Joss Stone First Listen
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The Lowdown
She's only 19, but Joss Stone has already redefined her look and her sound. For her upcoming, appropiately-titled album 'Introducing Joss Stone,' the British singer took a more prominent role in the writing and recording process. Legendary producer Raphael Saadiq helped update her soulful sound, and the reclusive Lauryn Hill even came out of hiding to contribute vocals.
Joss is ready to take on the airwaves with her catchy single, 'Tell Me 'bout It,' as well as 'Tell Me What We're Gonna Do Now,' featuring Common. Listen to these world premieres and get an exclusive preview of two more songs, plus commentary from Joss herself.
'Introducing Joss Stone' hits stores March 20.
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Joss and Lauryn Hill
"Lauryn Hill is just such an amazing artist. The song 'Music' started [off] based on an old Fugees song. We ended up taking a complete departure from the original, but it still had the vibe, and we just said how amazing it would be to have Lauryn do a verse. I called her mother every day for an entire month begging until she got the track to Lauryn. Her mother told me she really liked it and wanted to do it, and actually did her part through the phone. Every time I hear her on my song, it brings tears to my eyes."
Hear Joss' New Songs First
| 'Tell Me 'bout It' "I wrote this song with Raphael Saadiq. I was going through something at the time that was kind of irritating. I haven't had the best luck with blokes, and if I happen to find someone who likes me back (which isn't often), he's never brave enough to say anything or tell anyone about it. I don't like secrets -- you only keep secrets when you're ashamed of the truth -- so clearly, the guy that keeps secrets isn't right for me. Raphael definitely helped with a lot of song writing.  |
| 'Tell Me What We're Gonna Do Now' "I wrote this song with Novel and Tony. We were in Barbados, and the sun was shining. It inspired the song -- the day, the situation. When you're just starting fresh, new love, that's the best feeling, but the question always remains the same: 'Where do we go from here? What do we do now?' I think a guy from France who spoke broken English, which is always lovely, said to me, 'Oh this is a sex song.' I'm like, 'Huh? Not really.' He said, 'Well you know you're saying, "Tell me what we're gonna do now then..."' I tried to explain to him that's just me feelin' it with ad libs, bless him. Men! It's about a new love, not sex." |
| 'Music' "It's a very special song to me that I wrote with Novel. This song is my realization moment, when I realized I was wasting my time looking for an unconditional love in another human being. So far in my short little life, I haven't ever seen it completely. All love between all humans, I believe, is a tiny bit conditional. It's not like that with music. The only true unconditional love is music and God, for me. The fact that Lauryn Hill was inspired by it enough to write what she did is just is crazy to me. I prayed on that one hard. She's amazing. My biggest influences on the female side of music are Lauryn and Aretha, no doubt." |
| "'Baby Baby Baby' "It's the first song I wrote on this album. I wrote it with Jonathon Shorton and Danny P. I like it 'cos it is kinda Jackson 5-ish, and who doesn't love them? It's another 'Please would you just stop being a wuss and tell me for goodness sake, 'cos I can't live without you.' Tell me so I can either get over you or marry you. Well, not that extreme, but you know what I mean." " |
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