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More good reviews for IAYAALIS!
“After listening to the debut release of this singer, writer, poet, visual artist, and emcee… I was drawn to appreciate her stand in the creative spectrum. She delivers a diverse collection of her world through music which appeases the listener who’s curious about her total package.” – Lady Tha Producer, StudioNoize.com
IAYAALIS is a creatrix – a female creator and multi-talent whose critically-acclaimed rhymes, singing voice, spoken word, poetry, prose, and visual art, have earned respect from free-thinking, progressive audiences internationally.
Now with the 2011 release of her long-awaited musical debut, I Am You Are And Love IS…!, IAYAALIS rouses the senses, painting contagious melodies and enlightened lyrics on a canvas of scintillating rhythms and speaker-knocking bass. Eclectic, esoteric and engaging, I Am You Are And Love IS…! offers an aural collage of hip hop, soul and spoken word that elevates the spirit while it heats up the dance floor.
Nashville-based Donalda Antonia Chandler, whose acronymic name, I.A.Y.A.A.L.IS stands for I Am You Are And Love IS (pronounced “i-yall-EE”), emerged from the Middle Tennessee arts community as an award-winning emcee, singer, poet, visual and performance artist. According to The Nashville Scene, IAYAALIS’ lyrical style merges “sensual physicality with deep spiritual insights and a distinctly feminine point of view”. The music infuses a cross-section of hip-hop and soul sounds with occasional flashes of African percussion, dancehall and other worldly vibrations.
Her Nashville Music Award nomination for Best Unsigned Artist sparked frenzied courtships by major labels, but ultimately IAYAALIS refused to compromise her artistry and independence. Finally IAYAALIS partnered with longtime friend and collaborator Nadir Omowale and his Detroit-based indie label, EAPro Inc., to release an album that displays the full range of her artistry.
I Am You Are And Love IS…! showcases the talents of several producers including Salle Vation, J Mink, Nadir Omowale, and Beat Kang Reavis Mitchell, III – co-creator of the Beat Thang music production system. The collection also contains posthumous releases of productions by late Afrikan Dreamland founder Aashid Himons and late Nashville hip-hop pioneer Bruce Dungee.
“For me, I Am You Are And Love IS…! is my expression of who I am and some of the things I’m about,” IAYAALIS says. “This album represents years of hard work, life experiences and hopefully an opportunity to inspire and cause people to think.”
I Am You Are And Love IS…! is available for purchase at IAYAALIS.com, EAPro.net, iTunes, Amazon.com, and other select retailers.
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Names are important because they symbolize who we are, and are an expression of our identity. In the case of Nashville-based emcee, singer, poet, and spiritualist IAYAALIS, understanding her name is critical to understanding who she is, what she is about, and why she does what she does.
IAYAALIS – the name
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It’s been said that nothing sounds as sweet to any person as the sound of her own name.
Names are important because they symbolize who we are. They offer an expression of our identity. The sound of a name sends a vibration that resonates within, calling us to attention. Traditionally, the meaning of the name implies the character and attributes of the individual, something to live up to.
In the case of Nashville-based emcee, singer, poet, and spiritualist IAYAALIS, understanding her name is critical to understanding who she is, what she is about, and why she does what she does.
“The name IAYAALIS is an acronym that stands for I Am You Are And Love IS,” she says. “Basically it’s a formula by which I live.”
Born Donalda Antonia Chandler, IAYAALIS has earned recognition (i.e. “made a name for herself”) as one of the most talented and versatile artists on the Nashville music scene. She’ll release her debut album I Am You Are And Love IS…! in March 2011.
“I’ve done a lot of research into metaphysics and different belief systems… all types of cultures and religions,” she told the Nashville Scene. “The one thing that they all hold as true, the one thing I saw in all of them is, ‘I am, you are, and love is,’ with love being the all-being, whether you call that God or Goddess or father or spirit or Allah or whatever.”
The first single from I Am You Are And Love IS…! fittingly is “the name”. “The song ‘the name’ is an expression of all the various things that comprise my world. It’s about the things that I’m attentive to, and that I resonate with, and that are real to me in my world.”
Learn more about IAYALLIS at iayaalis.com
“Evolution Is Revolution”, a dramatic track created by EAPro’s Nadir and Iayaalis, is featured in the new trailer for TheBlackPaper.com and The Black Mastery Success Program both by success coach Veronica Conway.
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Poet, painter, emcee, singer, writer, illustrator, spiritualist, graphic artist – Iayaalis has many talents. So many that an ordinary website can’t contain her many facets.
Enter The Iayaaverse.
The Iayaaverse is a social network for those who seek – those who seek a creative environment with creative people. If you crave good art, stimulating conversation, powerful poetry and conscious hip hop, The Iayaaverse is for you.
