{"id":5284,"date":"2012-03-11T22:48:22","date_gmt":"2012-03-12T05:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=5284"},"modified":"2012-03-11T22:48:22","modified_gmt":"2012-03-12T05:48:22","slug":"skylar-grey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2012\/03\/skylar-grey\/","title":{"rendered":"SKYLAR GREY"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"SKYLAR GREY\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n

You know her voice from hip-hop hits\u2014now it\u2019s time to get to know her\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Not many artists rack up four Grammy nominations before releasing a debut album, but Skylar Grey\u2019s career has hardly followed a traditional path. After writing hits and singing hooks for acts like Eminem, Dr. Dre and Lupe Fiasco, Grey is preparing to release her own debut album, Invinsible<\/em>. \u201cBeing a songwriter is a great life, but I can\u2019t imagine ever leaving behind recording,\u201d says Grey. \u201cIf I was just a songwriter I would lose my love for music very quickly, because it would suddenly feel like such a job.\u201d<\/p>\n

After some frustrating false starts, Grey\u2019s solo career began to take shape when her publisher introduced her to London-based producer Alex \u201cda Kid\u201d Grant. \u201cWhen I heard Alex da Kid\u2019s tracks, I knew I had found my partner in crime,\u201d says the Wisconsin native, 26. \u201cMy favorite thing about working with him is that he\u2019s not afraid to tell me when he doesn\u2019t like something. Not that he\u2019s always right, but it always pushes me to do my best work. In the past, most people liked everything I did, which didn\u2019t allow me to grow.\u201d<\/p>\n

Grey, Alex da Kid and Eminem penned the latter\u2019s hit \u201cLove the Way You Lie,\u201d the best-selling single of 2010. Grey\u2019s own recording of the song was released in January on the EP The Buried Sessions of Skylar Grey<\/em>, along with her versions of Diddy-Dirty Money and Fiasco hits she co-wrote. \u201cPeople were constantly asking me if I had full versions of these songs without the raps,\u201d says Grey. \u201cThese three versions already existed, so I thought, \u2018Why not record them?\u2019 I didn\u2019t want to make a big deal about it. I just put out the EP so fans could have access.\u201d<\/p>\n

The upcoming Invinsible<\/em> embraces hip-hop beats, a more alternative pop sound and a fresh approach to the recording process. \u201cIn the past, I was a bit anti-new technology and recorded everything with real instruments on tape. I thought that making music with computers was cheating,\u201d Grey says. \u201cBut I got over that once I started hearing people making some incredible music with computers.\u201d Casual fans still know Grey\u2019s songs better than they know her name, but she doesn\u2019t regret her indirect introduction to pop radio. \u201cI am very grateful for the success that writing for other people has brought me.\u201d She says. \u201cBut being an artist is what I live for.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013Amanda Farah<\/p>\n

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