Lalah Hathaway Self Portrait Rar Full Vocal Range

Its highly sophisticated sound comes courtesy of Rex Rideout, who has worked closely with Angie Stone and Luther Vandross, among others.

Standouts like On Your Own, That Was Then, and Little Girl play with the tension between lush keyboard chords and skeletal rimshots.

Hip-hop is present without being explicit, especially on 1 Mile and UDO.

On Tragic Inevitability and Breathe, she adopts a bluesy murmur, yet the feeling behind the songs is communicated with total clarity.

She coaxes listeners into a mood without ever raising her voice.

A trained pianist and vocalist, she is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music and her career has spanned two decades.

Twenty-one years after the release of her first LP, her career continues to thrive.

It was 1990 when Lalah made her music debut on Virgin Records with the self-titled album Lalah Hathaway, effortlessly fusing elements of RB, jazz and pop.

The resonance in her voice immediately struck a chord with music lovers and her first single Heaven Knows solidified her place in RB music.

The disc also spawned the hit Baby Dont Cry and featured fan favorites Somethin and Im Coming Back.

It was evident that Lalah not only had the voice, but the talent to carry on her fathers legacy while shaping her own musical destination.

Lalah distinctly set herself apart from other RB artists of the time by making music that was true to her heart.

In 1994, Lalah released her much-anticipated second album A Moment with Let Me Love You serving as the albums lead single.

A Moment saw Lalah exploring several music sounds including sampling elements of New Jack-Swing and funk, but not shying far away from her soul and jazz roots.

The project also included the Sly the Family Stone remake Its a Family Affair, and the soul-stirring, fan favorite ballad Separate Ways.

The Song Lives On with legendary jazz musician Joe Sample.

The songs Fever and When Your Life Was Low helped to broaden her audience and further establish her name with jazz music fans, while continuing to leave an impression on audiences worldwide.

After her departure from Virgin Records, It would be 10 years before she would release another solo effort.

However, Lalah kept-and continues to keep busy by recording and touring with several acts including George Benson, Take 6, Marcus Miller, Rahsaan Patterson, Mary J.

Blige, The Winans, Kirk Whalum, Gerald Albright, David Sanborn, Carl Thomas, Angie Stone, Robert Glasper, Donald Lawrence, Eric Roberson, Grover Washington, Esperanza Spalding, and just recently, Prince.

In 2004, the long awaited album Outrun The Sky was released, yielding the 1 single Forever, For Always, For Love, a remake of the classic Luther Vandross tune.

Outrun The Skys success put Lalah in the spotlight again and established Lalah as one of the premier vocalists of her time.

The album included production by Mike City (Brandy, Yolanda Adams, Carl Thomas) and scored rave reviews from fans with unforgettable favorites Better and Better and If U Ever.

In 2008, Lalah released her fourth solo album Self Portrait on the renowned Stax label, which debuted in the Top 10 on Billboards RB charts, and to date is her most successful album.

Opening with lead single Let Go, the 12-track set is best described as a journey from heartache and pain to awakening and renewal.

Self Portrait garnered Lalah her first Grammy Award nomination for Best Female RB Vocal Performance with mid-tempo slow jam That Was Then.

In the spirit of Self Portrait, Lalah instinctively serves a spine chilling lyrical serum of truth.

Included in the set is a remake of fan favorite, Im Coming Back.

Lalah Hathaway Self Portrait Rar Full Vocal Range

The new version is a richly intense, percussion heavy, mellow arrangement in which Lalah displays her full vocal range and tops it off with the addition of legendary jazzRB vocalist Rachelle Ferrell.