On December 16, 2011, Aiko signed a recording contract with American record producer No I.D.'s record label Artium, distributed through Def Jam Recordings. She has been described as having gentle and pop-tinged vocals. [Tyler Antonius]
Jhené Aiko was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Christina Yamamoto and Dr. Karamo Chilombo (birth name Greg Barnes), a pediatrician. She is of mixed race background—her mother is of Japanese, Spanish, and Dominican descent, while her father is of African American, Yaqui, Choctaw, Cherokee, Navajo, and German Jewish descent. She often states her ethnicity as "Japanese, African American, Native American, etc." based on percentages but identifies with all parts of her heritage. Aiko has also stated that she has French ancestry and has stated regarding her ancestry, "I’m a quarter Japanese. That’s the only percentage I know for sure because it’s my grandfather's. And then everyone else is pretty much like mixed." Her older sisters Miyoko and Jamila were in the R&B group Gyrl and toured with Immature, who were signed to MCA/Silas Records. This led to Jhené’s first meeting with producer Chris Stokes when she was five years old, and eventually he heard her sing. When B2K signed with Epic Records, Jhené was signed as well. She served as the opening act for B2K on their Scream Tour 3.
Aiko began her musical career contributing vocals to several B2K releases in 2002. She featured on tracks five through eight of the R&B group's remix album B2K: The Remixes - Volume 1. "Santa Baby", a cover she recorded, was also featured on their album Santa Hooked Me Up and she appeared as a guest vocalist on the song "Tease" from Pandemonium!. Her song "Dog" appeared as a bonus track.
Aiko also appeared in numerous music videos including O'Ryan's debut video, "Take It Slow", B2K's debut video "Uh Huh" and "Why I Love You", P.Y.T.'s "Same Ol' Same Ol' (Remix)" featuring Sarai, Play's "M.A.S.T.E.R. (Part 2)" featuring Lil' Fizz video and Morgan Smith's 2004 video "Blow Ya Whistle". Jhené also has songs featured on the soundtracks of Barbershop, The Master of Disguise, You Got Served, The Proud Family, and Byou. She released a video for her single "NO L.O.V.E" (re-recorded from Tha' Rayne version in 2002) which debuted on BET's 106 & Park when she was 15 years old.
Aiko was set to release her debut album, then-titled My Name Is Jhené, however the album was never released due to tension at the record label Epic, which ultimately led to Aiko asking to be released from the label. She then began to focus on school and continue her education.
In 2007, she made a return to music, in an interview she spoke on the choice saying “Shortly before I conceived my daughter, I stepped back into the field and took a meeting with a label head. In this meeting, I was innocently told, to ‘sell’ myself when walking into these meetings. “That’s when I decided I would ‘sail’ myself rather than sell myself.” Aiko released a mixtape on March 16, 2011 entitled Sailing Soul(s) via her official website, JheneAiko.com. All the songs on the mixtape were written by her, except “July” which was written by Micah Powell and most of the songs were produced by Fisticuffs, except “July” and “You vs Them” which were produced by Bei Maejor, “Real Now” which was produced by Roosevelt, “Do Better” which was produced by J. Lbs and “Growing Apart” which was produced by Tae Beast. The album's artwork was shot by photographer Jay 3. The mixtape also features collaborations from Miguel, Drake, and Kanye West, as well as others.
To promote the mixtape Aiko was joined by Grammy-nominated R&B singer Miguel on a one-off free secret tour on Sunday, July 15. The free tickets were given away at the Key Club box office on July 6 from 11AM-5PM on a first-come, first-served basis. The concert started at 7:00pm and finished as 9:30pm, lasting a duration of two and a half hours. On October 21, 2012 Aiko released a music video for the song "My Mine". Aiko also released a video for the mixtapes second track "Stranger". Datpiff certified the mixtape gold with downloads of 100,000. In 2011, she also began working closely with artists from Carson-based independent record label Top Dawg Entertainment such as Schoolboy Q and Ab-Soul.
In 2012, Aiko met with No I.D., record producer and vice president of A&R at Def Jam, who ended up signing Aiko to his Artium Records imprint through Def Jam. Aiko released the track "3:16AM" which was made available for digital download on iTunes September 4, 2012. The song was released as the first single from Sail Out. In 2012, Aiko was also the opening act on the highly anticipated “Life Is Good/Black Rage” concert tour headlined by fellow American artists, rapper Nas and singer-songwriter Lauryn Hill. In June 2013, Aiko was featured on the Big Sean song "Beware", which ended up reaching the Top 40 in the United States. This was her first song to chart on the US Billboard Hot 100. In October 2013, it was revealed Jhené Aiko would open for Canadian rapper Drake on his Would You like a Tour? concert tour. She had previously collaborated with Drake on his third album Nothing Was the Same (2013), lending her vocals on the tracks "Wu-Tang Forever" and "From Time".
