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"Marsha loves singing and I love talking, and we just figured out a way to do that as a business," Stewart said
"Natalie knows how to ride a beat, knows how to dip in and out of it, and Marsha almost plays her voice like an instrument in the track with her voice on top of it Ultimately we're all just shades of the same color," she said She would be Marley, her dreadlocks tucked beneath a trendy cap "
Floetry honed their blend of R&B, spoken-word performance, jazz and hip-hop on the London poetry circuit, taking their name from a fan who said their poetry "flowed S Stewart jumps to clarify
"What a band that would be, Prince and Bob Marley!" she laughs "It's the hard way of writing a love song Ambrosius and Stewart steadily built industry buzz writing songs for other artists, including "Butterflies," arguably the only hit from Michael Jackson's 2000 album "Invincible If you're not really into the love stories, you can still enjoy the sound Erving III, son of former Sixers star Julius Erving The content just adds to the flavor of it," said Keith Pelzer, who with Darren Henson produced the album's title song " A 2000 U The pair recorded "Floetic" in the city at local legend DJ Jazzy Jeff Towne's Touch of Jazz studios
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Their debut album, "Floetic," recently garnered three Grammy nominations
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Stewart, 23, imagines out loud a Floetry concert where they each performed as their influences floetry Basketball rivals in high school, Ambrosius and Stewart not only sit courtside at 76ers games â€â€? their manager is J tour of open-mic nights led them to Philadelphia, where they quickly found a home with local R&B artists such as The Roots, Jill Scott and Musiq When Stewart gets distracted, Ambrosius cuts her friend a look, shakes her cherry red Afro, and laughingly leads the way back to the answer
The conversation is one of many started by Ambrosius but diverted by Stewart
"American Idol," with its mass-marketed stars and music, followed them to the U You sound like what influences you
"Basically our songs are about spur-of-the-moment honesty," said Ambrosius, 25 " They also contributed to Glenn Lewis' album "World Outside My Window," and "Love Again" for Jill Scott and Jazz on the "Rush Hour 2" soundtrack
Their sultry harmonies make hard-won realizations â€â€? breaking-up-is-for-the-best, he's-not-going-to-call, taking-a-chance-risks-heartache â€â€? a little easier to take
Sitting in Erving's office beneath a plaque marking 2 million sales of Jackson's record, Ambrosius said she takes heart in other artists' struggles for recognition , Earns Grammy Nod
PHILADELPHIA (AP) â€â€? When Floetry's soul-rap-poetry mix failed to break the "Pop Idol" mania gripping their home town of London, the duo fled to Philadelphia S
"It's sad how the press is treating Justin Timberlake for emulating Michael Jackson
The duo finished "Floetic" in three weeks in August 2000, but the album languished until its release in October Floetry Heads to U I don't deny that sometimes I sound like Michael Jackson
Marsha Ambrosius matches smooth vocals to Natalie Stewart's quick rhymes about the raw side of relationships |