Spotlight Artist N'dambi

                                           Spotlight Artist: N'dambi

The name N'dambi was taken from a Central African language. It means "Most beautiful"

N'dambi (born Chonita Gilbert) is the ninth of eleven children born to a Baptist minister and missionary. Her father was a minister and singer in an quartet group. She got her professional start singing with Gaye Arbuckle, a local gospel singer, touring with Arbuckle for two years (from the ages of 18 to 20). Shortly thereafter she sang as background singer and collaborator with Erykah Badu.  Source:Wikipedia

As a background singer, she released three independent albums: "Little Lost Girls Blues", "Tunin' Up & CoSignin" and "A Weird Kinda Wonderful". As a result of her success as an independent artist. she was signed to the re-activated legendary Stax Records (Concord Music Group) in 2006 and released her 2011 Grammy-nominated album, Pink Elephant in 2009

 Pink Elephant was recorded in Santa Monica, California, with producer Leon Sylvers III, whose credits include Shalamar, Gladys Knight, The Whispers, Blackstreet, Lakeside and many more. N'dambi insisted the record have a modern sheen yet adhere to the sturdy influence of classic R&B and soul artists like Slave, Heatwave, Michael Jackson, Betty Davis, Isaac Hayes, Smokey Robinson, and The Sylvers. On December 2, 2010, Pink Elephant was nominated for a 2011 Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album Source:Wikipedia

I love love love her sound, she has amazing talent and this is what I call REAL SOUL! She is not fabricated soul, she is the real deal!