I'v met jessie a number of times before smash hit "Do It Like A Dude" and before all the leather jackets and the pointy spike lipstick i met Jessie Cornish.My first thought was always that she will go far but i have to be honest i never thought she would be so big so quick but hey thats showbiz!!!
I'm not necessarily saying i like her, but i sense from her power of a voice and her hugely commercial songs that she is going to be massive. People in this country love big strong voices that hit high notes and blast you with hurricane force, and Jessie J is one of those. And she can do it live although i don't like the live j j j j j j j j Jessie J bit, bit toooo much for me.After hearing "Do It Like A Dude" the first feeling i got was it doesn't need machines to make it sound "good". It is, technically, impressive enough to give GaGa's people sleepless nights.
But she's more than just A Voice. She writes, too – not just doodles in her bedroom i mean songs. Hit songs. And not theoretical ones, either. She wrote Party in the USA for Miley Cyrus, which even grown-ups admit is a great pop tune. And she's from Essex! We all love Essex girls thanks to the Only Way Is Essex and the lovely Amy Childs.I'v been listening to Jessie's 2011 debut album Who You Are loads over the last few days (Think its released on ITunes Today) and they're all pretty good.I had to listen to a few of them more than 4 times but a lot of them are growers! she does grimy R&B on her Labrinth-mixed single Do It Like a Dude and retro-soul Ronson-style with added BoB on Price Tag. Nobody's Perfect is very very Lily Allen-ish feisty pop and Who You Are is the one that could be big in America for me, and indeed could BE American, which they all love in the states!!
So how did this Essex girl get to have BoB on her debut album and write a No 1 for America's biggest teen sensation while also, unbelievably, co-writing songs for Alicia Keys (that's right: "for", not "with"). Long story. But it involves Cornish landing a role, aged 11, on the London stage in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Whistle Down the Wind, signing to Gut Records (aka the home of Right Said Fred) before it went bust, a stint with the famous William Morris Agency in the States, a showcase at the legendary Viper Rooms, meetings with R&B kingpin LA Reid before the 22-year-old then suffered a minor stroke and decided she really needed to get this party started!!!!
At which point, she toured with Chris Brown across Europe, supported Cyndi Lauper, worked with hits master Dr Luke, and did some recordings that got Justin Timberlake to say "She's is the best singer in the world right now" Since then, celebs have been queuing up in cyberspace to praise her, with tweets from, among others, Kylie and Paloma Faith. She's even got her own online TV show, Dare Jessie, about to launch, in which fans will be invited to issue a series of challenges.Well i dare her to take on the Beyoncés and Pinks of this world,Some music writers that then take to the stage don't always do that well but as we are the same age and from the same place i wish her all the luck in the world.I'm a sucker for anyone from London (Leona Lewis) or Essex!!Just feels nicer supporting someone that you know or that you have some connection with.I must admit i have seen,heard,met girls and guys that are unsigned that could match Jessie's vocal anyway but no one could take away her writing abilities and like they say the proof is in the pudding!!!
Stomp, stomp, she's arrived!
Thanks for reading guy's!!!
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