Kim Hill
“So when Justin Timberlake does the beat box and sings with Al Green, suddenly he has street cred? Music is in a state of emergency. I’m not saying I’m here to save black music, just don’t tell me I’m not black enough if I pick up a banjo.” – Kim Hill We started there because Kim’s […]
"So when Justin Timberlake does the beat box and sings with Al Green, suddenly he has street cred?
Music is in a state of emergency. I'm not saying I'm here to save black music, just don't tell me I'm not black enough if I pick up a banjo." - Kim Hill
We started there because Kim's music has created its own trademark and her artistic and political beliefs have blessed us the Artist she is and continues to be.
She has shared the stage with a spectrum of artists including the late Biggie Smalls, Outkast, The Black Eyed Peas, The Pharcyde, Cody Chestnutt, Slum Village, Raphael Saadiq, De La Soul, NoDoubt, Common, A Tribe Called Quest and Aaliyah to name a few. She co-wrote on Tupac's "Mamas just a Little Girl," an ode to young single mothers from his 2x's multi platinum album, Better Dayz and recorded with Jane's Addiction.
However, it was the chance meeting in 1995 at a BMI Showcase with the then unknown multicultural alternative hip-hop group, The Black Eyed Peas that sent Kim on a whirlwind adventure that would ultimately change her career.
They embraced her sound and brought her into the studio with them where she co-wrote several songs on their groundbreaking album, Behind the Front including the hit, "The Way You Make Me Feel." Kim became known as the Peas stand out vocalist and quickly assimilated into the roots of their progressive family tree, contributing to numerous tracks on both Behind the Front and Bridging the Gap. Hill's writing style and concepts gave birth to songs such as "On My Own", which featured Les Nubians and Mos Def, as well as the irrepressible "Hot." Even the members of Cypress Hill agreed, "The Peas give an entertaining show with having the live band and dancing all over the place, but their singer Kim Hill is dope! "
During her tenure with the Peas, Kim began to grow artistically as a producer and writer, which captured the attention of executives at Interscope Records with whom she was signed to in 1998 off of a five song, four track demo she produced in her apartment.
The release from Interscope was a God send and provided the ammunition for Kim's first independent solo release, Surrender to Her Sunflower in 2000.
Since then her solo success has thrived and we continue to see wonderful music from the gloriously beautful inside and out Miss Kim Hill.
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