Jaheim

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0><script type="text/javascript" src="http://hb.lycos.com/hb.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ratings.lycos.com/ratings/lycosRating.js.php"></script> <script type="text/javascript"><![CDATA[//><!]]></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://scripts.lycos.com/catman/init.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-start.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-middle.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-end.js"></script> <noscript> <img src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/img/common/ot_noscript.gif?rand=62387" alt="" width="1" height="1" />  <iframe frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" width="728" height="90" src="http://ad.yieldmanager.com/st?ad_type=iframe&ad_size=728x90&section=209094"></iframe>  </noscript> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=125 BGCOLOR="#AAAAAA" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="03c467d1euxmic.gif"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Kristi Singer</b></FONT><B>     </b><B>|     </b><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kristi Singer"><U><B>home</b></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id55.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Jamey Graves"><U>Jamey Graves</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id61.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Jam Pain Society"><U>Jam Pain Society</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id182.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Janis Ian"><U>Janis Ian</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id72.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Jimmy Buffet"><U>Jimmy Buffet</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id124.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Joey McIntyre"><U>Joey McIntyre</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id241.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="John Legend"><U>John Legend</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id112.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Journey"><U>Journey</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id173.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="justincase"><U>justincase</U></A>   |   <B>Jaheim</b></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=190 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <A HREF="id16.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Writing Samples"><U><B>Back to Articles</b></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=355 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Jaheim</div> <bR> <div> <B>Every day is Mother's Day for Jaheim</b></div> <div> By Kristi Singer</div> <div> <I>Star-News Correspondent</I></div> <div> Published July 17, 2003</div> <bR> <div> Jaheim is putting ladies first on his sophomore album, <I>Still Ghetto</I>, which released in April. The album's first single, P<I>ut That Woman First</I>, is a song for any men who might want a little love advice, according to the singer.</div> <bR> <div> "You gotta take time," the 23-year-old R&B vocalist said during a phone interview from Boston. "You can't ignore her, make her feel invisible. Don't put your eggs in the basket if you don't want them to hatch."</div> <bR> <div> Jaheim, born Jaheim Hoagland, said the song is, "an anthem for women."</div> <bR> <div> "Women - be a woman. Be women," Jaheim said. "When a woman's fed up - it's like all these voices saying, 'I'm fed up and I'm tired now.' And when you hear those words there you know you got to put that woman first."</div> <bR> <div> From his own relationships and watching the relationships that his mother, Julie, went through, Jaheim has learned that "love can only go so far" and that "you gotta come back to reality."</div> <bR> <div> "Every man and every woman just gotta learn how to love, share and understand the wisdom that God gave you. And with that wisdom you can find foundation," Jaheim said.</div> <bR> <div> These words of wisdom are spoken by the New Brunswick, N.J., native, who went from living in the projects to having a double-platinum debut album about living in the projects (2001's <I>Ghetto Love</I>). Jaheim cites his mother as the root of his appreciation for women. After his father died when he was 2, Julie raised Jaheim and his two brothers alone. His mother's love and his own passion for music kept him on track.</div> <bR> <div> When he was 16, his mother passed away. Jaheim dedicated <I>Still Ghetto</I> to her.</div> <bR> <div> "My mother's all I know and all I really remember, and she brought me into this world and made me a prince of man. I decided to do something special for her," Jaheim said.</div> <bR> <div> Aside from dedicating the album, he also honored his mom by selling online a product you wouldn't normally associate with a hit R&B star: bath crystals.</div> <bR> <div> "I created a bath store and named it after her," Jaheim said. "She had three boys, so when she was stressed she went straight to the tub. When I lost her, I said I want to give back to all these women to get time for themselves and get away from all the madness of kids and all your worries."</div> <bR> <div> Jaheim also wrote <I>Everywhere I Am</I>, track No. 12 on <I>Still Ghetto</I>, for his mother.</div> <bR> <div> "She's everywhere," Jaheim said. "Everybody always said she's going to be everywhere you go and now I see" what they meant.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I>For more on Jaheim, log on to www.jaheim</I><I>music.com or www.juliesdream.com.</I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>