Eve Jihan Jeffers was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and her first musical interest was always singing, being a member of many choirs, and she even formed an all-female singing group called Dope Girl Posse, who covered songs from En Vogue and Color Me Badd. The group's manager suggested that they should start rapping, and Eve stuck with it, and after the group split up, she began working on a solo career under the name "Eve of Destruction". In 1998, Eve appeared on the Bulworth soundtrack as Eve of Destruction while signed to Dr. Dre's record label Aftermath Entertainment, and her first single, 'What Y'all Want', featuring Nokio the N-Tity of Dru Hill, was released in June 1999. Her debut album, 'Let There Be Eve...Ruff Ryders' First Lady' followed in September on Ruff Ryders Entertainment and sold 213,000 copies in the first week, with Eve becoming the third female hip-hop artist to have her album peak at number one on the Billboard 200. Her second studio album 'Scorpion', was released in March 2001, and featured the single 'Let Me Blow Ya Mind' with Gwen Stefani of No Doubt, which peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100. Her third album, 'Eve-Olution', was released by Ruff Ryders Entertainment in August 2002, and peaked at number six on the Billboard 200, with the first single, 'Gangsta Lovin'', featuring Alicia Keys, and it became her second consecutive number-two hit on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2002, Eve appeared on the remixed version of Michael Jackson's 'Butterflies', and also made her film debit in the action film 'XXX', and the following year she starred as a fashion designer called Shelly Williams in the television sitcom 'Eve', staying for three series.
The next few years found her collaborating with Gwen Stefani on her 'Rich Girl' single, a remix of Amerie's number one U.S. R&B single, '1 Thing', Keyshia Cole's 'Never', Teairra Mari's official remix for 'No Daddy', and Kelly Rowland's 'Like This'. In 2007, Eve began working on a new album titled 'Here I Am', with five of the album's songs being produced by Swizz Beatz, including the singles 'Tambourine' and 'Give It To You', featuring Sean Paul. 'Tambourine' debuted at number 73 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but the album ran into a series of delays due to corporate change at the record label, and discontent with the lacklustre success of the singles. The album was renamed twice from 'Here I Am' to 'Flirt' to 'Lip Lock', and after she left Interscope Records and signed with EMI, 'Lip Lock' was expected to be released in 2011, but it was delayed yet again. In 2012, she decided to release the album as an independent artist, and stated that there will be several buzz singles before the official single release. The album's first official single, 'Make It Out This Town', featuring Gabe Saporta of Cobra Starship, was released in February 2013, and 'Lip Lock' was finally released under her own label From The Rib Music in May, but it included no songs from the delayed 'Here I Am' album, and so that record remains unreleased. 'Lip Lock' was Eve's final album, and so 'Here I Am' now seems even more important as an example of some of her last recordings, and so here it is for you to enjoy.
Track listing
01 Hot Steppa (feat. Swizz Beatz)
02 Hot Tonight (feat. Jon B)
03 Cash Flow (feat. T.I.)
04 Fantasy (feat. Robin Thicke)
05 Nothing To Say (feat. Timbaland)
06 Guess Who's Single (feat. Lady Gaga & Pharrell Williams)
07 Set It On Fire
08 Give It To You (feat. Sean Paul)
09 The Beat Is So Crazy (feat. Madonna & Pharrell Williams)
10 Tambourine
11 Ain't Nothing Changed
12 Make Up Sex (feat. will.i.am)
13 One Way (Me N My... Up In The Club)
