nina simone williams

Location:
UK
Type:
Artist / Band / Musician
Genre:
R&B
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I’VE BEEN HERE BEFORE. BUT THIS TIME IM HEAR TO STAY!



NINA SIMONE WILLIAMS IS A SOULFUL SONGSTRESS WHO GREW UP IN THE NORTH SIDE OF LONDON TOWN. SINGING FROM HER EYE WAS AT HER KNEE NINA HAD HER FIRST BREAK WHEN SHE WAS A TEENAGER IN A GIRL GROUP CALLED FIRST CLASS. FIRST CLASS WAS SIGNED TO A MAJOR RECORD COMPANY RCA RECORDS. TOURING WITH NAMES LIKE PETER ANDRE, BLACKSTREET AND MANY MORE, FIRST CLASS ALSO PERFORMED AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL, WEMBLEY ARENA AND OTHER PLACES YOU COULD ONLY DREAM OF. THEY WE’RE COMPARED TO MANY TALENTED ARTISTS BACK IN THE 90’S BUT NOONE COULD CAPTURE THE SWEET SOUND OF FIRST CLASS, WHOM LATER PARTED IN 1999 AFTER BEING DROPPED BY THEIR COMPANY A WEEK BEFORE THEIR FIRST SINGLE STRICTLY ROLLIN’ WAS TO BE RELEASED.

"I CAN’T EVEN TALK ABOUT THAT, JUST THINK YOUR SIGNED AT 17 OR 18, TOURING AT THE BEST PLACES, SLEEPING IN THE FINEST HOTELS AND HAVING WEEKLY ALLOWANCE TO LIVE ON, BUT THEN YOUR DROPPED AFTER DOING YOUR FIRST VIDEO FOR YOUR FIRST SINGLE ONLY TO BE TOLD THE COMPANY HAS GONE BUST. NOOONE ELSE WANTED US BECAUSE IN THE INDUSTRY EVEN THO ITS BIG ITS SMALL. OTHER COMPAINES HEARD WE WAS DROPPED AND BANCRUPT NOONE WANTED THE HASTLE OF 4 URBAN GIRLS AT THAT TIME, NOONE CARED. SO THE GIRLS AND I WENT TO AMERICA TO FIND OUR GROUNDS, BUT WE WAS SO BITTER EVERYONE COULD SEE THAT, THEN WE STARTED TO NOT GET ALONG. WE BROKE UP SOON AFTER WE CAME HOME. I WENT BACK TO AMERICA TO WORK FOR A FAMOUS PRODUCER AT HIS STUDIO COS I NEEDED SOME MONEY AND I WANTED TO STAY OUT THERE TO MAKE IT, BUT THAT DIDN’T WORK OUT, WE CLASHED. SO I CAME BACK HOME ANND CRIED, I THOUGHT I FAILED MYSELF."



IN 2000 NINA SIMONE WILLIAMS WAS VAMPED. BORN IN THE 70’S ORIGINALLY NAMED SIMONE WILLIAMS, SHE GREW UP IN A FAMILY OF TALENTED SCOUTS. "MY DAD DONE SOME ACTING AND MY MUM USE TO SING WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL, SHE HAD HER FIRST RECORD WHEN SHE WAS 14 SO I BELIEVE I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO PERFORM, EVEN IF I DIDN’T WANT TO, IT’S IN MY BLOOD."



NINA SIMONE WILLIAMS HOOKED UP WITH HER LONG TIME FRIEND AND PRODUCER BLAZE BILLIONS, CATCH BLAZE ON WWW.MYSPACE.COM/BLAZEBILLIONS TO HEAR ONE ON NINA’S SONGS CALLED LIKE DAT BABY. "I’VE KNOWN JAY FOR A MINUTE NOW, IT’S BEEN YEARS LIKE NEARLY 16 YEARS. HE WAS THE FIRST PRODUCER TO WORK WITH ME AND FIRST CLASS, INFACT WE DID A COVER SONG CALLED HEART OF STONE BY DAVE STEWART (FROM THE ERITHMICS) AND JAY PRODUCED IT, THAT WAS THE SONG THAT GOT US SIGNED TO RCA."



NINA SIMONE WILLIAMS IS HEAR TO PUT HER NAME ON THE MAP, BRINGING SONGS LIKE SHE WASN’T LAST NITE A COVER ORIGINALLY SUNG BY THE R&B SENSATION JESSE POWEL AND BITTER SYMPHONY YOU CAN TELL SHE HAS SASSYNESS TO BRING FOURTH.



"I GREW UP IN AMERICA AND I BELIEVE IF I DIDN’T GO OVER THERE TO LEARN SOMETHING I WOULDN’T BE WHO I AM TODAY, AMERICA TEACHES YOU TO FIGHT AND BELIEVE YOUR SELF, YOU CAN BE SOMETHING IF YOU PUT YOUR MIND BODY AND SOUL IN TO IT, I’M HEAR TO SHOW EVERONE THAT I AM NINA."



YOU CAN CATCH NINA DOING IT FOR THE LADIES ASWELL ON WWW.MYSPACE.COM/TALKBACK2NJN.



"I WANNA BE AN INSPIRATION TO ALL. I HAVE A SIX YEAR OLD SON WHO LOOKS UP TO ME ASWELL AS MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, NIECES, NEPHEWS, GOD CHILDREN,YOUNG COUSINS, AND OTHER CHILDREN SO WHEN I DO SOMETHING I HAVE TO THINK FIRST BECAUSE I HAVE ALOT OF FOLLOWERS WHO ARE WATCHING ME CAREFULLY, WE CAN ALL MAKE MISTAKES BUT I INPARTICULAR CAN’T AFFORD TO MESS UP. AS FOR TALKBACK2NJN THOSE GIRLS ARE WICKED, THEIR THE BEST I COULDN’T ASK FOR BETTER BUSINESS PARTNERS ASWELL AS GOOD FRIENDS, WE HAD AN IDEA A YEAR AGO AND WE DID OUR HOME WORK MET UP WITH JORDAN FROM INVINCIBLE RADIO AND THE REST IS HISTORY, ALL I CAN SAY TO THAT IS IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE WHO BELIEVES IN YOU IT HELPS A MILIION, AND JORDAN BELIEVED IN US. I’M HEAR TO TAKE THE WORLD BY STORM AND SO ARE MY GIRLS."



TO ALL THATS GOT IDEAS MAKE IT REALITY COS NOONE ELSE CAN STOP YOUR DREAM EXCEPT YOU.
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