Fantasia says ‘American Idol’ needs new judges
theGRIO Q&A - Fantasia chatted with theGrio to talk about her latest album and why she thinks "American Idol" needs new judges...
What was it like recording “On Without Me” with Missy Elliott and Kelly Rowland?
If I’m ever going through anything or have an idea that might be wack or crazy, I just go to Missy and she brings it out of me.
I got a phone call that pissed me off and I felt a way and told the producer I wanted to make a club banger, kinda ratchet song, because that was the mood I was in.
We went back and forth about who we could get on the track. I decided I need two other women on the song that could relate to me.
Kelly Rowland is just like me, she’s not Hollywood. She’s nice, she’s just like me, we can relate in so many ways. I’m so proud of her. She came back so strong with her music and I feel like we’ve both been through that. What to do? Where to go? Does anyone believe in me phase.
The fact that she’s a black woman with black features, I had to have her on this feature.
Missy’s like a breath of fresh air. When I heard her on that J. Cole record, that was like a tease and I just had to hear more.
Can you define the term you coined, Rock Soul? What other artists do you believe fall into that category?
Beyonce doesn’t mind going in for a performance. Bilal, Anthony Hamilton, and K-Ci, my first cousin, has that rock soul, soulful kind of voice that takes you there.
When artists are exposed to so many types of genres they are able to go into that rock soul moment. The first person who really did it was Tina Turner. Rock Soul music is the music I really love. Nobody’s really doing it right now, so I wanna take it back and give it [music] that rock soul.
That is like me paying respect to the artists that fed me music.
I was raised on music that still stands to this day. So that’s the kind of album I wanted to do. An album that will be epic, a timeless album that you can play 5, 10, 15 years from now.
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