"When making my first record I didn't really think about how different it was," she added. Ward admitted she didn't always plan on having rappers on her album (Freddie Gibbs also appears on "Criminal"), but she said she "definitely needs hip-hop rhythms and elements" in her music. Til the Casket Drops ranges from the slick swing of "Blue Eyes Blind" (see an in-the-studio video of its creation exclusively below) to the swag-heavy "Cryin Wolf" featuring Kendrick Lamar. "The most important thing for me is making music that I love and making music that expresses me. Clipse comprises of brothers Malice (Gene Thornton). "It's not really natural to put music into categories," she said. This is the opening track from Virginia hip hop duo Clipses third studio album, Till The Casket Drops. Her sound, despite drawing comparisons to Adele, Aretha Franklin, and Etta James, is hard to place within a particular genre. "I hope to eventually design some more stuff."įor now though, the 27-year-old said she's focusing on her music.
There's no style–at least where I'm from." Known for her signature fedora, Ward recently designed her own for Broner Hat & Glove. "It's been a totally different world for me," she confessed. But the singer, who draws from a wide well of musical influences including Muddy Waters and Snoop Dogg/Lion, said when she's home she has been embracing the City of Angels' bubbling fashion scene. Most of her time now is spent on the road ("I've been touring like crazy the last year and half," she said) promoting her new 365 Days EP. four years back to focus on her burgeoning music career. That's the beauty of making music."īorn Zsuzsanna Ward and raised in small-town Oregon, she moved to L.A. I feel like if you're happy with it at the time you make it, then that's a moment in time. About Til The Casket Drops ZZ WARD LYRICS. The album, she added, "reflects a huge part of my life. The Emotional Power of Music, And most popular current songs across all genres. "If I wouldn't have made any of those mistakes, then I probably wouldn't have had anything to write about," she explained. But the singer, who incorporated her love of blues, hip-hop, and soul into last fall's impressive Til the Casket Drops, said such slip-ups directly inspired her debut LP's songs. She owned up to as much when she recently rang up for a chat.