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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=1 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><SPAN class=TopStory>Where is Brick & Lace?</SPAN><SPAN class=Subheadline></SPAN></TD></TR><TR><TD>Debra Edwardsm Observer writer
Friday, January 12, 2007
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</TD></TR><TR><TD><SPAN class=Description>Nailah (left) and Nyanda of Brick & Lace.</SPAN></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><P class=StoryText align=justify>They burst onto the dancehall-pop scene as Jamaica's answer to international supergroup Destiny's Child. Tasha, Nyanda and Nailah Thorbourne. the sexy, sultry sisters who called themselves Brick & Lace, blazed the airwaves and then disappeared.<P class=StoryText align=justify>What happened to them?<P class=StoryText align=justify>Well, after a couple heavily rotating singles. and ultimately a promising career as Jamaica's 'soul sisters' Tasha - the eldest sister- decided to leave the group.<P class=StoryText align=justify>"Tasha still plays an integral role in Brick & Lace, but she decided to start a family and is happy with that," the two remaining members told Splash. So with a new album in the works, the duo that is now Brick & Lace is ready to retrace their steps and finally tell their fans what's up. They even addressed some of the circulating rumours.<P class=StoryText align=justify>They dispelled the notion that they had ditched Tasha to replace her with younger sister Candice, who placed third in the Miss Jamaica 2004 contest."Candice is a great talent, but is working on her own solo effort," Nyanda added.<P class=StoryText align=justify>And which of them was dating the Warlord? None, they say.
"We respect Bounty to the fullest, but none of us were involved with him. That was just a rumour," Nyanda said.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Nyanda and Nailah understand that gossip comes with the territory and have tried to keep their heads high. "We really try not to let these things bother us," explained Nailah.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Rumours aside, the "sexy roots" duo are proof that good things come to those who wait, since after "deciding to take it to the next level", they relocated to Florida and signed with 180 Productions, which helped them acquire a publishing and recording deal with Sony and Geffen Records respectively. They were featured on the Obie Trice single Jamaican Girl. They have written for Janet Jackson, Paris Hilton and The **** Cat Dolls' Nicole Scherzinger. They are expected to drop their album early this year, which features the production expertise of Akon, Raphael Saadiq, Will.I.Am and Tony Kelly to name a few. On how they find it working with Geffen Records in comparison with Jive, Nailah articulated: "It has been a blessing because we are involved in the say so of the album, so we are happy that we have some creative control to bring out the vision".<P class=StoryText align=justify>But long before record deals and high-profile writing contracts, they were the makings of a girl group.
The girls who began singing in church at a young age say that they were not cognisant of the fact that what they were doing took talent.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Because harmony was all they knew, having parents that are musically inclined made the sisters decide to take their talent to a professional level. With the help of Solid Agency's Sharon Burke, the ladies began their trek into the business, singing back-up for Papa San and Diana King. The group later acquired a publishing deal with famed producer Dallas Austin's company DARP and a recording contract with Jive Records, both of which sadly fell through in their estimation, as Nailah explains, because "we had creative differences, and where Jive was concerned, they did not at the time know how to market us".<P cl
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