::Ancestry.In.Progress::

03.06.1936 – 09.29.2011

Your legacy has left an indelible impression on the world-at-large.
Thank you for the precious gifts you bore.
May your journey be peaceful and radiant

::Ancestry.In.Progress::

03:18:1963 – 09:22:2011

Your legacy has left an indelible impression on the world-at-large.
Thank you for the precious gifts you bore.
May your journey be peaceful and radiant.

The Anti-Mixtape.

New York Is Red Hot: The Anti-Mixtape by Superbizzee on Mixcloud

Summertime still smokin'.

Free Wax Poetics/ Skull Candy event featuring Erykah Badu TONITE (NYC)

Don't beef with the door man if you can't get in...knowing you didn't show up 'till aroun' 1AM. Get there early. That's all I gotta say.

The Evolution of Tanyayette Willoughby

Question: How many folks can put on their resume that they've written two top 10 R&B singles, one of which was also a top 40 pop single...






a top 40 R&B single featuring the vocal prowess of a young Luther Vandross...




contributed vocals and lyrics to an album by a jazz luminary...




AND was part of a major label group with lauded jazz fusion drummer/ percussionist Lenny White at the helm...



...all by the age of 20? To quote Carl Carlton, It's safe to say that singer-songwriter-violinist Tanyayette Willoughby is a bad mama jama. You may not know her name, but you definitely know her hits:



...and



...and



But now, under the moniker TanyaBe, she's turning a new page in her illustrious career with the release of her new album Elz Ancillary Accessory!




Nearly a decade in the making, the album is a fine-tuned double disc collection of 30 dynamic songs. “I did that because we’re living in a mixtape world,” says the New York City native. “You can have any number of songs on a mixtape.” The album finds Willoughby bravely defining her newly minted signature sound: millennium soul. “I call it millennium soul because it encompasses all people, places, and things,” she explains. “It starts off with gospel, goes into jazz, R&B, fused with hip-hop. Everything is tasteful.” Check out the lead single "Mistakes," featuring 15-year-old New Jersey native Lara Begg:



Download your copy of Elz Ancillary Accessory at Digistation today!