During that year, she released Faith, her first of three platinum or gold albums for the Bad Boy label, and hit the upper reaches of the pop and R&B/hip-hop. My sound may be like old school probably because I have a really good ear. A distinctively graceful voice in contemporary R&B, Faith Evans worked behind the scenes as a background vocalist and songwriter prior to breaking through as an artist in 1995. When told she was a young women with an old soul by BRE, Faith laughed. You Used To Love Me (Remix) ( CD, Maxi-Single) Arista, Puff Daddy Records. The only downside is, I started to think, ‘Well, it’s not bad that people are comparing me, but do they hear that there’s a difference at all?” – BRE Magazine (1995)įaith‘s debut album got jump-started with “ You Used To Love Me.” Tri-State area radio started to pump “ Falling In Love Again,” while quiet storms were rotating her cover of Rose Royce‘s “ Love Don’t Live Here Anymore,” a duet with Mary J. You Used To Love Me ( 12', 33 RPM, Promo) Word Of Mouth. I mean, Mary sold four or five million records. I have no reason to not want to be compared. She left Fordham after a year and ended up doing background vocals and writing songs for the likes of Mary J.
FAITH EVANS YOU USED TO FULL
By the tender age of f our, Faith figures out she could blow from the tears her gospel renditions evoked from her church’s congregation.Įven as a high school honor student who went on to earn a full academic scholarship to Fordham University, Faith Evans knew she was born to sing. A lot happened since she was a little girl in Newark, New Jersey.
The story of Faith goes a little something like this… Faith racked up more in her young life than people who were more than twice her age. There’s so many aspects to rain - there’s good rain and bad rain.” “ When I listen to Faith sing, I think of rain,” he says. Faith was then was offered a Bad Boy contract by Sean “Diddy” Combs.ĭiddy had a unique description for Faith‘s vocal style. While working on Usher, for which she co-wrote six songs and sang backup. Sure!, Hi-Five, Christopher Williams, Usher, and Mary J. This week 25 years ago, Faith Evans debuted with her single “ You Used To Love Me” on Bad Boy/Arista.Ī top Five R&B/hip-hop single “ You Used to Love Me” propelled Faith‘s debut album along with “ Soon As I Get Home” to platinum status.įrom 1992 through 1994, she wrote songs and/or sang backup for Al B. You Used To Love Chorus I remember the way, you used to love me I remember the days, you used to love me Verse You dont appreciate the time I put into this love affair of ours baby I couldnt let you walk around Thinking its alright to let me down Chorus Verse I gave you all my precious love And anything you wanted from me You didnt.
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