Artist: Eve
Genre(s):
Rap: Hip-Hop
Hip-Hop
Discography:
Tambourine
Year: 2007
Tracks: 3
Scorpion
Year: 2001
Tracks: 16
Eveolution
Year: 2001
Tracks: 16
Ruff Ryder's-First Lady
Year: 1999
Tracks: 18
Eve was one of a new breed of tough, talented, commercially workable distaff MCs to hit the knock scene during the late '90s. Though she could be sexy when she chose, she wasn't as over the top as Lil' Kim or Foxy Brown, and as portion of the Ruff Ryders posse comitatus, her production was harder than Da Brat's early work with Jermaine Dupri. In the end, Eve came off as her possess person; a strong, no-nonsense street MC wHO could hold her own with most anyone on the mic; and was finding success on her possess terms. She was born Eve Jihan Jeffers in Philadelphia on November 10, 1978, and started out as a singer in her early teens, acting with an all-female vocal quintuplet. She was too honing her skills as a rapper in impromptu battles with friends, and before she left high school, she formed a female rap duo called EDGP (pronounced "Egyptian Empire"), adopting the nominate Gangsta. EDGP performed at local talent shows and clubhouse gigs, much to the detriment of Eve's dedication to school. When the grouping broke up, she went solo and changed her list to Eve of Destruction; she too stirred to the Bronx in the wake of her mother's remarriage, and worked for a time as a table professional dancer at a divest club. Unhappy with this direction, she distinct to give rap another shot afterwards existence bucked up by Mase.Through some of her friends, Eve scored a group meeting with Dr. Dre in Los Angeles, and surprised him by turning it into an audition. Dre liked what he heard and signed her to a one-year cope with his new label, Aftermath. Eve recorded a few tracks, including one, "Eve of Destruction," that terminated up on the Bulworth soundtrack in 1998. However, Aftermath was searching for a focussing at the time, and Eve wound up lost in the scuffle. Her sign expired without an record album even in the kit and caboodle, simply fortunately, she'd met DMX when the rising new star was in Los Angeles promoting his smash debut, It's Dark and Hell Is Hot. Eve passed a battle-rap audition to join DMX's Ruff Ryders posse, and in 1999 she contributed to their label's Ryde or Die, Vol. 1 compilation. Thanks to DMX's star power, it entered the charts at number nonpareil, and Eve's cut, "What Ya Want," was released as a unmarried. It bump off the R&B Top Ten, and Eve built more anticipation for her debut album with high profile client muscae volitantes on the Roots' "You Got Me" and the Blackstreet/Janet Jackson couple "Girlfriend/Boyfriend."Eve's first full-length was highborn Let There Be Eve...Ruff Ryders First Lady and released in September 1999. With Ruff Ryders the biggest name in rap, the record album was an instant smash; it entered the charts at number one -- the first sentence a distaff rapper had ever complete that exploit -- and went on to deal o'er two gazillion copies. Eve besides scored hits with the R&B Top Ten "Gotta Man" and the antidomestic fierceness rail "Love Is Blind," and guested on Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott's bump off "Hot Boyz." After touring in documentation of the track record, Eve returned to the studio apartment and delivered her followup, Scorpion, in early 2001. The album received inviolable reviews and topped the R&B charts, while debuting at number quaternity on the bug out side. Lead unmarried "Who's That Girl?" had some chart success, just it was the follow-up, a couple with No Doubt's Gwen Stefani called "Let Me Blow Ya Mind," that very bust Eve on the crop up charts. The song rocketed to number deuce and went on to gain ground a Grammy in the newly created category of Best Rap/Sung Collaboration; it besides helped Scorpion go pt.
Eve following determine about establishing a flick life history; she made her ticket booth debut in the Vin Diesel legal action blockbuster 30, which was released in the summer of 2002. Not long after, she was likewise seen in a spectacular load-bearing role in the Ice Cube comedy Barbershop. Amid all this activeness, Eve released her third album, Eve-Olution, in August 2002. It debuted in the Top Ten and base Eve reverting to the soul vocalizing of her early days on a surprising number of tracks. The single "Gangsta Lovin'," which featured edgar Albert Guest vocals from Alicia Keys, was a telephone number two crush on both the pop and R&B charts, and the followup "Satisfaction" was nominative for a Grammy. In former 2003, Eve signed with the UPN electronic network to give rise and star in a multiracial situation comedy around a way graphic designer, and she continued acting in movies, with roles in Barbershop 2, The Cookout, and The Woodsman. A total return to medicine was made in 2007, when she released Here I Am, an record album featuring productions from Swizz Beatz, Timbaland, and Pharrell.
