IAYAALIS Proclaims I Am You Are And Love IS…!
Multi-talented creatrix fuses hip-hop, soul, spoken word on debut music release
NASHVILLE – March 29, 2011 – IAYAALIS is a creatrix – a female creator and multi-talent whose critically-acclaimed rhymes, singing voice, spoken word, poetry, prose, and visual art have earned respect and admiration from free-thinking, progressive audiences internationally.
Now, with the March 2011 release of her long-awaited musical debut, I Am You Are And Love IS…!, IAYAALIS rouses the senses, painting contagious melodies and enlightened lyrics on a canvas of scintillating rhythms and speaker-knocking bass. Eclectic, esoteric and engaging, I Am You Are And Love IS…! offers an aural collage of hip hop, soul and spoken word that elevates the spirit while it heats up the dance floor.
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Nashville-based Donalda Antonia Chandler, whose acronymic name, I.A.Y.A.A.L.IS stands for I Am You Are And Love IS (pronounced “i-yall-EE”), emerged from the Middle Tennessee arts community as an award-winning emcee, singer, poet, visual and performance artist. According to The Nashville Scene newspaper, IAYAALIS’ lyrical style merges “sensual physicality with deep spiritual insights and a distinctly feminine point of view”. The music infuses a cross-section of hip-hop and soul sounds with occasional flashes of African percussion, dancehall rhythms and other worldly vibrations.
Her Nashville Music Award nomination for Best Unsigned Artist sparked frenzied courtships by major labels, but ultimately IAYAALIS refused to compromise her independence and artistry. Instead, she partnered with longtime friend and collaborator Nadir Omowale and his Detroit-based indie label, EAPro Inc., to release an album that displays the full, incandescent range of IAYAALIS’ vocal and musical imagery.
I Am You Are And Love IS…! showcases the talents of several producers including Salle Vation, J Mink, Nadir Omowale, and Beat Kang Reavis Mitchell, III – co-creator of the Beat Thang music production system. The collection also contains posthumous releases of productions by late Afrikan Dreamland founder Aashid Himons and late Nashville hip-hop pioneer Bruce Dungee.
“For me, I Am You Are And Love IS…! is my expression of who I am and some of the things I’m about,” IAYAALIS says. “This album represents years of hard work, life experiences and hopefully an opportunity to inspire and cause people to think.”
I Am You Are And Love IS…! is available for purchase at IAYAALIS.com, EAPro.net, iTunes, Amazon.com, and other select retailers. Please visit www.iayaalis.com for more information and updates.
