I will never forget back in the year 2000 – or so, give or take a year – I was head over heels in love with, B2K (judge me, NOT)! But then, Lil Fizz introduced his “cousin” to the world. Being the crazed teenager/fan I was known to be, I was under the impression that the group belonged to me, so any female that got close – claws would show. I gave Jhene Aiko a chance (I mean, she was only a relative). I then heard her sing, “Santa Baby” on the group’s Christmas album, and she had me hooked.
Now, Jhene Aiko is doing her own thing. She’s since made appearances on songs from artists such as, J. Cole, Drake, Big Sean and Wale. Jhene is working on her own material at this time, and she’s divulged the secret, that among the artists she’s done verses for, so far, only one plans on returning the favor. Hit the jump for the details.

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The, “Control” rapper that Jhene will have on her album is, none other than, K. Dot himself. Read the interview below!

J. Cole recently tapped you for his last album Born Sinner. How did “Sparks Will Fly” come about?
Well he’s really close with No I.D., who’s in charge of my project right now and he was like, ‘Cole has something that he thinks your voice will sound nice on. His deadline is tomorrow. Do you think you could come to the studio and sing it?’ And I was like yeah, but I don’t usually like to sing other people’s words so it’s very rare when I listen to a hook and I’m like ‘Yeah I’ll sing that.’ I take my time when I write. If he had given that to me blank without any reference, I would’ve been like ‘Uhhhh… give me a month and I’ll get back to you with a hot hook.’ But that [song] literally happened within two days.

You’ve also placed on Wale’s mixtape Folarin and Big Sean’s album Hall of Fame so will they be returning the favor when it comes time for your album?
You know what, the only one returning the favor is Kendrick Lamar. He’s gonna be on the Sail Out EP that’s out in October but I don’t take any offense to people not wanting to return the favor. I did the songs [with Wale, Sean, Cole] because I liked everything and I would want them to want to do a song of mine. Nowadays, No I.D. told me, ‘You can stand on your own’ and I agree with him. At the end of the day, if I just take an extra week to write a hot 16, I can do it.

Will your song with Kendrick be a part two of “Growing Apart”?
No, our song is different. It’s sexy but at the same time, it’s very lyrical. It’s a smart and sexy song.

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