who is bria valente?
http://wearsthetrousers.c...a-valente/
January 6, 2009, 1:54 pm
Filed under: news, trouser press | Tags: 2009, alan pedder, bria valente, music, prince, sade

Prince wants her to be the new Sade
You’ve probably heard by now that Prince plans to release three new albums in 2009, as told to New York Times music critic Ann Powers last week, but who, you might be wondering, is Bria Valente, the woman who will provide lead vocals for Elixir? Wellll, she’s the latest in a long of Prince protégés that includes the likes of Apollonia, Sheena Easton, Sheila E, Ingrid Chavez and Marvin Gaye’s daughter Nona Gaye. Born Brenda Fuentes, she’s a former model / dancer from Minneapolis who has been working with Prince since late 2006 and used to do backing vocals for Usher.

So far we’ve heard two songs from Valente, whose voice Ann Powers describes as “buttery”: ‘Here I Come’ and ‘Another Boy’. The former is yet another candidate for those perennial rock mag lists of “best songs about female masturbation”, and has apparently been renamed ‘Here Eye Come’ – if you go to the purple one’s new site www.lotusflow3r.com, you can hear it there. Prince’s trademark sound is all over it, with beats provided by Morris Hayes. Our favourite bit: “Electric rush inside me is going crazy / I gotta find a way to make it stop / if I don’t I’m gonna pop / like a cork on a bottle of Chardonnay.”


“We got sick of waiting for Sade to make a new album,” Prince told Ms Powers. “This music is nasty, but it’s not dirty,” he added when quizzed about the sexual lyrics. “There’s no profanity. It isn’t promoting promiscuity. She’s singing about her lover, who could be her partner for life.”

Tweet and Janet Jackson must be quaking in their stilettos.

Alan Pedder

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....Every Time...? new track?

http://www.promusic47.org...er2006.pdf
page no. 23

Look what happened to Tamar and the other proteges

Poor Tamar wasnt even mentioned in that article..

The Sade comparison is not news.

Yo i dont think he mean Bria sing like Sade. I think he sayin the "vibe" of the music is sexy jazzy like Sade. Music gonna have the Prince touch on it so it def gon be a sexy joint. We gotta hear the whole album as one work to catch the vibe. WORD

Prince got one mo' time to mention that woman's name in the same breath as Sade and imma smack his ears right offa his head.

wunderlandmine said:

But you know, to say Bria has a SADE sound/vibe, some fans are going to expect to hear that, and once her album drops and she doesn't have that sound, expect to hear much criticism, but quite frankly after hearing a snippet of Bria's song on P's site, Bria pretty much has a sound of her own.

In her song, "Here Eye Come" I actually think Bria sounds more like this singer below in this particular song, listed below. Carol is one of my favorite artists, she has a smooth r&b/jazz sound, and Bria's voice in "Here Eye Come" sort of sounds like Carol's in this song:

Carol Riddick:
www.myspace.com/carolriddick

Carol's song is called "You Better Not Hurt Me" which is where I think Bria's voice sounds like hers.


[Edited 1/30/09 7:15am]

More Bria "news"


Smooches;)

babynoz said:

There is only one Sade. Prince needs to STFU! He'd be royally pissed if someone came out calling themselves the new Prince. Remember how he acted over D'Angelo?

there will never be another Sade.
the only protege that has ever come close would have to be Tamar.
why is he trying to make a pretty face and a tolerable voice out to be some kind of soulful legend?
he should teach her how to play some instruments and then MAYBE we'll hear him out.
she should stick to pop and dance music.

BlaqueKnight said:

you have a point with that one.

babynoz said:

babynoz said:

Exactly

Billmenever said:

I will be right there wit u, poking his pretty lil eyes out!!. Go Head Sade wit you bad self. Prince obviously doesn't know how awesome she is if he thinks HE can create a duplicate.
Now you know why she's walking around with them damn ponytails and them silly ass outfits. former dancer.... um....okay Prince. And p.s. didn't she like work with Usher once! And apparently it wasn't all that cuz even HE didn't try and jumpstart her career. oh the humanity!


[Edited 1/30/09 16:11pm]

DesireeNevermind said:

Bitch and moanin about Sade mention still?? Whats wrong with you chicks? It aint that serious. Calm down. This is what men hate to be around. Sorry i even came up in here. OUT

DesireeNevermind said:

Even with that, she's still not even close to this:




Just look at that pose. It's not easy to look, sound, and be as cool as Sade....Unless, of course, that kind of coolness is natural for U, and (like Sade) never looks forced.

i must say,Sade is naturally cool.

zoetruluv said:

Why did he drop her then?
Whoever he listened to clearly does NOT have any taste musically,
nor do they have an ear for REAL MUSIC.



Too bad he doesn't work with her again, he can work with both protoges, that would be interesting.

DesireeNevermind said:

Preach it! There will never be another like Sade...she's nobody's protege or side chick. She is the epitome of beauty, style and grace. She is a LADY!

Well ya'll let's c what she has 2 offer b4 we diss her like that but also let's c if she has ant talent at all, eye mean well his track record is not that good!

rbrpm said:

No diss here, just facts. She's ok, but not even remotely Sade-like.

Princey needs to put down the crack pipe.

babynoz said:

Thanks for that video babynoz. I have that song on my mp3 player along with her other classics, and listen to it daily and my way to work and coming home and never get tired of hearing Sade's sound. My sister named her daughter after her years ago. Let's face it, Sade is awesome and her music/sound will never grow old.

babynoz said:

How perfect. "Never As Good"

Bria has STYLE and a SWEET VOICE. She can Make it if Marketed Right. I think she's very Attractive and get her on the LOVE Stations...Wish her LUCK and stop being jealous about if PRINCE is Sleeping with her. Sure we don't want him with any one woman cause we LOVE HIM,but well she shouldn't be Hated on because they are Friends. Good Luck Bria...Mr Gee Gives ya the High 5 for Success...