This makes Lyfe political without blatantly being political in a world, primarily a country, bogged down by an intense regime of socio-economics. In the sporadically lit artist lounge of Columbia Records, theres a TV with some BET video countdown and Lyfe Jennings sits not too far from the set surprisingly friendly and approachable.As he speaks on topics outside of the music spectrum, one can say Lyfe is the urban Bob Dylan. Jennings uses music to raise questions about human relationships, sex, and situations that ring true to many who listen. Its all but apparent that this Toledo, Ohio native has had an incredible life turn-around from stick-up-crime kid to platinum-selling artist. Here’s a gallery of photos below taken by Mike Ware of M&M Photography.We wait only a few seconds for Lyfe Jennings to start his interview as he digs into his coat and grabs his cell phone to make an urgent call to Matthew Knowles. Lyfe is currently doing spot dates around the country, so please check him out if you get a chance. The highlight for us was when we went into his very first single “ Must Be Nice”. It kicked off with an extremely mellow, almost acoustic vibe before the full musical production kicked in. Ladies and gentlemen, that’s what we call sanging! The songs all came to life thanks in part to his four-piece band who were jamming all night long and gave each track the soul and “special sauce” that they needed. Of his back catalog of songs, we were treated to hear “ Never Never Land“, “ Stick Up Kid“, “ Let’s Stay Together“, “ Cry“, and “ S.E.X” which he performed as a duet with his female background singer that literally stopped the show with her amazing voice. At certain moments, it was a little difficult to hear Lyfe sing because audience participation had gotten THAT loud, but that is always the good kind of “problem” that any performing artist would prefer to experience. It was obvious that the crowd was feeling the vibe, because they were singing each lyric word for word as if they had internalized a few of those songs.
It’s a raspy tone that seemingly carries a lot of conviction with it, but it’s that same conviction that makes him relatable to anyone who listens to his music. Lyfe has long had one of those voices that are unique, and comes around every so often.
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