"Fearless"

Jazmine Sullivan is gearing up

to release her debut album

“Fearless” on September 23. She recently took time out to do an interview with “The Urban Daily” over at “Giant” magazine. Here is a snippet of that interview.

TUD: How would you describe the album and yourself as an artist? I know you started in Black Lily, and a lot of people who come out of there - Jill Scott, Musiq, Floetry - they all get pegged as "neo soul" artists. But how would you label yourself?

JS: I try not to label myself; I make music. When people hear the album, they'll realize that there really is no label for me. I been influenced by so many different genres, and its included in my album. There's really not one thing that you can say I am. I try to be as creative as I can and include all those things so that it can reach everybody. I don't want to leave anybody out. So, you know, if there's somebody that loves jazz, they should be able to get a taste of it on my album. Or if there's somebody that loves R&B, they should hopefully get a taste of it on my album. Or if there's somebody that loves reggae, or hip-hop, or pop or anything, they should be able to get it all included in my album because that's who I am. And I'm just not afraid to be different and try different things, and do different things. And that's the main reason why I named the album Fearless, because that's really where I'm at right now: I'm not scared to say certain things that other people may not say. I'm not afraid.

To read the rest of that interview, visit http://www.giantmag.com/.

To listen to Jazmine Sullivan’s remix of “Need U Bad” featuring T.I., check out www.myspace.com/jazminesullivan.