Lil' Mo

小简介
这位年仅23岁的才女Lil´ Mo也许对您来说相当陌生，但她却已是全美乐坛备受各界瞩目的一颗耀眼新慧星，不但是位歌手、词曲创作者，更兼制作编曲等多重身份，作品散见于Next、702、Jay Z等团体歌手专辑中，更与众乐手造就出与Hip-Hop/Rap 界才子新秀Ja Rule的"Put It On Me"，在2001年成为他首支畅销作品；与饶舌教母Missy Elliott合作的"Hot Boyz"蝉连饶舌榜19周冠军之惊人记录；R&B界知名创作歌手Keith Sweat更不吝情地在他新作「Didn´t See Me Coming」中力荐合力制作单曲, 连Timbaland都赞赏：“Lil´ Mo是抢手的！她是一位很棒的创作者及歌手”，Missy Elliott也称许：“很难可以找到像她那么好的嗓音，这是别人无法相比的”。可爱的Intro开场曲是她在五岁时所录制的孩提之音，转入23岁的她以"My Story"来真实描述自己的故事，相当动听且称头；与吹牛老爹力捧的R&B新秀Carl Thomas共谱R&B抒情佳品"Player Not The Game；中版R&B单曲"Ta Da"则帅直唱道现代都会女子敢爱敢恨的爱情观；强势飙入排行榜之劲作"Superwoman"则绽出无比魅力的嘻哈韵味；另外她还改以R&B曲式重新演译Cyndi Lauper的"Time After Time"，别有一番风味。Lil´ Mo的音乐质感及实力演出如Spin杂志喻：“她震射出的音乐光芒将引领出一个全新的音乐趋势”, “Lil´ Mo强而有力的完美嗓音就犹如运动员在奥运场上满分的表演..”
Lil' Mo is short in stature, not even hitting five feet in height, but there's nothing little about her drive, heart, or talent. Born Cynthia Loving, she was raised on Long Island but suffered frequent moves as the family followed her dad through the course of his military career transfers. The lack of permanent roots didn't keep her from knowing exactly where she wanted to end up: Manhattan. She wanted to make her mark there by becoming an entertainer, and she set her course for a way to get what she wanted. Wherever the family happened to be living, she competed in talent competitions. Later, with a contract in hand, she had to stand her ground when record company executives wanted to force a certain look on her, rather than allow her to sport the rainbow braids that have become something of a trademark for the singer. Once that particular battle was fought and won, she endured two years of anxiety as she waited for her debut to be released. The waiting was perhaps the hardest, and it brought Lil' Mo to the point where she was considering a switch to simply songwriting, rather than singing and performing. Thanks to the intervention of heavyweights such as Snoop Dogg and Jay-Z, however, she stuck it out. The welcome she received from the public and the community of music artists made the long wait worth her while. Lil' Mo's 2001 debut album, Based on a True Story, was a success. The singer penned every track but one, "Time After Time," which was originally recorded by another rainbow-haired crooner, Cyndi Lauper. Lil' Mo has collaborated on "Hot Boyz" with Missy Elliott, and Elliott subsequently became a trusted advisor and friend. Lil' Mo also collaborated with Ja Rule on his "Put It on Me," and is featured on "Parking Lot Pimping" by Jay-Z. She has performed with, or written songs for, a long list of artists that includes Blackstreet, Next, Lil' Bow Wow, Keith Sweat, 3LW, and ODB.
Unfortunately, not everyone was as thrilled with Lil' Mo's success as she and her friends and collaborators were. Just before her debut was set to hit record store shelves in the summer of 2001, a man attacked the singer in San Francisco just outside the Warfield, a theater where she had just finished a performance. He used a champagne bottle to club the singer's head, and Lil' Mo ended up with almost two dozen stitches. A majority of the publicity appearances scheduled for the following month, which had been specially timed to coincide with the release of her debut, had to be canceled until she regained her health. Despite the aftereffects she suffered, the singer persevered and continued to sing and write. Months later, Lil' Mo started working on air at Baltimore's radio station WXYV, where she remained until leaving in June of 2002 to devote more time to her career. The next year, Lil' Mo prepped for the release of Meet the Girl Next Door. She wrote every song on the album except for one; the first single, a duet with rapper Fabolous, "4Ever" was a springtime smash.