Biography of
Algebra
 Ironically
there are no textbooks or classroom instructions that could help one
balance the equations of Kedar Massenburg's newest protégé,
ALGEBRA.
The Atlanta native insists that one can only
discover her sonically. As an R&B solo artist with such a simple
solution, when mainstream success seems to be more about the right hair,
nails and make -up,
ALGEBRA’S
debut album
PURPOSE
is the perfect curriculum for breathing life back in to a genre
overwrought by factory made clones.
No stranger to performing,
ALGEBRA
has been lending her melodic voice to projects by Monica and Bilal for
years. However, singing for other artists was about as out of character
for her as having someone write songs for her. "Even when someone else
wrote a song specifically for me, I felt like I was still being a
background singer for myself”.
As the music scene in Atlanta became the hot bed of popular music,
ALGEBRA
taught herself to play guitar and performed regularly at open mics. This
pivotal point in her career afforded her the time to develop her writing
and performance skills even further without the harness of a prescribed
format. "Soon you learn not to care what others think, you learn to
perform for you. I would come back week after week and I learned to
perform for balance and for freedom. I was becoming alive”.
This organic approach
permeates her music.
ALGEBRA
can easily be pop, rock, rap funk or crunk, yet she can breathe ballads
effortlessly. Collaborating with award-winning songwriter and producer
Brian Michael Cox on "What Happened" quickly
proved to be a true showcase of her brilliance. This soulful ballad is
delivered so honestly and with such vulnerability that it sounds like it
could be her autobiography. A song filled with
PURPOSE.
ALGEBRA’S
definitive voice and identity is one of full disclosure. "I don't want
to be boxed," she asserts. The litmus test of what she would create lies
in being relatable and in offering complete truth in every word she
sings. On the song “At This Time" she pours
her heart out, placing herself on display to someone whom she has waited
a long time to unite with citing descriptive and colorful lyrics, “My
arms brag to each other bout how you feel/From conversations I know what
they feel is real”. The current single “Run & Hide”
produced by the creator of the polka-dot error in hip hop himself, Kwame’
is a testament to all fellas that Miss
ALGEBRA
will not settle
for just any ‘ol guy with lame game. Better come correct or don’t come
at all.
As the first artist to be
released on the revamped Kedar Entertainment Group,
ALGEBRA
enters the contemporary soul music landscape following legacies created
by artists like D'Angelo, Erykah Badu and India.Arie all of whom
developed under the watchful eye of Massenburg. However her sound is
unique.
ALGEBRA
at first is unassuming, but it takes mere moments for you to recognize
that she is not just a tempest in a teapot but more like the catalyst of
a paradigm shift.
When asked the question,
what does
PURPOSE
mean to her and this project that she has waited so long to share with
the world;
ALGEBRA
replies “The
defining moment of purpose is when you realize all that you have is
worth less than nothing and still, life is worth living.” With there
being only two universal languages in this world - Math and Music; fate
would have it, southern songbird
ALGEBRA
represents both!
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