![]() We did this trip-up hi-hat and the sound we created with the snare was from scratch. Whenever we came up with songs for Dru Hill, I would collaborate with the group members. It was the first song that I had created from scratch. All the interviewers started talking frantically and I was like, “What’s going on?” They told me my signature looks like the kanji character for “dragon.” I guess it was all in the stars. I ended up going to Japan for my second album, and I was signing autographs. It was like when Method Man turned the Wu-Tang Clan’s “W” upside down. With my album, I turned the dragon sideways and when you do that, it ironically looks like an S. She said that nobody owned the design, so I said, “Well somebody owns it now!” You know how the Rolling Stones had the lips logo? If we used this dragon, even if we’re not on the radio or in the public eye, our symbol will still be there. We were in Chinatown for the photoshoot for our first album. The person who did the artwork had put a composite of the dragon. The whole dragon motif was something I brought from Dru Hill. 30, Sisqó recounts the stories behind every track on Unleash The Dragon (not including the two interludes and Dru Hill’s “Enchantment Passing Through,” which was previously featured on Elton John and Tim Rice’s 1999 Aida compilation), and explains how the record helped shape the current landscape of R&B. “I like to believe that myself, along with Missy Elliott, helped to bump the norm.”Īhead of its 20th anniversary on Nov. “When you look at millennial artists, they’re not afraid to be themselves and expressive,” he says. DJs were clamoring to get a copy of the CD.”Īlong with his music, the singer’s silver-dyed hair, provocative outfits and navel tattoo ignited Y2K fashion trends. Once ‘Got To Get It’ hit the streets, it was off and running. I put the album on my label and sold it back to them. “I borrowed some money from my manager and I put the album together myself,” he continues. “I brought it to Def Jam and they could hear that the music was undeniable. He literally introduced me to the world.”Īccording to the singer, Def Jam wasn’t initially on board with the solo idea. I went to the label as asked if I could do a solo record, since Will Smith saying on ‘Wild Wild West’ was kind of like an alley-oop. So they immediately wanted an album,” Sisqó explains. “I didn’t want to do another Dru Hill album until Woody was ready to come back. With Def Jam having Dru Hill, it allowed them to be invited places they usually weren’t. “A lot of record companies at the time thought hip-hop was a fad and wasn’t gonna last. Dru Hill then transitioned from Island Records to Def Jam in the midst of a record label merge. ![]()
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