Aiko then released her debut EP Sail Out, on November 12, 2013. "Bed Peace" featuring Childish Gambino was released as the album's second single on September 17, 2013. The single's artwork was inspired by John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Bed-Ins for Peace protest against the Vietnam War. The EP features guest appearances from American rappers Vince Staples, Childish Gambino, Kendrick Lamar, and Ab-Soul. The EP debuted at number eight on the US Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of 34,000 copies. On January 14, 2014, "The Worst" was serviced to rhythmic contemporary radio in the United States as the album's third single. On May 2, 2014 "The Worst" rose from three to one on the airplay Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop, in doing so she became the first female artist to top the chart as a lead with a debut single since Jazmine Sullivan reached the same feat with "Need U Bad" in 2008. "The Worst" also rose forty seven to forty three on the Hot 100. The song peaked on the US Billboard Hot 100 at forty-three, becoming Aiko's first solo release to chart in the region, the song also peaked at number eleven on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.
On January 18, 2014, Aiko appeared on Saturday Night Live performing the song "From Time", with the episode's guest host, Drake. In a January 2014 interview with Vibe, Aiko announced her debut studio album Souled Out would be released in May 2014. However the album would be delayed. On March 16, 2014, Aiko premiered a song titled "My Afternoon Dream," along with an accompanying music video directed by Aiko and Krissy. It has yet to be revealed if the song, produced by Key Wane, will feature on the album.
On June 23, 2014, Aiko posted the cover art and a snippet of Souled Out's first single, titled "To Love & Die", on her official Instagram page. The single's artwork was described as "space-y" by Adelle Platon of Vibe magazine. The song was released for digital download on iTunes, the following day. On June 26, 2014, Canadian singer-songwriter The Weeknd, announced he would be headlining the "King of the Fall Tour", essentially a mini-tour across America in September / October 2014, the tour will consist of four shows and start on 19 September 2014 in New York, at the Barclays Center and end on October 10 in San Francisco, at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium. Aiko and frequent collaborator Schoolboy Q, were confirmed as the tour's supporting acts.
Aiko is a Christian, having been baptized when she was 16 at the evangelical Pentecostal Foursquare Church. At the age of 20, Aiko became pregnant by American R&B singer O'Ryan and gave birth to her daughter Namiko on November 19, 2008. Before losing her brother Miyagi to cancer on July 19, 2012, Aiko recorded "For My Brother" on her laptop, which was initially intended only for her brother's ears. He died soon after hearing the record. On August 27, 2013, Aiko was involved in a car accident in Los Angeles along with her daughter Namiko, older sister Miyoko, and her daughter's father O'Ryan. Aiko suffered a broken wrist, chipped tooth and had stitches in her chin. Her daughter, however, was unharmed in the accident.
B.S.
Jhené Aiko Lyrics
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Yeah
Ah
Back up on my
Done dealing with you
Yeah
Back up on my bullshit
Done dealing with you
Don't know how to deal with me
Done fuckin' with you, don't know how to love me
Done dealing with you, so I'm back
It seem like I give so much and don't get nothin' back
I really thought it was love but you're so fuckin' wack
Always get caught up in love, but I am done with that
I can't get caught up in lust, so now I'm, yeah
Flexin' on my exes in my model X
Pretty little skinny, little bitty body model ex
Some of y'all ain't never had no real bitch and it shows
I keep it one hunnid from my head down to my toes
Back up on my bullshit
Back up on the move
Touch down in my hometown, got nothing to lose
I am on my own now, I am in control now
I need you to go now, I can fix my own crown
Back up on my bullshit
Back up on the scene
Done dealing with you
Don't know how to deal with me
Done fuckin' with you, don't know how to love me
Done dealing with you, so I'm back, yeah (bitch)
Seen you with your ex, I see you still about your old ways
Might just see him for the weekend, you say that's a cold play
I be feelin' triggered, I don't know how to let it go
Really, you ain't shit and I know I'm too emotional, ay, ay
Puttin' me through it
He's the only thing that's been gettin' me through it
He be comin' through with it
And I hope you cool with it
I just met your roommate, put him on my to-do list
Doin' me
Back up on some new shit, everything in between
I'm out here, I'm gettin' stupid
I'm done bein' exclusive and
You know the truth is that these niggas is useless
I'm back on my
Back up on my bullshit
Back up on the scene
Out here actin' foolish, like I'm seventeen
I just bought a new whip, don't need gasoline (yeah)
I just seen your new bitch, it boost my self-esteem (oh babe)
Back up on my bullshit
Back up on the scene
Done dealing with you
Don't know how to deal with me
Done fuckin' with you, don't know how to love me
Done dealing with you, so I'm back, yeah (bitch)
Flex on my ex in my model X
Flex on my ex in my model X
Flex on my, flex on my
Flex on my
You know I'm
Back up on my bullshit
I'm back up on the scene
Oh, I
Done dealing with you, so I'm back
In the song "B.S.", Jhené Aiko is speaking honestly about her past relationships and how she is moving on. She is tired of being in relationships where she gives everything and gets nothing back. She admits that she has been caught up in love before and doesn't want to be caught up in lust anymore. She's revealing that she is flexing on her exes and is on her own now. She is done with her past experiences and is ready to move forward. Even though she is feeling triggered, she is done with the drama and is embracing her new life.
