Even though it was posted a while ago, I'd like to respond to the
question of the week. If a group was formed, including Faith, it
should be Faith, Coko, Kelly Price and Blu Cantrell. All four of
these artists have beautiful voices.


--- In FaithEvans@y..., Jason McKenzie <J.Mckenzie@xxxxxxxx.xx.xxx
wrote:
> Issue 2 Vol 1 - 16 March 1999
>
> Whatzup!
>
> Welcome to the `Faith Evans Newsletter'
>
> Hopefully this will keep everyone up to date with what's happening
> with our favourite diva. If anyone wants to contribute to this
> newsletter with latest news or reviews, please e-mail me on:
>
> J.Mckenzie@k...
>
> Question/s of the Week:
>
> If you could choose 2 other artists to form a super group with
Faith ,
> just like how LSG formed their group, who would you choose to
> accompany her?
>
> If Faith could Executive Produce an album or a compilation, what
> artists would you like to see her working with and why? i.e.)Missy
> did Why do fools fall in love, R.Kelly has done Life.
>
> Latest FAITH News
>
> Did anyone see Faith on Loveline on MTV on Thursday 11th March?
>
> There is a real cute picture of Faith in "Fresh" magazine at the
> American Music Awards as reported by Zee
>
> Check out Faith in the Source Magazine (C-Murder on the cover).
>
> It's official Faith recently confirmed that she is married to Todd,
&
> has been for over a year. She was just looking for the right time to
> tell people. In other news, Faith will start her tour on April 7,
well
> it's Dru Hill's tour, but we know who were going to see. It also
> features Total, it will kick off in New York! News from THM
>
> FOR FAITH TOUR DATES CHECK OUT
> "http://www.insidetheweb.com/mbs.cgi/mb191990"
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
--
> -- FAITH TOUR DATES.. April 7- New York, NY 9- Washington, DC 10-
> Greensboro, NC 11- Atlanta, GA 16- Los Angeles, CA 17- Oakland, CA
18-
> Seattle, WA 22- Minneapolis, MN 23- Chicago, IL 24- Detroit, MI 25-
> St. Louis, MO 26- Dallas, TX 27- Houston, TX 29- Baltimore, MD 30-
> Charlotte, NC
>
> May
>
> 1- Philadelphia, PA
> 2- Cleveland, OH
> 3- Grand Rapids, MI
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
--
>
> Billboard Charts
>
> All Night Long," Faith Evans Featuring Puff Daddy has risen to No.19
> in the Billboard charts after rising from No. 47 after just 7 weeks
in
> the charts, it picks up this weeks Billboard Power Pick/Sales
> award.....Well done Faith!
>
> Faith, Kelly & Whitney have finally moved up a notch, and are now at
> No.2 on the Billboard Charts after spending 13 weeks in the charts,
> this track has now been certified platinum.
>
> Faith's album `Keep the Faith' slips down the album charts from
No.84
> to No.86 after spending 19 weeks in the Billboard top 100 album
charts
> - we need to buy some more copies to help it go platinum, Kelly
Price
> has gone Platinum and so has Whitney, we need Faith at Platinum too.
>
> I've only received one request to put together a Faith Evans
Website,
> so it looks as if this is off the cards for now.
>
> I've also included an old interview with Faith which some people may
> or may not have seen before. Its entitled `Woman of Faith'- Enjoy!
> :o)
>
> That's all for now.
>
> Keep The Faith
>
> Jason
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
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>
> Woman of Faith
>
> Once a pawn in the rap wars, Evans is back with a new CD
>
> Faith Evans knows pain. Just 25 years old, she became a widow last
> year when rapper the Notorious B.I.G. was shot to death in Los
> Angeles. The fact that Evans, a fledgling R & B singer, had a hit
> album on Bad Boy Records was completely overshadowed by notoriety: a
> rumored affair with B.I.G.'s archrival Tupac Shakur (who released a
> mean-spirited song that detailed their supposed romance) and her
> rivalry with her husband's mistress, rapper Lil' Kim. Evans and
B.I.G.
> had separated by the time of his murder, but Evans denies the affair
> with Tupac. Now the mother of three children, she has turned her
focus
> to her music, and the results are a true delight. "Keep the Faith,''
> her new CD, is a lush mixture of thoughtful love songs and boogie
> downbeats. Evans's edgy church-choir voice and soulful delivery make
> it clear she was born to sing the blues. Evans talked with
NEWSWEEK's
> Allison Samuels about Biggie, Tupac and the other woman.
>
> NEWSWEEK: You were pregnant and making this album when Biggie was
> killed--how did you cope?
>
> EVANS: I stopped working and just took some time off so I could
deal.
> When I went back into the studio, I took a lot of the pain with me.
> Most of the music was inspired by that tragedy. But I've moved on
now
> and I'm happy in a new relationship.
>
> What was the toughest part of the last year?
>
> Explaining it to the kids. My daughter is 5 and was old enough to
> understand what had happened to her stepfather. She was really close
> to Big. Every now and then she'll ask me, "When is God going to wake
> Daddy up?" But now she understands that he's not coming back. My son
> [born shortly after the rapper's death] is the tough one. I'm going
to
> have to find a way to make him understand who Biggie was and what
kind
> of impact his father had on the hip-hop community. That his father
was
> respected.
>
> Can you talk about Lil' Kim?
>
> Whatever is said about Lil' Kim and Biggie doesn't bother me now.
I've
> never acknowledged Kim as his girlfriend. Truth be told, he was
> calling another girl his girlfriend and Kim knows that. Those times
> were a mess, but I'm not mad at anyone.
>
> What did happen with Tupac? The rumor was you got involved when you
> were recording a single for his "All Eyez on Me" album in 1995. Any
> truth to that?
>
> No. The Tupac I met was a very nice, respectful guy who never came
on
> to me or anything. That whole feud had nothing to do with me. When
> that stuff started coming out, I was like "What?" Who is this guy
> [Tupac] talking all this trash--that wasn't who I met. I never
talked
> to him about it--I never saw him again after we worked together.
>
> What's your last memory of Biggie?
>
> The last time I spoke to him was on the phone when he was out in
> California, and we had a fight, unfortunately. I asked him why he
was
> staying out in Cali so long. It didn't seem right. I kept saying
that
> it was some woman out there he was seeing. He was like "Whatever,"
and
> he hung up. I saw him the night he was killed at the party, but we
> didn't speak. The next time I saw him was to identify him at the
> morgue. I wish there was a way to change that.
>
> Newsweek, November 9, 1998