一聽音樂網

lyfe jennings，美國R&B歌手，曾因縱火罪被判入獄長達10年，在獄中形成了樸實的歌唱風格，已發行3部專輯，都取得了不錯的銷量。美國R&B歌手，Lyfe Jennings的家鄉在美國俄亥俄州的Toledo地區，他曾因縱火罪被判入獄長達10年。正是在獄中的這段時間，Lyfe Jennings才形成了他現在這種樸實的歌場風 格。在Lyfe Jennings很小的時候，他就參加了家鄉當地教堂的合唱團。之后，Lyfe Jennings和他的哥哥以及他的幾位堂兄一起成立了The Dotsons組合。據Lyfe Jennings本人稱，坐牢的經歷使他的音樂更加的內省。而當他在牢房中聽到Erykah Badu的經典專輯《Baduizm》時，他完全被其中動人的音樂所打動。Lyfe Jennings開始決心要好好的作他自己的音樂。2002年12月，在被釋放僅僅兩天之后，Lyfe Jennings就錄制好了一張裝有四首歌的Demo唱片。那天之后，Lyfe Jennings開始在一家俱樂部中演出。當Lyfe Jennings剛剛來到著名的Apollo俱樂部的時候，只拿了一把木吉他的他起初遭到了歌迷的噓聲，但當Jennings開唱以后，在場的歌迷都被他略帶沙啞的嗓音和感人的歌詞所吸引。大受歡迎的Lyfe Jennings在Apollo一連演了五個晚上。據Lyfe Jennings本人透露，他在Apollo俱樂部駐唱期間，他那張錄了四首歌的Demo CD一共又賣出了1000多張。之后，Lyfe Jennings來到了紐約發展，開始尋求與唱片公司簽定正式的合約，而最終Columbia公司在激烈的競爭中搶得先機。Lyfe Jennings的首張正式專輯《Lyfe 268-192》在Columbia公司正式發行，而專輯名Lyfe 268-192正是他在服刑期間的號碼。2004年8月，《Lyfe 268-192》在面世了一年之后再版發行，其中加收了一首全新版本的歌曲《Hypothetically》以及美國偶像大賽冠軍Fantasia演唱的一首歌曲。2006年8月，Lyfe Jennings的第二張個人專輯《The Phoenix》出爐，其中有Young Buck和Three 6 Mafia的客串演出?！禩he Phoenix》以13萬6千張的首周銷量獲得了Billboard 200專輯榜的亞軍，創造了Lyfe Jennings在Billboard 200專輯榜中的最好成績. Not that he'd wish it on anyone, but it was during his ten-year sentence in prison that Lyfe Jennings developed his honest sound, thanks to isolation and Erykah Badu. It was an arson charge that put the Toledo, OH, native in prison. His musical aspirations started in the church choir and grew in the Dotsons, a teenaged group that Lyfe formed with his brother and a couple cousins. Prison made his music deeper, according to Lyfe, and when a copy of Erykah Badu's Baduizm ended up in his cell in 1997, he was inspired and had the feeling that this introspective edge to his music was worth developing. Two days after his December 2002 release from prison, he was recording a four-song demo CD. The day after that, he was performing live in a club. He only had a month of freedom before he was on-stage at the famous Apollo. He was booed when he walked on-stage with an acoustic guitar, but when the Apollo audience heard his gritty falsetto and lyrical songwriting, they were swayed -- swayed to the tune of five amateur-night victories in a row. Lyfe figures he sold a thousand copies of his four-song demo CD during his Apollo "residency." That, along with a ton of calls from promoters and record label execs on his answering machine back in Ohio, influenced Lyfe to move to New York City and pursue a major-label deal. Columbia had the right offer and released his debut, Lyfe 268-192 (his inmate number), in August of 2004. A year after its original release, the album was reissued with a new version of "Hypothetically" featuring American Idol winner Fantasia added as a bonus track. The more hip-hop-oriented follow-up, The Phoenix, arrived in 2006, with Three 6 Mafia and Young Buck making guest appearances. Lyfe Change, released two years later, featured a handful of new production associates, as well as a verse from T.I.