Jhené Aiko exposes her vulnerabilities in this song, expressing that she is too emotional and that she has been put through a lot. She's done with dealing with men who don't really care about her and only use her for their own purposes. She's empowering herself by taking control of her life and making the decision to move on. She deserves someone who knows how to love her and is willing to give her back the same love she has to give. She's not taking any more nonsense from anyone, and she's back on her bullshit.
Line by Line Meaning
Back up on my bullshit
Returning to my old ways and habits
Back up on the scene
Returning to the public eye and socializing
Done dealing with you
No longer tolerating your behavior or actions
Don't know how to deal with me
Your inability to understand me or communicate with me
Done fuckin' with you, don't know how to love me
Ending the romantic relationship because you are incapable of loving me correctly
It seem like I give so much and don't get nothin' back
Feeling unappreciated in the relationship
I really thought it was love but you're so fuckin' wack
Realizing that the love was not genuine or worth fighting for
Always get caught up in love, but I am done with that
Being tired of falling for the wrong person and seeking love
I can't get caught up in lust, so now I'm, yeah
Choosing to prioritize self-respect over physical desires
Flexin' on my exes in my model X
Showing off my success and new possessions to past lovers
Pretty little skinny, little bitty body model ex
Describing the physical appearance of past lovers
Some of y'all ain't never had no real bitch and it shows
Criticizing past lovers for not recognizing or valuing a strong, independent woman
I keep it one hunnid from my head down to my toes
Maintaining honesty and authenticity in my actions and personality
Touch down in my hometown, got nothing to lose
Returning to my hometown without any fears or regrets
I am on my own now, I am in control now
Embracing independence and taking control of my life
I need you to go now, I can fix my own crown
No longer needing someone's validation or approval, I can handle things on my own
Seen you with your ex, I see you still about your old ways
Observing that you have not changed your behavior or lifestyle
Might just see him for the weekend, you say that's a cold play
Suggesting that you are disloyal and may see someone else casually
I be feelin' triggered, I don't know how to let it go
Experiencing emotional pain and difficulty moving on from past hurt
Really, you ain't shit and I know I'm too emotional
Realizing that the past relationship was not worth the emotional investment
Puttin' me through it
Causing me unnecessary emotional pain and stress
He's the only thing that's been gettin' me through it
Relying on someone else to help me through the tough times
He be comin' through with it
Supporting me and helping me through the difficult times
And I hope you cool with it
Not caring if you approve or not of my actions or choices
I just met your roommate, put him on my to-do list
Flirting with someone else and being unfaithful
Doin' me
Focusing on myself and my needs
Back up on some new shit, everything in between
Starting fresh and embracing new experiences
I'm out here, I'm gettin' stupid
Acting irresponsibly and recklessly
I'm done bein' exclusive and
No longer committing to one person
You know the truth is that these niggas is useless
Realizing that men are unreliable and not worth the energy
Flex on my ex in my model X
Showing off my success and new possessions to past lovers
Flex on my
Continuing to show off my success and independence
You know I'm
Asserting my power and confidence
I'm back up on my bullshit
Returning to old ways and habits
I'm back up on the scene
Returning to the public eye and socializing
Done dealing with you, so I'm back
Ending the relationship and returning to independence
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Brian Warfield, Gabriella Wilson, Jhene Aiko Chilombo, Mac Robinson, Sean Anderson
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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Yes
@SmartClassySassy1
Oh how I love that line!!!!
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Kinda shady 🤣🤣love it
@Tiaalarae
“I just met your roommate, put him on the to do list” 🔥 Jhené & H.E.R bodied this 😩
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