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From poverty to 'American Idol'
From her short-cropped hairdo to her wisecracking slang to her sneakers-before-pumps look, this year "American Idol" proudly represents that often overlooked demographic: the girl from the street trying to eke out another day.
Nowhere is that more embodied on her new album than on the song "Baby Mama." An ode to single motherhood,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the track gives a shout out to women supporting their children on their own,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], struggling to pay the bills and raise their child.
"A lot of people make us feel like we should be ashamed, we oughta be ashamed because we baby mamas,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and that not so. I ain promotin sex, I just saying, I a baby mama, and that a ghetto slang,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," Fantasia says in her thick Southern accent.
That may be the most important key to success for Fantasia,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], who stopped using her last name, Barrino, after winning "Idol." From the start, she was clearly different from past winners: demure Kelly Clarkson, teddy-bear Ruben Studdard and squeaky-clean runner-up Clay Aiken.
"She has more of a story as a musical artist, that more than a TV show," says producer Jermaine Dupri, who worked with Fantasia on the album. "It helps add to the picture."
Now, with the release of "Free Yourself," Fantasia will find out whether it enough to translate to commercial success. She probably have a huge start. The debuts from Clarkson,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Studdard and Aiken each sold more than 1 million copies.
Yet there have been indications of late that the "American Idol" glow may be fading,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych].
A recent Billboard magazine article reported that some radio stations have been resistant to playing songs from "Idol" artists. The third annual "Idol" tour last summer played to less-than-capacity crowds. And Fantasia debut single, "I Believe,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," sold less than the debuts of previous winners.
But music man Clive Davis,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], who oversaw her J Records debut,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], scoffs at such reports. "As I said when I was the guest judge at the end of the season, I would have signed Fantasia if I found her in a basement in Kansas City,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," he says. "She the real deal, and she just has enormous natural talent."
That talent is buttressed by superstar-level production from the likes of Dupri, Jerkins and Missy Elliott. Although she best known on "Idol" for her searing renditions of classics like "Summertime" which is included on "Free Yourself" the new album is decidedly more contemporary.
There are a couple of rump-shakers, but mostly heart-wrenching soul ballads that seem to solidify her reputation as the next Mary J. Blige.
"I haven met her,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but I like that because she real," Fantasia says of the comparison. "I see myself as just being real. She real, she down to earth. She talks about where she comes from, she ain got no shame in the game."
Neither does Fantasia. Though she did recently purchase a massive home for herself and her family in North Carolina, Fantasia or as she calls herself prides herself on the lack of celebrity-style changes in her life.
"Somebody see me at McDonald and they say, you doin at McDonald she says with a wide smile. "And I like,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], you mean? I still like Big Macs, I still like fries,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], I still eat the same.
"I still live the same ol life,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]."
Like Blige, she also freely talks about her missteps in life, from dropping out of school in the ninth grade to her teen pregnancy to her dysfunctional relationship with her baby father.
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