Didn’t see anybody post this but she posted about it yesterday. A few extra bonus tracks added as well.

March 12, 2011 i met up with @j3collection in Long Beach as the sun was setting to shoot the cover for my mixtape “sailing soul(s)”.

there had been a big tsunami in Japan the day before and @j3collection was like… “u sure u wanna do this?!”

i really wanted to get everything done in time to release it on my birthday (3/16) so i was like “YES!” lol

this mixtape was a pivotal moment for me. when i was 12 i was signed to a label, singing songs i had no real connection to. besides that, i had no real stories of my own to tell at 12 lol. then i took a break to focus on school. in my teens i was singing demo records and taking meetings.

i met with one record exec who told me i needed to do a better job at “selling” myself when i came into meetings. dressing like myself, singing like myself, talking like myself… wasn’t enough. i thought, “why do i have to sell myself? why do i have to try to convince you of my worth? of who i am??? 🧐

from that point on i decided i would never try to “sell” myself. i would simply BE myself and whoever felt a connection would SEE ME and my worth.

i wanted the cover to express me breaking free from that narrative of having to “sell” myself. i wanted the broken chains to symbolize that freedom of feeling i anchored… free to be me, going with the flow… going with the wind like a sail boat… freeing my soul…”sailing” my soul instead of selling my soul 💙

FINALLY! for it’s 10th year anniversary “sailing soul(s)” (plus a few throwback bonus tracks 👀) will be available on all streaming platforms!!

thank you #SoulMates for sailing with me for over 20 years ⛵️

i love u 💙