Esthero

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- Wikked Lil' Grrrls (Parental Advisory)
- Released 2005

- Breath from Another
- Released 1998

- We R In Need Of A Musical Revolution!
- Released 2004

- O.G. Bitch (Parental Advisiory)
- Released 2004

biography

Vocalist Esthero was born Jen-Bea Englishman on December 23, 1978, in Ontario, Canada. She moved to Toronto in 1996, and quickly became a fixture at the city's open mikes. There she met Doc (real name: Martin McKinney), an engineer and producer, and the two began working on a demo featuring his programming and her vocals. Sony eventually took interest, and suddenly Esthero went from a fledgling idea to a duo with Esthero's name as their own and a record, Breath from Another, issued in spring 1998 on the label's Work imprint. Breath's mix of beats, lush vocals, and fractured bits of programmed samples caught on perfectly with the trip-hop trend of the time, and Esthero had success with singles like Heaven Sent and the hip-hop-flavored title track.

However, it would take nearly seven years for a follow-up to appear. In the interim Esthero parted ways with Doc and struck out on her own, contributing vocals to projects like Black Eyed Peas' "Weekends" (2000). Signing with Reprise, she began work on new material, and returned officially in summer 2004 with the club single O.G. Bitch. Esthero followed the single in November of that year with We R in Need of a Musical Revolution, an EP that found her collaborating with Sean Lennon, Cee-Lo, and producer James Robertson (Skye Sweetnam) on a 21st century version of Breath's assemblage sound. The EP set up a full-length entitled Wikked Lil' Girls, which was slated for release in early 2005. ~ Johnny Loftus, All Music Guide

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- - New Page.
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    - esthero - www.nearlycivilized.com
  - Chart reports that Esthero is slated to appear on the debut solo album of former Barenaked Ladies frontman Steven Page, set for release in 2010. This…

- - Esthero+Timba
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    - esthero - www.nearlycivilized.com
  - “Shock Value 2” drops November 23, 2009 through Blackground Records. Esthero guests.

- - theRealEsthero: @chin8 just don't talk about donkey punching anyone and you'll be ok
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    - Twitter / theRealEsthero
  - theRealEsthero: @chin8 just don't talk about donkey punching anyone and you'll be ok

- - theRealEsthero: @OliviaLongott i wanna seee you. we have some lounge singing and pasta consuming to do
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  - theRealEsthero: @OliviaLongott i wanna seee you. we have some lounge singing and pasta consuming to do

- - theRealEsthero: @angelonfire he's a cutie huh?
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  - theRealEsthero: @angelonfire he's a cutie huh?

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- - Performance Dates
  - - By nightrydr21
    - 11/11/2008 15:26:29
  - Anybody know where I can find when and where she'll do a performance?
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- - Better live.
  - - By Poloboy03
    - 9/16/2008 19:49:26
  - Just saw her live in Atlanta on saturday and she sounds better in person than she does recorded! Her show made you feel like she was in your living room just chilling out. Also, she is very sexy and sweet but can roll with the Boys in da Hood!
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- - One of Canada's best artists
  - - By unsubtleNinja
    - 7/20/2008 07:30:23
  - I've been a huge fan of Esthero ever since I saw her on Much Music's show Video On Trial and I can clearly say that if I knew of her before hand I would have went out and bought every on of her albums (which I have done). All of her music has a message. There's nothing like getting in your car and not having to listen to music about Hoes and Lollipops. Not that there is anything wrong with varying tastes in music, because if we were all the same the world would be dull and no longer exciting.
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- - albums
  - - By betty diamond
    - 7/9/2008 17:50:43
  - I wish she would write more albums. She is so talented.
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