Over a two-month period the group recorded more than 30 songs — half of which were submitted to Epic head L.A. Reid.
The group worked with a slew of in-demand hitmakers (Harmony Samuels, Dem Jointz, Stereotypes and DJ Camper are among their collaborators) for the project, which feels like an updated take of the edgy pop-oriented R&B of Destiny’s Child and SWV with the bite of Total, TLC and the short-lived Electrik Red.
“He might fool you from the way he talk below the waist,” they advise on the fiery women’s anthem “L.A.N.C.E.” (two of the words are unprintable here, but its abbreviation describes an unfaithful man).
Between the sassy, bouncy “Wrap Around”; the sensual slink of “Facts”; bass-rattling bangers “You Know Why You Calling” and “Problem”; and “Ratchet Life,” a smartly written number that sees the women offering tough love to a friend, the group is intent on delivering on Rowland’s promise.
They still need a name though.
Rowland says they came close with 1310, their first apartment together, but superstitions over the number 13 made them rethink it.
The group might not have settled on a name, but is anxious for its debut.
Its first single will arrive soon and the group’s debut TV performance (as of now) is set for “Greatest Hits,” ABC’s upcoming summer music series that has contemporary artists and heritage acts performing records that defined the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s (the group will pay homage to En Vogue while its label mates Fifth Harmony will perform a Destiny’s Child medley).
“I want them to see just as much or more than DC or En Vogue or TLC or any of us have,” Rowland says. “I just think it’s that time again. I want them to see the world. And once they conquer it — do it again.”
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment...nap-story.html
