'For Beyoncé to sample my song 'Feels Like,' which is over 10 years old but people still go back and listen to all over, to be perfectly honest I burst into tears'
Photo-Illustration: The Cut; Photo: Parkwood Entertainment, Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images On the song “Pure/Honey,” Beyoncé’s voice isn’t audible until 20 seconds into the track. Instead, we are introduced to the voices of two others: the Kevins. Kevin Aviance, the nightlife staple and drag legend, becomes the beat, sampled from his 1999 iconic classic, “Cunty.
When I first engaged with your work years ago, you were known on the scene as the Voice of Philadelphia. In 2020, Ballroom Throwbacks called you the Voice of a Generation. Can you tell me how all this started? For years, I just sold CDs. Nobody knew I could commentate, except the people who were hanging around me. We would be playing around and someone would give me a mic and I would say, “Ooohhh, cu-cu-cunt cunt cunt,” and people just knew it was a good feeling. It turned into something more when I would see my favorites, like Niambi and Aamina. I would go, “Ni-ni-ni-nininini-ni-ni” or “Ah-ah-Aamina, mina.
I feel like if I’m going to do something, I’m going to do it to the point that it’s completely different. Make it to the point where you won’t even notice where I got it from. When Mary J. Blige sang a Chaka Khan song, she owned it. When Whitney Houston sang “I’m Every Woman,” she took it to the next level. If I’m going to do something, I have to take it to the next level. What’s crazy is nobody knows where my “I’m a Woman” chant came from. “I’m a Woman” came from Batman.
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