Lil Jackie live at SXSW

lend the old-school R&B sound with a quirky hybrid of hip-hop and pop and you get Little Jackie, the creation of genre-defying singer-songwriter Imani Coppola and programmer Adam Pallin. With a nod to the soulful Motown rhythms of the past and a sneer to many of the social and cultural issues that consume the public today, Coppola has crafted an album of musical sugar and spice, filled with sweet, saccharine-tinged melodies and spicy, bold commentaries.

Coppola had an early brush with fame when a demo she cut with Digable Planets producer Michael Mangini during her freshman year at the State University of New York landed her a record deal with Columbia Records. In 1997 the 19-year-old music composition majors debut record Chubacabra earned radio and MTV buzz with the cheeky, Neneh-Cherry-reminiscent lead single Legend of a Cowgirl and her dynamic NYC persona was introduced to mainstream America.

Little Jackie is Imanis return to center stage. The Long Island native, who was raised in a musical household by a black mother and white father who were both always playing and performing music, named the project after a mischievous little boy named Jackie who set her familys backyard on fire and fittingly after the Lisa Lisa Cult Jam song Little Jackie Wants to Be a Star.

Coppola met Pallin, a Boston native who grew up listening to hip-hop and the golden oldies his parents cranked during car rides, through Mangini. Pallin, whos worked on projects for Tom Jones and American Idol finalist Elliot Yamin, programmed and co-wrote the Little Jackie tracks with Mangini (who also produced the tracks), while Coppola wrote the melodies and lyrics, and produced the vocals.

With her music, Coppola has created a space where shes free to be herself. Fitting in has always been a struggle. I have a unique take to look at both races, she says. The only thing I can really speak for in this life is as a woman.



http://www.myspace.com/littlejackiemusic
www.abboriginalproductions.com

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[gabigroo]

thank you for posting this