NEW YORK (Billboard) - Three songs from the soundtrack of the next LeBron James documentary "More Than a Game" bowed this month at the Hot R & B / Hip-Hop Songs chart and two out of three of the newcomer Esther Dean
Born in Muskogee Oklahoma Dean co-wrote Mary J Blige is to provide "Stronger" as No. 91 on the chart as well as her own energetic "Drop It Low," which is No. 64 in the four weeks after the match at No 88 Both tracks were written with other singer -songwriter Chris Brown who also is on the "Low" Third "More" chart record Drake's "Forever" by Kanye West Lil Wayne & Eminem is No. 40 on Hot R & B/Hip- Hop Songs
"I switched uppmed Chris in Los Angeles studio, "says Dean" I have never written about him but suddenly he was in"This is what we do, we'll write it this way:" After while, we had a bunch of songs so when (Interscope Geffen A & M President) Jimmy Iovine said he wanted a song to the soundtrack of how strong someone can be "stronger" song was very meaningful "
Songwriting is a matter for the Dean, she has written for the likes of Keri Hilson Ciara and Pussycat Dolls to name a few and signed a publishing deal with producer Christopher" Tricky "Stewart's RedZone Publishing But when it came to be in the spotlight himself Dean - who signed with producer Polow Da Don's Zone 4/Interscope label earlier this year - had reservations
"I did not want to be an artist because I was afraid" Dean confesses, "I had tried that before but I learnedI had to lose 20 pounds when I weighed only 130 pounds, it poisoned me, however Polow wanted to embrace everything about me and welcomed me to his family just like me "
Dean is six songs of his as-yet-untitled debut album which has so far produced entirely by Polow Dean also continues to put pen to paper for other artists, has recently worked with Usher
Looking forward Dean says she will not allow rejection of a superficial industry to slow her down "I'm wiser now and knows how to handle things differently, "says she" wants to see enlåt with my name on the charts makes me thank God that I went ahead with this reward is so much larger than any derogatory remark, it tells me that I did well "
