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(Rating: 4.0/5.0)
One of the Bay Area’s most anticipated projects of 2009 comes from R&B singer Jimmie Reign. The songwriters’ Promo CD Pretty Girl is rapidly gaining popularity and worldwide recognition. Produced by (fellow hometown resident) Chuck Diesel, Ms. Reigns' Pretty Girl exhibits her keen soft vocals and buoyant energy that has made her one of the Bay Area’s leading female vocalist.
Jimmie is no rookie to the front stage;opening for the likes of Keyshia Cole, Chico Debarge, Jagged Edge, Eric Roberson, Dwele and Bilal - plus many more.
She has also chorused hooks for other popular Bay Area artists such as Too Short and E-40. A few of her well known songs include “Super Star”, “Trying to be Your Girl” and “Keep Pushing”.
Jimmie makes valid claims to being the original “go girl”. The previous release of her mixtape titled “Go Girl” in 2007 came before (former Shonuff Records recording artist) Ciara released her (same titled) hit single in 2009. In an interview with DC from Bay FTV, Jimmie cited, [“…she stole something from me…”]
Though there is a dispute on who is the “originator”, there isn’t any real beef between the two entertainers.
Pretty Girl is laced with multiple blazin’ tracks. “Rushin” is one of my favorite cuts and features a sample from L.L. Cool J’s banging single “Hey Lover”.
Ms. Reign’s warm music touches anyone who has experienced any of life’s complicated issues. Topics such as single motherhood, self image and broken home resentment are addressed. Jimmie had this to say about her music, “My songs are about struggles with self esteem and trouble with relationships….I have issues just like the rest of the world has issues. My catharsis is translating all the negative and positive energy from my life into music that people can love and feel.”
Jimmie believes in staying connected to her fans and even had a contest on MySpace where anyone could compete to help produce the remix for the song “Dreamin” – which is a hot track by the way.
One could label Ms. Reign not only as a mother/singer/songwriter but also as a hip hop junkie. On the albums lead single “Different Person”, the artist displays one of her hidden talents by beat-boxing during the breakdown.
The multi-talented prima donna is also bi-lingual and has also released a Spanish version of the song “Let Me”.
If she keeps writing good ballads, stays focused and keeps smiling; she will make it to the top.
She’s currently preparing to go on tour in 2010. The final release date for the actual album is still unknown. Until then, you can purchase her melodies on iTunes Music, watch her videos on MySpace and catch updates via Facebook.
Be on the lookout because chic is definitly on the grind. All I can say is...YOU GO GIRL!!!



# of songs on album: 9
# of songs worth a listen: 7