Choklate: Bio

Choklate - Singer/Songwriter/Entertainer

CHOKLATE is the dynamic Seattle-based singer/songwriter taking the music world by storm. The summer of 2006 was the start of something BIG! CHOKLATE released her highly acclaimed self-titled debut featuring production by Seattle’s finest producers: Vitamin D, Bean One, Jake One, Kuddie Mak, Jay Townsend and Amos Miller. Being the prolific songwriter that she is, CHOKLATE wrote and vocally arranged all of the songs on her album. Not long after her release CHOKLATE hit the promotional road and made promotional appearances in NYC at ONUTSS and Nouveasoundz hosted listening parties. She introduced herself to radio and retail and made special appearances at music lifestyle events in NYC, D.C., VA, Philly and Baltimore. Upon returning home to Seattle from her promo tour CHOKLATE was nominated for a SoulTracks award (www.soultracks.com) for ’Female Vocalist of The Year’ and she won a HoneySoul Best Of 2006 Award (www.honeysoul.com) for her self-titled debut album. HoneySoul voted ’Choklate’ one of its 6 best soul albums of 2006.

By March 2007 CHOKLATE was booked and hitting the road again to headline her very first concert tour. CHOKLATE’s ’Hustle Hard Tour’ quickly became the most anticipated indie tour in the Spring of 2007. The tour reached Atlanta, VA, NYC, D.C., Boston and 2 sold out finale shows in her hometown of Seattle. In September 2007 CHOKLATE was nominated for and was announced as the proud winner of the AGAPE’ Indie Artist Award (www.agapeindieartistawards.com) for Female R&B/Soul Artist Of The Year. By the end of 2007 CHOKLATE was featured and interviewed live on the Michael Baisden Radio Show (www.michaelbaisden.com) and was named the B-Side Artist for November 16, 2007. CHOKLATE’s music and interview reached 12 million listeners that day and her music has since been added to regular rotation on the TV One presented Michael Baisden Show.

As we begin a new year and a new chapter we eagerly await the release of CHOKLATE’s sophomore album. As a new artist CHOKLATE tore down barriers, made leaps and bounds and overcame industry odds while never compromising her music or integrity. Please feel free to help spread the word about one of soul music’s rising stars. And don’t forget to catch CHOKLATE live in a city near you!

Choklate - Soulsinger

When talented soul singer Choklate relocated to Seattle four years ago from Southern California, she immediately became involved with the local hiphop and R&B scene. I was born in Seattle, my family lives here, and so I got a truck, headed north, arrived at my brother's house, and there was a music studio in front of me... It all started in that studio." Choklate's approach is not powerful or pop-polished, but rich, mature, and effortless. She's also a great songwriter, and has a knack for coming up with odd but catchy lines, such as the following untitled track from an unreleased collection called Hooks and Hits: "Please believe what you want to believe but leave me to do me & I'mma practice what I preach...Can't nobody do me better than me." Her brother produced and engineered her first record, Sound Sessions Vol. 1, which she claims was the incubator for her craft. "During the recording of that album, I was introduced to punctuality, professionalism, and the politics of the game. Mike D [My brother] made sure, musically, that I had a canvas to discover and work on my voice." She later met Jonathan Moore of Jasiri Management ("One day [Jonathan] wasn't there and then one day he was. I can't recall when we actually met") and he introduced her to the three most happening hiphop producers in Seattle: Bean One, Vitamin D, and Jake One. "Those are my dudes," she says with what can only be described as cool excitement. All of them have brought something different to the table for me, and I have grown immensly with them." When completed, Choklate's follow-up to Sound Sessions Vol. 1 is going to be the first important, and truly organic, R&B record to come out of Seattle in a very long time. There's no doubt about that. The beats are hardcore, and her singing and songwriting brings new life to R&B, a form that has been dull since the '80s. "All of the music that I make," she explains, "is from the soul and so the best thing to call it is soul music...all I need is my beat, that mic, the stage, a crowd and I'm good... Charles Mudede> The Stranger Music Columnist Amended for Length by Choklate
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