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Sisters Trina and Tamara
have paid their dues, sharing
their creative talents with a num
ber of major recording artists
including Brandy, Something
For The People, Deborah Cox,
Aaron Hall, Heavy D., Adina
Howard and their own brother
Jesse Powell. Most recently,
they were featured on the tune
“Lay You Down” on hitmaker
Jermaine Dupri’s platinum al
bum, Life in 1472. Now, with
the release of their self-titled
C olum bia d eb u t, T rina &
Tamara are ready to step out
and show the world what indus
try insiders have known for the
lasts few years.
From the first dance-flavored
first single, “W hat’d You Come
Here For,’ to the haunting fla
vor of "Blue,” Trina and Tamara
deliver a fine mix of rhythmic
grooves and slow jams that dem
onstrate both their vocal and
writing skills. Take “Joanne,’ a
no-nonsense tale of a so-called
friend with a m an-stealin’ plan:
“That’s a situation a lot of young
women go through,” says 1 rina.
“We wrote some of the songs on
the album from our own experi
ences and some from the expe
riences of our friends. If that
happened to me? Well, most of
my friends know not to even try
it!”
Tamara mentions a couple of
songs on the album that are
“about fantasies that women
have. ‘Let’s Go’ is the story of
a girl who sees a guy she finds
very attractive. She’s telling
him she wants to go for a ride in
his car,’ she smiles, “but what
she’s really saying has much
more of a sexual meaning to it!
Then the tune “29” (co-writter
by Deborah Cox) is about a girl
who’s at a ballgame and sees
the player with the number 29
on his shirt...and she fantasizes
about getting with him.”
Public recognition for the tal
ented siblings came when Some
thing For The People were com
pleting their second album as
recording a rtists : T am ara
helped write the song “My Love
Is The Shhh!” which emerged
as a pop and R&B smash for
SFTP in 1997. The chart-top
ping, million-selling single also
featured Trina & Tamara vo
cally and, aside from appearing
in the popular video for the
song, the duo performed exten
sively with SFTP once they hit
the road in ’97. “We spent about
a year touring,” says Tamara,
“and it was a great experience
for us. Working with Something
For The People was a real op
portunity for us to let the public
discover us.”
That discovery process inevi
tably extended to record execu
tives who w ere im
pressed with the multi
faceted talent of the two
sisters. "We got quite a
few offers,” Trina says,
“and we chose Colum
bia Records as our re
cording hom e. We
started working on the
album at the start of
1998, w riting tunes,
picking m aterial. We
wanted to create a record
that was well-rounded:
you know, some sexy
songs, some strong bal
lads, something for ev
eryone!”
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a d v e r t i s e r s , f ilm m a k e r s , a ll in d iv id u a ls w ho p o s
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ta le n t from a ll e th n i c it ie s p a s s io n , and s e lf - d e te r m i
to h e lp p r o m o t e t h e i r n a tio n fo r s u c c e s s . T he
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p r o d u c ts a n d s e r v ic e s .
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a g e n c y has b e e n v e ry f a and e x e m p lify the q u a li
v o ra b le in the in d u s tr y , as tie s s u m m a riz e d in th is
my c lie n ts h a v e e x p re s s e d s im p le s ta te m e n t.
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so lid b u s in e s s b a c k
g ro u n d h a v in g o b
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a c c o u n tin g from the
U n iv e rs ity o f P o r t
la n d , a M a s te r o f
T a x a tio n
d e g re e
from P o rtla n d S ta te
U n iv e rs ity an d r e
c e iv e d my C e r tif ie d
P u b lic A c c o u n ta n ts
(C P A ) lic e n s e from
the s ta te o f O re g o n .
I ’ve h e ld p o s itio n s
w ith th e i n t e r n a
tio n a l a c c o u n tin g
f ir m , C o o p e r s &
L y b ran d
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P ric e w a te r h o u s e
C o o p e rs ), and F o r
tu n e 5 0 0 , O re g o n -
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P a c if ic o r p .
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