Jan 21, 2010
The former protege and first signing to Missy Elliot’s label Goldmind, Nicole Wray released her debut album “Make It Hot” back in 1998. It was through her association with Elliot that she was able to work with Playa, who were members with Elliot of...
Jan 5, 2010
Although this song is not new (it was recorded for Playa’s second album in the early 00s), it was recently released on Playa’s “Unreleased Compilation.” Alicia Keys released “You Don’t Know My Name” with the same beat in 2003...
Dec 2, 2009
Here is Static and Smokey of Playa performing “If You Scared, Then Say You Scared” live. This is a really moving performance right here, and this right here is the essence of r&b music. Smoke also performed a version of the song which appeared on his...
Dec 2, 2009
YouKnowIGotSoul caught up with Smoke E. Digglera, formerly of the group Playa, to discuss everything from his time spent in Playa, to working with Static Major, to running his own record label and developing his own artists. Smoke is mad cool and is all about making...
Nov 6, 2009