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want to buy my CDs or get my autograph, say<br />
ing they enjoyed my performance, it was an<br />
indescribable feeling.<br />
Have you been in Memphis all your life<br />
Yeah, I actually grew up in North Memphis,<br />
the same neighborhood as Three 6 Mafia and<br />
Yo Gotti.<br />
Memphis has a lot of musical history, did that<br />
influence you at all<br />
Not in general. What really influenced me was<br />
my mom before she passed. My mom was shot<br />
and killed when I was 11 years old. I was singing<br />
in church since I was five. After my mom<br />
passed, it became a dream for me to become a<br />
household name. My brothers were in a band<br />
and the older I got they said I could really sing.<br />
They actually fired their two lead singers and<br />
put me and my nephew in when we were like<br />
14 years old. We were young, singing in the<br />
band, singing at black tie affairs, sororities,<br />
those kind of events. That really inspired me to<br />
be a big time star and work on my own stuff.<br />
So singing in a band probably made you<br />
pretty popular in high school huh<br />
Oh yeah. I’ll never forget, I was singing in a<br />
nightclub and I was a basketball star at Northshire<br />
High School. My coach always asked me<br />
why I was so tired. One night he was in the<br />
club when I was singing on stage. He said, “Oh,<br />
now I understand why you’re so tired.” I was like,<br />
aw man, here I am at one o’clock in the morning<br />
singing and I had to go to school at 7:30.<br />
Were you ever nervous on stage or were you<br />
a natural<br />
I never had stage fright. When you’re born to<br />
do something you feel comfortable doing it. It<br />
always felt natural to be on stage to entertain,<br />
whether it was talking or singing.<br />
Besides the “Bubble Bath” song, you also have<br />
the “Balcony” single. Talk about some of your<br />
music and what people can expect to hear.<br />
I got another song called “Lunch Break.” It’s<br />
saying all I need is 45 minutes of your time,<br />
the first 30 minutes we can use to bump and<br />
grind, then we’ll take 10 for a shower and get<br />
fresh, and use the last 5 to say goodbye with<br />
no regrets. I got another song called “Breakfast<br />
in Bed” and I’m not talking about scrambling<br />
eggs. I’m talkin’ about throwing back the<br />
sheets and tasting something sweet, with my<br />
head up under the covers, waking you up out<br />
your sleep. I got some real behind-closeddoors<br />
type of music. Everybody knows me for<br />
bedroom type music.<br />
So do you mess with one particular person in<br />
the bedroom or are you single and mingling<br />
I’ll leave that one alone. I’ll just say I’m alright<br />
right now.<br />
Back to the “Balcony” single. is sex on a balcony<br />
something you’ve actually experienced<br />
Yeah. Everything me or my crew writes about<br />
is realistic experiences – whether I’ve had<br />
‘em, or my friends and relatives have had<br />
‘em. I don’t like to write music I can’t relate to.<br />
“Balcony” is a song that really went down like<br />
that. But I didn’t write “Balcony.” Adonis and<br />
Sonny Black in Atlanta wrote that. I can relate<br />
to it because I’ve experienced it.<br />
What’s the big deal with sex on balconies<br />
We interview a lot of artists that say that’s<br />
one of their biggest fantasies.<br />
For me, just enjoying the right setting outside, a<br />
beautiful day or just the right temperature. You<br />
gotta have that right setting, just before the sun<br />
goes down, with your candles and bubble bath,<br />
your rose petals, chocolate covered strawberries,<br />
and whipped cream. You gotta have all the<br />
ingredients before you get to the balcony.<br />
What are your album plans<br />
I can’t wait for my album to drop. It’s called<br />
Secrets. We got about four or five major labels<br />
interested in me right now. There’s some meetings<br />
being set up. It’s gotta be the right situation<br />
with someone willing to invest in Chris J. I<br />
will say that I’ll give 110% and be a consistent<br />
artist. It’s not just two or three songs on my<br />
album that sound good and the rest are fillers,<br />
I’m not that type of singer. I want you to love<br />
my album from the beginning to the end. Plies<br />
set the bar for the label and I want to come<br />
right behind him. Unique Image and Zack King<br />
are on the label too. We appreciate music and<br />
we do it because we love it.<br />
So what else is coming up for the new year<br />
You been working with any other artists<br />
I got some collaborations on Secrets. I’m not<br />
gonna give away all the goodies, but there’s<br />
a song about to come out that the women<br />
are gonna love. Women, you think you love<br />
“Put It On You,” but when this song hits the<br />
radio you’re gonna love it like “Bust It Baby.”<br />
My album is a host of good music from start to<br />
finish, money back guaranteed. If you go get<br />
my album and you don’t like it and you see me<br />
out, you can get your money back. Naw, I’m<br />
just kiddin’. But most definitely it’s gonna be<br />
one of those albums that makes people say,<br />
“Why wasn’t this guy signed a long time ago”<br />
I have confidence in myself as a singer and<br />
performer. I’m here to make some noise. //<br />
18 // OZONE MAG
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