00:00I grew up in New Jersey where Blastin' Out the Cars were records like Lolita Holloway, Love Sensation,
00:05which to me, even though it had a disco beat, it was still R&B music.
00:10I think after that, my first influence in R&B would be Luther Vandross, and then came Anita Baker.
00:16I think when her Rapture album came out, I sang probably almost every song on that album
00:23in a talent show in my high school at one time or another.
00:26The first R&B album that I bought, I knew I had to get my hands on that The Barge album.
00:34I just remember going to my cousin's house on the weekends, and they would play that record over and over,
00:40and I just begged my grandmother, because, you know, we weren't really supposed to buy, like, secular music
00:45and play it in my house, but I just begged and begged, and she let me get it because I told her
00:50they played it over at my cousin's house, so she said, if they play it, then it must be okay.
00:54The soundtrack to my first love, the soundtrack to what I thought was my first love would be that The Barge album,
01:02because I just knew I was going to marry Elle The Barge.
01:05If there was a soundtrack for Me and Biggie's Love, it would probably be 112 albums,
01:11when it was still in its demo stages, because we played it nonstop.
01:15One of my proudest moments in my career, not only had a chance to perform at Clive Davis' annual Grammy party
01:22when my first album was out, I was backstage about to perform, and someone was walking down the hallway
01:28singing, like, the intro for my album, I have a face, and it was Whitney Houston.
01:33We became cool, like, ever since then, and, like, wow, that was just a moment for me.
01:39She was singing my little thing thing?
01:41It wasn't even a single on the radio, like, that meant she listened to my record, you know?
01:46So that was really bomb.
01:48Oh, wow, every experience working with Puff is an experience.
01:52And it's most of the time fun experiences, if you know how to embrace it.
01:58Back when I first signed, and he used to tell me I was too pale,
02:01and he would walk me to the tanning salon every day.
02:05Like, stuff like that to me was, like, fun.
02:07Other than that, anytime you're around him, it's, you know, like, oh, boy.
02:11I'm so looking forward to getting on the stage at the Essence Festival,
02:14because when the Bad Boy family is on the stage together,
02:18there's all types of fun going on.
02:20Watch out, fun over here, fun over there.
02:23Hey, it's Faith Evans, and I am so excited to be performing
02:27on the Essence Festival mainstays this year.
02:30Make sure you get your tickets now.
02:32They're going fast.
02:33I want to see you in the place.
02:35Yes!
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