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LYFE TO SWOOP DOWN IN AUG. WITH ‘THE PHOENIX’: “Must Be Nice” singer ready to expand fan base with sophomore set.
*R&B singer Lyfe Jennings enlists the help of a 20-piece orchestra for his upcoming CD “The Phoenix,” due in August via Columbia/Sony Urban Music.
The album, a follow up to his 2004 debut "Lyfe 268-192," sees the singer expanding musically with a fair amount of live instrumentation, and targeting wider demographics with a remake of Tupac’s classic “Keep Ya Head Up” that he hopes will appeal to the younger hip hop and R&B crowd. On the song "S.E.X.," featuring Lyfe's protégé LaLa, Jennings covers the sensitive topic of young female maturation.
"I've wanted to write this song for a long time," Lyfe tells Billboard.com. "[It's about girls] being confused by all the sudden attention when they start developing physically but not mentally."
The album title refers to the mythical Phoenix ascending from the ashes, a theme that hits close to home following his 10-year prison stint for arson.
"I just picked up where I left off and told a story," he tells Billboard. "I think that's what happens to everybody. You get stuck in the ashes and you come through. This is just another situation in my life where I came through the fire."
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