Eve in Giant Magazine: Talks Vanilla Dates, Sex Tapes and Hip-Hop’s Pulse
With Eve on the tube and movie screens for the past 3 - 4 years, it wouldn’t be a crime to think of her music career as dead and buried. Signed to Aftermath since 2002 she’s finally ready to release “Here I Am.” You know what that means?.. The magazine, blog and TV publicity flood cometh forth.
Miss Jeffers is on the cover of this month’s Giant magazine.
With a ton of photos but the article was surprisingly just as thorough.
Chunks and Nuggets
Hip-Hop’s pulse rate and the snap rap stylings.
“For me it all started with [D4L’s] ‘Laffy Taffy.’ When I first heard that song on the radio, I just knew it was a joke, but then I kept hearing it. Every artist has the right to do what they want, but I don’t believe in making that kind of music. It’s disposable.”
“Hip-hop is in cardiac arrest, but I think it’s revivable. it’s not that I’m so profound, rhyming about when Jesus came down or anything, but I take the time to sit down and make sure my words come together so they sound right and flow with the track. I think a lot of that is missing.”
Her album. 12 songs deep. Produced by Dr. Dre, Pharrell, Swizz, Cool and Dre. Collabo with Akon. Sup with three reggae-ish songs?
“Before my mom bought me a CD player, I was listening to Buju Banton and Super Cat tapes. Reggae has always been my thing, and recently, I’ve started listening to a lot of Brazilian music, too. I love the instruments and vocals, but I wish I understood what they’re saying.”
What happened to her TV show?
“There was a lot of politics going on at UPN with the black sitcoms and with Will Smith’s show [All of Us], so I had a feeling we weren’t coming back. There are no guarantees in television, and they don’t even give you a heads up. The show ended two seasons shy of syndication eligibility and was sold to TV One.”
A year ago she broke up with the son of a Guinean dictator, Teodorin Nguema Obiang.. “I’d rather not talk about it. We met through mutual friends, and we were together for three years. It was a good relationship”.. she’s single and dating.
What about the vanilla flavored homies?
“Oh, that’s just my homeboy, Matthew. We’re just friends” ... But..
“I’m going to love who loves me, and if I’m attracted to a person I’m attracted to them. I’ve had black men, especially industry types say to me, ‘Oh, I heard you were dating someone white? No, but if I was, it would be my choice, so stay out of my business. They don’t like when I say that to them though.”
2005 leaked sex tape
“I was hurt by it, but what kept me calm is the fact that it was my boyfriend. Not that I wanted people to see me having sex, but it wasn’t like I was getting gangbanged - that would have been crazy!”
The future?
“Eventually, I want to completely move into moviemaking because it is a pretty stable life. Music is unfortunately, getting crazy. I mean, rock stars don’t even have longevity and music is just - hip-hop, especially - so...superficial.
“There’s nothing special.
There’s not one hip-hop artist that I can say is special…There are some that are definitely better than others, and that’s my personal opinion, you know? But if I had a child, I wouldn’t let them watch TV, and I would not let them listen to the radio. As far as the videos go, and all that.. I just can’t.”
Pick up Giant Mag if you see it. Got a Joss Stone, Young Buck interview and more.. they’re showing promise with the urban ‘hipster’ thing.
☼ What's Your Opinion? ☼
eve is still not pretty
aww shut up dumb broad stop hatin. the girl does her thing. anyway im happy she’s makin another album but it better be the truth cause she talkin like there’s nobody worth listening to….it better be the truth. she looks good though, she is hollywood all the way!!!
PitBull in a mini-skirt still looking proper.
I think Eve is ok, but she is making some pretty heavy statements about hip hop. She’s had some success, but I don’t think she has delievered any great masterpieces to be commenting on what’s real and what’s not real music.
EVE IS THE REAL DEAL SHE WROTE THE LYRICS FOR “U GOT ME” BY THE LEGENDARY ROOTS CREW WICH ERYKAH BADU VOICED ALSO ALL THE HEAT SHE DROPPED WITH RUFF RYDERS CHECK YA HISTORY HOMEGIRL IM SURE SHE’LL COME THROUGH WITH THE FIRE AND ITS ABOUT TIME THE LADIES STANDUP CUZ HIP HOP IS DUE FOR A FULL CODE ..... CLEAR!!!
^Actually, Jill Scott wrote “You Got Me”. Eve did the dialogue-style raps with Black Thought.
Eve is gorgeous, well at least in this mag. Although I’ve never been a big fan of hers, she makes a lot of sense in this article.
On a serious note they need to REALLY let that damn sex tape thing go….its plain to see the EVE leak the sex tape out to pump herself up for her album drop that year. Her and that producer weren’t even dating at the time she leak that tape out. And on top of that she was the only one shown on the tape. He wasn’t doing nothing but playing with himself. And with me knowing the producer personally I know for a fact SHE is the one that leak it out. SHE fool everyone and played a role like she didn’t know nothing about it. A girl from the streets of Philly come on now they are all known to be very triflin and thats no hating thats some real talk. I have no reason to hate on her just stating the facts.
it was all a public stunt to boost her career realize that.
yes i agree Mon and let me just add that that relationship with that producer ended in 1999 (they only dated for a year)
Eve still got her spot. She shoulda stood with Dre though.
Well I want her to come out with another Album i hope it has meaning..
I’d rather not hear another BS album There aren’t any female rappers in the game that really have something to say REALLY!!
I just hope that one day a rapper will tell it like it is just as Mary told her real life as it is..
Although she is R&B she won her awards because she was real..
If the Album is whack and has nothing to say I’m not going to buy it or buy the ring tones. I won’t.
Eve is smart to branch off to acting and other things I think that she is right HIPHOP is only a stepping stone if you want to do something real with your life look at LATIFAH!
EVE can do it for fun now it’s not her bread and water for survival anymore.Either you buy it or you don’t she’s having fun with it if it’s not sending a message telling us females something like she used to..