Kalae All Day: Grrrrrrrrrrrrr..

Monday, March 2, 2009

Grrrrrrrrrrrrr..

So for those of you who have spoken to me in the past 3weeks should already know Ive been "watching" what I eat by "eliminating" animal products and by-products.. So far Ive been pretty good with a small slice of cheese here and a piece of sushi there and honestly I wasn't finding it hard at all until my roommate started cooking all this meat in the house and he throws DOWN in the kitchen.. Vegans, any support you can offer to stop me from giving into the sweet smell of veal roasting in the oven? Im drooling just thinking about it.. Help a sista out!

Meanwhile, I got booked for an awesome show at Penn Hotel coming up March 20th with some special surprises.. Okay Okay ill tell you one, SOURCE MAGAZINE will be sponsoring the event! Word to big bird! Any who, here's the preview flyer until I get all the sexy details..

If anyone is wondering where this delicious superwoman pic came from, I did a rooftop photo shoot with a good friend of mine, Adam from AIRIES Photography in late January (yes, I was freezing my ASS off.) Here are a few of the frames..

oh yea you like that..

im so super duper fly..

had to throw it up, can you blame me?
To see more pics from the shoot just visit me at myspace.com/kalaeallday and dont forget to listen to the Charles Hamilton Remix. I've been getting some amazing feedback so i big shout out to those of you who took the time to visit and show love. It was graciously received :D.

Well, enough of that.. heres some ish im writing.. just a teaser.. incase niggas get hungry and start bitin :D

"Your heart raids
Like the centuries of tyrants who marked slaves
Made peasants outta kings in the dark days
Playing my heart you at arcade
Inserting mad wood like an arc aid
Your leadership is unswayed
Even though youre drawing out wrong plays
They follow you always
Can convince anything
Persistently persuade
You think your love is king
It aint even pawn babe...

In an ocean of my tears your racin
To make it to your destination
You'd slit throats for the sake of your declaration
I AM MAN, fuck the unity of a nation
You talk mad shit its crap oration
You almost as bad as these corporations
That make the world turn say the tv stations
But i stay hatin
Since my high school graduation
Your a hard situation
You keep my highs up like a kite mass elation..." -KALAE ALL DAY

BIO

Kalae Nouveau (formerly known as Kalae All Day) is a singer/songwriter/emcee. The Harlem native has over 100 New York shows under her belt, at venues such as SOB's, Crash Mansion (RIP), Sputnik (RIP), The Knitting Factory, Public Assembly, Highline Ballroom, Santos Party House, SouthPaw (RIP) and Ashford and Simpson's Sugar Bar. Opening for rappers Jean Grae, Talib Kweli, Keith Murray and CL Smooth, she has been making her presence felt on the music scene in NYC since 2008.

A natural performer, Kalae sang in the Children's Choir at the Harlem School of Arts at the tender age of four. She went on to be influenced and inspired by musical talents such as the great Jimi Hendrix. Kalae at times describes herself as 'neo-soul' or 'hip hop' but in reality she supersedes all genres, so it therefore made sense for her to create her own genre, one which truly defines who she is, Kalae Nouveau is; Afromatic-neo hippie-rockstar-soul music.

At an arresting 5'10" (6ft if you include her hair) Kalae brings the energy and presence of a vet to her stage show and leaves the crowd begging for more. Kalae first stepped on stage 4 years ago, performing original tracks to only 20 people with nothing but a smile, a habibi scarf and a guitar player. Since then Kalae has been called "One of the most notable female MCs in the New York circuit" by Above Ground Magazine. But she is much more than an "MC," she is an artist.

On March 17th 2010, Kalae released her first recorded project under "Kalae All Day," executively produced by chart topping artist, Princess Superstar, entitled "AFROMATIKNEOHIPPIEROCK*SOLEMUSIK". The album includes guest appearances by, Homeboy Sandman, Mic Wilson (the rapper formerly known as Prezzure) and Rebel Starr to name a few. It has been compared to the likes of Mos Def's second project by Beyond Race Magazine; "The multi-eclectic approach of Kalae's album raises a similar question as Mos Def's sophomore solo, which challenges listeners' definition of what hip-hop is, by including sounds from some of hip-hop's mother genres." The music video for the first single, "O.G.LYRIKALBOOKBAGGER" featuring Homeboy Sandman, has been featured on many popular blogs such as, Okayplayer, Nahright and 2dopeboyz.

In 2009 Kalae became the only female singer to ever win the Brooklyn Bodega Show and Prove. The grand prize was the opportunity to perform on the main stage of the 2010 Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival along side legends De La Soul, which was a huge honor for her. In August of 2010 she opened for Dead Prez, Cody ChesnuTT and Pharoahe Monch at The Highline Ballroom. In November of 2010 she received her first endorsement by the bag company Slappa and made a promotional video for the company using a mixture of recorded and live music that was released in Jan of 2011.

In 2011 Kalae released a Bossa Nova inspired EP with rapper and Spoken word artist SciryL Cooper. It was received very well and written up in the Revivalist section of OkayPlayer. Soon there after Kalae was chosen to be featured in an Artist Spotlight mini documentary sponsored by Kotex and aired on MTV for 6months. That same year she released a music video "20 Kit Kats 4 the Riff Raff" which was written up by Vibe.com who posed the question, "Is Kalae All Day the next female rap Superstar?"

In 2012 Kalae released "PassTimes & Crasslines" her highly anticipated first mixtape with tracks by MF Doom and Flying Lotus. She also appeared on the pop/rock duo Hank & Cupcakes debut album "Naked" on the official remix to "Aint No Love." That same year Kalae declared that "Artists evolve and so do names" and changed her name to Kalae Nouveau.

In 2013 Kalae was featured on "WomanUp" the Remix by pop singer Charlene Kaye.

Kalae Nouveau is currently working on Nou* music to better represent the artist she is. She encompasses many musical influences, spanning from Soul to Electronic to Hip Hop and her goal is to erase the line between mainstream and underground.

Monday, March 2, 2009

Grrrrrrrrrrrrr..

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