 Crosby Street
New York, NY 10012
Tickets:
http://www.housingworksbookstore.com
$15
Should be a great show…I think there are still tickets.
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