Because they pushed the provocative music. And the ones that they did was at the time absolutely fine by me. So they decide to push this one and that one.
Instead of taking the opinion of the public, but I guess if they did that they would be all over the place because not everybody agrees. So they release what they want to release. What’s so interesting is labels tend to have the tendency to think they know what the public wants to hear.
Thank you! You know what with that album I don’t know what happened. Well my favorite was Baby Come Over, that should of been a single.Īdina Howard: Really? Wow, okay. So I don’t really get a whole lot out of it. I don’t find myself listening to my music much because I don’t record my music for me. Then I get really strange because when I record a new song for the project then the one I liked before I’m like I don’t like that one anymore, I like this one better. Then pretty much when it’s done so I can critique myself & the music. I’ll listen to it over and over again when I’m in the midst of recording it. I haven’t listened to that album in forever.Īdina Howard: Yeah I don’t listen to my music like that. That album has so many gems on it, was there any songs on the album you wished were released?Īdina Howard: Oh man, let’s see. That’s kind of cool also for you to hear your first single ever on the radio and it be a rush it or flush it type of situation, so you can really get opinions.Īdina Howard: Exactly, I was like please don’t flush it (laughs). It’s what do they think about the song? But most of the callers were like this is different, we’ll see if the label promotes and pushes it. And I was like Ayyy, wait (Screams)! This is my song (laughs)! Then I had to quickly pump my breaks because when the song was over I realized it was their make it or break it portion. I was listening to the radio and I remember hearing the song and was like this song sounds familiar. Take us back to Freak Like Me, do you have any early memories of hearing your music on the radio for the first time?Īdina Howard: I do, I remember hearing Freak Like Me for the first time when I was driving down Sunset Blvd. We got her feedback on the success of “ Freak Like Me” and “ Do You Wanna Ride,” her thoughts on why the follow-up singles didn’t do as well as the lead and Adina tells us about the first time she ever heard herself on the radio. We spoke with Adina some years ago for UB ReWind ( returning next month) about the release and wanted to revisit that interview, in celebration of the anniversary. The album’s next singles “ My Up And Down” and “ It’s All About You” weren’t as commercially successful as “ Freak Like Me.” However the album went platinum and was considered by many to be one of the best R&B albums released that year. The sexually charged track was different from the norm than what other R&B female artists were doing and created a lane for Adina to have all to herself. The album was preceded by the gold selling mega-hit single “ Freak Like Me.” The platinum single went #1 on the R&B charts and #2 on Billboards Hot 100. “ Do You Wanna Ride” was released on February 28th 25 years ago today. all released their debut albums.Īnother new artist at that time dropped her debut album as well, Adina Howard.īorn and raised in Grand Rapids, MI, as a child she would tell everyone that she would “ be something one day.” 1995 was a great year in the world of R&B music, Michael Jackson released “ HIStory: Past, Present And Future,” Jodeci dropped their third album “ The Show, The After Party, The Hotel.” Also that year Faith Evans, Monica, D’Angelo, Deborah Cox & Jon B.
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