Talk:Lyfe Jennings

Questions

I have a couple of questions for Lyfe! I just need to know why was he influenced on writing the song "Hypothetically"? If he could just give me all the information on the song Hypothetically. I would greatly appreciate it because I need as much information from him so I can complete my studies for college with a speech that I'm doing on his song Hypothetically! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.20.212.23 (talk • contribs)

Lyfe

Lyfe is my favorite singer. I'll guess I'll work hard to edit this. --Pumpkin Pie 18:32, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

IS LYFE JENNINGS THE DYLAN OF HIP-HOP?

Music Review In the 60’s Bob Dylan re-invented Rock n Roll and ushered in a new era, as well as a new genre called “Folk Rock”. In the 90’s a new genre called, “Hip-Hop” exploded onto the seen but rapidly became a cookie-cutter, quick fix and uninspired money-making machine. Lyfe Jennings; although consider a hip-hop artist is far more than just another customary artist, he is a fresh, innovative and unique artist that must be classified and in a whole genre, “Hip-Hop Funk Folk”.

The Motivation A tall, wirier and somewhat scraggily figure drags himself across the famous Apollo stage and nervously position himself onto a stool centered middle stage. Dressed in camouflage trousers, hooded sweat shirt, baseball cap, masked with a scraggily beard no mustache. He strums’ his acoustic guitar and began his crackling soliloquy, “I done had money, I done been broke. I done been laugh at and talked about and been lied on by so many folks”. January 2003, during a taping of “Showtime at the Apollo” on national television Lyfe Jennings was introduced himself to the world; in so doing, shared a universal language of intimate pains, “Lyfe” experiences and mistakes often accustomed to youth and immaturity.

Like a Phoenix Born in Toledo, Ohio, Chester “Lyfe” Jennings grew up singing in church and actively pursued his musical passions until being sided-tracked by the lost of his father at an early age and eventually; at the tender age of fourteen, the lost of his freedom. In 1992, Jennings was incarnated for arson and spent 10 years on “lock-down”. His music is representative that he made the most of his time in prison by writing his deep and penetrating lyrics and by strengthening his spirituality. "Deeper situations tend to lead to deeper music and prison was one of those deeper situations. (Music) gave me an opportunity to express emotions in an unemotional environment." In December 2002 after being release from prison Jennings wasted no time launching his musical career. Upon one day’s acclamation back into the free world he produced a 4 song CD and on the third day he introduced himself to a live audience at a local nightclub. Like a phoenix Lyfe Jennings immediately ascended to the front of the line of hip-hop and redefining the genre as his sophomore album, “The Phoenix” reflects.

Lyfe Changes 2008, in his third and most anticipated album “Lyfe Changes”, Jennings has obviously won the acclaim of his peers utilizing a multitude of producers and artists to enrich his already usually and unbounded insight on ghetto “Lyfe”, thuggin’, haters’; as well as, relationships, spirituality, goals and a desire for higher aspirations. This 15 track complication is indicative of Jennings’ passion for evolving into the best artist he can be. While “Lyfe Changes” is not as raw or acoustically based as his first album, “Lyfe 268-192” which sold over a million copies nor does it seem to embody his politically motivated sophomore effort, “The Phoenix”, Changes is a delicate combination of his two previous a albums that offers some very promises tracks. His first single, “Never, Never Land” is a melancholy, laid-back love songs equipped with a phat bass line and ingeniously placed fairy tale references. As most of Jennings songs remain lyrically deep some just straight jam. “Warriors”, another phat beat jam with a war chant that seems to work well. Guest appearances include Snoopy Dogg and Wyleaf Jean. Jean simply sets it off on his reggae infused, “If You Think You’ve Got It Bad?” His short-winded speech impediment is refreshing and a beautiful compliment to Jennings’ every evolving and eloquently harshly raw voice. “Midnight Train” is a beautiful example of his folk-like adeptness. It is a nearly totally acoustic and simple feel-good song with slight references from Gladys Knight and Pips’, “Midnight Train to Georgia”. Lyfe Jennings’, “Lyfe Changes” album will not alienate r & b, rock, folk, funk or hip-hop fans. In fact, it will most probably infuse and invite collaborative conversions between the devotees of these different genres. If Jennings can continue to transcend genres and create his own unique nitch in the music industry he might be someday referred to as the “New Millennium Dylan”. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.254.130.235 (talk) 14:24, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Arrest needs to be moved

It is not part of his early life. 76.184.86.60 (talk) 18:39, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

External links modified

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified one external link on Lyfe Jennings. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

• Added {{dead link}} tag to https://instagram.com/p/jnZZ8DDKxJ/
• Added {{dead link}} tag to https://instagram.com/p/udCKgrjK8o/
• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20080725130955/http://lyfeonline.com/ to http://www.lyfeonline.com/
• Added {{dead link}} tag to http://www.lyfeonline.com/

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

• If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
• If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 18:36, 6 January 2018 (UTC)

When the hell was this guy born??

1973 or 1978????--Malerooster (talk) 01:57, 3 February 2018 (UTC)

He was born in 1978. For a long time his Wikipedia article incorrectly listed his age as 1973. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pm160 (talk • contribs) 00:39, 2 March 2018 (UTC)