Mya (Deluxe) [Explicit]
Mya 在1998年的时候发行了她的首张专辑,当时她只有 18 岁。Mya 出生于 Washington D . C . ,并从孩童时代起就参加舞蹈课程,后来参加了舞蹈剧团 T . W . A . ( Tappers With Attitude ) 。一段时间后她离开了剧团, 到New York 的 Harlem 舞蹈剧院学习。她的老师是Savion Glover ,即着名的百老汇舞蹈剧 Bring In Da Noise , Bring In Da Funk 的编舞兼制作人。Mya 的即兴表演激情使她得到了 Glover 的喜爱,并被安排在 Kennedy Center 进行了个人演出。 尽管 Mya 以在舞蹈艺术上的成绩而最为出名,她实际上也很喜欢音乐,而且在童年的时候也学习了演唱和演奏小提琴。她的父亲是一位职业音乐家,当他了解到自己的孩子具有演唱的能力,并且非常认真地想进入演艺界的时候,他就制作了 Mya 的试唱录音带,并四处寻找可以签约的公司。最后, Mya 的声音引起了 University Music 公司的总裁 Haqq Islam 的注意。他与 Mya 签订了合同,把她招入了 Interscope Records 公司的旗下。 Mya 和 Interscope 公司合作,在随后的两年中制作她的个人首张专辑。在制作过程中,公司为她寻找了很多有名气的合作者,其中包括 Darryl Pearson , Babyface , Diane Warren , Raphael Brown , Wyclef Jean , Missy " Misdemeanor " Elliott 和 Sisqo ,还有 Dru Hill 乐队的Moko 。 最后制作出的是一张很成功的专辑,主题是关于爱和成长,并于1998年的四月发行。 Mya's eponymous debut is a smooth, sultry collection of well-crafted contemporary urban soul that is actually richer than the average urban record the late '90s. Part of its success lies with the teenage Mya, who has a voice that is at once innocent and knowing, and part of it lies with her excellent team of producers and songwriters. Executive producer A. Haqq Islam has assembled a stellar behind-the-scenes team — featuring Babyface, Diane Warren, Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott and members of Dru Hill — which has written and produced a fine set of songs that manage to sound universal and strangely confessional. That's because many of the songs on the record are loosely about a teenager becoming a woman, which is a subject Mya can convincingly sell. There are a few weak moments, to be sure, but overall it's a thoroughly promising debut.