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| Audio Mixer Neal H Pogue Recording information Ahh Haa Studios Hollywood CA Boardwalk Records Los Angeles CA Eargasm Studios Santa Monica CA Fairfax Recordings Hyperion Sound Northern Recording Studio Yorba CA Rusk Studio Hollywood CA Sound City Van Nuys CA TDE Red Room Recording Studios Westlake Recording Studio Los Angeles CA Photographers Leann Mueller Huy Doan Zack McTee Rony Alwin ZZ Ward grew up in the small town of Roseberg Oregon listening to the blues albums in her father s collection and her brother s hip-hop records By the time she was 12 she was fronting her father s blues band and learning how to control an audience By 16 she was driving to Eugene to sing with hip-hop acts and soon moved on to L A in hopes of making it in the music business Along the way she developed a style that s a winning combination of blues hip-hop rock R amp B and pop Her influences all come together on her debut a collection that should make her a star if there s any justice in the world Ward has a wonderfully flexible voice she can croon like a pop singer growl like a blues woman spit attitude like a rocker and flow like a rapper There s not a single weak track on her 13-song debut and several of them sound like hits Despite its dark title Til the Casket Drops is a profession of undying love that combines a hip-hop verse with a soaring pop chorus Ward s delivery is marked by the intense passion of jubilant love Move Like U Stole It is a funky rocker with a strong vocal marked by Ward s wordless vocal ornamentations Home is a smoldering R amp B ballad with a hint of bossa nova in the rhythm track Last Love Song is a quiet pop tune that mourns the end of a relationship with Ward putting a lifetime of anguish into her understated vocal and If I Could Be Her updates the girl group sound for the 21st century Criminal is Ward s reimagining of the Freddie Gibbs hit Oil Money Gibbs liked Ward s version so much that |
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