'Denim' was the stage name used by Rhashida Stafford from 2003 to 2010, while she was signed to Jay-Z's Roc-A-Fella Records. In late late 2003 she started working on her debut album, and a taster single was released in the form of 'Friends (You Ain't Right)', but before it was completed it was shelved by the record label, with some of the songs later appearing on mixtapes and promo CD's over the next couple of years, while others have remained unreleased. At the same time as laying down tracks for her album, she also collaborated with her labelmates Memphis Bleek, Young Gunz and Kanye West, appearing on their songs, but her biggest exposure came with her contribution to the soundtrack of the 2011 film 'Footloose', where she was the featured singer on her co-composition 'Dance The Night Away'. Since then not much has been heard from her, but most of the songs from that abandoned debut album have since surfaced, and so here is an approximation of what Denim's first full length record could have sounded like.
Track listing
01 Friends (You Ain't Right)
02 Keep It Movin' (feat. Nicole Wray)
03 Microphone
04 Brooklyn's Finest (interlude)
05 Your Lady
06 I Should Have Listened
07 Many Men
08 Who I Am
09 Uh Oooh, Uh Oooh (Freestyle)
10 Love Games (feat. Freeway)
11 Hell's Angel
12 Thru Da Wire (Freestyle)
13 Time To Shine
14 Giving U All (I Am)
