http://www.mtv.com/news/yhif/tamar/
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Good article & nice little interview clip with her as well...she seems sweet...Thanks
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"If I'm wrong on a note, or a step, or just late to rehearsal, I don't get a pampering lesson."

thats the problem Tamar
u lack discipline
cuz Prince thinks with his heart - instead of his head

when u accept someone into your life as a mentor
and they are a paternal figure ( not brotherly darlin )
make sure u get some good advice from yo Mama.


1.Lateness is Disrespectful.
2.Missing a step means u aint paying attention.
3.Wrong notes at this level? Listen to the drums and the bass instead of your own voice.

Thanks for the link.

Tamar is a doll. She looks so cute in the clip.

I hope this means that the album will see the light of day.

It was cool to hear what the recorded version of Redhead Stepchild sounds like. A snippet of Kept Woman was also played. Both of them sounded nice.

PurpleCharm said:

I wonder when these photos were taken because I haven't seen them before, but she looks nice.
















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— by Farrah Weinstein

Támar Davis may be Prince's latest protégé, but the curly-haired songstress seemed destined for the spotlight long before the Minneapolis wonder discovered her. Back in the early '90s, the Houston native sang and danced with Beyoncé and Kelly Rowland in a group called Girls Tyme.

"Beyoncé and I were cool," the sultry singer told MTV News. "[But] then I did 'Star Search,' and I lost."

Her date with that particular Destiny didn't last, but another connection she made as a teen did: When she was about 14, Prince heard Támar (pronounced "Tay-mar") sing, and told her that "one day," when she was older, he wanted to hear her again.

A few years later, Prince called her into his Paisley Park studio. "He overheard a tape of mine and I got a chance to go to Paisley Park and I got a big tour [of the premises]," she said.

Nothing transpired from that visit, nor did she get to meet with Prince, so Támar went about doing her own thing, graduating from Houston's High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, and then studying music business at University of Southern California, all while focusing on her musical career.

Támar — who also speaks French, German and Swahili — became part of an all-female jazz/funk band called Angaza (which means "to give light" in Swahili), who released an album called Light. At the time, she went by the name Ashley T'Amar Davis.

While living in Los Angeles, she snared an invite to one of Prince's house parties and introduced herself to him. He remembered meeting the saucy singer and asked her to audition for him on the spot, which she did. He then asked her to sing in a video he was working on.

Since then, Támar has joined the ranks of female artists Prince has mentored, including Sheila E., Sheena Easton, Apollonia, Carmen Electra and Martika. She signed with Universal Records the same day Prince did in December 2005. The label will release her Milk & Honey (produced by the singer and Prince), which hits stores on August 29.

Támar has been touring the country alongside Prince, helping to promote his album 3121 — on which she appears — on shows like "Saturday Night Live," "Good Morning America" and the Brit Awards, as well as his new video, "Fury," where she appears alongside fellow female singer/dancers the Twinz, two former "Australian Idol" contestants.


She is also a featured performer on 3121's "Beautiful, Loved and Blessed," and will most likely join Prince on tour. "It's beyond a blessing to work with Prince," Támar wrote on her Web site. "I learn something from him every day to better my shows. Some people have no clue of what kind of heart he has. When he calls me his little sister, that's how he treats me. If I'm wrong on a note, or a step, or just late to rehearsal, I don't get a pampering lesson. His heart is pure in every way and he desires to see my desires come to pass."

Inspired by everyone from Barbra Streisand, Aretha Franklin and AC/DC, Támar's album features soulful R&B songs like "Kept Woman" and "Sunday in the Park," upbeat dance-pop like "Holla & Shout" and rockers like "Redhead Stepchild."

If the songs seem at times personal, well, they are. "I can't write or sing anything without knowing the reason behind it," Davis wrote on her MySpace page. "Once that idea is established, I make sure to tell a story that allows the listener to visualize and experience the song with me."

And the singer says she has no regrets about missing out on the success of Destiny's Child.

"I wouldn't have been prepared two years ago — mentally, physically, spiritually, emotionally — for anything," she said. "So, to be a part of it now — everything I fought for, everything I stayed up all night for, spending money on — it's paying off now."

Ok, what she said in the clip is different from the article. She said in the clip that she was invited to do a video and once she got there, she was told that they wanted her to sing. She asked "for who?" and in walked Prince asking her to sing. The article says that she was invited to his house party and she introduced herself to him. He remembered her and asked her to sing on the spot. She sung for him and he asked her to sing in a video he was doing.

How did she get an invite to a party at Prince's house if he didn't know who she was? Somethings not adding up.

So how OLD is she???

I saw another thread that listed her as "12 years old" when in Girls Tyme and Beyonce as "10 years old." Then someone said Tamar is 24 years old, but Beyonce is claiming to be 24 years old. They could not have been two different ages back in the day and suddenly the same age today!!

Somebody, help me?!

PurpleCharm said:

Hmmm...I don't know...maybe the cousin that got her tape to him before hooked her up again.

lizlampkin said:

I remember reading a few things last year saying she was 25...I don't know when her birthday is...so she's either 25 or 26.

serpan99 said:

I agree

Did anyone catch the name of the store she was filmed in front? The name of the store was Manny's Music. I know, different spelling, but same pronounciation.

luv2luvya said:

Yes they are, but I have come to the conclusion that Tamar just doesn't photograph well. She looks so pretty in the clip. Seems like photos aren't able to totally capture her beauty.

I hope the album does come out, and isn't delayed 2 long, the little clips played sound really good Kept Woman, Milk and Honey, Closer 2 My Heart, and Redhead Stepchild sounds just as rocking as it does live,

PurpleCharm said:

Yup I noticed, here's the website of that store:

http://www.mannysmusic.co...mannys.htm

PurpleCharm said:

Probally was misquoted.

I just seen the interview on T.V.