But people who strictly concentrate on commercial success, once it's gone they have nothing. "I think that commercial success is a product of street level success. In October 2008 Lyfe was arrested on various charges, including possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, allegedly stemming from a domestic dispute. However, no big hits came from the album and sales dipped in comparison with The Phoenix. The album also contains a cover of 2Pac's "Keep Ya Head Up." 2008 saw a shift in Lyfe's music: no longer content to be critically acclaimed, he made a concerted effort to appeal more to the mainstream on his third album, Lyfe Change. The Phoenix had a sizeable Hip-Hop influence: among the guest performers on the album were the rappers Three 6 Mafia, Young Buck and Project Pat. The first single, "S.E.X.," about a pubescent teenage girl dealing with her hormones, becaume a moderate hit on the R&B charts. Jennings' second album The Phoenix, was released in August 2006 and debuted at No. It wasn't until the album's second single, "Must Be Nice," was released that the album finally took off and became a hit. The album's first single was "Stick Up Kid," which was only moderately successful. Lyfe's debut album, Lyfe 268-192 in August 2004 (268-192 had been his inmate number). He eventually moved from Toledo to New York City to further pursue a music career, and wound up signing with Columbia Records. Later in 2003, Lyfe independently released a four-song EP, What Is Love. Although he was booed when he walked onstage, he eventually won the crowd over and eventually won five amateur night victories in a row. In January 2003, he performed on amateur night at the famous Showtime at The Apollo in Harlem, New York. Jennings was released from prison in December 2002 and pursued a music career. Lyfe began playing music in prison and even started a prison music program. During his time in an Ohio prison, Lyfe discovered Erykah Badu's 1997 album, Baduizm, and it rekindled his love for music.
In October of the same year, when he was 19, Lyfe was sentenced to a 10-year prison term on arson charges. Lil' Scrappy - Money In The Bank Mista - Blackberry Molasses Aaliyah - At Your Best (You Are Love) Outkast feat. Sean Paul of the Youngbloodz - Do It To It Young Buck feat. In February 1993 he was arrested on drug charges. Lyfe Jennings - Must Be Nice Cherish feat. He later joined a group called The Dotsons with two of his cousins and his older brother, Jay. Lyfe began singing at a young age in a church choir in his hometown of Toledo. That will be one of the songs in our DVD slideshow as well.Real name: Chester "Lyfe" Jennings. I''ve mentioned this in other threads but we''re also having "True Companion" played too ( ). It doesn''t seem like the easiest song to dance to but I love it. I know I want "Into the Mystic" played at some point as well but I''m not sure when. Water Music, Air by Handel: (I''m not sure about using this one though).įor the father/daughter and mother/son dance (we''re combining them), we''re going to use "What a Wonderful World." Our first dance will be "Someone Like You" by Van Morrison. The Wedding Song (There is Love): (we''d probably do an instrumental version) We might use this as our moms walk down the aisle): I provided the links because although the names of all of these songs are probably known, I always forget what some of them sound like - especially since they''re instrumental).Īve Maria (again, played by the harp so there wouldn''t be vocals. As I mentioned, we''re having a friend play the harp but our DJ will do the recessional. Here are some others we like and will probably use a few of them at some point during the ceremony.
I''m not sure if that will be played on the harp (by a family friend) before the ceremony (as guests wait) or if I''ll use that one to walk down the aisle. Our ceremony will be short, about 30 minutes probably. We''re still thinking about what music we want for the ceremony. Ask our PriceScope members and industry experts for a second opinion or get lost in the thousands of user-shared diamond and jewelry images for inspiration.